I just wanted to give my understanding on " And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin"
Before going to that I just want to clarify some things I said.
Firstly I wrote that "faith" and "belief" is the same in the grk language. So when one reads the Bible they have to distinguish in which verses it means faith and where it means belief. The text from Liberty university (I found that it is one of the most important christian unis in the USA) gives a good account of what is meant by the word "pistis" (faith) in the text of the NT.
Also as a grk person I could never associate "pistis" with "persuation", although I can see how faith emerges from being persuaded to believe something we can not see.
Undoubtably one can not live a sinless life in the sense that they will never ever sin. We see that in our everyday lives, don't we? We become sinless just because Christ erases our sins, He doesn't see them. when we sin and then repent. Repentance is needed so that God grands His grace and mercy. That means that one strives to live righteously and when they sin (because they can avoid doing sins) they repent and God forgives them.
Now going back to that " ... for whatsoever is not of faith is sin". I think that has to be dealt with in accordance to what Paul is trying to tell them and to whom it concerns. Paul says that there are people who consider as a sin something which is not a sin, like not celebrating the day of Sabbath. Is that a sin? No it isn't. But in their mind it is a sin. So does it become a sin? No it doesn't and Paul concludes (and here the word faith has to take the meaning of belief) that for those people something which doesn't come from their belief (is not of their belief) of doing right, to them it is a sin, in their mind it is a sin, although God doesn't see it like a sin. And those people feel guilty although they shouldn't.
Blessings to you also. Even though we are to serve Christ alone as our master, there are some (even believers) who make the material things of this world (mammon) their master. But Jesus says we do not have the capacity to serve both.
What you have shared about the ego is quite interesting. If I might ask, did you gather this information from A Course In Miracles International (acimi)?
Much of what you are sharing with me is word for word from one of their courses titled "The Ego - The Miracle."
We are sure that the JUDGMENT of GOD is according to Truth.
Romans 2:5-
5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the Day of wrath (the LORD's Day, the seventh and last Day) and REVELATION of the righteous Judgment of GOD;
6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, ETERNAL life:
8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, INDIGNATION AND WRATH,
9 TRIBULATION and ANGUISH, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
11 For there is no respect of persons with GOD.
12 For as many as have sinned without Law shall also PERISH without Law: and as many as have sinned in the Law shall be JUDGED by the Law;
13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before GOD, but the doers of the Law shall be justified.
14 For when the Gentiles, which HAVE NOT THE LAW, do by nature the things contained in the Law, these, having not the Law, are a Law unto themselves:
15 Which shew the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
16 In this Day when GOD shall JUDGE the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
1Peter 4:17-18
17 The time is come that JUDGMENT must begin at the house of GOD: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of GOD?
18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Revelation 21:8-The fearful(the COWARDS),and unbelieving,and the abominable,and murderers,and whoremongers,and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
The Word of the Lord unto the land of Israel;An end,the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
Ezekiel 7:3-16
3Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will Judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.
4And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
5Thus saith the Lord God; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.
6An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.
7The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.
8Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations.
9And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the Lord that smiteth.
10Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.
11Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain,nor of their multitude, nor of any of their's: neither shall there be wailing for them.
12The time is come,the day draweth near:let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn:for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
13For the seller shall not return to that which is sold,although they were yet alive:for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return;neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.
15The sword is without,and the pestilence and the famine within:he that is in the field shall die with the sword;and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
I receive not testimony from man. He that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth.
Your words mean nothing, they are good for nothing, they are insignificant, in fact a trap that sounds surreptitiously from a disguised and cunning spirit. I receive not honour from men.
What matters and prevails is what is written the Word of GOD, the Word is GOD - John 1:1- , self-executing, understand?
And Shalom. I think maybe everyone should reel it in a bit and read James CH 1.
realize that without God we are nothing, with Him we are still nothing. We have our being through Him on a daily basis.
Be thankful for His kindness.... that He alone is allowing you to have, even till the next minute of breath you take. Before he decides to take that very next breath you have away.
All scripture is given by inspiration of God NOT you be careful of how you are using the scripture.
Everyone knows who is the evil one(s) who pervert the scriptures.
Remember Paul and Elymas? You could have people here wanting to learn of The Messiah don't get in the way of that with your words.
"I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things."(v.8)
The Spirit calls him the little horn and he sets him implacable enemy to the saints that are attached to the Branch. Jesus Christ came out of royal line of the House of David, He is also the Branch. It signifies the new Order of Melchizedek different from that of Aaron.
Mass shooting in our times is live streamed. Those who enter the church precincts and fire at worshipers do shown a zeal and in Christchurch and Buffalo had similar as Jesus 'cleansing the temple.' So Satan is a copycat.
Jesus Christ is the branch and Satan empowers this version. It is thus we need interpret the little horn. He had eyes like the eyes of man and a mouth speaking great things.'. Satan is the father of lies, God created cherubim the fiery serpents that jealously guard the majesty of the Lord God, -the brazen snake on a pole in the wilderness was a symbol. So what does Satan do but give voice to a serpent in the Garden of Eden to beguile Eve? It has been thus from the beginning. Satan is ever at heels of the Gentile church. Jesus Christ is the Branch. Satan's take on it,- and the Spirit calls it the little horn, and he shall be representing the beast of the latter days. (Re.13) We shall have number of such world leaders before we come to him and none of them bodes good for the world.
State and religion by their unholy alliance have spawned an apostate church,- and democratic notions of the state deeply flawed. The little horn is a creature of man, your guess is as good as mine.- of technocrat and shaman, but still a marionette whose authority like the beast of the latter days come from the dragon."and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority."(Re.13:2)
Yes, Lord, bless us with rivers of living water. For unto You, Jesus , we come thanking You for healing us. Dear God, what is happening between Israel and Hamas we leave in Your hands. We pray for Your people. Safety, protection, guide them, Victory. Joshua 1:9 God bless Israel.
No. 1 Corinthians 11:15, crown of glory equals women's beautiful hair. Dress moderately does not mean to cover all your body. Plain and simpleNo. God bless you Msawders77
I find it so interesting that it says, "By whom He made the worlds." Would love to hear others thoughts on this. Also, we know through scriptures that the Lord's body did not see corruption but ascended while His disciples watched. It made me wonder if Jesus still is seen in heaven in His earthly body?
"After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns."(Dan.7:7)
The fourth was exceedingly powerful because it had no heart to begin with. The first beast the lion with eagle wings were given a man's heart. Therein lay the way forward for the Salvation Plan. "He fashions their hearts individually; He considers all their works."(Ps.33:15-NKJV). Like a potter He works individually with a marred vessel and in the Parable of the Marred Vessel every one holds relationship with his Maker. "O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clayisin the potter's hand, soareye in mine hand, O house of Israel."(Je.18:6). This heart is a blessing as longs we understand His indescribable grace is poured not because of our merits but in his Son He see something remarkable in each one of us. We have been foreknown even before the worlds were founded.
The Spirit in giving us these four beasts is also sounding warning that the sin unconfessed has festered his institutions state and religion alike. A heathen may profess his God but his works are as bad as the ungodly does. The so called winning souls that accompanied Colonial masters in earlier century achieved precious little. "for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves." Matt.23:15.TheLamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth was found worthy. In him was perfection since Number Seven is a tag to indicate it. On the other hand the fourth beast had ten horns. Ten is a tag and the Spirit informs us that it it is judged already.
Before we go into the fourth beast we need to consider these two verses, in order to understand the significance of the little horn in.v.7
"I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire./A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened." (7:9-10)
The Spirit introduces the Ancient of Days from the standpoint of God the Father. The back page of these two verses are found in these verses from the Book of the Revelation. Re.5:1-7 It is from the standpoint of the Son. Both are set in heaven and both are in the 'Now".
In the Book of Daniel what we discussed from Ch.7 can have the title Sinner's Progress leading to Judgment where four beasts carry history of nations forward without disruption whatsoever., "Judgment was set, and the books were opened" It is in pluperfect tense. It is how God had us foreknown and we find no mention with regards to the slain Lamb or the Salvation Plan of God.
Here in the Vision of St John the same 'Now and the Redemption from the slain Lamb give us the history of the perils of Sin. It continues with the cavalcade of four horsemen which is controlled by the Prince of Peace who sets forth to conquer. The passage quoted in the post New World we have the same Rider on the white horse defeating the sinful world.(Re.19:17)
Now let us compare with Re.5:6-7
And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
7And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne".
The bear as a beast cannot help itself for the ribs between the teeth have their own necessities. 'Arise, devour much flesh' nationalism says even in our times.
"After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it." (v.6)
This vision of Daniel is unusual because the Holy Spirit has taken a hand here to instruct us the manner sinful man has progressed without God. At first God gave the nation of Israel His commandments and bore them as of old upon eagle wings.and brought them himself to the land promised to Abraham.
Action begins in heaven and it shall also be completed from heaven. The v.12 tells the first three beasts shall lose their dominion but their full end is not yet. These are times of the Gentiles,
Thus God initiated action with the first beast. Second beast 'like to a bear', a beast that can adapt itself to its environment 'raised up itself on one side,' The beast leopard often associated in the Greek pagan context (Bacchus) is now set in the Americas. Leopard is a sacred animal for the Aztecs. Mayan and Aztec empires shall know who their masters are once the maritime powers get their head start. Old Spain and Portugal by the blessings of the Pope and their Catholic kings would plunder the south America while the native Americans in the north shall similarly meet another depredation also of Christian faith in name. Four wings of a fowl plucked of the New world: turkey buzzard condor and macaw, you name it. "/And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army." (Re.19:17-19) They also have their feast day.
And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
The beast 'like to a bear' signifies the Gentile nations. Like the range of bears from polar bears to pandas in China they thrive on anything from grass, nuts and berries to carrion their tastes are catholic. The coming of the Gentiles into the holy mountain of God was by design. (Is.56:7). In Abraham all families of the earth were included. What hasted it was the failure of Israel as a nation to follow God with all their heart, brought the Gentiles along. Religion similarly brings in nations in chains, so they may glory in their hypocrisy without earnestly contending for the faith.
The second beast raised up itself on one side." "They have moved me to jealousy withthat which isnot God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy withthose which arenot a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation."(De.32:21; Ro.10:19)
God allowed the Gentiles come in but the church history following the collapse of the Imperial Rome shows a beast more rapacious than any other. For old Spain it was 3 G's:Gold God and Glory. Third rib is Reason that has given ideologies. Under Stalin's Bolshevik regime some 22 millions of souls would have perished. Yet we hear the cry,' Arise devour much flesh.'
"Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea."
The ground zero is the Mediterranean sea and lands surrounding it. The four is a number indicating cardinal directions. Palestine, Syria Africa Asia Minor about the sea, and the farthest corners are under the wind blast. God in heaven rides on the wings of the wind. (Ps.104:3) He is in control. Compare Re.7:1 "I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree."
3And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. The number Four gives each beast geographical areas where they shall exert control.
4The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
The first was like lion referring to Israel and the Lion of Judah in particular. The eagle wings refer to Jehovah. "Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, andhowI bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself." Ex.19:4. Also in this passage, "And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness,"(Re.12:14)
"I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked," God rejected the nation and allowed Assyria and Babylon to scatter them to the ends of the earth.
"and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it." Here we have the mention of the Son of man. Like a tender shoot (Is.53:2). He was on the earth in human likeness.
A remnant of Israel shall be added in the latter days v..12: "As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time." Compare with time, times and half a time."
7:1 Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.
This is not about events related to world empires as in earlier dreams and changes in the immediate future but a a general description about what gives the four beasts, each diverse from the other, their power to control the history of nations.
Think of it as jottings in a memo book with tear off sheets. In general terms we have the history of nations,- Israel, the Gentiles, Ideology of three ribs. These ribs are not for making Eve or the bride of Christ but crass ideals of power of people, of divine rights or of reason. In the names of these there shall be desolations, misery and bloodshed.
Thirdly these ribs becoming three monsters in the fourth beast, which bring them even to our times. Totalitarian regime, oligarchy and technology. This Iron monster relies on technology:"dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it. "The John Deere of Hi-Tech with its great jaws shall pulverize the earth in order to corner all precious metals and also reach the interstellar planets if it could. It shall also tread all opposition without mercy. What conscience prick can you expect from AI directed killer robot'?
The word parable is derived from the Greek word parabole and it is a general term for a figurative saying. Parables of Jesus compare spiritual truth concerning kingdom of God or heaven with the natural world. The world is a field and the word of God is the seed, for example refers to our physical world. In the book of Job we find parables used for different purpose.
We find Abraham interceding with God with regards to the imminent judgment over Sodom. He asks, "And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?" Ge.18:17-33).
Truth is the only basis that 'still small voice' as in the case of Elijah, plays a crucial role in the parables of Job. Job uses a parable, which in the parlance of the Spirit is to instruct us the depths and riches we have in the eternal God.
For example what is the confidence of Job? "For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:(19:25)" How do we reconcile this idea 'For as the heavens are higher than the earth' (Is.55:8-9) with our thoughts ? Truth in our heart is the only medium of instruction. The Spirit has set the Book of Job with this in mind as a series of parables.
Parables are to be understood as introduction 'How To Do the Will of My Father in some easy lessons' could well be the by-line to the whole body of Parables. Key to understand him is to do the will of God the Father," If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself ( John 7:17)."
Similarly Jotham's parable reveals the temporal kingdoms are run by brambles (Jud.9:6-21). Abimelech is a bramble but his base, all vain and shallow shall never produce worthwhile fruits. "Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?(Matt.7:16)". They may go by fancy names and like the one spearheaded by Theudas, their movements are doomed to fail. Then as now.
The kingdom of heaven is compared to a net cast into the sea. We may assume it as dragnet, which considering the area to be scoured must be of infinite size. The Son of man deputes angels to gather the good and throw away the bad. It is not difficult to imagine it is about judgment by which God shall have the good to himself as in the case of the Parable of the tares. Basically the kingdom of heaven distinguishes two groups of people, namely children of light and children of wrath.
When Jesus of Nazareth assembled his disciples he had assured Peter and Andrew them that,". Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men(Matt.4:19)". In the parable we find the waters mentioned. The waters speak of the world. "But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud (Is.57:20)". In eternity no more sea shall be found (Rev.21:1
) In the Book of Genesis we read of several separations. One such separation spoke of light from darkness. Water below the firmament and above is another. Instead of sea we shall have pure water of life coming from heaven instead of the sea.
The parable of the net teaches as what it is to be found for use of God. In Christ we are new creation no longer to be lumped together with groups that wage their struggle with the world using their own weapons. (See entry under C-custom,culture)
Another aspect of separations is the fulness found only in his Son. Light is separated from darkness and the true Light is in Jesus Christ.
We "sin" in time, but in eternity we are sinless. God does not exist in time, He is Omnipresent, i.e. the eternal present, always NOW; not the past or future. Time is not reality, because God does not create what has a beginning and end. Time is of our own making in an attempt to separate and hide from God in a destructible time-bound body, which is impossible.
The truth is, our reality is that we don't sin. Yet, in time we do make mistakes. It is impossible to have faith in sin, but is possible to have faith mistakes can be corrected; and the belief that punishment is correction is clearly insane.
The Holy Spirit is the part of the Trinity, in time, as Mediator between perception and knowledge. Since time is what we have projected and where we perceive ourselves, the Holy Spirit necessarily uses it to give us all the time it takes to forgive the past and future. This is why and where we must learn to forgive the past and future where we believe in the idea of sin.
Bring time and lay it on the altar of God, along with all darkness, separation, and fear we have made in our mind. Bring our darkness to Light and the darkness is abolished. Bring separation to Oneness and separation is no longer reality. Bring fear to Perfect Love and fear is abolished. Bring time to eternity and time is no more. Where is the world now?
The Kingdom of Heaven is YOU. What else did the Creator create? And what else but you is His Kingdom?
First of all, to speak by the Spirit of Truth - GOD is the Truth - it is necessary, first of all, to have the Spirit of Truth.
What you have learned and wrote in your post is not true, but fake. The followers of devilish Catholicism of the RCC, which rides upom the MAN Beast of sea, and the followers of the esoteric, and spiritist doctrines, among other devilish religions, they are blind guided by blinds, and according to the Word of GOD they will be cast in the the blackness of darkness for ever from now on.
Matthew 22:11-14KJV
11 And when the King came in to see the guests, He saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
12 And He saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment?
13 Then said the King to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
I agree that we cannot serve two masters; the reason being is that there is ONLY ONE Master. No others exist; being false gods, making it impossible to do so. All false idols are the source from a split mind in a state of dissociation. To even believe there is a devil (ego) is indicative of this.
What is the ego? But a dream of what I really am. A thought I am apart from my Creator and a wish to be what He created not. It is a thing of madness, not reality at all. A name for namelessness is all it is. A symbol of IMPOSSIBILITY; a choice for options that do not exist. We name it but to help us understand that it is nothing but an ancient thought that what is MADE (not created) has immortality. But what could come of this except a dream which, like all dreams, can only end in death?
If there are no false masters, then belief in sin, darkness, sick bodies and bodies that die, are simply an illusion.
The ego is the fictional opposite of Perfect Love in EVERY way, and I must remove my faith in its existence: NOW where there was darkness now I see the light. What is the ego? What the darkness was. Where is the ego? Where the darkness was. What is it now and where can it be found? Nothing and nowhere. Now the light has come: Its opposite has gone without a trace. Where evil was there now is holiness. What is the ego? What the evil was. Where is the ego? In an evil dream that but seemed real while we were asleep dreaming it. Where there was crucifixion stands God's Son. What is Satan? Who has need to ask? Where is Satan? Who has need to seek for an illusion now that dreams are gone?
A split mind does not have the CAPACITY to stand on the Solid Rock; its house (mind) will collapse, being built on sinking sand.
Yes, it IS impossible to serve two masters. What God did not create can only be in our OWN mind apart from His.
Wake up oh sleeper, rise from the dead and Christ will shine on you. I'm also speaking to myself.
After Babel was overthrown division of man among nations became on the basis 'every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.' (Ge.10:5)
This must be seen in the backdrop of God's commandment , ""And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years."(Ge.6:3) God made the gospel of Christ foreshadowing the Advent of his Son.
Having said this let us consider the bounds of people wherever they chose to live. So Jesus Christ before his Ascension would tell his disciple thus:"All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth./Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:"(Matt.28:18-20) "Teach ye all nations"is a commandment. This explains the significance of the verse spoken by Moses
"When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel."(De.32:8)
"By him all things consist." When God sent his Son, the word of his power was made manifest and his death and resurrection also proved what St Paul would say, "For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell."(Co.1:15-19) Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today and forever. God sent his word and it shall never return to him void. (Is.55:11). To treat God's authority and governance of his kingdom as dispensational is to play into the hands of Satan. Where the Spirit speaks of 'comparing spiritual with spiritual' literal approach is to walk on the wild side and land in a bad neighbourhood.
For I am the LORD, I change not;... Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. (Mal.3:6-7). God's holiness love, mercy, justice are all facets of it.
This is an extra-biblical term however accepted by many sects. Dispensation as a theological term is derived from four verses found in NT. ('A dispensation of gospel is committed unto me'-1 Co.9:17; 'Dispensation of the fullness of times'-Ep.1:10; 'Dispensation of the grace given to me to you-ward'- Ep. 3:2; *Col.1:25)
Dispensationalism refers to a period of time during which people are tested in respect to their obedience to a specific revelation of God's will. It is saying God speaks to people in a certain manner and in other times not. The worlds framed by the word of God are eternal as the quality of divine Will and Christ (The same yesterday, today and forever) are consistent.
In the verses quoted above Each time it translates the Greek oikonomia, which refers to an office and the management functions related to administration. It is heresy #1 to attribute changeability to God.
* Dispensation that St Paul refers in Col.1:25 is about fulfilling the word of God as a minster. He is referring to his own case Ac.13:2.
Economy of management for example we see the manner the early church supplanted the Imperial Rome. The two legs of iron in the king's dream became western and eastern empires each ruled by its own emperor. Church of Rome and Greek Orthodox church in taking over the remains of the empire showed economy of management by recycling the old to fit new circumstances. In terms of quality what concord can Christ has with Belial? Or iron with miry clay? (Dan.2:41-43)
God is not a man to scale down his Salvation plan because of his weak nature. The everlasting covenant remains the fixed anchor for the building of Zion despite of the boisterous winds beating upon human enterprises.
I completely agree with the way you see it .
I just wanted to give my understanding on " And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin"
Before going to that I just want to clarify some things I said.
Firstly I wrote that "faith" and "belief" is the same in the grk language. So when one reads the Bible they have to distinguish in which verses it means faith and where it means belief. The text from Liberty university (I found that it is one of the most important christian unis in the USA) gives a good account of what is meant by the word "pistis" (faith) in the text of the NT.
Also as a grk person I could never associate "pistis" with "persuation", although I can see how faith emerges from being persuaded to believe something we can not see.
Undoubtably one can not live a sinless life in the sense that they will never ever sin. We see that in our everyday lives, don't we? We become sinless just because Christ erases our sins, He doesn't see them. when we sin and then repent. Repentance is needed so that God grands His grace and mercy. That means that one strives to live righteously and when they sin (because they can avoid doing sins) they repent and God forgives them.
Now going back to that " ... for whatsoever is not of faith is sin". I think that has to be dealt with in accordance to what Paul is trying to tell them and to whom it concerns. Paul says that there are people who consider as a sin something which is not a sin, like not celebrating the day of Sabbath. Is that a sin? No it isn't. But in their mind it is a sin. So does it become a sin? No it doesn't and Paul concludes (and here the word faith has to take the meaning of belief) that for those people something which doesn't come from their belief (is not of their belief) of doing right, to them it is a sin, in their mind it is a sin, although God doesn't see it like a sin. And those people feel guilty although they shouldn't.
Blessings to you also. Even though we are to serve Christ alone as our master, there are some (even believers) who make the material things of this world (mammon) their master. But Jesus says we do not have the capacity to serve both.
What you have shared about the ego is quite interesting. If I might ask, did you gather this information from A Course In Miracles International (acimi)?
Much of what you are sharing with me is word for word from one of their courses titled "The Ego - The Miracle."
Are you taking courses from their website?
Romans 2:5-
5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the Day of wrath (the LORD's Day, the seventh and last Day) and REVELATION of the righteous Judgment of GOD;
6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, ETERNAL life:
8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, INDIGNATION AND WRATH,
9 TRIBULATION and ANGUISH, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
11 For there is no respect of persons with GOD.
12 For as many as have sinned without Law shall also PERISH without Law: and as many as have sinned in the Law shall be JUDGED by the Law;
13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before GOD, but the doers of the Law shall be justified.
14 For when the Gentiles, which HAVE NOT THE LAW, do by nature the things contained in the Law, these, having not the Law, are a Law unto themselves:
15 Which shew the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
16 In this Day when GOD shall JUDGE the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
1Peter 4:17-18
17 The time is come that JUDGMENT must begin at the house of GOD: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of GOD?
18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Revelation 21:8-The fearful(the COWARDS),and unbelieving,and the abominable,and murderers,and whoremongers,and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Ezekiel 7:3-16
3Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will Judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.
4And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
5Thus saith the Lord God; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.
6An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.
7The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.
8Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations.
9And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the Lord that smiteth.
10Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.
11Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain,nor of their multitude, nor of any of their's: neither shall there be wailing for them.
12The time is come,the day draweth near:let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn:for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
13For the seller shall not return to that which is sold,although they were yet alive:for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return;neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.
15The sword is without,and the pestilence and the famine within:he that is in the field shall die with the sword;and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
I receive not testimony from man. He that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth.
Your words mean nothing, they are good for nothing, they are insignificant, in fact a trap that sounds surreptitiously from a disguised and cunning spirit. I receive not honour from men.
What matters and prevails is what is written the Word of GOD, the Word is GOD - John 1:1- , self-executing, understand?
And Shalom. I think maybe everyone should reel it in a bit and read James CH 1.
realize that without God we are nothing, with Him we are still nothing. We have our being through Him on a daily basis.
Be thankful for His kindness.... that He alone is allowing you to have, even till the next minute of breath you take. Before he decides to take that very next breath you have away.
All scripture is given by inspiration of God NOT you be careful of how you are using the scripture.
Everyone knows who is the evil one(s) who pervert the scriptures.
Remember Paul and Elymas? You could have people here wanting to learn of The Messiah don't get in the way of that with your words.
"I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things."(v.8)
The Spirit calls him the little horn and he sets him implacable enemy to the saints that are attached to the Branch. Jesus Christ came out of royal line of the House of David, He is also the Branch. It signifies the new Order of Melchizedek different from that of Aaron.
Mass shooting in our times is live streamed. Those who enter the church precincts and fire at worshipers do shown a zeal and in Christchurch and Buffalo had similar as Jesus 'cleansing the temple.' So Satan is a copycat.
Jesus Christ is the branch and Satan empowers this version. It is thus we need interpret the little horn. He had eyes like the eyes of man and a mouth speaking great things.'. Satan is the father of lies, God created cherubim the fiery serpents that jealously guard the majesty of the Lord God, -the brazen snake on a pole in the wilderness was a symbol. So what does Satan do but give voice to a serpent in the Garden of Eden to beguile Eve? It has been thus from the beginning. Satan is ever at heels of the Gentile church. Jesus Christ is the Branch. Satan's take on it,- and the Spirit calls it the little horn, and he shall be representing the beast of the latter days. (Re.13) We shall have number of such world leaders before we come to him and none of them bodes good for the world.
State and religion by their unholy alliance have spawned an apostate church,- and democratic notions of the state deeply flawed. The little horn is a creature of man, your guess is as good as mine.- of technocrat and shaman, but still a marionette whose authority like the beast of the latter days come from the dragon."and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority."(Re.13:2)
You were WED to Christ at his resurrection, he is your wedding garment, you were raised HIS BODY.
God Bless YOU!
Christ was resurrected the sixth day, we are in the seventh day.
The NEW CREATION was finished at this resurrection, we were all raised the BODY of Christ, we are in the seventh day, God has ceased from his works.
God BLESS YOU!
"After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns."(Dan.7:7)
The fourth was exceedingly powerful because it had no heart to begin with. The first beast the lion with eagle wings were given a man's heart. Therein lay the way forward for the Salvation Plan. "He fashions their hearts individually; He considers all their works."(Ps.33:15-NKJV). Like a potter He works individually with a marred vessel and in the Parable of the Marred Vessel every one holds relationship with his Maker. "O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clayisin the potter's hand, soareye in mine hand, O house of Israel."(Je.18:6). This heart is a blessing as longs we understand His indescribable grace is poured not because of our merits but in his Son He see something remarkable in each one of us. We have been foreknown even before the worlds were founded.
The Spirit in giving us these four beasts is also sounding warning that the sin unconfessed has festered his institutions state and religion alike. A heathen may profess his God but his works are as bad as the ungodly does. The so called winning souls that accompanied Colonial masters in earlier century achieved precious little. "for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves." Matt.23:15.TheLamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth was found worthy. In him was perfection since Number Seven is a tag to indicate it. On the other hand the fourth beast had ten horns. Ten is a tag and the Spirit informs us that it it is judged already.
Introduction
Before we go into the fourth beast we need to consider these two verses, in order to understand the significance of the little horn in.v.7
"I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire./A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened." (7:9-10)
The Spirit introduces the Ancient of Days from the standpoint of God the Father. The back page of these two verses are found in these verses from the Book of the Revelation. Re.5:1-7 It is from the standpoint of the Son. Both are set in heaven and both are in the 'Now".
In the Book of Daniel what we discussed from Ch.7 can have the title Sinner's Progress leading to Judgment where four beasts carry history of nations forward without disruption whatsoever., "Judgment was set, and the books were opened" It is in pluperfect tense. It is how God had us foreknown and we find no mention with regards to the slain Lamb or the Salvation Plan of God.
Here in the Vision of St John the same 'Now and the Redemption from the slain Lamb give us the history of the perils of Sin. It continues with the cavalcade of four horsemen which is controlled by the Prince of Peace who sets forth to conquer. The passage quoted in the post New World we have the same Rider on the white horse defeating the sinful world.(Re.19:17)
Now let us compare with Re.5:6-7
And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
7And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne".
"Bear Necessities" (2 of 2)
The bear as a beast cannot help itself for the ribs between the teeth have their own necessities. 'Arise, devour much flesh' nationalism says even in our times.
"After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it." (v.6)
This vision of Daniel is unusual because the Holy Spirit has taken a hand here to instruct us the manner sinful man has progressed without God. At first God gave the nation of Israel His commandments and bore them as of old upon eagle wings.and brought them himself to the land promised to Abraham.
Action begins in heaven and it shall also be completed from heaven. The v.12 tells the first three beasts shall lose their dominion but their full end is not yet. These are times of the Gentiles,
Thus God initiated action with the first beast. Second beast 'like to a bear', a beast that can adapt itself to its environment 'raised up itself on one side,' The beast leopard often associated in the Greek pagan context (Bacchus) is now set in the Americas. Leopard is a sacred animal for the Aztecs. Mayan and Aztec empires shall know who their masters are once the maritime powers get their head start. Old Spain and Portugal by the blessings of the Pope and their Catholic kings would plunder the south America while the native Americans in the north shall similarly meet another depredation also of Christian faith in name. Four wings of a fowl plucked of the New world: turkey buzzard condor and macaw, you name it. "/And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army." (Re.19:17-19) They also have their feast day.
"Bear necessities" (1 of 2)
And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
The beast 'like to a bear' signifies the Gentile nations. Like the range of bears from polar bears to pandas in China they thrive on anything from grass, nuts and berries to carrion their tastes are catholic. The coming of the Gentiles into the holy mountain of God was by design. (Is.56:7). In Abraham all families of the earth were included. What hasted it was the failure of Israel as a nation to follow God with all their heart, brought the Gentiles along. Religion similarly brings in nations in chains, so they may glory in their hypocrisy without earnestly contending for the faith.
The second beast raised up itself on one side." "They have moved me to jealousy withthat which isnot God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy withthose which arenot a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation."(De.32:21; Ro.10:19)
God allowed the Gentiles come in but the church history following the collapse of the Imperial Rome shows a beast more rapacious than any other. For old Spain it was 3 G's:Gold God and Glory. Third rib is Reason that has given ideologies. Under Stalin's Bolshevik regime some 22 millions of souls would have perished. Yet we hear the cry,' Arise devour much flesh.'
"The Lion of Judah"
"Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea."
The ground zero is the Mediterranean sea and lands surrounding it. The four is a number indicating cardinal directions. Palestine, Syria Africa Asia Minor about the sea, and the farthest corners are under the wind blast. God in heaven rides on the wings of the wind. (Ps.104:3) He is in control. Compare Re.7:1 "I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree."
3And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. The number Four gives each beast geographical areas where they shall exert control.
4The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
The first was like lion referring to Israel and the Lion of Judah in particular. The eagle wings refer to Jehovah. "Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, andhowI bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself." Ex.19:4. Also in this passage, "And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness,"(Re.12:14)
"I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked," God rejected the nation and allowed Assyria and Babylon to scatter them to the ends of the earth.
"and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it." Here we have the mention of the Son of man. Like a tender shoot (Is.53:2). He was on the earth in human likeness.
A remnant of Israel shall be added in the latter days v..12: "As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time." Compare with time, times and half a time."
overview
7:1 Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.
This is not about events related to world empires as in earlier dreams and changes in the immediate future but a a general description about what gives the four beasts, each diverse from the other, their power to control the history of nations.
Think of it as jottings in a memo book with tear off sheets. In general terms we have the history of nations,- Israel, the Gentiles, Ideology of three ribs. These ribs are not for making Eve or the bride of Christ but crass ideals of power of people, of divine rights or of reason. In the names of these there shall be desolations, misery and bloodshed.
Thirdly these ribs becoming three monsters in the fourth beast, which bring them even to our times. Totalitarian regime, oligarchy and technology. This Iron monster relies on technology:"dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it. "The John Deere of Hi-Tech with its great jaws shall pulverize the earth in order to corner all precious metals and also reach the interstellar planets if it could. It shall also tread all opposition without mercy. What conscience prick can you expect from AI directed killer robot'?
The word parable is derived from the Greek word parabole and it is a general term for a figurative saying. Parables of Jesus compare spiritual truth concerning kingdom of God or heaven with the natural world. The world is a field and the word of God is the seed, for example refers to our physical world. In the book of Job we find parables used for different purpose.
We find Abraham interceding with God with regards to the imminent judgment over Sodom. He asks, "And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?" Ge.18:17-33).
Truth is the only basis that 'still small voice' as in the case of Elijah, plays a crucial role in the parables of Job. Job uses a parable, which in the parlance of the Spirit is to instruct us the depths and riches we have in the eternal God.
For example what is the confidence of Job? "For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:(19:25)" How do we reconcile this idea 'For as the heavens are higher than the earth' (Is.55:8-9) with our thoughts ? Truth in our heart is the only medium of instruction. The Spirit has set the Book of Job with this in mind as a series of parables.
Parables are to be understood as introduction 'How To Do the Will of My Father in some easy lessons' could well be the by-line to the whole body of Parables. Key to understand him is to do the will of God the Father," If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself ( John 7:17)."
Similarly Jotham's parable reveals the temporal kingdoms are run by brambles (Jud.9:6-21). Abimelech is a bramble but his base, all vain and shallow shall never produce worthwhile fruits. "Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?(Matt.7:16)". They may go by fancy names and like the one spearheaded by Theudas, their movements are doomed to fail. Then as now.
Matt.13:47
The kingdom of heaven is compared to a net cast into the sea. We may assume it as dragnet, which considering the area to be scoured must be of infinite size. The Son of man deputes angels to gather the good and throw away the bad. It is not difficult to imagine it is about judgment by which God shall have the good to himself as in the case of the Parable of the tares. Basically the kingdom of heaven distinguishes two groups of people, namely children of light and children of wrath.
When Jesus of Nazareth assembled his disciples he had assured Peter and Andrew them that,". Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men(Matt.4:19)". In the parable we find the waters mentioned. The waters speak of the world. "But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud (Is.57:20)". In eternity no more sea shall be found (Rev.21:1
) In the Book of Genesis we read of several separations. One such separation spoke of light from darkness. Water below the firmament and above is another. Instead of sea we shall have pure water of life coming from heaven instead of the sea.
The parable of the net teaches as what it is to be found for use of God. In Christ we are new creation no longer to be lumped together with groups that wage their struggle with the world using their own weapons. (See entry under C-custom,culture)
Another aspect of separations is the fulness found only in his Son. Light is separated from darkness and the true Light is in Jesus Christ.
We "sin" in time, but in eternity we are sinless. God does not exist in time, He is Omnipresent, i.e. the eternal present, always NOW; not the past or future. Time is not reality, because God does not create what has a beginning and end. Time is of our own making in an attempt to separate and hide from God in a destructible time-bound body, which is impossible.
The truth is, our reality is that we don't sin. Yet, in time we do make mistakes. It is impossible to have faith in sin, but is possible to have faith mistakes can be corrected; and the belief that punishment is correction is clearly insane.
The Holy Spirit is the part of the Trinity, in time, as Mediator between perception and knowledge. Since time is what we have projected and where we perceive ourselves, the Holy Spirit necessarily uses it to give us all the time it takes to forgive the past and future. This is why and where we must learn to forgive the past and future where we believe in the idea of sin.
Bring time and lay it on the altar of God, along with all darkness, separation, and fear we have made in our mind. Bring our darkness to Light and the darkness is abolished. Bring separation to Oneness and separation is no longer reality. Bring fear to Perfect Love and fear is abolished. Bring time to eternity and time is no more. Where is the world now?
The Kingdom of Heaven is YOU. What else did the Creator create? And what else but you is His Kingdom?
Peace in Christ
First of all, to speak by the Spirit of Truth - GOD is the Truth - it is necessary, first of all, to have the Spirit of Truth.
What you have learned and wrote in your post is not true, but fake. The followers of devilish Catholicism of the RCC, which rides upom the MAN Beast of sea, and the followers of the esoteric, and spiritist doctrines, among other devilish religions, they are blind guided by blinds, and according to the Word of GOD they will be cast in the the blackness of darkness for ever from now on.
Matthew 22:11-14KJV
11 And when the King came in to see the guests, He saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
12 And He saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment?
13 Then said the King to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14 For many are called, but few are chosen.
I agree that we cannot serve two masters; the reason being is that there is ONLY ONE Master. No others exist; being false gods, making it impossible to do so. All false idols are the source from a split mind in a state of dissociation. To even believe there is a devil (ego) is indicative of this.
What is the ego? But a dream of what I really am. A thought I am apart from my Creator and a wish to be what He created not. It is a thing of madness, not reality at all. A name for namelessness is all it is. A symbol of IMPOSSIBILITY; a choice for options that do not exist. We name it but to help us understand that it is nothing but an ancient thought that what is MADE (not created) has immortality. But what could come of this except a dream which, like all dreams, can only end in death?
If there are no false masters, then belief in sin, darkness, sick bodies and bodies that die, are simply an illusion.
The ego is the fictional opposite of Perfect Love in EVERY way, and I must remove my faith in its existence: NOW where there was darkness now I see the light. What is the ego? What the darkness was. Where is the ego? Where the darkness was. What is it now and where can it be found? Nothing and nowhere. Now the light has come: Its opposite has gone without a trace. Where evil was there now is holiness. What is the ego? What the evil was. Where is the ego? In an evil dream that but seemed real while we were asleep dreaming it. Where there was crucifixion stands God's Son. What is Satan? Who has need to ask? Where is Satan? Who has need to seek for an illusion now that dreams are gone?
A split mind does not have the CAPACITY to stand on the Solid Rock; its house (mind) will collapse, being built on sinking sand.
Yes, it IS impossible to serve two masters. What God did not create can only be in our OWN mind apart from His.
Wake up oh sleeper, rise from the dead and Christ will shine on you. I'm also speaking to myself.
In respect, peace
After Babel was overthrown division of man among nations became on the basis 'every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.' (Ge.10:5)
This must be seen in the backdrop of God's commandment , ""And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years."(Ge.6:3) God made the gospel of Christ foreshadowing the Advent of his Son.
Having said this let us consider the bounds of people wherever they chose to live. So Jesus Christ before his Ascension would tell his disciple thus:"All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth./Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:"(Matt.28:18-20) "Teach ye all nations"is a commandment. This explains the significance of the verse spoken by Moses
"When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel."(De.32:8)
"By him all things consist." When God sent his Son, the word of his power was made manifest and his death and resurrection also proved what St Paul would say, "For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell."(Co.1:15-19) Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today and forever. God sent his word and it shall never return to him void. (Is.55:11). To treat God's authority and governance of his kingdom as dispensational is to play into the hands of Satan. Where the Spirit speaks of 'comparing spiritual with spiritual' literal approach is to walk on the wild side and land in a bad neighbourhood.
For I am the LORD, I change not;... Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. (Mal.3:6-7). God's holiness love, mercy, justice are all facets of it.
(1 0f 2)
This is an extra-biblical term however accepted by many sects. Dispensation as a theological term is derived from four verses found in NT. ('A dispensation of gospel is committed unto me'-1 Co.9:17; 'Dispensation of the fullness of times'-Ep.1:10; 'Dispensation of the grace given to me to you-ward'- Ep. 3:2; *Col.1:25)
Dispensationalism refers to a period of time during which people are tested in respect to their obedience to a specific revelation of God's will. It is saying God speaks to people in a certain manner and in other times not. The worlds framed by the word of God are eternal as the quality of divine Will and Christ (The same yesterday, today and forever) are consistent.
In the verses quoted above Each time it translates the Greek oikonomia, which refers to an office and the management functions related to administration. It is heresy #1 to attribute changeability to God.
* Dispensation that St Paul refers in Col.1:25 is about fulfilling the word of God as a minster. He is referring to his own case Ac.13:2.
Economy of management for example we see the manner the early church supplanted the Imperial Rome. The two legs of iron in the king's dream became western and eastern empires each ruled by its own emperor. Church of Rome and Greek Orthodox church in taking over the remains of the empire showed economy of management by recycling the old to fit new circumstances. In terms of quality what concord can Christ has with Belial? Or iron with miry clay? (Dan.2:41-43)
God is not a man to scale down his Salvation plan because of his weak nature. The everlasting covenant remains the fixed anchor for the building of Zion despite of the boisterous winds beating upon human enterprises.