"And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand." Here we have the poster boy for heresies so the doctrine that Elymas peddled was to make Saul/Paul's preaching in vain. The imposter churches in our times are reeking with such poor specimens as false teachers. They deny the power of God and make his holiness as in vain. They divide congregation on ethnic lines and sustain culture wars fought in the secular world as part of White Evangelical Right and so on. So Paul calls him out, "O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?" The right ways of the Lord is created in 'our image' and 'after our likeness', so the third beast before the throne of heaven, is the steward over his creation.The last Adam is after the likeness of the firstborn of all creation. The Command number Three also makes third beast as was intended.
What St Paul binds on earth is bound in heaven as well. When he said, "Thou shalt be blind' it happened. God's promises are yea in him. It owes to the Word was God. "Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord." The doctrine of God is what the memorials in heaven attest.
"And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him" (Re.4:8). The golden lamp stand with seven branches in the inaugural vision of St John represents Christ in the middle with three branches on either side. Each beast is thus 'after the likeness' of Christ.
This is the doctrine of the Lord we represnt. "Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent."(Re.2:5)
"And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand." Here we have the poster boy for heresies so the doctrine that Elymas peddled was to make Saul/Paul's preaching in vain. The imposter churches in our times are reeking with such poor specimens as false teachers. They deny the power of God and make his holiness as in vain. They divide congregation on ethnic lines and sustain culture wars fought in the secular world as part of White Evangelical Right and so on. So Paul calls him out, "O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?" The right ways of the Lord is created in 'our image' and 'after our likeness', so the third beast before the throne of heaven, is the steward over his creation.The last Adam is after the likeness of the firstborn of all creation. The Command number Three also makes third beast as was intended.
What St Paul binds on earth is bound in heaven as well. When he said, "Thou shalt be blind' it happened. God's promises are yea in him. It owes to the Word was God. "Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord." The doctrine of God is what the memorials in heaven attest.
"And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him" (Re.4:8). The golden lamp stand with seven branches in the inaugural vision of St John represents Christ in the middle with three branches on either side. Each beast is thus 'after the likeness' of Christ.
This is the doctrine of the Lord we represnt. "Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent."(Re.2:5)
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