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In the earlier part we saw the everlasting covenant was the people's covenant where the fellowship of God with man gave the saints a volume with spelled the fulness of God where the Word serves as the law. Here we shall see it is Person specific.
"And set bars and doors,/And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?"
This is demonstrated in this incident where Jesus stilled the storm. "And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm." (Matt.8:23-27) The story of Jonah is associated with the sea. Jesus refers to his own death and resurrection as a sign. "For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."(Matt.12:40). Setting bars and windows place the earth as one to which clouds serve a purpose as well.
"The waters are hid as with a stone."(v.30) This stone serves as stopper So when God sends the great flood we have its use. " In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened./ And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights."(Ge.7:11-12) The Law or the word of God has already set doors and windows in heaven as well as on earth. Forty days (4x10) refers to this word that went forth from God.
Blessing of man in his Son sets his transience as of no great consequence since his olume is made permanent by his Son.
Blessings always come from the greater to the lesser. So God asks, "Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?/ Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?" (vv.2-29) Within His holiness what is seen is temporal and what is unseen is eternal. (2 Co.4:18) Life as a vapor.
I need to remind myself more and more often that all the events we see in the world today are just a reflection of what is going on in high places today; with the raging spiritual war in the 2nd heaven. Of course it is only through the 3rd heaven; exercising the authority through the Spirit of the power of Christ above that enables us to actually engage in any combat to resist the legions of evil that are controlling the masses today.
The sad fact is that many professing believers aren't really in the faith at all; and the rest that are only have a small segment that are in this "vertical" aspect in the spiritual realm. In terms of what is proclaimed; therefore in the first example people are calling on endless blessings by making presumptuous proclamations and twisting certain verses to align with their own agendas. In the second case; for all those who have the potential to be in the battle many aren't protected with the proper armor or are not offensively fighting with the sword of the Spirit as Ephesians 12 tells us to do as our only offensive weapon we have.
It is one thing to preach of God's love and forgiveness to God's enemies as Jesus did; selflessly until death. People can over or underemphasize the fact of man's depravity and enmity with God with humans; but with demons and Satan himself we dare not make the mistake of viewing them as anything but enemies; out to steal; kill and destroy both our own lives as individuals through various means such as intimidation; accusation and temptation but also controlling the whole world system (world; flesh and devil).
Here is some practical advice.
1 Corinthians 5:11
James 1:26
1 Corinthians 6:9-10
Jude 1:23
2 Timothy 3:13
Ephesians 5:11-12
2 Corinthians 6:17
1 Peter 5:8-9
Proverbs 4:23-27
God is working all things according to His purposes for our good. To be tried we are tested to see what is genuine ( 1 Peter 1:7).
May God grant us the strength to endure until the end.
In order to understand the volume of man, Ch. 38 of the Book of Job shall help us. The same division of the two worlds framed by the word of God sets man having a body and spirit within which the Word serves as a seed which as part of the inner man is unseen. By fruits one shall know and it is what works would mean. "Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them."(Matt.7:17-20)
God challenges Job so we shall examine what are boundaries of our world made to appear as well as what is seen or the fruits thereof. Blessedness of the tree planted by the waters has a volume (Ps.1:3) Our study on Job can help us from wandering off course by keeping focus on the tree planted by God.
"Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding." These foundations are unseen and as many pillars God has set up for the House that Wisdom built (Pr.9:1) shall be seen. So there is an order in keeping with holiness of God. These foundations are the seven days in the everlasting covenant. The House with seven pillars are intended to last everlasting and as the people's convent and we have this testimony saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God."(Re.21:3). This is marked eternity. Our own makeup where Christ dwells in us by faith consequently must hold a working relationship. St Paul's prayer makes it clear, "That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;/That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,/May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;"(Ep.3:16-20) The indwelling Spirit is grow into the fulness of God. It is how we set our inner man the sign for the word of God working in us.
8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the Tabernacle of Witness; and, BEHOLD, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
9 And Moses brought out ALL THE RODS from before the Lord unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
10 And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the Testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that THEY DIE NOT.
11 And Moses did so: as the Lord commanded him, so did he.
12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
13 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the Tabernacle of the Lord shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
Jeremiah 1:11-12
11 Moreover the Word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.(ROD of Aaron's)
12 Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast WELL SEEN: for I will hasten my Word (the Rod) to perform it.
HERE YE THE ROD
Micah 6:8-9
8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
9 The Lord's voice crieth unto the city, and the MAN OF WISDOM shall see thy name: HEAR YE THE ROD, and who hath appointed it.
Hallelujaaah!!!
Exodus 4:1-5
1And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee.
2And the Lord said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
3And the Lord said, Cast it on the ground. And Moses cast it on the ground, and it became a SERPENT; and Moses fled from before it.
4 And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the TAIL. (WHY to take by the TAIL? ISAIAH 9:13-16 is a clue to understand the why of this) And Moses put forth his hand, and caught it (by the TAIL), and it became a rod in his hand:
5That they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the GOD of Abraham, the GOD of Isaac, and the GOD of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
Numbers 17:1-13
1And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.
3And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.
4And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the TESTIMONY, where I will MEET with you.
5And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall CHOOSE, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
6And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for EACH PRINCE one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
7And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the Tabernacle of Witness.
8And it came to pass,that on the morrow Moses went into the
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As to that subject I have skirted around it but have sent veiled warnings that the powers that be are working with both major political parties. There are those who discuss the matter in greater detail; but as with most other subjects I leave it up to the discerning reader for the Lord to reveal to them the truth. The scary part is now certain prophecies are no doubt at least partially coming to fruition; as the soon to come Tribulation will arrive. God Himself is going to allow and promote the coming "Lie" mentioned in Thessalonians. The only question is who is really Christ and who is Antichrist as their destinies will in many ways seem to align the same; i.e. both will cause fire to come out of the sky (either the False Prophet that is representing the Beast or Elijah and the other Prophet).
I believe God restrains things as long as the church remains on the earth; I won't get into an eschatological debate here but will say it appears for now the gates of hell won't prevail against the church but saints are overcome as stated in Daniel. The focus needs to be on continuing to "occupy until He comes" ( Luke 19:13).
What goes on today reflects how few wish to preach repentance from sin as associated with true salvation. It also reflects pride in that we don't seek prayer and fasting for the nation as true prophets did but hold out optimism which is unrealistic in general as to the last days which are characterized by many falling away. I can't discount that some sort of true revival could occur if the coming of the Lord is delayed longer than we think; such as a more severe judgment or series of events that at least could lead some to repentance. So I leave it up to the individual if they are truly convicted about praying for a revival; in general we should continue to witness and for any lost sheep to draw tham way from the apostate church.
Perhaps you are reading into the 'Last Supper scene' in the Olympics event, what wasn't there. The fat jolly figure in the middle is more Dionysus that Christ. It is a spectacle and along the Seine the best way to present a memorable eye candy for the TV viewers is to pan the camera along the length. The real event in the upper room would have had more reclining table and intimate space about the bread and wine. The long table as shown in the Da vinci painting is more artistic license than real. I will tell you what is more obscene was to present a convicted felon and unrepentant pathological liar at a Christian conservative convention to say, You don't have to vote again and to say, Hi beautiful Christians, I am a Christian," I thought it was as bad as Antiochus IV offering a pig at the Temple. Well to each his own. The mechanical horse was Pegasus and not from the Four Horsemen.
I agree with you what we get for entertainment could have been made only in the Hell's Kitchen and meant for making a quick buck.
When Christian preachers serve the devil's doctrine and justify slavery as a moral duty toward the man of colour, it shall soon spread and what we get is what was sown by such false witnesses.
"But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him./But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God."
The Law here mentioned is the Law of the Spirit, unity of which we see in the Synoptic gospels. So word was not flung at random leaving it to chance. God is a Spirit, and he cast forth the word that it shall succeed. "Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days./Give a portion to seven, and also to eight."(Ec.11:1) Death and resurrection of his Son was already in his divine Will.So the earth and lower parts were to be brought under the word of his power. It is what we mean by the Unity of the Spirit. This unity is associated with the Lamb in the Vision of John. "a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth."(Re.5:6). Fulness of Christ carries several tags of which we shall consider number Four as a Command number. All the gospels which are canonical delineate this fulness from this number to establish the Word was God. In Matthew we have the deity of Jesus while St Luke presents his humanity. Mark and John have their own specific gravity and these do not contradict one other. St Matthew presents the doctrine of God the Beatitudes with the symbolic backdrop of a high mountain. (Matt.5:1) Whereas St Luke sets Jesus on the plains and he references the mountain for some other purpose. "that he went out into a mountain to pray."(Luke.6:12) and begins the Beatitudes later. " And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people from the Jews and the Gentiles. (v.17). He sets woe to ye discourse along side. St Matthew devotes a separate chapter for it.(Matt.23)
"And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace./For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ."
The word of God is qualified as word of his grace; "to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified." it is also described as word of his power, "and upholding all things by the word of his power."(Ac.20:32; He.1;3).The same fellowship of God with man is word based. So God by making man a living soul showed grace in action. Blessings must be explained as manifestation of his grace and it is what we received freely. When we received Jesus Christ our Saviour we became part of his fulness and power with which he uphold 'all things' and it gives us foreknowledge as well. Much of it is through the Bible, in which they are given for our admonition upon whom the end of the worlds has come.
On a personal note my word ministry in this open forum as well as in my other blogs is based on that it is addressed to to a great congregation, "I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest."(Ps.40:9). What I believe as revealed by the Holy Spirit and true I have set forth. By the grace given to me I do not count how many more days or months or even decade, God is my comfort and my bulwark and He shall fulfil concerning my work.
This fulness we see in the manner what is whispered in the ear becomes common knowledge. " For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known./Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops."( Luke 12:3). The Syrian king had much to fear. His conspiracy was plain before God and before the prophet. (2 Ki.6:8-11)
When it comes to major sporting events and concerts the pattern the last several years is to have some demonic ritual beforehand. The Olympics which stated a few days ago is the most recent example. Most people here are probably aware of the mocking of the last Supper and other obvious Satanic imagery including apparently the pale horse from Revelation at the end (or a white type horse and its rider). Apparently at least one athlete from the USA decided after that opening ceremony not to participate and one sponsor has decided to withdraw further support.
It is hard to imagine at this point someone naively watching the next big event and not expecting something in your face of evil. On one hand we can't fault those who wish to watch the Olympics for the sake of the athletes only. It would seem to make the most sense to deliberately avoid the garbage before the athletic competitions or perhaps at the end.
When it comes to many music events; whether live or televised on the other hand it is best to avoid them entirely as far as I can tell. Today it is very hard to find a performer who is actually fascinating from a musical perspective who may tempt us to overlook the rest of the evil because they actually have great talent. I find acoustic guitar masters in that category and some bluegrass performers. The truth is it is mostly sex appeal or some addictive line that people relate to with secular performers; boasting of their sexual conquests; wanton violence; or greed if not downright Satanic lyrics talking about suicide in particular.
In some ways I'm thankful that things are out in the open; the end times are now breathing down our necks and it can't be avoided as discussion. My Pastor mentioned a study stating 40 percent of Americans think we're i the end times; but apparently only 6 percent of Christians if I understood right spend much time in scripture. Let us use our time wisely
Mark 14:62 - And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
Interesting how these verbs work in Greek. It is either transitive or non-transitive. This is a non-transitive verb; it is just I am. That is all He said. That is His name, the name of God in the Old Testament in the book of Exodus.
Mark 14:63 - Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?
First, I realize you already know this, but the word "rent" is the word tore. The high priest rent, or tore his clothes, which by the way is illegal for him to do, which is very interesting. In Leviticus 21:10, it tells us that the priest cannot tear clothes. But he did. And he says, what need we any further witnesses? So, he says throw that rule out too. We will just make up our own. We have heard him. And they all condemned Jesus to be guilty of death.
This is all I have to share on Mark. I am working my way through Luke and hope to be posting on it soon.
God Bless!!!
Mark 14:36 - And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
Abba is Aramaic for father, a very intimate word.
Mark 14:43 - And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
The word for "sword" means the small hand sword that the Roman soldiers would use in hand-to-hand combat. This word "staves" in the Greek are literally wooden clubs. The wooden clubs are the ones the temple police would use. They are coming out with swords and wooden clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
Mark 14:45 - And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed him.
In the Greek text, this word for kiss has a little preposition, KATA, added to it. It means he kissed him fervently and affectionately. He didn't just come up and put a little kiss on Jesus' cheek. But he grabs Him and says master. He is giving him a very affectionate kiss.
Mark 14:53 - And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.
This would be the Sanhedrin, the governing body and council of the Jews, made up of 70 leaders of the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes.
Mark 14:61 - But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
This is a fulfillment of Isaiah 53, "he was silent before the shearers."
"Son of the blessed" is actually a translation of the Hebrew term meaning Son of God. Are you the Son of God? Art Thou the Christ? The word Christ is from CHRISTOS in the Greek. And it is MESHIACH in the Hebrew that means Messiah. Are you the Messiah, the Son of God?
Mark 14:3 - And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
We know from John 12:3 that this woman is Mary, the sister of Martha, and sister to Lazarus. I just want to point out something about this "alabaster box." It is not a box. It is actually a flask. It had a long neck on it. And they were generally made out of marble. And in order to pour this, which is actually a burial spice, but in order to pour this on the body, they would break the long neck and just pour the contents out.
Spikenard is actually from two words. It's actually named nard. It is from a plant that's found primarily in India. But it is the word pure, pure nard, genuine, unadulterated, which is the reason why it was so expensive. And she comes in with this alabaster flask and she breaks the flask and poured it on his head.
Mark 14:5 - For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
300 pence is 300 DENARI, almost a year's wages. This again is something we as English-speaking people are not going to catch just by reading this verse.
Mark 14:21 - The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.
Keep in mind that the word woe (whoa) is only a good word if you are a horse. If you are not a horse you are in trouble because woe means destruction, OUAI in Greek means destruction.
Mark 14:32 - And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.
You may already know this, but Gethsemane is the Hebrew transliteration of the wine and olive press on the Mount of Olives. The winepress is called Gethsemane.
Mark 12:42 - And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites. Those aren't bugs. Those are the names of coins. It is actually the word LEPTA. A LEPTA is only 1/64th of a day's wage. Somebody figured that out to be about 10 or 12 minutes, 1/64th of a day's wage.
And so, two of them (two mites), it adds up to a KORENTAS, 1/32nd of a day's wage. Not much! She threw in these two coins worth 1/32nd of a day's wage. Today, someone might have sent a visitation committee to her house. The word farthing is the word KORENTAS.
Mark 13:8 - For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
The word "sorrows" in the Greek text is the word for birth pains. When a woman begins her delivery process, the birth pains come further apart, and they are not as strong. What Jesus is saying is that when you see all these things happening, it is just getting started. Don't think that the end is coming anytime soon.
Mark 13:9 - But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.
Notice what He is saying to the synagogues and to the Council. The word council is Sanhedrin, the chief Council of the Jews. He is talking to Jewish people. He is talking directly to His disciples. He is talking directly to His believers, the Jews.
Mark 12:15 - Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.
In the Greek text, Jesus says "Bring me a DENARIUS, that I may see it." A denarius is a Greek coin. And the denarius represents one day's wages. You can't use the Greek coin in the temple because it has the image of Caesar on it. But Jesus says, bring me a denarius so that I can see it.
Mark 12:37 - David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.
They said, "Oh, this is great." They loved every minute of it. This Man is the wisdom of God. Listen to Him. Go ahead scribes, answer Him! So, when He quotes Psalm 110:1, David is saying to his Son, my Lord. Well, how can He be his Son, and then He is his Lord? So, Jesus is saying, how does that work? They couldn't answer!
Of course, the answer is the word son (HUIOS) has to do with descendancy, not a literal son. So, he was actually calling his Son his Lord, even though his Son would come after him, He actually existed before him. He was his God. This is the same thing John the Baptist said. The one who comes after me was before me and was preferred before me.
Mark 12:41 - And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
Now I like this one! This would be equivalent to Jesus sitting across the tithing envelopes in the foyer in church. That would make you nervous wouldn't it? Jesus was watching how the people cast their money into the treasury: how they were doing it, not how much, and many that were rich cast in much.
Mark 10:52 - And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.
The word whole is the word for salvation, SOUDSO.
Mark 11:22 - And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
So, Jesus responded and he said (According to our English Bible), Have faith in God.
Literally in the Greek text, it reads "have the faith of God." Big difference! And the word "have" is a command. Have the faith of God! Faith is a gift from God, not of man. So, when we call out for mercy, we also call out, "Lord, I believe but help my unbelief." Lord have mercy on me, I don't deserve it, but if You don't have mercy on me I'm lost. Jesus says, have the faith of God.
Mark 12:1 - And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
The word husbandmen is the Greek word for farmers. That was pretty customary to see in Jerusalem, where you fix up a vineyard and then rent it out to some farmers because you're leaving the country. And what the pay would be is that when the harvest comes, you would get a certain percentage of the crops. That is a pretty good deal!
Mark 12:14 - And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
The question is, is it lawful to give tribute, (that means tax) to Caesar, or not? They want to know if it is lawful. To the English-speaking mind, to give tribute to someone might mean to pay respect to or speak well of them.
I wonder how many Christians go home after church and don't even think anymore on what was preached (like I used to) instead of studying the scriptures the pastor used sometime before next Sunday and see if it is truly of God.
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"For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;" This we shall understand from the separation of goats from the sheep (Matt.25: 31-46) Resurrection of the dead is in their order which must be set in a single standard. That is man angel and the fulness of Christ. As one measures the holy city of God by it man, fulness of man must be synchronised with the fulness of Christ. St Paul calls this a new creation. If anyone is in Christ he is a new creation. This gives the Word, the word become flesh and the will of God same hold which we can call as the Law of the Spirit. Jesus Christ the same (He.13:8) is for an example refers to the word as a seed in our heart. The example of Jesus Christ as the way, the truth and life similarly holds us to walk through 'strait is the gate.'. Thirdly All the promised of God are yea in his Son. This is Christian Living.
The Spirit reorganized the narrative from standpoint of God and also from the Man component the everlasting covenant is covenant for the people and not for angels. Thus the narrative mode which has its own vocabulary and sign posts. Hermeneutics as nominal Christians throw around in this open forum is merely beating about the bush. It does not serve God but for something else. The children of light are already judged as righteous in Christ so this separation of goats and their judgment must be set in proper context of the fulness of Christ. "Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?/ Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me./And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal." (Matt.25:44-46)
SCHOOL BOOK JULY 28,2024 1 Corinthians 14:13-26 KJV
My Respond: COGIC WORSHIP- I worship Christ that is God, A God of understanding, A God that shows you who he is , A God that teaches you how to live. A God that who haves a heart, A God that gives you a heart like his A God that gives you freedom of actions, speaking, and to be in his presence-&church. A God that can be private and given privacy.
"Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God." (Re.21:2-3) Isaiah refers to a covenant of the people for a light unto the Gentiles. It is called the light of the Lamb for the saved nations on the earth. (Re.21:23-24)"
Isaiah presents Jesus Christ as Son of man who set things right and as a judge his earthly ministry showed him that he would not not be in their petty quarrels or culture wars. For instance he asked, "And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?"( Luke 12:13-15) His parables were indirectly addressed to open their mind as to God's ways. Their nationalism were as misbegotten as we have today hatched by the devil. God sent his Son and "He shall bring forth judgment unto truth./He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth:"(Is.32:3-4)
Here we have a list of things for Jesus Christ to do such as "To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house."(42:7). Of the parables Separation of goats from sheep is left to the Man component, "Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as theLord's servant?/Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not."(42:19-23) When he judges he shall not as the Word made flesh but as the Lord of lords and king of kings. "When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:/And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:"(Matt.25:31-32)
Separation of light from darkness has its judgement as well as 'justice done' part.
"I theLordhave called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;"
This chapter begins with the Man component in the everlasting covenant which as the key text tells us is the covenant of the people. Nothing less shall fully justify the Fellowship of God with Man. When God sent Jesus Christ to the world He sent him as the true Light so we shall firstly set the Gentiles in the context of the light. God is the Father of lights so it is appropriate to set the separation of light from darkness in terms of light. 'Unto this day' explains the inheritance of saints in light. In the covenant we shall look at the part of God whose Will encompasses 'in that day".
"Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto theLord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon." (Is.55:7) In the light of the word what is darkness to the holiness of God? His holiness addresses the ways of the wicked. The covenant between God and the Son is according to the Word of the Law. The Psalmist says, "The darkness and the light are both alike to thee" and the word sent forth shall not return to him in void. So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.(Is.55:11).
Jesus Christ presented himself as the light of the world. "As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."( John 9:5) This is what led to the light of the Lamb which is not on the earth but in mid-air, "And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband./And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them,"(Re.21:2-3)
Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel."
Here the word of God is addressing the lower parts which refers to the outer darkness. Parables of Jesus made so much so clear. The nation of Israel proved to be unprofitable, their traditions of their made the word of God to none effect.(Matt.25:30; Mark 7:13).
"Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert." (Is.43:19) It is the Lord's doing and it is marvellous in our sight. The word of God does not change. Here is an example.
"When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel."(De.32:8)
We see the inheritance of saints in light which refers to the day of salvation tagged as 'unto this day.' Jesus sets twelve throne for the apostles. " And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel."(Matt.19:29)
Similarly in that day we shall see how 'God may be all in all'.
The House of David and the inhabitants of Israel on the earth shall come under inheritance as God tells Moses. These allotment is according to the sons of Adam where the mingled race include both Jews and the Gentiles alike. The same 12 tribes shall be maintained as the eleven apostles gathered in the upper room before the day of Pentecost, the idea was to keep the number 12 in tact. As it is in heaven so it shall be on the earth. "Thy word is truth." Amen.
"In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness."
In that day and unto this day are tags that the Spirit has set up as signposts so the covenant fulfils both the Will of the Father and of the Son. The Word or the Law is what gives man his volume so Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today and forever is the Lord. He is the Lord of heaven. Our faith and works are part of the volume of God and of Man. We have been blessed "with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ" which explain "And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly."(1 Co.15:49;Ep.1:3)
House of David is a hold all to indicate Jesus Christ as the son of David makes every believer relate to David the man since we are created in our image. Meanwhile David is also a double for the Son 'after our likeness.' With regards to the fountain opened for the inhabitants of Jerusalem it is made up of the Gentiles and the Jews which were left out. They are the heathen promised to the Son. "Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession."
The Spirit sets Gentiles marked for grace as God tells Moses,"And I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation." (De.32:21). God sets the Gentile King Cyrus-("That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure"-Is.44;28). We already see the idea of Jerusalem for Jews and the Palestinians in the air. The Word of God calls them mingled race. (Ez. 9:2). With the surname of Israel we have them among the nations saved. " One shall say, I am the Lord's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel."(Is.44:5)
"In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness".
About this fountain we have the authority of the Spirit. "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely."(Re.22:17). This is addressed to the House of David so it references Jesus Christ who in his humanity came out of the loins of the king; and Jerusalem on the earth, which is a mixed race.
This fountain is new and it references the new heaven and new earth. (Re.22:1). This raises the question what is the purpose for the fountain? It is for sin and uncleanness of those which were left behind. The verse 'saved nations' in Re.21:24 need to be addressed. They were blind to have refused to hear the word of God. "And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them." (Is.42:16). In the Fellowship of God with Man we find the bride already has been installed in the holy city of God. That is on the word of God and in that day God may be all in all. So God as he says to Moses, "For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion."(Ro.9:15). The same word sent out of the mouth of God shall accomplish and these are conditional as stated in Re.22:17. Firstly, 'whosoever will' and take the water of life freely. For those who reject, there is death and hell. As with everlasting punishment lake of fire shall keep on burning. "This is the second death./And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."(Re.20:14-15)
Mark 10:17 - And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
This is something else we probably would not catch in our English Bibles. You see the word good? That is a special word! It is the word AGATHOS. There are several different Greek words for the word good. AGATHOS, as we also see in Mark 10:18 that Jesus is going to use it. Jesus is going to say why did you all me AGATHOS? There is only one who is AGATHOS, and that is God. Why did you call me AGATHOS? He is bringing it to his attention.
Mark 10:18 - And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
Jesus said "Why did you call me good?" There is only one that is AGATHOS, and that is God. Do you realize what you just called me? You called me God. Why did you do that?
Mark 10:44 - And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
The word for servant used in this verse is the word DULOS, meaning slave!
Mark 10:45 - For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
The word "ransom" means "to purchase a slave out of the marketplace." And that's basically what Jesus did for us. We are enslaved to sin, and He paid the price to free us from sin.
Mark 10:49 - And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.
Where it says be of good comfort, that is the word courage. It doesn't mean be comfortable. This could be properly translated as "Have courage, rise; he calleth thee.
Mark 9:42 - And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
Again, the word offend is the Greek word SCANDALON. It is where we get out word scandal from, except in Greek it had to do with a stick that was used to prop up a box. And it was used like a trap spring so that when an animal would run underneath the box, they would pull the stick and the box would fall down and they would trap it.
Whosoever shall trap one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea. That is pretty serious!
Mark 9:43 - And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
This is what's called a hyperbole in literature. Jesus says that if your hand offends you to cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, than having two hands and to go into hell. This would be Gehenna, the Valley of Henon.
The Valley of Henon was just to the south of Jerusalem. It was the Valley that they used to offer their children up in sacrifice in the old days. But at this time when Jesus came, they were using it as the garbage dump. People just came and dumped their garbage into the Valley and it was constantly burning. It is called "The Valley Geh of Henon," or Gehenna. It is better for him to be maimed than to go into Gehenna, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
Mark 10:7 - For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
The word cleave is the word glue in the Greek text. Interesting!