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06/03/2026

☀️🍦 SUMMER CONCERT & ICE CREAM SOCIAL! 🎶

Join us for a special evening of uplifting music with the Voices of Praise from Commonwealth Baptist College at Scranton Revival Baptist Church!

📅 Thursday, June 4
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 Scranton Revival Baptist Church
2020 N. Main Ave., Scranton

After the concert, stay and enjoy a FREE Ice Cream Social with plenty of sweet treats and fellowship!

Bring your family, invite your friends, and come enjoy a wonderful summer evening filled with Christ-honoring music, encouragement, and ice cream.

Everyone is welcome—we hope to see you there! 🍨🎵☀️

06/03/2026

Daily Bible Reading & Devotional — June 3, 2026
1 Kings 8 (morning manna); Proverbs 3 (noon); Hebrews 1-2 (evening meat)

This chapter focuses on the dedication of the finished temple of the LORD. The dedication was led by King Solomon in the seventh month of the year (1 Kings 8:2). The number 7 is the number of completion in the Bible. There are seven days in a week, and the seventh day is the day God rested and looked back on His creation. Likewise, the Millennium (1,000 year reign of Christ) is the dispensation of the fulness of times (fullness of times = final time period of the previous dispensations). The Bible says, “That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth; even in him …” (Ephesians 1:10). The apostle says in this verse that there is coming a dispensation (that is, a divine administration of God’s program for His kingdom to be established upon the Earth again) that will complete all previous dispensations. That dispensation is the seventh and final dispensation to finish God’s kingdom program for the Earth. The theme of the whole Bible is the reestablishment of the mediatorial reign of God over the Earth. Adam was the first mediatorial king over the Earth in a kingdom of peace and harmony in the garden paradise. But, through his sin, he lost
that Mediatorial Kingdom for himself and for us — his posterity. In the dispensations (periods of times leading back to the reestablishment of the kingdom of God over the Earth) that followed Adam’s fall, God has been working out His plan to bring His kingdom back over the whole Earth again. So, here in 1 Kings 8, Solomon dedicated the finished temple in the seventh month since they also celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles in the seventh month. The Feast of Tabernacles will be celebrated in the millennial reign of the greater Son of David. This Feast of Tabernacles celebrates the second coming of Christ to reestablish the reign of God’s kingdom over the Earth through the reign of the Son of David. The Bible says, “And it shall come to
pass, that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem (they will try to stop the King and His kingdom from coming and reigning) shall even go up from year to year (during His millennial reign) to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles” (Zechariah 14:16). My main point here is that Solomon’s dedication here in 1 Kings 8 and his celebration of this Feast of Tabernacles point forward to the final dispensation, which is the reign of David’s Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, over the whole Earth during the Millennium. Even our Lord taught us to pray for this coming reign when He says to pray, “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.” This feast and dedication point to that wonderful time period to come. The whole Bible from Genesis to Revelation plays out this theme of this Mediatorial Kingdom (that is, the rule of God over the Earth through a chosen man). In Genesis, Adam lost that rule to Satan. But in the Revelation, the last Adam — the Son of David — gets it back for Israel, the church and all millennial believers. Thus, when you consider Solomon and this celebration and dedication in the seventh month, think of the seventh and final dispensation when we celebrate the reestablishment of God’s kingdom rule over all the Earth. Moreover, when we think of the dedication of Solomon’s Temple, we should think about the temple in the Millennium on top of Mount Zion. We should think of the Lord Himself ruling over the Earth from the Holy of Holies in that temple.

The last verse of this chapter says, “On the eighth day he sent the people away …” (1 Kings 8:66). The number 8 follows the number 7. The number 7 speaks of the completion of all the time periods (dispensations) to complete God’s kingdom program for His ruling over the Earth through His appointed mediator. But the number 8 speaks of the day after this completion. What day is that? It is an eternal day. After the Millennium, we have the eternal Mediatorial Kingdom of God. After the Millennium, Satan will be released from his bottomless pit prison for one last attempt to stop the reign of God. The good news of the Bible is that he will lose (Revelation 20:7-10). The temporal Mediatorial Kingdom over the Earth will then become the eternal Mediatorial Kingdom of God over all the Earth. Is it any wonder that on this eighth day of 1 Kings 8:66, on this day representing eternity, that they are sent home rejoicing. May you rejoice today in hope of the coming glory of God which will last for all eternity.

06/02/2026

Daily Bible Reading & Devotional — June 2, 2026
1 Kings 6-7 (morning manna); Proverbs 2 (noon); Philemon 1 (evening meat)

In 1 Kings 6-7, the building of the temple of God is the main focus. Also, Solomon built his own house and another beautiful house for his wife, the daughter of the Egyptian Pharaoh. The gold in the temple speaks of the deity of the House Of God. It reminds me that even the streets in the home of our heavenly city are paved with gold. Gold, silver and precious stones are used in the House of God. However, in 1 Corinthians 3, believers are reminded that our permanent and true wealth is laid up for us in the heavenly city — the New Jerusalem. This beautiful chandelier city will come down from heaven and hang over an elevated Mount Zion during the millennial’s New Heaven and New Earth in the coming Kingdom of the Son of David, the Messiah (Revelation 21:1-2). The book of 1 Corinthians 3 reminds us that we cannot take a gold ring, a diamond engagement ring, a car, beautiful clothes or anything else out of this life. Think of your loved ones who have died and gone to Heaven. Think of the things that your departed loved ones left behind. They left all of the things of this world behind. Moreover, during the Day of the Lord, it will all burn before the golden Millennial Kingdom begins. So, what is the point of this wealthy kingdom of Solomon? The true gold, silver and precious stones have to do with precious people who are saved through faith in Jesus Christ and grow to be mature ministering saints. My gold, silver and precious stones are people. I want to lead people to the Lord, feed them the words of the Lord and help them lead others to be part of this future golden kingdom of God that is coming to the New Earth in the kingdom to come. No building on Earth can touch the value of this temple of Solomon. The gold in this temple by itself is worth $171 trillion at today’s ratio of dollars for gold. As we think about Solomon’s magnificent Temple, let us remember that God has incredible wealth at His disposal. But He wants us to have His priorities. “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you” (Matthew 6:33). I hope today you will focus on the gold, silver and precious stones of 1 Corinthians 3.

Notice that David, Solomon’s father, had the right values. He knew he could not take his money out of this world. Thus, he prepared by investing his earthly acquired wealth to build God[s future temple. The Bible says, “… And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated: even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD” (1 Kings 7:51). I want to prepare for the young people who come after me. I want to leave behind materials for them with which to build the “house of God” when I am not around. I want to stay with the wealth of the old King James Bible. I want to stay with the wealth of modest dress standards as well as holy dating standards (1 Corinthians 7:1). I want to stay with confrontational soul winning and praying down
the life-changing power of the Holy Spirit on our preaching and teaching of the Bible. I am seeking a re-Bible revival. How about you? Are you preparing and passing on what great people have prepared for you? Determine to do it and to stay with it.

06/01/2026

Daily Bible Reading & Devotional — June 1, 2026
1 Kings 4-5 (morning manna); Proverbs 1 (noon); Titus 1-3 (evening meat)

Second Samuel is about David and his reign over a united Israelite kingdom. Here in 1 Kings, it begins with Solomon, the son of David, and his reign over a united Israel. For the most part, David and his kingdom relate to types of Christ in His first coming. David was the anointed king over all Israel, but he was in exile while Saul, a usurper, continued to squat on the throne. Saul is a type of the reign of Satan and of the coming Beast and his Antichrist over a pseudo-kingdom of God over all the Earth. David’s army were men who were in debt and discontented, but they recognized who David really was — God’s anointed king, so they went to him. They accepted him as their king in exile. That is how it is today before God’s kingdom comes to Earth. The Lord Jesus, the Son of David, is not sitting on His throne in Zion. He is God’s anointed Messiah King, but not yet sitting on the throne of God in Zion. For now, He is gathering an army of soldiers like you and me — people who have become discontented with this present, evil world and are seeking the world to come. We have put our trust in this Savior King, the One now in exile, Who will return and reign over the Earth. Then We will reign with Him. Solomon, however, is not a type of Christ in exile. Solomon’s reign is a type of Christ in His coming kingdom glory.

Here in 1 Kings 4-5, we read that the son of David inherited a kingdom of peace and of great glory. The writer of the Kings says, “And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life” (1 Kings 4:21). This was the Golden Age in Israel’s history. Solomon’s reign extended not only from Dan to Beersheba but also from the Euphrates River to the river of Egypt. He had no opposition to his rule. His kingdom was a kingdom of peace, and his prosperity unrivaled. The queen of Sheba came to him and said that the reality of his reign was far greater than the mythology of it. He sat on the throne of David in earthly Zion and reigned in the “Golden Age” about which the philosophers have dreamed. The world has tried to bring peace with the League of Nations and the United Nations, but true peace will not come to the Earth until the return of the Son of David who shall reign over a golden millennial kingdom that will bring worldwide peace and prosperity. Solomon’s reign is a type of his coming King and His kingdom.

Right now we are following our greater Son of King David in His exile. Be faithful. Be loyal. Be courageous. Never forget that He will not forget you when He returns to set up His kingdom with power and great glory. After He calls His bride out of this world as the first event of His second coming, He will preside over His judgment seat for the believer. He will reward you for your good and faithful service with positions of service in His coming “Mediatorial Kingdom” over the whole world to come.

05/31/2026

Join us this Thursday for a special service featuring the Voices of Praise from Commonwealth Baptist College.

We will be having an ice cream fellowship after the service!

05/31/2026

Daily Bible Reading & Devotional — May 31, 2026
1 Kings 2-3 (morning manna); Psalm 150 (noon); 2 Timothy 3-4 (evening meat)

The book of 1 Kings 2-3 shows the way in which the LORD established the kingdom under King Solomon. Solomon was given grace to stop a conspiracy between Joab, Abiathar and Adonijah that would have prevent him from claiming his place on the throne. After all, in the eyes of the people, the older brother would have been seen to have the right of succession, even though God sometimes goes against the natural order of birthrights as He did with King David. He also went against that rule with Jacob and Esau. Moreover, these three conspirators hatched a plot to take over the throne. They also knew that the people looked at Abishag as a legal member of the King’s harem. As such, whoever married her would be seen as the son who had the right to the throne. Bathsheba may have been deceived with what she thought was simple, young love on the part of Adonijah for Abishag; however, Solomon immediately saw the sulfur hidden within his brother’s request. Solomon had all three conspirators punished. He had two of them killed, and the priest Abiathar was removed from his position. Such conspiracies against a God-called leader are satanic. Solomon secured the victory over Satan right away. Anointed leaders need discernment to act decisively in such situations.

Notice that we believers have two more enemies beside that of Satan himself. One is the world, typified by Egypt. The other is our own flesh. What we love by nature may pull us away from loving God. After Solomon won the victory over Satan in 1 Kings 2, he let the world (represented by making affinity with Pharaoh of Egypt through marriage to his daughter) get a foothold as seen in 1 Kings 3. This marriage meant he gave into the flesh. Later, these two enemies would lead him into idolatry. That sin would ultimately lead to the division of the kingdom and the loss of 10 tribes for the sons of Solomon.

Always stay vigilant. After great victories, be especially careful to walk with God and check out all of your decisions. Learn your three enemies: the devil, the world and the flesh. Look to the Lord each and every day to overcome these three ancient foes. Losing to any of them will be very costly in your life and in the lives of those you love.

05/30/2026

Daily Bible Reading & Devotional — May 30, 2026
1 Kings 1 (morning manna); Psalm 149 (noon); 2 Timothy 1-2 (evening meat)

This book of 1 Kings now moves on to the third king of a united Israel, Solomon. But in 1 Kings, the kingdom is divided due to the sin of idolatry. The book begins with the death of David in 1 Kings 2 and ends with the death of King Ahab. However, in the first chapter, we see God’s sovereign choice as being that which is the determining factor with respect to His kingdom. Out of all the brothers of Jesse, God had chosen the youngest son, David. Now of David’s sons, God had not chosen Absalom, a handsome, natural leader of men. Here in 1 Kings 1, we see Absalom’s brother, Adonijah, the son of Haggith, who was also a very handsome and natural leader. David’s general, Joab, saw him as David’s successor. Abiathar, the priest, also chose him. He seemed to be the de facto king. But wait a minute! God had not chosen him. God had chosen another. God’s choice is that which determines who will be blessed by His sovereign grace.

God often chooses the unlikely. His choice highlights His own grace and our unworthiness. David promised Bathsheba that her son Solomon would be the next king. However, David committed adultery with Bathsheba. To cover the adultery, David committed murder by proxy on Bathsheba’s husband. Their first son, born of this adultery, died as a righteous judgment from God for this sin. After judgment and chastisement, the LORD shows His grace. He chooses to bless another son of the now married David and Bathsheba. His name was Solomon, the great third king of Israel.

Let this display of God’s grace remind you that your Lord is just and holy, but that He is also very gracious. You may have suffered due to His chastening in your life. You need to take that chastening patiently. You must exercise yourself in paths of doing right as you learn the lessons of being holy that result from your beatings. You must not forget that the Lord loves to display His grace and mercy in your life. Look for it. Hope for it. The God of David and Bathsheba is your God today.

05/29/2026

Daily Bible Reading & Devotional — May 29, 2026
2 Samuel 23-24 (morning manna); Psalm 148 (noon); 1 Timothy 5-6 (evening meat)

First Samuel was about three men: Samuel (the last judge, a prophet and a priest); Saul (the first king of Israel); and finally David (God’s replacement king of Israel, who was given an everlasting kingdom). In today’s reading, we come to the end of 2 Samuel. Second Samuel is devoted to one man, David. In 2 Samuel 7 — a key chapter — Nathan the prophet reveals the LORD’s covenant for David that promised an everlasting reign through his seed. These two chapters provide David’s
final words, a record of the mighty men who fought for him and with him, and David’s sin of numbering the people. God chastened him with a plague, which led him to purchase the Temple Mount, which had been the threshing floor of Araunah (24:18-25).

There is something interesting about the purchase of this threshing floor and the site of it. This floor of Araunah is located on Mount Moriah where Abraham was told to offer Isaac. This is the site of the Jewish Temple. Here in the reading, it is purchased by a Jewish king who was given a promise by the LORD of an eternal kingdom. Here, David is also told by the prophet Gad (who had a direct revelation from the LORD) that David is to purchase this holy ground to stop the pestilence in Israel. By this purchase and David’s offering of the sacrifice, the pandemic in David’s time was limited to 70,000 deaths. By David’s sacrifice in that holy place, the plague was also stopped after three days. The purchase of the site of the future Jewish Temple Mount to offer sacrifices was occasioned by a pandemic that was killing the people. Interestingly, the Jewish Temple must be rebuilt with the Mosaic sacrifices offered on its altar before the Lord Jesus, Son of David, returns to rule Israel from the Temple Mount. The Jewish people are now back in their Promised Land after about a 2,000 year diaspora. They became a nation on May 14, 1948. On June 6, 1967, their armies recaptured this old city of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount. However, to avoid a holy war with Islamists, they have not made any moves to establish the altar for sacrifices according to the law. Neither have they started to rebuild the temple. The Moslem Mosque of Omar continues to desecrate the Holy Mount.

What event could move the nation of Israel to put an altar up there as David did and offer actual sacrifices to the God of Israel? More recently, each year around Passover, certain Jewish groups offer a Passover sacrifice near the Temple Mount. They have constructed an acceptable altar for it; and, the Jewish Sanhedrin has been reestablished in modern Israel. However, they have been against efforts to offer the Passover sacrifice on the Temple Mount. Most of this oppositions stems from fear they might trample in the wrong place and defile the ground where the actual Holy of Holies stood. However, due to COVID-19, they have — for the first time — formally petitioned the Israeli government for permission to offer the Passover on the altar on the Temple Mount. The pandemic moved them to do it. They wanted to stop the plague by means of offering their sacrifices to the God of Israel. The petition has been very seriously considered. If that request is granted, it will be the first time in about 2,000 years that Jewish Mosaic sacrifices will be offered on their Temple Mount. What also compelled them was President Trump’s official declaration that Jerusalem is the eternal capital of Israel and to move the U.S. embassy there from Tel Aviv. But what was driving force behind all of this? It was a plague, a pestilence — “COVID-19.” What did God use in David’s day to get him to purchase the Mount and to offer the sacrifices? It was a plague, a pestilence as it tells us in 2 Samuel 24. Keep watching this place in Zion. Lift up your head today for your final redemption draweth nearer and nearer!

05/28/2026

Daily Bible Reading & Devotional — May 28, 2026
2 Samuel 22 (morning manna); Psalm 147 (noon); 1 Timothy 3-4 (evening meat)

The writer of “Amazing Grace” wrote, “Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come, tis grace that kept me safe thus far and grace will lead me home.” In 2 Samuel 22, David is celebrating. He praises God for His divine providences. How many times was David almost killed by the envious, who were working for the ever pursuing Saul? How many times had the LORD helped him defeat the Philistines in battle after battle? A similar poem of praise is found in Psalm 18. We taste and see that the Lord’s grace is wonderful when we first believe upon His Son and receive assurance of salvation from Hell and can look forward with delight to our home in Heaven. It becomes a sweet time in our memory. I remember it fondly. But it is another thing to experience the persecutions, the afflictions, the pain and the trouble that the world, the flesh and the devil throw at us through the years. We can identify with John Newton’s words — “through many dangers, toils and snares” — as we can identify with the words of David, “He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me” (22:18). Moreover, David tells how he was delivered. He says, “In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter his ears” (22:7). Like a poor, whimpering puppy he cried, and his almighty LORD heard his cry and went into action.

Why is David telling us these things? Because all of God’s true saints will go through many such afflictions if we are children of God. We will need deliverance time and again from our enemies, whom we will find too strong for our own resources. However, we need not fear. The God of David WILL defend and deliver each of us. He has done it for me time and again. He has done it for my loved ones. It always comes when we cry unto the Lord for His great deliverance in our affliction.

What should be our response to these divine interventions? First, we should learn to trust Him for the next deliverance that we will surely need. We should PRAISE HIM! We should give testimony to His mighty deeds in our lives. Every believer is now a priest and we should offer up sacrifices of praise.

05/27/2026

Daily Bible Reading & Devotional — May 27, 2026
2 Samuel 20 (morning manna); Psalm 146 (noon); 1 Timothy 1-2 (evening meat)

Paul said to people that they should follow him as he followed Christ. God has blessed my life in the past by leading me to follow great men who were following Christ. Who are you following today? Just when all of Israel better understood the folly of following Absalom and followed David, a man from the tribe of Saul jumped into the mix at an opportune moment. The 10 tribes had been arguing over who had more right to King David — Israel or Judah? Words are important, and we can start biting and devouring each other with our words. Words must be chosen carefully and always with a view to ultimately build up the household of God. The argument grew worse and worse, and Judah’s words were so harsh that it gave an opportunity to a man of the tribe of King Saul to be an opportunist. He blew his trumpet just at the peak of the dispute. Impulsively, the men of Israel, whose feelings had just been deeply hurt and who were bitter and angry, followed this man named Sheba away from King David (2 Samuel 20:1).

Why did they follow him? We should learn from this incident so we do not leave the anointed man of God and walk away from Christ and His church because some people in the church hurt our feelings or made us angry by their misdeeds. Settle your problems under God’s man and within the church. However, so many Christians do what Israel did. They follow “a follower,” who holds himself up as an anointed leader. These unwise people may follow him out of the church and away from the Lord. When these men followed Sheba they were following a man of Belial. Belial means simply a worthless or lawless person (Deuteronomy 13:13; Judges 19:22; 20:13 and so on). When another follower leads you to rebel against your God-called pastor or to leave your church in an angry state, that person is lawless and not a worthwhile person. These men who followed Sheba were following him right off a cliff.

David ultimately prevailed. Those who stayed with the LORD and his man did much better in the long run. I have seen the Lord back his man over and over again in various disputes in the church through my several decades of pastoral ministry. Those who stayed with the Lord and his man have blessings to show for it. They also will have many rewards at the Judgment Seat of Christ and into eternity when Christ’s kingdom comes to reign over all the Earth. Those who have followed others — who themselves were followers — out from under their God-called leader have suffered great losses over time. They will lose out on blessings for all eternity. These opportunists, like Sheba who took selfish advantage during a dispute, have proven (as did Sheba) worthless people in the lives of those who have followed them.

Stay with the Lord and your commitments to Him. Stay with God’s man in good times and in bad. Stay with your church, your Bible reading and your ministries. You will not live to regret it. But if you have left, get back to your Bethel (“the house of God”). Swallow your pride and go humbly in return. You will be blessed in doing it.

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