In the 1611 KJV, back then they used capitalization in different ways. They used it for emphasis and to bring attention to a topic. In the revised version of what we have today, instead of Name they capitalized every letter in His name, JESUS, to shine a light on the importance of His name.
Before we go into the Parable let us set the ground rules. Our heart is set in terms of the day. It is in this context Jesus said, "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."(Matt.6:34) It is where you pay close attention to what you may do and how you may do it. How the things of itself may take care of the morrow is from the fulness of Christ. In terms of the blessings seven days is to bring you into the fulness of God where the people's covenant has promised your place.
St Peters asks Jesus a question and Jesus says, " Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven."(18:22) Seven refers to seven days in the covenant, each day has been settled between God and Man on your behalf. So you forgive the man who offended you because God made you to be the partaker of the Day. "and God divided the light from the darkness./And God called the light Day,"(Ge.1:4-5) The second day your blessings come the God of all mercies from heaven. It is thus seven times 70, the perfection of being in Christ has made a perfect fit among the inheritance of saints in light. This is eternity where your heart only need take care of 'the day'. What is an hundred pence? It may be prejudice, born out of your irrational fear of the other man being of colour or not belonging to us? What is the worth of a measly one buck when God has promised you everlasting life and his abiding Presence. If you cannot let go of it and forgive from your heart, you are a hypocrite and a son of Perdition. For it is Satan who keeps Us and them alive. It is very much in these apostate churches and rogues, call them Pope,Patriarch, pastor or what you will, the truth is that they shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
"Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear./He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride."
God refers to him as one who is made without fear. The Leviathan is a creature even as morning stars are. "By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent."( Job 26:13) God mentions another creature who is qualified as Behemoth "He is the chief of the ways of God."(40:15-19).God mentions these two instances to show what his right hand signifies. His right hand is decked with majesty and excellency; and in his wrath he arrays himself with glory and beauty and it performs wonders, "And behold every one that is proud, and abase him./Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place./Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.:(40:10-13)
God mentions another creation that is so wanting in wisdom but even so she is compared to 'the fools for Christ's sake." This bird is foolish and in 39:13-16 we read thus: the ostrich "Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,/ And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them./She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's." Her Christian virtue is in her faith. Jesus asked, Who is my mother or my brethren? "Her labour is in vain without fear," and benevolence of God takes care of her. This trust is what the children of pride lacks.
We shall compare the stars, the angels of seven churches which are in the right hand of Jesus Christ. (Re.1:20). In Ez.28 and Is.14 we have the Leviathan as Lucifer. He beholdeth all things so what does he say? " I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High./Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit." (Is.14:14-15) Profusion of precious stone describe his scales 'which are pride'.(Ez.28:13; Job 41:15)
Amen Ronald ! God is not the author of confusion . I guess some of us will just have to agree to disagree , as my grandma used to say : it will all come out in the wash .
My in-laws recently moved into a care facility (he has dementia and she is paralyzed on entire left side). They now want to move back home. They need round the clock care, and don't have the money to pay for that at home. They have an unhealthy dependency on their daughter and my husband (we live 3 hours from them AND my husband and I own our own business). It's a toxic situation, unfortunately, and is taking a tremendous toll on their children. Please pray their hearts would change and that they'd both be in agreement to stay where they are getting the help they need. Please pray they'd set aside their own selfishness and consider what is best for everyone. This has been going on now for 2 years, and isn't sustainable. This family is being ripped apart over their decisions.
Greeting everybody. I have a question about Mathew chapter 1 verse 21 in the KJV 1611 version. The word "name" just before Iesus is capitalized to "Name". Now, I don't know to much but, I do know that capitalization is for the first word in a sentence and proper names only. So, what gives? Any ideas?
Mark 12:32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
John 17:1-3 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: 2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. 3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
John 20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
1 Corinthians 11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
1 John 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
2 John 1:9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
1 Corinthians 15:25,28 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Revelation 3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
"To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;"
God asks Job, Has the rain a father?(v.28a). The Spirit gives us the answer. "The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the floods."(Ps.24:1-2). His throne upon the floods means that it is not that you seek it in the lower parts of the heaven but towards the throne of God. The Spirit calls it bottles of heaven. " Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, God created the earth by His word so fulness thereof consists of clouds the sun, the moon and including even the clay. In v.38 we read,"When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together" is it useless? "When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,/And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing." ( John 9:6-7)
"To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
God sent his word and healed applies to everything on man and grass. "My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." (De.32:2)
"Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old./Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert./The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen."(Is.43:18-20)
"Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?"
"By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?"(v.24)
Division of light from darkness touches upon the everlasting covenant.(Ge.1:4) Parting of the light figuratively keeps day and night as separate kingdoms so ravens have day while the lions have the night (vv.39-41) Who feeds them? "(The lions) couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait" and the raven, "when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat? Benevolence of God upholds the celestial bodies by the word of his power; He "set a tabernacle for the sun,/Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race./His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof." (Ps.19:4-6). Job would have no inkling how God is able to part the light as he parted the Red sea before the Israelites. God scattering the east wind is with reference to the quails to satisfy their lust for meat. Job would neither have knowledge of the leanness to their soul on account of it."But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert. And he gave them their request; But sent leanness into their soul."(Ps.106:14-15)
"Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;" (v.25) Here the Spirit is referring to the Prophet challenging the prophets of Baal. (1 Ki.18:20-40). Significant is the apparent 'anachronism' of Job would have lived in the Patriarchal ages, and not in the age of kings. Here we have the example of Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever"
26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
Wow! what a great God we can know and serve because He reveals Himself to creation, speaks to man, interacts with man, and guides history to the end He has decreed. If He did not reveal Himself, we would never be able to know He exists or what He is like.
Tomorrow, I will post Scripture that speaks to this uniqueness. For tonight, it is late and I am off to bed soon.
He is not one instance of God among many divine beings (a class or kind). His is the only divine essence and nature that exists which cannot be divided among other Beings that are in the "divine" class.
He is also unique in the way He exists. He exists as three distinct persons (subsistences) where each are wholly God and wholly united so as too not be three beings, but one. Not three gods, but one. Within the one divine essence, nature and being, the three distinctions of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are eternally so, without any having a beginning point. Each one is unified with the other two in perfection relationship with each other is intimate, glorious, loving, and harmonious.
God is unique also in that His perfection us such that He does not have composition or parts that He must be assembled in Him to make Him divine. If this were so, He would be dependent on the parts that needed to be fully God in perfection. But, since He is all of His perfections, He does not have components, parts, or anything incidental.
God is unique in that He is the only truly necessary Being. All other things and beings were made by Him and continue to exist by His will and power. If He could NOT exists, then all things would then not exist as well.
God is unique in that He is able to know the thoughts, motives, will, actions, and words of every being, whether of the spiritual realm or temporal, corporeal realm. He know these completely, not according to time, but simultaneously, because He is not confined by time and space.
God is unique because He is free and able to do everything He wills without any restrictions from anything or anyone else.
The uniqueness of God is so decidedly so that He transcends everything else infinitely.
He is completely self-sufficient and self-satisfied within Himself and does not need anything or anyone outside of Himself. He could exist all of eternity without ever needing to create anything. But He willed to do so.
First of all, He is unique in that He is the one and only true God. There are no others that are truly divine as He is. He is challenged by no one as a rival because He knows the truth that all other "gods" are false, idols made by men, and demons influencing men to worship these idols and thus the demons. He knows that He is far, far above and different from any being. No other being has His divine perfections to the infinite degree. These are His holiness, sovereignty, omniscience, omnipotence, omni-presence, immutableness, self-existence, life itself, eternality, and totally free and independent of any other thing or being.
He is unique in that He is the only One who exists outside time and space and also everywhere within time and space at the same time.
He is unique in that He is not only "one of a kind", but that He is not truly a kind, genus, or class as all other things and beings are.
He is unique in that He is in truth all that we call His attributes. He does not possess them as other beings do. He is them. He does not possess life as other beings, not deriving his life from any source outside of Himself, He IS life. Whatever we can say of His perfections (we call them attributes) He is those perfections always and simultaneously without setting any aside to express another perfection. He does not increase in any attribute or lessen in any. He does not turn any off and on. He always is ALL of who He is in His perfect existence. He even does not possess existence or life as other beings do, He is existence and life. I Am Who I Am. All that can be said of Him is who He is, not what He has as things separate from Himself that He acquires in some way. The same can be true of His essence and nature. He is His essence and nature-One perfect divine essence and nature. As humans we speak of these things in ways that we possess attributes, essence, nature, life and existence. For us these are alll derived.
I, also, will pray for you. It must be hard to part with someone you've made a life with for three decades and also to have endured a decade of her fight against the cancer.
May God bring you comfort every day, happy memories of your wife, and hope for this life and the life to come.
22 Confirming the souls of the disciples,and exhorting them to continue in the faith,and that WE MUST through much TRIBULATION enter into the kingdom of GOD.
Re.11:15:The kingdoms OF THIS WORLD(DEVIL's WORLD)are become the kingdoms of our Lord,and of his Christ;and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Re.11:18-And the NATIONS were(will be)angry(why?),and GOD's WRATH is come...-->WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES IN ALL THE NATIONS?All will see from now on.The message for ALL the believers is:GET READY,and do what the Lord GOD commands:--> Isaiah 26:20-21,and trust in the Word of GOD--> Psalm 91 among many other biblical references.
NOW,even now,the current time-->it is the time of the dead that they should be Judged--> Isaiah 26:19 combined with Daniel 12:1-4,and 1 Thessalonians 4:15-16;
NOW, even now-->the Lord GOD should give REWARD unto His servants the prophets,and to the saints( 1Corinthians 6:2 combined with Daniel 7:22 andd 26-27),and them that fear HIS NAME,small and great;
NOW,even NOW,from NOW on -->our Lord GOD should DESTROY them which destroy the earth.-> 2Peter 3:11->Seeing then that all these things shall be DISSOLVED(AS AN IMPLOSION),what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of GOD, wherein the heavens being on fire(THE HEAVENLY ENVIRONMENT ESTABLISHED BY GOD OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS-BOTH COVENANTS)shall be DISSOLVED,and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
13Nevertheless we,according to his promise,look for new heavens and a NEW earth( Acts 3:19-21),wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Revelation 16:15-->15Behold,I come as a thief.Blessed is he that watcheth,and keepeth his garments,lest he walk naked,and they see his shame.
Mat.24:22-23
22And except these days should be shortened,there should no flesh be saved:but for the elect's sake these days shall be shortened.
23Then if any man shall say unto you,Lo,here is Christ,or there;believe it not.->be careful
I lost my wife, Paulette, to cancer in February of this year, after a 12 and half year battle. We were together 32 years. I don't really know what to say or do, I work and try to stay busy, but I know I am grieving. Please pray for me, I need Jesus to help me. God bless you.
July 19, 2024 Success without God is a fleeting illusion
2 Chronicles 25:19 KJV
Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
My Respond:
It's best not to do what you believe in yourself if not of God to say and do. Because it can turn into pride that can lead to a defeat.
2 Chronicles 25:18 KJV
And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
My Respond:
"Our strength and success, should always be grounded in obedience to God, not in your abilities & pride." My interpetation what has blessed me not to believe in thistle but to Trust in God Ephesians 6:15 KJV having obedience not to go astray staying aligned with God's will.
When it comes to our own logics and preparations we must see logic as the set of rules we must follow to think like God thinks , when is to think rightly . Logic undegirds morality , making decisions between right and wrong. Gives a clear conscience to speak and behave and helps you making decisions not to be bitter and harm people. To help have preparations is to read your bible ( Romans 12:2 KJv)
Preparation- In a general sense, to fit, adapt, or qualify fir a particular purpose,end, use, service, or state, by any means whatever.
Ways your logic can be in God's logic is come to God in humility to receive Jesus Christ in your heart ( Romans 10:9-10 KJV) believing in his death burial , resurrection.- Matthew 27:50 KJVMatthew 27:51 KJV, Matthew 28:9 KJV .
In the earlier part we saw the everlasting covenant was the people's covenant where the fellowship of God with man gave the saints a volume with spelled the fulness of God where the Word serves as the law. Here we shall see it is Person specific.
"And set bars and doors,/And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?"
This is demonstrated in this incident where Jesus stilled the storm. "And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm." (Matt.8:23-27) The story of Jonah is associated with the sea. Jesus refers to his own death and resurrection as a sign. "For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."(Matt.12:40). Setting bars and windows place the earth as one to which clouds serve a purpose as well.
"The waters are hid as with a stone."(v.30) This stone serves as stopper So when God sends the great flood we have its use. " In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened./ And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights."(Ge.7:11-12) The Law or the word of God has already set doors and windows in heaven as well as on earth. Forty days (4x10) refers to this word that went forth from God.
Blessing of man in his Son sets his transience as of no great consequence since his olume is made permanent by his Son.
Blessings always come from the greater to the lesser. So God asks, "Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?/ Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?" (vv.2-29) Within His holiness what is seen is temporal and what is unseen is eternal. (2 Co.4:18) Life as a vapor.
I need to remind myself more and more often that all the events we see in the world today are just a reflection of what is going on in high places today; with the raging spiritual war in the 2nd heaven. Of course it is only through the 3rd heaven; exercising the authority through the Spirit of the power of Christ above that enables us to actually engage in any combat to resist the legions of evil that are controlling the masses today.
The sad fact is that many professing believers aren't really in the faith at all; and the rest that are only have a small segment that are in this "vertical" aspect in the spiritual realm. In terms of what is proclaimed; therefore in the first example people are calling on endless blessings by making presumptuous proclamations and twisting certain verses to align with their own agendas. In the second case; for all those who have the potential to be in the battle many aren't protected with the proper armor or are not offensively fighting with the sword of the Spirit as Ephesians 12 tells us to do as our only offensive weapon we have.
It is one thing to preach of God's love and forgiveness to God's enemies as Jesus did; selflessly until death. People can over or underemphasize the fact of man's depravity and enmity with God with humans; but with demons and Satan himself we dare not make the mistake of viewing them as anything but enemies; out to steal; kill and destroy both our own lives as individuals through various means such as intimidation; accusation and temptation but also controlling the whole world system (world; flesh and devil).
Here is some practical advice.
1 Corinthians 5:11
James 1:26
1 Corinthians 6:9-10
Jude 1:23
2 Timothy 3:13
Ephesians 5:11-12
2 Corinthians 6:17
1 Peter 5:8-9
Proverbs 4:23-27
God is working all things according to His purposes for our good. To be tried we are tested to see what is genuine ( 1 Peter 1:7).
May God grant us the strength to endure until the end.
In order to understand the volume of man, Ch. 38 of the Book of Job shall help us. The same division of the two worlds framed by the word of God sets man having a body and spirit within which the Word serves as a seed which as part of the inner man is unseen. By fruits one shall know and it is what works would mean. "Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them."(Matt.7:17-20)
God challenges Job so we shall examine what are boundaries of our world made to appear as well as what is seen or the fruits thereof. Blessedness of the tree planted by the waters has a volume (Ps.1:3) Our study on Job can help us from wandering off course by keeping focus on the tree planted by God.
"Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding." These foundations are unseen and as many pillars God has set up for the House that Wisdom built (Pr.9:1) shall be seen. So there is an order in keeping with holiness of God. These foundations are the seven days in the everlasting covenant. The House with seven pillars are intended to last everlasting and as the people's convent and we have this testimony saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God."(Re.21:3). This is marked eternity. Our own makeup where Christ dwells in us by faith consequently must hold a working relationship. St Paul's prayer makes it clear, "That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;/That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,/May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;"(Ep.3:16-20) The indwelling Spirit is grow into the fulness of God. It is how we set our inner man the sign for the word of God working in us.
8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the Tabernacle of Witness; and, BEHOLD, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
9 And Moses brought out ALL THE RODS from before the Lord unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
10 And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the Testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that THEY DIE NOT.
11 And Moses did so: as the Lord commanded him, so did he.
12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
13 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the Tabernacle of the Lord shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
Jeremiah 1:11-12
11 Moreover the Word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.(ROD of Aaron's)
12 Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast WELL SEEN: for I will hasten my Word (the Rod) to perform it.
HERE YE THE ROD
Micah 6:8-9
8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
9 The Lord's voice crieth unto the city, and the MAN OF WISDOM shall see thy name: HEAR YE THE ROD, and who hath appointed it.
The Word of GOD is from everlasting to everlasting, the Word is GOD, GOD Himself, self-executing.-->Oh how Great a Mystery.
Exodus 4:1-5
1And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee.
2And the Lord said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
3And the Lord said, Cast it on the ground. And Moses cast it on the ground, and it became a SERPENT; and Moses fled from before it.
4 And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the TAIL. (WHY to take by the TAIL? ISAIAH 9:13-16 is a clue to understand the why of this) And Moses put forth his hand, and caught it (by the TAIL), and it became a rod in his hand:
5That they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the GOD of Abraham, the GOD of Isaac, and the GOD of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
Numbers 17:1-13
1And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.
3And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.
4And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the TESTIMONY, where I will MEET with you.
5And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall CHOOSE, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
6And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for EACH PRINCE one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
7And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the Tabernacle of Witness.
8And it came to pass,that on the morrow Moses went into the
Lord Jesus please intervene powerfully concerning all the dysfunction, the messes, the bondage. Please also prevent this trip or do a miracle for K. and A. even there. Please heal M.'s spasm. Please help me with work and ministry. Please pour out your Spirit on us, also at church (remove all complacency and lukewarmness from all of us) Asking for extra strong protection, deliverance, healing, salvation (all those not saved) for us and all in need. Help us to recognize the times we live in. You are coming so soon. Thank you Lord.
Lord Jesus please richly bless, protect and guide them. Please help them in accordance with your perfect will Father. Thank you and praise you. In your holy name I pray. Amen.
In the 1611 KJV, back then they used capitalization in different ways. They used it for emphasis and to bring attention to a topic. In the revised version of what we have today, instead of Name they capitalized every letter in His name, JESUS, to shine a light on the importance of His name.
Hope that helps,
God bless,
RLW
Before we go into the Parable let us set the ground rules. Our heart is set in terms of the day. It is in this context Jesus said, "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."(Matt.6:34) It is where you pay close attention to what you may do and how you may do it. How the things of itself may take care of the morrow is from the fulness of Christ. In terms of the blessings seven days is to bring you into the fulness of God where the people's covenant has promised your place.
St Peters asks Jesus a question and Jesus says, " Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven."(18:22) Seven refers to seven days in the covenant, each day has been settled between God and Man on your behalf. So you forgive the man who offended you because God made you to be the partaker of the Day. "and God divided the light from the darkness./And God called the light Day,"(Ge.1:4-5) The second day your blessings come the God of all mercies from heaven. It is thus seven times 70, the perfection of being in Christ has made a perfect fit among the inheritance of saints in light. This is eternity where your heart only need take care of 'the day'. What is an hundred pence? It may be prejudice, born out of your irrational fear of the other man being of colour or not belonging to us? What is the worth of a measly one buck when God has promised you everlasting life and his abiding Presence. If you cannot let go of it and forgive from your heart, you are a hypocrite and a son of Perdition. For it is Satan who keeps Us and them alive. It is very much in these apostate churches and rogues, call them Pope,Patriarch, pastor or what you will, the truth is that they shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
"Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear./He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride."
God refers to him as one who is made without fear. The Leviathan is a creature even as morning stars are. "By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent."( Job 26:13) God mentions another creature who is qualified as Behemoth "He is the chief of the ways of God."(40:15-19).God mentions these two instances to show what his right hand signifies. His right hand is decked with majesty and excellency; and in his wrath he arrays himself with glory and beauty and it performs wonders, "And behold every one that is proud, and abase him./Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place./Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.:(40:10-13)
God mentions another creation that is so wanting in wisdom but even so she is compared to 'the fools for Christ's sake." This bird is foolish and in 39:13-16 we read thus: the ostrich "Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,/ And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them./She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's." Her Christian virtue is in her faith. Jesus asked, Who is my mother or my brethren? "Her labour is in vain without fear," and benevolence of God takes care of her. This trust is what the children of pride lacks.
We shall compare the stars, the angels of seven churches which are in the right hand of Jesus Christ. (Re.1:20). In Ez.28 and Is.14 we have the Leviathan as Lucifer. He beholdeth all things so what does he say? " I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High./Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit." (Is.14:14-15) Profusion of precious stone describe his scales 'which are pride'.(Ez.28:13; Job 41:15)
24Know ye not that they which run in a race run all,but one receives the prize?So run,that ye may obtain
25And every man that strives for the mastery is temperate in all things.Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown;but we an incorruptible
26I therefore so run,not as uncertainly;so fight I,not as one that beats the air
27But I keep under my body,and bring it into subjection:lest that by any means,when I have preached to others,I myself should be a castaway
1Co.10:1-13
1Moreover,I would not that ye be ignorant,how that all our fathers were under the cloud,and all passed through the sea
2And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea
3And did all eat the same spiritual meat
4And did all drink the same spiritual drink:for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them:and that Rock was Christ
5But with many of them GOD was not well pleased:for they were overthrown in the wilderness
6Now these things were our examples,to the intent we should not lust after evil things,as they also lusted
7Neither be ye idolaters,as were some of them;as it is written,The people sat down to eat and drink,and rose up to play
8Neither let us commit fornication,as some of them committed,and fell in one day three and twenty thousand
9Neither let us tempt Christ,as some of them also tempted,and were destroyed of serpents
10Neither murmur ye,as some of them also murmured,and were destroyed of the destroyer
11Now all these things happened unto them for examples:and they are written for our admonition,the ends of the world are come.
12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
Mark 12:32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
John 17:1-3 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: 2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. 3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
John 20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
1 Corinthians 11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
1 John 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
2 John 1:9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
1 Corinthians 15:25,28 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Revelation 3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
God bless,
RLW
"To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;"
God asks Job, Has the rain a father?(v.28a). The Spirit gives us the answer. "The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the floods."(Ps.24:1-2). His throne upon the floods means that it is not that you seek it in the lower parts of the heaven but towards the throne of God. The Spirit calls it bottles of heaven. " Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, God created the earth by His word so fulness thereof consists of clouds the sun, the moon and including even the clay. In v.38 we read,"When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together" is it useless? "When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,/And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing." ( John 9:6-7)
"To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
God sent his word and healed applies to everything on man and grass. "My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." (De.32:2)
"Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old./Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert./The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen."(Is.43:18-20)
"Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?"
This verse references the sign God gave Gideon.
"By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?"(v.24)
Division of light from darkness touches upon the everlasting covenant.(Ge.1:4) Parting of the light figuratively keeps day and night as separate kingdoms so ravens have day while the lions have the night (vv.39-41) Who feeds them? "(The lions) couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait" and the raven, "when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat? Benevolence of God upholds the celestial bodies by the word of his power; He "set a tabernacle for the sun,/Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race./His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof." (Ps.19:4-6). Job would have no inkling how God is able to part the light as he parted the Red sea before the Israelites. God scattering the east wind is with reference to the quails to satisfy their lust for meat. Job would neither have knowledge of the leanness to their soul on account of it."But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert. And he gave them their request; But sent leanness into their soul."(Ps.106:14-15)
"Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;" (v.25) Here the Spirit is referring to the Prophet challenging the prophets of Baal. (1 Ki.18:20-40). Significant is the apparent 'anachronism' of Job would have lived in the Patriarchal ages, and not in the age of kings. Here we have the example of Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever"
26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
Pt. 3.
Wow! what a great God we can know and serve because He reveals Himself to creation, speaks to man, interacts with man, and guides history to the end He has decreed. If He did not reveal Himself, we would never be able to know He exists or what He is like.
Tomorrow, I will post Scripture that speaks to this uniqueness. For tonight, it is late and I am off to bed soon.
PT. 2
He is not one instance of God among many divine beings (a class or kind). His is the only divine essence and nature that exists which cannot be divided among other Beings that are in the "divine" class.
He is also unique in the way He exists. He exists as three distinct persons (subsistences) where each are wholly God and wholly united so as too not be three beings, but one. Not three gods, but one. Within the one divine essence, nature and being, the three distinctions of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are eternally so, without any having a beginning point. Each one is unified with the other two in perfection relationship with each other is intimate, glorious, loving, and harmonious.
God is unique also in that His perfection us such that He does not have composition or parts that He must be assembled in Him to make Him divine. If this were so, He would be dependent on the parts that needed to be fully God in perfection. But, since He is all of His perfections, He does not have components, parts, or anything incidental.
God is unique in that He is the only truly necessary Being. All other things and beings were made by Him and continue to exist by His will and power. If He could NOT exists, then all things would then not exist as well.
God is unique in that He is able to know the thoughts, motives, will, actions, and words of every being, whether of the spiritual realm or temporal, corporeal realm. He know these completely, not according to time, but simultaneously, because He is not confined by time and space.
God is unique because He is free and able to do everything He wills without any restrictions from anything or anyone else.
The uniqueness of God is so decidedly so that He transcends everything else infinitely.
He is completely self-sufficient and self-satisfied within Himself and does not need anything or anyone outside of Himself. He could exist all of eternity without ever needing to create anything. But He willed to do so.
He is unique in a number of ways.
First of all, He is unique in that He is the one and only true God. There are no others that are truly divine as He is. He is challenged by no one as a rival because He knows the truth that all other "gods" are false, idols made by men, and demons influencing men to worship these idols and thus the demons. He knows that He is far, far above and different from any being. No other being has His divine perfections to the infinite degree. These are His holiness, sovereignty, omniscience, omnipotence, omni-presence, immutableness, self-existence, life itself, eternality, and totally free and independent of any other thing or being.
He is unique in that He is the only One who exists outside time and space and also everywhere within time and space at the same time.
He is unique in that He is not only "one of a kind", but that He is not truly a kind, genus, or class as all other things and beings are.
He is unique in that He is in truth all that we call His attributes. He does not possess them as other beings do. He is them. He does not possess life as other beings, not deriving his life from any source outside of Himself, He IS life. Whatever we can say of His perfections (we call them attributes) He is those perfections always and simultaneously without setting any aside to express another perfection. He does not increase in any attribute or lessen in any. He does not turn any off and on. He always is ALL of who He is in His perfect existence. He even does not possess existence or life as other beings do, He is existence and life. I Am Who I Am. All that can be said of Him is who He is, not what He has as things separate from Himself that He acquires in some way. The same can be true of His essence and nature. He is His essence and nature-One perfect divine essence and nature. As humans we speak of these things in ways that we possess attributes, essence, nature, life and existence. For us these are alll derived.
I, also, will pray for you. It must be hard to part with someone you've made a life with for three decades and also to have endured a decade of her fight against the cancer.
May God bring you comfort every day, happy memories of your wife, and hope for this life and the life to come.
22 Confirming the souls of the disciples,and exhorting them to continue in the faith,and that WE MUST through much TRIBULATION enter into the kingdom of GOD.
Re.11:15:The kingdoms OF THIS WORLD(DEVIL's WORLD)are become the kingdoms of our Lord,and of his Christ;and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Re.11:18-And the NATIONS were(will be)angry(why?),and GOD's WRATH is come...-->WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES IN ALL THE NATIONS?All will see from now on.The message for ALL the believers is:GET READY,and do what the Lord GOD commands:--> Isaiah 26:20-21,and trust in the Word of GOD--> Psalm 91 among many other biblical references.
NOW,even now,the current time-->it is the time of the dead that they should be Judged--> Isaiah 26:19 combined with Daniel 12:1-4,and 1 Thessalonians 4:15-16;
NOW, even now-->the Lord GOD should give REWARD unto His servants the prophets,and to the saints( 1Corinthians 6:2 combined with Daniel 7:22 andd 26-27),and them that fear HIS NAME,small and great;
NOW,even NOW,from NOW on -->our Lord GOD should DESTROY them which destroy the earth.-> 2Peter 3:11->Seeing then that all these things shall be DISSOLVED(AS AN IMPLOSION),what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of GOD, wherein the heavens being on fire(THE HEAVENLY ENVIRONMENT ESTABLISHED BY GOD OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS-BOTH COVENANTS)shall be DISSOLVED,and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
13Nevertheless we,according to his promise,look for new heavens and a NEW earth( Acts 3:19-21),wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Revelation 16:15-->15Behold,I come as a thief.Blessed is he that watcheth,and keepeth his garments,lest he walk naked,and they see his shame.
Mat.24:22-23
22And except these days should be shortened,there should no flesh be saved:but for the elect's sake these days shall be shortened.
23Then if any man shall say unto you,Lo,here is Christ,or there;believe it not.->be careful
I'm sorry for your loss!
I will be praying for you.
God bless.
2 Chronicles 25:19 KJV
Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
My Respond:
It's best not to do what you believe in yourself if not of God to say and do. Because it can turn into pride that can lead to a defeat.
2 Chronicles 25:18 KJV
And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
My Respond:
"Our strength and success, should always be grounded in obedience to God, not in your abilities & pride." My interpetation what has blessed me not to believe in thistle but to Trust in God Ephesians 6:15 KJV having obedience not to go astray staying aligned with God's will.
When it comes to our own logics and preparations we must see logic as the set of rules we must follow to think like God thinks , when is to think rightly . Logic undegirds morality , making decisions between right and wrong. Gives a clear conscience to speak and behave and helps you making decisions not to be bitter and harm people. To help have preparations is to read your bible ( Romans 12:2 KJv)
Preparation- In a general sense, to fit, adapt, or qualify fir a particular purpose,end, use, service, or state, by any means whatever.
Ways your logic can be in God's logic is come to God in humility to receive Jesus Christ in your heart ( Romans 10:9-10 KJV) believing in his death burial , resurrection.- Matthew 27:50 KJVMatthew 27:51 KJV, Matthew 28:9 KJV .
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In the earlier part we saw the everlasting covenant was the people's covenant where the fellowship of God with man gave the saints a volume with spelled the fulness of God where the Word serves as the law. Here we shall see it is Person specific.
"And set bars and doors,/And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?"
This is demonstrated in this incident where Jesus stilled the storm. "And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm." (Matt.8:23-27) The story of Jonah is associated with the sea. Jesus refers to his own death and resurrection as a sign. "For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."(Matt.12:40). Setting bars and windows place the earth as one to which clouds serve a purpose as well.
"The waters are hid as with a stone."(v.30) This stone serves as stopper So when God sends the great flood we have its use. " In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened./ And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights."(Ge.7:11-12) The Law or the word of God has already set doors and windows in heaven as well as on earth. Forty days (4x10) refers to this word that went forth from God.
Blessing of man in his Son sets his transience as of no great consequence since his olume is made permanent by his Son.
Blessings always come from the greater to the lesser. So God asks, "Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?/ Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?" (vv.2-29) Within His holiness what is seen is temporal and what is unseen is eternal. (2 Co.4:18) Life as a vapor.
I need to remind myself more and more often that all the events we see in the world today are just a reflection of what is going on in high places today; with the raging spiritual war in the 2nd heaven. Of course it is only through the 3rd heaven; exercising the authority through the Spirit of the power of Christ above that enables us to actually engage in any combat to resist the legions of evil that are controlling the masses today.
The sad fact is that many professing believers aren't really in the faith at all; and the rest that are only have a small segment that are in this "vertical" aspect in the spiritual realm. In terms of what is proclaimed; therefore in the first example people are calling on endless blessings by making presumptuous proclamations and twisting certain verses to align with their own agendas. In the second case; for all those who have the potential to be in the battle many aren't protected with the proper armor or are not offensively fighting with the sword of the Spirit as Ephesians 12 tells us to do as our only offensive weapon we have.
It is one thing to preach of God's love and forgiveness to God's enemies as Jesus did; selflessly until death. People can over or underemphasize the fact of man's depravity and enmity with God with humans; but with demons and Satan himself we dare not make the mistake of viewing them as anything but enemies; out to steal; kill and destroy both our own lives as individuals through various means such as intimidation; accusation and temptation but also controlling the whole world system (world; flesh and devil).
Here is some practical advice.
1 Corinthians 5:11
James 1:26
1 Corinthians 6:9-10
Jude 1:23
2 Timothy 3:13
Ephesians 5:11-12
2 Corinthians 6:17
1 Peter 5:8-9
Proverbs 4:23-27
God is working all things according to His purposes for our good. To be tried we are tested to see what is genuine ( 1 Peter 1:7).
May God grant us the strength to endure until the end.
In order to understand the volume of man, Ch. 38 of the Book of Job shall help us. The same division of the two worlds framed by the word of God sets man having a body and spirit within which the Word serves as a seed which as part of the inner man is unseen. By fruits one shall know and it is what works would mean. "Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them."(Matt.7:17-20)
God challenges Job so we shall examine what are boundaries of our world made to appear as well as what is seen or the fruits thereof. Blessedness of the tree planted by the waters has a volume (Ps.1:3) Our study on Job can help us from wandering off course by keeping focus on the tree planted by God.
"Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding." These foundations are unseen and as many pillars God has set up for the House that Wisdom built (Pr.9:1) shall be seen. So there is an order in keeping with holiness of God. These foundations are the seven days in the everlasting covenant. The House with seven pillars are intended to last everlasting and as the people's convent and we have this testimony saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God."(Re.21:3). This is marked eternity. Our own makeup where Christ dwells in us by faith consequently must hold a working relationship. St Paul's prayer makes it clear, "That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;/That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,/May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;"(Ep.3:16-20) The indwelling Spirit is grow into the fulness of God. It is how we set our inner man the sign for the word of God working in us.
8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the Tabernacle of Witness; and, BEHOLD, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
9 And Moses brought out ALL THE RODS from before the Lord unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
10 And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the Testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that THEY DIE NOT.
11 And Moses did so: as the Lord commanded him, so did he.
12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
13 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the Tabernacle of the Lord shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
Jeremiah 1:11-12
11 Moreover the Word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.(ROD of Aaron's)
12 Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast WELL SEEN: for I will hasten my Word (the Rod) to perform it.
HERE YE THE ROD
Micah 6:8-9
8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
9 The Lord's voice crieth unto the city, and the MAN OF WISDOM shall see thy name: HEAR YE THE ROD, and who hath appointed it.
Hallelujaaah!!!
Exodus 4:1-5
1And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee.
2And the Lord said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
3And the Lord said, Cast it on the ground. And Moses cast it on the ground, and it became a SERPENT; and Moses fled from before it.
4 And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the TAIL. (WHY to take by the TAIL? ISAIAH 9:13-16 is a clue to understand the why of this) And Moses put forth his hand, and caught it (by the TAIL), and it became a rod in his hand:
5That they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the GOD of Abraham, the GOD of Isaac, and the GOD of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
Numbers 17:1-13
1And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.
3And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.
4And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the TESTIMONY, where I will MEET with you.
5And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall CHOOSE, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
6And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for EACH PRINCE one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
7And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the Tabernacle of Witness.
8And it came to pass,that on the morrow Moses went into the
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