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In blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; And in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice.

In blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; And in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice.
 
As we discussed in the prior post, the above is speaking of the end the LORD promises, that we also saw comes when He has prepared and perfected us. As we saw, this includes the LORD raising up His anointed as the Author and Finisher of our faith, who makes straight what had become crooked, and leads us through the veil into perfection in the Father’s presence.
 
In other previous posts, this is described as when the breach in the house of David is repaired, which we know is the promise of the sure mercies of David and the unification of all God people under one rightful king. Amos 9 speaks in this context and gives us a fuller view of the LORD’s words in the title above from Geneses 22:17 & 18.
 
Amos
11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, says the LORD that does this.
 
As we know, Edom describes the descendants of Esau, the brother of Jacob who sold his birthright to Jacob. Edom then became one the heathen nations, which now in type describes our fellow countrymen who are so caught up in what can force from the hand of God’s people that they have sold what should have been for their welfare.
 
In these two passages, when we are told of the blessing that now comes upon God’s people, which becomes a blessing to the “heathen” and the “nations,” the same Hebrew word gowy is used. It means the masses who don’t know God or His ways, but who are in fact the children of God. We see the original promise in Genesis 22 says the all the nation of the earth. The word gowy also means a swarm of locust, as in those who come and consume everything and then move on, never producing anything except other locusts. This description is of communists and invaders, who have consumed where they were and must necessarily move on to green pastures, such as this Nation under God.
 
When these passages say, we will “possess” these people and their gates, they both use the Hebrew word yarash, meaning “to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place).” As we saw in the prior post, the gates, the Hebrew word sha’ar, implies an entryway into the mind as what allowed them to possess our thoughts, and all the natural world. Yarash is speaking driving out ideas occupying the mind, so God’s ideas can replace them.
 
As we have also seen in recent posts, the LORD, in Hoses 6:6 says His people are destroyed by their lack of knowledge, which we know is the ignorance and confusion that rules over the world as Babylon. We have also seen in Hosea 4:1, the LORD describes this lack is more specifically of the knowledge of God.
 
Before going on we need to look at Paul’s words on Mars’ hill where he speaks of the same ignorance of God, and of when it ends.
 
Acts 17
22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, You men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are too superstitious.
23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To The Unknown God. Whom therefore you ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is LORD of heaven and earth, dwells not in temples made with hands; [He is Spirit and Truth, and dwells in men He prepares to receive Him]
25 Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he gives to all life, and breath, and all things;
26 And has made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27 That they should seek the LORD, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: [waiting to be received – to raise us to life with His rising in us]
28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device. [He is not a creation by man, but is His Creator]
30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commands all men every where to repent:
31 Because he has appointed a day [now, this day], in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he has ordained; whereof he has given assurance unto all men, in that he has raised him from the dead [I am].
32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear you again of this matter.
 
Hosea 6
1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has smitten, and he will bind us up.
2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight [in/by His presence].
3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD [to receive His knowledge]: his going forth is prepared as the morning [as light into the darkened world – as understanding into ignorance and confusion]; and he shall come unto us as the rain [the pure word of God, as waters flowing from heaven], as the latter and former rain unto the earth [the word that came before, and is now His written word, and then seen in this understanding].
4 O Ephraim [the second and double blessing – as in the passages above, God people blessed by this understanding, which in turn brings a blessing upon the all the new world age it creates], what shall I do unto you? O Judah [the leader of God’s people – who haven’t led them into and by His light], what shall I do unto you? for your goodness [their ideas they thought were good] is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goes away [when the light of the sun/son comes].
5 Therefore have I hewed [cut them down] them by the [words of the] prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth [the former and latter rains]: and your judgments [which have come by these rains] are as the light that goes forth.
6 For I desired mercy [the same mercy the LORD showed David], and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
8 Gilead [this mountain of testimony] is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood [they have corrupted/defiled God’s words and cause them to drain life instead of bringing and sustain it].
9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
10 I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel [all God’s people, Christian and Jew]: there is the whoredom of Ephraim [this generation have sold themselves to their idols/ideas], Israel is defiled [separated from God by their corruption and its resulting ignorance and confusion].
11 Also, O Judah [the leaders of God’s people], he has set an harvest for you, when I returned the captivity of my people.
 
Hosea 4
1 Hear the word of the LORD, you children of Israel: for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood touches blood [what drained the life from some now drains life from all].
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwells therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away [all living].
4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for your people are as they that strive with the priest.
5 Therefore shall you fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall [be hewn down] with you in the night [by their lack of understanding], and I will destroy your mother.
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you shall be no priest to me: seeing you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children [those they have produced after their own kind].
7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame [they will realize the deceptions they glory in have not and will not come – because they are lies these men have created].
8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity [there are no calls to repentance – because the priests and prophets refuse to admit their own sin/errors, which are the sins of the people they have produced after their own kind].
9 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
10 For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD [without knowledge they are unable to hear His voice].
11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart [selling themselves to idols and their stupefying words have also removed their mind’s ability to rightly reason].
12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declares unto them: for the spirit of whoredom [idol worship] has caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring [they have sold themselves] from under their God.
13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms [these leaders as the trees that are hewn down], because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that do not understand shall fall [be hewn down].
15 Though you, Israel [God’s people – Christian and Jew, Israel and Judah, Samaria and Jerusalem], play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend [now the leaders of God people]; and come not you unto Gilgal [the words that have agitated the sea – the masses], neither go you up to Bethaven [the house/family of naught], nor swear, The LORD lives [in these places].
16 For Israel slides back as a backsliding heifer [who will not move or return]: now [because of this] the LORD will feed them [with His word, by which man shall lives] as a lamb in a large place [as sheep who have no shepherd and have been scattered].
17 Ephraim is joined to idols [all God’s people in our time]: let him alone.
18 Their drink is sour [their words/ teaching – have spoiled and are undrinkable]: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give you [instead of feeding the flock they call on God’s people to give to them].
19 The wind has bound her up in her wings [the spirit in her has lifted her up and carried her away from God], and they shall be ashamed [disappointed] because of their sacrifices [which are defiled by their idols].
 
When Hosea 6 ends saying this renewal comes when the LORD again brings the captivity of His people, it is describe the same as what Amos goes on to speak of, when the world is plowed under and those working in it are replaced.
 
Amos 9
13 Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes [will overtake] him that sows seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills [the high place of the world/age] shall melt.
14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, says the LORD your God.
 
Friends, this nation is the nation (when truly operating under God) that has blessed the world more than any other in history. In our prosperity (Jeshurun) we forgot its source and allowed the communists and other foreign ideas to take over all our institutions of education. These were established for one purpose: to propagated our better ideas, those which elevated us above all the nation, not by chance but by achievement. Then came the invaders who turned knowledge into art and altered it at their whim. These used their liberty as license, and with destructive intention replaced self-evident absolutes with everchanging relativism: more primitive ideas that have destroyed nations throughout history.
 
The answer for US is a return to those same ideas, and to courage and willingness to freely export them to any person or nation who will receive them. These truths, our better ideas, are self-evident, and therefore do and will repeat their outcomes every time the formula is followed diligently.
 
The cause of our now failing society is knowable, but only with seeing and understanding knowledge. As we have discussed in prior posts, the knowledge we describe does exist, even in the void where it isn’t comprehended. In this darkness, it comes as light, touching any eye or ear that will behold it. What we are in the midst of is a renaissance, an awakening to what has always been near us but became ignored, forgotten, and now refused. As Paul says above, all we need do is feel for it and it [He] will find us.
 
It is hard for men to understand, first that God dwells in man, and that there are men in this enlightened state who don’t come with some hidden motive, to push a religion or an ideology. Equally as hard to understand in the darkness that now covers and rule over the world, is that there are better ideas, a better Spirit that holds truth and the knowledge of God as the most valuable elements in existence, and freely gives them to all who ask.
 
This offer is the humble entry of the LORD, riding on/in those who have humbled themselves to bear His burden with Him. They are His leaders, who again bring the LORD into His city, which is taught and founded upon the peace that comes by the knowledge of God. We are told of this in Zechariah 9, which begins by describing the imposters: those teaching and spewing ideas the old world depended upon, which drained the life (blood) from humanity. The same word above rendered “possess” is used in Zechariah 9:4 where it is translated “cast her out” in describing what the LORD is doing to these men and their ideas. It says He will end their power to control the minds of the people (the sea), after what they have presented as valuable (gold) shall be seen as what is miring the way.
 
Zechariah 9
3 And Tyrus [the false rock] did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
4 Behold, the LORD will cast her out [yarash – will possess {take hold of} her ideas – remove and replace them], and he will smite her power in the sea [by the liberated masses]; and she shall be devoured with fire.
5 Ashkelon [those tried in the fires] shall see it, and fear; Gaza [the powerful] also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron [as was Saul – they shall be replaced]; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza [as did Saul, lose his power], and Ashkelon [the place of this trial – confusion] shall not be inhabited.
6 And the illegitimate children shall dwell in Ashdod [without power], and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines [those who by choice remain in their own mire they have stirred].
7 And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth [as when David fought the lion and the bear]: but he that remains, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite [will be as those cast out of Jebus so God’s people could enter and become Jerusalem – taught and founded on God ways of peace].
8 And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passes by, and because of him that returns: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your King comes unto you: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon a donkey, and upon a colt the foal of a donkey [those released from those who have ruled over them with oppression – referring to Genesis 49:7 thru 12, and 22 thru 26]
10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
11 As for you also, by the blood of your covenant I have sent forth your prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
12 Turn you to the strong hold, you prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto you;
13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim [referring to Genesis 49:24 and the bowman who shoots the longshot arrow, as a stone slung by David], and raised up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece [the mired and intoxicated], and made you as the sword of a mighty man.
14 And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.
15 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones [as David]; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.
16 And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones [Jewels] of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.
17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
 
Zechariah 10
1 Ask you of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
2 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their [own] way as a [straying] flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.
3 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats [those who led them astray]: for the LORD of hosts has visited his flock the house of Judah [His leaders], and has made them as his goodly horse in the battle [the donkey now purified {made white} and become as those He rides into battle].
4 Out of him came forth the corner [the stone of turning], out of him the nail [those on whom He can rely], out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor [those who will govern] together.
5 And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.
7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.
8 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.
9 And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.
10 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt [their captivity], and gather them out of Assyria [from the communists]; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead [this mountain of testimony] and Lebanon [where purity is again seen in glory on high]; and place shall not be found for them [the captivity and communism].
11 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea [the pride of men agitating the masses], and all the deeps of the river shall dry up [their words of confusion shall end]: and the pride of Assyria [the communists] shall be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt [the rule of their captivity] shall depart away.
12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, says the LORD.
 
Revelation 19
1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power, unto the LORD our God:
2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he has judged the great whore [His unfaithful people], which did corrupt the earth with her fornication [her interaction with idols and the confusion that followed], and has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
3 And again they said, Alleluia And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.
4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.
5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all you his servants, and you that fear him, both small and great.
6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thundering, saying, Alleluia: for the LORD God omnipotent reigns.
7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife has made herself ready.
8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white [the white horse seen in verses 11 & 14]: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
9 And he said unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See you do it not: I am your fellow-servant, and of your brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he does judge and make war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treads the winepress [see Amos 9:13 above] of the fierceness and wrath [the words of His mouth] of Almighty God.
16 And he has on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And LORD Of Lords.
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun [stand in what gives light {understanding} to the world]; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18 That you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
20 And the beast [confusion] was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast [confusion in their forehead and hand – their ideas and their works], and them that worshipped his image [his creations – works]. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. [1 Corinthians 3: 13 Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day {the light of the sun} shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is. 14 If any man’s work abide which he has built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. 15 If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.]
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword [words] proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
 
Psalm 55
1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not yourself from my supplication.
2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
9 Destroy, O LORD, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
13 But it was you, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
14 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into Sheol: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
18 He has delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abides of old. Selah. [this is all speaking of the devil – who rebelled against God and whose spirit now controlls all those who infest His house. 2 Corinthians 11:13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.] Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
20 He has put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he has broken his covenant.
21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
22 Cast your burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain you: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
23 But you, O God, shall bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in you.
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Leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection!

Leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection!

The title is from Hebrews 6:1, and tells of the foundation of Christ (the mind of God coming alive in us), then enumerated, and the chapter from there describing moving into perfection. We’ve seen in prior posts, what completes us is seeing the Father (see John 14:8 thru 11), which comes when Christ is formed in us and we see Him who is invisible, as did Moses (see Hebrews 11:26 & 27) and all elders described with Him. We know Hebrews 11 ends tell of all these having seen the promises far off by their faith, meaning through study and experience their minds were able to see the abstract (future) they had been promised, and knowing acted. The chapter ends saying of those who by faith accomplished these works, “39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise 40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.”

Here is what Hebrews 6 goes on to describe as the foundation we have already been taught, from where we are now able to continue into perfect, which we understand is the promise spoken of later in Hebrew 6 and in the verse above from Hebrews 11. “1Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, 2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.”

Hebrews 11 beginning with “therefore” telling us what is said above is referring to what was said in ending chapter 5. There the writer spoke of the LORD being a priest forever in the order of Melchisedec, and through His suffering with those suffering, to glorify them, became the Author and Finisher of their faith. This is telling of the work of the LORD, as a High Priest in leading us into the presence of the Father, perfecting us and then leading us into the promise.

These ideas are what John 14 tells as it records the LORD describing how he will manifest himself to those who love Him and keep His word (which we have learned means to protect and preserve it in the form it was deliverer – undefiled by the hand of man).

Hebrews 5 speaks to those who are dull of hearing by thinking they already knew it all, and were in reality in need of being taught. It appears, then as now, some heard and were willing to continue on with the Author and Fish their faith into reaching the promise. Hebrews 6 goes to tell of those who had tasted and were enlightened, but were unwilling to continue into what it says is the “powers of the world [aion- age] to come.”

This world to come is the beginning of the new creation, spoken into existence by the power of the word of God, which the same verse in Hebrews 6 describes with the powers of the world to come. We know this creation by the word of God, the same word reserved in heaven for this moment, is what Peter describes in 2 Peter 3:6 & 7. Peter tells of it as the perdition (destruction) of ungodly men, who are the mockers he earlier describes, who think this moment is a myth.

This time and place is the place the LORD said he was going to prepare it for the awakening of all His saints, who have arrived and now wait for His appearing in His kingdom. This arrival is what Jude speaks of saying:

“Behold, the LORD comes with ten thousands of his saints,
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speak great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.
17 But, beloved, remember you the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our LORD Jesus Christ;
18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.”

Here is first 2 Peter 3, then John 14, followed by the portions of Hebrews 5 & 6.

2 Peter 3
1 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
2 That you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the LORD and Savior:
3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation [the end of the former age and the beginning of this one].
5 For this they willingly are ignorant of [and wrestle with to their own destruction – perdition], that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6 Whereby the world [age] that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the LORD as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 The LORD is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 But the day of the LORD will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements [the ideas of these ungodly men – the false teachers among us spoken of in 2 Peter 2: 1 thru 3, who speak evil of this truth] shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works [the dead works of these men] that are therein shall be burned up.
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements [these men’s ideas – the idols they have created and put in God’s place] shall melt with fervent heat?
13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwells righteousness.
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that you look for such things, be diligent that you may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
15 And account that the longsuffering of our LORD is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him has written unto you;
16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
17 You therefore, beloved, seeing you know these things before, beware lest you also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness.
18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our LORD and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

John 14
1 Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in God, believe also in me.
2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
4 And whither I go you know, and the way you know.
5 Thomas says unto him, LORD, we know not whither you go; and how can we know the way?
6 Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me.
7 If you had known me, you should have known my Father also: and from henceforth you know him, and have seen him.
8 Philip said unto him, LORD, show us the Father, and it suffices us [seeing the Father, in the son, is what makes us compete].
9 Jesus said unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet have you not known me, Philip? he that has seen me has seen the Father; and how say you then, Show us the Father?
10 Believe you not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwells in me, he does the works.
11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
12 Truly, truly, I say unto you, He that believes on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
13 And whatsoever you shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If you shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
15 If you love me, keep my commandments.
16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it sees him not, neither knows him: but you know him; for he dwells with you, and shall be in you.
18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
19 Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more; but you see me: because I live, you shall live also.
20 At that day you shall know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
21 He that has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves me: and he that loves me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
22 Judas said unto him, not Iscariot, LORD, how is it that you will manifest yourself unto us, and not unto the world?
23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
24 He that loves me not keeps not my sayings: and the word which you hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.
25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world gives, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
28 You have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If you loved me, you would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, you might believe.
30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world comes, and has nothing in me.
31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence [forward into perfection and His promises].

Hebrews 5
5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, You are my Son, to day have I begotten you.
6 As he saith also in another place, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
10 Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing you are dull of hearing.
12 For when for the time you ought to be teachers, you have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

Hebrews 6
1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
3 And this will we do, if God permit.
4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
7 For the earth which drinks in the rain that comes oft upon it [speaking of the same waters/word as does Peter, which the sons of God and the sons of perdition are manifested] , and brings forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receives blessing from God:
8 But that which bears thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which you have shewed toward his name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
12 That you be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.
15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
16 For men truly swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us [the end of what we have had faith in]:
19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters into that within the veil [into the presence of God];
20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec [who leads us here].

The promise is referred to in verse 14 above when it quotes Genesis 22:17, which gives the full content saying, “17 That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; 18 And in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice.”

The word rendered “gates” telling of our possessing the gates of our enemies, is from the Hebrew word sha’ar, meaning an opening. The deep meaning is found in the one time the identical word it is derived from is used: Proverbs 23:7 where it is translated “thinks.” “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, says he to you; but his heart is not with you.”

Here is the Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary definition: Strong’s #8176: sha`ar (pronounced shaw-ar’) a primitive root; to split or open, i.e. (literally, but only as denominative from 8179) to act as gate-keeper (see 7778): (figuratively) to estimate:–think.

It is telling of the gatekeeper, those who have taken God’s people captive and hold them as the gates of Hades/Sheol.

The gatekeeper in a pattern is the butler who was in prison with Joseph, whose dream Joseph interpreted. In it were seen three branches, which Joseph told him were three days until he would be restored to his position. We know this is the butler that later remembered Joseph, and his words opened the prison and Joseph was released.

Genesis 41
9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house, both me and the chief baker [symbolizing those who have added the leaven to God’s word]:
11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
12 And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.

In this same context the gatekeeper is called the “porter” in John 10, who opens the door when he hears the LORD’s voice from beyond the door: the words from the flesh, which must be understood – comprehended, as God’s words.

John 10
1 Truly, truly, I say unto you, He that enters not by the door [in the flesh] into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
2 But he that enters in by the door [in the flesh] is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 To him the porter opens; and the sheep hear his voice [they do not know by seeing his body – which is the door that must be opened to see what is behind]: and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out [from the gates of Hades].
4 And when he puts forth his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
6 This parable spoke Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spoke unto them. [Do you now comprehend?]
7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Truly, truly, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10 The thief comes not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.
12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees: and the wolf catches [harpazo] them, and scatters the sheep.
13 The hireling flees, because he is an hireling, and cares not for the sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
15 As the Father knows me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
17 Therefore does my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
20 And many of them said, He has a devil, and is mad; why hear you him?
21 Others said, These are not the words of him that has a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind? [The powers of the world {age} now come, to rise and raise from the dead, and to open blind eyes.]

The LORD’s flesh as the door that must be opened is described in Hebrews 10:20 as the veil of His flesh, which we know was torn open at His death, into two. We know this is the veil that must be gone through to enter the presence of God. The chapter tells of the new and living way, which comes as the same enemies whose gates we now possess are made the LORD’s footstool – after He has corrected us away from their errors and sins, by writing His law in our minds and making them the foundation of our reasoning (heart).

Hebrews 10
5 Wherefore when he comes into the world, he says, Sacrifice and offering you would not, but a [flesh] body have you prepared me:
6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you have had no pleasure [because He seek the knowledge of God in us – which does take away sin/error].
7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do your will, O God.
8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin you would not, neither had pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do your will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 And every priest stands daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool [as He comes in the order of Melchisedec].
14 For by one offering he has perfected for ever them that are sanctified [purified and made holy].
15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the LORD, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
20 By a new and living way, which he has consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
21 And having an high priest over the house of God;
22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together [into one body], as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as you see the day approaching.
26 For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
28 He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose you, shall he be thought worthy, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and has done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know him that has said, Vengeance belongs unto me, I will recompense, says the LORD. And again, The LORD shall judge his people.
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Psalm 110
1 The LORD said unto my LORD, Sit you at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.
2 The LORD shall send the rod of your strength out of Zion: rule you in the midst of your enemies.
3 Your people shall be willing in the day of your power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: you have the dew of your youth.
4 The LORD has sworn, and will not repent, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
5 The LORD at your right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
7 He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.

Proverbs 23
1 When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you:
2 And put a knife to your throat, if you be a man given to appetite [try the spirits, because many false prophet are in the world].
3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
4 Labor not to be rich: cease from your own wisdom.
5 Will you set your eyes upon that which is not [on the deceptions – what these false teachers among us say the see]? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
6 Eat you not the bread of him that has an evil eye, neither desire you his dainty meats:
7 For as he thinks [sha’ar] in his heart, so is he [lies are His gates – the mind in sin/error that holds in Sheol those that follow them]: Eat and drink, says he to you; but his heart is not with you.
8 The morsel which you have eaten shall you vomit up, and lose your sweet words.
9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with you.
12 Apply your heart unto instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if you beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
14 You shall beat him with the rod, and shall deliver his soul from hell.
15 My son, if your heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when your lips speak right things.
17 Let not your heart envy sinners: but be you in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
18 For surely there is an end; and your expectation [the expected end] shall not be cut off.
19 Hear you, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way.
20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags [speaking of the things these men are feeding their people, which create the ignorance and confused mind].
22 Hearken unto your father [God] that begat you, and despise not your mother [the true church of believers faithful to God] when she is old.
23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begets a wise child shall have joy of him.
25 Your father and your mother shall be glad, and she that bare you shall rejoice.
26 My son, give me your heart [make God’s ways the foundation of reason], and let your eyes observe my ways.
27 For a whore [the unfaithful] is a deep ditch; and a strange woman [the ways that are not God’s] is a narrow pit.
28 She also lies in wait as for a prey [to devour man], and increases the transgressors among men.
29 Who has woe? who has sorrow? who has contentions? who has babbling [confused words]? who has wounds without cause? who has redness of eyes?
30 They that tarry long at the wine [the words {fake news} of the false prophets and false teachers among us]; they that go to seek mixed wine.
31 Look not you upon the wine when it is red, when it gives his color in the cup, when it moves itself aright.
32 At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder.
33 Your eyes shall behold strange women, and your heart shall utter perverse things.
34 Yea, you shall be as he that lies down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lies upon the top of a mast. [violently tossed and turned – and unable to see an end]
35 They have stricken me, shall you say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake [come out from under the ignorance of their lies]? I will seek it yet again. [As a dog returning to his own vomit, so does a fool return to his folly.]

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His disciples said to Him, “When will the kingdom come?”

His disciples said to Him, “When will the kingdom come?”
 
The above is the beginning of Thomas 113, which appeared in the previous post in our discussion of his Gospel. Here is the LORD’s response followed by a contextual quoting from John’s Gospel; as they appeared in the post. “It will not come by watching for it. It will not be said, ‘Look, here!’ or ‘Look, there!’ Rather, the Father’s kingdom is spread out upon the earth [as light], and people don’t see it.” [John 1:5 And the light shined in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.]
 
The prior post began with quoting John 20:29 where the LORD (Jesus – Jehovah’s Salvation spoken from John’s flesh) is speaking to Thomas saying, “Thomas, because you have seen me, you have believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.”
 
The LORD uses two different words above rendered “seen.” The first, telling of seeing Him, is horao; then eido is used in describing those who have not seen. Here following are the full Strong’s Greek Dictionary definitions of the two:
 
Strong’s #3708: horao (pronounced hor-ah’-o) properly, to stare at (compare 3700), i.e. (by implication) to discern clearly (physically or mentally); by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear:–behold, perceive, see, take heed.
 
Strong’s #1492: eido (pronounced i’-do) a primary verb; used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent 3700 and 3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know:–be aware, behold, X can (+ not tell), consider, (have) know(-ledge), look (on), perceive, see, be sure, tell, understand, wish, wot. Compare 3700.
 
As we see (understand), in the opening paragraph and the subsequent description and definitions, is that seeing the LORD and His kingdom is a matter of comprehension. We understand the light and sight are understanding. A person can see the light and not comprehend it until he gains sight, which allows them to see what had been figuratively invisible to their blinded eyes.
 
We know from prior studies this blinding is described as the “air” in which the blind are held captive, and from where the LORD catches us away (harpazo) into the “air” of His enlightenment.
 
Here again is 2 Corinthians where Paul is describing the blindness that is only cured by turning to the LORD.
 
2 Corinthians 3
14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remains the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ [when we realize God comes as Immanuel, in man with us].
15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the LORD [receiving Him when He comes in a man – as he did uncomprehended in Moses], the vail shall be taken away.
17 Now the LORD is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the LORD is, there is liberty [releasing us from the captivity that causes our blindness].
18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the LORD, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD.
 
2 Corinthians 4
1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
4 In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the LORD; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
 
As we have seen, in Ephesians 2, Paul says it is the “air” we were held captive in until we were liberated and brought to life by the LORD appearing to us and then in us.
 
Ephesians 2
1 And you has he quickened [brought from death to life], who were dead in trespasses and sins;
2 Wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air [aer], the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience:
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind [the soul {mind} without the Spirit]; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 Even when we were dead in sins, has quickened us together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;)
6 And has raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
 
As we have seen in prior posts, the word aer (air) appearing above is only used seven times, including in 1 Thessalonians 4:7 in telling of this as where we meet the LORD, meaning when we leave the “air” that has blinded us. Again, we see it is a matter of leaving behind the ideas (such as the rapture lie) men have created and put as idols in God’s place, and by this, we become able to comprehend the pattern we have been clearly shown, which has been as light in the presence of those without sight.
 
In Revelation 16:17 we have seen the seventh messenger (angel) pouring out His vial into the “air” and voices are heard from heaven. Then Babylon, confusion, comes into remembrance before God (hearing and sight meaning the same – comprehension and recognition). As we have seen, the word aer only appears one other time in Revelation, in Revelation 9:2 when the bottomless pit is opened and the smoke that comes out darkens the sun and “air.” This is speaking of the never-ending fall away from God, led by the rebel messengers (angels), and their darkness removes the church’s ability to see and reflect the light. As we have learned, this is the “air” spoken of by Paul above in Ephesians 2 as the spirit that is now at work in the children of disobedience – at this point those refusing God’s correction.
 
Revelation 16
17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air [air]; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightning; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God [He has again given us the knowledge to recognize and understand the previous confusion – so Babylon no longer rule us: meaning we have been liberated from the captivity {Egypt} of lacking comprehension], to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent [these falling stone are from the wall these men have created, which has keep us from seeing the LORD]: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
 
The LORD, in both Isaiah 30 and Ezekiel 13, speaks against the wall made by the false prophets who prophesy (their own words) in His name. They think this is some game of words where all men are liars like they are. They have no idea they have fallen into the hand of the Holy Spirit of the living God, who they have blasphemed. These chapters tell of these men refusing the LORD’s counsel and because they reject His word the storm comes against their wall. When it falls, as hailstones from heaven, they will know the LORD.
 
Ezekiel 13
8 Therefore thus says the LORD God; Because you have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, says the LORD God.
9 And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and you shall know that I am the LORD God.
10 Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace [instead of telling them to stand in the battle]; and one built up a wall [that the false prophets built, which they and the people trusted in to give them peace], and, lo, others daubed it with untempered mortar [mire – their lies]:
11 Say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar [mire], that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and you, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing [mire] wherewith you have daubed [mired] it?
13 Therefore thus says the LORD God; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume [make a full end of] it.
14 So will I break down the wall that you have daubed with untempered mortar [mire – their lies], and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and you shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and you shall know that I am the LORD.
15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered mortar, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it;
16 To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, says the LORD God.
 
Friends, the LORD calling us to vote Republican should be heard today and tomorrow (until Tuesday evening) from every pulpit in the nation. But the preachers and prophets have rebelled against the word of the LORD and will instead choose again their own words. It is up to us, outside the church and apart from these rebels, to tell everyone we know to vote Republican (and not for the communist party).
 
Deuteronomy 1 tells of the wall built up to heaven, which these imposters have built.
 
Deuteronomy 1
21 Behold [ra’ah], the LORD your God has set the land before you: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of your fathers has said unto you; fear not, neither be discouraged.
22 And you came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.
23 And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
24 And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol [the cluster of grapes –referring us to Genesis 40:10 and the butler’s dream about the third day when he would be restored], and searched it out.
25 And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the LORD our God does give us.
26 Notwithstanding you would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:
27 And you murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he has brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites [those who are speaking against God’s plan], to destroy us.
28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart [in agreement with what they heard from the Amorites], saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen [ra’ah] the sons of the Anakims there [Giants – for their long neck {making it easier to take their head}].
29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
30 The LORD your God which goes before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
31 And in the wilderness, where you have seen [ra’ah] how that the LORD your God bare you, as a man does bear his son, in all the way that you went, until you came into this place.
 
The word ra’ah above describes first how the LORD sees and by His sight leads us; then of the evil report heard from the enemies, which our spies (eyes) hear, repeat, and discourage the people. The people had forgotten what they had just seen, the pattern shown to them as they came out of Egypt. These are all speaking of seeing the unseen, what can’t be seen because it hasn’t happened yet. It begs the question, who will you believe? The word of the LORD telling us what He has seen for US? The evil reports that come from hearing and repeating the words of false prophets? What we understand from the pattern we have seen?
 
Hebrews 3
12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end;
15 While it is said, To day if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?
18 And to whom swore he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
 
Hebrews 4
1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
4 For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.
6 Seeing therefore it remains that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:
7 Again, he limits a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
9 There remains therefore a rest to the people of God.
10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
11 Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
 
What did we see in the presidential election? The prophets knew nothing. The LORD said He would deliver us and He did. Now, these same false prophets, the fake news media and the other liars, tell us we have already lost, and that we should just give up and not even attempt to take back the nation and world the LORD has given US. I remind you, liars lie, and everything that comes from the fake news media is this truth (that liars are lying) seen before our eyes.
 
Friends, as we know, there is to rapture off the planet. The event is our awakening from blindness and seeing the LORD is with us, to lead us into victory over the enemies, those who seek the death for all humanity. There is a war we must wage to take back what the LORD has given us. It is not a battle of worldly power or might, but by the Spirit of the LORD, the Captain of our Salvation, leading us into victory over death.
 
The sight Thomas received, by blood and water, the horao, is to know by what appears through study and experience, as we see above in the first and last instances in Deuteronomy 1. We do not understand by listening to the fake (confused) reports: the conclusions of those who haven’t seen anything except what they saw with their natural eyes and mind.
 
Horao is used in Hebrews three time. In Hebrews 11:27 it tells of Moses’ “seeing” Him who is invisible and forsaking the ways of Egypt (captivity). Verse 26 says, “Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward.” The reward was the liberation of his nation, God in him and through him working out His plan, which he comprehended – but the people never did.
 
Hebrews 11
26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward.
27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing [horao] him who is invisible.
28 Through faith he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.
 
The word in use in Hebrews 2:8 saying we do not “see” all thing put under the feet of the Son, as it goes on to tell why this hadn’t yet been seen. It says (as did Moses) he chose to make himself one with His brethren (His family, His Nation) and therefore gave up His comfort to suffer with us. The is the sanctification, the purification, that make us holy as He is holy, that we would all become One Body with the LORD.
 
Hebrews 2
6 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that you are mindful of him? or the son of man that you visit him?
7 You made him a little lower than the angels; you crowned him with [Your] glory and honor, and did set him over the works of your hands:
8 You have put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see [horao – understand] not yet all things put under him.
9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings [with us].
11 For both he that sanctifies [purifies] and they who are sanctified [purified] are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
12 Saying, I will declare your name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto you.
13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God has given me.
 
Do you understand the above-mentioned suffering is the long-suffering Peter speaks of in 2 Peter 3?
 
2 Peter 3
9 The LORD is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 But the day of the LORD will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements [stoicheion – the corrupted foundational ideas of men] shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works [these men’s works] that are therein shall be burned up.
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements [the ideas the false prophets have made their idols] shall melt with fervent heat?
13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwell righteousness.
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that you look for such things, be diligent that you may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
15 And account that the longsuffering of our LORD is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him has written unto you;
16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they [the false prophets] that are unlearned and unstable wrest [wrestle – unaware it is God they are wrestling with], as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
17 You therefore, beloved, seeing you know these things before, beware lest you also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness.
18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our LORD and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
 
Horao appears the third time in Hebrews 8:5, where we are told to “see,” meaning understand by study and experience, that we should make all things after the pattern we were shown. It is describing this as the pattern of the LORD appearing, being realized, in and for this purpose, as the one who ensures it. The statement comes as a quote from Exodus 25:40, which is referring to the point announced in verse 22, saying, “And there I will meet with you, and I will commune with [join] you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give you in commandment unto the children of Israel.”
 
Hebrews 8
1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the LORD pitched, and not man.
3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. [Referring to what the LORD says in Hosea 6:6, “For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.” This also as the context of 2 Peter 3:17 above and growing in the knowledge of our LORD Jesus Christ].
4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See [horao {ra’ah in Exodus 25:40} understand – by study and experience], says he, that you make all things according to the pattern showed to you in the mount.
6 But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
 
Psalms 77 speak of the LORD’s promise, the writer confessing forgetting by describes remembering and searching (study and experience). The dominant trait known of the LORD’s character, by those who know Him, is written in Exodus 25:22, saying He will meet us and join with us at the seat of His mercy.
 
Psalms 77
1 I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.
2 In the day of my trouble I sought the LORD: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
4 You hold mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
5 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
6 I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
7 Will the LORD cast off for ever? and will he be favorable no more?
8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? does his promise [‘omer] fail for evermore?
9 Has God forgotten to be gracious? has he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
10 And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
11 I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember your wonders of old.
12 I will meditate also of all your work, and talk of your doings.
13 Your way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?
14 You are the God that does wonders: you have declared your strength among the people.
15 You have with your arm redeemed your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
16 The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
17 The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: your arrows also went abroad.
18 The voice of your thunder was in the heaven: the lightning lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
19 Your way is in the sea, and your path in the great waters, and your footsteps are not known.
20 You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
 
Psalms 19
1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament [rightly dividing the word] shows his handy-work.
2 Day unto day utters speech [‘omer – promises], and night unto night [in the darkness] shows knowledge.
3 There is no speech [‘omer] nor language, where their voice is not heard.
4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them has he set a tabernacle for the sun [for light/understanding to return],
5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoices as a strong man to run a race.
6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven [from the end of the former age and the beginning of this one], and his circuit unto the ends of it [to the end of this age and the beginning of the next]: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
11 Moreover by them is your servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
12 Who can understand his [own] errors? cleanse you me from secret faults.
13 Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
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Jesus said unto him, Thomas, because you have seen me, you have believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

Jesus said unto him, Thomas, because you have seen me, you have believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

The above is recorded in John 20:29 and tells of Thomas finally believing the person He was seeing in the flesh was the risen LORD. It is important to understand the epiphany came when Thomas reached His hand into the body, to experience what was within. We know from earlier verses Thomas reached His hand into the same wound from which we are told in John 19:34 came out blood and water.

John later in 1 John 5:6 thru 8 explains the water and the blood, first as the way the LORD comes and then saying these along with the Holy Spirit are what witness (declare and validate) in the earth. We are also told in John 19 this wounding was done after His death, proving He was dead, meaning the water and the blood showed the body was dead and His Spirit had left it.

1 John 5 goes on to tells us the greater witness, the witness that is now in heaven with the Father, which comes as His Word is sent to raise us from the dead by the Spirit of the risen LORD, first to us and then in us. We know the water here is the word that flows directly from God, and the blood is the sacrifice necessary to deliver it in the form it is received. The actual accomplishment comes by the Spirit of God working all thing together for the Good of those who love Him.

1 John 5
1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loves him that begat loves him also that is begotten of him.
2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
4 For whatsoever is born of God overcomes the world: and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.
5 Who is he that overcomes the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.
7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he has testified of his Son.
10 He that believeth on the Son of God has the witness in himself: he that believeth not God has made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
11 And this is the record, that God has given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
12 He that has the Son has life; and he that has not the Son of God has not life.
13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may believe on the name of the Son of God.
14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he hears us:
15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
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 [which is demonizing and vilifying the work of the Holy Spirit]: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
18 We know that whosoever is born of God sins not; but he that is begotten of God keeps himself, and that wicked one [those sinning unto death and who perish with and by their own works] touches him not.
19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in wickedness [on the course to perishing].
20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and has given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

The soldiers who pierced the LORD after His death are the foot soldiers of wickedness, which we war against, “against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” They have no idea their wounding, their desecration of the dead body, releases the two witnesses before the eyes of those who doubt, and releases what raise them/us from the dead.

John 19
33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knows that [what] he says true, that you might believe.

Matthew record what happened at this same moment, which chronologically was with or just after the piercing of His dead body and the blood and water came out.

Matthew 27
51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

These events describe in kind what bring Thomas to the point of believing the LORD has come in a flesh body, which he didn’t recognize until he experienced the LORD’s wounds for himself.

John describes the LORD first coming to the disciples and showing them His hands and feet, which we have previously discussed. We understand this represent the work and movement, hindered by these same soldiers nailing (fixing) His hand and feet to the dead wood now teaching from the same carcass they killed. These men are the same trees, twice dead, without any fruit. The disciples see the wounds, understand the meaning, confess the LORD is living, and go on to live, and in life taking up His same cross and carrying it into their own deaths at the hand of the same wicked types.

Galatians 6
14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our LORD Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel [His nation/culture, Christian and Jew] of God.
17 From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the LORD Jesus.
18 Brethren, the grace of our LORD Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

Habakkuk 2
18 What profits the graven image that the maker thereof has graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trust therein, to make dumb idols?
19 Woe unto him that says to the [dead] wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
20 But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

Jude
10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the LORD comes with ten thousands of his saints,
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

John 20
19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and said unto them, Peace be unto you.
20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the LORD.
21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father has sent me, even so send I you.
22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said unto them, Receive you the Holy Ghost:
23 Whose soever sins you remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins you retain, they are retained.
24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the LORD. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
27 Then said he to Thomas, Reach hither your finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither your hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My LORD and my God.
29 Jesus said unto him, Thomas, because you have seen me, you have believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
30 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:
31 But these are written, that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you might have life through his name.

Thomas here believes when he sees. The LORD says blessed are those who have not seen Him yet believe. This is John referring us back to the LORD’s words in John 14 where he speaks of when we will not see Him (after His death and the death of His body (the church), and then when we will see Him again.

John 14
1 Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in God, believe also in me.
2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
4 And whither I go you know, and the way you know.
5 Thomas says unto him, LORD, we know not whither you go; and how can we know the way?
6 Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me.
7 If you had known me, you should have known my Father also: and from henceforth you know him, and have seen him.
8 Philip sais unto him, LORD, show us the Father, and it suffices us [seeing the Father, in the son, is what makes us compete].
9 Jesus said unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet have you not known me, Philip? he that has seen me has seen the Father; and how say you then, Show us the Father?
10 Believe you not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwells in me, he does the works.
11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
12 Truly, truly, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
13 And whatsoever you shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If you shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
15 If you love me, keep my commandments.
16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it sees him not, neither knows him: but you know him; for he dwells with you, and shall be in you.
18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
19 Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more; but you see me: because I live, you shall live also.
20 At that day you shall know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
21 He that has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves me: and he that loves me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
22 Judas said unto him, not Iscariot, LORD, how is it that you will manifest yourself unto us, and not unto the world?
23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
24 He that loves me not keeps not my sayings: and the word which you hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.
25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world gives, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
28 You have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If you loved me, you would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, you might believe.
30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world comes, and has nothing in me.
31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence [forward].

This takes us to the Gospel of Thomas, which is God-breathed through him, but because it is hard to understand it has been cast aside. Those who do so conclude Thomas is/was dead (without the LORD’s Spirit), and therefore his words were his own and not worthy of hearing. Of course, the same men don’t conclude that of their own words, which are dead, and have by them produced the death of humanity.

The Gospel of Thomas is a single chapter containing 114 verses (some mini-chapters). I am going to separately post the entire book, while hereafter pasting several verses that enlighten us to things Thomas knew and wrote in a way they can be understood now at this time.

Thomas
38. Jesus said, “Often you have desired to hear these sayings that I am speaking to you, and you have no one else from whom to hear them. There will be days when you will seek me and you will not find me.”
39. Jesus said, “The Pharisees and the scholars have taken the keys of knowledge and have hidden them. They have not entered nor have they allowed those who want to enter to do so.
As for you, be as sly as snakes and as simple as doves.”

In verse 38 above Thomas (Jesus the risen LORD speaking in him as Jehovah’s Salvation) tells of when the LORD will not be seen nor found, and continues into verse 39 saying it the religious leaders and teachers (Christian and Jew) who have done this.

Being “sly as snakes,” tells us to keep ourselves hidden in/from what has grown from the earth (what these men have wrought), and “as simple as doves” is telling us to be always in peace and looking for the end.
This end is spoken of in earlier verses of Thomas.

Thomas [as always, the bracketed [] portions are my additions]
17. Jesus said, “I will give you what no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, what no hand has touched, what has not arisen in the human heart.”
18. The disciples said to Jesus, “Tell us, how will our end come?”
Jesus said, “Have you found the beginning, then, that you are looking for the end? You see, the end will be where the beginning is. [describing what we know is the end of one age and beginning of the next.]
Congratulations to the one who stands at the beginning: that one will know the end and will not taste death.”
19. Jesus said, “Congratulations to the one who came into being before coming into being [before the next age begins].
If you become my disciples and pay attention to my sayings, these stones [see Habakkuk 2 above] will serve you.
For there are five trees in Paradise for you [the tree of life spoken of by John in Revelation 22:2, here spoken of as five {grace} trees, both accomplishing the same]; they do not change, summer or winter, and their leaves do not fall. Whoever knows them will not taste death.”
20. The disciples said to Jesus, “Tell us what Heaven’s kingdom is like.”
He said to them, “It’s like a mustard seed, the smallest of all seeds, but when it falls on prepared soil, it produces a large plant and becomes a shelter for birds of the sky.”
21. Mary [the faithful] said to Jesus, “What are your disciples like?”
He said, “They are like little children living in a field [a world] that is not theirs. When the owners of the field come, they will say, ‘Give us back our field [world].’ They take off their clothes in front of them in order to give it back to them, and they return their field to them.
For this reason I say, if the owners of a house know that a thief is coming, they will be on guard before the thief arrives and will not let the thief break into their house (their domain) and steal their possessions.
As for you [the faithful], then, be on guard against the world. Prepare yourselves with great strength, so the robbers can’t find a way to get to you [be sly and simple], for the trouble you expect will come.
Let there be among you a person who understands.
When the crop ripened, he came quickly carrying a sickle and harvested it. Anyone here with two good ears had better listen!”

The LORD goes to speak of those He will choose, and now has chosen, which will find Him in the light within a person.

Thomas
23. Jesus said, “I shall choose you, one from a thousand and two from ten thousand, and they will stand as a single one [One body].”
24. His disciples said, “Show us the place where you are, for we must seek it.”
He said to them, “Anyone here with two ears had better listen! There is light within a person of light, and it shines on the whole world. If it does not shine, it is dark.”
25. Jesus said, “Love your friends like your own soul, protect them like the pupil of your eye.”
26. Jesus said, “You see the sliver in your friend’s eye, but you don’t see the timber in your own eye. When you take the timber out of your own eye, then you will see well enough to remove the sliver from your friend’s eye.”
27. “If you do not fast [abstain and purify] from the world, you will not find the (Father’s) kingdom. If you do not observe the Sabbath [His interruptions to stop and correct the erroneous words and works] as a Sabbath you will not see the Father.”
28. Jesus said, “I took my stand in the midst of the world, and in flesh I appeared to them. I found them all drunk, and I did not find any of them thirsty [for God’s sobering word of correction]. My soul ached for the children of humanity, because they are blind in their hearts and do not see, for they came into the world empty, and they also seek to depart from the world empty.
But meanwhile they are drunk. When they shake off their wine [what has stupefied them], then they will change their ways.”
29. Jesus said, “If the flesh came into being because of spirit, that is a marvel, but if spirit came into being because of the body [by the LORD speaking from man], that is a marvel of marvels [the end of the mystery].
Yet I marvel at how this great wealth [the LORD’s riches] has come to dwell in this poverty.”
30. Jesus said, “Where there are three deities, they are divine [they have become complete, One in knowing the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit]. Where there are two or one, I am with that one [to enlighten them to know the character {identity} of the others].”
31. Jesus said, “No prophet is welcome on his home turf; doctors don’t cure those who know them.”
32. Jesus said, “A city built on a high hill and fortified cannot fall, nor can it be hidden.”
33. Jesus said, “What you will hear in your ear, in the other ear proclaim from your rooftops.
After all, no one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, nor does one put it in a hidden place. Rather, one puts it on a lampstand so that all who come and go will see its light.”
34. Jesus said, “If a blind person leads a blind person, both of them will fall into a hole.”
35. Jesus said, “One can’t enter a strong person’s house and take it by force without tying his hands. Then one can loot his house.”

The above is telling of what we have already seen in the Word of God, and which Thomas later explains in very simple terms.

Thomas
108. Jesus said, “Whoever drinks from my mouth will become like me; I myself shall become that person, and the hidden things will be revealed to him.”
109. Jesus said, “The (Father’s) kingdom is like a person who had a treasure hidden in his field but did not know it. And [when] he died he left it to his [son]. The son [did] not know about it either. He took over the field and sold it. The buyer went plowing, [discovered] the treasure, and began to lend money at interest to whomever he wished.”
110. Jesus said, “Let one who has found the world, and has become wealthy, renounce the world.”
111. Jesus said, “The heavens and the earth will roll up in your presence, and whoever is living from the living one will not see death.”
Does not Jesus say, “Those who have found themselves, of them the world is not worthy”?
112. Jesus said, “[Curse] the flesh that depends on the soul [the mind of man – in agreement with the world]. [Curse] the soul that depends on the flesh.”
113. His disciples said to him, “When will the kingdom come?”
“It will not come by watching for it. It will not be said, ‘Look, here!’ or ‘Look, there!’ Rather, the Father’s kingdom is spread out upon the earth [as light], and people don’t see it.”

This takes us to Thomas’ description of what is written in John 20 describing when he put his hand in the wound of the LORD, and saw Him as He is. Thomas begins this above in verse 17 as Jesus says He will give him (us) what hand has not touched, and what has not arisen from human reasoning.

Thomas
98. Jesus said, “The Father’s kingdom is like a person who wanted to kill someone powerful. While still at home he drew his sword and thrust it into the wall to find out whether his hand would go in. Then he killed the powerful one.”

The LORD is speaking of destroying the principalities and power, the ruler of the darkness of this world, the spiritually wicked in high places. While in the house with His disciples he allowed the sword, the word twisted into darkness by man, to be trust into the wall the powerful had built. This wall is described in Matthew 27:51 as the veil of the temple, which was ripped into two. We know this is the veil that kept people from entering the holy of holies and into the presence of God. These ideas, in consort, tell of the place Thomas was shown he “would go in.” This destroyed the powers – their ideas – that had kept him/us out.

Thomas
90. Jesus said, “Come to me, for my yoke is comfortable and my lordship is gentle, and you will find rest for yourselves.”
91. They said to him, “Tell us who you are so that we may believe in you.”
He said to them, “You examine the face of heaven and earth, but you have not come to know the one who is in your presence, and you do not know how to examine the present moment.”
92. Jesus said, “Seek and you will find.
In the past, however, I did not tell you the things about which you asked me then. Now I am willing to tell them, but you are not seeking them.”
93. “Don’t give what is holy to dogs, for they might throw them upon the manure pile. Don’t throw pearls to pigs, or they might … it ….” [this is speaking of casting our ideas before those who aren’t seeking truth, answering their question and giving them the opportunity to pervert and twist them into their redefinitions – turning them into the same dung {lies and deception – of the false prophets and fake news report} as they have turned everything else they touch.]
94. Jesus said, “One who seeks will find, and for one who knocks it will be opened.”
95. Jesus said, “If you have money, don’t lend it at interest. Rather, give it to someone from whom you won’t get it back.” [speaking of riches {ideas and understanding – truth and light} that come from God.]
96. Jesus said, “The Father’s kingdom is like a woman. She took a little leaven [corruption], hid it in dough, and made it into large [corrupted] loaves of bread. Anyone here with two ears had better listen!”
97. Jesus said, “The Father’s kingdom is like a woman who was carrying a jar full of meal. While she was walking along a distant road, the handle of the jar broke and the meal spilled behind her along the road. She didn’t know it; she hadn’t noticed a problem. When she reached her house, she put the jar down and discovered that it was empty.” [This is speaking of the vessels which held the teaching and ideas into which the corrupt was worked. It has all become empty – void.]

Isaiah 10
22 For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
23 For the LORD God of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.
24 Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts, O my people that dwell in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian [the progressives/communists]: he shall smite you with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against you, after the manner of Egypt [trying to bring you into captivity and under a heavy burden/yoke].
25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.
26 And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

Psalms 37
28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt you to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

 

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Whosoever speaks against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.

Whosoever speaks against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
 
The title is from Matthew 12:32, which is followed by the LORD speaking of the trees: those we have seen are the leaders risen up from the earth. He is describing what these men teach, their words and ideas that are restated by those they have created in their own image. As we know, these leaders teach their own creation, which they falsely claim God says, and then when the truth is presented their followers call it the work of the devil – only because it opposes their church doctrine, their preacher, or their teacher.
 
Matthew 12
33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
34 O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.
36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37 For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.
 
The best advice for our time is to call all God’s people to repentance, asking His forgiveness for straying from Him and His truth, and for speaking lies in His name. Then tell all to stop their own words, become as little children, and again learn the foundation of peace and civility. This is what the LORD is saying in Matthew 7, not that there shouldn’t be judgment, but rather those who don’t have a full and clear understanding of the LORD’s judgment should not judge. He says those who judge without this clarity expose themselves to judgment by the same unbalanced and twisted standard. He then says to clear our eyes of what is causing the imbalance, so we can then go on to help others clear their understanding. This purification produces self-judgment, which is the basis of good self-governing in both men and nations.
 
All things can be understood, but only with a mind that isn’t hindered by inescapable preconceptions, or led astray by desire or impatience. This is what the LORD goes on to describe, saying that in this state of clarity we see and hear God, who wants to give us all good and necessary gifts.
 
Matthew 7
1 Judge not, that you be not judged.
2 For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again.
3 And why behold you the mote that is in your brother’s eye, but consider not the beam that is in your own eye?
4 Or how will you say to your brother, Let me pull out the mote out of your eye; and, behold, a beam is in your own eye?
5 You hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of your own eye [clear what hinders your understanding]; and then shall you see clearly to cast out the mote out of your brother’s eye [his understanding].
6 Give not that which is holy [purified] unto the dogs [those who have returned to their own vomit], neither cast you your pearls before swine [those who remain wallowing in their mire – the ideas and judgement they have muddied], lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. [This is saying don’t look for clarity to those who have again degenerated into a worse state than where we began – those now lacking truth and judgment]
7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: [Matthew 5: 8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see {and hear} God.]
8 For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.
9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
12 Therefore all things whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do you even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets [the second greatest Commandment – which encapsulates the meaning of the fifth thru the tenth Commandments. – the ways of peace and civilization].
13 Enter you in at the strait gate [that is crowded with obstacles of those trying to force their way in]: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leads unto life, and few there be that find it.
15 Beware of false prophets [the obstacles – trees which the LORD will hew down to clear our path], which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
16 You shall know them by their fruits [their words and the words of those they produce after their own kind]. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
17 Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
19 Every tree that brings not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
20 Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them.
21 Not every one that says unto me, LORD, LORD, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he [the few] that does the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, LORD, LORD, have we not prophesied in your name? and in your name have cast out devils? and in your name done many wonderful works? [These men are the corrupt trees whose own words condemn them, and they went on their own way and ignored the Father’s will.]
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity.
24 Therefore whosoever hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
26 And every one that hears these sayings of mine, and does them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
29 For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
 
The LORD tells us the only people who enter the kingdom of heaven, are those who do the will of the Father which is in heaven. We know heaven is the place defined by understanding God’s will, which is found in His rightly divided word. It is the knowledge of God, which He desires for us above all else. The LORD continues this idea above in verse 24 describing the wise as those who not only hear his words but also do them.
 
The will of the Father is specifically mentioned one time in Matthew, in the parable the LORD tells in Matthew 21, just after He asks a question that gives its context. It comes as the corrupt trees, those without judgment because of what is blinding their eyes, ask the LORD by what authority He is teaching. The LORD responds by asking them if the baptism of John came from heaven or man. We know the question referred to John’s call for all repent, to prepare the way of the LORD. These men, knowing they hadn’t repented and returned to the place where they strayed from the LORD (and returned to the vomit and mire they had left behind), knew they couldn’t say John’s baptism was from heaven because it would have shown they were not doing the Father’s will. This exchange is followed by the parable of the two sons, which we know is another allegory of these corrupt trees and the publicans and harlots.
 
The Father’s will is repentance: purification that prepares God’s children to do His work, which we know is in His vineyards, rendering Him the fruit in its season.
 
Matthew 21
19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on you henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
20 And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!
21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Truly I say unto you, If you have faith, and doubt not, you shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if you shall say unto this mountain, Be you removed, and be you cast into the sea; it shall be done.
22 And all things, whatsoever you shall ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive.
23 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority do you these things? and who gave you this authority?
24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if you tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
25 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did you not then believe him?
26 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
28 But what think you? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Truly I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and you believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and you, when you had seen it, repented not afterward, that you might believe him.
33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.
40 When the LORD therefore of the vineyard comes, what will he do unto those husbandmen?
41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
42 Jesus said unto them, Did you never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the LORD’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?
43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke of them.
46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
 
In previous posts we have seen that man is saved by what he confesses with His mouth, specifically attributing and rendering the fruit to the LORD. We know this means we proclaim the LORD is alive in us, speaking His word and will to reconcile the world to Himself. We understand this is our salvation and the salvation of the world. Proverbs 12 speaks of it in the context of all here discussed, verse 14 saying, “A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompense of a man’s hands [his work in the Father’s vineyard] shall be rendered unto him.” The same idea of being rewarded based on the words a person speaks is seen in the verse prior where we are told: “the wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips.”
 
Proverbs 12
1 Whoso loves instruction loves knowledge: but he that hates reproof is brutish.
2 A good man obtains favor of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that makes ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
9 He that is despised, and has a servant, is better than he that honors himself, and lacks bread.
10 A righteous man regards the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
11 He that tills his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that follows vain persons is void of understanding.
12 The wicked desire the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yields fruit.
13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompense of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.
15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkens unto counsel is wise.
16 A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covers shame.
17 He that speaks truth shows forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
18 There is that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
23 A prudent man conceals knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.
24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
25 Heaviness in the heart of man makes it stoop: but a good word make it glad.
26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor: but the way of the wicked seduces them.
27 The slothful man roasts not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
28 In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
 
Romans 11
25 For I would not, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in.
26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father’s sakes.
29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
30 For as you in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
32 For God has concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
34 For who has known the mind of the LORD? or who has been his counsellor?
35 Or who has first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
 
Romans 12
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be you transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God has dealt to every man the measure of faith.
4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
 
Friends, the mystery ends when the vail is taken away and we understand the LORD is with us, His Spirit in us, which liberates us from death and our blindness. Only in accepting Him as He is are we changed into the same image: seeing His glory resulting in our glory. We know this is written in ending 1 Corinthians 3, and continues into the next chapter describing the blindness we have come out from. This is the same hindered judgment the LORD spoke of as the beam in a person’s eye that keeps them from seeing, and without the ability to help others understand.
 
2 Corinthians 3
12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
13 And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the LORD, the vail shall be taken away.
17 Now the LORD is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the LORD is, there is liberty.
18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the LORD, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD.
 
2 Corinthians 4
1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
4 In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the LORD; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the LORD Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
11 For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
12 So then death works in us, but life in you.
13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
14 Knowing that he which raised up the LORD Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
 
Verse 13 above quotes Psalms 116:10, where we are in like context told of our walking with the LORD in the land of the living. It is speaking of our coming from death into life, by believing and speaking, the Psalm’s verse 13 then saying, “I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.”
 
Psalms 116
1 I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my supplications.
2 Because he has inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech you, deliver my soul.
5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
6 The LORD preserves the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
7 Return unto your rest, O my soul; for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.
8 For you have delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
10 I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
11 I said in my haste, All men are liars [the Divine truth revealed – men in the land of the living do see God and speak His word – which is what the writer came to believe and confess, and then following it is reproduced in his life and words].
12 What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?
13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.
14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
16 O LORD, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, and the son of your handmaid: you have loosed my bonds.
17 I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.
18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
19 In the courts of the LORD’s house, in the midst of you, O Jerusalem. Praise you the LORD.
 
Exodus 19 tells of the LORD coming in the cloud on the third day, to show the people He is speaking to and through Moses. It is the LORD speaking and His people believing.
 
Exodus 19
7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.
8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD has spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
As we know, this is the encounter on the mountain spoken of in Hebrews 12 before we are told of our reaching mount Zion and heavenly Jerusalem. The chapter goes on to says the first voice was heard on the earth, and the voice we are now hearing is from heaven.
 
Hebrews 12
25 See that you refuse not him that speaks. For if they escaped not who refused him that spoke on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaks from heaven:
26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he has promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
27 And this word, Yet once more, signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
29 For our God is a consuming fire.
 
We know this is the same voice of correction the chapter being by describing, which is the same voice described as Hebrews 1 begins.
 
Hebrews 12
1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which does so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest you be wearied and faint in your minds.
4 You have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
5 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks unto you as unto children, My son, despise not you the chastening [correction] of the LORD, nor faint when you are rebuked of him:
6 For whom the LORD loves he chastens, and scourges [disciplines] every son whom he receives.
 
Hebrews 1
1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spoke in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2 Has in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he has appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:
4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
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Behold, you despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which you shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you. (I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.)

Behold, you despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which you shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you. (I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.)

The above portion outside the parentheses comes in Acts 13:41 and is spoken to those who mistakenly thought they were the true “believers” of the time: those Paul describes in Roman 10:2, who “have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.” He says they were going about to justify their own works, and were denying the works of God, which they were unable to recognize because they were without the needed knowledge. Acts 13:41 is a warning to these types, those not believing the truth because their preconceptions blinded them from the gospel and the LORD’s presence, even though a man declared it.
 
As we saw in the prior post, Paul in Roman then goes on to quote Deuteronomy 30 as he describes from where the declaration of the needed knowledge comes. Romans 10 speaks of it as Christ, while Deuteronomy 30 describes it as the word, after it speaks of hearing the voice of the LORD as salvation: the life found in living by its teaching. Paul in Romans describes this last aspect as what produces the necessary confession (declaration) that the LORD has risen from the dead and that you have witnessed it. These words raise us from the dead with Him.
 
Deuteronomy 30
10 If you shall hearken unto the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if you turn unto the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul.
11 For this commandment which I command you this day, it is not hidden from you, neither is it far off.
12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
14 But the word is very near unto you, in your mouth, and in your heart, that you may do it.
15 See, I have set before you this day life and good, and death and evil;
16 In that I command you this day to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that you may live and multiply: and the LORD your God shall bless you in the land whither you go to possess it.
 
Romans 10
6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaks on this wise, Say not in your heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)
7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
8 But what says it? The word is near you, even in your mouth, and in your heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
9 That if you shall confess with your mouth the LORD Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.
10 For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11 For the scripture says, Whosoever believes on him shall not be ashamed.
12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same LORD over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved.
 
Paul explicitly defines finding Christ in His word that comes “near” to us in the words of the person the LORD sends, and validates, for this purpose. This is the gospel declared and the knowledge of God given, which then reproduces after His own kind, Jehovah’s Salvation (Jesus) in us and sent into the world with the same mission.
 
This is the declaration Paul is making in Acts 13 to those who had zeal without knowledge, which he says in verse 27 is them not knowing Him, speaking of the LORD when He came near. Paul says, nor did they understand the voice of the prophets, meaning those who described His coming: the same Holy Spirit in them declared it. In verse 32 Paul then says this resurrection of the Jehovah’s Salvation coming near these men is the glad tidings he is declaring unto them, so they would understand it.
 
Acts 13
16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and you that fear God, give audience.
17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm brought he them out of it.
18 And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.
19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
20 And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfill all my will.
23 Of this man’s seed has God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Savior, Jesus:
24 When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
25 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think you that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there comes one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you fears God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulcher.
30 But God raised him from the dead:
31 And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.
32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
33 God has fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he has raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, You are my Son, this day have I begotten you.
34 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.
35 Wherefore he says also in another psalm, You shall not suffer your Holy One to see corruption.
36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
37 But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
38 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
39 And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
41 Behold, you despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which you shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
 
Friends, as we see above in Paul’s description of John’s baptism, it is a call to repentance, which we know speaks of returning to the place from where God’s people left Him. Leaving Him tells of no longer listening to His guidance, and no longer keeping His commandments with the statutes and judgments. As we see, there is nothing said (in Deuteronomy 30:16) of sacrifice, which we know is referred to by the LORD in Matthew 12:7 when He quotes from Hosea 6:6, saying, “I will have mercy and not sacrifice.” We know the full verse in Hosea 6 says, “For I desire mercy and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.” As we’ve seen in the previous post, Hosea 6 begins with calling all God’s people to return (the baptism of repentance), and speaks of the LORD decisively cutting down those who led them astray. We see this described as hewing (felling) them by the prophets, and by the word of His mouth. This comes after we are told of the third day (the resurrection day – now) when the LORD “will raise us up, and we will live in His sight.” It says it is when the later rain (word coming directly from heaven – rightly divided into pure form) comes and finished the work the former rain began, which is preceded by verse 3 saying, “Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD [the knowledge of God]: his going forth is prepared as the morning [as the light {understanding} returning].”
 
These events and the return of the knowledge of God are the LORD responding to what we are told in Hosea 4:6 when He says, “My people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge.” The reason these leaders are hewn down is because the people are still asking for their counsel, and have rejected the LORD’s knowledge. These priests and prophets refused to return and be corrected, and therefore the LORD says this will result in the shame of the unrepentant, which we know means the end they expected and falsely declared does not come. The conclusion is repentance as the only way to see the LORD, by first hearing and understanding His voice. There is salvation in none other!
 
These men offer a defiled sacrifice rather than relying on the LORD’s mercy, His knowledge, and His righteousness (His truth, which comes as His correction).
 
Hosea 4
1 Hear the word of the LORD, you children of Israel: for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood touches blood [what drained the life from some now drains life from all].
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwells therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away [all living].
4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for your people are as they that strive with the priest.
5 Therefore shall you fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall [be hewn down] with you in the night [by their lack of understanding], and I will destroy your mother.
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you shall be no priest to me: seeing you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children [those they have produced after their own kind].
7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame [they will realize the deceptions they glory in have not and will not come – because they are lies these men have created].
8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity [there are no calls to repentance – because the priests and prophets refuse to admit their own sin/errors, which are the sins of the people they have produced after their own kind].
9 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
10 For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD [without knowledge they are unable to hear His voice].
11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart [selling themselves to idols and their stupefying words have also removed their mind’s ability to rightly reason].
12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declares unto them: for the spirit of whoredom [idol worship] has caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring [they have sold themselves] from under their God.
13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms [these leaders as the trees that are hewn down], because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that do not understand shall fall [be hewn down].
15 Though you, Israel [God’s people – Christian and Jew, Israel and Judah, Samaria and Jerusalem], play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend [now the leaders of God people]; and come not you unto Gilgal [the words that have agitated the sea – the masses], neither go you up to Bethaven [the house/family of naught], nor swear, The LORD lives [in these places].
16 For Israel slides back as a backsliding heifer [who will not move or return]: now [because of this] the LORD will feed them [with His word, by which man shall lives] as a lamb in a large place [as sheep who have no shepherd and have been scattered].
17 Ephraim is joined to idols [all God’s people in our time]: let him alone.
18 Their drink is sour [their words/ teaching – have spoiled and are undrinkable]: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give you [instead of feeding the flock they call on God’s people to give to them].
19 The wind has bound her up in her wings [the spirit in her has lifted her up and carried her away from God], and they shall be ashamed [disappointed] because of their sacrifices [which are defiled by their idols].
 
When the LORD quotes from Hosea 6:6 in Matthew 12:7 it comes just after these religious leaders accused Him of profaning the temple. The LORD responds by telling them there is one greater than the temple there with them, and then partially quotes Hosea 6:6, “But if you had known what this means, ‘I will have mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.” The meaning they missed is in what is stated in the other half of the Hosea 6:6 statement: “and the knowledge of God more than burnt offering.”
 
The LORD was telling them they lacked the knowledge they needed to know He is the one greater than the temple, who they profaned and did that which they were accusing Him. Matthew 12 continues in this context and speaks of those who were in need of healing which was disallowed by the religious imposters among them as wolves in sheep’s clothing. The LORD charges those who were healed (made whole) “that they should not make Him known.” Isaiah 42 is then quoted, after saying these things were done to fulfill what it says. What follows are these men again profaning Him, now vilifying Him calling the Spirit in Him the devil, which is addressed by telling of this as the unforgivable sin.
 
(FYI: when I posted the truth that the rapture is a lie, the response from those who follow the men who teach and preach these ideas/idol, was to say I am from the devil, doing his work. They are ignorant of the fact Peter speaks of in 2 Peter 2, saying, “1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily [from their own imaginations] shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the LORD [when He comes with the truth to correct the heresies they false prophets have wrought] that bought them [paid the price to bring them out of this corruption], and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 3 And through covetousness [because they love to say, “Give you”] shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingers not, and their damnation slumbers not.” And Hebrews 10, saying “26 For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins, 27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. 28 He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: 29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose you, shall he be thought worthy, who have trodden under foot the Son of God, and have counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and has done despite unto the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him that has said, Vengeance belongs unto me, I will recompense, says the LORD. And again, The LORD shall judge his people. 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.)
 
Take heed!
 
Matthew 12
1 At that time Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat.
2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, your disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the Sabbath day.
3 But he said unto them, Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they that were with him;
4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
5 Or have you not read in the law, how that on the Sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are blameless?
6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.
7 But if you had known what this means, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the guiltless.
8 For the Son of man is LORD even of the Sabbath day.
9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:
10 And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the Sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the Sabbath days.
13 Then said he to the man, Stretch forth your hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.
14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
16 And charged them that they should not make him known:
17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying,
18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spoke and saw.
23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow does not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.
28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathers not with me scatters abroad [contrasting the work of the devil and the work of the Holy Spirit and why He leads us into all truth – to gather us together in agreement with and to the LORD].
31 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.
32 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.
33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
34 O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.
36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37 For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.
38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from you.
39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah:
40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and, behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none.
44 Then he says, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he finds it empty, swept, and garnished.
45 Then goes he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself [these men and their corrupted ideas and teaching], and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
47 Then one said unto him, Behold, your mother and your brethren stand without, desiring to speak with you.
48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
 
Gathering us to the LORD is the plan of God and the Work of His Holy Spirit. I am the one He has made Author and Finisher of our faith, and sent to lead this gathering. Hebrews 2:10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. 11 For both he that sanctifies [leads us into purification – holiness] and they who are sanctified [purified and made holy] are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, 12 Saying, I will declare your name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto you. 13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God has given me.
 
Isaiah 42
1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he has set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
5 Thus says God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which comes out of it; he that gives breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
6 I the LORD have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and give you for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
10 Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar [darkness] does inhabit: let the inhabitants of the Rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
12 Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.
13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
14 I have long time held my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, You are our gods.
18 Hear, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see.
19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD’s servant?
20 Seeing many things, but you observe not; opening the ears, but he hears not.
21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honorable.
22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivers; for a spoil, and none says, Restore.
23 Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?
24 Who gave Jacob [those wrestling with God’s presence unaware] for a spoil, and Israel [Christians and Jews] to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.
25 Therefore he has poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it has set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
 
Psalms 120
1 In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
3 What shall be given unto you? or what shall be done unto you, you false tongue?
4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech [in the midst of the enemy sown among us, who the LORD has drawn into the light], that I dwell in the tents of Kedar [darkness]!
6 My soul has long dwelt with him that hates peace.
7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
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If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
 
Friends, over the last many posts, the LORD has shown us this is the time of His appearing and His kingdom, and the wise of this world have rejected it out of hand (meaning they have refused and ignored His message). In the prior post, we saw described precisely the air the LORD has drawn us into, and that in which we were caught and from where we were led out. We are His sheep hearing his voice, rising from among the dead, following Him where He first went and then led us out by the same way.
 
We know, those hearing His voice are those who love Him and keep His word in pure form, not corrupting it as have the wolves. This is what Paul tells us in many places, as does the LORD when answering the question of Judas (Judah – those who will be the leaders of His people) in John 14. There He gives us the revelation that He will first send His Spirit who would lead us into all truth and in this we would know it is His manifesting His presence and glory to us. He tells us He will manifest himself to us (not to the world), to (and in) those who love Him (above all others – including the false prophets who have caught [brought us into bondage] and scatter the sheep – see Exodus 20:2) and keep His word.
 
The word “keep” in John 14:23 is the Greek word tereo, meaning to guard it from being changed. It is speaking of keeping it from those who will or have changed its meaning; as have false prophets and wolves among the sheep, who have used it to control and lead God’s people into death. It is from this sleep he awakens us to life, out of the air of this world (what it breaths out and in) where all have been blinded from seeing (understanding, which is knowing) the LORD.
 
Here is the full Strong’s Greek Dictionary definition: Strong’s #5083: tereo (pronounced tay-reh’-o) from teros (a watch; perhaps akin to 2334); to guard (from loss or injury, properly, by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from 5442, which is properly to prevent escaping; and from 2892, which implies a fortress or full military lines of apparatus), i.e. to note (a prophecy; figuratively, to fulfil a command); by implication, to detain (in custody; figuratively, to maintain); by extension, to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively, to keep unmarried):–hold fast, keep(- er), (pre-, re-)serve, watch.
 
John 14
11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
12 Truly, truly, I say unto you, He that believes on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
13 And whatsoever you shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If you shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
15 If you love me, keep my commandments.
16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it sees him not, neither knows him: but you know him; for he dwells with you, and shall be in you.
18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
19 Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more; but you see me: because I live, you shall live also.
20 At that day you shall know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
21 He that has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves me: and he that loves me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
22 Judas said unto him, not Iscariot, LORD, how is it that you will manifest yourself unto us, and not unto the world?
23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
24 He that loves me not keeps not my sayings: and the word which you hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.
25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world gives, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
 
The peace the LORD has given those who hear and see His glory, is the evidence that we have entered His kingdom, and what takes away fear (which is our peace – removing all inner conflict/agitation).
 
Friends, the false prophets and the wolves, the thieves and robber among us, are not sinners any different than any other: they, as are all, are called to repent, leave their corrupted riches/ideas behind, and becomes as little children born again into the LORD’s kingdom. They are the dead leading the dead, who must rise first – by the LORD’s long-suffering, not wanting them to be ashamed [disappointed] at His appearing. Their repentance and acceptance is a sign to the world, that the love, mercy, and forgiveness of the LORD is boundless.
 
Luke 12
32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
33 Sell that you have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that fail not, where no thief approaches, neither moth corrupt.
34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning [showing your understanding – of the time and season];
36 And you yourselves like unto men that wait for their LORD, when he will return from the wedding; that when he comes and knocks, they may open [your mind] unto him immediately.
37 Blessed are those servants, whom the LORD when he comes shall find watching: truly I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
39 And this know, that if the good-man of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
40 Be you therefore ready also: for the Son of man comes at an hour when you think not.
41 Then Peter said unto him, LORD, speak you this parable unto us, or even to all?
42 And the LORD said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his LORD shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
43 Blessed is that servant, whom his LORD when he comes shall find so doing.
44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he has.
45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My LORD delays his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
46 The LORD of that servant will come in a day when he looks not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
47 And that servant, which knew his LORD’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
51 Suppose you that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
53 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
54 And he said also to the people, When you see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway you say, There comes a shower; and so it is.
55 And when you see the south wind blow, you say, There will be heat; and it comes to pass.
56 You hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that you do not discern this time?
57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge you not what is right?
58 When you go with your adversary to the magistrate, as you are in the way, give diligence that you may be delivered from him; lest he hale you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer cast you into prison.
59 I tell you, you shall not depart thence, till you have paid the very last mite.
 
Now, AGAIN, I call the dead to life. These words are the LORD’s word to you, and life is found in receiving them as such. There is life in no other! “I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Believe you this?”
 
2 Corinthians 5
14 For the love of Christ constrains [binds us together – into One body] us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.
17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
18 And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and has committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be you reconciled to God.
21 For he has made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
 
Romans 10
1 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel [Christian and Jew alike] is, that they might be saved.
2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
3 For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness [correctness], and going about to establish their own righteousness [correctness], have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God [His correction].
4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believes.
5 For Moses described the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which does those things shall live by them.
6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaks on this wise, Say not in your heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)
7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
8 But what says it? The word is near you, even in your mouth, and in your heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
9 That if you shall confess with your mouth the LORD Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.
10 For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11 For the scripture says, Whosoever believes on him shall not be ashamed.
12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same LORD over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved.
14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear [the LORD] without a preacher?
15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, LORD, who has believed our report?
17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing [the LORD] by the word of God.
18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes truly, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
19 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses says, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.
20 But Isaiah is very bold, and says, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.
21 But to Israel he says, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
 
Friends, the end of the law is Christ, which means God with us and in us, manifested by those He chooses to speak to us through, reconciling us to Himself. This idea is seen above as our confession that the LORD has risen and is alive, speaking to us and the world. As we know, the verses above saying this are quoted from Deuteronomy 30, which again speaks of hearing His voice. It says, confessing that we hear and will obey (be purified, become a holy people by keeping His commandments), is the understanding of life and death set before us this day.
 
Deuteronomy 30
10 If you shall hearken unto the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if you turn unto the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul.
11 For this commandment which I command you this day, it is not hidden from you, neither is it far off.
12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
14 But the word is very near unto you, in your mouth, and in your heart, that you may do it.
15 See, I have set before you this day life and good, and death and evil;
16 In that I command you this day to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that you may live and multiply: and the LORD your God shall bless you in the land whither you go to possess it.
17 But if your heart turn away, so that you will not hear, but shall be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
18 I denounce unto you this day, that you shall surely perish, and that you shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither you pass over Jordan [pass over death into life] to go to possess it.
19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both you and your seed may live:
20 That you may love the LORD your God, and that you may obey his voice, and that you may cleave unto him: for he is your life, and the length of your days: that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
 
Those who have read the previous posts know we have discussed Gideon as the feller (hewer of trees) of the mighty men of the earth. Hosea 6 speaks of our time, when the men spoken to/of above, return from their wickedness, hewn down by the prophets and this word. As we saw in the title of the post before last, this is so they can be again built upon a better and incorruptible foundation, and planted beside these living waters as trees of life.
 
Hosea 6
1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has smitten, and he will bind us up.
2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
4 O Ephraim [God’s people in this generation, who will be raised into new life as a second {double} blessing], what shall I do unto you? O Judah [those who will lead God’s people], what shall I do unto you? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goes away.
5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and your judgments are as the light [understanding] that goes forth.
6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
8 Gilead [the mountain of testimony] is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.
9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
10 I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom [selling themselves] of Ephraim, Israel is defiled [they are corrupted by their idols/ideas].
11 Also, O Judah [the leaders who will be hewn by the sword of the LORD, and the word of His feller of mighty men], he has set an harvest for you, when I returned the captivity of my people [when He will take {harpazo} them from your hand into His].
 
Paul ends Romans 10 above with several quotes from the beginning of Isaiah 65, a chapter God breathed for this moment. (Friends, living and dead, this is the time for all His people [Christian and Jew] to rise into the moment.)
 
Isaiah 65
1 I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walks in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;
3 A people that provoke me to anger continually to my face; that sacrifices in gardens, and burns incense upon altars of brick [the creations of man];
4 Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments [tombs], which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
5 Which say, Stand by yourself, come not near to me; for I am holier than you. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all the day.
6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
7 Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, says the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.
8 Thus says the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all.
9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
10 And Sharon [the land in which the LORD has pleasure] shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor [the land that had been troubled] a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
11 But you are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop [the invaders and robbers], and that furnish the drink offering unto that number [who gather against the LORD and His anointed].
12 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and you shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.
13 Therefore thus says the LORD God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be ashamed [disappointed when what you have expected does not come – because it is a lie]:
14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but you shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
15 And you shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the LORD God shall slay you, and call his servants by another name:
16 That he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.
17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
18 But be you glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that has not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
23 They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, says the LORD.
 
Psalms 107
1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.
2 Let the redeemed of the LORD SAY SO, whom he has redeemed from the hand [as in harpazo] of the enemy;
3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
5 Hungry and thirsty [for this bread of life and these living waters], their soul fainted in [without] them.
6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
9 For he satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness.
10 Such as sit in darkness [without understanding and thereby in confusion] and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned [scorned and vilified] the counsel of the most High:
12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; they fell down [He hewed them down by uncovering their works], and there was none to help.
13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder. [He gave them understanding – light.]
15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
16 For he has broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
18 Their soul abhors all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses.
20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. [this has God done often – to men and nations – Job 33: 29 Lo, all these things works God oftentimes with man, 30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living. Hebrews 13:6 So that we may boldly say, The LORD is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. 7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. 8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.]
21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing [in “the knowledge of God”].
23 They that go down to the sea in ships [carry His word in vessels, in pure form through the troubles and agitation, to the masses], that do business in great waters [that work to keep and preserve His word];
24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep [the mysteries contain below its surface].
25 For he commands, and raises the stormy wind [exposes those who agitate the people, by causing their tactics {lies} to be plainly seen], which lifts up the waves thereof [the pride of men, that causes them to perish].
26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble [they cause].
27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man [confused and delusional], and are at their wit’s end.
28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distresses.
29 He makes the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
30 Then are they glad because they be quiet [because He has stopped their words/lies]; so he brings them unto their desired haven [their minds are in peace].
31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
33 He turn rivers into a wilderness, and the water-springs into dry ground [the words that are the cause of the troubles];
34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
35 He turns the wilderness into a standing water [He send His word], and dry ground into water-springs [His living waters].
36 And there he makes the hungry to dwell [those who seek Him], that they may prepare a city for habitation;
37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
38 He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffers not their cattle to decrease.
39 Again [as now], they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
40 He pours contempt upon princes, and causes them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
41 Yet sets he the poor on high from affliction, and makes him families like a flock.
42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
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The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God has shown it unto them.

The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God has shown it unto them.
 
In the prior post and many before, we have discussed the harpazo, the word the false prophets have twisted into an off the planet rapture. We have seen the LORD use the word in John 10:12 describing the wolves who “caught” and scatter the sheep when the hirelings fled. Later in the same chapter He again uses it, rendered twice as “pluck,” to tell of the Father’s work gathering the sheep, saying when He does no man will pluck (harpazo) them from His hand. He goes on to add the full context by quoting Psalms 82:6, which we saw describe the judgment when the LORD will rid us (His sheep) “out of the hand of the wicked.”
 
In past discussions we have often examined the Greek word katecho, meaning to hold down. It is the word rendered “hold” in the title, which is quoted from Romans 1:18 & 19. In 2 Thessalonians 2:6 it is the word rendered “withholds” describing the wicked who are already at work in the temple of God, sitting in His place (of judgment) showing themselves as if they are Him, while opposing and exalting themselves above everything He is showing them. Paul goes on in the chapter to tells us these are those who now “let,” meaning they were already holding down God’s people, and he says they will hold them down (let – katecho) until they are taken out of the way.
 
These are the hands that catch and hold the sheep, and the hands from which we are freed by the LORD. It comes at the judgment: now, when the events spoke of in Romans 1 above and in 1 Thessalonians 4:16 & 17 are realized. The voice spoken of by Paul in both passages is the LORD speaking by me: in Romans as the LORD’s wrath, His words making known the truth, which these men hold (katecho) in their unrighteousness. In Thessalonians, it is God’s people who are held down by the same unrighteousness, 1 Thessalonians 4 saying it is the LORD’s voice (word) that rids us from the hand of the wicked, as we are caught up (harpazo – pulled from the hand of the wicked, into the Father’s hand, into heaven: where there is no confusion and understanding reigns by the rightly divided word of truth). 2 Thessalonians 2 plainly says these men perish because they receive not the love of His truth, which He has shown them. Verse 8 describes it as them being consumed by the Spirit of His mouth and the brightness of His coming.
 
Romans 1
15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believes; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God has shewed it unto them.
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet [received in themselves a just reward for their corrupted ideas, which was deserved].
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind [a mind God does not approve of], to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful [all these perfectly describe the modern leftist – godless: full of aberrance and anarcho-communism]
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death [those who commit such things choose to remain in death, and in this condition, rejecting the knowledge God has shown them, cannot be raised to life], not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
 
We see in this last statement Paul using the same words as in 2 Thessalonians 2:12 speaking of those who trust in lies, who the LORD sends even stronger delusion, “that they all might be damned who believe not the truth, but have pleasure in unrighteousness.”
 
1 Thessalonians 4
9 But as touching brotherly love you need not that I write unto you: for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
10 And indeed you do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia [speaking of the shambles, the house of dead flesh, where the dead are sleeping]: but we beseech you, brethren, that you increase more and more;
11 And that you study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
12 That you may walk honestly [without lies] toward them that are without, and that you may have lack of nothing.
13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that you sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the LORD, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the LORD shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For the LORD himself shall descend from heaven [from where there is no confusion] with a shout, with the voice of the archangel [these words], and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up [harpazo – snatched into God’s hand] together with them in the clouds, to meet the LORD in the air: and so shall we ever be with the LORD.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
 
As we know the “air” is the Greek word aer, which is only used seven times, and is the words used in Ephesians 2:2 telling of the air we were held in, before we were quickened to life and joined with the LORD in His air.
 
Ephesians 2
1 And you has he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
2 Wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air [aer], the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience:
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 Even when we were dead in sins, has quickened us together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;)
6 And has raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them.
11 Wherefore remember, that you being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
12 That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
14 For he is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
18 For through him we both [the two groups {living and dead – those with and without Christ} spoken of in 1 Thessalonians 4:16 & 17] have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
19 Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
21 In whom all the building fitly framed together grows unto a holy temple in the LORD:
22 In whom you also are built together for a habitation of God through the Spirit.
 
These two airs are seen in Revelation as the word aer is used therein twice. It first appears in Revelation 9:2 to tell of the devil, the angel of bottomless pit: which we know describes the never-ending fall, the degeneration into depravity that once started never ends. It says that when he opens the pit out of it comes smoke, and out of it locust, meaning those devouring every living (green) thing with their mouths. It says this smoke darkens the sun and the air; the sun, as we know, representing the church shining God’s light (understanding) on the earth, and the air telling of the spirit breathed out of one into another. Here it is words that have been turned into bringing spiritual death and darkness.
 
Revelation 9
1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star [Lucifer] fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air [aer] were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power [to rot men from the inside].
4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he strikes a man.
6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
 
The second air (aer) appears in Revelation 16:17, when at the battle of Armageddon, which we know means the mount of the rendezvous (the appointed time), and is the mount of the LORD’s transfiguration, where in the cloud His glory is seen by those who have gone up with Him. It tells of when the seventh angel, the archangel of 1 Thessalonians 4:16, pours his vial into the air, and the voice of God the Father is heard, as it was on the mount of transfiguration, but this time saying “It is done!” This is the same Spirit of the LORD mouth poured into the air, as is spoken of by Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2:8 as the brightness (light and understanding returned) of His coming.
 
In Revelation 16 this comes after the river Euphrates is dried up, and the unclean spirit therein are revealed, who are the wicked deceiving and destroying the earth. They are the spirit of wickedness that has always been at work in the earth, which denies God and seeks to replace him.
 
Revelation 16
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come [as words] out of the mouth of the dragon [the crocodile seen, who was lurking as death in their words], and out of the mouth of the beast [confusion], and out of the mouth of the false prophet [the experts of our time who pretend to know the future and know nothing – many saying “God says” – while in fact he hasn’t told them any of what they claim].
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame [his expectations be turned to disappointment].
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air [aer]; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightning; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great [these are all Spiritual manifestations of the LORD’s word and the understanding it reveals].
19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon [the confusion that rules over the world] came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath [this word].
20 And every island fled away [the dry places without God’s word], and the mountains [the places risen against the LORD – the spiritual wickedness in high places] were not found.
21 And there fell upon men a great hail [see Ezekiel 13:11 & 13 below] out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
 
John mentioning Armageddon is referring to Zechariah 12:11 and what is there said of Megiddon, when the LORD pours out His grace upon His people, as does the angle in Revelation 16:17 above.
 
Zechariah 12
8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem [those taught and founded on the word that flows directly from God]; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.
9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning [see Matthew 24:30 below] of Hadadrimmon [heydad ramam – the shout on the mountain] in the valley of Megiddon [the rendezvous].
 
Matthew 24
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
27 For as the lightning comes out of the east, and shines even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be [He shall light on every man who receives His word, as understanding/light returned to the earth, and God shall dwell with us in His people].
28 For wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: [God’s church and government institutions, and God’s people – those claiming to be His, shall realize they have been unfaithful and have fallen away from their first principles.]
30 And then [when He has “spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them] shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is nigh:
33 So likewise you, when you shall see all these things, know that it is near [the rendezvous that has now appeared], even at the doors.
 
The hail of Revelation 16:21 above is what breaks down the wall the false prophets have built, which has resulted in God’s people not proclaiming the LORD’s work, and not showing it is him coming to save those who will hear and understand. It describes the false prophets telling God’s people they will fly away to safety, when, in fact, there is no peace, and they should be standing in the battle.
 
Ezekiel 13
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say you unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear you the word of the LORD;
3 Thus says the LORD God; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
4 O Israel, your prophets are like the foxes in the deserts [go not after them – as the LORD warns in Matthew 24:26 above].
5 You have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD [Today is the day of the LORD].
6 They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD says: and the LORD has not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word [their end is shame and disappointment].
7 Have you not seen a vain vision, and have you not spoken a lying divination, whereas you say, The LORD said it; albeit I have not spoken [any of their lies]?
8 Therefore thus says the LORD God; Because you have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, says the LORD God.
9 And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and you shall know that I am the LORD God.
10 Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace [instead of telling them to stand in the battle]; and one built up a wall [that the false prophets built, which they and the people trusted in to give them peace], and, lo, others daubed it with untempered mortar [mire – their lies]:
11 Say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar [mire], that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and you, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing [mire] wherewith you have daubed [mire] it?
13 Therefore thus says the LORD God; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume [make a full end of] it.
14 So will I break down the wall that you have daubed with untempered mortar [mire – their lies], and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and you shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and you shall know that I am the LORD.
15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered mortar, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it;
16 To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, says the LORD God.
17 Likewise, you son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy you against them,
18 And say, Thus says the LORD God; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes [cover the LORD’s arm so none see His works], and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls [cover the LORD face, His identity/character so they can trap people and make them their prey]! Will you hunt the souls of my people, and will you save the souls alive that come unto you?
19 And will you pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread [will you as Esau sell your birthright for morsels], to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?
20 Wherefore thus says the LORD God; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith you there hunt the souls to make them fly [telling them the lie that they will be saved from what {the tribulation} they have been and are now in the midst of, by rapturing them off the planet], and I will tear them from your arms [I will harpazo them of out of your hand and into Mine, where they shall forever be], and will let the souls go, even the souls that you hunt to make them fly.
21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear [and they will know Me], and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and you shall know that I am the LORD.
22 Because with lies you have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:
23 Therefore you shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and you shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 14 & 15 then go on speaking to/of these men who have turned Jerusalem into Babylon, meaning they have taken the LORD’s foundational teaching of the ways of peace and civilization and with their mire turned them into worthless confusion. It says they will continue in the same ways and will not repent, therefore the remnant that has returned to the LORD should see and understand these men have chosen destruction.
 
Ezekiel 14
3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumbling-block of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them?
4 Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus says the LORD God; Every man of the house of Israel that sets up his idols in his heart, and puts the stumbling-block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that comes according to the multitude of his idols;
5 That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.
6 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus says the LORD God; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourns in Israel, which separates himself from me, and sets up his idols in his heart, and puts the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and comes to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:
8 And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and you shall know that I am the LORD.
 
Ezekile 14
22 Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and you shall see their way and their doings: and you shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.
23 And they shall comfort you, when you see their ways and their doings: and you shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the LORD God.
 
Ezekiel 15
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devours both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?
5 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned?
6 Therefore thus says the LORD God; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and you shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.
8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, says the LORD God.
 
Revelation 18
8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the LORD God who judges her.
9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is your judgment come.
 
Revelation 21
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7 He that overcomes shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers [those using their words to manipulate people into doing evil], and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
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See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
 
Continuing in the context of the previous post, the title statement is Jeremiah 1:10, which defines the chapter centered on the ideas we know are contained in the writer’s name. As we know, Jeremiah means Jehovah will rise, and with His rising will raise us. We see this mission synopsized in verse 10 above, which as we saw in the prior post begins with removing those who have led his people away from Him and into idolatry and desolation. In Judges 6 we saw these idol’s ideas and ways described as the altar of Baal and the men who led and lead therein as groves (of trees) by it. These men are those “rooted out” by the LORD’s rising, and their altars are pulled down and destroyed by the word of His wrath. His foundation is again laid by the same word and built precept upon precept, line upon line. By His Spirit, we are planted and become the new crop, trees of life again planted by rivers of His living water.
 
Jeremiah 1
4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
5 Before I formed you in the belly I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet unto the nations.
6 Then said I, Ah, LORD God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for you shall go to all that I shall send you, and whatsoever I command you you shall speak.
8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with you to deliver you, says the LORD.
9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
10 See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what sees you? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree [the first trees to shoot forth life after winter – as in the LORD’s words in Matthew 24:32 and seeing the trees shoot forth life; in the context of life returning to the carcass he spoke of in verse 28].
12 Then said the LORD unto me, You have well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
After Jeremiah has “well seen” the signs and knows the season’s change is near, the LORD goes on to show him those who will come upon His people from the north. We know this speaks of the route by which the Assyrians (the progressives and communists in our time) come, and have now come. The LORD’s word is spoken against these same invaders and meant for us to know and understand their end.
 
Jeremiah 1
13 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What see you? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.
14 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
15 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, says the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem [against the ways of peace and civilization upon which the LORD founded us], and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah [against all our leaders].
16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
17 You therefore gird up your loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command you: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound you before them.
18 For, behold, I have made you this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land [against all those who have fallen away to the idols/ideas of the invaders].
19 And they shall fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you; for I am with you, says the LORD, to deliver you.
 
In Jeremiah 2, the LORD risen in Jeremiah instructs him to speaks to His people and begins with reminding them of who they are in their relationship with Him. In verse 8 He speaks explicitly of the priest and the prophet no longer calling on or knowing Him but instead speaking the ideas of Baal, which are worthless. The LORD then in verse 18 asks why the people drink the water of Sihor (the Nile), Egypt (captivity), and Assyria (the communists). Again, we see the problem as the words that flow to the masses: now the fake news media broadcasting only what is against our traditional Godly culture and instead by lies and misrepresentation glorify the aberrant and anarcho-communist.
 
Jeremiah 2
1 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the LORD; I remember you, the kindness of your youth, the love of your espousals, when you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
3 Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the first-fruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, says the LORD.
4 Hear you the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob [those calling themselves the LORD’s, who are now unknowingly wrestling with His word and presence], and all the families of the house of Israel:
5 Thus says the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
6 Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
9 Wherefore I will yet plead [now – by this word] with you, says the LORD, and with your children’s children will I plead.
10 For pass over the isles of Chittim [the nations in the waters {ideas and ways} that have destroyed them], and see; and send unto Kedar [the darkness of these nations caused by the corrupt waters], and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
11 Has a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit [My people have changed their gods to those which have destroyed these other nations – which is insane and delusional].
12 Be astonished, O you heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be you very desolate, says the LORD.
13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
14 Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born slave? why is he spoiled?
15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
16 Also the children of Noph [those who have grown up {as trees} to rule over the captives] and Tahapanes [whose word turned you away] have broken the crown of your head [have drawn you away from your position with the LORD].
17 Have you not procured this unto yourself, in that you have forsaken the LORD your God, when he led you by the way?
18 And now what have you to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor [the Nile]? or what have you to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
19 Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backslidings shall reprove you: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that you have forsaken the LORD your God, and that my fear is not in you, says the LORD God of hosts.
20 For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bands; and you said, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree you wandered, playing the harlot [were unfaithful to the LORD and your promise].
21 Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then are you turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me? [Not knowing Him at His appearing.]
 
The word “root out” in the title is from the Hebrew word natach, literally meaning to tear away. It is the equivalent of the Greek word harpazo, which as we know is the word the false prophets have twisted into an off the planet rapture – which in turn causes them and those they mislead to deny the LORD has come to correct their errors. As we know the LORD uses the word harpazo three times in John 10 to give its true and full meaning. It is first used in verse 12 telling of these same events, when the hireling, who isn’t the good shepherd, leaves the flock, and the wolf comes and catches the sheep. This answers the question the LORD rhetorically asks ending verse 21 above: these events are how His sheep have been turned into a degenerate plant of a strange vine to Him.
 
John 10
12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees: and the wolf catches [harpazo] them, and scatters the sheep.
13 The hireling flees [from the fight], because he is an hireling, and cares not for the sheep.
 
1 Samuel 17
…Your servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
36 Your servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine [these flesh men wallowing in their mire] shall be as one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.
37 David said [I say] moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
 
It is from the hands of these wicked men the LORD comes to gather His sheep again into one flock. This is the mission on which I am sent, and no man will (with lies) rapture the sheep from My hand. Thus says the LORD, “Do you see and hear Me yet?”
 
John
13 The hireling flees, because he is an hireling, and cares not for the sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
15 As the Father knows me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
17 Therefore does my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
20 And many of them said, He has a devil, and is mad; why hear you him?
21 Others said, These are not the words of him that has a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch.
24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long do you make us to doubt? If you be the Christ, tell us plainly.
25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and you believed not: the works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me.
26 But you believe not, because you are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck [harpazo] them out of my hand.
29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck [harpazo] them out of my Father’s hand.
30 I and my Father are one.
31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do you stone me?
33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone you not; but for blasphemy; and because that you, being a man, make yourself God.
34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, You are gods?
35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
36 Say you of him, whom the Father has sanctified, and sent into the world, You blaspheme; because I said, I am the Son of God?
37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
 
In verse 34 above the LORD quotes Psalms 82:6, a Psalm describing when the LORD is in the sanctuary among the mighty. It is the LORD telling us it is His presence as a mighty warrior in us, that delivers the poor and needy (His sheep) out of the hand of the wicked.
 
Psalms 82
1 God stands in the congregation of the mighty; he judges among the gods.
2 How long will you judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
6 I have said, You are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
7 But you shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for you shall inherit all nations.
 
As we know, the word harpazo appears in Jude 23 telling of using fear to “pull them out” of the fire (remember our discussion in the prior post of Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, using fright to contend with the idol/ideas of Baal). As we know from other discussions, it is these men’s work’s that have caused the fires, in which their ideas are melting away and their works are burning up. Their works are their corrupted ideas, which are described in verse 5 above as these men not having understanding and walking in darkness, of which they are unaware and that are also the cause of the foundations of the earth being out of course.
 
Again, these men need to understand the character and person of the LORD: He has not sent me into the world to destroy them, but to pull them from the fires that will. They should fear the fact they have rejected the salvation He has sent them, and instead choose to trample His grace under their feet.
 
Jude
10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withers, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the LORD comes with ten thousands of his saints,
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince [by this word] all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speak great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.
17 But, beloved, remember you the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our LORD Jesus Christ;
18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
20 But you, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our LORD Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:
23 And others save with fear, pulling them out [harpazo] of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
25 To the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
 
2 Peter 3
5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the LORD as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 The LORD is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 But the day of the LORD will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements [stoicheion – these men’s foundational ideas] shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements [stoicheion – corrupted ideas] shall melt with fervent heat?
13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwell righteousness.
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that you look for such things, be diligent that you may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
15 And account that the longsuffering of our LORD is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him has written unto you;
16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrestle, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. [It is their ignorance and lack of knowledge that destroys them: their own ways. They know nothing because the LORD hasn’t shown them, and when He has through these messages they reject it out of hand. They are the mighty, giants among men, and how dare someone as lowly as I seek to correct them; “but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.”]
17 You therefore, beloved, seeing you know these things before, beware lest you also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness.
18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our LORD and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
 
Hebrews 10
15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the LORD, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
20 By a new and living way, which he has consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
21 And having an high priest over the house of God;
22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together [into One body], as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as you see the day [the light] approaching.
26 For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
28 He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose you, shall he be thought worthy, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and has done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know him that has said, Vengeance belongs unto me, I will recompense, says the LORD. And again, The LORD shall judge his people.
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
 
Ezekiel 19
1 Moreover take you up a lamentation for the princes of Israel [the leaders of God’s people],
2 And say, What is your mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt [captivity].
5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
7 And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fullness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.
8 Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
9 And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon [confusion]: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
10 Your mother is like a vine in your blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
11 And she had strong rods for the scepters of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
12 But she was plucked up [nathash] in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.
14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which has devoured her fruit, so that she has no strong rod to be a scepter to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
 
Ezekiel 20
1 And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month [10 May 1994], that certain of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the LORD, and sat before me.
2 Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,
3 Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus says the LORD God; Are you come to enquire of me? As I live, says the LORD God, I will not be enquired of by you.
4 Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:
5 And say unto them, Thus says the LORD God; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt [their captivity], when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God;
6 In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
7 Then said I unto them, Cast you away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
 
Revelation 11
15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our LORD, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
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 you thanks, O LORD God Almighty, which are, and was, and are to come; because you have taken to you your great power, and have reigned.
18 And the nations were angry, and your wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that you should give reward unto your servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear your name, small and great; and should destroy them which destroy the earth.
19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: [this rightly divided word] and there was lightning, and voices, and thundering, and an earthquake, and great hail. [All these are the spiritual effects of the living word, which has been dead and lay in the streets of Egypt until the LORD raised Himself in me and in those who have heard HIM SPEAKING THROUGH ME. Tell the enemies, THIS IS THE SWORD OF THE LORD and of His feller of mighty men.]
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The LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against Me, saying, Mine own hand has saved me.

The LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against Me, saying, Mine own hand has saved me.
 
Gideon is from the Hebrew word gada’ meaning a feller of trees, trees as a symbol of those who have risen up into leadership positions, the mighty men of the world. The title, Judges 7:2, is the LORD acting in the context of thinning these trees down to a few. We know the chapter continues with the LORD telling Gideon to send away the people who feared, and then says there are still too many. The next thinning comes at the waters, and is a dividing between those who stood and drank and those who went to their knees. We know this resulted in only three hundred standing.
 
This is the pattern wherein we find ourselves. The waters, as we know, represent the information that flows to us from all sources. Most of our leaders go to their knees when they drink, bowing down into subservience to whatever they hear. In this latest case of manipulation, we see the same, most acquiescing into silence. There now only remains a few who haven’t surrendered.
 
(Please suffer me while I digress: most modern men have never in their life been in a real fight. They are programmed to surrender, to allow themselves to be bullied into not standing. This attitude of demoralization is what I see and hear, even among those who say they are warriors. I say to them – get out of the way. Leave it to the few who know that liars lie, and they (the fake news media) have broadcast nothing that says I should expect anything other. They (those who daily incite and condone violence) now call for us to surrender while they continue their attacks. Again, I tell you this reeks of being a long-planned operation intended to demoralize strategically – another “insurance policy.”)
 
I believe we only need a few leaders to stand, and all the people (who aren’t afraid of a fight) will come to the battle on elections day. “This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit [in My people], says the LORD of hosts [the LORD of the armies of heaven].”
 
We know the name Zerubbabel speaks of the those who will lead God’s people, literally translating to say they are those borne out of Babylon, now meaning they have left the confusion that has ruled over the world. Confusion is the major factor producing fear. Understanding what is occurring by learning and recognizing patterns, and by knowing and carrying out the proper procedures in response, we overcome fear. The first human-animal response is fear, and then panic unless you recognize (remember) and respond as trained.
 
Gideon was also known as Jerubbaal, a name telling of the pattern he learns and follows in later victories. It is from three Hebrew words: yare’, meaning to frighten; riyb, meaning contend; and Baal, meaning lord; and all in reference to the idols set in God’s place. It is saying that fright (confusion) will contend with the idols posing as gods.
 
The pattern in Judges begins with telling of God’s people doing evil, meaning they set up idols in His place. Because of this the enemies, the Midianite, meaning strife, prevailed against and impoverished them. The first step in reversing this was the LORD sent His messenger (angel) who instruct Gideon to destroy the altar of Baal and the groves, speaking of the idol worship as the ideas they followed, and the grove of trees as the crop of leaders teaching and leading by their corrupted ideas.
 
Judges 6
6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
7 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites,
8 That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their land;
10 And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but you have not obeyed my voice.
11 And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah [the dust and ashes of this ruin], that pertained unto Joash [Jehovah’s fire] the Abiezrite [the Father’s help]: and his son Gideon [the feller of the wicked powers] threshed wheat [purifying God people] by the winepress [by the wrath of this word], to hide it from the Midianites [those agitating and causing strife].
12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor.
13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my LORD, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD has forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
14 And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this your might, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent you?
15 And he said unto him, Oh my LORD, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.
16 And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with you, and you shall smite the Midianites as one man.
17 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in your sight, then shew me a sign that you talkest with me.
18 Depart not hence, I pray you, until I come unto you, and bring forth my present, and set it before you. And he said, I will tarry until you come again.
19 And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.
20 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.
21 Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock [Christ as our Rock, rising for our Salvation], and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.
22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O LORD God! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.
23 And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto you; fear not: you shall not die.
24 Then Gideon built an altar there [restored true worship] unto the LORD, and called it Jehovah-shalom [Jehovah is our peace]: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites [in the dust and ashes of the Father’s help – from where He will create us – quicken us again to life].
25 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take your father’s young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal [the corrupted ideas that have caused the desolation – ashes and ruin] that your father has, and cut down the grove [the men in control] that is by it:
26 And build an altar unto the LORD your God upon the top of this rock [upon Christ – God’s presence with us and in us – seeing Him face to face], in the ordered place [precept upon precept, line upon lime], and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the [dead] wood of the grove which you shall cut down.
27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father’s household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day [because there was no light – understanding – in them], that he did it by night [without them comprehending it was God’s presence working out His plan of rescue and salvation].
28 And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built.
29 And they said one to another, Who has done this thing? And when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon [the feller of the mighty] the son of Joash [Jehovah’s fire] has done this thing.
30 Then the men of the city said unto Joash [Jehovah’s fire], Bring out your son [the one in whom God’s presence has been manifested], that he may die: because he has cast down the altar of Baal [their idols – the ideas they have created and worshipped in God’s place], and because he has cut down the grove [the men] that was by it.
31 And Joash [Jehovah’s fire] said unto all that stood against him, Will you plead for Baal [your idol]? will you save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one has cast down his altar.
32 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he has thrown down his altar.
 
These events are patterns of purifying God house first, as is spoken of in 1 Peter 4:17, and after removing the heads (leaders) of those who are causing strife and who have impoverished His people. These two steps are what Peter speaks of; and Judges 7:25 & 25 answers the question he asks.
 
2 Peter 4
12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
13 But rejoice, inasmuch as you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy.
14 If you be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are you; for the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.
16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God [the question answered in Judges 7:25 & 26]?
18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
 
We know the story of Gideon goes on to describe him and the three hundred God chose to frighten the Midianites. They (the Midianites) feared when they heard the commotion and that it was the sword of the LORD and of the feller of mighty men.
 
Judges 6
33 Then all the Midianites [those agitating and causing strife] and the Amalekites [the source of the water {fake news} the people were lapping up] and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel [the land wherein God will sow new life].
34 But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer [the Father’s help – see Hebrews 13:6 and Psalms 118:6] was gathered after him.
35 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
36 And Gideon said unto God, If you will save Israel by mine hand, as you have said,
37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be [if Your word appears as if from the air] on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that you will save Israel by mine hand, as you have said.
38 And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.
39 And Gideon said unto God, Let not your anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray you, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.
40 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
 
Judges 7
1 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod [the fountain of agitation]: so that the host of the Midianites [those causing agitation and strife] were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh [those teaching these ways], in the valley.
2 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand has saved me.
3 Now [p’orah – (to remove them as an unfruitful) branch] therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead [the spring of witness]. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
4 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for you there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto you, This shall go with you, the same shall go with you; and of whomsoever I say unto you, This shall not go with you, the same shall not go.
5 So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that laps of the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, him shall you set by himself; likewise every one that bows down upon his knees to drink.
6 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water [that bow to the words that come from the fake news media and other false prophets].
7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped [who heard the words but stood and discerned] will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.
8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
9 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get you down unto the host; for I have delivered it into your hand.
10 But if you fear to go down, go you with Phurah [p’orah – the fruitful branch or bough] your servant down to the host:
11 And you shall hear what they say; and afterward shall your hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah [p’orah] his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.
12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon [the feller of the mighty] the son of Joash [Jehovah’s fire], a man of Israel: for into his hand has God delivered Midian, and all the host.
15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD has delivered into your hand the host of Midian.
16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall you do.
18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow you the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
19 So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.
20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.
22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled [in panic] to Bethshittah [the house of dead wood] in Zererath [oppression], and to the border of Abelmeholah [further choreographed contrivances], unto Tabbath [the works that seal their end].
23 And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali [from where they had been unknowingly wrestling with God’s word and presence], and out of Asher [into happiness], and out of all Manasseh [what had caused them to forget Him], and pursued after the Midianites [those who were causing agitation and strife].
24 And Gideon [the feller of the mighty] sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim [those now doubly blessed – come to life the second time – born agan], saying, come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah [the house of crossing over] and Jordan [death].
25 And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb [darkness] and Zeeb [those plotting against God’s plan]; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb [the darkness they trusted in], and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb [God’s wrath upon the plotters], and pursued Midian, and brought the heads [leaders removed] of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan [of death].
 
The Hebrew word p’orah, meaning bough, is used six other times, five telling of the pattern of the mighty men who the feller of God cuts down by the sword of the LORD.
 
The first of these appears in Isaiah 10:33, and chapter we know begins by speaking woe to those declaring unrighteous decrees. In verse 3 the LORD asks them, “what will you do in the day of your visitation?” and “where will you leave your glory?”
 
Isaiah 10
33 Behold, the LORD, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough [p’orah] with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon [their glory in the high places] shall fall by a mighty one.
 
The next use comes in Ezekiel 17:6 as LORD set out a riddle in which he describes when the LORD was cut off and delivered into this land, our time, as a “sprig” shooting forth.
 
Matthew 24
31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is nigh:
33 So likewise you, when you shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
34 Truly I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
36 But of that day and hour knows no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
 
Ezekiel 17
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
3 And say, Thus says the LORD God; A great eagle with great wings, long-winged, full of feathers, which had divers colors, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:
4 He cropped off [see Daniel 9:26] the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants [Babylon – the confusion of our time].
5 He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.
6 And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs [p’orah].
 
The final five times p’orah is used are in Ezekiel 31, where it tells of the cutting down all the mighty men of the world, because they are destroying the earth and have by their idols made God’s people desolate.
 
Ezekiel 31
1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year [the year of confusion], in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt [those who rule God’s people in their captivity], and to his multitude; Whom are you like in your greatness?
3 Behold, the Assyrian [progressives and communists among us – in the garden as was the serpent] was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of a high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
4 The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.
5 Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches [p’orah] became long because of the multitude of waters [words of deception – false promises of utopia that imitate God’s promises], when he shot forth.
6 All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches [p’orah] did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
7 Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.
8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches [p’orah]; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.
9 I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.
10 Therefore thus says the LORD God; Because you have lifted up yourself in height, and he has shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
11 I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.
12 And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen [and become dead wood], and his boughs [p’orah] are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
13 Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches [p’orah]:
14 To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water [their corrupted waters]: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
15 Thus says the LORD God; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon [the high places of man’s glory] to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.
16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to Sheol with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
17 They also went down into Sheol with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.
18 To whom are you thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shall you be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: you shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, says the LORD God.
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