Hi Josephine. I think that the others on the ship all worshipped different gods and obviously their prayers were useless. When they asked Jonah and he told them that he was a Hebrew and worshipped God, it was a testimony to those on the ship that the God of the Hebrews is real because he was the cause of the storm. This fits with the narrative of Jonah being an accidental evangelist-he didn't want to go to Nineveh to tell the Ninevites to repent and turn to God (but ultimately did), he didn't go out of his way to tell those on the ship but only did when his hand was forced.
Notice though that the people on the ship must have believed that the God Jonah worshipped is real because they called out to God and perhaps turned to him as a result. Then when Jonah finally preaches to the Ninevites they also accept what he says.
One of the lessons that I take away from Jonah is that God uses who he wants to use and we don't have to be perfect people to achieve good things if God wills it, so none of us has an excuse, we should all be doing what God calls us to do (go and make disciples of all nations).
It is my belief that God (the True Author of Scripture) is speaking of our testimony. You see, all sin leads unto death; "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23 KJV. So how can there be a sin that leads NOT unto death? The only thing that makes sense is God is speaking of our testimony; you see, Christ's most scathing rebuke is "hypocrite". Keeping this in mind, hypocrisy "kills" our testimony! I can admit I'm a sinner and still Proclaim Christ's Healing in my life! For instance: If I proclaim that God healed me of drug addiction, yet I'm found to still be doing drugs I'm a hypocrite and "kill" my testimony. Yet, if I admit that I'm a sinner AND still suffer a multitude of sinful desires, but I proclaim that God healed my drug addiction fully to the point of destroying ALL desire for drug use, then, if I'm caught in sexual immorality I'm a sinner, yet if I never do another drug again then my sin of sexual immorality takes NOTHING away from my proclamation of God Healing me of drug addiction. Thus, there is a sin unto death and a sin NOT unto death; it's death of our Testimony! Above ALL knowledge of scripture, above ALL theological teachings, and above ALL religions is the testimony of The Lord Jesus Christ's Healing power in our lives. Testimony is actual PROOF that God is real!
It says, If any man see his brother, that is, a Christian, sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death.
It's God's will that if I see a brother or sister involved in a sin that is not unto death, and that's the rejection of Christ, but I can pray for every born again believer, and God will minister to them, because God will not allow His people to live in habitual sin, and I can pray according to His will.
But then he goes on to say that there is a sin unto death: And I do not say that he shall pray for it.
1 John 5:17 says that all unrighteousness is sin. That's the non-believer.And there is a sin that's not unto death.
All the sins that Christians commit are not unto death. The only sin in the bible that is unto death is in Matthew 12:31-32.
Jesus said wherefore I say unto you, all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
And whosoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaks against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
The Holy Spirit is here to convict people of their need of Christ. If you reject His testimony, you have committed the unpardonable sin.
So he says I can't pray for someone who is rejecting Christ. I can't pray for them to get saved because that's between them and God. I just pray for His will to be done.
1 John 5:16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
Heavenly Father, I pray that You bless Scrosby with the right job. That You bless Your child with a prosperous career. Your child will give You all the honor and glory. In the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ. Amen
I think this is what you are asking brother Greimuth. In Genesis 14:17, the term "King's dale" or "King's Valley" refers to a location near the city of Jerusalem. This valley is mentioned in the context of an encounter between Abraham (then known as Abram) and the King of Salem, Melchizedek. Melchizedek, who is described as a priest of God Most High, met Abraham in the King's Valley and blessed him.
The exact location of the King's Valley is not definitively identified in the Bible, and its precise geographical location remains a subject of debate among scholars and historians. Some believe it to be associated with the Kidron Valley, which runs east of Jerusalem, while others have different interpretations.
The significance of this passage in Genesis is primarily related to the meeting between Abraham and Melchizedek, which is seen as a foreshadowing of Christ's priesthood in the New Testament, as Melchizedek is described as a priest of God Most High and a type of Christ. The King's Valley serves as the backdrop for this important biblical encounter.
School began today for our area. Been praying today for the students. I pray that God will bring a great multitude of these students to salvation before they reach adulthood. I pray for God to protect them from being preyed upon by evil people and evil ideas. I pray that God will intervene to preserve the faith of those who know Him now, that these young ones in Him will continue in faith all of their childhood and lifetime. Dear God, let not the enemy snatch away from Jesus, as You promised to keep them in the palm of Your hand.
I pray for those who have walked away from God though brought up to know Him in Jesus. I pray for God to bring all the prodigal children home to rock solid faith in Jesus, never again to wander from Him. O Lord, preserve the work of Your hands in these loved ones.
I ask that others pray for our kids also. May this generation of our children be a great witness for Christ and enter into eternal life with us. Amen
In the Bible, myrtle trees symbolize beauty, joy, and God's presence. Anointing involves consecration and empowerment with oil, often by the Holy Spirit. A mantle is a symbol of authority or inheritance, typically passed from one person to another, signifying a transfer of spiritual leadership or ministry.
Zechariah 5 (Apparently I listed chapter 4 errantly earlier as chapter 3; sorry)
1Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.
2And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.
3Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.
4I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
These verses are admittedly difficult to analize. Some have suggested this indicates the dimensions of a missile or some small scale nuclear warhead. It does show that the whole earth is somehow affected in particular the thief and those who "swear falsely". I would tend to think that may mean convenants such as marriages or other vows that are disregarded with God in particular. One could look at other demons in Revelation and the Book of Joel 2:9 for a similar invasion but there are some differences.
The rest of the chapter seems to indicate demonic religion taking root in the land of "Shinar" which is in ancient Mesopotamia or the area of Babylon (verse 11). This could certainly refer to the one world religion being prepared in Abu Dhabi and perhaps envisioned elsewere to bring about unity with all the Monotheistic religions; and or a new religion amalgamating mysticism from Eastern and Western faiths alike. We certainly see this as dominating the world in the first half of the Tribulation ( Rev. 17:3) before Satan overthrows it ( Rev. 17:16) and the subsequent destruction of the religious AND economic Babylon in Revelation 18.
Amen. Time is short. I also have family and friends whom tend to think that there is no God. Father God, open up their spiritual eyes that they see hell.
It was a custom statement that fits within given context. Anything that is without that fits that which is within the given context of the word is considered valid. I use the old English for posterity, effect and to honor the Lord's word and glorify it.
Yes, it's true GiGi. My day has been absolutely amazing and I hope that their day will be amazing too. Full of thanks to the Father and the Son! Strong in He! Big thanks to all the intercessors. When we change the day, smilies, From day to night and then it's day with you. Always, the Lord will have praise and thanksgivings.
Almighty God, in the name of your precious Son Jesus, the lamb who shed his blood for all humanity and through the power of the Holy Ghost I ask the following of thee:
I request for all those who have not come to Jesus in what feels like these final days, to repent of their sins and to acknowledge Jesus Christ as your Son who rose from the dead with the promise of eternal salvation for all who believe in him. I know far too many people that don't believe and I fear for them! My prayer is for all to be saved and to be taken up with the Lord whenever that time is that you decide Heavenly Father. Thank you Almighty God for all you do, without you we are nothing.
Fall of Adam attests to it. Day Seven is the fulfillment or making your election sure. This is the only way. Without it Day Six stands for judgment. In Adam all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it. "For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,"(He.2:11)
To recap: "All things were created by him, and for him:/ And he is before all things, and by him all things consist./ And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence./ For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell/ And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven."(Col.1:16-20) Here we have the ministry of reconciliation.
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
So is used as a coordinating conjunction and it connects with the divine Will expressed."And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,"(v.26) From this we can infer the expression,"the image and likeness" is with reference to the Son who is the visible image of the invisible God. In his own image however accepts the principles that govern the action that of Power and Wisdom which in its primary sense are male and female. Thus Wisdom having built her house sends forth her maidens inviting,"Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled." (Pr.9:5)
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made." (2.3)
The Spirit presents us with seven days indicating that we are looking the creation as willed in the mind of the Father. Seven is a tag for the whole perfect will of God. This can be broadly divided into two where Heaven covers first four days in which Day 3 points his Son in whom the Father was pleased. "And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, "Let all God's angels worship him."(He.1:6) What occurs in heaven is made manifest on the earth. Thus we read passages where a voice from heaven is heard saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."(Matt.3:17)
God had established the Son as the first born of all creation. " Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature." (Col.1:15)
Days 4 to 6 refers to the Son as the Word become flesh, "Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee./ And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me."(He.2:12-13)
"I will declare thy name unto my brethren" makes every one called to join it. In other words we have this verse, "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork." The three wise men saw the glory after their fashion and set out to worship his Son. The heavenly choir appeared to some shepherds likewise. Thus the will of God has been set in motion in manifold ways. So the second division of seven days is the preaching of the Word. Day Five as we discussed in the previous post was about man appointed as the steward of God, the Son was the firstborn of all creation.
What does Day Six signify? Is it not obedience to the call? "I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee." Without obeying the call what is he?
"And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life,"
Fifth day is all about life and we shall first study with regards to the life of man. We are considering the spiritual basis for life, and His creation as a memorial is set in heaven of which the four beasts attest the glory of God. In the next two days we are considering stewardship of man. Adam as the double for the Son. The third beast has the face of man. Significance of the number Three cannot be lost on anyone. Memorial in heaven is about overcomer to which Adam cannot be considered as a candidate so the face of man relates to the last Adam.
"The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit./ Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual./ The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven."(1 Co.15:45-47)
The Lord from heaven proved his stewardship as we shall see in his prayer,"But these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, ....While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled."( John 17:11-12)
The number Five has a bearing on the above stewardship. Guilt offering under the Law of Moses specified the value, "he shall restore it in full and shall add a fifth to it, and give it to him to whom it belongs on the day he realizes his guilt."(Le.6:5-ESV) In the Parable of the Five Foolish Virgins who were not good stewards with the Spirit entrusted under their care we see the Number Five used accordingly.
The Spirit refers to the moving creatures that has life in terms of the waters. The Spirit draws a distinction between the seas and the land. In St John's vision the beast arises from the sea which as Isaiah qualifies it, stands for ungodly nations. (Is.57:20)
Good to hear from you. I have been thinking of you.
The John 5 passage reminds me that Jesus and the Father are so united that their love for each other works out the perfect will of the Godhead without conflict nor competition for glory. We are to honor the Father and the Son, for both are equally worthy of all of our praise and service.
I hope your day has been lovely for you, full of blessing and goodness from God.
Good morning brother Spencer! Thank you! Well in my heart and life it happened. By eagles wings I was carried out of darkness and the bondage of Egypt into a new and better land. I hope you have a good day your way.
The number Four refers to the gospel of God. The same we know as the Gospel of Christ since he made manifest it in his person. His death and resurrection endorse the number Four as a command number. It has a bearing on anyone who would be admitted into the Fellowship. The Synoptic Gospels testify that Jesus Christ is the Saviour of the World whether north, south, east or west is considered. ("And, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world."-Matt.28:20) This stars refer to the righteous." And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever."(Dan.12:3). The symbolism of the stars we come across in the Book of the Revelation. (Re.1;Re.12)
The Father Son relationship is tagged by greater and lesser light. There comes a day Jesus Christ shall judge the wicked. The lesser light to rule the night refers to it .
"And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,/And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good."
"He made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,"
God made the greater light and the lesser light to rule over the day and over the night. Having divided light from darkness the two great lights are established in direct frame of reference to the earth. Sovereignty of the Lord God and the Law shall judge over the day and the night. Having set all things in heaven and under it subject to his Son, it pleased the Father "that in him should all fulness dwell;/ And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven."(Col.1:19-20) Here we have the mystery of His will which we have to assume given his Omnipotence, Omnipresence and Omniscience as perfect wanting no correction whatsoever,
The slain Lamb before the worlds began is an emblem. In the inaugural vision of St John we are shown Jesus Christ giving his testimony: " I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore," He also gives the mystery of seven stars which are in his right hand. (Re.1:18-20. This owe to the account of the Spirit who adds, "He made the stars also". Thus the greater light the lesser light and the stars are to be spiritually understood. Everlasting covenant between God and the Son is sanctified by the Word or the Law. And all these have one thing in common:
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
The Spirit is now giving us the creation of two lights which are qualified as great and it is set to rule the day and night. This coming after God had separated light from darkness gives us the role celestial objects play to which the Spirit adds details so the Will of the Father is set off against quality of the Son. These lights are to rule the day and the night respectively.
God commanded Let there be light. It is the Law or the constitution of the kingdom of God. "For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven."(Ps.119:89) When the Son says, "I have come to do thy will" we are given a relationship between God the Father and the Son who accepts the body prepared for him as a sacrifice. "It pleased the Father to bruise him (Is.53:10) and what the Son achieved thereby "For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified,"(He.10:14) are two expressions of God whose name is holy. So the will and the obedience of the Son who became the 'Word become flesh' are to be treated as one-which constitute the Law and it is what rules both day and night.
When God framed worlds by his word we are given the relationship of these two worlds, which are the World of the Spirit and of the visible world of the body. Faith in short is the DNA of the kingdom of Good.(He.11:3)
God is the Father of lights and he does not judge anyone. "For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son."( John 5:22) The day stands for the children of light and the night represent the children of wrath who does not come to light because their works are evil. ( John 3:16-20). "For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved." What is behind culture wars? Devil who sins from the beginning and he knows the value of ethnicity color etc.,
Sometimes, patterns are also known as a sequence. (As a result of supernovae, heavier elements are expelled helter-skelter, breakdown of which are however in sequence. It is this we need look at seven days each shall create its own sequence but has a bearing on the Son.
Having said this we shall consider this passage. "And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so./ And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good./ And the evening and the morning were the third day."(Ge.1:11-13)
Here we have the divine Will and the Son caused it to happen. The Spirit sets the quality of tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself. "Whose seed is in itself" is about the seed, the word of God. In a manner of speaking, God commands. "Be ye holy for I am holy" and a holy family takes form generations after generations, which is a sequence. When Jesus faults the Jews in his time, "Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?"(Matt.7:16) In his prayer Jesus intercedes for his disciples, "Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth"( John 17:17)
The Spirit tags it with the number Three which refers to the Son as Seven is the number associated with the divine Will and completeness. Here we see the tag 'day' is used for several contexts and it shall always be in direct frame of reference to the Son.
As a mode of narrating the Salvation Plan of God we have the eternal word of God served as a pattern as God showed Moses in the wilderness. In v.2 the Spirit informs us that the earth was without form, and void. Its key however is to be spiritually discerned. It is thus the Spirit has associated the passage already cited in Ps.139:15-16. The Spirit consistently follows a pattern where the body of the earth is set on the standard of the Son to which several passages owe affinity. So when Jesus says, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. "( John 2:19) there exists an inner logic that cannot be denied. This key is freely given by the Father of lights with whom there is no variableness ."And by him all things consist. This wisdom from heaven is Person specific. (1 Co.1:30)
In Mathematics, a pattern is a repeated arrangement of numbers, shapes, colours and so on. This pattern can be related to any type of event like throw of a dice or object but for which Game theory and Chaos theory would not exist. If the set of numbers are related to each other in a specific rule, then the rule or manner is called a pattern. It is thus the deity of Jesus has been worked into the narrative so nation of Israel and of the Gentiles do not exist but in the Son.Sometimes, patterns are also known as a sequence. (As a result of supernovae, heavier elements are expelled helter-skelter, breakdown of which are however in sequence. It is this we need look at seven days each shall create its own sequence but has a bearing on the Son.
Our approach to the word of God has only single basis for which spiritual understanding is what is required. So wisdom from above gives us a template in which God a Spirit is given a visible form, that of the Son,' Who is the image of the invisible God."
So.v1 tells that God created the heaven and the earth. It is what St Paul refers,"For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him."(Col.1:15-16)
The Spirit gives us seven days in which all these are included but how these endure till the fulness of times do not concern us. But Jesus Christ is the key. "that in all things he might have the preeminence./9 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell." The intent of the Spirit is to instruct us in righteousness so any man may find his place in the Fellowship of God with Man.
The creation account in seven days casts only single shadow that is in the person and the deity of Jesus Christ. The Spirit is not interested in giving us any dissertation on the ethnography of man, history of nations flora and fauna such like. Cultivating this image of the Son God has set truth in his inward parts. (2 Co.3:18). If the Son of man in his human likeness could do it, so can anyone so there is no excuse.
Notice though that the people on the ship must have believed that the God Jonah worshipped is real because they called out to God and perhaps turned to him as a result. Then when Jonah finally preaches to the Ninevites they also accept what he says.
One of the lessons that I take away from Jonah is that God uses who he wants to use and we don't have to be perfect people to achieve good things if God wills it, so none of us has an excuse, we should all be doing what God calls us to do (go and make disciples of all nations).
It is my belief that God (the True Author of Scripture) is speaking of our testimony. You see, all sin leads unto death; "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23 KJV. So how can there be a sin that leads NOT unto death? The only thing that makes sense is God is speaking of our testimony; you see, Christ's most scathing rebuke is "hypocrite". Keeping this in mind, hypocrisy "kills" our testimony! I can admit I'm a sinner and still Proclaim Christ's Healing in my life! For instance: If I proclaim that God healed me of drug addiction, yet I'm found to still be doing drugs I'm a hypocrite and "kill" my testimony. Yet, if I admit that I'm a sinner AND still suffer a multitude of sinful desires, but I proclaim that God healed my drug addiction fully to the point of destroying ALL desire for drug use, then, if I'm caught in sexual immorality I'm a sinner, yet if I never do another drug again then my sin of sexual immorality takes NOTHING away from my proclamation of God Healing me of drug addiction. Thus, there is a sin unto death and a sin NOT unto death; it's death of our Testimony! Above ALL knowledge of scripture, above ALL theological teachings, and above ALL religions is the testimony of The Lord Jesus Christ's Healing power in our lives. Testimony is actual PROOF that God is real!
The sin unto death is the rejection of Christ.
It says, If any man see his brother, that is, a Christian, sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death.
It's God's will that if I see a brother or sister involved in a sin that is not unto death, and that's the rejection of Christ, but I can pray for every born again believer, and God will minister to them, because God will not allow His people to live in habitual sin, and I can pray according to His will.
But then he goes on to say that there is a sin unto death: And I do not say that he shall pray for it.
1 John 5:17 says that all unrighteousness is sin. That's the non-believer.And there is a sin that's not unto death.
All the sins that Christians commit are not unto death. The only sin in the bible that is unto death is in Matthew 12:31-32.
Jesus said wherefore I say unto you, all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
And whosoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaks against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
The Holy Spirit is here to convict people of their need of Christ. If you reject His testimony, you have committed the unpardonable sin.
So he says I can't pray for someone who is rejecting Christ. I can't pray for them to get saved because that's between them and God. I just pray for His will to be done.
Hope this helps!
What is this sin that is unto death?
The exact location of the King's Valley is not definitively identified in the Bible, and its precise geographical location remains a subject of debate among scholars and historians. Some believe it to be associated with the Kidron Valley, which runs east of Jerusalem, while others have different interpretations.
The significance of this passage in Genesis is primarily related to the meeting between Abraham and Melchizedek, which is seen as a foreshadowing of Christ's priesthood in the New Testament, as Melchizedek is described as a priest of God Most High and a type of Christ. The King's Valley serves as the backdrop for this important biblical encounter.
"In my heart and life it happened. By eagles wings I was carried out of darkness and the bondage of Egypt into a new and better land.
That reminds me of Philippians 1:6.
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
God bless
I pray for those who have walked away from God though brought up to know Him in Jesus. I pray for God to bring all the prodigal children home to rock solid faith in Jesus, never again to wander from Him. O Lord, preserve the work of Your hands in these loved ones.
I ask that others pray for our kids also. May this generation of our children be a great witness for Christ and enter into eternal life with us. Amen
1Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.
2And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.
3Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.
4I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
These verses are admittedly difficult to analize. Some have suggested this indicates the dimensions of a missile or some small scale nuclear warhead. It does show that the whole earth is somehow affected in particular the thief and those who "swear falsely". I would tend to think that may mean convenants such as marriages or other vows that are disregarded with God in particular. One could look at other demons in Revelation and the Book of Joel 2:9 for a similar invasion but there are some differences.
The rest of the chapter seems to indicate demonic religion taking root in the land of "Shinar" which is in ancient Mesopotamia or the area of Babylon (verse 11). This could certainly refer to the one world religion being prepared in Abu Dhabi and perhaps envisioned elsewere to bring about unity with all the Monotheistic religions; and or a new religion amalgamating mysticism from Eastern and Western faiths alike. We certainly see this as dominating the world in the first half of the Tribulation ( Rev. 17:3) before Satan overthrows it ( Rev. 17:16) and the subsequent destruction of the religious AND economic Babylon in Revelation 18.
Love you in the Lord Jesus.
I request for all those who have not come to Jesus in what feels like these final days, to repent of their sins and to acknowledge Jesus Christ as your Son who rose from the dead with the promise of eternal salvation for all who believe in him. I know far too many people that don't believe and I fear for them! My prayer is for all to be saved and to be taken up with the Lord whenever that time is that you decide Heavenly Father. Thank you Almighty God for all you do, without you we are nothing.
Fall of Adam attests to it. Day Seven is the fulfillment or making your election sure. This is the only way. Without it Day Six stands for judgment. In Adam all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it. "For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,"(He.2:11)
To recap: "All things were created by him, and for him:/ And he is before all things, and by him all things consist./ And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence./ For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell/ And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven."(Col.1:16-20) Here we have the ministry of reconciliation.
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
So is used as a coordinating conjunction and it connects with the divine Will expressed."And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,"(v.26) From this we can infer the expression,"the image and likeness" is with reference to the Son who is the visible image of the invisible God. In his own image however accepts the principles that govern the action that of Power and Wisdom which in its primary sense are male and female. Thus Wisdom having built her house sends forth her maidens inviting,"Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled." (Pr.9:5)
Overview
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made." (2.3)
The Spirit presents us with seven days indicating that we are looking the creation as willed in the mind of the Father. Seven is a tag for the whole perfect will of God. This can be broadly divided into two where Heaven covers first four days in which Day 3 points his Son in whom the Father was pleased. "And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, "Let all God's angels worship him."(He.1:6) What occurs in heaven is made manifest on the earth. Thus we read passages where a voice from heaven is heard saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."(Matt.3:17)
God had established the Son as the first born of all creation. " Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature." (Col.1:15)
Days 4 to 6 refers to the Son as the Word become flesh, "Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee./ And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me."(He.2:12-13)
"I will declare thy name unto my brethren" makes every one called to join it. In other words we have this verse, "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork." The three wise men saw the glory after their fashion and set out to worship his Son. The heavenly choir appeared to some shepherds likewise. Thus the will of God has been set in motion in manifold ways. So the second division of seven days is the preaching of the Word. Day Five as we discussed in the previous post was about man appointed as the steward of God, the Son was the firstborn of all creation.
What does Day Six signify? Is it not obedience to the call? "I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee." Without obeying the call what is he?
The Fifth Day
"And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life,"
Fifth day is all about life and we shall first study with regards to the life of man. We are considering the spiritual basis for life, and His creation as a memorial is set in heaven of which the four beasts attest the glory of God. In the next two days we are considering stewardship of man. Adam as the double for the Son. The third beast has the face of man. Significance of the number Three cannot be lost on anyone. Memorial in heaven is about overcomer to which Adam cannot be considered as a candidate so the face of man relates to the last Adam.
"The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit./ Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual./ The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven."(1 Co.15:45-47)
The Lord from heaven proved his stewardship as we shall see in his prayer,"But these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, ....While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled."( John 17:11-12)
The number Five has a bearing on the above stewardship. Guilt offering under the Law of Moses specified the value, "he shall restore it in full and shall add a fifth to it, and give it to him to whom it belongs on the day he realizes his guilt."(Le.6:5-ESV) In the Parable of the Five Foolish Virgins who were not good stewards with the Spirit entrusted under their care we see the Number Five used accordingly.
The Spirit refers to the moving creatures that has life in terms of the waters. The Spirit draws a distinction between the seas and the land. In St John's vision the beast arises from the sea which as Isaiah qualifies it, stands for ungodly nations. (Is.57:20)
Good to hear from you. I have been thinking of you.
The John 5 passage reminds me that Jesus and the Father are so united that their love for each other works out the perfect will of the Godhead without conflict nor competition for glory. We are to honor the Father and the Son, for both are equally worthy of all of our praise and service.
I hope your day has been lovely for you, full of blessing and goodness from God.
:)
Fourth Day
The number Four refers to the gospel of God. The same we know as the Gospel of Christ since he made manifest it in his person. His death and resurrection endorse the number Four as a command number. It has a bearing on anyone who would be admitted into the Fellowship. The Synoptic Gospels testify that Jesus Christ is the Saviour of the World whether north, south, east or west is considered. ("And, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world."-Matt.28:20) This stars refer to the righteous." And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever."(Dan.12:3). The symbolism of the stars we come across in the Book of the Revelation. (Re.1;Re.12)
The Father Son relationship is tagged by greater and lesser light. There comes a day Jesus Christ shall judge the wicked. The lesser light to rule the night refers to it .
"And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,/And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good."
"He made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,"
God made the greater light and the lesser light to rule over the day and over the night. Having divided light from darkness the two great lights are established in direct frame of reference to the earth. Sovereignty of the Lord God and the Law shall judge over the day and the night. Having set all things in heaven and under it subject to his Son, it pleased the Father "that in him should all fulness dwell;/ And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven."(Col.1:19-20) Here we have the mystery of His will which we have to assume given his Omnipotence, Omnipresence and Omniscience as perfect wanting no correction whatsoever,
The slain Lamb before the worlds began is an emblem. In the inaugural vision of St John we are shown Jesus Christ giving his testimony: " I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore," He also gives the mystery of seven stars which are in his right hand. (Re.1:18-20. This owe to the account of the Spirit who adds, "He made the stars also". Thus the greater light the lesser light and the stars are to be spiritually understood. Everlasting covenant between God and the Son is sanctified by the Word or the Law. And all these have one thing in common:
Fourth Day (1 of 3)
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
The Spirit is now giving us the creation of two lights which are qualified as great and it is set to rule the day and night. This coming after God had separated light from darkness gives us the role celestial objects play to which the Spirit adds details so the Will of the Father is set off against quality of the Son. These lights are to rule the day and the night respectively.
God commanded Let there be light. It is the Law or the constitution of the kingdom of God. "For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven."(Ps.119:89) When the Son says, "I have come to do thy will" we are given a relationship between God the Father and the Son who accepts the body prepared for him as a sacrifice. "It pleased the Father to bruise him (Is.53:10) and what the Son achieved thereby "For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified,"(He.10:14) are two expressions of God whose name is holy. So the will and the obedience of the Son who became the 'Word become flesh' are to be treated as one-which constitute the Law and it is what rules both day and night.
When God framed worlds by his word we are given the relationship of these two worlds, which are the World of the Spirit and of the visible world of the body. Faith in short is the DNA of the kingdom of Good.(He.11:3)
God is the Father of lights and he does not judge anyone. "For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son."( John 5:22) The day stands for the children of light and the night represent the children of wrath who does not come to light because their works are evil. ( John 3:16-20). "For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved." What is behind culture wars? Devil who sins from the beginning and he knows the value of ethnicity color etc.,
Third Day (3 of 3)
Sometimes, patterns are also known as a sequence. (As a result of supernovae, heavier elements are expelled helter-skelter, breakdown of which are however in sequence. It is this we need look at seven days each shall create its own sequence but has a bearing on the Son.
Having said this we shall consider this passage. "And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so./ And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good./ And the evening and the morning were the third day."(Ge.1:11-13)
Here we have the divine Will and the Son caused it to happen. The Spirit sets the quality of tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself. "Whose seed is in itself" is about the seed, the word of God. In a manner of speaking, God commands. "Be ye holy for I am holy" and a holy family takes form generations after generations, which is a sequence. When Jesus faults the Jews in his time, "Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?"(Matt.7:16) In his prayer Jesus intercedes for his disciples, "Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth"( John 17:17)
The Spirit tags it with the number Three which refers to the Son as Seven is the number associated with the divine Will and completeness. Here we see the tag 'day' is used for several contexts and it shall always be in direct frame of reference to the Son.
Third Day (2 of 3)
As a mode of narrating the Salvation Plan of God we have the eternal word of God served as a pattern as God showed Moses in the wilderness. In v.2 the Spirit informs us that the earth was without form, and void. Its key however is to be spiritually discerned. It is thus the Spirit has associated the passage already cited in Ps.139:15-16. The Spirit consistently follows a pattern where the body of the earth is set on the standard of the Son to which several passages owe affinity. So when Jesus says, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. "( John 2:19) there exists an inner logic that cannot be denied. This key is freely given by the Father of lights with whom there is no variableness ."And by him all things consist. This wisdom from heaven is Person specific. (1 Co.1:30)
In Mathematics, a pattern is a repeated arrangement of numbers, shapes, colours and so on. This pattern can be related to any type of event like throw of a dice or object but for which Game theory and Chaos theory would not exist. If the set of numbers are related to each other in a specific rule, then the rule or manner is called a pattern. It is thus the deity of Jesus has been worked into the narrative so nation of Israel and of the Gentiles do not exist but in the Son.Sometimes, patterns are also known as a sequence. (As a result of supernovae, heavier elements are expelled helter-skelter, breakdown of which are however in sequence. It is this we need look at seven days each shall create its own sequence but has a bearing on the Son.
The Third Day (1 of 3)
Our approach to the word of God has only single basis for which spiritual understanding is what is required. So wisdom from above gives us a template in which God a Spirit is given a visible form, that of the Son,' Who is the image of the invisible God."
So.v1 tells that God created the heaven and the earth. It is what St Paul refers,"For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him."(Col.1:15-16)
The Spirit gives us seven days in which all these are included but how these endure till the fulness of times do not concern us. But Jesus Christ is the key. "that in all things he might have the preeminence./9 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell." The intent of the Spirit is to instruct us in righteousness so any man may find his place in the Fellowship of God with Man.
The creation account in seven days casts only single shadow that is in the person and the deity of Jesus Christ. The Spirit is not interested in giving us any dissertation on the ethnography of man, history of nations flora and fauna such like. Cultivating this image of the Son God has set truth in his inward parts. (2 Co.3:18). If the Son of man in his human likeness could do it, so can anyone so there is no excuse.