No man, when he has lighted a candle, puts it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
Luke 11
34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when your eye is single, your whole body also is full of light; but when your eye is evil, your body also is full of darkness.
35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in you be not darkness.
36 If your whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle does give you light.
The above is speaking of the singleness of the LORD’s understanding, and it in the church as what units it into His ONE BODY.
In Luke 11, before the above passage, the LORD speaks of those who rise up to Him (in the cloud – where understanding is, which is heaven), preaching repentance from dead works and condemning this evil generation. The repentance of this generation is the swept house He speaks of, which, if His light isn’t on the candlestick (in the church), those who’ve been purged by repentance, take to themselves their (the corrupt churchs’) unclean spirits, and their latter state is worse than the first.
Luke 11
13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit [Himself unknown giving us gifts, these riches through those He has lighted] to them that ask him?
14 And he was casting out a devil [the misleading spirits in their minds making them ignorant: in darkness], and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spoke; and the people wondered.
15 But some of them said, He casts out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.
16 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven [ignorantly not understanding that only after repentance is the devil, the misleading spirits blinding their minds, cast out so understanding can enter, which is the sign of Jonah and from heaven: the place of full understanding].
17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falls.
18 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because you say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.
19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.
20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God [heaven, full understanding in the presence of God, after repentance is preached as the sign from heaven] is come upon you.
21 When a strong man armed keep his palace, his goods are in peace [the result of understanding]:
22 But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armor wherein he trusted, and divides his spoils.
23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathers not [into One Body] with me scatters.
24 When the unclean spirit [misleading ideas and ways of devils] is gone out of a man [when he repents], he walketh through dry places [without this word of God and the understanding, light, He gives], seeking rest; and finding none, he says, I will return unto my house [the old and corrupt churches] whence I came out.
25 And when he comes, he finds it swept and garnished.
26 Then goes he, and taketh to him seven other spirits [the teaching of misleaders, devils who put themselves in place of the light, whose light is darkness, because they didn’t put the true light on the candlestick for all to SEE] more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
27 And it came to pass, as he spoke these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare you, and the paps which you have sucked [referring to those who taught Him what he knows, showing ignorance that the word He speaks He heard directly from the Father].
28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear [these words as] the word of God, and keep it.
29 And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation [in the belly of hell]: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonah [who is the first to rise from the belly of hell, to preach repentance] the prophet [preaching repentance, so the light can enter, which is life from the dead and rising into heaven in the cloud – the dead, without the light, remain in hell, in the earth].
30 For as Jonah was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
31 The queen of the south shall rise up [into heaven, full understanding] in the judgment with the men of this [evil, misled] generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
32 The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the judgment with this [evil] generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and, behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
33 No man, when he has lighted a candle, puts it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick [in the church where I Am in heaven in the cloud], that they which come in may see the light.
Jonah 2
1 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly [the underlying agitation disturbing humanity {the sea}, the all-consuming mouths of misleaders],
2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and you heard my voice.
3 For you had cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods [from the mouth of the wicked misleaders] compassed me about: all your billows and your waves passed over me [the tribulation, waves of evil, that comes when the wicked rise to power].
4 Then I said, I am cast out of your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.
5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me forever: yet have you brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto you, into your holy temple.
8 They that observe lying vanities [the worthless advice of misleaders who are intentionally destroying us] forsake their own mercy.
9 But I will sacrifice unto you with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that [the price to speak the word God has given us] that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.
10 And the LORD spoke unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
Jonah 3
1 And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid you.
Proverbs 17:24 tells us the eyes of fools are what ends and brings the new earth, which we know speaks of the circuit of the earth: when understanding is present, leaves, and returns again as light into the darkness.
Proverbs 17
24 Wisdom is before [paniym – is present with] him that has understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends [end of the old and bringing the new] of the earth.
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
27 He that has knowledge spares his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
28 Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise: and he that shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
The word “ends” is qatseh, meaning an extremity, from a word (qatsah) meaning to cut off.
Psalms 19
1 The heavens [giving full understanding] declare the glory of God; and the firmament [the exposition, dividing the water {words} below from the waters {word of God} above] shows his handywork [the work of His hand].
2 Day unto day [the beginning of one age and the beginning of the next] utters speech, and night unto night [into the ignorance sending light] shows knowledge.
3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end [qatseh] of the world. In them has he set a tabernacle for the sun [when the light of the new comes],
5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man [see Luke 11:21 above] to run a race.
6 His going forth is from the end [qatseh – beginning of understanding] of the heaven, and his circuit [here tquwphah {not chuwg} – a full revolution of the sun, the earth going from light into darkness and again into light] unto the ends [qatsah – the cutting off the old {darkness}, beginning the new day] of it: 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 [giving understanding to] the eyes.
9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever: 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.
Isaiah 62
1 For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness [understanding], and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burns.
2 And the Gentiles shall see your righteousness, and all kings your glory: and you shall be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.
3 You shall also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
4 You shall no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall your land any more be termed Desolate: but you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah: for the LORD delights in you, and your land shall be married.
5 For as a young man marries a virgin, so shall your sons marry you: and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.
6 I have set watchmen upon your walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: you that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
7 And give him no rest, till he establishes, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
8 The LORD has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give your corn to be meat for your enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink your wine, for the which you have labored:
9 But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.
10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare you the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard [nec – upon which the son of man must be lifted, as Moses lifted the fiery serpent in the wilderness] for the people.
11 Behold, the LORD has proclaimed unto the end [qatseh] of the world, Say you to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and you shall be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
The word used, in Luke 11:36, to tell of the bright shining of a candle that gives “light,” is photizo, from the phos, which appears in verse 35, telling us to be sure the “light” in us isn’t darkness. It is speaking of making sure what we understand is true: an idea brought to light (revealed) in the other uses of these words.
John 1
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light [phos] of men.
5 And the light [phos] shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light [phos], that all men through him might believe.
8 He was not that Light [phos], but was sent to bear witness of that Light [phos].
9 That was the true Light [phos], which lights [photizo] every man that comes into the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
The Spirit of Truth is the true light (phos) that gives understanding (photizo), not darkness (ignorance).
John 16
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.
14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you.
15 All things that the Father has are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you.
16 A little while, and you shall not see me: and again, a little while, and you shall see me, because I go to the Father.
17 Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he says unto us, A little while, and you shall not see me: and again, a little while, and you shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?
18 They said therefore, What is this that he says, A little while? we cannot tell what he says.
19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do you enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and you shall not see me: and again, a little while, and you shall see me?
20 Truly, truly, I say unto you, That you shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and you shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
21 A woman when she is in travail has sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembers no more the anguish [thlipsis – tribulation], for joy that a man is born into the world.
22 And you now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man takes from you.
We know from 1 Corinthians 4:5, after speaking of the ministry of judgment: the mystery of the LORD in us preaching repentance, which is the LORD’s coming, “bringing to light” the hidden things of darkness.
(Do you understand these words are the LORD speaking to you in this moment, about the state of ignorance that exists through following men who are puffed up with by their positions and power: controlling and manipulating people and information? The best of them is as withering grass, a flower now fading, because the Spirit of the LORD is blowing upon them.)
1 Corinthians 3
1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto you were not able to bear it, neither yet now are you able.
3 For you are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are you not carnal, and walk as men?
4 For while one says, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are you not carnal?
5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom you believed, even as the LORD gave to every man?
6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that waters; but God that gives the increase.
8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.
9 For we are laborers together with God: you are God’s husbandry, you are God’s building.
10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise master-builder, I have laid the foundation, and another builds thereon. But let every man take heed how he builds thereupon.
11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ [Jehovah’s Salvation openly manifested in the flesh].
12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
13 Every man’s work shall be made manifest [at the LORD coming to make manifest the thought of the heart]: for the day [the light, His understanding] 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.
16 Know you not that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.
18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written [in Job 5:13, speaking of Job’s three so-called friends, whose words are leviathan, who He draws into open sight], “He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.”
[Job 5: 10 Who gives rain {His word from heaven} upon the earth, and sends waters upon the fields: 11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. 12 He disappoints the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. 14 They meet with darkness in the day time {they speak their ignorance against the light when He comes}, and grope in the noonday as in the night. 15 But he saves the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand {the evil work} of the mighty. 16 So the poor has hope, and iniquity stops her mouth. 17 Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore despise not you the chastening of the Almighty: 18 For he makes sore, and binds up: he wounds, and his hands make whole.}
20 And again [in Psalms 94:11], “The LORD knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.”
[Psalms 94: 12 Blessed is the man whom you chastens, O LORD, and teaches him out of your law; 13 That you mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. 14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. 15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. 16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? 17 Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. 18 When I said, My foot slip; your mercy, O LORD, held me up. 19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me your comforts delight my soul. 20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by a law? 21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. 22 But the LORD is my defense; and my God is the rock of my refuge. 23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.]
21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
23 And you are Christ’s [in who God manifests His known presences]; and Christ is God’s [and the only Glory in us is His seen in us].
1 Corinthians 4
1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.
4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judge me is the LORD.
5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the LORD comes, who both will bring to light [photizo] the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that you might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
7 For who makes you to differ from another [have we all not received this understanding from the LORD, these hidden treasures of heaven revealed by Him to those who receive Him at His coming]? and what have you that you did not receive? now if you did receive it, why do you glory, as if you had not received it [but as if you figured it out yourself, puffed up, not giving the glory and thanks to God the Father who gave them]?
8 Now you are full, now you are rich, you have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God you did reign, that we also might reign with you.
9 For I think that God has set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
10 We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honorable, but we are despised.
11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place;
12 And labor, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless [giving these gifts of God]; being persecuted, we suffer it:
13 Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
15 For though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have you not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
16 Wherefore I beseech you, be you followers of me.
17 For this cause have I [the LORD, The Father] sent unto you Timothy [Tim, the man, of God], who is my beloved son, and faithful in the LORD, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
19 But I will come to you shortly, if the LORD will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
21 What will you? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
The word rendered “full,” in 2 Corinthians 4:8 above, is the twice used Greek word korennumi, meaning “to cram, i.e. glut or sate:–eat enough, full.” The only other time it appears is in Acts 27:38, in the allegory telling of the now fully corrupt (leavened) church (ship taking Paul to Rome) was destroyed in the storm. It tells of Paul (the LORD unknown working in him) feeding those who hadn’t eaten in a long time, until they (were full) had “eaten enough,” and after that, they lightened (kouphizo, from kophos {only used this once}) the ship by casting out all the weights that were of no longer of any value.
The storm is the fire in 1 Corinthians above, the trial in which men’s words and works are valued: the valuable kept (as the forepart of the ship – the original elements, the Ancient of days), and all else realized as valueless, cast into the fire, the storm in the sea.
2 Timothy 1
6 Wherefore I put you in remembrance that you stir up the gift of God, which is in you by the putting on of my hands.
7 For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
8 Be not you therefore ashamed of the testimony of our LORD, nor of me his prisoner: but be you partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
9 Who has saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death, and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
11 Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which you have heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
14 That good thing which was committed unto you keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
15 This you know, that all they which are in Asia [all the churches] be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus [fugitives who’ve left God] and Hermogenes [who speak their own new creations].
16 The LORD give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus [bearing profit]; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
17 But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.
18 The LORD grant unto him that he may find mercy of the LORD in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, you know very well.
2 Timothy 2
1 You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
2 And the things that you have heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit you to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
3 You therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
4 No man that wars entangles himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who has chosen him to be a soldier.
5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
6 The husbandman that labors must be first partaker of the fruits.
7 Consider what I say; and the LORD give you understanding in all things.
8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:
9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
13 If we believe not, yet he abides faithful: he cannot deny himself.
14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the LORD that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
15 Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing [as in the firmament] the word of truth.
16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
17 And their word will eat as does a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus [who, hiding behind false love, giving their own creations and not the LORD’s, refuse to allow all God’s people to join Him in the ONE BODY He is gathering];
18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection [which only comes when we are all joined together, risen to Him in the cloud in heaven, which is full understanding that only comes with realizing His presence with us, the Father in the son speaking and leading us as the good shepherd, the stone we can trust] is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
19 Nevertheless the foundation of God stands sure, having this seal, The LORD knows them that are his. And, let every one that names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honor, and some to dishonor.
21 If a man therefore purge himself from these [the vessels of dishonor, the misleaders among us], he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified [made pure], and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.
22 Flee also youthful lusts [which place burdens upon God’s people, as did the young men to who Rehoboam listened, refusing the counsel of the Ancient of days, which caused the breach among God’s people]: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the LORD out of a pure heart.
23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strife [are meant to continue an endless argument with those who will never be convinced, because they refuse the love of the truth: God’s charity, agape: giving the truth the LORD has given].
24 And the servant of the LORD must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil [the misleaders among them], who are taken captive by him at his will.
Deuteronomy 33
13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land [where His seed reigns], for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that couches beneath [reserved there for this moment],
14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun [the light returned to the church], and for the precious things put forth by the moon [the civil government under a righteous king],
15 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains [the good leading of the Ancient of Days], and for the precious things of the lasting hills [sustainable just governments],
16 And for the precious things of the earth and fulness [when we have eaten them until we are full] thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush [in the fire that never consumed Him who is never emptied]: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph [Shiloh his seed], and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.
17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock [the firstborn from the dead flock], and his horns are like the horns of unicorns [His power is as the only true power, the true light]: with them [His true light] he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim [upon who this blessing comes], and they are the thousands of Manasseh [who remember God who they forgot].
The word “ends” here above is ‘ephec, which refers us to its appearing in the previous chapter telling of this time, when the LORD comes with the Ancient of days.
Deuteronomy 32
28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
30 How should one chase a thousand [of Manasseh], and two put ten thousand [of Ephraim] to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
33 Their wine is the poison of dragons [who devour with the words of their ever-open mouths, altering and rotting the minds of men], and the cruel venom of asps.
34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures [the riches reserved {the Ancient of Days, shut up, in heaven} there, until released in this time of war]?
35 To me belong vengeance and recompense; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself [open what was closed] for his servants, when he sees that their power is gone, and there is none [‘ephec] shut up [‘atsar], or left [this tells of the full extent, the end consequences of the heavens being shut, when God’s people have been abandoned by all their leaders and wise men].
37 And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,
38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection. [the priest of Bel whose footsteps are now apparent in the ashes – See the Septuagint, Daniel 14:10 thru 22].
39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live forever.
41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
Daniel 14 [Septuagint]
10 Now the priests of Bel [the priest, devils, who put themselves in God’s place] were threescore and ten, beside their wives and children. And the king went with Daniel into the temple of Bel.
11 So Bel’s priests said, Lo, we go out: but you, O king, set on the meat, and make ready the wine, and shut the door fast and seal it with your own signet;
12 And to morrow when you come in, if you find not that Bel has eaten up all, we will suffer death: or else Daniel, that speaks falsely against us.
13 And they little regarded it: for under the table they had made a privy entrance, whereby they entered in continually, and consumed those things.
14 So when they were gone forth, the king set meats before Bel. Now Daniel had commanded his servants to bring ashes, and those they strewed throughout all the
temple in the presence of the king alone: then went they out, and shut the door, and sealed it with the king’s signet, and so departed.
15 Now in the night came the priests with their wives and children, as they were wont [accustom] to do, and did eat and drink up all.
16 In the morning betime the king arose, and Daniel with him.
17 And the king said, Daniel, are the seals whole? And he said, Yea, O king, they be whole.
18 And as soon as he had opened the dour, the king looked upon the table, and cried with a loud voice, Great are you, O Bel, and with you is no deceit at all.
19 Then laughed Daniel, and held the king that he should not go in, and said, Behold now the pavement, and mark well whose footsteps are these.
20 And the king said, I see the footsteps of men, women, and children. And then the king was angry,
21 And took the priests with their wives and children, who showed him the privy doors, where they came in, and consumed such things as were upon the table.
22 Therefore the king slew them, and delivered Bel into Daniel’s power, who destroyed him and his temple.
This chapter (Daniel 14) was removed by the same (type) misleaders it exposes, who make themselves idols and put themselves in God’s place. The chapter, and all the word of God, were shut up, silenced: all understanding removed from the earth and reserved in heaven, until the Father sent it to me, in me, as the Ancient of Days, the Ancient treasures made flesh: elements of understanding returned.
These wicked men, chained by pride to their darkness: all the mighty men of the earth who refuse this refreshing and rest, in their own conceit thinking they are wise, have led the world into ruin, and are now only concern with keeping their positions even if it’s forever in hell. They are the stone set upon the mouth of the tomb, the false rock in who God’s people trust, who set themselves as the watchmen and gatekeepers of hell. In their sleep, the LORD has risen, and they have no idea where His Body is, because it’s no longer in tombs (their institutions).
The word rendered “bright shining,” in Luke 11:36 above, is the nine times used Greek word astrape, meaning “lightning; by analogy, glare:–lightning, bright shining.” The LORD uses the word three times in Luke, this passage telling of when the eye is single and the whole (ONE) BODY is full of (understanding) light. It is speaking of when only one voice is heard in the church (candlestick), the voice of the LORD from the messenger He sent with His eye.
The first time it (astrape) appears in Luke it’s in Luke 10:18, there telling of Satan cast out of heaven, meaning he is removed from the place of full understanding, as “lightning” cast down to the earth, as the waters below heaven separated from the understanding above. He, the devil, the arch-misleader, is the one who sits in God’s place, deceiving all the earth and ruling it in hell.
The last time Luke uses it (astrape) is in Luke 17:24 as the LORD speaks of the coming of the son of man, which is the same description in Matthew 24:27 where the same word is used. These later uses, as patterned in the first use (Luke 10), are speaking of casting out devils who are holding God’s people down (katecho), (casting out) by giving understanding (revelation) taking them out of the way, so He can enter and take His rightful place, together with Us in heaven in the cloud.
Luke 10
16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despises you despises me; and he that despises me despises him that sent me.
17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, LORD, even the devils are subject unto us through your name.
18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning [astrape] fall from heaven.
19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank you, O Father, LORD of heaven and earth, that you have hid these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in your sight.
22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knows who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
23 And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see:
24 For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which you see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which you hear, and have not heard them.
Luke 17
24 For as the lightning [astrape], that lightens [astrapto] out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven [from understanding giving understanding]; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation [as it has been and is now].
26 And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;
29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire [for which this same word has been reserved in heaven, waters reserved unto fire] and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
The word astrapto only appears one other time, in Luke 24:4, where two men (the Father and the son in ONE BODY), at the empty tomb, are seen in “shining” garments. They told those gathered there, “Why seek you the living among the dead? 6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spoke unto you when he was yet in Galilee [to His inner circle], 7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.”
In Matthew 28, Matthew records seeing the angel, the arch-messenger of God, as One, sitting on the stone rolled from the mouth of the tomb. The removal is then seen as opening the mouths of those seeing and hearing the work of God, the angel commanding them to go tell God’s people the risen LORD will go before them into Galilee (in this inner circle of those who receive this love of God), and there shall you SEE Him again (after not seeing Him for a while).
Daniel 7
13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds [understanding] of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
15 I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.
Matthew 28
2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the LORD descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
3 His countenance was like lightning [astrape], and his raiment white as snow:
4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not you: for I know that you seek Jesus, which was crucified.
6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the LORD lay.
7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goes before you into Galilee; there shall you SEE him: lo, I have told you.
Psalms 44
1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in the times of old.
2 How you did drive out the heathen with your hand, and planted them; how you did afflict the people, and cast them out.
3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your countenance, because you had a favor unto them.
4 You are my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
5 Through you will we push down our enemies: through your name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
7 But you have saved us from our enemies, and have put them to shame that hated us.
8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise your name for ever. Selah.
9 But you have cast off, and put us to shame; and go not forth with our armies.
10 You make us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
11 You have given us like sheep appointed for meat; and have scattered us among the heathen.
12 You sell your people for naught, and do not increase your wealth by their price.
13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
14 You make us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face has covered me,
16 For the voice of him that reproaches and blasphemes; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten you, neither have we dealt falsely in your covenant.
18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from your way;
19 Though you have sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
21 Shall not God search this out? for he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Yea, for your sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. [But “Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.”]
23 Awake, why sleep you, O LORD? Arise [in Your people], cast us not off forever.
24 Wherefore hide you your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleave unto the earth.
[renounce “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 {photismos} 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 {phos} to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts, to give the light {photismos} of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face {presence} of Jesus Christ.]
26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for your mercies’ sake.
