The stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
As discussed in the prior post, the above tells of the house and city build upon the foundation of men’s ideas and ways, which contradict and oppose God’s superior wisdom and knowledge. The ways of these men remove understanding by destroying truthful discourse: altering and reversing reality with twisted definitions of the obvious, and producing confusion and chaos. This state of mental turmoil: ever seeking meaning in a world that, with intention, suppresses and rejects it; turns all material achievement and power over them, into what, first Shakespeare, then Calvin Coolidge, and now I, define as a barren scepter, and a fruitless crown. The meaning is that without understanding our place in the fuller creation (past, present, and future), without accepting the reality of the metaphysical (everything other than the present moment in space and time), and then working to bring the soul (conscience) into harmony with this spiritual reality, there can be no peace in the mind or society.
This reality must itself be based in the truth that not all ideas and ways of achieving it are equal, nor is achieving a final desired state of harmony: peace in mind and security in body (life, liberty, and property), accidental or arbitrary. This end comes by learning the correct ideas that produce it; also the effect under and without this knowledge, which lead the rational into making the only intellectually sound choice, joining the community in a reciprocal acceptance and commitment to live by them. This is what produces peace in minds, meaning in life, and sustainable civilization in societies.
Of course, we know not everyone will make the correct choice, and there will be those whose impatience will lead them into attempting to circumvent the system. These are those who reject these natural laws; the lawless who instead choose manipulation, by force or deception, to achieve material gain, thinking it is the objective. In fact, the material achievement is a temporal prop, a temporary distraction from the turmoil in the mind, and becomes meaningless (without value – bohuw) when confusion flowers into it inevitable chaos. This is the world man creates.
The world God creates comes when He sees we (man) have reached the state where heaven and earth have been invaded and overrun by ideas that will lead, and now have finally led, to total desolation. This is when He appears with understanding, the unseen to combat the invaders, the greater metaphysical combating and defeating what is seen – and the darkness has no defense against His light.
Genesis
2 And the earth became [hayah] without form [tohuw], and void [bohuw]; and darkness [ignorance of God’s ideas and ways] was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light [understanding]: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Friends, as we saw in the prior post, as is the meaning of the title verse, Habakkuk 2:11 – what has been built upon this foundation of confusion [tohuw] becomes the loudest witness against these men’s ideas and ways.
Here again is the quote referenced above, from the often-quoted speech by Calvin Coolidge, from July 5, 1926, as he declared the ideas in the Declaration as final, meaning unable to be improved upon.
“We live in an age of science and of abounding accumulation of material things. These did not create our Declaration [our ideas]. Our Declaration [our better ideas] created them. The things of the spirit come first. Unless we cling to that, all our material prosperity, overwhelming though it may appear, will turn to a barren scepter in our grasp. If we are to maintain the great heritage which has been bequeathed to us, we must be like-minded as the fathers who created it. We must not sink into a pagan materialism. We must cultivate the reverence which they had for the things that are holy. We must follow the spiritual and moral leadership which they showed. We must keep replenished, that they may glow with a more compelling flame, the altar fires before which they worshiped.”
Habakkuk 2 speaks of the house, built on corrupt ideas, that only recognizes the material, the seen, things, and now shows open hostility to the ideas of the unseen. Chapter 3 describes the LORD coming: the light appearing, as rays (of His power) from the writing of His hand, to revive His work, restoring His ideas and ways of peace, which is both His wrath and His mercy.
Habakkuk 2
1 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run [be quickened into understanding – away from ignorance] that reads it.
3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry [mahahh – doesn’t come when you think it should], wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry [‘achar – will not be delayed forever – see 2 Peter 3:9 thru 16].
4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up [swelled with pride] is not upright [directed by the LORD] in him: but the just shall live by his [own] faith.
5 Yea also, because he transgresses by wine [see verse 15 below], he is a proud man, neither keeps at home, who enlarges his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathers unto him all nations, and heaps unto him all people:
6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increases that which is not his! how long [see Isaiah 47:7 below]? and to him that lades himself with thick clay! [Burdened with promises that cannot be delivered – as we’ve seen in Isaiah 46. The word “lades” is kabad, referring us to Isaiah 47:6 – see below, where it tells us who is spoken of, those who use manipulation, promises they cannot deliver.]
7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite you, and awake that shall vex you, and you shall be for booties unto them [see Isaiah 47:11]?
8 Because you have spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil you; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
9 Woe to him that covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
10 You have consulted shame to your house by cutting off many people, and have sinned against your soul.
11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. [What you have built witnesses against you, saying]
12 Woe to him that builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!
13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labor in the very fire [your ideas have caused], and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity [worthless things]?
14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
15 Woe unto him that gives his neighbor drink, that put your bottle to him [your ideas and advice to manipulate], and make him drunken also [to change his and make him unable to think], that you may look on their nakedness [to cause him to do what shames him]!
16 You are filled with shame for glory [this is your shame appearing, which identifies you]: drink you also, and let your foreskin be uncovered [the flesh driven mind that shows your shame as your glory]: the cup of the LORD’s right hand [the ideas coming from His writing – see Habakkuk 3:4 below] shall be turned unto you, and shameful spewing shall be on your glory.
17 For the violence of Lebanon [for the violence you have done to purity in High places] shall cover you, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein [referring to what is said above in verses 12 & 13].
18 What profits the graven image [the ideas, as idols, you have forced people to worship in God’s place] that the maker thereof has graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusts therein, to make dumb idols [who cannot deliver what you have promised – in fact, they produce the opposite and witness against you]?
19 Woe unto him that says to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! [referring to verse 11 above, the ideas upon which you {vain man} have built your house] Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver [material beauty], and there is no breath [Spirit – life] at all in the midst of it.
20 But the LORD is in his holy temple [the house – the people – He has built upon the firm foundation of His ideas – wherein is peace and civilization]: let all the earth keep silence before him.
Habakkuk 3
1 A prayer of Habakkuk [the hand of God that has grasped you] the prophet [giving God’s word] upon Shigionoth [to those who have strayed away from Him: His ideas and ways].
2 O LORD, I have heard your speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive your work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
3 God came from Teman [the place where wisdom resides], and the Holy One from mount Paran [pa’ar – clearly seen by explanation and understanding]. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
4 And his brightness was as the light [understanding]; he had horns [ray of light – the horns of the altar, where the sacrifice is bound, in Psalms 118:27 – it is also the horn of the foolish and wicked, which, in Psalms 75:4 & 5, he is warned not to lift up] coming out of his hand [these words of understing]: and there was the hiding of his power.
5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
6 He stood, and measured the earth [as in Genesis 1:2, Isaiah 34:11, and Jeremiah 4:23, and found it to have become without form, void, confused, and empty] he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
7 I saw the tents of Cushan [darkness – ignorance] in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian [the place agitated by their own ignorance and in endless strife] did tremble.
8 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers [the means of delivering ideas and ways to all the people]? was your anger against the rivers? was your wrath against the sea [against the people who received these corrupt ideas and ways], that you did ride upon your horses and your chariots of salvation? [as is His Identifying Character, He has come for their Salvation, with wrath and mercy to deliver them from those among them destroying by their corrupt ideas.]
9 Your bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, [as He promised His people He would come in this later time, as he promised Abraham, saying in Genesis 22:17 & 18, “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; And in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice,] even your word. Selah. You did cleave the earth with rivers [your word flowing to them].
10 The mountains [the high places now ruling over the earth] saw you, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep [see Genesis 1:2 above] uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
11 The sun and moon [government of church and state] stood still in their habitation: at the light [understanding] of your arrows they went, and at the shining of your glittering spear.
12 You did march through the land in indignation, you did thresh the heathen in anger.
13 You went forth for the salvation of your people, even for salvation with your anointed; you wounded the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck [everything above the neck is corrupt]. Selah.
14 You did strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
15 You did walk through the sea with your horses, through the heap of great waters.
16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he comes up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments [striking each note in its intended order].
Isaiah 47 then tells us why these last verses describe a state where none (except the elect remnant) are ready for the LORD at His appearing. – because, those who lead them are the corrupt heads, kings, in church and state.
Isaiah 47
1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon [you who have been born and brought up in confusion], sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans [who have learned at the hand of those whose words are meant for manipulation – to keep you in confusion]: for you shall no more be called tender and delicate.
2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover your locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
3 Your nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, your shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet you as a man.
4 As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
5 Sit you silent, and get you into darkness [realize your ignorance of the LORD – which testifies against you], O daughter of the Chaldeans: for you shall no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
6 I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into your hand: you did show them no mercy; upon the ancient [keepers of the oracles] have you very heavily laid [kabad – the burden of] your yoke [covering the ancient ideas from sight, as if in thick clay].
7 And you said, I shall be a lady for ever [“And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth.” Revelation 17:5]: so that you did not lay these things to your heart, neither did remember the latter end of it [when the ancient things would be revealed].
8 Therefore hear now this, you that are given to pleasures, that dwells carelessly, that says in your heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
9 But these two things shall come to you in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon you in their perfection for the multitude of your sorceries [words of manipulation], and for the great abundance of your enchantments [the minds you have controlled with you spells – words].
10 For you have trusted in your wickedness: you have said, None sees me. Your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you; and you have said in your heart, I am, and none else beside me.
11 Therefore shall evil come upon you; you shall not know from whence it rises: and mischief shall fall upon you; you shall not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon you suddenly, which you shall not know.
12 Stand now with your enchantments, and with the multitude of your sorceries, wherein you have labored from your youth; if so be you shall be able to profit, if so be you may prevail.
13 You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, [all your experts who say they know what is to come] stand up, and save you from these things that shall come upon you.
14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.
15 Thus shall they be unto you with whom you have labored, even your merchants, from your youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save you.
Revelation 17
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto you the judgment of the great whore [those who have strayed from God] that sit upon many waters:
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication [the ruler of the world with whom the whore has joined herself], and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk [unable to think] with the wine [with the ideas they have learned] of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman [the churches] sit upon a scarlet colored beast [Babylon – the confusion that rules over the world], full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads [the churches] and ten horns [civil governments].
4 And the woman [all God’s people] was arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls [material beauty], having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations [the foreign ideas she brought in and set in God’s place] and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth.
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus [who she killed because they exposed her apostasy]: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman [God’s unfaithful people], and of the beast [confusion] that carries her, which has the seven heads [the churches] and ten horns [civil governments].
8 The beast [confusion] that you saw was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit [the never ending fall of man, falling away from God], and go into perdition [that now will perish]: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast [confusion by man’s ideas] that was, and is not [was ended by the light], and yet is [but now again has returned and drawn men into the same old darkness].
9 And here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains [the seven churches], on which the woman sits [where all the unfaithful, who have left God for idols, sit].
10 And there are seven kings [those who lead them]: five are fallen, and one is [Philadelphia that then was], and the other is not yet come [Laodicea who then was yet to come]; and when he comes, he must continue a short space.
11 And the beast [confusion – Babylon] that was, and is not, even he is the eighth [the final church that now rules – Babylon], and is of the seven, and goes into perdition [will perish].
12 And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings [governments and those who lead them], which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast [by accepting the ideas of confusion that lead men into their control].
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast [confusion – Babylon].
14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is LORD of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. [the elect remnant – I and the children God has given me]
15 And he said unto me, The waters which you saw, where the whore [the unfaithful] sit, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues [mingled among all the world].
16 And the ten horns [civil governments] which you saw upon the beast [ruled by confusion – Babylon], these shall hate the whore [all God’s unfaithful people who have left him for others], and shall make her desolate and naked [shall corrupt her and expose her shame], and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire [the church is on fire now].
17 For God has put in their hearts to fulfill his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast [to the confusion that rules the world], until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which you saw is that great city [Babylon – church and state as a house divided against itself, while united in the same confusion – and therefore neither will stand], which reigns over the kings [all the leaders] of the earth.
Revelation 18
1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened [was given understanding] with his glory.
2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you receive not of her plagues.
5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she has filled fill to her double.
7 How much she has glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow [see Isaiah 47:5].
8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day [see Isaiah 47:9 above], 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.
11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
13 And cinnamon, and odors, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
14 And the fruits that your soul lusted after are departed from you, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from you, and you shall find them no more at all.
15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
16 And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to naught. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
20 Rejoice over her, you heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets; for God has avenged you on her.
21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in you; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in you; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in you;
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in you; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in you: for your merchants were the great men of the earth; for by your sorceries were all nations deceived.
24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
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, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, 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 [the sound that accompanied the lightning, the voice of understanding], saying, Alleluia: for the LORD God omnipotent reigns [is elevated above all the kings of the earth].
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 [those who have come out of Babylon into the light – out of darkness into understanding].
8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white [purified]: for the fine linen is the righteousness [the correctness of the LORD’s teaching] 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 [the Word of God], 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 [to rightly divide the word of God], that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath 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; 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 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], and them that worshipped his image [his ideas]. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
The idea of separation, from those whose ways and ideas disturb the peace of the law-abiding and civilized, is a foundation principle in church and state justice. This is what God calls us to in Revelation 18:4 above – the necessity of which is now self-evident, self-verifying truth demonstrated in our experience. The men who teach the ideas and ways that reject order and law are the same who then tell us we shouldn’t separate ourselves from their errors. The misled and ignorant can be corrected and reunited. Those who know and continue to teach the ideas that destroy peace, or who refuse to accept the fact of their own ignorance and be corrected, are those who choose to perish in the fires their own ways have caused.
The good news is there is no rapture. The LORD has always been here, is here now, and will always be here for any who will receive Him. There are none left behind to fend for themselves. The first step is to Him and away from the destroyers and the disorderly.
Hebrews 13
…for he has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you.
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.
9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace [God’s gift of communicating His understanding]; not with meats [material things], which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle [their corrupt houses].
11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.
12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify [separated into purity] the people with his own blood [sacrifice], suffered without the gate [separated from the corrupt ideas].
13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach [that comes with not accepting the corruption].
14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
16 But to do good and to communicate [the pure word] forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Psalms 29
1 Give unto the LORD, O you mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thunders: the LORD is upon many waters.
4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.
5 The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; yea, the LORD breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
6 He makes them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion [those covered in purity and white] like a young unicorn [rhino -under one horn – one power].
7 The voice of the LORD divides the flames of fire.
8 The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
9 The voice of the LORD makes the hinds to calve [his flock to bring the new birth], and discovers the forests [those who stand upright]: and in his temple does every one speak of his glory.
10 The LORD sits upon the flood [these waters gushing forth]; yea, the LORD sits King for ever.
11 The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.
