This current millennium belongs EXCLUSIVELY to my Lord JESUS, all Power was given to Him in heaven and in earth, so what the powerful and great rulers of powerful nations are saying and claiming, and vociferating will not happen absolutely, everything they speak will not be fulfilled, but never. My Lord JESUS is in control of history, nothing random happens or will happen.
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My Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels (the true believers- Luke 20:35-36). In flaming fire taking VENGEANCE on them that know not GOD, and that obey not His gospel, the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be PUNISHED with everlasting destruction- Revelation 11:18- from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of His power;(according to the Mat.28:18) when He shall come to be glorified in His saints(true believers), and to be admired in all them that believe (in Him).
Now, even now, and from now on, what will LITERALLY be fulfilled according the written Word of GOD? Opinion is good for nothing, by the Word of GOD there will be only and only PUNISHMENT, punishment over punishment, anguish of ALL nations, and tribulation, and so on.
The rebel Israel was banned from their land and was spread around the whole world from year 70 AD until 1948, but from now on...? What will happen with Israel and Gentile nations?
Romans 2:9 - Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
What will happen with Israel according the Word of GOD? The rebel Israel was banned from their land and was spread around the whole world from year 70 AD until 1948, but from now on...? The Word is GOD, LITERALLY self-executing, understand?
By the way, the everlasting PUNISHMENT announced since ancient time, had a specific time to begin, but not to end, of course, and THIS TIME HAS ARRIVED and the everlasting punishment begins to run now, even now, and from now on, it's for ever and ever.
"And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken Me?"
Psalms 22:1
"(To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.) My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?"
John 19:30
"When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said, It is finished: and he bowed His head, and gave up the ghost."
Psalms 22:31
"They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this." God's prophetic words always come true. In a Psalm of David, that God put in his heart.
1 Corinthians 6:20
"For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's."
Galations 3:28 There is no longer Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female, for you are one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's , then you are Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise.... I am sorry for your trouble, the truth is, there are 2 camps.. 2, either "in Christ".. or not... when Israel rejected the Messiah, their lot was finished. It's no longer about "geography", it's about Christ. Whose side are you on?.. Whose side is he on?.. That is all it comes down to, no endtime Armaggedon yet.
If this helps any, I can share this on the last part of Hebrews 1:2. Where it says, "by whom also He made the worlds," the word worlds in the Greek text is the word ages, which denote epics of time, stages of time in history.
Daniel 12:11 And fom the time the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, shall be 1290 days.
Christ ministry on earth was 1290 days, or 42 months, or 3 1/2 years, at the end of 1290 days, he was crucified, taking away the daily sacrifice.
Daniel 12:12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the 1335 day.
45 days after his resurrection, came PENTECOST the outpouring of the Holy Ghost, until pentecost, the Holy Spirit was silence in heaven.
Seal 6in Revelation is the resurrection of Christ and with him the i44000, the Old Testament saints, the first, after Christ, of firstfruits of the resurrection.
Seal 7 was Penetcost,. there was silence in heaven for the space of half and hour (symbolic of Daniels prophecy).
Genesis 11:27-32. Abraham, his father, Terah, nephew Lot, with their wives left Ur in southern Mesopotamia, almost at the northernmost coast of the Persian Gulf. Ur was one of the first cities built in the plains between the Tigris and Euphrates after the family of Noah migrated south and eastward from the Mountains of Ararat after the landing of the Ark.
They came to Haran in Padam Aram in Northwest Mesopotamia (modern day Syria/Iraq border area) where Terah and Nahor settled their families there and the whole family dwelt in Haran for a time until God again called Abram to travel to the land He had chosen for Abram. It seems that Nahor already lived in Haran because he did not travel from Ur with the group. Later, Isaac send for a wife from the family of Nahor in Haran. Rebecca. Haran became a major city on the trade routes from Egypt through Canaan to the Tigris-Euphrates plains that lie between these rivers going northwest to southeast to the Persian Gulf. Abram, Sarai, Lot journeyed from Haran to Canaan.
God asked Abram to leave his family and set out with Sarai to the land God would show him. Lot went with them to Canaan. ( Genesis 12) It seems that Abram had servants that went with them whom they had acquired while residing in Haran. ( Gen 12:5) So, there must have been a larger group of people than just Abram, Sarai, and Lot.
Abram and Sarai and Lot descended from Noah's son, Shem, therefore were known as Semites along with all the other descendants of Shem that formed other people groups and tribes. He was descended from Eber (sometimes spelled Heber) and therefore was called a Hebrew along with all of the other descendants of Eber that formed other people groups and tribes. By the time of Abram, the Semites and more narrowly, the Hebrews were a large race of people. But as one can see from the list of nations in Genesis 10, God was slowly narrowing down the family and tribes that He wished to work through in those days as people selected.
hey Oseas, from a "prophetic" standpoint a half an hour equals 7 days. Jesus said his holy angels would be coming with him when he comes back. Matthew 25:31, could it be the "silence" there is because noone is home? We learn from Daniel that a "prophetic" day is equal to a Hebrew year, 360 days. 70 weeks equaled 490 literal years, Daniel ch 9, concerning the coming of Jesus. So, they may be on their way at that time, noone knows for sure.. but it seems a logical, "spiritual" conclusion. Just saying..
Hey Bennymkje, wanted to mention, the prophetic "day" is actually a year. We learn this from the 9th chapter of Daniel regarding the 70 "weeks" actually being 490 years. The time, times and half of time, as well as the 42 months, have already happened. It began in 538 AD under emperor Justinian, before he relocated he gave the vatican an army, it was indeed a period of 1,260 years. A time of horrible persecution by the catholic church, in which believers were imprisoned, tortured, burned at the stake, etc. Not being "argumentative" mind you, just a slight correction. The time, times and dividing of time had not happened when it was spoken of to Daniel (of course).. but in Revelation the 42 months, which was the same 1,260 year period was getting closer at hand.
Can I know what you think the explanation of those verses may be? Whay does it mean that Paul or the apostles were given the authority to bind and loose, and to remit and retain?
Some thoughts of mine about the end times. The Bible talks about a kingdom that will rule over the whole earth. Which Kingdom that might be? Assuming the end timea are now (I firmly believe so) what can be a good guess? In Daniel 2:40-43, we are given a description of that kingdom: 1. a union of kingdoms, 2. "they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.", which means that there will be a dispersion of nations in that union., 3."And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.", which means some nations in that union will be weak and other strong. What does that remind you of? Definitely the European Union. But can Europeans dominate the world on their own? For the time being it doesn't look like it. So they are going to need a powerful ally. Who that might be? USA, maybe NATO. So my belief tends to be that that last kingdom will be in general the Western World, maybe NATO or something similar. How is it possible a person like the antichrist ascending to the highest place in that kingdom? With the aid of satan and with the abscense of the only obstacle which is the church (with our prayers and authority on devils), it seems he will manage to do it
So I don't think either Russia or China or Iran or any alliance of those will ever manage to be a problem to that union. The Bible is definite about it, "And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise."
So I believe sometime we will see the end of those problems with those countries. Now about Israel now and the fights in Gaza. I don't think it will lead to a general conflict. That general conflict will take place at the end in Armaggedon. So one way or another it will finish but with consequences in the economy worldwide.
I am so sorry that Gary is this way in your experience with him. I will pray for him.
Dear heavenly Father, we bring Gary before You in intercession asking You in the name of Jesus to being a real and lasting transformation in Gary through the working of the Holy Spirit to regenerate Gary and bring Him to faith in Jesus. We ask that You will show Gary that he is racist and that he bullies others. Bring the conviction of his sinfulness to him deeply and grant him repentance unto salvation. We ask that those who have been recipients of his racism and bulling will be healed and determine to forgive him and leave it behind them. We pray that these people will be protected from further abuse by Gary and that those who know You in Christ will share the gospel with him as the Spirit leads them to do so. We ask that you heal Gary's heart in ways that are needed for the things that have led to his racism and bully behaviors. Lord God, we know that You can change people like Saul of Tarsus, so we can believe that You can save Gary and bring about amazing change in his inner being and outward actions through the power of Your Holy Spirit. Let it be so for Gary. Amen
Many people go a long time before they realize that Jesus is in heaven with His glorified resurrected human body. I think that this is due partly to the common sayings we use of Him such as:
"You can ask Jesus into your heart"
"Jesus is always with you"
"Jesus abides in us"
"When two or more are gathered together Jesus is in their midst"
These sayings, though true, give the impression that Jesus is in Spirit form only. However, Jesus said that both the Father and Himself live in us when the Spirit of God dwells in us. This speaks to the unity of the Godhead and that God is everywhere present in His essence. But Jesus, (also everywhere present in His divine nature) retains his full human nature in heaven. He is the first fruits of what humans will be in heaven, perfected with glorified resurrected bodies. He is our High Priest who is a human who serves God as a mediator. Perhaps this is one reason for Him retaining His human nature. Other reasons for this is that our glorified human bodies will be able to physically see God in Him. Whether or not we will be able to see spiritual beings is known at this point. Will we be able to see angels with our physical eyes? Or will we have spiritual "eyesight" added to us as part of our glorification that would allow us to see spiritual beings.
Lots to think about, but we can take comfort and be at ease of mind and heart knowing that our Lord and Savior is like us in His human nature in every way but without sin. In His divine nature, He is like the Father and Spirit, which we are not. But these two natures are possessed by only one person, the divine Son of God. All of this was determined before creation int he Everlasting Covenant between the Persons of the Godhead for the redemption of mankind. Hallelujah! Now and always.
While Jesus, the son, God the Father and the Holy Spirit are the God head, they are also unique and their own persons. If Jesus and the Holy Spirit were one and the same, then Jesus would not have said he would send the Holy Spirit to His disciples when He left.
I guess very recently it just occurred to me that Jesus would retain His earthly body. Even though I have read the Holy Scriptures since I was a young child, it has taken me until I am in my 60's to realize this. My whole life I have always thought of only spirits existing in heaven.
I praise God and I am so content that someday, I will know these mysteries of the gospel.
With regards to Israel their sanctuary is not yet cleansed. This is short by 6 months from the command number 7, the tag for perfection. Four is the number applied to the ministry of Jesus who is the logos aspect of the Word.
This missing 6 months from both can be explained by this line in the Book of the Revelation. "And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour." (Re.8:1) Everlasting gospel shall be preached by the angel in heaven (Re.14:6-7) and we have a clue here in the saying of Jesus. "And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd."( John 10:16) This ministry of Jesus is from heaven. Thus we have the command number 4 apply to the Son who was also the Word made flesh.
During this silence in heaven we have on earth another activity going on, sealing of the twelve tribes described in Ch.7. This number of martyrs multiples of 12,- the number 144,000 refer to the creation of one fold for whom Christ is the 'one shepherd.'
Daniel's vision described in Ch.8 is set about the actual river about which what events are arranged follow the same idea underlying the river of time. (See entry under T-Time, river of)
The emphasis in the vision is however with regards to Israel. Daniel is within the vision while two saints are conversing about events, "How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?" In short desecration of the temple worship under Antiochus IV 'Epiphanes' is the subject matter.
What interests us is the time frame and it is given by the holy one,- meaning the angel (signifying the Spirit of Christ) who supplies the time. "And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed."(8:14,13).
Compare the period of time mentioned in the vision in Ch.12:12 "Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days." This tag as employed by the Spirit refers to the earthly ministry of Jesus, -Three and a half, Time, times and a half,42 months etc.;
With regards to time scale I have placed my understanding of it in a series of posts and if you read it all through you will know and whether you agree with it or not, is up to you. So we leave it at that.
In the vision of Daniel he sees himself across a river asking the man clothed in linen regarding the purport of the vision (Dan.12:5). This vision was between the eternal and the temporal across the river of time. Daniel asks, "O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?/And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end."
The Bible as God document sets God as the Sovereign Lord of heaven and the earth, and gives us two places of habitations; and all events and people described therein are bookended by the garden of God and the city of God. The river of time serves a thread connecting both.
The Spirit while narrating Core will of God has to correlate the unseen with the seen aspects of God, "While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal (2 Co.4:18). Mercy of God is eternal because it is His holiness. It shall not change. As Father he does not always chide; nor keeps his anger forever (Ps.103:9).
Blessings come from the greater to lesser. In order to point the perfection of his Father Jesus gave the sun and the rain He sends on all creation both unjust and good alike. Mercy is an aspect of divine nature. God while separating waters keeps waters above to himself. It is unseen.
We read of a river at the creation of man. 'And a river went out of Eden to water the garden' on one end and the 'pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb./ In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life (Re.22:1-2). Same river source of which is in heaven. The garden and the holy city of God have a common basis, which is the tree of life, the same tree (singular) in the middle of the garden. "There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High (Ps.46:4)".
In the vision of Daniel he sees himself across a river asking the man clothed in linen regarding the purport of the vision (Dan.12:5). This vision was between the eternal and the temporal across the river of time. Daniel asks, "O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?/And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end."
The Bible as God document sets God as the Sovereign Lord of heaven and the earth, and gives us two places of habitations; and all events and people described therein are bookended by the garden of God and the city of God.
"In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations."
Trees of righteousness produce good fruits. In the abstract we have "and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.". What was agreed between the Father and the Son cannot bring forth fruits of uncertain quality. Their goodness is because the seed in itself is the word of God. Number 12 is affixed by the Spirit to indicate these trees every one of them is a new creation. Old things are passed away. These trees figure in the Psalm 1:3 ""And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper."
These are planted by God by the river and as with the vision of Daniel (Dan.12:5) each of us planted by God looks across and see the tree of life and the key text refers to what our vision of Zion ought to be. The tree of life does not change her quality. It is for the healing of the nations. While the ungodly nations resort to wars what they really needs is healing themselves. This is the river of time beginning from the waters above the firmament and it figures in the Psalm 1. We are to bring forth our fruits in season and not espouse the cause of brambles and thistles. How we are nourished so our leaves are evergreen is by the grace of God.
As sojourners and pilgrims we grow from strength to strength. ""They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God."(Ps.84:7)
"Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river." The same river flowing from Eden watering the garden is leading us to the holy city of God.
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My Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels (the true believers- Luke 20:35-36). In flaming fire taking VENGEANCE on them that know not GOD, and that obey not His gospel, the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be PUNISHED with everlasting destruction- Revelation 11:18- from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of His power;(according to the Mat.28:18) when He shall come to be glorified in His saints(true believers), and to be admired in all them that believe (in Him).
Now, even now, and from now on, what will LITERALLY be fulfilled according the written Word of GOD? Opinion is good for nothing, by the Word of GOD there will be only and only PUNISHMENT, punishment over punishment, anguish of ALL nations, and tribulation, and so on.
The rebel Israel was banned from their land and was spread around the whole world from year 70 AD until 1948, but from now on...? What will happen with Israel and Gentile nations?
Romans 2:9 - Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
What will happen with Israel according the Word of GOD? The rebel Israel was banned from their land and was spread around the whole world from year 70 AD until 1948, but from now on...? The Word is GOD, LITERALLY self-executing, understand?
By the way, the everlasting PUNISHMENT announced since ancient time, had a specific time to begin, but not to end, of course, and THIS TIME HAS ARRIVED and the everlasting punishment begins to run now, even now, and from now on, it's for ever and ever.
Get ready
in sixteen hundred and eleven
a book of divine words from heaven
translated to english by order of a king
a king named james of england
gods will came to be, the word preached
first to the jew and than to the greek
now even to those in moose factory
so seek the lord, any who want life
a life that will be eternal as kings and priests
under the king of kings and lord of lords
our lord and saviour jesus christ.
Matthew 27:46
"And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken Me?"
Psalms 22:1
"(To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.) My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?"
John 19:30
"When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said, It is finished: and he bowed His head, and gave up the ghost."
Psalms 22:31
"They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this." God's prophetic words always come true. In a Psalm of David, that God put in his heart.
1 Corinthians 6:20
"For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's."
If this helps any, I can share this on the last part of Hebrews 1:2. Where it says, "by whom also He made the worlds," the word worlds in the Greek text is the word ages, which denote epics of time, stages of time in history.
Blessings!
Daniel 12:11 And fom the time the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, shall be 1290 days.
Christ ministry on earth was 1290 days, or 42 months, or 3 1/2 years, at the end of 1290 days, he was crucified, taking away the daily sacrifice.
Daniel 12:12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the 1335 day.
45 days after his resurrection, came PENTECOST the outpouring of the Holy Ghost, until pentecost, the Holy Spirit was silence in heaven.
Seal 6in Revelation is the resurrection of Christ and with him the i44000, the Old Testament saints, the first, after Christ, of firstfruits of the resurrection.
Seal 7 was Penetcost,. there was silence in heaven for the space of half and hour (symbolic of Daniels prophecy).
God BLESS YOU!
glad to have this conversation with you.
Genesis 11:27-32. Abraham, his father, Terah, nephew Lot, with their wives left Ur in southern Mesopotamia, almost at the northernmost coast of the Persian Gulf. Ur was one of the first cities built in the plains between the Tigris and Euphrates after the family of Noah migrated south and eastward from the Mountains of Ararat after the landing of the Ark.
They came to Haran in Padam Aram in Northwest Mesopotamia (modern day Syria/Iraq border area) where Terah and Nahor settled their families there and the whole family dwelt in Haran for a time until God again called Abram to travel to the land He had chosen for Abram. It seems that Nahor already lived in Haran because he did not travel from Ur with the group. Later, Isaac send for a wife from the family of Nahor in Haran. Rebecca. Haran became a major city on the trade routes from Egypt through Canaan to the Tigris-Euphrates plains that lie between these rivers going northwest to southeast to the Persian Gulf. Abram, Sarai, Lot journeyed from Haran to Canaan.
God asked Abram to leave his family and set out with Sarai to the land God would show him. Lot went with them to Canaan. ( Genesis 12) It seems that Abram had servants that went with them whom they had acquired while residing in Haran. ( Gen 12:5) So, there must have been a larger group of people than just Abram, Sarai, and Lot.
Abram and Sarai and Lot descended from Noah's son, Shem, therefore were known as Semites along with all the other descendants of Shem that formed other people groups and tribes. He was descended from Eber (sometimes spelled Heber) and therefore was called a Hebrew along with all of the other descendants of Eber that formed other people groups and tribes. By the time of Abram, the Semites and more narrowly, the Hebrews were a large race of people. But as one can see from the list of nations in Genesis 10, God was slowly narrowing down the family and tribes that He wished to work through in those days as people selected.
God is Spirit:
Christ is a man, the BODY of God.
Christ has a GOD and a Father, but is is not THE GOD.
God is the LIFE of Christ, God's BODY.
Christ, the Body, only does what the SPIRIT, his God and Father, CAUSES him to say and do.
All creation DIED on the cross of Christ, a NEW CREATION arose WITH CHRIST.
Only ONE BODY AROSE from the grave, the BODY of CHRIST.
IMMORTAL LIFE; Christ, never again to die, was resurrected, we were JOINT HEIRS with Christ at his resurrection.
John 17:22 And the glory that thou has given me, I have given them, even as we are ONE, that they may also be ONE.
Christ is a man with a glorified BODY, he can stand in the flesh, or be the spirit of truth, physically present or omnipresent.
When you are harvested by the angels, in the twinkling of an eye, you will be the IMAGE of CHRIST.
1 Corinthians 15:53 .....This mortal (you) shall PUT ON IMMORTALITY ...
1 Timothy 6:16 ...... Christ ONLY hath IMMORTALITY ......
The gift of God is eternal LIFE, Christ is eternal life, your GIFT is being JOINT HEIR of GOD, by Christ
Christ is IN HEAVEN, at the right hand of his Father, but that heaven is the NEW HEAVEN ....this mystery ..... CHRIST IN YOU ....
Christ SECOND COMING .... like a thief, no one saw him save the one that RECEIVED HIM.
God Bless YOU!
Can I know what you think the explanation of those verses may be? Whay does it mean that Paul or the apostles were given the authority to bind and loose, and to remit and retain?
Some thoughts of mine about the end times. The Bible talks about a kingdom that will rule over the whole earth. Which Kingdom that might be? Assuming the end timea are now (I firmly believe so) what can be a good guess? In Daniel 2:40-43, we are given a description of that kingdom: 1. a union of kingdoms, 2. "they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.", which means that there will be a dispersion of nations in that union., 3."And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.", which means some nations in that union will be weak and other strong. What does that remind you of? Definitely the European Union. But can Europeans dominate the world on their own? For the time being it doesn't look like it. So they are going to need a powerful ally. Who that might be? USA, maybe NATO. So my belief tends to be that that last kingdom will be in general the Western World, maybe NATO or something similar. How is it possible a person like the antichrist ascending to the highest place in that kingdom? With the aid of satan and with the abscense of the only obstacle which is the church (with our prayers and authority on devils), it seems he will manage to do it
So I don't think either Russia or China or Iran or any alliance of those will ever manage to be a problem to that union. The Bible is definite about it, "And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise."
So I believe sometime we will see the end of those problems with those countries. Now about Israel now and the fights in Gaza. I don't think it will lead to a general conflict. That general conflict will take place at the end in Armaggedon. So one way or another it will finish but with consequences in the economy worldwide.
I am so sorry that Gary is this way in your experience with him. I will pray for him.
Dear heavenly Father, we bring Gary before You in intercession asking You in the name of Jesus to being a real and lasting transformation in Gary through the working of the Holy Spirit to regenerate Gary and bring Him to faith in Jesus. We ask that You will show Gary that he is racist and that he bullies others. Bring the conviction of his sinfulness to him deeply and grant him repentance unto salvation. We ask that those who have been recipients of his racism and bulling will be healed and determine to forgive him and leave it behind them. We pray that these people will be protected from further abuse by Gary and that those who know You in Christ will share the gospel with him as the Spirit leads them to do so. We ask that you heal Gary's heart in ways that are needed for the things that have led to his racism and bully behaviors. Lord God, we know that You can change people like Saul of Tarsus, so we can believe that You can save Gary and bring about amazing change in his inner being and outward actions through the power of Your Holy Spirit. Let it be so for Gary. Amen
Many people go a long time before they realize that Jesus is in heaven with His glorified resurrected human body. I think that this is due partly to the common sayings we use of Him such as:
"You can ask Jesus into your heart"
"Jesus is always with you"
"Jesus abides in us"
"When two or more are gathered together Jesus is in their midst"
These sayings, though true, give the impression that Jesus is in Spirit form only. However, Jesus said that both the Father and Himself live in us when the Spirit of God dwells in us. This speaks to the unity of the Godhead and that God is everywhere present in His essence. But Jesus, (also everywhere present in His divine nature) retains his full human nature in heaven. He is the first fruits of what humans will be in heaven, perfected with glorified resurrected bodies. He is our High Priest who is a human who serves God as a mediator. Perhaps this is one reason for Him retaining His human nature. Other reasons for this is that our glorified human bodies will be able to physically see God in Him. Whether or not we will be able to see spiritual beings is known at this point. Will we be able to see angels with our physical eyes? Or will we have spiritual "eyesight" added to us as part of our glorification that would allow us to see spiritual beings.
Lots to think about, but we can take comfort and be at ease of mind and heart knowing that our Lord and Savior is like us in His human nature in every way but without sin. In His divine nature, He is like the Father and Spirit, which we are not. But these two natures are possessed by only one person, the divine Son of God. All of this was determined before creation int he Everlasting Covenant between the Persons of the Godhead for the redemption of mankind. Hallelujah! Now and always.
I guess very recently it just occurred to me that Jesus would retain His earthly body. Even though I have read the Holy Scriptures since I was a young child, it has taken me until I am in my 60's to realize this. My whole life I have always thought of only spirits existing in heaven.
I praise God and I am so content that someday, I will know these mysteries of the gospel.
God bless you all in our quests to understand.
With regards to Israel their sanctuary is not yet cleansed. This is short by 6 months from the command number 7, the tag for perfection. Four is the number applied to the ministry of Jesus who is the logos aspect of the Word.
This missing 6 months from both can be explained by this line in the Book of the Revelation. "And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour." (Re.8:1) Everlasting gospel shall be preached by the angel in heaven (Re.14:6-7) and we have a clue here in the saying of Jesus. "And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd."( John 10:16) This ministry of Jesus is from heaven. Thus we have the command number 4 apply to the Son who was also the Word made flesh.
During this silence in heaven we have on earth another activity going on, sealing of the twelve tribes described in Ch.7. This number of martyrs multiples of 12,- the number 144,000 refer to the creation of one fold for whom Christ is the 'one shepherd.'
Daniel's vision described in Ch.8 is set about the actual river about which what events are arranged follow the same idea underlying the river of time. (See entry under T-Time, river of)
The emphasis in the vision is however with regards to Israel. Daniel is within the vision while two saints are conversing about events, "How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?" In short desecration of the temple worship under Antiochus IV 'Epiphanes' is the subject matter.
What interests us is the time frame and it is given by the holy one,- meaning the angel (signifying the Spirit of Christ) who supplies the time. "And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed."(8:14,13).
Compare the period of time mentioned in the vision in Ch.12:12 "Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days." This tag as employed by the Spirit refers to the earthly ministry of Jesus, -Three and a half, Time, times and a half,42 months etc.;
With regards to time scale I have placed my understanding of it in a series of posts and if you read it all through you will know and whether you agree with it or not, is up to you. So we leave it at that.
In the vision of Daniel he sees himself across a river asking the man clothed in linen regarding the purport of the vision (Dan.12:5). This vision was between the eternal and the temporal across the river of time. Daniel asks, "O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?/And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end."
The Bible as God document sets God as the Sovereign Lord of heaven and the earth, and gives us two places of habitations; and all events and people described therein are bookended by the garden of God and the city of God. The river of time serves a thread connecting both.
The Spirit while narrating Core will of God has to correlate the unseen with the seen aspects of God, "While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal (2 Co.4:18). Mercy of God is eternal because it is His holiness. It shall not change. As Father he does not always chide; nor keeps his anger forever (Ps.103:9).
Blessings come from the greater to lesser. In order to point the perfection of his Father Jesus gave the sun and the rain He sends on all creation both unjust and good alike. Mercy is an aspect of divine nature. God while separating waters keeps waters above to himself. It is unseen.
We read of a river at the creation of man. 'And a river went out of Eden to water the garden' on one end and the 'pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb./ In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life (Re.22:1-2). Same river source of which is in heaven. The garden and the holy city of God have a common basis, which is the tree of life, the same tree (singular) in the middle of the garden. "There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High (Ps.46:4)".
In the vision of Daniel he sees himself across a river asking the man clothed in linen regarding the purport of the vision (Dan.12:5). This vision was between the eternal and the temporal across the river of time. Daniel asks, "O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?/And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end."
The Bible as God document sets God as the Sovereign Lord of heaven and the earth, and gives us two places of habitations; and all events and people described therein are bookended by the garden of God and the city of God.
"In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations."
Trees of righteousness produce good fruits. In the abstract we have "and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.". What was agreed between the Father and the Son cannot bring forth fruits of uncertain quality. Their goodness is because the seed in itself is the word of God. Number 12 is affixed by the Spirit to indicate these trees every one of them is a new creation. Old things are passed away. These trees figure in the Psalm 1:3 ""And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper."
These are planted by God by the river and as with the vision of Daniel (Dan.12:5) each of us planted by God looks across and see the tree of life and the key text refers to what our vision of Zion ought to be. The tree of life does not change her quality. It is for the healing of the nations. While the ungodly nations resort to wars what they really needs is healing themselves. This is the river of time beginning from the waters above the firmament and it figures in the Psalm 1. We are to bring forth our fruits in season and not espouse the cause of brambles and thistles. How we are nourished so our leaves are evergreen is by the grace of God.
As sojourners and pilgrims we grow from strength to strength. ""They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God."(Ps.84:7)
"Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river." The same river flowing from Eden watering the garden is leading us to the holy city of God.