Acts 5:17 - Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,
The Sadducees and the Pharisees were the two groups that were dominant within Judaism. The Sadducees did not believe in the afterlife. They did not believe in angels, and they did not believe in spirits.
So, they come, and they were the dominant ones leading within the Sanhedrin, and they were filled with indignation. The word indignation in the Greek is the word "to boil." They were boiling mad. They were raging mad!
Acts 5:23 - Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
Saying, The prison truly we found having been shut. The word "shut" is called the Perfect Tense. "It's as locked and shut up as it was when we put them in there!"
Now, in all safety, that is, all the security measures were in place. Nothing was touched! And the keepers, (that is, guards) who were watching the prison.
They had been still standing there, another Perfect Tense.
Everything was the same as the night before! It's still locked up, all the security people in line, and even the guards still standing outside the prison.
And they look in and there's no prisoners! And he says when we had the place opened up, we found nobody inside.
Acts 5:24 - Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.
Literally in the Greek, that last phrase meant that they were worried about where this thing was going to lead. People are getting healed, people are getting saved, and now they find out that with the prison doors locked, and the guards still standing there, all of a sudden God's people got delivered! "Where's that going to lead?"
Acts 5:5 - And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.
And while Ananias was hearing these words, he fell down and gave up the ghost. The phrase "gave up the ghost" is one Greek word EXEPSYXEN meaning he breathed out and that was it. He took his last breath, and he breathed out.
Acts 5:10 - Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.
And she fell down immediately at his feet and yielded up the ghost. (Again, she breathed her last). And the young men came in and found her dead. Obviously, they are a little surprised. "What's going on here?"
And they carried her out and buried her. Literally in the Greek text, Verse 10 says "they buried her face to face with her husband." That's how the Greek text reads.
Acts 5:13 - And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.
And of the rest durst, (dared/ETOLMA) no man to join himself to them: but the people magnified or glorified them.
You talk about an opportunity for witnessing! The people just said "No way do I want to become a Christian. You lie and you're dead (referring to Ananias and Sapphira)! I don't want anything to do with them and that type of fellowship."
It's kind of interesting that the Lord continued to add people to the church, even in spite of all that! Mainly because it was the power of God saving people.
Q: "The Fulness of God is in the Man component but formatted as a testimony of Jesus Christ. What does does it intend to achieve by giving differing POV?"
A: Jesus as the Son of man testified, "If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true." ( John 5:31) But as the Word that was with God he could assert, "Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself,yetmy record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go." ( John 8:14). The core value for this Revelation is the Fellowship of God with Man because of which as the v.1 states,"The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, " and the angel serves as a witness. Moreover in signifying it through his angel unto his servant John, "Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ" (1:1-2) the law validates it as the truth.
In arranging this last book we can pinpoint the Law , the Son "after our image" and John "after our likeness" supplying their own POV so both heaven and the earth are equally pressed into service. Without setting the everlasting covenant as the rest frame the unseen world of the Father subsuming the world made to appear the testimony shall be severely damaged. Much of the visual motifs, vocabulary of day, night, seed ("the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself," separation of light, gathering of seas are derived from the covenant. Not to mention the significance of numbers the seven days pertain to the Law of the Spirit. God is a Spirit, the Son after "our image" serves as the inner man where the soul is the quickening aspect in the makeup of man. "The heart of the wicked is little worth.(Pr.10:20)
Q:"How does the time relates to the season for which the lives of the four beasts were prolonged?
A: In Daniel's vision the four beasts coming up diverse from one another owe to "the four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth,". They are as much under the command as the four angels "which are bound in the great river Euphrates./And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men."(Re.9:14-15;7:1; Dan.7:2,12)
The Law sets judgment and the books were opened' so there is only "now" that any man in his Son could be ensured from harm according to the everlasting covenant. "Now is the day of salvation established the day decreed for him guarantees their safety. "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven." The word of God has therefore how the two worlds framed by the word of God shall be completely reconciled. In these there is no place for disbelief since faith' the pure speech is the DNA of the family of God. For this reason Jesus would tell those who would seize him, "When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness."( Luke 22:53). Similarly time is associated with the Son and when he was in Nazareth he read from the day's portion of reading, he fulfilled the word concerning him,"To preach the acceptable year of the Lord".( Luke 4:16-19)
Knowledge of the holy is understanding which is written in every man. So inability to know the times is a proof that there is no place for the word of God in a disbeliever. "Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD."(Je.8:7). "See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time," (Ep.5:15-17
Q: "In vv.14-15 what does the duration "for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year," signify?"
A: Key to the times is in the purpose for which the four angels were bound to the 'great' river Euphrates. "And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared."(Re.16:12)
First we shall look at manner nations moved after the great flood (Ge.11:2). Relating to the end times the migration turns contrary. The river from Eden moved to wards east and after the fall of man without exception it has been 'Eastward ho' because the grace of God flows from the throne of grace. This contrary movement is how the Spirit informs us that age of grace was closed. In this context we can understand St Paul's warning," For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way./ And then shall that Wicked be revealed."(2 Th.2:7-8) The beast who resisted God's grace is marked 666 since he refused the blessings in his Son. So all the havoc meted out to the earth is the Son related," "The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up."(Re.8:7)
Coming back to the river Euphrates it is set in terms of the waters."The same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened."(Ge.7:11) God has his way in the deep as well."Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known."(Ps.77:19)
Seven plagues on Egypt leading up to the firstborn is a dry run for the seven angels with trumpets and vials. The man who refused the Son is marked out for the wrath which is revealed from heaven. The day of wrath is spread over the day God has decreed for his Son.(Ps.2:7). It could be years, months days or an hour.
Q Obviously the command " Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates,"does not relate to the river Euphrates.What are the four angels mentioned in v.14?
A: It is to be spiritually understood as relating to the throne of God. "The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever." The Law presented the Spirit of God moving upon the face of the waters, so the depths shall recognise the sovereignty of the Law of the Spirit. "So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him." The depths is synonymous with hell that followed the rider on the pale horse.
God gives the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ relates to the heart, a spiritual space. similarly caul and kidneys relates to the appetites of man who is earthy, for which reason God commanded under the Law of Moses to to burnt.(Le.9:10).Man who is chosen to be holy and without blame are to place themselves under the Law. (Ps.50:5) God makes angels spirits so the river is also associated with them.
"And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads."(Ge.2:10,14) The river under four heads is similar to four angels " I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth,"(Re.7:1). God's blessings follow according to the word of God.
Please pray for strength, healing, protection and God's merciful blessings for Stephen, Marian, Carl and Robert. Asking this request in the Most Holy Name of Jesus. Thank you for praying and God Bless all of you.
In Jesus Name, I pray for protection over Ashley, Sarah, me, Mitch, CS and BW and family, especially at work, no weapon formed against us shall prosper, deliver us from evil and lead us not into temptation, in Jesus Name, we pray, Amen and Hallelujah!!!
Praying as its a sad month and the loss of a friend i ask for Gods presence as i navigate the difficulties of October and remember my friend the right way. He passed 1999 aged 14. Sending lots of love for you in heaven Gareth.
I'm not sure what part of this website you are referring to, but each addition they have in the band across the top; KJB standard, KJB 1611, or Mobile all have chapters 4 and 5 included and I don't understand what you are saying about Revelations 22:18-19. They are worded on this website exactly as they are written in my King James study bible.
If I am misunderstanding what you are saying, please forgive me and perhaps you can explain it some more. God Bless :)
Q:St John quotes in Ch.9 another number which he heard and what does 200 thousand thousand signify?
A:The seven seals that the Lamb broke sequentially in Ch.6 spoken the wrath of the Lamb revealed from heaven, " against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness."(Ro.1:18) The fourth horsemen was invested with power,"And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth."(6:8) The command number Four signified Christ the word become flesh. He is the Son who in trinity serves as the soul. In trespass against his soul, "and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed."(Nu.5:7). It is in the sense the prodigal son confessed his sin." Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,"( Luke 15:18) 20x10x1000x1000.
The breaking open seven seals is condemnation meted out to the disbelieving. Death into the world because of sin and Hell followed. This is what the fifth angel sounds. (9:1). Locust let loose are intended to torment those who do not have 'the seal of God in their foreheads.' These locusts are given "power, as the scorpions of the earth have power." Similarly when the sixth angel sounds " and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,"(Re.9:13) 144,000 belonged to the group redeemed from the furnace,"and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God."(Re.15:2)
Prayers please for my precious family and those they love that are not saved, that each of them will accept Jesus as their savior. Also please pray for health problems I am having. Please pray too for those affected by Helene. Thank you.
As a SPIRITUALLY ORDAINED and SANCIFIED MINISTER of Jesus Christ God Almighty, according to Romans 13:1-4, come as prophesied MANIFEST WITHIN ME, according to Isaiah 9:2, 6-7; St. Matthew 4:16; St. John 14:1-21, highlighting verses 20-21, and 2 Corinthians 4:1-7, I have recently sadly discovered that at least two (2) highly important chapters of the OFFICIAL KJV of the Bible of THIS WEBSITE have been wrongfully and shamefully removed, being 1 John chapters 4 and 5! I know for a fact they have been present this year. Suddenly they're now both gone! Please return these chapters of the Bible immediately, including any other chapters I'm not currently aware have been removed as well! Please note, the last chapter of the Bible, Revelation 22, verses 18-19, as it is written (KJV)
Revelation 22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
We seen the wind in action, "And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." Response to this we read here,"The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled."(Ps.77:16) The word already gone forth so the Red sea parts on divine command as the waters know the one who rides on the wings of the wind. "There is war in heaven" (Re.12:7) and we see it as in the vision Daniel, "and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea."(Dan.7:2-3) God allows man to determine whether he be of light and darkness and it leads to the four beasts step into the world stage. "And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another." Nevertheless they are under judgment and in the vision of St John we have the four winder under restraint. "And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree." (7:1). The angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God" explains the 144,000 are from the left behind church. "Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity." (2 Ti.2:19). They have been rather negligent. But they redeem themselves by stepping into the breach of the tribes of Israel now defunct. Like Seth before them they submit themselves to the great tribulation. The number of martyrs are tagged by the everlasting gospel (12x12x1000) as with other group mentioned in Re.14:1. They also bear the tag,"the servants of our God"( 7:3) Also significant is that John reports the effect of the moving Spirit: "And I heard the number of them which were sealed".c.f "and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear."(Ac.2:33)
Q:In the visions of Daniel and St John the wind plays a significant role. Can you elaborate on this?
A: We can only draw inferences from what the Spirit has indicated and these must serve for our instruction in righteousness. Within these parameters let us walk through the Scripture. The nature of wind as Jesus explains it, "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth." But God a Spirit"who walketh upon the wings of the wind," is in control. The Law of the Spirit must take over how the wind operates. Thou hearest the sound thereof' refers to the manner the Law directs the word of God. It sends as a cloven tongue so it gives all who were gathered in one place, as promised by the risen Christ. "And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting." So the men were under the will of God. "And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance."(Ac.2:1-4) As with cloven tongues of fire the Law gives a body in accordance with the word. It was thus John the Baptist recognized that Jesus was the Lamb of God.( John 1:33) In short the Law of the Spirit chooses the body in accordance with the will of God. So walking upon the wings of the wind explains the word that is sent forth from God.(Is.55:11). The sign is set by the Word and validated by the Law. So Jesus presents the church as sins and wonders. (Is.8:18;He.2:13)
In the vision of Ezekiel, who is a sign and also designated as the son of man we have this,"Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, Son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live."(Ez.37:9). The Law is life ("by his Spirit that dwelleth in you."-Ro.8:11)
Acts 5:17 - Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,
The Sadducees and the Pharisees were the two groups that were dominant within Judaism. The Sadducees did not believe in the afterlife. They did not believe in angels, and they did not believe in spirits.
So, they come, and they were the dominant ones leading within the Sanhedrin, and they were filled with indignation. The word indignation in the Greek is the word "to boil." They were boiling mad. They were raging mad!
Acts 5:23 - Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
Saying, The prison truly we found having been shut. The word "shut" is called the Perfect Tense. "It's as locked and shut up as it was when we put them in there!"
Now, in all safety, that is, all the security measures were in place. Nothing was touched! And the keepers, (that is, guards) who were watching the prison.
They had been still standing there, another Perfect Tense.
Everything was the same as the night before! It's still locked up, all the security people in line, and even the guards still standing outside the prison.
And they look in and there's no prisoners! And he says when we had the place opened up, we found nobody inside.
Acts 5:24 - Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.
Literally in the Greek, that last phrase meant that they were worried about where this thing was going to lead. People are getting healed, people are getting saved, and now they find out that with the prison doors locked, and the guards still standing there, all of a sudden God's people got delivered! "Where's that going to lead?"
(Acts Part 11):
Acts 5:5 - And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.
And while Ananias was hearing these words, he fell down and gave up the ghost. The phrase "gave up the ghost" is one Greek word EXEPSYXEN meaning he breathed out and that was it. He took his last breath, and he breathed out.
Acts 5:10 - Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.
And she fell down immediately at his feet and yielded up the ghost. (Again, she breathed her last). And the young men came in and found her dead. Obviously, they are a little surprised. "What's going on here?"
And they carried her out and buried her. Literally in the Greek text, Verse 10 says "they buried her face to face with her husband." That's how the Greek text reads.
Acts 5:13 - And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.
And of the rest durst, (dared/ETOLMA) no man to join himself to them: but the people magnified or glorified them.
You talk about an opportunity for witnessing! The people just said "No way do I want to become a Christian. You lie and you're dead (referring to Ananias and Sapphira)! I don't want anything to do with them and that type of fellowship."
It's kind of interesting that the Lord continued to add people to the church, even in spite of all that! Mainly because it was the power of God saving people.
Q: "The Fulness of God is in the Man component but formatted as a testimony of Jesus Christ. What does does it intend to achieve by giving differing POV?"
A: Jesus as the Son of man testified, "If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true." ( John 5:31) But as the Word that was with God he could assert, "Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself,yetmy record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go." ( John 8:14). The core value for this Revelation is the Fellowship of God with Man because of which as the v.1 states,"The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, " and the angel serves as a witness. Moreover in signifying it through his angel unto his servant John, "Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ" (1:1-2) the law validates it as the truth.
In arranging this last book we can pinpoint the Law , the Son "after our image" and John "after our likeness" supplying their own POV so both heaven and the earth are equally pressed into service. Without setting the everlasting covenant as the rest frame the unseen world of the Father subsuming the world made to appear the testimony shall be severely damaged. Much of the visual motifs, vocabulary of day, night, seed ("the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself," separation of light, gathering of seas are derived from the covenant. Not to mention the significance of numbers the seven days pertain to the Law of the Spirit. God is a Spirit, the Son after "our image" serves as the inner man where the soul is the quickening aspect in the makeup of man. "The heart of the wicked is little worth.(Pr.10:20)
Q:"How does the time relates to the season for which the lives of the four beasts were prolonged?
A: In Daniel's vision the four beasts coming up diverse from one another owe to "the four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth,". They are as much under the command as the four angels "which are bound in the great river Euphrates./And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men."(Re.9:14-15;7:1; Dan.7:2,12)
The Law sets judgment and the books were opened' so there is only "now" that any man in his Son could be ensured from harm according to the everlasting covenant. "Now is the day of salvation established the day decreed for him guarantees their safety. "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven." The word of God has therefore how the two worlds framed by the word of God shall be completely reconciled. In these there is no place for disbelief since faith' the pure speech is the DNA of the family of God. For this reason Jesus would tell those who would seize him, "When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness."( Luke 22:53). Similarly time is associated with the Son and when he was in Nazareth he read from the day's portion of reading, he fulfilled the word concerning him,"To preach the acceptable year of the Lord".( Luke 4:16-19)
Knowledge of the holy is understanding which is written in every man. So inability to know the times is a proof that there is no place for the word of God in a disbeliever. "Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD."(Je.8:7). "See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time," (Ep.5:15-17
Q: "In vv.14-15 what does the duration "for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year," signify?"
A: Key to the times is in the purpose for which the four angels were bound to the 'great' river Euphrates. "And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared."(Re.16:12)
First we shall look at manner nations moved after the great flood (Ge.11:2). Relating to the end times the migration turns contrary. The river from Eden moved to wards east and after the fall of man without exception it has been 'Eastward ho' because the grace of God flows from the throne of grace. This contrary movement is how the Spirit informs us that age of grace was closed. In this context we can understand St Paul's warning," For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way./ And then shall that Wicked be revealed."(2 Th.2:7-8) The beast who resisted God's grace is marked 666 since he refused the blessings in his Son. So all the havoc meted out to the earth is the Son related," "The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up."(Re.8:7)
Coming back to the river Euphrates it is set in terms of the waters."The same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened."(Ge.7:11) God has his way in the deep as well."Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known."(Ps.77:19)
Seven plagues on Egypt leading up to the firstborn is a dry run for the seven angels with trumpets and vials. The man who refused the Son is marked out for the wrath which is revealed from heaven. The day of wrath is spread over the day God has decreed for his Son.(Ps.2:7). It could be years, months days or an hour.
Q Obviously the command " Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates,"does not relate to the river Euphrates.What are the four angels mentioned in v.14?
A: It is to be spiritually understood as relating to the throne of God. "The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever." The Law presented the Spirit of God moving upon the face of the waters, so the depths shall recognise the sovereignty of the Law of the Spirit. "So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him." The depths is synonymous with hell that followed the rider on the pale horse.
God gives the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ relates to the heart, a spiritual space. similarly caul and kidneys relates to the appetites of man who is earthy, for which reason God commanded under the Law of Moses to to burnt.(Le.9:10).Man who is chosen to be holy and without blame are to place themselves under the Law. (Ps.50:5) God makes angels spirits so the river is also associated with them.
"And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads."(Ge.2:10,14) The river under four heads is similar to four angels " I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth,"(Re.7:1). God's blessings follow according to the word of God.
Try 2 Timothy 3:2-7.
God bless
I'm not sure what part of this website you are referring to, but each addition they have in the band across the top; KJB standard, KJB 1611, or Mobile all have chapters 4 and 5 included and I don't understand what you are saying about Revelations 22:18-19. They are worded on this website exactly as they are written in my King James study bible.
If I am misunderstanding what you are saying, please forgive me and perhaps you can explain it some more. God Bless :)
Q:St John quotes in Ch.9 another number which he heard and what does 200 thousand thousand signify?
A:The seven seals that the Lamb broke sequentially in Ch.6 spoken the wrath of the Lamb revealed from heaven, " against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness."(Ro.1:18) The fourth horsemen was invested with power,"And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth."(6:8) The command number Four signified Christ the word become flesh. He is the Son who in trinity serves as the soul. In trespass against his soul, "and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed."(Nu.5:7). It is in the sense the prodigal son confessed his sin." Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,"( Luke 15:18) 20x10x1000x1000.
The breaking open seven seals is condemnation meted out to the disbelieving. Death into the world because of sin and Hell followed. This is what the fifth angel sounds. (9:1). Locust let loose are intended to torment those who do not have 'the seal of God in their foreheads.' These locusts are given "power, as the scorpions of the earth have power." Similarly when the sixth angel sounds " and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,"(Re.9:13) 144,000 belonged to the group redeemed from the furnace,"and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God."(Re.15:2)
19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.
Praise GOD for HIS promises! Help me LORD, to fulfill my promises and glorify YOU.
FATHER, we ask for YOUR peace be upon Jerusalem and especially for the many who need to trust in the LORD JESUS CHRIST as their SAVIOR.
October 4, 2024 Friday!
Thank You Heavenly Father
Thank You Jesus Christ
Thank You Holy Spirit
Revelation 22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
We seen the wind in action, "And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." Response to this we read here,"The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled."(Ps.77:16) The word already gone forth so the Red sea parts on divine command as the waters know the one who rides on the wings of the wind. "There is war in heaven" (Re.12:7) and we see it as in the vision Daniel, "and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea."(Dan.7:2-3) God allows man to determine whether he be of light and darkness and it leads to the four beasts step into the world stage. "And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another." Nevertheless they are under judgment and in the vision of St John we have the four winder under restraint. "And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree." (7:1). The angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God" explains the 144,000 are from the left behind church. "Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity." (2 Ti.2:19). They have been rather negligent. But they redeem themselves by stepping into the breach of the tribes of Israel now defunct. Like Seth before them they submit themselves to the great tribulation. The number of martyrs are tagged by the everlasting gospel (12x12x1000) as with other group mentioned in Re.14:1. They also bear the tag,"the servants of our God"( 7:3) Also significant is that John reports the effect of the moving Spirit: "And I heard the number of them which were sealed".c.f "and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear."(Ac.2:33)
Q:In the visions of Daniel and St John the wind plays a significant role. Can you elaborate on this?
A: We can only draw inferences from what the Spirit has indicated and these must serve for our instruction in righteousness. Within these parameters let us walk through the Scripture. The nature of wind as Jesus explains it, "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth." But God a Spirit"who walketh upon the wings of the wind," is in control. The Law of the Spirit must take over how the wind operates. Thou hearest the sound thereof' refers to the manner the Law directs the word of God. It sends as a cloven tongue so it gives all who were gathered in one place, as promised by the risen Christ. "And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting." So the men were under the will of God. "And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance."(Ac.2:1-4) As with cloven tongues of fire the Law gives a body in accordance with the word. It was thus John the Baptist recognized that Jesus was the Lamb of God.( John 1:33) In short the Law of the Spirit chooses the body in accordance with the will of God. So walking upon the wings of the wind explains the word that is sent forth from God.(Is.55:11). The sign is set by the Word and validated by the Law. So Jesus presents the church as sins and wonders. (Is.8:18;He.2:13)
In the vision of Ezekiel, who is a sign and also designated as the son of man we have this,"Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, Son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live."(Ez.37:9). The Law is life ("by his Spirit that dwelleth in you."-Ro.8:11)