15And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms OF THIS WORLD(Devil's world) are become the Kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. (Here is not only a proclaim but the physical establishment of GOD's Kingdom with a ROD of iron, understand? and the satanic NATIONS will be angry, they will be WRATHED, but all them will be as the vessels of a potter, and shall they be broken to shivers, understand?).
16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before GOD on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped GOD,
17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord GOD Almighty, which art, and wast, and art TO COME; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
18 And the NATIONS were (will be) ANGRY /WRATHED, and GOD's WRATH is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be Judged, and that GOD should give reward unto His servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear His name, small and great; and should destroy them which destroy the earth.
1CORINTHIANS 15:24-27
24 The END cometh, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to GOD, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
Be careful or else get ready
The Word of GOD is from everlasting to everlasting, the Word is GOD, GOD Himself, self-executing, understand?
7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half (42 months or 1260 days- Luke 21:24 combined with Revelation 11:2 and Revelation 13:5-9, take a look); and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
8And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the END of these things?
9And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the END.(this time ARRIVED, get ready)
10Many shall be purified, and made white, and TRIED; the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the WISE shall understand.
11And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away(END OF THE DISPENSATION OF GRACE), and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
12 Blessed is he that waiteth,and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
13 But go thou thy way till the END be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the END of the days.-->this time of the END ARRIVED. Matthew 25:29- Unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
Get ready, be careful. JESUS warned: fear Him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell-Mat.10:28.
The Word is GOD, GOD Himself, self-executing, understand?
Dear Sarah , I am so sorry for you . I am very fortunate to live in a country where health care is provided by the government , for everyone and every condition , paid for through taxes . I can't imagine what it must be like to be ill but not able to see a doctor because you don't have any money , you have my heartfelt sympathy . Are there no charities that can help you ? No friends or family ? No social services ? I pray to God that you will be healed and healthy very soon . Some Christians don't ever see a doctor because they believe it is offensive to God to do so . They are free to feel that way but I don't agree . Any medical wisdom is given by God , God who has , in His creation , provided so many things that can cure illnesses and diseases , plants etc . God gives us knowledge for good but sadly we sometimes abuse that knowledge and use it in despicable ways .
Please don't despair and don't give up , try to find a charity that might help you , maybe get your friends and family to try to do something to raise the money that you need , maybe ask your local church to get involved ? If you stay strong and be determined , ask God every day for help and guidance and thank Him always for everything that He has already done for you . Most of all , try not to be afraid , your God is with you . He really is and you must believe that He is and talk to Him every day through Christ our Sinless High Priest .
Don't give up and don't fear , nothing can come between you and your Heavenly Father , He is yours and you are His , always .
Hello Derek , you might get lots of different answers to your question ,which isn't necessarily a bad thing . I can only say what forgiveness means to me .
Firstly , someone has to offend me for there to be anything for me to forgive them for . You spoke of worldly people ? Is that something that requires your forgiveness ? If that's the case then you have a lot of people to forgive .
To me forgiveness means , that if someone has deliberately and knowingly done something very unpleasant to me , I must not take vengeance and I must let it go and not hold it against them in any way ,shape or form . Is it my place to forgive someone for doing something bad to someone else other than myself ? After thinking about this very carefully , I've decided that it's not my place . The offence wasn't against me so it's not for me to forgive . Image if someone stole your friend's car and your friend forgave them but you didn't . Does that seem right ? Not to me it doesn't . It wasn't my car that was stolen so I'm not the victim . The grudge is not mine to hold on to .
In my life I have been very badly treated by a few people , all of whom I have forgiven but , the memories do still linger . That's the hardest part , forgetting .
Also , I found it much easier to forgive someone that I love because I love them but strangely , it's also easy to forgive those that I don't love because I don't love them . The best aspect of forgiving others , for me , is how liberating it is not to hold on to any anger or bitterness in my heart . To be free of nasty thoughts or feelings toward anyone . It's a good feeling . I hope others on here will answer you also , it's a good topic of conversation so let's hear what others have to say .
Mark 7:31 - And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
Again, Decapolis is referring to the 10 Greek cities around the Sea of Galilee.
Mark 8:2 - I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:
The word compassion in Greek is the word SPLUNKNOSE, which is the Greek word for the intestines, the viscera. And what the Greeks would do in order to show a deep love, or a deep passion for something, they would use the inner organs of the body.
That's where we got term heart from, like "evil comes out of the heart." It is not talking about the muscle that pumps blood, it is talking about the spirit of man. And so, the Greeks would use the internal organs to identify, and SPLUNKNOSE, the viscera, or intestines had to do with genuine compassion.
Mark 8:8 - So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets.
Now here is something you're not going to catch in any English bible about this word "basket." In Mark Chapter 6, when He fed the 5000, they took up baskets, KHOPHANOS. The KHOPHANOS, taking up 12 baskets, it was like a carrying bag. And it is what people would take on trips to carry food in.
But here in Mark 8:8, we have a different word for baskets. It is the word SPURIDAS, and they are like the hamper baskets. These are huge things, so the disciples definitely are not taking these baskets. And we know from Mark 8:14 that they didn't take anything with them because they said "Hey, we don't have any bread. We forgot to take bread!" So obviously the multitudes got this food for their migration home.
Mark 7:3 - For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
So, they are holding the tradition, the HALACH, of the elders.
Mark 7:6 - He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
Now we always think hypocrites is like a bad word, you know, like "You hypocrite!" But it is from the Greek word that means an actor. And what Jesus is doing is He is calling them for exactly what they are. This is what religion is. Religion is working on "acting" like you are supposed to. Whatever the laws, the rules, and traditions are, everything is from the outside, and you are disciplining yourself to act in a very religious way. So, He says actors! In other words, you are just playing the part.
The word hypocrite comes from the Greek word HUPOCRISIS, and it is a word that means to answer according to the script. And some people take the bible, and they work very hard at trying to act out the script. Jesus says Hypocrites, as it is written, and this is from Isaiah 29:13, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
Mark 7:9 - And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
Again, this would be the HALACH.
Mark 7:26 - The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
So, the woman was a Greek. Now it doesn't mean that she was a Greek person. There were only two groups of people in the world at that time, Jew or Greek. A Greek was a heathen. So, she was a Greek (heathen), a Syrophenician by nation.
Mark 6:37 - He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
This is something else that we might not catch from our English text. The word pennyworth is the word DENARI in the Greek. A DENARI is one-day's wage. Now just so you know, 200 pennyworth (DENARI) is two hundred days wages. Today, if you walked into a candy store and asked for 200 pennyworth of candy, they are probably going to give you two-dollars' worth of candy.
Mark 6:42 - And they did all eat, and were filled.
The word filled means satisfied in the Greek.
Mark 6:43 - And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.
The word for baskets is KOPHANOS. It is translated in our English bible as "basket," but it's actually a large carrying bag, not a basket. And there were 12 carrying bags full of food left over. How many disciples are there? Twelve, it's for them! They are going to fill their travel bags up with all this leftover food, and they are going to be touring the country, and they are going to be eating this food for themselves. And every time they take food out of that carrying bag, they are going to remember where it came from.
Mark 7:2 - And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
This is not one of those wash your hands before dinner things like they had dirty hands when they were eating. What they're saying is that they did not ceremonially wash their hands before they ate.
The reference is not to anything in the scriptures, nothing in the bible, or nothing in the law. It is called the HALACH. Every Jewish person knows what the HALACH is. It is the traditions of man. This book contains the traditions that Jews are to live by in light of the scriptures. Most of them you will not find in the Old Testament at all. It is just tradition.
Mark 5:17 - And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
And they began to "pray him," that is, appeal to Jesus to depart from out of their coasts.
Mark 5:20 - And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.
The term Decapolis (DEKAPOLEI) means 10 cities. These are the 10 Gentile cities that surround the Sea of Galilee. This man who was once demon possessed went into all 10 cities, and told how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel. This is something we might not get without the help of the Greek text. The way this is written in our English Bibles looks like this man went to a place called Decapolis.
Mark 6:3 - Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
The word carpenter is the Greek word TEKTON where we get our English word technician from. It is literally translated a craftsman. The chances of Jesus being a carpenter or working in His dad's carpenter shop are slim to none.
The Jews to this day still hold that He was a stone mason because they didn't have much wood in those days. They claim that He was a stone mason, He and His father. Is not this the craftsman, the son of Mary? It didn't say son of Joseph, so Joseph probably is not alive at this time.
Mark 6:8 - And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:
Just some general information you may already know. This word staff means walking stick. Today, if someone says I brought my staff with me, we might take that to mean those who work for that person.
Mark 4:20 - And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
I just want to point out that these are Present Tense verbs, showing continuous action. Such as hear the word, continually hearing, and receive it, continually receiving it, and are continually bringing forth fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some a hundred.
Mark 4:21 - And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
The word candle in the King James comes from the word LAMPROS. It is literally the word lamp.
Mark 4:40 - And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
Can you imagine such a big storm like that and all Jesus says is "Stop and be quiet!" Everything is like nothing happened! So, Jesus asks them two questions. First, why are ye so fearful? Now if it was me, I would be like "Fearful? You got to be kidding! We were in the biggest storm of our life. What do you mean fearful?"
But this particular word fearful in Greek is the word DEILOS, and in Greek, it literally means cowardly. Not fearful like PHOBOS. Jesus was saying, why were you cowards? How is it that you have no faith? That is not a challenge. He is saying take inventory. Why don't you have faith?
Mark 5:1 - And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
Some of our English texts might say Gergesenes instead of Gadarenes. Actually, these are two cites. And these two areas are close together on the eastern side of the Sea of Galilee.
Mark 5:9 - And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
A legion is 6,000 soldiers. This man had 6,000 demons. I'd say that's beyond human ability!
Mark 3:22 - And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
This word Beelzebub, the Philistines had insects as their gods. Beelzebub is the "lord of the flies," and the Jews used to make fun of people. If they came across somebody's religion, they would say "Oh, you are worshipping flies today, are you?" It was because they worshipped the true and living God. So, the Jews would make fun of others.
Some texts say Beelzebul, not Beelzebub. Beelzebul is "lord of the dunghill." So, they say he has Beelzebub, lord the flies, and he casts out demons by the prince of the demons.
Mark 4:9 - And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
That is a very important phrase. I shared this during Matthew's Study, but I will share it again. When Jesus commands for something to happen, it has to happen. This is not an invitation as it might sound. He is saying the one who already has ears to hear, and then the text says, hear. It is a command! So only those people that have a spiritual ear to hear are going to hear it. That is all He told them about the story.
Mark 4:11 - And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
The term "Them that are without" means those that are without Christ, those who do not have a spiritual ear to hear.
Mark 4:18 - And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
In the Greek text it says they keep hearing it. It is a habit of life. They don't just hear it once. They are continually hearing the word.
Mark 2:22 - And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
Literally it is wineskins. Here's what He is saying:
When you put wine into these wine skins for fermentation, when the gases began to escape from the grape, the wine skins expand with the wine. When it is through expanding, the skins are in one place, and the skins harden, they stay just in one place. You take it and you and pour it out.
So, if you take an already used wine skin that has already stretched to its maximum and is already hardened, and if you put new wine in it, when the new wine begins to expand, it is going to crack and break and your wine is gone. You put new wine in new wine skins. So, He says the problem here is that I didn't come to pour new wine (the Spirit of God), into an old religious system. It doesn't work!
That is why John the Baptist told the Jewish people that they must repent and turn to Messiah for their salvation, and that they could no longer depend upon Judaism because Jesus didn't come to breathe new life into an old system. He called people to follow Him. As a matter of fact, He didn't breathe life into any system. He came to call people to follow Him!
Mark 3:3 - And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
Jesus tells this man with the withered hand, He says "Stand out here, in the middle." That would be the literal translation.
Mark 3:14 - And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,
That little phrase "send them forth" is the verb form of apostle, APOSTELLO. Jesus sent them out with the commission to preach. That's what an apostle is, someone who has been appointed by God and has been sent out on a commission to proclaim God's word.
Mark 1:21 - And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.
Here is the literal translation of this verse:
"And they went into Capernaum; and immediately on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and was teaching." The literal translation is in the Imperfect Tense in the Greek which shows habit.
Mark 1:42 - And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.
So, Jesus touched this leper. You can just hear the crowd gasping, you know? He touched him! And Jesus says to him, I will; that is, I am willing, be thou clean.
And as soon as he had spoken, guess what happened? Immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed. I emphasize this to you because it is important that everything happen immediately with Jesus because if it just clears up gradually over a couple days, people can say "Well, he got healed somewhere else!" Immediately the leprosy left him!
Mark 2:5 - When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
Again, "sick of the palsy" is one Greek word that means paralyzed.
Mark 2:14 - And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
So as Jesus passed by, he saw Levi. This is Matthew. He is also called Levi. He was sitting at the "receipt of custom," which means that he was a tax collector. But not just any ordinary tax collector because he was Jewish, and he was working for the Roman government to collect taxes from his own people. His own people considered him a traitor. He didn't care because he got rich. He taxed the people what the Roman government wanted, and then he taxed them for what he wanted. And they hated him.
Mark 1:9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.
Please notice the prepositional phrase "in those days." The King James translation retains it, but some of the others change it. But it is actually a phrase that is making reference to Jewish feast days. So, when you see the phrase "in those days," it is referring to a Jewish feast day.
In Luke Chapter 2, it says "In those days," a decree went out for all to be taxed. So that's a clue to us that when Jesus was born, He was born during a Jewish feast. The town was crowded not because the people had to come and register, but because they were in town for the feast of Tabernacles. And Bethlehem was a staging area where people would stay as they would come and go in and out of Jerusalem.
I am sharing this because it adds more importance and meaning, even to the birth of Christ that He would come, because in the midst of the feast of Tabernacles, they would celebrate God dwelling with us, and that is when Jesus was born. So, "In those days," because we are in the days of TESHUVA, but it says that in those days, Jesus came down from Nazareth, and He was baptized by John in the Jordan.
Mark 1:17 - And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.
The term "after me" is literally behind me. It is the word OPISO in Greek. This verse literally reads "Come ye behind me." Jesus points this out later that the proper position in following Christ is behind Him.
But notice what He says, two things:
He says first of all, "I will make you." Jesus is the one who makes us to be what He wants us to be. "I will make you to become." This shows a process. These are important words. Jesus says, "I will make you to become fishers of men." This is a play on words. You are fishermen, but I'm going to make you fishers of men.
Before I begin sharing these Greek/English text comparisons on Mark's gospel, I want to point out that there are several words we see in Mark such as "Straightway," "Forthwith," and "Anon." These are all one Greek word that means immediately. The translators could have saved us some time looking up these words by translating the Greek word EUTHEOS as immediately.
Mark 1:1 - The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
I want to share a technical point in Verse 1. The term "the beginning" in this verse is not in the original language. There is no word "the" in the Greek text. It's just beginning of the gospel. It is the word ARCHAE, but it is different than what is used in John 1:1 which says, "in beginning."
Here in Mark, he just says "beginning," and that is it. It is just a noun, a word. It is not the same as John 1:1, but actually ARCHAE represents this Hebrew word TECHILA. TECHILA means the first stage. So, when he says the beginning of the gospel, he is saying I'm presenting to you the first stage. I am not going to talk about His birth or anything else. I'm going to begin the gospel of Jesus Christ at this point.
Thank you very much for the kind reply. No need for apology. We all get grumpy and fatigued from time to time. Grumpy and fatigued are both fleshly terms and sometimes we let our flesh get the best of us. It happens to us all. It's something we cannot avoid. At this time, I choose not to ask any more questions.
I am happy to hear that you found the studies I posted on Matthew. I have finished going through Mark and will start posting them tonight. I will be posting them as a "New Comment" so you won't see them in your email. As I did with Matthew, I am going to title the Mark studies as Biblical Greek Perspectives, so that is how you will find them.
Blessings to you, and I hope you have a great evening!
"For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled."
This is part of the Sermon on the Mount which the Spirit sets against a mountain.(5:1) Jesus goes to this mountain and his disciples 'came unto him.' Jesus was there as fulfilment of the word, "that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet" and the blessings he presents there as the 'only begotten Son' sent by his Father is what the everlasting covenant with which the Spirit opened the Bible. He was with God and he is the Man component. The Word or the Law we see in the Gospel of John, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God./The same was in the beginning with God." It is significant that he declares emphatically that the Law shall be fulfilled in v.18. So we can see from the emblem of the mountain, the Spirit instructs he as the stone cut not with hands came from the Mountain of God and shall stop only with Zion the holy habitation of God. Not a jot or tittle refers to the little ones Jesus referred often, those who are blessed and for whom he has promised a kingdom as well.""for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom."( Luke 12:32). What is popularly called as the Beatitudes is the basis of the Fellowship of God with Man. In him whosoever heard the call is blessed. One may go through John 1:1-2 and understand the methodology of His calling. Fellowship of God and Man is on the basis that Man who was in the beginning with God. God decreed the day for his Son has this tag 'unto this day' and 'in that day' which refers the day that God may be in all. 1 Cor.15:20-28
Consider this saying, "At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you." The outpouring of the Holy Spirit was for the Word to be fulfilled in the Man component.
The Word of GOD is from everlasting to everlasting, the Word is GOD, GOD Himself, self-executing, understand?
My Lord JESUS, Christ JESUS, make it very clear, saying: John 15:
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit He - the Father - taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, He purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
I distance myself when I sense someone is being untruthful or worldly. I take note of it. i also want to be forgiving, because Jesus says we won't be forgiven if we don't forgive others.
Does forgiving mean I need to continue a relationship with them and forget they were worldly- what does forgiving actually mean?
Thanks, got it, the veil is an image of a spiritual blind spot that will not be lifted until the return of Jesus, Romans 11:16-25. The old covenant mediated through Moses had its glory and the veil Paul speaks of prevents them from seeing the old had an end. I feel it was mainly the leaders of Jerusalem because the beginning of the Church was the lost sheep of Israel who Jesus first came for before the gospel was sent to the Gentiles.
In the future, whether it be short or many years, the Gentile's time will end, and the branches will be grafted back in that were broken off for us. When Jesus returns, the battle of Armageddon, and Satan is locked in the pit, the kingdom will be set up.
When Jesus declares, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me,"( John 14:6) He is the way for the day of Regeneration. The same day, one is tagged day of salvation and the other end of Regeneration which is 'from everlasting to everlasting.' The divine Will is perfect to which his holiness does not allow any correction of deletion. God's calling and gifts are irrevocable so God sanctifies the seventh day. (Ge.2:1-3) Under the covenant man who enters the day Seven is blessed, to which St Paul alludes,"hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ."(Ep.1:3-4)
"These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens," (Ge.2:4) The Word spoken by God is a continual process and it shall not return to him incomplete or void. So our fulness is not marked by generation any other than that of the Son. " In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee." (Is.49:8) The 'now' in this verse refers to will of God, "Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation."(2 Co.6:2) Day of salvation applies to us and according to the earth time. "while it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation." In the day of Salvation Israel had to make a choice as Saul /Paul had to.
"And as he (Saul) journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:/And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?/And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest."(Ac.9:3-5)
While studying the volume we have in Jesus, is that we are a new creation. We have a birth according to time and place. As a proof Apostle Peter testifies David for an example. "Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day." (Ac.2:29) Evangelist Matthew begins his Gospel by stating the generation of Jesus, that he is the son of David. In the Psalm David refers to him as the Lord, and 'my king'. "Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion./I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee." This knowledge of God and Man is what defines the generation of Jesus Christ. He is the man component co-eternal with God. The Word supplied and David declares it as true. It is called 'this day' which is established as 'Amen' and the Spirit while organizing the God document gives it with a tag,"unto this day".
Accordingly the host of angel appearing to the shepherds announces, "For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord./ And this shall be a sign unto you." ( Luke 2:11-12) The word concerning his birth as cited in the Psalm was fulfilled. The sign refers to its fulfilment.
In the context of the generation let us define the day from the life of David, his city and his grave are physical markers and it is part Israel as a nation. Jesus as his son also testified, "For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end."( Luke 22:37-39). This 'day' is where the things that are written by the Word before the worlds began are accomplished. When Jesus declares, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me,"( John 14:4) He is the way for the day of Regeneration. The same day, one is tagged day of salvation
"O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh."
In order to understand what it means by our calling we begin with our heart. "From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth./He fashioneth their hearts alike."(Ps.33:14-15) When God has breathed into the nostrils of one he has done equally with all. However how each one responds to it is different. They have works as the Pharisees would seek a sign from Jesus. Are they seeking holiness or merely out of curiosity? As with the Pharisee in the Parable he has his works to show in order to justify himself. Before men they certainly sound holy as we have those play racial tropes and slurs to justify themselves. What does God speak of their fasts and prayers? " Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?"(Is.58:6)
So our estimation of our own worth does not count.
So we speak of heart as God sees it, can only by the word, which was with God. ( John 1:1) Jesus Christ, the word become flesh in us is where we are counted as being part of the generation of Jesus Christ. St Matthew refers to the Gospel as the book of the generation of Jesus Christ. "According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world," gives us a beginning. Christ dwelling in us by faith consequently gives us volume. Without Christ how we judge ourselves is no different than the Pharisee. Those who "trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others" are in the same cesspool of their hypocrisy. White Evangelicals or Ethnic minorities or whoever serve as false witness to despise the other belongs to the generation of vipers. Vipers are cannibals and in the church also we see them devouring each other on the basis of race and colour.
"And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever."
John's testimony is not second hand but what he heard with his ears. Volume of a believer called under the covenant is not three dimensional but must include time as well. That is what the God document signifies. Comparing Greek Aramaic and Hebrew texts are well and good but without the element of faith accepting the many promises of God it is like taking an online course in swimming without ever hitting the water. Amazing, isn't it? "Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth," is merely on paper without changing your life accordingly. "For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies./These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man."(Matt.15:19-20) This is what Jesus taught as well lived during his earthly ministry. It is an example for us to live by. He was among men but his heart was in heavenly places. How do we know it? Jesus leaving his anonymous years at Nazareth he settles down in Capernaum, according to the word of God, and Evangelist Matthew says," From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."(4:17). He saw the same light others saw from where sat, in heavenly place, and the sign was unmistakeable, "The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.." This is what volume of a child of God signals. Led by the Spirit the word of God takes on an exceptional clarity, as some one rapping on the door and that cannot be put of. "For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."(Matt.6:21)
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Thank you! One thing I believe is a certain is that when Jesus does come back, every Jew is going to recognize Him as their Messiah, the one they crucified. Those who rejected Him back then are going to realize they made a mistake.
1 Thessalonians 5:3 KJV: For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
Daniel 11:43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
Isaiah 10:7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
When the Antichrist arrives; perhaps he doesn't even realize what his destiny is or how far Satan will lead him into destruction at the outset. Prophecy in Daniel mentions his flattery as well as understanding "dark sentences" or the occult. Dividing the land for gain also shows how everyone gets a piece of the action in the Daniel 9:27 covenant; which certainly sounds like some of the concepts going on today to get the Saudis involved as well as other nations to make the borders acceptable to all with the reconfigurations planned.
Going back to our lives today; we could look simply at food and clothing ( 1 Tim. 6:8) and be content (notice it doesn't even mention shelter). However as Paul stated he learned to be content in want as well as plenty ( Philippians 4:11-13). With peace of course we have joy; so that Paul and Silas could sing and pray joyfully in shackled chains ( Acts 16:25-26). The Lord gave them a quick deliverance at that point; with the jailor and his family coming to faith and being baptized before the authorities released them the next day along with Paul's insistence on escort out since they were Roman citizens. His later imprisonments would be longer although he had much latitude in leading other prisoners; and eventually of course he was martyred.
We are seated in heavenly places (Hebrews I think). We have peace the world can't have ( John 14:27). Let us warn others about false peace and avoid the pitfalls ourselves.
15And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms OF THIS WORLD(Devil's world) are become the Kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. (Here is not only a proclaim but the physical establishment of GOD's Kingdom with a ROD of iron, understand? and the satanic NATIONS will be angry, they will be WRATHED, but all them will be as the vessels of a potter, and shall they be broken to shivers, understand?).
16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before GOD on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped GOD,
17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord GOD Almighty, which art, and wast, and art TO COME; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
18 And the NATIONS were (will be) ANGRY /WRATHED, and GOD's WRATH is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be Judged, and that GOD should give reward unto His servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear His name, small and great; and should destroy them which destroy the earth.
1CORINTHIANS 15:24-27
24 The END cometh, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to GOD, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
Be careful or else get ready
The Word of GOD is from everlasting to everlasting, the Word is GOD, GOD Himself, self-executing, understand?
Get ready
7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half (42 months or 1260 days- Luke 21:24 combined with Revelation 11:2 and Revelation 13:5-9, take a look); and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
8And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the END of these things?
9And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the END.(this time ARRIVED, get ready)
10Many shall be purified, and made white, and TRIED; the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the WISE shall understand.
11And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away(END OF THE DISPENSATION OF GRACE), and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
12 Blessed is he that waiteth,and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
13 But go thou thy way till the END be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the END of the days.-->this time of the END ARRIVED. Matthew 25:29- Unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
Get ready, be careful. JESUS warned: fear Him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell-Mat.10:28.
The Word is GOD, GOD Himself, self-executing, understand?
Please don't despair and don't give up , try to find a charity that might help you , maybe get your friends and family to try to do something to raise the money that you need , maybe ask your local church to get involved ? If you stay strong and be determined , ask God every day for help and guidance and thank Him always for everything that He has already done for you . Most of all , try not to be afraid , your God is with you . He really is and you must believe that He is and talk to Him every day through Christ our Sinless High Priest .
Don't give up and don't fear , nothing can come between you and your Heavenly Father , He is yours and you are His , always .
Firstly , someone has to offend me for there to be anything for me to forgive them for . You spoke of worldly people ? Is that something that requires your forgiveness ? If that's the case then you have a lot of people to forgive .
To me forgiveness means , that if someone has deliberately and knowingly done something very unpleasant to me , I must not take vengeance and I must let it go and not hold it against them in any way ,shape or form . Is it my place to forgive someone for doing something bad to someone else other than myself ? After thinking about this very carefully , I've decided that it's not my place . The offence wasn't against me so it's not for me to forgive . Image if someone stole your friend's car and your friend forgave them but you didn't . Does that seem right ? Not to me it doesn't . It wasn't my car that was stolen so I'm not the victim . The grudge is not mine to hold on to .
In my life I have been very badly treated by a few people , all of whom I have forgiven but , the memories do still linger . That's the hardest part , forgetting .
Also , I found it much easier to forgive someone that I love because I love them but strangely , it's also easy to forgive those that I don't love because I don't love them . The best aspect of forgiving others , for me , is how liberating it is not to hold on to any anger or bitterness in my heart . To be free of nasty thoughts or feelings toward anyone . It's a good feeling . I hope others on here will answer you also , it's a good topic of conversation so let's hear what others have to say .
Mark 7:31 - And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
Again, Decapolis is referring to the 10 Greek cities around the Sea of Galilee.
Mark 8:2 - I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:
The word compassion in Greek is the word SPLUNKNOSE, which is the Greek word for the intestines, the viscera. And what the Greeks would do in order to show a deep love, or a deep passion for something, they would use the inner organs of the body.
That's where we got term heart from, like "evil comes out of the heart." It is not talking about the muscle that pumps blood, it is talking about the spirit of man. And so, the Greeks would use the internal organs to identify, and SPLUNKNOSE, the viscera, or intestines had to do with genuine compassion.
Mark 8:8 - So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets.
Now here is something you're not going to catch in any English bible about this word "basket." In Mark Chapter 6, when He fed the 5000, they took up baskets, KHOPHANOS. The KHOPHANOS, taking up 12 baskets, it was like a carrying bag. And it is what people would take on trips to carry food in.
But here in Mark 8:8, we have a different word for baskets. It is the word SPURIDAS, and they are like the hamper baskets. These are huge things, so the disciples definitely are not taking these baskets. And we know from Mark 8:14 that they didn't take anything with them because they said "Hey, we don't have any bread. We forgot to take bread!" So obviously the multitudes got this food for their migration home.
Mark 7:3 - For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
So, they are holding the tradition, the HALACH, of the elders.
Mark 7:6 - He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
Now we always think hypocrites is like a bad word, you know, like "You hypocrite!" But it is from the Greek word that means an actor. And what Jesus is doing is He is calling them for exactly what they are. This is what religion is. Religion is working on "acting" like you are supposed to. Whatever the laws, the rules, and traditions are, everything is from the outside, and you are disciplining yourself to act in a very religious way. So, He says actors! In other words, you are just playing the part.
The word hypocrite comes from the Greek word HUPOCRISIS, and it is a word that means to answer according to the script. And some people take the bible, and they work very hard at trying to act out the script. Jesus says Hypocrites, as it is written, and this is from Isaiah 29:13, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
Mark 7:9 - And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
Again, this would be the HALACH.
Mark 7:26 - The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
So, the woman was a Greek. Now it doesn't mean that she was a Greek person. There were only two groups of people in the world at that time, Jew or Greek. A Greek was a heathen. So, she was a Greek (heathen), a Syrophenician by nation.
Mark 6:37 - He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
This is something else that we might not catch from our English text. The word pennyworth is the word DENARI in the Greek. A DENARI is one-day's wage. Now just so you know, 200 pennyworth (DENARI) is two hundred days wages. Today, if you walked into a candy store and asked for 200 pennyworth of candy, they are probably going to give you two-dollars' worth of candy.
Mark 6:42 - And they did all eat, and were filled.
The word filled means satisfied in the Greek.
Mark 6:43 - And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.
The word for baskets is KOPHANOS. It is translated in our English bible as "basket," but it's actually a large carrying bag, not a basket. And there were 12 carrying bags full of food left over. How many disciples are there? Twelve, it's for them! They are going to fill their travel bags up with all this leftover food, and they are going to be touring the country, and they are going to be eating this food for themselves. And every time they take food out of that carrying bag, they are going to remember where it came from.
Mark 7:2 - And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
This is not one of those wash your hands before dinner things like they had dirty hands when they were eating. What they're saying is that they did not ceremonially wash their hands before they ate.
The reference is not to anything in the scriptures, nothing in the bible, or nothing in the law. It is called the HALACH. Every Jewish person knows what the HALACH is. It is the traditions of man. This book contains the traditions that Jews are to live by in light of the scriptures. Most of them you will not find in the Old Testament at all. It is just tradition.
Mark 5:17 - And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
And they began to "pray him," that is, appeal to Jesus to depart from out of their coasts.
Mark 5:20 - And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.
The term Decapolis (DEKAPOLEI) means 10 cities. These are the 10 Gentile cities that surround the Sea of Galilee. This man who was once demon possessed went into all 10 cities, and told how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel. This is something we might not get without the help of the Greek text. The way this is written in our English Bibles looks like this man went to a place called Decapolis.
Mark 6:3 - Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
The word carpenter is the Greek word TEKTON where we get our English word technician from. It is literally translated a craftsman. The chances of Jesus being a carpenter or working in His dad's carpenter shop are slim to none.
The Jews to this day still hold that He was a stone mason because they didn't have much wood in those days. They claim that He was a stone mason, He and His father. Is not this the craftsman, the son of Mary? It didn't say son of Joseph, so Joseph probably is not alive at this time.
Mark 6:8 - And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:
Just some general information you may already know. This word staff means walking stick. Today, if someone says I brought my staff with me, we might take that to mean those who work for that person.
Mark 4:20 - And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
I just want to point out that these are Present Tense verbs, showing continuous action. Such as hear the word, continually hearing, and receive it, continually receiving it, and are continually bringing forth fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some a hundred.
Mark 4:21 - And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
The word candle in the King James comes from the word LAMPROS. It is literally the word lamp.
Mark 4:40 - And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
Can you imagine such a big storm like that and all Jesus says is "Stop and be quiet!" Everything is like nothing happened! So, Jesus asks them two questions. First, why are ye so fearful? Now if it was me, I would be like "Fearful? You got to be kidding! We were in the biggest storm of our life. What do you mean fearful?"
But this particular word fearful in Greek is the word DEILOS, and in Greek, it literally means cowardly. Not fearful like PHOBOS. Jesus was saying, why were you cowards? How is it that you have no faith? That is not a challenge. He is saying take inventory. Why don't you have faith?
Mark 5:1 - And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
Some of our English texts might say Gergesenes instead of Gadarenes. Actually, these are two cites. And these two areas are close together on the eastern side of the Sea of Galilee.
Mark 5:9 - And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
A legion is 6,000 soldiers. This man had 6,000 demons. I'd say that's beyond human ability!
Mark 3:22 - And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
This word Beelzebub, the Philistines had insects as their gods. Beelzebub is the "lord of the flies," and the Jews used to make fun of people. If they came across somebody's religion, they would say "Oh, you are worshipping flies today, are you?" It was because they worshipped the true and living God. So, the Jews would make fun of others.
Some texts say Beelzebul, not Beelzebub. Beelzebul is "lord of the dunghill." So, they say he has Beelzebub, lord the flies, and he casts out demons by the prince of the demons.
Mark 4:9 - And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
That is a very important phrase. I shared this during Matthew's Study, but I will share it again. When Jesus commands for something to happen, it has to happen. This is not an invitation as it might sound. He is saying the one who already has ears to hear, and then the text says, hear. It is a command! So only those people that have a spiritual ear to hear are going to hear it. That is all He told them about the story.
Mark 4:11 - And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
The term "Them that are without" means those that are without Christ, those who do not have a spiritual ear to hear.
Mark 4:18 - And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
In the Greek text it says they keep hearing it. It is a habit of life. They don't just hear it once. They are continually hearing the word.
Mark 2:22 - And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
Literally it is wineskins. Here's what He is saying:
When you put wine into these wine skins for fermentation, when the gases began to escape from the grape, the wine skins expand with the wine. When it is through expanding, the skins are in one place, and the skins harden, they stay just in one place. You take it and you and pour it out.
So, if you take an already used wine skin that has already stretched to its maximum and is already hardened, and if you put new wine in it, when the new wine begins to expand, it is going to crack and break and your wine is gone. You put new wine in new wine skins. So, He says the problem here is that I didn't come to pour new wine (the Spirit of God), into an old religious system. It doesn't work!
That is why John the Baptist told the Jewish people that they must repent and turn to Messiah for their salvation, and that they could no longer depend upon Judaism because Jesus didn't come to breathe new life into an old system. He called people to follow Him. As a matter of fact, He didn't breathe life into any system. He came to call people to follow Him!
Mark 3:3 - And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
Jesus tells this man with the withered hand, He says "Stand out here, in the middle." That would be the literal translation.
Mark 3:14 - And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,
That little phrase "send them forth" is the verb form of apostle, APOSTELLO. Jesus sent them out with the commission to preach. That's what an apostle is, someone who has been appointed by God and has been sent out on a commission to proclaim God's word.
Mark 1:21 - And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.
Here is the literal translation of this verse:
"And they went into Capernaum; and immediately on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and was teaching." The literal translation is in the Imperfect Tense in the Greek which shows habit.
Mark 1:42 - And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.
So, Jesus touched this leper. You can just hear the crowd gasping, you know? He touched him! And Jesus says to him, I will; that is, I am willing, be thou clean.
And as soon as he had spoken, guess what happened? Immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed. I emphasize this to you because it is important that everything happen immediately with Jesus because if it just clears up gradually over a couple days, people can say "Well, he got healed somewhere else!" Immediately the leprosy left him!
Mark 2:5 - When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
Again, "sick of the palsy" is one Greek word that means paralyzed.
Mark 2:14 - And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
So as Jesus passed by, he saw Levi. This is Matthew. He is also called Levi. He was sitting at the "receipt of custom," which means that he was a tax collector. But not just any ordinary tax collector because he was Jewish, and he was working for the Roman government to collect taxes from his own people. His own people considered him a traitor. He didn't care because he got rich. He taxed the people what the Roman government wanted, and then he taxed them for what he wanted. And they hated him.
Mark 1:9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.
Please notice the prepositional phrase "in those days." The King James translation retains it, but some of the others change it. But it is actually a phrase that is making reference to Jewish feast days. So, when you see the phrase "in those days," it is referring to a Jewish feast day.
In Luke Chapter 2, it says "In those days," a decree went out for all to be taxed. So that's a clue to us that when Jesus was born, He was born during a Jewish feast. The town was crowded not because the people had to come and register, but because they were in town for the feast of Tabernacles. And Bethlehem was a staging area where people would stay as they would come and go in and out of Jerusalem.
I am sharing this because it adds more importance and meaning, even to the birth of Christ that He would come, because in the midst of the feast of Tabernacles, they would celebrate God dwelling with us, and that is when Jesus was born. So, "In those days," because we are in the days of TESHUVA, but it says that in those days, Jesus came down from Nazareth, and He was baptized by John in the Jordan.
Mark 1:17 - And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.
The term "after me" is literally behind me. It is the word OPISO in Greek. This verse literally reads "Come ye behind me." Jesus points this out later that the proper position in following Christ is behind Him.
But notice what He says, two things:
He says first of all, "I will make you." Jesus is the one who makes us to be what He wants us to be. "I will make you to become." This shows a process. These are important words. Jesus says, "I will make you to become fishers of men." This is a play on words. You are fishermen, but I'm going to make you fishers of men.
Mark (Part 1):
Before I begin sharing these Greek/English text comparisons on Mark's gospel, I want to point out that there are several words we see in Mark such as "Straightway," "Forthwith," and "Anon." These are all one Greek word that means immediately. The translators could have saved us some time looking up these words by translating the Greek word EUTHEOS as immediately.
Mark 1:1 - The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
I want to share a technical point in Verse 1. The term "the beginning" in this verse is not in the original language. There is no word "the" in the Greek text. It's just beginning of the gospel. It is the word ARCHAE, but it is different than what is used in John 1:1 which says, "in beginning."
Here in Mark, he just says "beginning," and that is it. It is just a noun, a word. It is not the same as John 1:1, but actually ARCHAE represents this Hebrew word TECHILA. TECHILA means the first stage. So, when he says the beginning of the gospel, he is saying I'm presenting to you the first stage. I am not going to talk about His birth or anything else. I'm going to begin the gospel of Jesus Christ at this point.
Thank you very much for the kind reply. No need for apology. We all get grumpy and fatigued from time to time. Grumpy and fatigued are both fleshly terms and sometimes we let our flesh get the best of us. It happens to us all. It's something we cannot avoid. At this time, I choose not to ask any more questions.
I am happy to hear that you found the studies I posted on Matthew. I have finished going through Mark and will start posting them tonight. I will be posting them as a "New Comment" so you won't see them in your email. As I did with Matthew, I am going to title the Mark studies as Biblical Greek Perspectives, so that is how you will find them.
Blessings to you, and I hope you have a great evening!
You can distance yourself from someone but yet still be close.
I would distance myself from any sinful activity he or she is doing but I would still try to witness to them.
If you find forgiveness hard to do I would try having mercy them.
It's hard to advise from the outside on your situation with this person but we are to consider ourselves and our relationship to the Lord.
Jesus bore our sins while we were yet sinners!
Romans 5:6-8 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
I hope this helps.
God bless
"For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled."
This is part of the Sermon on the Mount which the Spirit sets against a mountain.(5:1) Jesus goes to this mountain and his disciples 'came unto him.' Jesus was there as fulfilment of the word, "that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet" and the blessings he presents there as the 'only begotten Son' sent by his Father is what the everlasting covenant with which the Spirit opened the Bible. He was with God and he is the Man component. The Word or the Law we see in the Gospel of John, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God./The same was in the beginning with God." It is significant that he declares emphatically that the Law shall be fulfilled in v.18. So we can see from the emblem of the mountain, the Spirit instructs he as the stone cut not with hands came from the Mountain of God and shall stop only with Zion the holy habitation of God. Not a jot or tittle refers to the little ones Jesus referred often, those who are blessed and for whom he has promised a kingdom as well.""for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom."( Luke 12:32). What is popularly called as the Beatitudes is the basis of the Fellowship of God with Man. In him whosoever heard the call is blessed. One may go through John 1:1-2 and understand the methodology of His calling. Fellowship of God and Man is on the basis that Man who was in the beginning with God. God decreed the day for his Son has this tag 'unto this day' and 'in that day' which refers the day that God may be in all. 1 Cor.15:20-28
Consider this saying, "At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you." The outpouring of the Holy Spirit was for the Word to be fulfilled in the Man component.
God bless.
My Lord JESUS, Christ JESUS, make it very clear, saying: John 15:
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit He - the Father - taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, He purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
I distance myself when I sense someone is being untruthful or worldly. I take note of it. i also want to be forgiving, because Jesus says we won't be forgiven if we don't forgive others.
Does forgiving mean I need to continue a relationship with them and forget they were worldly- what does forgiving actually mean?
Thanks, got it, the veil is an image of a spiritual blind spot that will not be lifted until the return of Jesus, Romans 11:16-25. The old covenant mediated through Moses had its glory and the veil Paul speaks of prevents them from seeing the old had an end. I feel it was mainly the leaders of Jerusalem because the beginning of the Church was the lost sheep of Israel who Jesus first came for before the gospel was sent to the Gentiles.
In the future, whether it be short or many years, the Gentile's time will end, and the branches will be grafted back in that were broken off for us. When Jesus returns, the battle of Armageddon, and Satan is locked in the pit, the kingdom will be set up.
Thanks, brother I know you are busy.
God bless,
RLW
When Jesus declares, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me,"( John 14:6) He is the way for the day of Regeneration. The same day, one is tagged day of salvation and the other end of Regeneration which is 'from everlasting to everlasting.' The divine Will is perfect to which his holiness does not allow any correction of deletion. God's calling and gifts are irrevocable so God sanctifies the seventh day. (Ge.2:1-3) Under the covenant man who enters the day Seven is blessed, to which St Paul alludes,"hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ."(Ep.1:3-4)
"These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens," (Ge.2:4) The Word spoken by God is a continual process and it shall not return to him incomplete or void. So our fulness is not marked by generation any other than that of the Son. " In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee." (Is.49:8) The 'now' in this verse refers to will of God, "Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation."(2 Co.6:2) Day of salvation applies to us and according to the earth time. "while it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation." In the day of Salvation Israel had to make a choice as Saul /Paul had to.
"And as he (Saul) journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:/And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?/And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest."(Ac.9:3-5)
While studying the volume we have in Jesus, is that we are a new creation. We have a birth according to time and place. As a proof Apostle Peter testifies David for an example. "Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day." (Ac.2:29) Evangelist Matthew begins his Gospel by stating the generation of Jesus, that he is the son of David. In the Psalm David refers to him as the Lord, and 'my king'. "Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion./I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee." This knowledge of God and Man is what defines the generation of Jesus Christ. He is the man component co-eternal with God. The Word supplied and David declares it as true. It is called 'this day' which is established as 'Amen' and the Spirit while organizing the God document gives it with a tag,"unto this day".
Accordingly the host of angel appearing to the shepherds announces, "For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord./ And this shall be a sign unto you." ( Luke 2:11-12) The word concerning his birth as cited in the Psalm was fulfilled. The sign refers to its fulfilment.
In the context of the generation let us define the day from the life of David, his city and his grave are physical markers and it is part Israel as a nation. Jesus as his son also testified, "For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end."( Luke 22:37-39). This 'day' is where the things that are written by the Word before the worlds began are accomplished. When Jesus declares, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me,"( John 14:4) He is the way for the day of Regeneration. The same day, one is tagged day of salvation
"O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh."
In order to understand what it means by our calling we begin with our heart. "From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth./He fashioneth their hearts alike."(Ps.33:14-15) When God has breathed into the nostrils of one he has done equally with all. However how each one responds to it is different. They have works as the Pharisees would seek a sign from Jesus. Are they seeking holiness or merely out of curiosity? As with the Pharisee in the Parable he has his works to show in order to justify himself. Before men they certainly sound holy as we have those play racial tropes and slurs to justify themselves. What does God speak of their fasts and prayers? " Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?"(Is.58:6)
So our estimation of our own worth does not count.
So we speak of heart as God sees it, can only by the word, which was with God. ( John 1:1) Jesus Christ, the word become flesh in us is where we are counted as being part of the generation of Jesus Christ. St Matthew refers to the Gospel as the book of the generation of Jesus Christ. "According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world," gives us a beginning. Christ dwelling in us by faith consequently gives us volume. Without Christ how we judge ourselves is no different than the Pharisee. Those who "trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others" are in the same cesspool of their hypocrisy. White Evangelicals or Ethnic minorities or whoever serve as false witness to despise the other belongs to the generation of vipers. Vipers are cannibals and in the church also we see them devouring each other on the basis of race and colour.
"And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever."
John's testimony is not second hand but what he heard with his ears. Volume of a believer called under the covenant is not three dimensional but must include time as well. That is what the God document signifies. Comparing Greek Aramaic and Hebrew texts are well and good but without the element of faith accepting the many promises of God it is like taking an online course in swimming without ever hitting the water. Amazing, isn't it? "Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth," is merely on paper without changing your life accordingly. "For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies./These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man."(Matt.15:19-20) This is what Jesus taught as well lived during his earthly ministry. It is an example for us to live by. He was among men but his heart was in heavenly places. How do we know it? Jesus leaving his anonymous years at Nazareth he settles down in Capernaum, according to the word of God, and Evangelist Matthew says," From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."(4:17). He saw the same light others saw from where sat, in heavenly place, and the sign was unmistakeable, "The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.." This is what volume of a child of God signals. Led by the Spirit the word of God takes on an exceptional clarity, as some one rapping on the door and that cannot be put of. "For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."(Matt.6:21)
By the time you receive this, Part 1 of the Matthew Studies will probably be found on Page 20. The way to get to page 20 is to scroll down to the bottom of the page to where it says, "Next Discussion Page." You may have to click on that a couple of times to get to page 20. Please know that Part 1 will not remain on Page 20 for too long.
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Again, please know that these pages will shift down over time. If I might suggest to you, once you find Part 1, I would copy and paste it onto a separate Word document, and then copy Page 2, Page 3, and so on until you have copied and save all 37 Parts. This will make them easier to find since the pages I have given you are going to keep on shifting with more things being continuously added to Page 1, causing everything else to shift further away.
I hope this helps. God Bless!!!
Thank you! One thing I believe is a certain is that when Jesus does come back, every Jew is going to recognize Him as their Messiah, the one they crucified. Those who rejected Him back then are going to realize they made a mistake.
Blessings!
1 Thessalonians 5:3 KJV: For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
Daniel 11:43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
Isaiah 10:7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
When the Antichrist arrives; perhaps he doesn't even realize what his destiny is or how far Satan will lead him into destruction at the outset. Prophecy in Daniel mentions his flattery as well as understanding "dark sentences" or the occult. Dividing the land for gain also shows how everyone gets a piece of the action in the Daniel 9:27 covenant; which certainly sounds like some of the concepts going on today to get the Saudis involved as well as other nations to make the borders acceptable to all with the reconfigurations planned.
Going back to our lives today; we could look simply at food and clothing ( 1 Tim. 6:8) and be content (notice it doesn't even mention shelter). However as Paul stated he learned to be content in want as well as plenty ( Philippians 4:11-13). With peace of course we have joy; so that Paul and Silas could sing and pray joyfully in shackled chains ( Acts 16:25-26). The Lord gave them a quick deliverance at that point; with the jailor and his family coming to faith and being baptized before the authorities released them the next day along with Paul's insistence on escort out since they were Roman citizens. His later imprisonments would be longer although he had much latitude in leading other prisoners; and eventually of course he was martyred.
We are seated in heavenly places (Hebrews I think). We have peace the world can't have ( John 14:27). Let us warn others about false peace and avoid the pitfalls ourselves.