And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
St John reveals the wrath is for those who remain on the earth. The seven angels signify their vials are to punish those who have rejected the covenant of God with Man. St Paul referring to the gospel of Christ sums up the specific nations. "The just shall live by faith./For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;" (Ro.1:17-18) Firstly frogs are amphibians and the beast is an inhabitant of the sea. "And saw a beast rise up out of the sea" while the false prophet, "And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon."(13:11). He is of a different sort, "and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon." He quoted from the word of God but his explanations were all in unrighteousness, so indirectly he has been laying axe to the tree planted by God, the tree of righteousness. He was in all qualities a frog serving both God and mammon.
The seven angels as tagged by the Spirit tell such frogs have been thriving even before nations came in existence. Serpent beguiled Eve through her senses. The same we find in the manner the old world corrupted themselves. The Sons of God who were beguiled by daughters of men so their progeny would a race of prodigious prowess. "The same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown" and have we changed now with the culture wars actively fought by Christian nationalism? The devil sins from the beginning so these seven angels are representing the generation of Jesus Christ.
Hi, you probably know this already but your name "Gottlob" is German and it means praise to God. So I pray that you will not only believe in God and his son Jesus Christ who bore all our sins on the cross at Calvary but that you also become a spirit-filled worshiper of God.
Please pray for the spiritual liberation of my daughter valeria. she has been attacked by demons. her mother does not allow her to attend church, nor pray, nor read the bible. her mother has thrown away her bibles that i gave to her. she does not want anything to do with god.and does not want to pray. thank you brothers and sisters in christ. we are in heavy spiritual warfare as childred of the light.
Please pray for my children and I. This is all I am being allowed to say at this moment and would like help from anyone that can send prayers up for us. Thank you.
You write,"Jesus was the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham." That is not how the Spirit has organized the God document. First Jesus's assertion:"Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you". Healso says, "Before Abraham was I am." (Jojn 15:16) St Paul also speaks, "God chose us before the worlds began." So what is keeping the lie of God's promise to Abraham as the beginning of blessings when the blessings began with God's command 'Let us make man 'in our image and after our lieness.' God blessed them'. The emblem of 'the slain Lamb before the foundation of the world' informs us there were many things going on in heaven before Abraham was chosen. Melchizedek the Priest of the most high coming to greet Abraham was confirmation of Gods promise. Bread and wine he brought are symbolic, it points out Jesus Christ the high priest of our profession was foreordained.'
With regards to the temple being built in heaven, the matter of the holy place in the middle escaped me. The sea of glass, of sand on which St John has an altar for souls. The martyrs crying from below comes from mid-heaven. Od them we haven in this verse. "And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: 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) They are waiting, you see. After the great tribulation also there shall batches of martyrs and they have their place in the holy place. The court is for the Gentiles, the mingled people as in the Book of Ezra, both Israel and the gentiles
Perhaps I can explain the matter of 14 generations in the gospel of St Matthew. There are three sets of 14 each and it gives us 14x3=42 . This serves no other purpose that a number.The Spirit sets tags in order to make his meaning clear. He is not giving the family tree as such but presenting the prince of life in direct context of every man who comes into the world. Consequently nations of Israel and the Gentiles.
I shall cite the number as used in the Bible. 2 Ki.2 As Elisha would go to Bethel number of children jeered at his baldness. "They hated me without cause" Jesus' quote. 42 is with reference to Israel. In Re.11 we have the court "and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months." The temple is built in heaven with Most holy pace up, holy place below and the court on the earth. The Court belongs to Israel and the Gentiles both shallface the great tribulation. So Israel is once again under the tag 42. (Re.11:2) The reason lies in the beast with whom Israel shall have concord. The authority of the beast is from the great dragon and it is tagged as 42 as in v.5 "And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months."(Re.13-5-6) Red dragon against saints in heaven. Who are they? Martyrs who were killed by Israel. So from Abel onwards all the martyrs, prophets and saints were killed before time for their testimony. That brings to the question. Why would Israel shed innocent blood or hate them without cause? The Spirit of the dragon, Satan who sins from the beginning. The conclusion is inescapable- 42 is a tag set on the complicity of the nation with devil. St May not have had any awareness why he arrived at the number. The Spirit chose it for him. For that matter the Number 3, a tag for the Son.
Please pray for my daughter valeria for mental protection, physical protection, and spiritual protection. that the holy spirit may convict her and bring her to the lord. her mother doesn't allow her to attend church, nor read the bible, nor pray. many people from church have been turned away when they visit her house. this is a very diabolical and dangerous encounter. mysteriously my daughter's jeans were taken from the closet last week. i live at 901 greenway glen drive, belmont estates apartments in arlington, tx there is a lot of witchcraft there.
Well, I must say that it's the kind of trouble I don't mind being in!
Thanks for that information. I know there are differences between modern Greek and koine Greek. I have not studied modern Greek at all. I was only taught koine. I was taught by a gentleman who has been in the ministry for over 50 years and has extensive training and knowledge in Biblical languages, both Greek and Hebrew. He served for several years as Professor of Biblical Greek at Master's Graduate School of Divinity. Very trustworthy teacher of Biblical languages. I myself did not attend Master's Graduate School where he taught. He now pastors a small community church on the west coast in California, where I used to live. That is where I was blessed to meet him and learn from him. Anyways, I know I am sharing too much and what I've just shared probably has no meaning for anyone else. But I do want to thank you for sharing your knowledge, especially with modern Greek! Someday (Lord willing), I may study some modern Greek.
I do not have any questions at the moment. I may hit you up later if you have any knowledge with Greek word association diagrams. Those are somewhat confusing to me!
Matthew 22:9 - Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
Go ye therefore into the highways, literally in the Greek Text, it's a phrase that means the connective highways outside of the city. Outside of cities, they had these connecting links where you could go down the main road and there would be an off-road that would come into the city.
But at the intersection of all these highways and roads out there is where all the traffic was going. It's much like our freeway systems that go right by town, if you want to get off at a certain town, you just take the off ramp. If you want to do any kind of good business, you go out on highways and you go outside the city to all this traffic that's going by. Most people walked or they took wagons, or horses, or something so they would see you off on the side of the road. But it's that connecting link of highways outside of the city that's mentioned in the Greek text.
Matthew 22:10 - So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
Bad is the word PONAYROS. These are not bad people. These were evil people! And the good is AGATHOS, Good people. So, its God's people, and the evil, sinners. He says to gather everybody up.
It says that the wedding was furnished with guests. Our English text makes it sound like the wedding was furnished with people. The word guests here means recliners. They would always recline. They would lean on one elbow and have their feet lying backwards away from the table and with one hand they would eat.
That's why in John's Gospel, it talks about the disciple leaning back on Jesus' bosom to ask Him a question. It's because he's leaning back, and Jesus was right behind him so he could ask Him the question. They were all reclining at the table.
Matthew 21:9 - And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
Hosanna is a Hebrew word that means "save now." It is a compound Hebrew word HOSHEA, which means save, and NA which means now. So, they are saying Hosanna to the Son of David. And again, that is a term for Messiah. "Save Now Messiah" is what they are singing. Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. They are singing praise to Him.
Matthew 21:10 - And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
The Greek word for moved is SEISMOS. That is where we get seismology from, the study of earth movement. You have to remember that there are a few million people in Jerusalem, wall-to-wall people. And they're going who is this? What is going on here? Singing messianic praises to this man and giving him a dignitary's welcome into Jerusalem. So, they are saying, who is this?
Matthew 22:2 - The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king (so this is now royalty), which made a marriage for his son.
I want to emphasize the word GAMOS that is used here, because it is not a wedding. It is a wedding feast. The wedding is part of it, but we are talking here about the festivities that are at least seven days and can be 10 or 14 days.
Matthew 20:9 - And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
So those that came at the 11th hour, that would be 5 o'clock, they received every man a full day's wage. They remembered that the landowner told them "I'll pay you what is right,"
Matthew 20:10 - But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
And by now, this text tells us that the people who came at the beginning, that they saw the people who started work at 5 o'clock get a denarius, and they are saying "Well, that's what he was going to give us, but they have only worked for an hour." Just think what we are going to get! But when the first people came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a denarius.
Matthew 20:15 - Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Again, this word good is the word AGATHOS. This word is only applied to the good of God. KALOS is humanitarian good.
Matthew 20:30 - And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
Now both Mark and Luke, they focus on one of these blind men. And his name is Bartimaeus. They don't mention the second one, but Matthew does. They heard that Jesus is passing by. And please keep in mind that they are blind. So, they cried out.
And that's the word for shout because you can imagine that there are a lot of people there. And what the crowds would try to do is just push the crippled and the blind to the side and get them out of the way.
So, they're shouting. Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. First of all, they asked for mercy. And second of all, they call Him the son of David and that is a Messianic term. What they are saying is "Have mercy on us Messiah!"
Matthew 19:16 - And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
The word good in this verse is the word AGATHON which comes from AGATHOS which in English means good. But there are different Greek words for the term good. This particular word is the good of God. It's the good that the Holy Spirit produces. When Jesus went about doing good, He didn't do KALOS, (humanitarian good). He went around doing AGATHOS. That is, He was touching people's souls, their spirits.
This man comes up to Jesus and says, Good teacher. He didn't say KALOS, like we would use today if we were to say he or she is a good teacher. This man is saying AGATHOS, good. What AGATHOS thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?
Matthew 19:17 - And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Jesus says to him is, why did you call me AGATHOS? There is none AGATHOS but one, and that's God. So, Jesus is saying do you realize you just called me God? Do you know why you called me that?
Matthew 19:22 - But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
The word for sorrowful is the word grieved. He was so hurt that he was in pain, for he had great possessions.
Matthew 20:2 - And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Please don't get the wrong idea about a penny being like one cent. It is actually a DENARIUS. That is the Greek word, and it means one day's wage. It is equal to about 17 or 18 cents of our money which was pretty good back then. It was the normal wage per day for a Roman soldier. So, these guys are getting paid pretty good. He says I'll contract with you for a DENARIUS if you work for me today in my field. So off they went!
Well brother you got yourself in trouble by studying greek.
I am not a scholar but I will say what I have read about genesis and gennesis.
Genesis is related to the verb "gignomai" which means "to be made of". Gennesis comes from the verb "gennao" which means "to give birth". Genesis is not used in mod grk unless we reffer to the book of Genesis. But gennesis and genao are what we say for birth and giving birth. Because those two words are very similar most grks think that genesis means birth, which is wrong.
Now about the double N, I don't know how the anc grks used to pronounce it. In mod grk it is pronounced las a single N. Modern grk as well as Koine grk follow the orthography of anc grk but with different pronunciation.The "eta" letter was pronounced in classical times as a long "eh" and in mod grk as an "ee". The "epsilon" is pronounced as a short "eh"
But things are more complicated than that.
But how did the greeks of Jesus' time pronounce grk letters? As I can understand you (as well as Strong's concordance) use the classical pronounciation, that is from 3rd to 5th century BC. But by Jesus' time the pronunciation had changed dramatically. And Koine(common) greek was closer to mod grk than classical grk, although it carries many elements from clas grk. So genesis in clasical grk is Geh-neh-sis and gennesis as geh-neh(long)-sis(I don't know about the double N). And in mod grk genesis as Yeh-neh-sis, and gennesis as Yeh-nee-sis(both stressed at yeh). Very similar and because of that confusing. Well I don't want to discourage you with your studies in the grk language but I wish you good luck. Just joking. If you want to ask me something else I will answer tomorrow. It is 1:30 am here. Blessings.
Matthew 18:19 - Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
The word "agree" is the word SUMPHONAY, and it's where we get our English word symphony from. It doesn't mean that if we get together and agree on something that that will create some kind of a magical formula that causes God's Spirit to go out and do things.
What a dangerous place this would be if that formula were given to us, and it was true. "Let's just agree on it! I have some things, so let's get together and agree on it and see what happens!" Can you see the danger? It means that if two of you shall be in harmony together as touching anything that you ask, it shall be done for them which is from my Father in heaven. He's talking about the unity in the body of Christ. There's only one message, and only one song that is being played by the Symphony.
There are many different parts. Your function is different than mine, but we are all playing the same song. If I offend you, and you decide to play your own song right in the middle of our song, we're going to have problems. God will not answer prayer if there's not harmony because I am praying one way, and you are praying another. I'm praying against you and you against me.
Matthew 19:14 - But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Suffer in Greek means allow. What's interesting is the verb tenses. Jesus said, allow the little children. That's an Aorist Tense. Basically, He is saying once and for all, immediately, I'm telling you, allow the little children and do not forbid them. The verb tense for forbid is in the Present Tense, Present Imperative. What Jesus is literally saying is "Stop forbidding them to come to me." They were continually doing it, and Jesus says, "for of such is the kingdom of heaven."
I think the genealogy of Jesus listed in Matthew 1 has the purpose of showing to us that He descends from King David, thus Jesus was the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham. If you notice carefully the list says that all the generations from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations. Which are not. If one checks the list of kings during that period of time from the books of Kings they would realize that the list ommits few kings in order to end up with the number 14. I don't know why Matthew did that. Maybe because he wanted to end up with 3 sums of 14. Maybe for easeness to remember? But the list is not precise. Also we don't know where he got Jesus' genealogy after the Hebrews were brought to Babylon. Where there written records of generations in the Hebrew state written records? Did Matthew manipulate those records as well so to come up again with the number 14? Or not? Who knows?
The Christian Bible since ancient times, borrowed the titles of the various books of the Old Testament from the Septuagint. So even Bibles which use the Masoretic text still use the Septuagint titles. And they just translitarated the names from grk to English. So: Genesis-Genesis, Exodos(Exit)-Exodus, Arithmoi(numbers)-Numbers, Levitikon-Leviticus, Deuteronomion(Second Law)-Deuteronomy and so on. There are few differences though with the Septuagint. Those are: Jesus of Naui-Joshua(of Nan), Song of Songs-Song of Solomon, Also Samuel 1 and Samuel 2 are Kings 1 and Kings 2 in the Sept. And Kings 1 and Kings 2 are Kings 3 and Kings 4 in the Sept. Also the christian bibles follows the order of the books in the Sept. which is different from the order of books in the Masoretic.
The title of the first book in Hebrew is "Beresit" which means "in the begining" and was translated by the Sept as "Genesis". The very precise meaning of Genesis is "making form the begining" and it refers to the creation of the physical world from the very begining. GBU
Matthew 17:19 - Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?
The word could is the word ability in the Greek text. Why did we not have the ability, the capacity?
Matthew 17:20 - And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Notice this because in the Greek it is literally "You are without faith." It specifically says you have none.
Matthew 17:21 - Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
Just general information to share about Verse 21. If you are into following manuscripts, it is an addition. It is not in some manuscripts. But it actually describes what Jesus said about praying.
Matthew 17:23 - And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
The word sorry is the word LUPAY, that means grief. They were exceedingly grieved. Remember before Peter rebuked Him when he said it. There's a difference between being sorry and being grieved!
Matthew 17:27 - Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
Again, offend (which I previously shared) is the word SCANDALON, or SCANDALIDZO, lest we be the rock that they trip over in coming to the truth.
Matthew 16:24 - Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Now the word deny (ARNEOMAI), means to reject. This is what it means in the Greek. The word deny seems a little soft. It means to reject yourself.
Matthew 17:2 - And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
A more accurate word would be transformed rather than transfigured. In fact, it is the Greek where we get our English word metamorphosis from. He was completely changed in form and in substance. He was transformed before them.
Matthew 17:6 - And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
In my humble opinion, the translators could have saved us some time here. Sore is from the word SFODRA that means exceedingly. They were terrified!
Matthew 17:15 - Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
I love the way these people come. They are asking for mercy. They are asking for compassion. They are not demanding it. For he is a lunatick. That is the Greek word for "moon-struck." Our term lunatic comes from lunar. There are people who suffer, or have behavioral times, or phases, based on the various phases of the moon. That is where the term lunatic, "acting like a lunatic" comes from, Lunar.
Matthew 17:17 - Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
Faithless means completely without faith. They were not lacking faith. They had none! The word "suffer" means to uphold or support. How long am I going to be around you? How long am I going to be the one that's supporting you, and you keep going to other people?
You have not discouraged me at all. As I have stated, I do value your input on the Greek language. Whether it be your intention to correct or not correct me, if I am in error with what I am sharing, I need to be corrected and shown why. Plus, and not to discredit anyone else here, but it means more coming from someone like you who has known the language their entire life.
I do have a couple questions for you. You gave the meanings of both Genesis and Gennesis, but why the double "nu" and why the eta instead of epsilon? How or why does this change the meaning of the word? Does adding the additional letter "nu" change the pronunciation of the word? I know in Koine Greek, the double gamma "yy" is pronounced with an "ng" sound, but why the double "nu" in Gennesis? Any help you can provide on this would be appreciated.
That is a great question! I'm not sure what the right answer would be, but it seems as though you have answered your own question by stating that "Judas was a manifestation of perdition, just as Jesus was the manifestation of God."
The phrase "son of perdition" is a title. But there is no correlation between son of perdition and Son of God, even though the word HUOIS is used in both places. Since HUIOS is referring to a son who inherits the estate from his father, then what would be Judas' inheritance? Christ has inherited all things from the Father, and we are joint heirs with Christ.
It is interesting that there are only two people in the bible that are given the title "son of perdition," Judas Iscariot and the antichrist that is to come. This is who he (Judas) was and had been his entire life.
Jesus, speaking to the Pharisees in John 8:44 says, "You are of your father the devil." Physically they are from Abraham. Spiritually they are from the devil. Here in John 17:12, Judas is called the son of perdition. Physically, he was the son of Simon. But spiritually, he was the son of the devil.
Remember back in John Chapter 6 Verse 70, "Jesus answered them, have not I chosen you 12 and one of you is a devil," a demon. Jesus didn't choose Judas to be a devil. He says one of you is already a devil. I'm choosing you as already being a devil. This gives us a hint as to what Judas' inheritance will be!
The word HUIOS used by itself would not have triggered the Jewish leaders at that time. It was the entire phrase Jesus used by claiming to be the "Son of God" that the Jews considered blasphemous. To them, He was claiming to be God, which we know He truly is God come in the flesh. By Him claiming to be God, He was making Himself equal to God (which He is).
Lord; I am unworthy to ask anything but trusting that you live in me I ask for this brother in the faith to gain wisdom as to the source of his issues; whether there be any besetting sin; or external influences that are triggering these attacks. May he be able to understand the victory through the cross that the Holy Spirit has given His servants as God and you Jesus have made residence with those who would have true faith ( John 14:23). I ask that you give him other believers as well as resources online; as well as scriptures to meditate on where your promises can be petitioned according to your riches in glory.
May he be able to intercede for others as well; so as to be able to exercise with an open heart praying as Ephesians 6 would require. May he be able to understand the victory for the church as a whole and in that along with requests for others be strengthened; and bring others into fellowship with him as well as a church which preaches truth and love.
Help him to have healthy eating and sleeping habits and to get proper nutrition. Guide him if and when he is to fast as well.
As I said in my previous post my intention is not to interfere in your posts about the grk, neither my intention is to correct you. But since Chris made an inquiry about it I thought it would be good to point that out to you. So don't be discouraged and keep posting. About Genesis and Gennesis as I said before, even most of grk people can not tell the difference. Unless one is a scholar or have read it somewhere they wouldn't know the difference. So don't put pressure on yourself about it and keep going. GBU
I thought I would try to answer more in relation to the question at hand. What Christ does is indeed die for our sins and of course all of them at that time were future as none of us were around yet 2000 years ago. For someone TRULY saved; He has redeemed us and given the "death blow" as it is to our old NATURE; which is the root and cause of our outer actions or "sins" that manifest what is an outer symptom of an inner heart condition.
This is a crucial point in having assurance of salvation. For the seed of true faith to be planted and take root there is in time good fruit produced. God in the New Covenant establishes a permanent residence with the Holy Spirit and we are His adopted sons and part of the Bride of Christ; at least in the church age in which we live. The process of "sanctification" leads to glorification for all who are redeemed ( Romans 8:29-30). This is part of the chastisement of all He loves; and discipline ( Heb. 12:11). Until our old body is destroyed at death or redeemed at the Rapture the refinement process continues. Some who are disobedient as stated elsewhere on this post go through the fire as it were and suffer loss of rewards; hence are quickly sanctified through this process; or through an early death as Corinthians brings out to the man in sexual sin; or with those taking communion unworthily. We should mortify the deeds of the flesh daily; to prepare if necessary for martyrdom but also so as to please the Lord and secure a reward for service faithfully for Him.
An important point as well; sin is still sin. It may indeed cost us our lives or cause illness and in this life we may have to pay a high price for it. We should accept what is due to us if we indeed are arrested for wrongdoing; or suffer due to disobedience and of course a true believer suffers for doing right and for His Name's sake and Jesus promises great reward ( Matt. 5:10-12).
A true believer won't be lost but is grieved in the Spirit with sin
Seven angels "having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God."(15:1) Martyrs are in heaven: And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark."In Re.19 the Spirit gives us the Word of God joining war with the beast. These several sevens follow the seven days mentioned in the covenant which we shall see from the consequences of the seven vials.
first vial- "poured out his vial upon the earth;" (16:2) cf. God created the heaven and the earth Ge.1:1
second vial upon the sea (16:3) cf. "And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above" Ge.1:7 -second day
Third vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; (16:4). cf "And the gathering together of the waters called he Seas."(Ge.1:10-day three) "And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun"(16:8) cf. "And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven"(Ge.14-fourth day
"And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; "(16:10) "Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea!"-Re.12:12. Son of perdition who refused to enter the seventh day and the beast 666'
"And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates;"(16:12)
"And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet./ For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth"(16:13-14). Just as the rider on the white horse went forth conquering and to conquer we have Satan with triadic motives, frogs.
Half an hour in heaven (8:1) to warn the Hour of his judgment: "Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, "(14:7)
You will find what is called the judgment seat of Christ in 2 Corinthians 5:10,
The judgment seat is called the bema in the Greek.
2 Corinthians 5:10, "FOR WE must all appear before the JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be (GOOD OR BAD).
Notice what's in caps.
1) Paul adds himself to the group that must appear.
(THIS JUDGMENT IS FOR BELIEVERS ONLY)
2) Paul says, "that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be (GOOD OR BAD). This judgment is for REWARDS for the believers, NOT a judgment for salvation. John 5:24 reads Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and SHALL NOT COME INTO CONDEMNATION; but is passed from death unto life.
This is NOT the GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT. That will be the final judgment of the wicked prior to their being cast into the lake of fire ( Revelation 20:11-15). The Great White Throne will be unbelievers.
MORE ON THE BEMA SEAT.
A bema was a raised platform on which judges sat to view athletic games. Their job was to make sure contestants followed the rules and to present awards.
1 Corinthians 3:10-15 gives us a glance on how this judgment may be performed.
The material used in this portion of scripture speaks of the source behind our works performed.
Those who build with gold, silver, precious stones, their work will abide and be refined. This group is moved by the Holyspirit.
Those who build with wood, hay, stubble; this group works will be consumed by fire. This group wasn't led by the Spirit, but by the flesh.
"And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour."
In a series of sevens the Revelation of Jesus Christ lays out judgment meted out in accordance with the everlasting covenant. The day of salvation is distinct from the hour or months that we come across and it pertains to the nation of Israel. For example we have the rapture associated with the two witnesses. "And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them." The same power of God that lifted up Jesus Christ works on these witnesses. How the Spirit reckons those witnesses for the testimony of God is in this verse. It is set during the great tribulation but the "winepress of the wrath of God. is set in motion from Abel onwards " And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped."(14:16) In the series of seven what we read from Re. Ch.6 is the wrath of God upon the nations. "And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs."(14:20) 1600 furlongs as with 12000 furlongs are tags for the word of God and for the gospel respectively. 4x4x100 is counted according to the generation of Jesus Christ. 12x1000 likewise refers to the gospel of Christ and of God.
Three sets of sevens we can find beginning with the opening the book with seals. Seven trumpets pendent on the seventh seal lead us to the great switch-over: "The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever."(11:15)
The line is stretched across Jerusalem. "My house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem." This house is built on the stone which is to become the heavenly Zion."
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And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
St John reveals the wrath is for those who remain on the earth. The seven angels signify their vials are to punish those who have rejected the covenant of God with Man. St Paul referring to the gospel of Christ sums up the specific nations. "The just shall live by faith./For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;" (Ro.1:17-18) Firstly frogs are amphibians and the beast is an inhabitant of the sea. "And saw a beast rise up out of the sea" while the false prophet, "And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon."(13:11). He is of a different sort, "and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon." He quoted from the word of God but his explanations were all in unrighteousness, so indirectly he has been laying axe to the tree planted by God, the tree of righteousness. He was in all qualities a frog serving both God and mammon.
The seven angels as tagged by the Spirit tell such frogs have been thriving even before nations came in existence. Serpent beguiled Eve through her senses. The same we find in the manner the old world corrupted themselves. The Sons of God who were beguiled by daughters of men so their progeny would a race of prodigious prowess. "The same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown" and have we changed now with the culture wars actively fought by Christian nationalism? The devil sins from the beginning so these seven angels are representing the generation of Jesus Christ.
You write,"Jesus was the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham." That is not how the Spirit has organized the God document. First Jesus's assertion:"Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you". Healso says, "Before Abraham was I am." (Jojn 15:16) St Paul also speaks, "God chose us before the worlds began." So what is keeping the lie of God's promise to Abraham as the beginning of blessings when the blessings began with God's command 'Let us make man 'in our image and after our lieness.' God blessed them'. The emblem of 'the slain Lamb before the foundation of the world' informs us there were many things going on in heaven before Abraham was chosen. Melchizedek the Priest of the most high coming to greet Abraham was confirmation of Gods promise. Bread and wine he brought are symbolic, it points out Jesus Christ the high priest of our profession was foreordained.'
With regards to the temple being built in heaven, the matter of the holy place in the middle escaped me. The sea of glass, of sand on which St John has an altar for souls. The martyrs crying from below comes from mid-heaven. Od them we haven in this verse. "And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: 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) They are waiting, you see. After the great tribulation also there shall batches of martyrs and they have their place in the holy place. The court is for the Gentiles, the mingled people as in the Book of Ezra, both Israel and the gentiles
Perhaps I can explain the matter of 14 generations in the gospel of St Matthew. There are three sets of 14 each and it gives us 14x3=42 . This serves no other purpose that a number.The Spirit sets tags in order to make his meaning clear. He is not giving the family tree as such but presenting the prince of life in direct context of every man who comes into the world. Consequently nations of Israel and the Gentiles.
I shall cite the number as used in the Bible. 2 Ki.2 As Elisha would go to Bethel number of children jeered at his baldness. "They hated me without cause" Jesus' quote. 42 is with reference to Israel. In Re.11 we have the court "and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months." The temple is built in heaven with Most holy pace up, holy place below and the court on the earth. The Court belongs to Israel and the Gentiles both shallface the great tribulation. So Israel is once again under the tag 42. (Re.11:2) The reason lies in the beast with whom Israel shall have concord. The authority of the beast is from the great dragon and it is tagged as 42 as in v.5 "And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months."(Re.13-5-6) Red dragon against saints in heaven. Who are they? Martyrs who were killed by Israel. So from Abel onwards all the martyrs, prophets and saints were killed before time for their testimony. That brings to the question. Why would Israel shed innocent blood or hate them without cause? The Spirit of the dragon, Satan who sins from the beginning. The conclusion is inescapable- 42 is a tag set on the complicity of the nation with devil. St May not have had any awareness why he arrived at the number. The Spirit chose it for him. For that matter the Number 3, a tag for the Son.
Well, I must say that it's the kind of trouble I don't mind being in!
Thanks for that information. I know there are differences between modern Greek and koine Greek. I have not studied modern Greek at all. I was only taught koine. I was taught by a gentleman who has been in the ministry for over 50 years and has extensive training and knowledge in Biblical languages, both Greek and Hebrew. He served for several years as Professor of Biblical Greek at Master's Graduate School of Divinity. Very trustworthy teacher of Biblical languages. I myself did not attend Master's Graduate School where he taught. He now pastors a small community church on the west coast in California, where I used to live. That is where I was blessed to meet him and learn from him. Anyways, I know I am sharing too much and what I've just shared probably has no meaning for anyone else. But I do want to thank you for sharing your knowledge, especially with modern Greek! Someday (Lord willing), I may study some modern Greek.
I do not have any questions at the moment. I may hit you up later if you have any knowledge with Greek word association diagrams. Those are somewhat confusing to me!
Blessings!
Matthew 22:9 - Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
Go ye therefore into the highways, literally in the Greek Text, it's a phrase that means the connective highways outside of the city. Outside of cities, they had these connecting links where you could go down the main road and there would be an off-road that would come into the city.
But at the intersection of all these highways and roads out there is where all the traffic was going. It's much like our freeway systems that go right by town, if you want to get off at a certain town, you just take the off ramp. If you want to do any kind of good business, you go out on highways and you go outside the city to all this traffic that's going by. Most people walked or they took wagons, or horses, or something so they would see you off on the side of the road. But it's that connecting link of highways outside of the city that's mentioned in the Greek text.
Matthew 22:10 - So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
Bad is the word PONAYROS. These are not bad people. These were evil people! And the good is AGATHOS, Good people. So, its God's people, and the evil, sinners. He says to gather everybody up.
It says that the wedding was furnished with guests. Our English text makes it sound like the wedding was furnished with people. The word guests here means recliners. They would always recline. They would lean on one elbow and have their feet lying backwards away from the table and with one hand they would eat.
That's why in John's Gospel, it talks about the disciple leaning back on Jesus' bosom to ask Him a question. It's because he's leaning back, and Jesus was right behind him so he could ask Him the question. They were all reclining at the table.
Matthew 21:9 - And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
Hosanna is a Hebrew word that means "save now." It is a compound Hebrew word HOSHEA, which means save, and NA which means now. So, they are saying Hosanna to the Son of David. And again, that is a term for Messiah. "Save Now Messiah" is what they are singing. Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. They are singing praise to Him.
Matthew 21:10 - And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
The Greek word for moved is SEISMOS. That is where we get seismology from, the study of earth movement. You have to remember that there are a few million people in Jerusalem, wall-to-wall people. And they're going who is this? What is going on here? Singing messianic praises to this man and giving him a dignitary's welcome into Jerusalem. So, they are saying, who is this?
Matthew 22:2 - The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king (so this is now royalty), which made a marriage for his son.
I want to emphasize the word GAMOS that is used here, because it is not a wedding. It is a wedding feast. The wedding is part of it, but we are talking here about the festivities that are at least seven days and can be 10 or 14 days.
Matthew 20:9 - And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
So those that came at the 11th hour, that would be 5 o'clock, they received every man a full day's wage. They remembered that the landowner told them "I'll pay you what is right,"
Matthew 20:10 - But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
And by now, this text tells us that the people who came at the beginning, that they saw the people who started work at 5 o'clock get a denarius, and they are saying "Well, that's what he was going to give us, but they have only worked for an hour." Just think what we are going to get! But when the first people came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a denarius.
Matthew 20:15 - Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Again, this word good is the word AGATHOS. This word is only applied to the good of God. KALOS is humanitarian good.
Matthew 20:30 - And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
Now both Mark and Luke, they focus on one of these blind men. And his name is Bartimaeus. They don't mention the second one, but Matthew does. They heard that Jesus is passing by. And please keep in mind that they are blind. So, they cried out.
And that's the word for shout because you can imagine that there are a lot of people there. And what the crowds would try to do is just push the crippled and the blind to the side and get them out of the way.
So, they're shouting. Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. First of all, they asked for mercy. And second of all, they call Him the son of David and that is a Messianic term. What they are saying is "Have mercy on us Messiah!"
Matthew 19:16 - And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
The word good in this verse is the word AGATHON which comes from AGATHOS which in English means good. But there are different Greek words for the term good. This particular word is the good of God. It's the good that the Holy Spirit produces. When Jesus went about doing good, He didn't do KALOS, (humanitarian good). He went around doing AGATHOS. That is, He was touching people's souls, their spirits.
This man comes up to Jesus and says, Good teacher. He didn't say KALOS, like we would use today if we were to say he or she is a good teacher. This man is saying AGATHOS, good. What AGATHOS thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?
Matthew 19:17 - And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Jesus says to him is, why did you call me AGATHOS? There is none AGATHOS but one, and that's God. So, Jesus is saying do you realize you just called me God? Do you know why you called me that?
Matthew 19:22 - But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
The word for sorrowful is the word grieved. He was so hurt that he was in pain, for he had great possessions.
Matthew 20:2 - And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Please don't get the wrong idea about a penny being like one cent. It is actually a DENARIUS. That is the Greek word, and it means one day's wage. It is equal to about 17 or 18 cents of our money which was pretty good back then. It was the normal wage per day for a Roman soldier. So, these guys are getting paid pretty good. He says I'll contract with you for a DENARIUS if you work for me today in my field. So off they went!
Well brother you got yourself in trouble by studying greek.
I am not a scholar but I will say what I have read about genesis and gennesis.
Genesis is related to the verb "gignomai" which means "to be made of". Gennesis comes from the verb "gennao" which means "to give birth". Genesis is not used in mod grk unless we reffer to the book of Genesis. But gennesis and genao are what we say for birth and giving birth. Because those two words are very similar most grks think that genesis means birth, which is wrong.
Now about the double N, I don't know how the anc grks used to pronounce it. In mod grk it is pronounced las a single N. Modern grk as well as Koine grk follow the orthography of anc grk but with different pronunciation.The "eta" letter was pronounced in classical times as a long "eh" and in mod grk as an "ee". The "epsilon" is pronounced as a short "eh"
But things are more complicated than that.
But how did the greeks of Jesus' time pronounce grk letters? As I can understand you (as well as Strong's concordance) use the classical pronounciation, that is from 3rd to 5th century BC. But by Jesus' time the pronunciation had changed dramatically. And Koine(common) greek was closer to mod grk than classical grk, although it carries many elements from clas grk. So genesis in clasical grk is Geh-neh-sis and gennesis as geh-neh(long)-sis(I don't know about the double N). And in mod grk genesis as Yeh-neh-sis, and gennesis as Yeh-nee-sis(both stressed at yeh). Very similar and because of that confusing. Well I don't want to discourage you with your studies in the grk language but I wish you good luck. Just joking. If you want to ask me something else I will answer tomorrow. It is 1:30 am here. Blessings.
Matthew 18:19 - Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
The word "agree" is the word SUMPHONAY, and it's where we get our English word symphony from. It doesn't mean that if we get together and agree on something that that will create some kind of a magical formula that causes God's Spirit to go out and do things.
What a dangerous place this would be if that formula were given to us, and it was true. "Let's just agree on it! I have some things, so let's get together and agree on it and see what happens!" Can you see the danger? It means that if two of you shall be in harmony together as touching anything that you ask, it shall be done for them which is from my Father in heaven. He's talking about the unity in the body of Christ. There's only one message, and only one song that is being played by the Symphony.
There are many different parts. Your function is different than mine, but we are all playing the same song. If I offend you, and you decide to play your own song right in the middle of our song, we're going to have problems. God will not answer prayer if there's not harmony because I am praying one way, and you are praying another. I'm praying against you and you against me.
Matthew 19:14 - But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Suffer in Greek means allow. What's interesting is the verb tenses. Jesus said, allow the little children. That's an Aorist Tense. Basically, He is saying once and for all, immediately, I'm telling you, allow the little children and do not forbid them. The verb tense for forbid is in the Present Tense, Present Imperative. What Jesus is literally saying is "Stop forbidding them to come to me." They were continually doing it, and Jesus says, "for of such is the kingdom of heaven."
I think the genealogy of Jesus listed in Matthew 1 has the purpose of showing to us that He descends from King David, thus Jesus was the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham. If you notice carefully the list says that all the generations from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations. Which are not. If one checks the list of kings during that period of time from the books of Kings they would realize that the list ommits few kings in order to end up with the number 14. I don't know why Matthew did that. Maybe because he wanted to end up with 3 sums of 14. Maybe for easeness to remember? But the list is not precise. Also we don't know where he got Jesus' genealogy after the Hebrews were brought to Babylon. Where there written records of generations in the Hebrew state written records? Did Matthew manipulate those records as well so to come up again with the number 14? Or not? Who knows?
The Christian Bible since ancient times, borrowed the titles of the various books of the Old Testament from the Septuagint. So even Bibles which use the Masoretic text still use the Septuagint titles. And they just translitarated the names from grk to English. So: Genesis-Genesis, Exodos(Exit)-Exodus, Arithmoi(numbers)-Numbers, Levitikon-Leviticus, Deuteronomion(Second Law)-Deuteronomy and so on. There are few differences though with the Septuagint. Those are: Jesus of Naui-Joshua(of Nan), Song of Songs-Song of Solomon, Also Samuel 1 and Samuel 2 are Kings 1 and Kings 2 in the Sept. And Kings 1 and Kings 2 are Kings 3 and Kings 4 in the Sept. Also the christian bibles follows the order of the books in the Sept. which is different from the order of books in the Masoretic.
The title of the first book in Hebrew is "Beresit" which means "in the begining" and was translated by the Sept as "Genesis". The very precise meaning of Genesis is "making form the begining" and it refers to the creation of the physical world from the very begining. GBU
Matthew 17:19 - Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?
The word could is the word ability in the Greek text. Why did we not have the ability, the capacity?
Matthew 17:20 - And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Notice this because in the Greek it is literally "You are without faith." It specifically says you have none.
Matthew 17:21 - Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
Just general information to share about Verse 21. If you are into following manuscripts, it is an addition. It is not in some manuscripts. But it actually describes what Jesus said about praying.
Matthew 17:23 - And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
The word sorry is the word LUPAY, that means grief. They were exceedingly grieved. Remember before Peter rebuked Him when he said it. There's a difference between being sorry and being grieved!
Matthew 17:27 - Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
Again, offend (which I previously shared) is the word SCANDALON, or SCANDALIDZO, lest we be the rock that they trip over in coming to the truth.
Continuation in Matthew, (Part 20):
Matthew 16:24 - Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Now the word deny (ARNEOMAI), means to reject. This is what it means in the Greek. The word deny seems a little soft. It means to reject yourself.
Matthew 17:2 - And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
A more accurate word would be transformed rather than transfigured. In fact, it is the Greek where we get our English word metamorphosis from. He was completely changed in form and in substance. He was transformed before them.
Matthew 17:6 - And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
In my humble opinion, the translators could have saved us some time here. Sore is from the word SFODRA that means exceedingly. They were terrified!
Matthew 17:15 - Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
I love the way these people come. They are asking for mercy. They are asking for compassion. They are not demanding it. For he is a lunatick. That is the Greek word for "moon-struck." Our term lunatic comes from lunar. There are people who suffer, or have behavioral times, or phases, based on the various phases of the moon. That is where the term lunatic, "acting like a lunatic" comes from, Lunar.
Matthew 17:17 - Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
Faithless means completely without faith. They were not lacking faith. They had none! The word "suffer" means to uphold or support. How long am I going to be around you? How long am I going to be the one that's supporting you, and you keep going to other people?
You have not discouraged me at all. As I have stated, I do value your input on the Greek language. Whether it be your intention to correct or not correct me, if I am in error with what I am sharing, I need to be corrected and shown why. Plus, and not to discredit anyone else here, but it means more coming from someone like you who has known the language their entire life.
I do have a couple questions for you. You gave the meanings of both Genesis and Gennesis, but why the double "nu" and why the eta instead of epsilon? How or why does this change the meaning of the word? Does adding the additional letter "nu" change the pronunciation of the word? I know in Koine Greek, the double gamma "yy" is pronounced with an "ng" sound, but why the double "nu" in Gennesis? Any help you can provide on this would be appreciated.
Thanks, brother!
That is a great question! I'm not sure what the right answer would be, but it seems as though you have answered your own question by stating that "Judas was a manifestation of perdition, just as Jesus was the manifestation of God."
The phrase "son of perdition" is a title. But there is no correlation between son of perdition and Son of God, even though the word HUOIS is used in both places. Since HUIOS is referring to a son who inherits the estate from his father, then what would be Judas' inheritance? Christ has inherited all things from the Father, and we are joint heirs with Christ.
It is interesting that there are only two people in the bible that are given the title "son of perdition," Judas Iscariot and the antichrist that is to come. This is who he (Judas) was and had been his entire life.
Jesus, speaking to the Pharisees in John 8:44 says, "You are of your father the devil." Physically they are from Abraham. Spiritually they are from the devil. Here in John 17:12, Judas is called the son of perdition. Physically, he was the son of Simon. But spiritually, he was the son of the devil.
Remember back in John Chapter 6 Verse 70, "Jesus answered them, have not I chosen you 12 and one of you is a devil," a demon. Jesus didn't choose Judas to be a devil. He says one of you is already a devil. I'm choosing you as already being a devil. This gives us a hint as to what Judas' inheritance will be!
The word HUIOS used by itself would not have triggered the Jewish leaders at that time. It was the entire phrase Jesus used by claiming to be the "Son of God" that the Jews considered blasphemous. To them, He was claiming to be God, which we know He truly is God come in the flesh. By Him claiming to be God, He was making Himself equal to God (which He is).
Blessings to you!
May he be able to intercede for others as well; so as to be able to exercise with an open heart praying as Ephesians 6 would require. May he be able to understand the victory for the church as a whole and in that along with requests for others be strengthened; and bring others into fellowship with him as well as a church which preaches truth and love.
Help him to have healthy eating and sleeping habits and to get proper nutrition. Guide him if and when he is to fast as well.
Agape; Rich P
As I said in my previous post my intention is not to interfere in your posts about the grk, neither my intention is to correct you. But since Chris made an inquiry about it I thought it would be good to point that out to you. So don't be discouraged and keep posting. About Genesis and Gennesis as I said before, even most of grk people can not tell the difference. Unless one is a scholar or have read it somewhere they wouldn't know the difference. So don't put pressure on yourself about it and keep going. GBU
This is a crucial point in having assurance of salvation. For the seed of true faith to be planted and take root there is in time good fruit produced. God in the New Covenant establishes a permanent residence with the Holy Spirit and we are His adopted sons and part of the Bride of Christ; at least in the church age in which we live. The process of "sanctification" leads to glorification for all who are redeemed ( Romans 8:29-30). This is part of the chastisement of all He loves; and discipline ( Heb. 12:11). Until our old body is destroyed at death or redeemed at the Rapture the refinement process continues. Some who are disobedient as stated elsewhere on this post go through the fire as it were and suffer loss of rewards; hence are quickly sanctified through this process; or through an early death as Corinthians brings out to the man in sexual sin; or with those taking communion unworthily. We should mortify the deeds of the flesh daily; to prepare if necessary for martyrdom but also so as to please the Lord and secure a reward for service faithfully for Him.
An important point as well; sin is still sin. It may indeed cost us our lives or cause illness and in this life we may have to pay a high price for it. We should accept what is due to us if we indeed are arrested for wrongdoing; or suffer due to disobedience and of course a true believer suffers for doing right and for His Name's sake and Jesus promises great reward ( Matt. 5:10-12).
A true believer won't be lost but is grieved in the Spirit with sin
Seven angels "having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God."(15:1) Martyrs are in heaven: And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark."In Re.19 the Spirit gives us the Word of God joining war with the beast. These several sevens follow the seven days mentioned in the covenant which we shall see from the consequences of the seven vials.
first vial- "poured out his vial upon the earth;" (16:2) cf. God created the heaven and the earth Ge.1:1
second vial upon the sea (16:3) cf. "And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above" Ge.1:7 -second day
Third vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; (16:4). cf "And the gathering together of the waters called he Seas."(Ge.1:10-day three) "And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun"(16:8) cf. "And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven"(Ge.14-fourth day
"And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; "(16:10) "Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea!"-Re.12:12. Son of perdition who refused to enter the seventh day and the beast 666'
"And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates;"(16:12)
"And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet./ For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth"(16:13-14). Just as the rider on the white horse went forth conquering and to conquer we have Satan with triadic motives, frogs.
Half an hour in heaven (8:1) to warn the Hour of his judgment: "Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, "(14:7)
You will find what is called the judgment seat of Christ in 2 Corinthians 5:10,
The judgment seat is called the bema in the Greek.
2 Corinthians 5:10, "FOR WE must all appear before the JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be (GOOD OR BAD).
Notice what's in caps.
1) Paul adds himself to the group that must appear.
(THIS JUDGMENT IS FOR BELIEVERS ONLY)
2) Paul says, "that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be (GOOD OR BAD). This judgment is for REWARDS for the believers, NOT a judgment for salvation. John 5:24 reads Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and SHALL NOT COME INTO CONDEMNATION; but is passed from death unto life.
This is NOT the GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT. That will be the final judgment of the wicked prior to their being cast into the lake of fire ( Revelation 20:11-15). The Great White Throne will be unbelievers.
MORE ON THE BEMA SEAT.
A bema was a raised platform on which judges sat to view athletic games. Their job was to make sure contestants followed the rules and to present awards.
1 Corinthians 3:10-15 gives us a glance on how this judgment may be performed.
The material used in this portion of scripture speaks of the source behind our works performed.
Those who build with gold, silver, precious stones, their work will abide and be refined. This group is moved by the Holyspirit.
Those who build with wood, hay, stubble; this group works will be consumed by fire. This group wasn't led by the Spirit, but by the flesh.
God bless.
"And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour."
In a series of sevens the Revelation of Jesus Christ lays out judgment meted out in accordance with the everlasting covenant. The day of salvation is distinct from the hour or months that we come across and it pertains to the nation of Israel. For example we have the rapture associated with the two witnesses. "And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them." The same power of God that lifted up Jesus Christ works on these witnesses. How the Spirit reckons those witnesses for the testimony of God is in this verse. It is set during the great tribulation but the "winepress of the wrath of God. is set in motion from Abel onwards " And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped."(14:16) In the series of seven what we read from Re. Ch.6 is the wrath of God upon the nations. "And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs."(14:20) 1600 furlongs as with 12000 furlongs are tags for the word of God and for the gospel respectively. 4x4x100 is counted according to the generation of Jesus Christ. 12x1000 likewise refers to the gospel of Christ and of God.
Three sets of sevens we can find beginning with the opening the book with seals. Seven trumpets pendent on the seventh seal lead us to the great switch-over: "The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever."(11:15)
The line is stretched across Jerusalem. "My house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem." This house is built on the stone which is to become the heavenly Zion."
I have been praying. And yes, it seems that there may be more to this than just the 20 year old shooter.