PODCAST TRANSCRIPT | EPISODE 142: WHO ARE WE LISTENING TO? Pt 3

FROM OUR HOME TO YOURS w/ Nancy Campbell

EPISODE 142: WHO ARE WE LISTENING TO? Pt 3

More Scriptures today about your countenance, about beautiful women (yes, the Bible talks about beautiful women), and God's plan for men to work.

Announcer: Welcome to the podcast, From Our Home to Yours, with Nancy Campbell, founder and publisher of Above Rubies.

Nancy Campbell: Hello ladies! Well, here I am again, still giving you Scriptures about the countenance, because there is so much in the Word of God about it.

I love those lines:

            Let the beauty of Jesus be seen in thee,

            All His wonderful passion and purity.

            Oh Thou Spirit divine, all my nature refine,

            Til the beauty of Jesus be seen in me.

 

We used to sing that when I was young. I wonder if you've ever heard that chorus? But how can people see the beauty of Jesus in us? They will see it in our actions, but mostly they'll see it in our face. Therefore, we're not going to hide our face.

Now the word “countenance” in the Bible is expressed through many different Hebrew words. We talked about aph, which reveals showing anger in the face, and also other emotions. We talked about panim, which often speaks of the face of Jesus.

Now we have another word, mareh, and it literally means, “the appearance, the act of seeing visions.” So this word is also used regarding our relationship with the Lord, and our relationship with one another.

In Numbers 12:8, God is speaking to Moses. He says,“With him, with Moses, will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold.” The New English Translation says, “With him I will speak face to face, openly.”

That's the actual Hebrew word, “countenance.” When it uses that word, it's speaking of an open, unveiled countenance. This is the relationship God wants us to have with Himself. It's an open, unveiled relationship. He also wants us to have that with one another.

In Judges 13:6, the angel came to this woman who was to be Samson's mother. After she had seen him, she came to her husband and said, “A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible.”

Then in Daniel's vision of the Lord, Daniel 10:6, it says, “And his face was as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire.”

The Hebrew word mareh for “countenance” is used about 35 times in the Bible. I love the Scripture in Song of Solomon 2:14, where the Bridegroom is speaking to the Bride. Of course, we read it also as the relationship with Christ and His church, and of our relationship, personally, with the Lord.

He said, “Let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.” The word means “beautiful.”

We see here the heart of God, to have that beautiful, unveiled relationship with us. He wants to see our countenance. He wants to hear our voice. He wants us to come into His presence. He wants to hear our voice. Our voice is sweet to Him.

If only we could understand how He feels about our relationship. “Your countenance, your face, is beautiful,” he says, especially when we look up to Him in adoration, and we have that open face. “Lord, I'm open to You. I want to hear from You. I want You to speak to me. I am listening for every word.” Our countenance is beautiful to Him.

When Daniel and his friends were first taken to Babylon, they were chosen by the king to be trained in the ways of Babylon. But Daniel wasn't too pleased about having to eat the food, because much of that food was sacrificed to idols, and he didn't want to have anything to do with it.

So he asked the one who was in charge of him, let's see, if we, will you let us eat vegetables and only drink water for ten days... “Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenances of the children that eat the portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.”

And we know, of course, that Daniel and his three friends, that after ten days of just eating these purer foods, that their countenances were fairer, and more wonderful than all the other men. He didn't have to eat those foods of Babylon.

But how did he know? By their countenance! That's how this man was able to tell if it was working, by his countenance.

Now, in the Bible, it talks about the countenance of many women, and a few men as well. Especially about beautiful women. Oh, dear ladies! Did you know that the Bible actually talks about beautiful women? Yes, this is the Bible. And the Bible talks, and says when a woman is beautiful, the Bible was not ashamed to say she was beautiful.

Shall we look at some of these women in the Bible? Tamar, 2 Samuel 14:27: “She was a woman of beautiful countenance.” That's the Hebrew word mareh there.

Then we have Sarai, before her name was changed to Sarah. Genesis 12:11: “When they came into Egypt, Abram said to Sarai, his wife, 'Behold I know that thou are a beautiful woman to look upon.'” The word upon is actually the Hebrew word mareh, meaning “countenance,” because when you see a beautiful woman, you only know by looking upon her.

Of course, Abram was so scared, because he thought that he could be killed for his wife, because she was so beautiful. She must have been incredibly beautiful, that when they went into Egypt, the Pharaoh had his scouts out to look for the most beautiful women to bring into his harem.

Yes, of course, they noticed Sarai, as she was at that time, and so beautiful that she was brought before Pharaoh. So we all know the story about that. But it was because of her beauty. The Bible says she had the most beautiful countenance.

I'm sure that was not only beauty of looks, but that beauty that came from her inner man as well. Because we read about that, don't we, in 1 Peter, chapter three. In this beautiful passage, as a young woman I used to really, oh, I didn't quite know how to get over this passage, because I never felt that I was the description of this woman in 1 Peter, chapter three.

It says here, talking really to women whose husbands are not walking with the Lord, “Likewise, you wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that if any obey not the Word, they also may without the Word be won by the conversation,” or manner of life, or their lives, “while they behold your chaste conversation,” or manner of life, “coupled with fear, whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting of the hair, and of wearing of gold or putting on apparel; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. For after this manner in the old time,” some translations say, “once upon a time,” way back 2000 years ago, when this was written, “the holy women also who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands.”

Now we've come along another 2000 years, and we're further and further away from this spirit of the women in this passage. “Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters you are, as long as you do well and not afraid, or do not give way to panic.” So we see by reading that passage, that she was not only beautiful of just her face, to look upon, but also that beauty of spirit came from within her, too.

Yes, so that was Sarai. And then we go to Rebekah. Genesis 24:16: “And the damsel” Rebekah, “was beautiful to look upon.” Wow, isn't this amazing? Have you ever noticed this before, ladies, about all these beautiful women?

And then again, years later in Genesis 26:7. Now Isaac, of course who was husband to Rebekah, they had moved to Gerar. “And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, 'She is my sister,'” because just like his father, he was scared “to say 'She is my wife,' lest said he, 'the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah,' because she was fair” or very beautiful, “to look upon.”

Wow! All these beautiful women! And the patriarchs were married to beautiful women. We turn to Bathsheba. We know that she was the woman who David eyed, and he took. It says, “The woman was very beautiful to look upon.”

And then we have more. But this time, we have... Those were from the Hebrew word mareh. But there's other words that are used, too. Then there's Abigail. Talking about Abigail, it uses two different Hebrew words, yapheh, meaning “beautiful,” and toar, meaning “countenance.”

In 1 Samuel 25:3, it says that Abigail, you remember her? Her husband was Nabal, and he was a terrible man. Somehow this beautiful woman was married to this man who was no good at all. But it says of her, “She was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance.”

Now the word toar doesn't only mean having a beautiful face, it also means having a beautiful figure. The word means “figure and appearance, beautiful in countenance and form.” So isn't that interesting?

So what it's really saying there... In fact, let's look at it, shall we? I wonder if I have it written in another translation? Yes, let me see. Yes, so in the New American Standard Bible, it says that she “was intelligent and beautiful in appearance.” No, that's not... I don't think I wrote it there, but in some translations, it brings out that she was beautiful of form and face.

All right. Let's see, who else was beautiful in the Bible? Esther! Yes, in Esther chapter two, verse seven, oh yes. There's another translation  that says she was “beautiful of form and face,” because the word toar is used. The New English Translation says she“was very attractive, and had a beautiful figure.”

So two Hebrew words were used to describe her, yapheh, which means “beautiful.” It's still used today if they're talking about a beautiful woman. In the Jewish language, they will say yapheh, “beautiful,” and also toah, meaning “beautiful figure” as well.

Ladies, I'm talking Bible. Yes. The Bible actually speaks of the beauty of a woman, of both form and figure and face.

Then we have Vashti, who was the queen from whom Esther took over. She was also beautiful. Then there was Abishag. She was very beautiful. I think we have pretty well covered all that are mentioned in the Bible.

Oh, the daughters of Job! Remember, all his family was taken from him, but then God restored to him, he restored his family to him. And he gave Job seven more sons, and three more daughters. It says that “in all the land, there were no other women as lovely and beautiful..” the word is yapheh, “as the daughters of Job.”

So there we are, ladies! Talking about the beautiful women. Sometimes it mentions their figure, but mostly their beauty was shown and revealed in their countenance. And it is sad, isn't it, when you see a mask on a beautiful woman.

She didn't wear a mask very much, but I noticed one or two pictures of Melania Trump with a mask on. Very rarely, but it spoiled her beauty. When I looked at her, I'd think, “Get that mask off! I want to see you!” Someone who's ugly might want to mask up, but a beautiful woman, oh goodness me, it's so glorious to see her!

And you know what, every woman is beautiful, especially when she smiles. Even someone who is plain, when they smile, oh, their face changes, and they're beautiful! When love and kindness comes out of a person's eyes, and face, and smile, they are beautiful to behold. And we should be blessed to see that beauty!

I love to look at people. I love to see the beauty of faces. I love to see character in faces. I just love looking at faces, and I have to tell you, I hate looking at masks. I think they are revolting, especially because they cover up what God wants revealed! It's just against everything that's in us, and who we were created to be!

How do we submit to that which is foreign, and that which is fake, and that which is deception, and that which is not meant to be! I don't know. Oh, I just cannot believe, I can't believe how people have submitted to this. If the people had never submitted, well, we would never be facing this today. No one had to ever submit to this.

I know, I know, people were duped. People were told that they would cause other people to die if they didn't. That is not true, of course. That is false information. But we were duped with that. And we had to do a bit of research to find out what was true. So we all had to do that. But when we find out the truth, we should not longer go on in a duped fashion.

Now there were also men who had beautiful countenances. Did you know that? Yes, Joseph! in Genesis 39:6, it says, “Joseph was a goodly” or beautiful, “person, and well favored.” That's the word for “beautiful countenance.”

Then we have David. When they first brought him in when Samuel came, because he wanted to anoint him as king, they'd gone down through all of Jesse's sons, but not one of them was the right one. So eventually they found David way out in the pastures, looking out for the sheep. Now, it says he was “ruddy and of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to.”

The Holman translation says “He had beautiful eyes, and a healthy, handsome appearance.” Now, where did he get the idea of beautiful eyes? Well, it's in the Hebrew, because this time for the word  countenance, it's the word ayin. It means “the appearance, the countenance,” but also “the eye.”

It's interesting that not only does the Bible say that David had beautiful eyes, but in history, I have read about it in history, how that he was known to have these beautiful eyes. Some say that they were green eyes. I don't know whether they were, but they were beautiful, because even the Bible says that he had beautiful eyes.

1 Samuel 16:8 was also speaking about David. It says, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person,” a beautiful, toah ,person. Actually toah is mentioned there, which is “beautiful of countenance and form.” And then the last part of the description was, “And the Lord is with him.” How wonderful!

And I think that's the best description we can all have over our lives, don't you, dear ladies? “And the Lord is with her. The Lord is with him.” If we have the Lord with us, it will be seen, He will be seen on our countenance. And of course, if He is seen on our countenance, we'll have a beautiful countenance, even if we're plain, because His beauty, His glory, will make even our face beautiful. Praise the Lord for that!

OK, Daniel. Daniel and his three friends. It said of them they were “children in whom was no blemish, but well favored.” They had a beautiful countenance. The word is mareh.

And so, ladies, there it is. All those beautiful Scriptures about “countenance.” Are you just getting it? You see, when we see this, and see, it's just so much part of the Bible, we understand how the countenance is so important, and how we are not meant to cover it up.

Well, I've been giving you Scripture answers, because this is what we're talking about. We want to know, are we living according to the Word of God, or are we living according to our fake society? And our deceptive society in which we live? We've got to choose one or the other!

But apart from all the Scriptures, there have now been so many warnings, and scientific studies, which reveal that masks are dangerous to our health. Did I bring up something? I thought I did. And you know what? I don't even think I have brought it up to here, where I'm doing this podcast. Oh, yes, here I am!

I read about one study just recently, of many works out there, but they have found that this constant wearing of masks, it could be detrimental to our lungs. This says a recent study in the journal Cancer Discovery, that's where this study is found, that “inhalation of harmful microbes can contribute to advanced stage lung cancer in adults. Long-term use of face masks may help breed these dangerous pathogens.”

Microbiology agreed that “frequent mask wearing creates a moist environment in which microbes are allowed to grow and proliferate before entering the lungs. These foreign microbes then travel down the trachea and into two tubes called the bronchi, until they reach more air sacs, covered in blood vessels called alveoli.”

Another scientist says, “The lungs were long thought to be sterile, but we know that oral commensals – microbes normally found in the mouth – frequently enter the lungs, due to unconscious aspirations.” And of course, with wearing masks, we are... All these little droplets are coming out, and they're not just going out, they're being trapped there. They could be very negative to the lungs, some even saying it could cause, down the road, lung cancer.

I don't doubt that, because surely common sense tells us these things. You know, common sense, why is common sense being thrown out the window? Common sense tells us that we're not meant to cover up our mouths. We're not meant to breathe back our carbon dioxide that we're breathing out.

You see these people, and their masks are going in and out. I mean, they're not making noise like I was, but you see the inhaling in and out. It looks so ridiculous. Oh goodness me, this is not what meant to happen! It's so bad for our health. and our breathing, and it's not in any way helping anybody else, or saving them either. They have proved that.

Even some dentists have now warned about a phenomena known as “mask mouth,” in which patients are arriving back to the dental office with an increase of tooth decay as high as 50 percent! In a period of just a few months of mask wearing!

So, there it is, just a few things. I'm not going into all of them, because I'm mainly speaking about the Scriptures.

All right. Well, we might have time for just one more today, to check out, if we are living according to the Word of God. That is about, really, it's not about us so much, but about our husbands. And about our husbands going to work.

Now, sadly, since Joe Biden has become the illegitimate and fraudulent president of our nation... I'm sorry, but I find it very hard to accept a fraudulent president. I can't believe we're like Venezuela, who has now been landed with a fraudulent president, because of fraud and stealing an election. It's unbelievable! This is not America.

So although I'm not going to be like the leftists, and these kind of people who go out and burn buildings, and they're mad... No, I go to prayer. That's what I do. I am praying, but I do not accept in my heart fraud, because it's against God. It's against the Bible.

And now we are seeing just already in just this last month... I mean, just in this last month, what's happened to this nation! Can you believe it? Already the border down between us and Mexico is stopped. So all these caravans already, they just come piling into our nation again. All these illegals and they're all going to be given everything that they want. When we can't even get things, they'll get it free! Oh yes, just give it to them free.

And now the pipeline is stopped, and thousands of jobs, men are out of work. Of course, they're stopping businesses. There's so much restrictions on businesses, and restaurants, and mask wearing, and all this stuff.

So hundreds and thousands are out of work. Now, that is not Bible. No matter what we say, this government is totally antagonistic to the Word of God. I don't believe that small businesses should stop. Because are we either going to live according to God's Word, or are we living according to this deceptive mandates that people, that these leftist governors, are trying to bring upon us?

Because we know it's nothing to do with a virus which has a 99 percent survival rate! You say, “Oh, I don't know whether I believe that! I know people have died.” People have always died! And thousands have always died of the flu.

If you go to the CDC, the death rate for last year, and the year before, are hardly much different. I mean, last year, according to the two previous years, not much difference at all! The same amount of people have died! Only last year, they put it down to covid. No matter what a person had, they died of covid!

It is all to bring in communism, to bring down the economy of our country, so people are going to be relying upon the government. It's going to... This is how communism starts, and it's already happening!

And so I believe, where possible, men should stand up. If they've got a business, they should not give it up! Do everything in their power! Look, if every business in a community all decided to keep going, what could they do? They can't go and arrest everybody. It's when everybody submits that they have power. When everybody does what they're meant to do, they can't do anything!

What does God say?  Genesis 2:15, very first thing He did when He created man. First thing He did, “The Lord God took the man,” took the man, “and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.” That word, “dress it,” is “to work, work hard,” even work til you're weary and fatigued.

It's work! God gave the ethic of work. Work is so therapeutic. When a man works, when we work, we feel good, and we get a good night's sleep. Not only do we work to feel good, but we work to provide for our family, and to bless others.

Ephesians 4:28: “Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands, the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.” So we not only work to provide for our own provision, but to bless others.

Now, of course, you may be in this position. Your husband's desperate for work. Maybe his business has been taken away. Maybe he has not worked because of all these crazy mandates. It is so sad, and I am so sorry, because it's antagonistic and antipathy to God's Word, who commands every man to work six days.

“Six days shalt thou work, and rest on the seventh day.” This is how God planned mankind to live! We do not have to give into something that is so foreign to... What has happened for how many centuries? Goodness me! For generations, this is how we are meant to live!

Galatians 6:5: “For everyone will carry his own load.” We don't give it to the government to carry. No, we carry our own load, “Every man sitting under his own vineyard, his own vine-tree.” This is what the Bible said, when the blessing of God is on the nation, every man sits under his own vine-tree, with the blessings of provision of his own. They are not relying on someone else. They're not relying on the government. Everyone has their own provision.

1 Thessalonians 4:11-12: “Study to be quiet, and do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; that ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.”

This government, which is controlled by China, and which is bringing in communism and poverty to our nation, does not want you to own anything. In fact, this Great Reset that they are trying to bring in, what's number one on the list? Have you read it? I've read it with my own eyes.

Number one: “You will own nothing,” and then it goes on, and has the audacity to say, “and you will be happy.” No, no man is happy when he does not own his own things. God created us to have our own home, and our own work, and provide for our own family. That is God's plan. Never to rely on the government. This is what they are wanting to do.

We have to be praying. Are you still praying? We haven't given up praying. We'll be having another prayer meeting here tonight. We'll be praying. We're still crying out for this nation. We're still crying out for things to change, for God to do a mighty miracle, because this is not where America is meant to be.

We are meant to be where every man is free to start his own business, to do his own work, and to have a good job, “that you will lack nothing.” That's God's plan for you. This bringing down to poverty, and stopping business and all this, this is the devil's plan! It's the devil's plan, and we've got to resist it, stand against it! Resist it! Pray against it!

2 Thessalonians 3:10-12: “We commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.” Now, some men don't have work at the moment, but it's not because they don't want to. They are desperate for work. It's what our government is doing.

“Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.” Maybe if you are in this position, may God just open up amazing doors for you to get work.

1 Timothy 5:8: “But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.” And so we just see God's plan, the way He wants man to live. It's not this way our government is bringing upon us. We've got to resist it, pray against it.

I pray that Biden will not last in office, because this is totally antipathy to what God intends. Let's remind ourselves of these Scriptures and stand up for what is right.

I noticed this Scripture today. I hadn't noticed it before, well, I most probably read it many times. Judges 19:16: “And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at evening.” Isn't that amazing? Even an older man, still working, and working all day out in the field, in the hot sun. He comes out of the field at evening time. Even the older men were working, because work is what God gives us to do.

This government wants jobs to stop, and poverty to come, so communism can come in. Let's not acquiesce, and give into this, dear ones. Let's stand up for truth. Let's be those who seek, while we have some little moment before it's too late, to live by what the Word says. Amen?

Dear Father, we are so concerned at the hour at which we are living, which is opposite to Your precious holy Word, because, Lord, when we live according to your Word, we live in blessing, we live in provision, and we live in joy. This is Your plan for us.

Lord God, we just pray again, against what is happening in this nation, this stolen election, this fraudulent election, and all these things that are happening, and all these executive orders that Joe Biden is just signing every day, to bring our country to poverty.

Lord God, we pray for rising in this nation, that, Lord, Your people, and people all over this nation will rise up against this deception, and Lord, that they will not give into it, that they will not just acquiesce, but will stand for the freedom that You intend for this great nation of America. We ask it in the Name of Jesus. Amen.