"Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?" Luke 19:23 KJV
My focus is on usury, usury in the bible is negative. It was the least or a last resort for the servant to use if he did not have the knowledge, creativity, wisdom to increase the master money. The servant did not even have the capacity to increase the master money. I think why didn't he consult with the other servants that had the master's money on their plan to increase the master money or some one else, perhaps it was pride. Pride does not serve a person well. If it was pride it caused this servant's failure. It is nothing wrong with asking for help, in asking for help you might not get the help you ask for however you may learn something just from the activity of asking for help.
The blood of the Lamb cleanseth us from all sin. This cleansing depends on the first commandment, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." This is where the nation of Israel failed. Instead of full commitment they tried to observe the tradition of their father which meant they still were under the law of sin.
The everlasting covenant is made between God and Man and sealed by the blood of the Lam. This is what made the Lamb of God and it came from John the Baptist. The Spirit of God revealed to him. "And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him."( John 1:36-38). The Spirit of Christ adds another element cancelling the law of sin, another aspect of the blessing under the covenant: Law of the Spirit.
This Spirit is unseen as the ten stones that covered the covering cherub in his iniquity. So the beast is called the son of perdition. he is born of that spirit of pride. Recent news had the former POTUS crowing before the Penn. crowd that he was more beautiful than his political opponent. Of what spirit is that?
Economic is not an exact science. Supply meets demand is its foundation. But in market economy these never meet but determined by unseen forces. So come pandemic and from did it come, no one knows. In the post-pandemic world the super rich are 300 time richer than before. All those economic pundits have been misled and so are policy makers of nations. They have no clue. It is thus ungodly nations go by insufficient evidence pulling wool over simple souls. Yet they root for the fools who cover their real intent by glib talk. Under the light of the Lamb we have 12 foundations laid with precious stones. This is what gospel of salvation does. Glory of it was not the high priest under the Law of Moses could qiet match.
AFTER THAT, A THIRD SCENARIO WILL TAKE PLACE IN JERUSALEM
The third scenario in Jerusalem will be of human upheaval,the environment in the holy city will be of extreme convulsion,multitudes of people and kindreds and tongues and nations will travel to Jerusalem,a strong touristic movements from all nations,mainly religious tourism from all religions and evangelical churches of all denominations,sects will travel to Jerusalem,multitudes will be circling in holy city.Even the Pope will meet the false messiah in the midst of a great human mass of religious people,a strong religious movements towards Jerusalem.
These will be the SCENARIOS in Jerusalem for 42 months(the 1st half of the last week of years,week 70th Daniel 9:27,as soon as manifest the false messiah in Israel,enthroned in Jerusalem,which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt.Thus will fulfil literally what is written in Revelation 11and13
A FOURTH TERRIBLE SCENARIO TAKE PLACE, SCENARIO OF WAR
Rev.11:2-the court which is without the temple leave out...it is given unto the Gentiles:and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
See,in paralel with the scenarios above,the true Christians will preach against these satanic movements,the environment on the earth will be a spiritual and religious War and one of the seven heads of the Beast of sea-the Papacy-and the woman which rides upon him-will be wounded to death.
Then the false messiah will make a deal with the Pope to build a religious Empire(iron mixed with clay),and he will give to the Pope his Power,and his Throne and great Authority(Rev.13:2),the deadly wound of the Papacy will be healed and all the World will be wondered after the Pope,sitting on the throne of the false messiah in the holy city.
And peoples of the earth included Jewish people,guided by the false messiah,they will worship their false messiah which gave power unto the Pope,and will worship the Pope,saying,Who is like unto the Pope?who is able to make WAR with him?
THE COURT WHICH IS WITHOUT THE TEMPLE IS GIVEN TO THE GENTILES
Broters, remember of this: according Revelation 11:1-2,what we can see is that the outer court is given to the gentiles.The text talks about two witnesses being able to execute severe Judgments for 42 months/1260 days, Fire will proceed out of their mouth,and will devour the enemies( Revelation 11:18).
What will be the SCENARIOS within Jerusalem in this time to come soon?In fact,It is at the door.
THE FIRST SCENARIO THAT WILL BE SEEN IN JERUSALEM
In fact the false messiah will manifest himself in the holy city in short future.The supposed messiah,called Eliyahu(??),born in Israel decades ago,already living in the holy city for decades(this detail is very important to be known to everyone here of course),this MAN as soon as he manifests himself as a messiah in the days to come, he will begin to make great signs and lying wonders.This esoteric / spiritist/kabbalistic messiah of the Jews will do great signs and wonders,even will make fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, deceiving them that dwell on the earth by the miracles which he has power to do- 2Thessalonians 2:9 combined with Revelation 13:13-14.
THEN A SECOND SCENARIO WILL BE SEEN IN JERUSALEM
All kind of comunications,the midea in general,will comment the signs and lying wonders of the false messiah and will show them to the whole world,mainly by the chanels of television.In the other hand, Ministries and Ministers of all denominations and sects,and all religious leaders of all religious system that exist,they will preach and spread at the four corners of the earth saying Christ is in Jerusalem,yes,Christ,a false Christ, not JESUS.Then the whole world will hear by/through the leaders of the evangelical Churches and non evengelic too,that he is the Christ or he is the messiah,but it is the false, he is not the true messiah-JESUS.
The false will manifest himself very soon,after will come JESUS- 2Thessalonians 2:8.Take a look.
ATTENTION:Before JESUS coming,will come FIRST the false messiah( Revelation 13:11),as JESUS prophesied- John 5:43.GOD HIMSELF WILL SEND THIS STRONG DELUSION-BE CAREFUL
See,the Abomination of Desolation is linked to the last week,the last 7 years of this world of Devil in which we are living,but we are not of it,we are of the next to be established by our GOD for a millenniun,as JESUS said( Luke 20:35-36 combined with Revelation 11:15-18,among many biblical references)
The AoD has nothing to do with armed forces,but establishment of the religious Antichrist's Kingdom for a period of 7 years,the last 7 years of this current world of the Devil.Two satanic Beasts will be together to establish the satanic Kingdom of Antichrist:the Beast of sea-a Gentile Beast- Revelation 13:1-10,and the Beast of the earth- Revelation 13:11-18,a Jewish Beast,having 2 horns like a lamb,a FALSE LAMB,a FALSE MESSIAH( John 5:43-47),esoteric,kabbalistic and spiritist false messiah,AN IMPOSTOR,and he speaks as a DRAGON(Revelation13:11),and these devilish events will happen after be ELECTED the next and LAST Pope,this will not take long,understand?
The AoD will be established in the 2nd half of the last week of years by the false Jewish and esoteric and kabbalistic messiah who speaks as DRAGON( John 5:43-47 combined with Revelation 12:13-14,take a look)
He will sit on his demonic throne in Jerusalem,and exerciseth all the power of the first Beast(the Beast of sea)before him,and causes the earth(ISRAEL)and them which dwell therein to worship the first Beast(the Gentile Beast-headquater Vatican City),whose deadly wound by the Sword was(will be)healed.How?The deadly wound of the Beast of sea will be healed because the false messiah of the Jews,the DRAGON- Revelation 13:11-gives his Power,his Throne in JERUSALEM,and great AUTHORITY to the Gentile Beast of sea- Revelation 13:2(take a look),who will rule the 1st half of the last week(42 months-Re.13:5)sitting on the Throne of the false messiah in JERUSALEM
Does Omnipotent God need to remember and need a book of remembrance as stated in Malachi? The Spirit in another place says 'God remembered Noah' and does God needs to be reminded of whom he found as righteous in his generation? "For thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation."(Ge.7:1;8:1) God is setting the event in terms of the covenant and having given free will to man, God is comparing the names in the book of life with those who have denied the Son of man. His Fellowship with Man gives man the privilege to be counted in the book of life. This "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, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him." They are his jewels and they shall have part in the light of the Lamb. "In that day" refers to the day of Regeneration, the Alpha and Omega aspect in Jesus Christ being fully validated. So Jesus warned, "for without me ye can do nothing./If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned." ( John 15:5-6)
"And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."(Re.20:15). All judgment is invested with the Son, and the throne of the Lamb refers to all those who are found righteous in his Son. "And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years." (20:4) For them there is no more condemnation and have the confidence in the great white throne of judgment.
His demeanor was such that those pagan centurions attending to the crucifixion were amazed at Him with one exclaiming, "Surely He is the Son of God"-VICTORY! When the darkness-a penetrating, palpable, evil darkness-engulfed the world for three hours and Jesus was most likely attacked by the devil and his angels, He did not rebuke them-VICTORY! When the Father laid on Jesus the sins of the world during that time and poured out His wrath upon His Son, Jesus cried out in despair, "My God, My God, Why hast thou forsaken me?" Jesus, who had eternally had perfect fellowship with the Father experienced the separation from the Father that all humans experience because of their sins, but it was infinitely more acute for Jesus because He had never sinned and thus separated from His Father. This was the worst thing He suffered. The Father is too pure to look upon sin, so He forsook Jesus during that time of His suffering ( Hab. 1:13) We are told that not only did Jesus pay for our sins, but He BECAME sin. He experienced the wickedness of sin ( 2 Cor. 5:21) so that we could be His righteousness-VICTORY! How awful that was for Jesus to be what God hated!
When Jesus knew that He had received the totality of the Father's wrath for us, He proclaimed in a loud voice, "IT IS FINISHED!"
This was His victory shout! He had crushed the head of Satan. He despoiled the devil and his wicked angels of all their power over sinner. He was divested of all of his authority to keep men captive to sin. He was weakened tremendously. In this sentence, Jesus is proclaiming that the powers of evil darkness are finished with using their weapons against God's chosen successfully. And because of this disarming of the evil ones, the gospel would be preached throughout the world with great success until He returns.
" Though thou set thine heart as the heart of God"
Here Ezekiel is referring to the king of Tyre and he is set as the stand-in for the covering cherub. He is also the son of God, "Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire." We have a lamentation which is addressed to the king of Tyre but the context is clear, it is a lament over the fallen angel who was perfect in beauty. This perfection was in term of stones, colors of which we may compare in the natural world as the matter of optics.
Similarly we are considering here the heart of God who as the Father of lights created the covering cherub. Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. This has a source" Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined."(Ps.50:2). This is the heart of God.
On the other hand we find the covering cherub, in the mountain of God, and from the description it is called the mountain of light, light of which are a plethora of tints the whole palette of lights cast from the glory of God. In the profusion light it is also called a garden as find in this line. "Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God." The stones mentioned here has a bearing on the breastplate of Aaron and also in the description of the twelve foundations for the walls of the holy city of God. In a series of posts we shall set forth the mind of God as delineated by the cherub as well as the mind or the heart of God revealed by Jesus Christ. First on the Son of man, "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:/Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:/ But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men." (Ph.2:5-7). This shall explain the manner a tree planted by God could produce altogether two different sorts in man. Figs or thistles? "Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them."(Matt.7:20)
PART 3: You can read and understand the Greek Texus Receptus, however, Christians don't have access to the original Hebrew and Greek and couldn't read them if we did. So if the KJB was not inspired and has errors and we don't have access to the ancient manuscripts how do we trust anything the KJB or any of the other bible versions say? Do we trust and believe that the men who have written these bibles got most of it right but some of it are their own thoughts and ideas and we just have to hope for the best? That doesn't sound like the God I know who would only have the original manuscripts interpreted by the Holy Ghost and leaving it at that when He knew we would need a completely trustworthy translation in the language that would end up to be known by a good part of the world and to be sure it was entrusted to the English who He knew would guard it and keep it exactly the same down through the ages. If the Texus Receptus disagrees with Strong's then I guess we're all up a creek without a paddle and the only few rare Christians who have copies of the original manuscripts and can read and understand them are the ones who are assured of knowing the whole truth.
This is ridiculous, of course. No one that I know of has said that the authors of the modern "so called" versions of the bible were inspired by the Holy Ghost when writing them because we all know they were authored by men. So it seems to me, if we are to believe that all the versions of the bible, new and old, were written by men why trust any of them?
BECAUSE WE NEED A TRANSLATION WE CAN TRUST, ONE THAT WAS WRITTEN BY THE HOLY GHOST NOT HUMANKIND; THE KJB! God Bless :)
Satan thinks that he is wiser than God. From the beginning he thought he actually could rise above God and be the object of worship of all created beings, and perhaps even God, believing he could de throne and defeat God in His sovereignty from the start of his rebellion. He has never learned that this will never occur and continues in his quest to overrule, depose, and God and even to bring corruption in God. But that is not possible.
When God brings a curse on Satan in the Garden after bringing sin in with him and he was the agent of corruption against
Adam and Eve, Satan did not understand what God ultimately meant when God said that Satan will bruise the heel of the promised Seed of the woman and this Seed will bruise his head. Satan did not realize that this "bruising" was really a crushing and a subjugating and a resounding and final defeat of Satan. Satan has always thought that he has a chance of succeeding in his attack on God and the being God has elected for Himself.
In the Garden of Eden, Satan lost, God won. Adam and Eve lost in their effort to be like God and wise in their own devices, God won. And God Triumphed over sin because His plan was going along EXACTLY as He had planned from eternity past. PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO ALWAYS TRIUMPHS OVER ALL OPPOSITION!
Next, let us go to Noah. Satan had a hand in the thorough corruption of mankind before the flood. God allowed this to occur, but kept Noah and his family from being taken in by the corruption all around them. They were perfect in his generation (the last before the flood) Gen. 6:9. But the rest of humanity were so corrupted that every intent of their heart and thoughts were wicked continually ( Gen. 6:5) With all who were alive in Noah's day being completely given over to wickedness (I wonder if his father and grandfather were so depraved as well) how could Noah and his sons escape being likewise wicked? Only by the grace of God and the protection of Noah and his family.
God is just and God had sent Nathan to rebuke David whose sin despised his holy Name so it had to be cleansed forthwith. "Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife" and the key to the civil war breaking out between the father and son may be buried under political causes and Old vs. New and many other reason. It is same as the border and Immigration issues that bedevil American policies. The numbers deportations and political upheavals are merely sideshow that prevent the ungodly from understanding the truth. Then as now.
Ahitophel's advise was sound one. Did not God say earlier through Nathan the same? "Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.:(vv.10-11) Ahitophel was suggesting the same. How come then his idea caused him to hang himself. Ahitophel had left off from following God and his wisdom was corrupted. He had to be numero uno and not God. The word of God had already set off events to pay Absalom, Ahitophel and also David. God reinstated David in his favor but consequences of sin will follow Solomon, Adonijah and the very division of the kingdom itself. "For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people./It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God."(He.10:30-31)
Ahitophel must be seen as a warning to those false shepherds who for a pretence serve God but their heart is to be the president's man and wield great prestige and power as a result. God shall judge them.
"For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom".
Absalom was a young man in a hurry. He wanted to sit on the throne of his father, indifferent to the fact that God had put him there in the first place for him to make a case out of it.He had no say in it.
David was chosen by divine grace. Nathan refers to this in his rebuke, "Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight?"(2 Sa.12:7-14). Nathan was only a mouthpiece so he speaks,"Thus saith the Lord God of Israel," and having said 'And Nathan departed unto his house'.
Ahithophel was of a different mould. He was well aware of the perks that went with being 'king whisperer'. King shall hear only what he in his sagacity would speak. So his motives were different from that of Nathan. We see the same in our times, and men of God who are carefully making their moves in order to be considered as celebrity preachers. Naturally they miss what the word of God shall do. In their end their fall, when it comes, is as spectacular but a sordid one, even as it befell Judas Iscariot.
What was the key to the problem between the father and son? King David lusted after another man's wife, so much so he did it legally as a king could,"thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon." He engineered his death to look like as a casualty of skirmish, and he did it cleverly. So Nathan would say,"For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun." God forgives the penitent David but the word of God has been setting all the traps for Ahitophel who was riding high in the royal circle to switch sides when Absalom's star was on the rise. Disaster on Absalom was also in the cards.
Uriah, an Hittite has to be avenged. Gentile or Jew no matter. God is Just.
Saul's heart was like a dry place as against the fruitful garden, enclosed garden. "A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed"( Song. 4:12). An evil spirit came over him riding the wings of his hatred. It is not from God but heart of whosoever departs from God is open to it. "And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul." We have another passage, "When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none./Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished./Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation."(Matt.12:43-45). King Saul became an enemy of God while King David went from strength to strength. Because he well attended to his heart. When we see the present times it is a stark warning what the Spirit is leading the wicked and adulterous generation to. We ought to possess our souls in patience. Jesus said how our understanding buds forth. "And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;/And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how./For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear."(Mark.4:26-28)
Jesus knew the son of perdition among the twelve but as theWord become flesh, he would not judge him. It would be his humanity getting the better of his deity, a sin. So helet Judas the benefit of the word sown in his own heart. He was responsible for producing the tree. Either figs or thistles? "Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them."(Matt.7:20)
"And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation."
The kingdom within, is a spiritual space which is called heart. Not anatomical but the same landscape for God a Spirit to work with. In the wilderness Israel was fed with manna, this angel's food has colour and taste, "And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium."(Nu.11:7) Of the latter we find mentioned i"And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone." Ge.2:12. The river of God is the river of time and every heart has access to it. God formed all hearts alike, so we shall consider the quality as within our reach.(Ps.33:15) bdellium is called 'pearl' since it is resinous gummy substance and as with amber oozes from certain species of trees. Those who are planted by God shall understand how one grows in knowledge of the holy. Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and a heart not well attended to surely is common as is observable. "I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;/And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down." (Pr.24:30-31)You see them all the time busy chasing prosperity or their patriotic spirit hyphenate Christ with some Theudas or Judas and their base. They loudly pledge support for them from the pulpit. It is thus they have neglected their fields for the enemy to sleep in some tares. These slackers are asleep, yet their eyes wide awake.
When we see the former POTUS rant over the crowd size of his political opponent do we not see in the manner King Saul envied young David? "And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands"(1 Sa.18:8)
"And they (the disciples) understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken."
There was certainly a problem between Jesus and his disciples. He knew them but they believed in him yet they did not understood his miracles neither their significance. After the marriage at Cana we have this passage. " But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,/And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man."( John 2:24-25). He knew where he came from and where he was going. As the true Light he walked in the light of his Father,- the Father of lights. So there was no shades or subtle difference in the tints that his earthly ministry presented. "When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone." ( John 6:15) Was it not in the Bible spoken? The angel was not joking, he said,"and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:/And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end." ( Luke 1:33-34) Jesus would not fool himself and he had come to destroy the wicked world and save those few that believed as well as understood him. Merely because Satan "shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time" it was a trick. His kingdom was 'forever' and not the kind David had inherited.
The disciples believed in Jesus but their understanding had to come in patience. So Isaiah referring to the sure foundation states,"he that believeth shall not make haste". Jesus also explained and it was to happen in their generation ('wicked and adulterous') "In your patience possess ye your souls." It is in the quiet sanctuary the miracle takes place."And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground."
Okay I need to clarify the point that indeed the unregenerate will along with worshipping the beast also have terror and fear and as scripture states the Beast will force men to take the mark. That forcing means execution for those not worshipping the Beast and taking it; but at first it just means there is no means to obtain food and other needed things without the mark hence it is forcing that as a means of economic transactions. Just how long it will be before men are killed after that could be up for debate.
Those who know Christ therefore are not the cowards mentioned in Revelation 22. We are strong and courageous ONLY because we are redeemed; else how can anyone bear to think of God's judgments and the pains of hell? Scripture states in Isaiah that those who can dwell in the everlasting fire are the redeemed; in other words those who the second death won't touch.
When I lived in another city I warned my Pastor at the time that we need to very seriously take the prophets literally as to how terrible the end times will be. It seemed he was either focusing on the fulfillments in the past or somehow thinking it surely couldn't be as bad as it seems in the future judgments. This attitude along with the lax concepts on hell; men's depravity and other important subjects seems to be commonplace today along with many in the replacement theology camp.
It is so easy at least for me to be numb seeing how horrible this world is; as I brought up recently with just the one fact of over 70 MILLION abortions worldwide a year. God has in a few specific cases clearly rendered judgment upon particularly wicked men. But judgment day is clearly soon; and the evil fruit getting to full maturity. It is pretty clear that if we think any other way we don't understand the God we claim to believe. ( Proverbs 14:34).
I pray we all focus on the Great Commission and warn others to flee from the wrath to come rather than get too sidetracked.
I am very zealous for the Word of my GOD, He is the Truth, so I need to clarify I work with the Word of GOD, the Word is GOD, GOD Himself, self-executing, So, having read your reply, I ask: Am I therefore become your enemy, because I told you the Truth?
In fact, the correct translation of Genesis 1:1 is not heaven(singular),but heavens(plural), according was said and revealed by own GOD to Moses. So for your own good and also of all readers here, and elsewhere, what matters and prevails is what GOD said to Moses, that is the original and true source. What did GOD reveal about heaven/heavens around 2500 years after Adam or 1500 years BC, and Moses wrote, it is as follows:
Genesis - Chapter 1-2 - torah
Verse 1-In the beginning of GOD's creation of the heavens and the earth.
Verse 2-Now the earth was astonishingly empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the spirit of GOD was hovering over the face of the water.
By the way, heaven is a plant, understand? planted by GOD: Isaiah 51:16 combined with Ephesians 1:3-8, among many other biblical references.
16 -> And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
You called me rude, no poblem, it is the consequence of my zealous for the Word of GOD, the Truth. What does the Word of GOD say? Proverbs 27:6->Faithful are the wounds of a friend(or by who loves); but the kisses(something like panegyrize) of an enemy(of who annoy) are deceitful.
2Timothy 3:16-17
16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of GOD, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of GOD may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
Finishing up my reading for the evening, I am reading in John 14:18, and Jesus says, "I will not leave you as orphans." And then He says, "I will come to you.
What a beautiful piece of scripture. Have any of you ever felt like an orphan as a Christian? After you receive Christ, sometimes it might seem like you have less friends and less things that you can do.
But Jesus says He is not going to leave any of us believers as orphans. He says I am going to come to you. If you ever get that feeling as though you were no different than an orphan, just keep in mind that if you have received Christ as your Savior, He is with you always!
"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."
The throne is set altogether differently than what we see in Ch.4. There is nothing remotely associated with a river and besides St John mentions only a throne not of the Lamb. "And, behold, a door was opened in heaven," and John sees only a single throne," And, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne." (vv.1-2). A voice is about to reveal hereafter and not what we read in Ge.1:1 "In the beginning,". The Spirit is specific, "and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter". In the beginning was the Word as the Gospel of John opens, and it is the book with seven seals. Breaking opening the seven seals refer to the will of God. What is His will? " 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." The Spirit gives it a visual imagery so the the first voice compels the Apostle to watch where Isaiah 55:11 shall lead to it.
The throne in heaven where God separates the waters with a firmament is the beginning of the river of time. This unseen source is framed by the word of God and the waters flowing leads us to the throne of heaven and of the Lamb. So the waters below signifies the world made to appear. (He.11:3) Consequently the earth that abides forever. (Ge.1:6-8;Ec.1:4)
The Throne of God and of the Lamb is set on the mid-air or the face of heaven. "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork."(Ps.19:1) The circle that is referred in v.4 is significant. Tabernacle for the sun is what the light of the Lamb becomes so there is no more sun or moon required."And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof." (Re.21:23)
"And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals."
Three things are associated with the Son who is always tagged as the right hand in context of God who is One. The hand with which is good and the left hand in common usage is qualified as maladroit. Can we apply it to God? Oh no. The Spirit uses the right hand figuratively in order to define the divine Will in fulfilment. "And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God." ( Mark 10:18).So we need see his ministry as deity and humanity is the aspect of perfecting what his Father has willed. "And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him."( John 8:29) Before Pilate he confesses the host of angels at his disposal."Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?" In his emptying his humanity was for delivering all whom his Father had left to his charge. So he would rather perfect with one sacrifice all those who were called.( John 17:12; He.10:14)
The book, the seven seals and the contents that it holds are three clues in which significance of their Association and with man, and also life as holiness, the name are inextricably bound.
"When he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high." Jesus Christ as the Son has his seat. "and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne." There are other feature we need consider, firstly "a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald."and the Word both sound as well as sign, "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."(Re.4:1-5) Body Spirit and the soul is signified in v.5:6
"And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?"
We see the same angel in Ch.10:1 "And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:" All the clues are here. In the inaugural vision of St John we see these features,in vv.15-16, " And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace," " and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength".The same bow in heaven is over his head. So when God tells Noah, "And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you."(Ge.9:15) he is referring indeed the everlasting covenant and Jesus Christ is 'after our likeness' in Ge.1:28. This rainbow zeroes in on the identity of the mighty or strong angel as the Word. The Word was with God and he gives furthermore as the identity of the rider on the white horse, whose bow is referring to the sign in heaven given to Noah. "And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer."(Re.6:2) Without quiver of arrows there is no mistake about him, - he is the Word become flesh and he also claims his purpose."Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division." ( Luke 12:51;Matt.10:34). St Matthew refers to the sword, which is the mark of his office. He is setting out to conquer and conquering. So the colour white establishes his identity as the Word of God. We shall meet him again in Re.19:16.
There isa gap between the two which explains his deity while the Synoptic gospels is about his humanity. There is no 'gap theory', the Spirit provides only what is needful for instruction in righteousness. Without faith it would be useless to fill in irrelevant details in order to satisfy some curious souls.
"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord".
Here we have heaven witnessing to the shepherds in the field and they are given a sign to round off his service. As with the angel giving John the revelation of Jesus Christ which are several signs all relating to the deity of Jesus Christ. He is Alpha and Omega and he is the Word of God and several other attributes, all of which are under the tag, "This day". The angels in heaven take joy over one sinner coming to salvation. So what does connect man and angels or with heaven? It is the word of God. Our worlds what is made to appear and what is unseen have only one sigle measure which is the fulness of Christ. (Re.21:17). "And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger."
Naturally the shepherds were sore afraid, "And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people." This joy which is 'to all people' can have only one meaning: Jesus Christ is the saviour of the whole world.
In the Book of the Revelation the angel that served as his guide reveal himself "for I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book"(Re.22:9) What is common between man and angel is the word. Faith is in their worship whether one or multitudes of them as in v.13 "And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God." So the fellow servant ends his saying "Worship God."
St Paul warns of angels which are inimical to salvation so war in heaven is waged between fallen angels and of light. "But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed."(Gal.1:8). If we keep the word we abide in Christ we cannot be stranger to angels. We are a single measurement in the kingdom.
Here we have Ezekiel referencing the Entity behind The king of Tyrus.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
THOU HAST BEEN IN EDEN THE GARDEN OF GOD; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
Also see Isaiah 14:12-17.
When did all this happen here in Isaiah?
Clearly in Ezekiel he's not talking about the King of Tyrus, when have he been in Eden, "The Garden or God "?
When we view the creation in Genesis chapters 1 and 2 where do we fit this in a six day creation?
I like the way Gigi put it concerning Genesis 1:31.
"He made everything just the way he planned it".
Therefore he called it Good.
Including Satan and the Angels.
Good doesn't express behavior in these passages. It's accomplishing what was intended.
There is only one Good and that's God.
Adam shame and trying to cover his nakedness after his eyes were open to receive knowledge of Good and Evil testifies that he had a sense of awareness of his depravity and vulnerability. Not nudity.
If nudity being wrong was all he got out of the tree of knowledge of good and evil and that was sinful and valid then he wasn't made perfect. He didn't take clothes off, He was born Naked.
Adam hid himself from God because when his eyes were opened he saw himself with the knowledge he received from the tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.
This Knowledge revealed to him that he wasn't Good. He's now realizes he's vulnerable.
Here's what he said; I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
This is in line with what nakedness means throughout the scripture.
Adam was a natural man, A empty vessel and naked.
How do you define sinless nature? Isn't it "someone's NATURAL reaction to not sin.
How could one with a sinless nature sin?
Or one with a sinful nature "NOT" sin?
I would define Adam as one being imperfect and one that cannot please God.
There is nothing written of him to determine what he was like before the fall.
However he's flesh and there's lust in the flesh and has no ability it or desire to please God.
" And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost."
How does faith come to man? "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God./ But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world." The babe leaped in the womb of his mother just as Lazarus who was dead for some four days heard the voice. "Lazarus, come forth./And he that was dead came forth"( John 11:43-44). Similarly John hears the number spoken in his vision,(Re.9:16). Faith is the lingua franca between the two worlds framed by the word of God and this holds for creature two worlds simultaneously, the heavenly places and our physical world Faith is the language between them, "Deep calleth unto deep"(Ps.42:7). Israel being disobedient and gainsaying people were like ostrich their head buried in sand. So are those who refuse faith on insufficient grounds. The babe heard the salutation of Mary and leaped in her womb which is the works we are concerned with. If we say Jesus Christ is the light of the world our works being good witnesses for him establish the quality of our faith. In the case of Paul he believed in the body prepared of God so he would walk not by sight but but by faith. St Paul did not go by appearances nor take things at its face value. " For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life./Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit." (2 Co.5:4-5)
"For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead./And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again."(vv.14-15)
"Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?"
The word of God before the worlds began called and what is the word? it sanctifies whosoever receives it in faith. He is a chosen vessel when he responds to it. Zechariah had a problem. His reasonable mind rebelled against the idea.He asked the angel,"Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years." (1:18) He was rebelling against the truth. Rational faculties are part of the baggage, the flesh and blood making up a form, a body formed of the dust of the ground and has no life when it is dissolved. It is dust to dust and no one shall know the difference. So reason is a wet noodle that cannot make a stand against what God has willed. "Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth."( John 17:17)
35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
Overshadow is a term the Spirit uses so the shadow is not merely what the source of lights casts but also is in the sense of similitude. "After our likeness" relates to the Word which was God and in the beginning was with God. Having made Jesus Christ as 'only begotten Son, he tells of his inheritance, which has its memorial as the four and twenty elders before the throne. So according to the principle of Similitude he has called saints 'after our likeness'. What is the role of Jesus Christ? He is the firstborn of all creation.
Gabriel as an angel is sent to Mary who is a virgin as the 144,000 standing with the Lamb on Mt. Sion are called.(Re.14:1-3) The terms refers to the word sanctifying the person thus chosen before the foundation of the world. "For with God nothing shall be impossible."(1:35) Matt.3:9
Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:/ Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
Jesus while speaking of end times sets two worlds to which we are bound. Considering Judea in his time was a pastoral land he warns the man in the field not to bother to go inside to take his clothes for he is expected to be taken as he is. So abrupt his coming shall be. The v.39 is about disaster that is coming upon the world.St Paul refers to it. " For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape." (1 The.5:3) "And they shall not escape" There is a finality to the charade the world is presently engaged in. Greater this dumb show goes on more deceived are they who think the world shall come to some sense by all this talk about 'peace'. Jesus warns us as to how we should be,- with our loins girded and our shoulder to the yoke. "So shall also the coming of the Son of man be." What does house top indicate? For who are vigilant and living under the shadow of the almighty, it is our redemption. Our spiritual blessings in heavenly places, the world of the Spirit shall be clothed upon. (2 Co.5:4-5) The indwelling Spirit has given this hope so we groan within.
Matt.24:40-41
Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left./Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Similarly the two in the field are two witnesses. One of the Spirit and our soul is the beneficiary; while the other flesh and blood left. Flesh and blood cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. Of the two woman it is similar case. Millstone refers to one life "No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge." Jesus is making a distinction between her inner life and physical world.
"That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory."
As apostles of Christ having suffered much St Paul refers to the proof of his glory, in this statement, "For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? Glory which he meant has a body to speak of, and if all his sufferings produced one it was worth his while, "For ye are our glory and joy"(vv.19-20). This body is the basis for the everlasting covenant and the gospel of reconciliation is word-based and St Paul consoles himself by saying that this glory shall be revealed at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He also refers in another place, "When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory."(Col.3:4)
Jesus himself spoke of it, "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come." and it is a public event, " the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory."(Matt.24:14, 30). No amount of human speech shall express this glory since it is what the substance of preaching the gospel from the beginning till now would mean and it is Person specific. This is what the writer to Hebrews state at the outset: "Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;/Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high." For this purpose the Spirit records the man was created "in our image and after our likeness." The second part refers to the similitude of "The word become flesh'While God is the Father of light his Son Jesus Christ is the true Light. This has a body, glorious one which is after a likeness
By one man sin entered into the world,and death by sin;and death passed upon all men,for that all have sinned(a DEEP abyss was formed in the earth,the earth was cursed because of man):Until the Law sin was in the world:but sin is not imputed when there is no law.Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses,even over them that had not sinned-Ro.5:12-14.(Then why they died?Because they were born of the sin.It was necessary to be born again,i.e.be made again in the image of GOD and in His likeness,but the Word of GOD(GOD is the life)was not preached,the Lord GOD had expelled MAN forth from the garden of Eden, He drove out the man and placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims,and a flaming Sword which turned every way,to keep the way of the tree of life,and only darkness there was upon the face of the deep(upon earth)
In fact,it was necessary to restore or to restitution of all things as they were in the garden of GOD,then GOD developed a plan of six Days of work and one to rest as He revealed to Moses around 2500 years after Adam-Genesis.So GOD planned to make MAN in the sixth Day.He said(to JESUS):Let us make man in our image,after our likeness:Gen.1:26.For this cause GOD sent JESUS,the Greater Light,in the fourth Day,4000 years after Adam.JESUS said: John 5:17-My Father worketh hitherto,and I work.
Lk.20:34-36
34JESUS said:The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world(the next,3rd heavenly place),and the resurrection from the dead,neither marry,nor are given in marriage:36Neither can they die any more:for they are equal unto the angels;and are the children of GOD,being the children of the resurrection.
Phil.3:20-21:20 For our conversation is in heaven;from whence also we look for the Saviour,the Lord Jesus Christ:21Who shall change our vile body,that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body, according to the working whereby He is able even to subdue all things unto Himself
My focus is on usury, usury in the bible is negative. It was the least or a last resort for the servant to use if he did not have the knowledge, creativity, wisdom to increase the master money. The servant did not even have the capacity to increase the master money. I think why didn't he consult with the other servants that had the master's money on their plan to increase the master money or some one else, perhaps it was pride. Pride does not serve a person well. If it was pride it caused this servant's failure. It is nothing wrong with asking for help, in asking for help you might not get the help you ask for however you may learn something just from the activity of asking for help.
The blood of the Lamb cleanseth us from all sin. This cleansing depends on the first commandment, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." This is where the nation of Israel failed. Instead of full commitment they tried to observe the tradition of their father which meant they still were under the law of sin.
The everlasting covenant is made between God and Man and sealed by the blood of the Lam. This is what made the Lamb of God and it came from John the Baptist. The Spirit of God revealed to him. "And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him."( John 1:36-38). The Spirit of Christ adds another element cancelling the law of sin, another aspect of the blessing under the covenant: Law of the Spirit.
This Spirit is unseen as the ten stones that covered the covering cherub in his iniquity. So the beast is called the son of perdition. he is born of that spirit of pride. Recent news had the former POTUS crowing before the Penn. crowd that he was more beautiful than his political opponent. Of what spirit is that?
Economic is not an exact science. Supply meets demand is its foundation. But in market economy these never meet but determined by unseen forces. So come pandemic and from did it come, no one knows. In the post-pandemic world the super rich are 300 time richer than before. All those economic pundits have been misled and so are policy makers of nations. They have no clue. It is thus ungodly nations go by insufficient evidence pulling wool over simple souls. Yet they root for the fools who cover their real intent by glib talk. Under the light of the Lamb we have 12 foundations laid with precious stones. This is what gospel of salvation does. Glory of it was not the high priest under the Law of Moses could qiet match.
The third scenario in Jerusalem will be of human upheaval,the environment in the holy city will be of extreme convulsion,multitudes of people and kindreds and tongues and nations will travel to Jerusalem,a strong touristic movements from all nations,mainly religious tourism from all religions and evangelical churches of all denominations,sects will travel to Jerusalem,multitudes will be circling in holy city.Even the Pope will meet the false messiah in the midst of a great human mass of religious people,a strong religious movements towards Jerusalem.
These will be the SCENARIOS in Jerusalem for 42 months(the 1st half of the last week of years,week 70th Daniel 9:27,as soon as manifest the false messiah in Israel,enthroned in Jerusalem,which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt.Thus will fulfil literally what is written in Revelation 11and13
A FOURTH TERRIBLE SCENARIO TAKE PLACE, SCENARIO OF WAR
Rev.11:2-the court which is without the temple leave out...it is given unto the Gentiles:and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
See,in paralel with the scenarios above,the true Christians will preach against these satanic movements,the environment on the earth will be a spiritual and religious War and one of the seven heads of the Beast of sea-the Papacy-and the woman which rides upon him-will be wounded to death.
Then the false messiah will make a deal with the Pope to build a religious Empire(iron mixed with clay),and he will give to the Pope his Power,and his Throne and great Authority(Rev.13:2),the deadly wound of the Papacy will be healed and all the World will be wondered after the Pope,sitting on the throne of the false messiah in the holy city.
And peoples of the earth included Jewish people,guided by the false messiah,they will worship their false messiah which gave power unto the Pope,and will worship the Pope,saying,Who is like unto the Pope?who is able to make WAR with him?
Broters, remember of this: according Revelation 11:1-2,what we can see is that the outer court is given to the gentiles.The text talks about two witnesses being able to execute severe Judgments for 42 months/1260 days, Fire will proceed out of their mouth,and will devour the enemies( Revelation 11:18).
What will be the SCENARIOS within Jerusalem in this time to come soon?In fact,It is at the door.
THE FIRST SCENARIO THAT WILL BE SEEN IN JERUSALEM
In fact the false messiah will manifest himself in the holy city in short future.The supposed messiah,called Eliyahu(??),born in Israel decades ago,already living in the holy city for decades(this detail is very important to be known to everyone here of course),this MAN as soon as he manifests himself as a messiah in the days to come, he will begin to make great signs and lying wonders.This esoteric / spiritist/kabbalistic messiah of the Jews will do great signs and wonders,even will make fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, deceiving them that dwell on the earth by the miracles which he has power to do- 2Thessalonians 2:9 combined with Revelation 13:13-14.
THEN A SECOND SCENARIO WILL BE SEEN IN JERUSALEM
All kind of comunications,the midea in general,will comment the signs and lying wonders of the false messiah and will show them to the whole world,mainly by the chanels of television.In the other hand, Ministries and Ministers of all denominations and sects,and all religious leaders of all religious system that exist,they will preach and spread at the four corners of the earth saying Christ is in Jerusalem,yes,Christ,a false Christ, not JESUS.Then the whole world will hear by/through the leaders of the evangelical Churches and non evengelic too,that he is the Christ or he is the messiah,but it is the false, he is not the true messiah-JESUS.
The false will manifest himself very soon,after will come JESUS- 2Thessalonians 2:8.Take a look.
See,the Abomination of Desolation is linked to the last week,the last 7 years of this world of Devil in which we are living,but we are not of it,we are of the next to be established by our GOD for a millenniun,as JESUS said( Luke 20:35-36 combined with Revelation 11:15-18,among many biblical references)
The AoD has nothing to do with armed forces,but establishment of the religious Antichrist's Kingdom for a period of 7 years,the last 7 years of this current world of the Devil.Two satanic Beasts will be together to establish the satanic Kingdom of Antichrist:the Beast of sea-a Gentile Beast- Revelation 13:1-10,and the Beast of the earth- Revelation 13:11-18,a Jewish Beast,having 2 horns like a lamb,a FALSE LAMB,a FALSE MESSIAH( John 5:43-47),esoteric,kabbalistic and spiritist false messiah,AN IMPOSTOR,and he speaks as a DRAGON(Revelation13:11),and these devilish events will happen after be ELECTED the next and LAST Pope,this will not take long,understand?
The AoD will be established in the 2nd half of the last week of years by the false Jewish and esoteric and kabbalistic messiah who speaks as DRAGON( John 5:43-47 combined with Revelation 12:13-14,take a look)
He will sit on his demonic throne in Jerusalem,and exerciseth all the power of the first Beast(the Beast of sea)before him,and causes the earth(ISRAEL)and them which dwell therein to worship the first Beast(the Gentile Beast-headquater Vatican City),whose deadly wound by the Sword was(will be)healed.How?The deadly wound of the Beast of sea will be healed because the false messiah of the Jews,the DRAGON- Revelation 13:11-gives his Power,his Throne in JERUSALEM,and great AUTHORITY to the Gentile Beast of sea- Revelation 13:2(take a look),who will rule the 1st half of the last week(42 months-Re.13:5)sitting on the Throne of the false messiah in JERUSALEM
Does Omnipotent God need to remember and need a book of remembrance as stated in Malachi? The Spirit in another place says 'God remembered Noah' and does God needs to be reminded of whom he found as righteous in his generation? "For thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation."(Ge.7:1;8:1) God is setting the event in terms of the covenant and having given free will to man, God is comparing the names in the book of life with those who have denied the Son of man. His Fellowship with Man gives man the privilege to be counted in the book of life. This "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, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him." They are his jewels and they shall have part in the light of the Lamb. "In that day" refers to the day of Regeneration, the Alpha and Omega aspect in Jesus Christ being fully validated. So Jesus warned, "for without me ye can do nothing./If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned." ( John 15:5-6)
"And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."(Re.20:15). All judgment is invested with the Son, and the throne of the Lamb refers to all those who are found righteous in his Son. "And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years." (20:4) For them there is no more condemnation and have the confidence in the great white throne of judgment.
Pt. 9
His demeanor was such that those pagan centurions attending to the crucifixion were amazed at Him with one exclaiming, "Surely He is the Son of God"-VICTORY! When the darkness-a penetrating, palpable, evil darkness-engulfed the world for three hours and Jesus was most likely attacked by the devil and his angels, He did not rebuke them-VICTORY! When the Father laid on Jesus the sins of the world during that time and poured out His wrath upon His Son, Jesus cried out in despair, "My God, My God, Why hast thou forsaken me?" Jesus, who had eternally had perfect fellowship with the Father experienced the separation from the Father that all humans experience because of their sins, but it was infinitely more acute for Jesus because He had never sinned and thus separated from His Father. This was the worst thing He suffered. The Father is too pure to look upon sin, so He forsook Jesus during that time of His suffering ( Hab. 1:13) We are told that not only did Jesus pay for our sins, but He BECAME sin. He experienced the wickedness of sin ( 2 Cor. 5:21) so that we could be His righteousness-VICTORY! How awful that was for Jesus to be what God hated!
When Jesus knew that He had received the totality of the Father's wrath for us, He proclaimed in a loud voice, "IT IS FINISHED!"
This was His victory shout! He had crushed the head of Satan. He despoiled the devil and his wicked angels of all their power over sinner. He was divested of all of his authority to keep men captive to sin. He was weakened tremendously. In this sentence, Jesus is proclaiming that the powers of evil darkness are finished with using their weapons against God's chosen successfully. And because of this disarming of the evil ones, the gospel would be preached throughout the world with great success until He returns.
" Though thou set thine heart as the heart of God"
Here Ezekiel is referring to the king of Tyre and he is set as the stand-in for the covering cherub. He is also the son of God, "Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire." We have a lamentation which is addressed to the king of Tyre but the context is clear, it is a lament over the fallen angel who was perfect in beauty. This perfection was in term of stones, colors of which we may compare in the natural world as the matter of optics.
Similarly we are considering here the heart of God who as the Father of lights created the covering cherub. Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. This has a source" Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined."(Ps.50:2). This is the heart of God.
On the other hand we find the covering cherub, in the mountain of God, and from the description it is called the mountain of light, light of which are a plethora of tints the whole palette of lights cast from the glory of God. In the profusion light it is also called a garden as find in this line. "Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God." The stones mentioned here has a bearing on the breastplate of Aaron and also in the description of the twelve foundations for the walls of the holy city of God. In a series of posts we shall set forth the mind of God as delineated by the cherub as well as the mind or the heart of God revealed by Jesus Christ. First on the Son of man, "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:/Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:/ But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men." (Ph.2:5-7). This shall explain the manner a tree planted by God could produce altogether two different sorts in man. Figs or thistles? "Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them."(Matt.7:20)
In this context Ezekiel is called the Son of man.
This is ridiculous, of course. No one that I know of has said that the authors of the modern "so called" versions of the bible were inspired by the Holy Ghost when writing them because we all know they were authored by men. So it seems to me, if we are to believe that all the versions of the bible, new and old, were written by men why trust any of them?
BECAUSE WE NEED A TRANSLATION WE CAN TRUST, ONE THAT WAS WRITTEN BY THE HOLY GHOST NOT HUMANKIND; THE KJB! God Bless :)
Pt. 4
Satan thinks that he is wiser than God. From the beginning he thought he actually could rise above God and be the object of worship of all created beings, and perhaps even God, believing he could de throne and defeat God in His sovereignty from the start of his rebellion. He has never learned that this will never occur and continues in his quest to overrule, depose, and God and even to bring corruption in God. But that is not possible.
When God brings a curse on Satan in the Garden after bringing sin in with him and he was the agent of corruption against
Adam and Eve, Satan did not understand what God ultimately meant when God said that Satan will bruise the heel of the promised Seed of the woman and this Seed will bruise his head. Satan did not realize that this "bruising" was really a crushing and a subjugating and a resounding and final defeat of Satan. Satan has always thought that he has a chance of succeeding in his attack on God and the being God has elected for Himself.
In the Garden of Eden, Satan lost, God won. Adam and Eve lost in their effort to be like God and wise in their own devices, God won. And God Triumphed over sin because His plan was going along EXACTLY as He had planned from eternity past. PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO ALWAYS TRIUMPHS OVER ALL OPPOSITION!
Next, let us go to Noah. Satan had a hand in the thorough corruption of mankind before the flood. God allowed this to occur, but kept Noah and his family from being taken in by the corruption all around them. They were perfect in his generation (the last before the flood) Gen. 6:9. But the rest of humanity were so corrupted that every intent of their heart and thoughts were wicked continually ( Gen. 6:5) With all who were alive in Noah's day being completely given over to wickedness (I wonder if his father and grandfather were so depraved as well) how could Noah and his sons escape being likewise wicked? Only by the grace of God and the protection of Noah and his family.
God is just and God had sent Nathan to rebuke David whose sin despised his holy Name so it had to be cleansed forthwith. "Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife" and the key to the civil war breaking out between the father and son may be buried under political causes and Old vs. New and many other reason. It is same as the border and Immigration issues that bedevil American policies. The numbers deportations and political upheavals are merely sideshow that prevent the ungodly from understanding the truth. Then as now.
Ahitophel's advise was sound one. Did not God say earlier through Nathan the same? "Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.:(vv.10-11) Ahitophel was suggesting the same. How come then his idea caused him to hang himself. Ahitophel had left off from following God and his wisdom was corrupted. He had to be numero uno and not God. The word of God had already set off events to pay Absalom, Ahitophel and also David. God reinstated David in his favor but consequences of sin will follow Solomon, Adonijah and the very division of the kingdom itself. "For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people./It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God."(He.10:30-31)
Ahitophel must be seen as a warning to those false shepherds who for a pretence serve God but their heart is to be the president's man and wield great prestige and power as a result. God shall judge them.
"For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom".
Absalom was a young man in a hurry. He wanted to sit on the throne of his father, indifferent to the fact that God had put him there in the first place for him to make a case out of it.He had no say in it.
David was chosen by divine grace. Nathan refers to this in his rebuke, "Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight?"(2 Sa.12:7-14). Nathan was only a mouthpiece so he speaks,"Thus saith the Lord God of Israel," and having said 'And Nathan departed unto his house'.
Ahithophel was of a different mould. He was well aware of the perks that went with being 'king whisperer'. King shall hear only what he in his sagacity would speak. So his motives were different from that of Nathan. We see the same in our times, and men of God who are carefully making their moves in order to be considered as celebrity preachers. Naturally they miss what the word of God shall do. In their end their fall, when it comes, is as spectacular but a sordid one, even as it befell Judas Iscariot.
What was the key to the problem between the father and son? King David lusted after another man's wife, so much so he did it legally as a king could,"thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon." He engineered his death to look like as a casualty of skirmish, and he did it cleverly. So Nathan would say,"For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun." God forgives the penitent David but the word of God has been setting all the traps for Ahitophel who was riding high in the royal circle to switch sides when Absalom's star was on the rise. Disaster on Absalom was also in the cards.
Uriah, an Hittite has to be avenged. Gentile or Jew no matter. God is Just.
Saul's heart was like a dry place as against the fruitful garden, enclosed garden. "A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed"( Song. 4:12). An evil spirit came over him riding the wings of his hatred. It is not from God but heart of whosoever departs from God is open to it. "And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul." We have another passage, "When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none./Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished./Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation."(Matt.12:43-45). King Saul became an enemy of God while King David went from strength to strength. Because he well attended to his heart. When we see the present times it is a stark warning what the Spirit is leading the wicked and adulterous generation to. We ought to possess our souls in patience. Jesus said how our understanding buds forth. "And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;/And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how./For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear."(Mark.4:26-28)
Jesus knew the son of perdition among the twelve but as theWord become flesh, he would not judge him. It would be his humanity getting the better of his deity, a sin. So helet Judas the benefit of the word sown in his own heart. He was responsible for producing the tree. Either figs or thistles? "Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them."(Matt.7:20)
"And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation."
The kingdom within, is a spiritual space which is called heart. Not anatomical but the same landscape for God a Spirit to work with. In the wilderness Israel was fed with manna, this angel's food has colour and taste, "And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium."(Nu.11:7) Of the latter we find mentioned i"And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone." Ge.2:12. The river of God is the river of time and every heart has access to it. God formed all hearts alike, so we shall consider the quality as within our reach.(Ps.33:15) bdellium is called 'pearl' since it is resinous gummy substance and as with amber oozes from certain species of trees. Those who are planted by God shall understand how one grows in knowledge of the holy. Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and a heart not well attended to surely is common as is observable. "I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;/And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down." (Pr.24:30-31)You see them all the time busy chasing prosperity or their patriotic spirit hyphenate Christ with some Theudas or Judas and their base. They loudly pledge support for them from the pulpit. It is thus they have neglected their fields for the enemy to sleep in some tares. These slackers are asleep, yet their eyes wide awake.
When we see the former POTUS rant over the crowd size of his political opponent do we not see in the manner King Saul envied young David? "And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands"(1 Sa.18:8)
"And they (the disciples) understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken."
There was certainly a problem between Jesus and his disciples. He knew them but they believed in him yet they did not understood his miracles neither their significance. After the marriage at Cana we have this passage. " But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,/And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man."( John 2:24-25). He knew where he came from and where he was going. As the true Light he walked in the light of his Father,- the Father of lights. So there was no shades or subtle difference in the tints that his earthly ministry presented. "When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone." ( John 6:15) Was it not in the Bible spoken? The angel was not joking, he said,"and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:/And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end." ( Luke 1:33-34) Jesus would not fool himself and he had come to destroy the wicked world and save those few that believed as well as understood him. Merely because Satan "shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time" it was a trick. His kingdom was 'forever' and not the kind David had inherited.
The disciples believed in Jesus but their understanding had to come in patience. So Isaiah referring to the sure foundation states,"he that believeth shall not make haste". Jesus also explained and it was to happen in their generation ('wicked and adulterous') "In your patience possess ye your souls." It is in the quiet sanctuary the miracle takes place."And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground."
Okay I need to clarify the point that indeed the unregenerate will along with worshipping the beast also have terror and fear and as scripture states the Beast will force men to take the mark. That forcing means execution for those not worshipping the Beast and taking it; but at first it just means there is no means to obtain food and other needed things without the mark hence it is forcing that as a means of economic transactions. Just how long it will be before men are killed after that could be up for debate.
Those who know Christ therefore are not the cowards mentioned in Revelation 22. We are strong and courageous ONLY because we are redeemed; else how can anyone bear to think of God's judgments and the pains of hell? Scripture states in Isaiah that those who can dwell in the everlasting fire are the redeemed; in other words those who the second death won't touch.
When I lived in another city I warned my Pastor at the time that we need to very seriously take the prophets literally as to how terrible the end times will be. It seemed he was either focusing on the fulfillments in the past or somehow thinking it surely couldn't be as bad as it seems in the future judgments. This attitude along with the lax concepts on hell; men's depravity and other important subjects seems to be commonplace today along with many in the replacement theology camp.
It is so easy at least for me to be numb seeing how horrible this world is; as I brought up recently with just the one fact of over 70 MILLION abortions worldwide a year. God has in a few specific cases clearly rendered judgment upon particularly wicked men. But judgment day is clearly soon; and the evil fruit getting to full maturity. It is pretty clear that if we think any other way we don't understand the God we claim to believe. ( Proverbs 14:34).
I pray we all focus on the Great Commission and warn others to flee from the wrath to come rather than get too sidetracked.
Agape.
Thank you for your reply
I am very zealous for the Word of my GOD, He is the Truth, so I need to clarify I work with the Word of GOD, the Word is GOD, GOD Himself, self-executing, So, having read your reply, I ask: Am I therefore become your enemy, because I told you the Truth?
In fact, the correct translation of Genesis 1:1 is not heaven(singular),but heavens(plural), according was said and revealed by own GOD to Moses. So for your own good and also of all readers here, and elsewhere, what matters and prevails is what GOD said to Moses, that is the original and true source. What did GOD reveal about heaven/heavens around 2500 years after Adam or 1500 years BC, and Moses wrote, it is as follows:
Genesis - Chapter 1-2 - torah
Verse 1-In the beginning of GOD's creation of the heavens and the earth.
Verse 2-Now the earth was astonishingly empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the spirit of GOD was hovering over the face of the water.
By the way, heaven is a plant, understand? planted by GOD: Isaiah 51:16 combined with Ephesians 1:3-8, among many other biblical references.
16 -> And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
You called me rude, no poblem, it is the consequence of my zealous for the Word of GOD, the Truth. What does the Word of GOD say? Proverbs 27:6->Faithful are the wounds of a friend(or by who loves); but the kisses(something like panegyrize) of an enemy(of who annoy) are deceitful.
2Timothy 3:16-17
16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of GOD, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of GOD may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
GOD BLESS
What a beautiful piece of scripture. Have any of you ever felt like an orphan as a Christian? After you receive Christ, sometimes it might seem like you have less friends and less things that you can do.
But Jesus says He is not going to leave any of us believers as orphans. He says I am going to come to you. If you ever get that feeling as though you were no different than an orphan, just keep in mind that if you have received Christ as your Savior, He is with you always!
Blessings to all!
"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."
The throne is set altogether differently than what we see in Ch.4. There is nothing remotely associated with a river and besides St John mentions only a throne not of the Lamb. "And, behold, a door was opened in heaven," and John sees only a single throne," And, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne." (vv.1-2). A voice is about to reveal hereafter and not what we read in Ge.1:1 "In the beginning,". The Spirit is specific, "and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter". In the beginning was the Word as the Gospel of John opens, and it is the book with seven seals. Breaking opening the seven seals refer to the will of God. What is His will? " 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." The Spirit gives it a visual imagery so the the first voice compels the Apostle to watch where Isaiah 55:11 shall lead to it.
The throne in heaven where God separates the waters with a firmament is the beginning of the river of time. This unseen source is framed by the word of God and the waters flowing leads us to the throne of heaven and of the Lamb. So the waters below signifies the world made to appear. (He.11:3) Consequently the earth that abides forever. (Ge.1:6-8;Ec.1:4)
The Throne of God and of the Lamb is set on the mid-air or the face of heaven. "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork."(Ps.19:1) The circle that is referred in v.4 is significant. Tabernacle for the sun is what the light of the Lamb becomes so there is no more sun or moon required."And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof." (Re.21:23)
"And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals."
Three things are associated with the Son who is always tagged as the right hand in context of God who is One. The hand with which is good and the left hand in common usage is qualified as maladroit. Can we apply it to God? Oh no. The Spirit uses the right hand figuratively in order to define the divine Will in fulfilment. "And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God." ( Mark 10:18).So we need see his ministry as deity and humanity is the aspect of perfecting what his Father has willed. "And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him."( John 8:29) Before Pilate he confesses the host of angels at his disposal."Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?" In his emptying his humanity was for delivering all whom his Father had left to his charge. So he would rather perfect with one sacrifice all those who were called.( John 17:12; He.10:14)
The book, the seven seals and the contents that it holds are three clues in which significance of their Association and with man, and also life as holiness, the name are inextricably bound.
"When he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high." Jesus Christ as the Son has his seat. "and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne." There are other feature we need consider, firstly "a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald."and the Word both sound as well as sign, "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."(Re.4:1-5) Body Spirit and the soul is signified in v.5:6
"And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?"
We see the same angel in Ch.10:1 "And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:" All the clues are here. In the inaugural vision of St John we see these features,in vv.15-16, " And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace," " and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength".The same bow in heaven is over his head. So when God tells Noah, "And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you."(Ge.9:15) he is referring indeed the everlasting covenant and Jesus Christ is 'after our likeness' in Ge.1:28. This rainbow zeroes in on the identity of the mighty or strong angel as the Word. The Word was with God and he gives furthermore as the identity of the rider on the white horse, whose bow is referring to the sign in heaven given to Noah. "And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer."(Re.6:2) Without quiver of arrows there is no mistake about him, - he is the Word become flesh and he also claims his purpose."Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division." ( Luke 12:51;Matt.10:34). St Matthew refers to the sword, which is the mark of his office. He is setting out to conquer and conquering. So the colour white establishes his identity as the Word of God. We shall meet him again in Re.19:16.
There isa gap between the two which explains his deity while the Synoptic gospels is about his humanity. There is no 'gap theory', the Spirit provides only what is needful for instruction in righteousness. Without faith it would be useless to fill in irrelevant details in order to satisfy some curious souls.
"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord".
Here we have heaven witnessing to the shepherds in the field and they are given a sign to round off his service. As with the angel giving John the revelation of Jesus Christ which are several signs all relating to the deity of Jesus Christ. He is Alpha and Omega and he is the Word of God and several other attributes, all of which are under the tag, "This day". The angels in heaven take joy over one sinner coming to salvation. So what does connect man and angels or with heaven? It is the word of God. Our worlds what is made to appear and what is unseen have only one sigle measure which is the fulness of Christ. (Re.21:17). "And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger."
Naturally the shepherds were sore afraid, "And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people." This joy which is 'to all people' can have only one meaning: Jesus Christ is the saviour of the whole world.
In the Book of the Revelation the angel that served as his guide reveal himself "for I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book"(Re.22:9) What is common between man and angel is the word. Faith is in their worship whether one or multitudes of them as in v.13 "And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God." So the fellow servant ends his saying "Worship God."
St Paul warns of angels which are inimical to salvation so war in heaven is waged between fallen angels and of light. "But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed."(Gal.1:8). If we keep the word we abide in Christ we cannot be stranger to angels. We are a single measurement in the kingdom.
Here we have Ezekiel referencing the Entity behind The king of Tyrus.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
THOU HAST BEEN IN EDEN THE GARDEN OF GOD; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
Also see Isaiah 14:12-17.
When did all this happen here in Isaiah?
Clearly in Ezekiel he's not talking about the King of Tyrus, when have he been in Eden, "The Garden or God "?
When we view the creation in Genesis chapters 1 and 2 where do we fit this in a six day creation?
I like the way Gigi put it concerning Genesis 1:31.
"He made everything just the way he planned it".
Therefore he called it Good.
Including Satan and the Angels.
Good doesn't express behavior in these passages. It's accomplishing what was intended.
There is only one Good and that's God.
Adam shame and trying to cover his nakedness after his eyes were open to receive knowledge of Good and Evil testifies that he had a sense of awareness of his depravity and vulnerability. Not nudity.
If nudity being wrong was all he got out of the tree of knowledge of good and evil and that was sinful and valid then he wasn't made perfect. He didn't take clothes off, He was born Naked.
Adam hid himself from God because when his eyes were opened he saw himself with the knowledge he received from the tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.
This Knowledge revealed to him that he wasn't Good. He's now realizes he's vulnerable.
Here's what he said; I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
This is in line with what nakedness means throughout the scripture.
Adam was a natural man, A empty vessel and naked.
How do you define sinless nature? Isn't it "someone's NATURAL reaction to not sin.
How could one with a sinless nature sin?
Or one with a sinful nature "NOT" sin?
I would define Adam as one being imperfect and one that cannot please God.
There is nothing written of him to determine what he was like before the fall.
However he's flesh and there's lust in the flesh and has no ability it or desire to please God.
See part 2.
" And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost."
How does faith come to man? "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God./ But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world." The babe leaped in the womb of his mother just as Lazarus who was dead for some four days heard the voice. "Lazarus, come forth./And he that was dead came forth"( John 11:43-44). Similarly John hears the number spoken in his vision,(Re.9:16). Faith is the lingua franca between the two worlds framed by the word of God and this holds for creature two worlds simultaneously, the heavenly places and our physical world Faith is the language between them, "Deep calleth unto deep"(Ps.42:7). Israel being disobedient and gainsaying people were like ostrich their head buried in sand. So are those who refuse faith on insufficient grounds. The babe heard the salutation of Mary and leaped in her womb which is the works we are concerned with. If we say Jesus Christ is the light of the world our works being good witnesses for him establish the quality of our faith. In the case of Paul he believed in the body prepared of God so he would walk not by sight but but by faith. St Paul did not go by appearances nor take things at its face value. " For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life./Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit." (2 Co.5:4-5)
"For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead./And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again."(vv.14-15)
"Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?"
The word of God before the worlds began called and what is the word? it sanctifies whosoever receives it in faith. He is a chosen vessel when he responds to it. Zechariah had a problem. His reasonable mind rebelled against the idea.He asked the angel,"Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years." (1:18) He was rebelling against the truth. Rational faculties are part of the baggage, the flesh and blood making up a form, a body formed of the dust of the ground and has no life when it is dissolved. It is dust to dust and no one shall know the difference. So reason is a wet noodle that cannot make a stand against what God has willed. "Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth."( John 17:17)
35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
Overshadow is a term the Spirit uses so the shadow is not merely what the source of lights casts but also is in the sense of similitude. "After our likeness" relates to the Word which was God and in the beginning was with God. Having made Jesus Christ as 'only begotten Son, he tells of his inheritance, which has its memorial as the four and twenty elders before the throne. So according to the principle of Similitude he has called saints 'after our likeness'. What is the role of Jesus Christ? He is the firstborn of all creation.
Gabriel as an angel is sent to Mary who is a virgin as the 144,000 standing with the Lamb on Mt. Sion are called.(Re.14:1-3) The terms refers to the word sanctifying the person thus chosen before the foundation of the world. "For with God nothing shall be impossible."(1:35) Matt.3:9
Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:/ Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
Jesus while speaking of end times sets two worlds to which we are bound. Considering Judea in his time was a pastoral land he warns the man in the field not to bother to go inside to take his clothes for he is expected to be taken as he is. So abrupt his coming shall be. The v.39 is about disaster that is coming upon the world.St Paul refers to it. " For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape." (1 The.5:3) "And they shall not escape" There is a finality to the charade the world is presently engaged in. Greater this dumb show goes on more deceived are they who think the world shall come to some sense by all this talk about 'peace'. Jesus warns us as to how we should be,- with our loins girded and our shoulder to the yoke. "So shall also the coming of the Son of man be." What does house top indicate? For who are vigilant and living under the shadow of the almighty, it is our redemption. Our spiritual blessings in heavenly places, the world of the Spirit shall be clothed upon. (2 Co.5:4-5) The indwelling Spirit has given this hope so we groan within.
Matt.24:40-41
Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left./Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Similarly the two in the field are two witnesses. One of the Spirit and our soul is the beneficiary; while the other flesh and blood left. Flesh and blood cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. Of the two woman it is similar case. Millstone refers to one life "No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge." Jesus is making a distinction between her inner life and physical world.
"That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory."
As apostles of Christ having suffered much St Paul refers to the proof of his glory, in this statement, "For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? Glory which he meant has a body to speak of, and if all his sufferings produced one it was worth his while, "For ye are our glory and joy"(vv.19-20). This body is the basis for the everlasting covenant and the gospel of reconciliation is word-based and St Paul consoles himself by saying that this glory shall be revealed at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He also refers in another place, "When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory."(Col.3:4)
Jesus himself spoke of it, "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come." and it is a public event, " the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory."(Matt.24:14, 30). No amount of human speech shall express this glory since it is what the substance of preaching the gospel from the beginning till now would mean and it is Person specific. This is what the writer to Hebrews state at the outset: "Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;/Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high." For this purpose the Spirit records the man was created "in our image and after our likeness." The second part refers to the similitude of "The word become flesh'While God is the Father of light his Son Jesus Christ is the true Light. This has a body, glorious one which is after a likeness
In fact,it was necessary to restore or to restitution of all things as they were in the garden of GOD,then GOD developed a plan of six Days of work and one to rest as He revealed to Moses around 2500 years after Adam-Genesis.So GOD planned to make MAN in the sixth Day.He said(to JESUS):Let us make man in our image,after our likeness:Gen.1:26.For this cause GOD sent JESUS,the Greater Light,in the fourth Day,4000 years after Adam.JESUS said: John 5:17-My Father worketh hitherto,and I work.
Lk.20:34-36
34JESUS said:The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world(the next,3rd heavenly place),and the resurrection from the dead,neither marry,nor are given in marriage:36Neither can they die any more:for they are equal unto the angels;and are the children of GOD,being the children of the resurrection.
Phil.3:20-21:20 For our conversation is in heaven;from whence also we look for the Saviour,the Lord Jesus Christ:21Who shall change our vile body,that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body, according to the working whereby He is able even to subdue all things unto Himself