Bible Questions Page 56

Is.40:15 "Nations"

"Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing."

What nations count as characteristics of greatness in the eyes of God is vile. Their strength in numbers the Spirit of God has in a very telling manner characterised, in the Book of Daniel. It is of nations that the dream signifies, "Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth." (Dan.2:35) In God's kingdom there is no place for them and much less for clay, indicating theocratic kingdoms. We found it was so if history of nations is to be an indicator. They are chaff because they make flesh their arm but nevertheless they accursed. (Je.17:5) The word of God makes it clear, "The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away." The same idea as in the Book of Daniel.

Perhaps this cultural trope you may not have heard. When a politician wants to energise the masses they use cultural context so a slogan like "blood and soil"is so charged in the 30s were heard in 2017 but in another continent and yet caused bloodshed. What was common is the culprit. Nations are lies and their tropes and memes are against God. Now when we hear the VP nominee uses "DIE hire" the trash will know what he meant. What David describes in Psalm 59 is much the same, with torch parades going round about the city howling likes dogs whether in Nuremberg or Charlottesville. "They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city./Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?/But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision."

Study on Ez.47

"Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house." (Ez.47:1)

We have in the preceding chapters on laws and ordinances regarding the house of God in eternity different from the temple polluted by the apostate Israel. vv.2-5 we have "the man that had the line" proceeding with measuring. What does 4x1000 tell us? Compare with John's vision where the golden reed shows 12x100 furlongs. "The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal."(21:16) Ezekiel according to his Jewish sensitivities gives us the decalogue as base unit. The Word is tagged by command number Four.

In 44:5 we read thus, "And the Lord said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the Lord."From thereon we have we have various ordinances which are not relevant at the moment.

The Spirit uses Afterward with direct reference to the measuring of the holy city of God.(Re.21:15-16) We need look at this vision from the tree of life being positioned on this side of the river where the throne of God and of the Lamb is situated. (Re.22:1). This water which flows from the threshold "And, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward" requires explanation. Threshold is set as the line connecting the two thrones" so the pure water of life ("a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb"), is implied here.

Further down in Ez.47 we are shown the living waters in its mighty course, "Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed."(47:8) There shall be a revival for them. Prophet Zechariah refers to in that day' to the day of regeneration where the apostles shall judge the 12 tribes.

1 Ti.4:1 "Sprit of the times"

"Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils."

Spirit of the times is spirit of doctrines which have a form of godliness but denying the power of God. Man having the gift of the gab gathers a following and such a one was Theudas was a populist leader, one who would have taken a bullet for democracy and he did gather a party. "For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to naught."(Ac.5:36) Judas followed and Acts of the Apostles tells, "After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed." Seducing spirits whip up doctrines and man shall take up to sow mischief and garner public support. The Spirit is still that of the devil. Nationalism is such. Jesus would have none of it. "Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence."( John 18:36) Yet what makes the churches still pursue it? They do not want to know word of God and the spiritual demand on their lives, it is a total surrender. Instead what does the spirit of times teach these Christians? "Never surrender." What do they care abou walking in faith and not by sight? What conspiracy theories they swallow and yet call themselves Christians. This is what makes worst specimens of human race pass for their champions, so they wage a cultural war for them. "And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:/That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness."

Ez.48:35 "Inheritance" (2 of 2)

Firstly we shall consider the single measurement with which the holy city of God is measured. The volume of 144 is made up by abiding in Christ where Gospel has a tag of 12. 144,000 refers to eternity. The measurement as used in the vision of Ezekiel refers to the world of the flesh with Israel in particular so New Jerusalem is heavenly as distinct from Jerusalem on the earth. The angel tells Ezekiel and the wording is very significant. "And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel."(Ez.40:4) How well did the children of Israel pay attention it? "(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day." (Ps.11:8) "Unto this day" is relevant for us upon whom the ends of the world has come. Is it not shame to declare"I have seen the light Hallelujah and yet turn to fleshpots of Egypt. It is thus imposter church serves the politicians. "because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:/Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ."(2 Th.2:13-14). Instead the stupor surrounding the Evangelicals to look to some fraud pretending to be their saviour is all the more shameful. The foundation of God stands sure and God knows who are his.

Hi. I am confused as to the use of the feminine in reference to ones soul in the Psalm. If im a man and the writer was a man why does it say that.

"34 I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad"

Thanks.

Ge.6:13 "The end of all flesh"

"And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits." (6:15)

Here we have the volume in terms of cubits. Significant is that it is not given in multiples of 12 which is the Gospel of God as delineated in his humanity. It was to set a believer in heavenly places which shall continue till the end times. He is part of the city in the making to which he walks by faith and not by sight. "And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal."(Re.21:16)

On the other Noah's ark is an emblem for the end of flesh, sons of perdition to be precise. 300 Lx50 B What scale shall we use here? The same we find in the vision of Ezekiel, "a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth. (Ez.40:5) Another example we can cite, in the Book of Daniel. "Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits." This is abomination! The Ark of Noah was a warning to all who made flesh his arm. "Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD."(Je.17:5)

"A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it." (6:16)

The Window on the roof signifies the blessings under the covenant come from above, The three stories tell us the ark is built "after our image" with soul spirit and body.

"And shalt pitch it within and without with pitch." is similar to "and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind." Total Sanctification is insisted upon.

Ge.6:13 "The end of all flesh" (1 of 2)

"And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth."

Everlasting covenant explains God's covenant with Man. "The holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, refers to the tabernacle of God among men. It is the culmination of all spiritual blessings any man may freely avail of,- and by faith he is a saint redeemed for the earth, and be found in the tabernacle. Without Jesus Christ the Word become flesh and without abiding in him no man shall succeed. Noah is the double for Jesus Christ the author and finisher of our faith. "Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he."(6:22) In the covenant Noah fits the above assertion as he is created 'after our likeness' and he did as his Son fulfilled the will of his Father.

The Ark of Noah explains the end of all flesh to which it remains an emblem. We shall examine how it serves us for our spiritual instruction. "Wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water."(1 Pe.3:20) The Spirit sets command number Eight to denote the lower parts, signifying the death of his Son enabled those souls in prison to heart the Gospel.(1 Pe.3:19) Water baptism is to signify the end of my flesh and its demands' and if I am dead from where does come Christian nationalism? Do not be fooled. For without this death no man shall enter the day Seven. "And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made."(Ge.2:3) God sanctified Noah because his faith was same as was in his Son. As all passengers in the ark were safe and secure abiding in Noah God was 'at rest' in a manner of speaking.

"And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits." (6:15)

Ec.3:11 "From the beginning till the end" (2 of 2)

"for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." Jacob before and after Peniel could testify. The fulness of Christ makes his heart know the difference. Peniel speaks for his spiritual regeneration. However he has no more confidence in his flesh. It is the heart where new Jerusalem is created. The selfsame volume gives him insight into the significance of Mahanaim. (Ge.32:1-2)

What made Moses chose the life of suffering? " By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;/Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;/ Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward." (He.11:24-26)

This respect is what the imposter churches fail to inculcate in their congregation. Instead their spirits are like frogs, so the beast and the false prophet have same mind. "two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. Where are these false prophets lead their flock? "And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet./For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth."

Ec.3:11 "From the beginning to the end" (1 of 2)

"He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end."

Here we have the reason why God breathed into the nostrils of man and made him a living soul. In Christ the Alpha and Omega the heart is a level playing field. "From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth./He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works." The right to know and understand is universal right and it is the blessing the everlasting covenant enshrines 'in our image and after our likeness."(Ge.1:28) So whosoever refused to enter into the day Seven rejected the seed within itself,- the truth. Calvin's doctrine of 'total depravity' is a heresy. God has set the world of the Spirit in their heart and what does it tell us?

The volume of a believer is arrived at because the fulness of Christs fills all. "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:"(Col.1:20) This is the work of God and it can only make sense to a believer in believing Jesus Christ whom he sent. This faith, or lack of it has been the undoing of imposter churches.

Thus the river of time flows right through heart of man whether he admits or not.

"And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. The cities of refuge on the left bank and on the right bank is as clear as the light is separated from darkness.

"for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." Jacob before and after Peniel could testify. The fulness of Christ makes his heart know the difference. Peniel speaks for his spiritual regeneration. However he has no more confidence in his flesh.

Re.2:17 "A New name" (1 of 2)

"To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it."

Jesus Christ in the inaugural vision has many things against the church of Pergamos but he commends them that 'thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith',. So the new name is a personal name which holds true for the day of Regeneration,- and it has significance where we are talking about the new heaven and new earth.

God's gifts and calling are irrevocable. What God framed by his word are worlds that shall never change. But the earth which was without form and void shall made new from the standpoint of man who was predestinated "unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself,". The reason for it very simple. "Therefore if any manbein Christ,he isa new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."(2 Co.5:17). Therefore is a conjunctive adverb and his newness is firmly associated with death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This new creation has similarly transcended his physical body and its lusts. This is where we acquire a volume so as associates our faith sets into the day of Regeneration and everlasting life. As emblematic of man's ascension to heavenly places, the new name sets the overcomer for glory and as Christ promises the Church of Pergamos, it is a name no other man shall know.

The Holy Spirit has supplied several instances of which God naming Jacob the heel-catcher to Israel is preeminent. "And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob./And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel."(Ge.32:27-28)

One curious but very vital point to remember is that he wanted to ask in return the personal name of God. God refused it. Instead blessed of God Jacob calls the place Peniel, a new name. It is thus New Jerusalem, is indicative of new creation.

"Everlasting covenant"

God created heaven and earth Ge.1:1) The Spirit of God works Up and Down. It sets the Man component which the Scripture says in this fashion, " He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things."(Ep.4:10)

The Covenant promises blessings on man is in his Son. "(God) who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:"(Ep.1:3) This man is created in our image and after our likeness" Accordingly seven days stipulate blessings in sequence. The man has fullness or volume since Christ's Advent and Ascension promises him Up Down and Across.

Jesus Christ commissions man with the promise,"and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world."(Matt.28:20) Man is therefore equipped with the Spirit of Christ to understand the blessings to be had by abiding in Jesus Christ who is Alpha and Omega. (He.13:8)

What is faith then? It is for bearing fruits in his Son because His word abides in us and we are blessed as the tree "planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season." Notice the word season is used instead of time. Where does this river leads to? The day of Regeneration for the blessed is above while for those who rejected him is on the earth God in his infinite mercy allows pure water of life and the tree of life,"which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations."(Re.22:1-2). This is the tree with the seed in itself and the everlasting covenant promises just that. Faith must be as though planted by God so fruits are proof of Christ in us. Gospel preaching does not require falcon jets or ostentatious ensemble to show off prosperity. God is going to give a mighty shaking so heaven shall rolled away like a scroll. Fall of Babylon is not put off indefinitely .Making Babylon great once again is what imposter churches root for.

Ac.8:11 "Simon, Philip and Peter"

Simon was not merely a man of the street but was looked up as somebody in Samaria. "Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one. " He was there to make Samaria great again.

When he saw the baptism of Spirit his mercantile spirit had to have it. So his belief was disconnected from reality and he offered them (the apostles) money. Simon Peter "said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money./Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God./ Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee./ For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity."(8:20-23)

What did Simon really believe in? Jesus Christ who humbled himself had the power and Authority and his obedience was the cement that made the Gospel take root. Faith it is called where no bond of iniquity can tie believer down. Where God gives him freely joy and peace there can be no room for bitterness. That is what faith with works do. Simon believed only in himself though his Jesus talk impressed the people of Samaria. It is same as many celebrity TV preachers catch head lines after some scandal and fall in disgrace, one gets to see that his belief was only in himself. This is what studying the word of God without faith has produced. Without light in you what witnessing can you possibly do? "That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world."(Ph.2:15)

Matt.25:29-30 "Outer darkness" (2 of 2)

"The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him."( John 12:29)All the blessings God promised in his Son were wasted on the nation. Having the Law Moses but without faith it was as though they were thrust out into the outer darkness. This is what the Parable teaches? The Age of Apostles began with such signs and wonders have now become rogue what with false shepherds going into politics! We who believer in our Saviour Lord ought to say, "And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."

Those planted by God shall be gathered for new heavens and the new earth. Those who belong to the outer darkness shall be cast out for the wrath of the Lamb. Of which those who find salvation shall be found on the earth and for them the light of the Lamb shall set their lives. "for the healing of the nations," they shall need the tree of life. Instead everlasting life their lives shall be covered according to months. "And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb./In midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations."(Re.22:1-2

River of time brings this who were first to the last. How did it happen? Many are called but few are chosen since they did not gather with Christ. Even what they had they lost/

Matt.25:29:30 "Outer darkness" (1 of 2)

"For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath./And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness."

What is darkness? Absence of light, of course. God separated light from darkness. John applies it to the nation of Israel. And the darkness comprehended it not." ( John 1:4) refers to the verse below. "He (Jesus Christ) came unto his own, and his own received him not." (1:10-11)The world and Israel in particular, did not receive for the reason they did not have the light in themselves. It is to which Jesus referred,"But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!"(Matt.6:23). In them the word as a seed meant nothing so it was as though God did not plant them at all. For this reason what fruits they could have produced? They were thistles and thorns only fit for fire.

Illustrations we can see how Israel became synonymous with outer darkness.

In Ex.24:3 Israel vows, "All the words which the Lord hath said will we do." They also saw God, " and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness."(24:10) "In his clearness" was in effect was blind since they did not comprehend the true Light when he walked among the. In him was the light of men but where did they fail? "But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes."( 1 John 2:11).

Another time they said,"And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die."(Ex.20:19) Did that help them when a voice from heaven sounded, "The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him."( John 12:29)

GOD is in control of history, nothing random happens.

What I know is that the four riders of Apocalypse, one of GOD and three of the Devil, they are already running /walking with their powers that are reflected in whole world.

It is up to the believing followers of JESUS to identify who the four horsemen of the Apocalypse are,

the rider of the white horse is Michael( Daniel 12:1-3 combined with 1Thessalonians 4:16),

and the rider of the red horse in my view is Trump,

but who is the rider of the black horse?

And the pale horse, who is the rider whose NAME is called Death, and Hell follow with him? Is not he the MAN of sin, son of perdition, who will manifest himself very soon as the messiah of the Jews ( John 5:43-47 combined with Revelation 13:11-18) even now, in the last week, week 70th Daniel 9:27 combined with 2Thessalonians 2:3-4 and 9-12, as soon as be elected the next and last Pope? As is written, Power will be given UNTO THEM over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the ruthless beasts of the earth?

The battle is/will be against three unclean spirits like frogs- Revelation 16:13-15. Why frogs? ->there is something in the site of purebible.

13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the MOUTH of the dragon( Revelation 13:11), and out of the MOUTH of the Beast (Beast of sea- Revelation 13:1-9, the Papacy), and out of the MOUTH of the False Prophet( John 5:43-47).

14 For they are the SPIRITS OF DEMONS, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that Great Day of GOD Almighty.

ATTENTION!

15 Behold, I come as a thief.

Be careful and Get ready

1 Co.10:11-12 "Ensamples" (2 of 2)

"And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days." The woman in the wilderness denotes the left out church. 1260 days is a tag placed by the Holy Spirit to distinguish her from the woman in wilderness who chose her place herself. She is Israel who from bondage wandered through the wilderness. So she was first but for her iniquities God set this rule. "After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise."(Nu.14:34) Why 40? 4x10 where the command number 4 signifies the Word become flesh. It was again Christ they rebelled.

In Nu.33 we have a list of 42 way stations where Israel had to stopover, which is a tag placed against them."where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent." Indication of Time, -months hour and year is different from day that is decreed for the Son.

Re.7:1 "Gospel and the Word of God" (1 of 2)

"The earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree./And I saw another angel ascending from the east"

Before we go into the significance of the number 12 let us explain what the first two verses present which explains the kingdom of God up and down as well as the world from one end of the heaven to other end. "TheLordsitteth upon the flood; yea, theLordsitteth King for ever." (Ps,29:10)

This is same as the Spirit of God moving upon the face of the waters. In St John's vision we see it represented up and down. "Behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne."(Re.4:3)

"And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God." Here we get an idea what moved upon the face. The Lamb "having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth" supplies specifically the spirit of Christ as the Parable of the Tares teaches the world as a field. "The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;/The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels."(Matt.13:38-39; Re.5:6) Here we have thus kingdom of God up and down as well as across where children of the kingdom stand cheek in jowl with children of the wicked one. In the narrative of Joseph and his brethren, obviously those who sold him to the Ishmeelites were wicked.

After the Ascension of Jesus Christ the angel inform the disciples thus, "Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven."(Ac.1:11) St Paul also confirms it. "He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things." (Ep.4:10-12)

The fall of man: God's view of good and evil vs. man's

I will call this Part 2. A brief survey of scripture to the unenlightened easily could lead to the conclusion that the Lord is very schizophrenic; paranoid; moody and cruel along with many other apparently contradictory actions and behaviors. Let us approach this subject for a moment from that skeptical viewpoint. I expect the readers at this point to say what??? why??

Okay; let's think for a moment. Those who believe; and rightly so that God's Word is inspired and is useful for all things as 2 Tim. 3:16 says are able to take a framework of promises to believers and basic moral commands such as the 10 Commandments and more or less gain a perspective to the general laws which mankind is expected to adhere to and through that come up with a beginning knowledge of the lawgiver Himself; hopefully praising God as with Psalm 119 for His commandments and statutes; loving God and realizing that it is only in Him that we are able to fulfill these commands.

Well and good. But to avoid a merely surface level or Parasitical mindset we need to understand that we can't comprehend certain hidden things of the Lord as Deuteronomy 29:29 indicates. There are other verses that suggest ( Proverbs 25:2) kings and priests search these mysteries out at least to some extent. Okay back to the Atheist or skeptic.

Why does God care so much about a bird's nest to preserve it ( Deut. 22:6; a mother is not to be taken with her young); but then the Lord says to destroy men women and children ( Deut. 20:14) just two chapters before? Why does the Lord say let me alone that I may destroy these people and start a new generation with Moses ( Exodus 32:9-14) and yet He "repents" or changes His mind after Moses intercedes? The same sort of seemingly conflicted behavior occurs with Edom in the book of Hosea 8:8-11 in terms there of Ephriam where He seems to be unwilling to carry out the judgments in surrounding verses.

Continuation in Matthew, (Part 19):

Matthew 16:22 - Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.

Literally from the Greek: Peter began to rebuke him saying, have mercy on you Lord, this shall never happen (Double Negative) to you. It would be equivalent to our English saying, "God have mercy on you for saying that!"

Matthew 16:23 - But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

Here it is literally: He turned, and He said to Peter get behind me, and that is an important word. Jesus will always emphasize that whether it's Satan, or people, or whoever it is. The proper position is behind Him, never alongside of Him, never in front of Him, always behind! He says, "Get behind me Satan."

He's speaking to the influence over Peter. It is Satan that says there will be no suffering in the flesh, and that there will be no hardship in the flesh. Satan is the great defender of the flesh. And through human reason and logic, he will oppose any doctrine that will present the fact that if you follow Jesus, there will be suffering and persecution.

Now the word offense is SCANDALIDZO which is where we get our English word scandal from. A SCANDALON in Greek was actually a rock that you tripped over. So, he says, Satan you are throwing a rock in my path to keep me from reaching my goal.

And the word "savourest" comes from the Greek word PHRONAY which means the frame of mind.

Please notice that Jesus is telling Peter that his frame of mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of man. When we hear about suffering how do we react? Peter's reaction was, and his frame of mind was to defend and protect the flesh. We need to be careful of that in the church. Our frame of mind must be on the things of God, not on the things of man, or the things of the flesh.

Re.7:3 "Servants of God"

"Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads."

The seal that the beast set on the world are different from the seal of the Living God. Of the latter God knows as chosen before the worlds began in his Son. "Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity."(2 Ti.3:19). This seal is set on the foundation stone laid in Zion.(Is.28:16) No other foundation can stand. When the Lamb opened the sixth seal "the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. " (6:14) Consequently "And the great dragon was cast out." (12:9)This is what made shakers and movers of the earth and men "hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;/And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb."(6:15-16)

The voice of the Lord has has the sign; when God sent forth his word, it is the word of his power with which the Son upholds the worlds. So the Gospel has its sign. The disciples did not chose Jesus but he did. The number 12 has nothing to do with Israel but the Son. This lesson is what the dream of Joseph teaches us. He is set down as the double for the Son. His parents chided him for it. "Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?"(Ge.37:10). Sheaf of Joseph signified Jesus Christ the bread from heaven. It is thus God earmarked Joseph 'in our image and after our likeness." Gospel is tagged by 12 and the endtimes is marked by 12x12x1000. Seal of God cannot be on Ruben who defiled his father's bed. In similar vein Israel's blessings lays bare the wickedness of Joseph's brethren.

Re.7:1 "Grace Period" (1 of 2)

"And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth,"



'After these things' refer to the judgment of God on man who refused to believe in his Son. Blessings were freely extended to man,"According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love,"and those who neglected shall face the day of his wrath. The covenant set forth in first book of the Bible is basis on which blessedness of man sets heaven, the earth and under the earth on a single yardstick of Jesus Christ "all things were created by him, and for him:/And he is before all things, and by him all things consist." (Col.1:16-17)

The question, "Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?" is asked in heaven.(5:2) Each seal and loosing the seal thereof corresponds with the day consecutively recorded in the covenant. Opening the sixth seal records this event. "And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together;"(6:14).

Day of the Lord, or of the Lamb are part of the 'now' in the day of Salvation. The saints redeemed from the earth are saved and are set in heavenly places upon him these events do not apply. Before we go further we are looking the time lapse in terms of hour. The space of half an hour is distinct from the day of salvation. We are looking at the space between opening of the sixth and the seventh seal before the great tribulation that must occur. "And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour."

The number Four and 12 are set by the Holy Spirit to indicate nations or cardinal directions but the eternal word of God and the gospel respectively.

Re.17:17 "Ten Horns" (2 of 2)

The nation of Israel gave Imperial Rome their mind when they brought Jesus before the governor. "But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar." ( John 19:15). It is is to this Jesus referred, 'this is your hour of darkness."

This hour associates with Israel while the day is decreed for the Son. Along this day several kings shall rise and Israel's hour with them merely paves the way for judgment. "These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast./These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.(17:13-14).

The woman who was taken on the eagle's wings to a place in the wilderness prepared of God shall redeem as mentioned in Re.7:4-8 by stepping into the breach as Jesus did. The Spirit clues us early on with the example of Seth. Jesus as the intercessor before his advent and also after his resurrection. Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today and forever. (He.13:8) The twelve tribes have given over to the Gospel of Christ in terms of grace and truth. 144,000 with the Lamb on Mount Sion and these 144,000 reveal grace and truth which came by Jesus Christ. Moses gave the law which was inadequate as this body witnesses.

The woman in the wilderness (17:3) is set for perdition. "So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns."

Re.17:17 "Ten horns" (1 of 2)

"For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled."

The number Ten is set by the Holy Spirit to indicate Satan is under judgment. His curse on the serpent is a clue to us that Satan is similarly under judgment and the necessity of the Son who shall manifest in due time was to uphold the law that is forever settled in the heavens. "Between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." (Ge.3:15). God allowed Adam a free will but was for him to exercise or obey God's commandment. The enmity was purely consequences of his disobedience. God is similarly aware of the nation of Israel and the true state of their heart. The Decalogue was for them to redeem themselves from the curse of the law of sin. God's counsel,"If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door.(Ge.4:7). Moses exhorted them"And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might./And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart." (De.6:5-6). "But they went a whoring after other gods."(Ju.2:17). It is thus Israel has become Babylon. She has rejected God her husband, "How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow!"(Lam.1:1)

The angel asks, St John, "Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns." The dragon also has the seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns. (12:3)

He has given the beast "his power, and his seat, and great authority." While the dragon's 7 crowns point to his authority is derived from spiritual darkness is heavenly places the beast has merely temporal powers. "And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet;"

The Powers of this evil age.

What I know is that the four riders of Apocalypse , one of GOD and three of the Devil, they are already running /walking with their Powers that reflects in whole world, for example, Trump is the most publicized person in the entire world today, and is not he the Rider of the Red Horse? Revelation 6:3-4

3 - And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come. 4 And another horse came forth, a red horse: and to him that sat thereon it was given to take peace from the earth, and that they should slay one another: and there was given unto him a great Sword. (devilish /evil Sword, to take peace from the earth)

Ezekiel 7:5-16, among many other biblical references:

5 Thus saith the Lord: An evil, an only evil; behold, it cometh. 6 An END is come, the END is come; it awaketh against thee; behold, it cometh. 7 Thy doom is come unto thee, O inhabitant of the land: the time is come, the Day is near(the Lord's Day), a Day of tumult, and not of joyful shouting...8 Now will I shortly pour out my wrath upon thee, and accomplish mine anger against thee, and will Judge thee according to thy ways; and I will bring upon thee all thine abominations. 9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will bring upon thee according to thy ways; and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I, the Lord, do smite.

10 Behold, the Day, behold, it cometh...pride hath budded. 11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness; none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of their wealth: neither shall there be eminency among them. 12 The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

Ps.56:9 "Tears in thy bottle" (2 of 2)

Where does the trail of tears of 1830 go to? Think of it brethren, The eyelids of the Lord are not shut. "For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye."(Ze.2:8). It is Jesus Christ who had no place to lay his head while he was in human likeness. These migrants are wandering as the key text tells us and their tears are as real as all those heat domes, tornados and plagues are signs of divine displeasure breaking out.

Nothing in the natural world exists without leaving a record of the sin of disobedience. Our hair can leave traces of our health as jaundiced eye speaks of the state of the liver. Climate changes are recorded in the annual rings. Similarly those who have defrauded others cry out. "Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth"(Jas.5:1-4). Similarly by principle of correspondence a record exists in heaven. "Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name./ And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, ."(Mal.3:16-17)

The point is that there is no way wicked nations shall escape the wrath of God on the day of Visitation.

Ps.56:9 "In a bottle" (1 of 2)

"Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?"

This Psalm evokes the period of great distress and anguish in the life of David always one step away from King Saul. His tears are real as the names written in the book of life are gospel truth. Without a sign of what use is a book? Letters are symbols as the words are sounds. Heaven and earth are like eyelids working as one. "The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men."(Ps.11:4). So nothing escapes the eye of heaven and He shall not let the wicked go unpunished.

This explains the seven angels with the vials. "Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth." (Re.16:1) These seven angels represent the seven days stipulated in the everlasting covenant. Second point to keep in focus is that the wrath of God is directed against the earth those whose names are not found in the book of life. These men are not free agents but have made league with the three unclean spirits of the dragon, beast and the false prophet. "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:"(Matt.25:41) The nations on the left have shown by their works,- by omission and commission that they are the sons of perdition. So when one hears politicians and pastors denigrating migrants as undesirables and as vermin you know what is egging them on.

Jesus emphatically said " Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."(25:40)

Third point to keep in mind is that the nations are occupiers of any part of the earth. The land is mine and you are strangers and sojourners with me. (Le.25:23) What goes on in Gaza or south of the border must be see in this context. Where does the trail of tears go in 1830 go to? Think of it brethren, The eyelids of the Lord are not shut.

Biblical Greek Perspective

Continuation in Matthew, (Part 28):

Matthew 22:18 - But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?

Jesus is not name calling. Hypocrite is a theater term, or an acting term. Every time an actor/actress would read their script, or perform according to the script, they were called HUPOCRISIS, hypocrites. It wasn't a bad word. But when applied to religious people, what you're saying is "you're just acting!" You're just acting out according to the script, but inside it's not true, it's not real. What the Lord is saying is that you actors come in here with all of this flattery, and all of your craftiness, and you're trying to set me up.

Matthew 22:37 - Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

Two things I'd like to emphasize: First, the term "Thou shalt love" is not in command form. It is a Future Active Indicative in the Greek text. It's not a command. It's a factual statement. You will love!

Secondly, if you understand the concept, you can apply it to every teaching that applies to the church, and to believers today. For instance, believers are supposed to love one another. But, neither in the OT, nor in the NT, is it in command form. It's interesting that when the Lord quotes Deuteronomy 6:5, He quotes it exactly and says the first commandment is this: "You shall love the Lord your God."

But taking it a little further from a Greek perspective, notice the word "with." Love the Lord your God WITH all your heart and WITH all your soul and WITH all your mind. Well, it is the Greek word EN, which means in. All three prepositional phrases are "in." You will love the Lord your God in your whole heart, in your whole soul, and in your whole mind.

Do you see the location? I am not going to love with it. I am going to be in it. It is going to be in me, in my inner being. That is how it is literally translated in the Greek.

A question for any one and every one : Like Ch 13 verses 11-16 , v 11 what does it mean that the woman had a spirit of infirmity ? and v 16 this woman whom satan hath bound , is this implying that the devil is responsible for our illnesses ? Interested to know what you all think about this miracle and the words used to describe it .

Does any one have an opinion or idea about , what baptism is Jesus referring to in Luke Ch 12 verse 50 ? I have my own idea but was just wondering what others think of it .

Re.16:13-14 "Frog, frog, frog" (2 of 2)

This is the wrath of God upon the dragon, the beast and the false prophet. Nations received a mark, and the mark is distince as the colour of skin" so their waking hours were taken by fear of being overtaken by men which were not of us. Wealth culture beliefs were all such mark so wrath of God would visit "upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image."(16:2) What with false prophet actively keeping the discord going on we have Jeremiah's question, "Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil."(Je.13:23) God knows who are his and in our times the imposter churches work to hold truth in unrighteousness.

Do nations stand a chance against the Righteous God? "Can two walk together, except they be agreed?" The beast and the false prophet are thus allies since it the devil's cause they are promoting.

Instead of reading the Bible by the Spirit in us and working with him for the glory of God we have time wasters who ever learns the shades of meaning from different texts. It is also a ploy from submitting totally to the Spirit. They know Greek or Hebrew text but the devil prevents them from converting it into understanding. They also are appointed for the wrath of God.