Unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings.
The word above (from Malachi 4:2) rendered “arise” is zarach, which we saw in the previous post as the origin of the name Zarah, one of the twin sons of Judah and Tamar. As we understand, this refers to the king line again established in the one who rises in this described way. (See the previous post.)
Malachi 3
1 Behold, I will send my messenger [mal’ak – angel], and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger [mal’ak – angel] of the covenant, whom you delight in: behold, he shall come, says the LORD of hosts [who is a man of war].
2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appears? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:
3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers [using their words to control people], and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress [through excessive taxation] the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, says the LORD of hosts.
6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore you sons of Jacob are not consumed.
16 Then they that feared the LORD spoke often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book [this word] of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
17 And they shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son that serves him.
18 Then shall you return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serves God and him that serves him not.
Malachi 4
1 For, behold, the day comes, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that comes shall burn them up, says the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arises with healing in his wings; and you shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
3 And you shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, says the LORD of hosts.
The “wings” (kanaph) are those we’ve seen in Ezekiel 3:13, which are the sound of the voice of the “living creature:” describing the cherubim and the wheel within a wheel, which is the written word of God sent forward, understanding therein sent to be understood. Life is in understanding that comes as light, from the one (cherubim) God first gives it, given to the other cherubim (the one needing understanding and life).
1 Corinthians 15
20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.
24 Then comes the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
25 For he must reign, till he has put all enemies under his feet.
26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
27 For he has put all things under his feet. But when he says all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.
28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
The word rendered “healing” (in Malachi 4:2) is the Hebrew word marpe’, meaning “a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity.”
Of the sixteen times the word is used, it appears eight times in Proverbs, there describing wisdom: the proper application of knowledge and understanding, delivered in/by well-ordered works and words.
It (marpe’) is the word that appears in Jeremiah 33:6, after, in verses 2 & 3, the LORD says, “Thus says the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name; Call unto me, and I [the maker and former thereof] will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you know not.” After this, He speaks of those who don’t know, the wicked who haven’t called on or listened to Him, who are fighting against the Chaldeans with their own ways and are destroyed. The LORD says to all, in verse 6, “Behold [open your eyes and see], I will bring it [His rebellious nation] health and cure [marpe’], and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.”
As we saw in the previous post, the result of this cure, listening to His revelation, is later in this chapter described.
Jeremiah 33
12 Thus says the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
13 In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass [‘abar – cross over {death into life, from hell into heaven}] again under the hands of him that tells [manah – enumerates, portions out, prepares, constitutes, by telling of the great and mighty things of the LORD] them, says the LORD.
14 Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.
15 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.
17 For thus says the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;
18 Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
Proverbs 4
7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all your getting get understanding.
8 Exalt her, and she shall promote you: she shall bring you to honor, when you do embrace her.
9 She shall give to your head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to you.
10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of your life shall be many.
11 I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in right paths.
12 When you go, your steps shall not be straitened; and when you run, you shall not stumble.
13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is your life.
14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
20 My son, attend to my words; incline your ear unto my sayings.
21 Let them not depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart.
22 For they [My words] are life unto those that find them, and health [marpe’] to all their flesh.
23 Keep your heart [guard this foundation] with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
24 Put away from you a froward mouth [twisting truth], and perverse lips put far from you.
25 Let your eyes look right on, and let your eyelids look straight before you.
26 Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established.
27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove your foot from evil. [Ecclesiastes 7:16 Be not righteous over much; neither make yourself over wise: why shouldest you destroy yourself ? 17 Be not over much wicked, neither be you foolish: why shouldest you die before your time?]
Proverbs 12
13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble [tsarah – tribulation].
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 [marpe’].
19 The lip of truth shall be established forever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
The word rendered “moment” is the Hebrew word raga’, meaning “to toss violently and suddenly (the sea with waves, the skin with boils); figuratively (in a favorable manner) to settle, i.e. quiet; specifically, to wink (from the motion of the eye-lids).” It is the word rendered “suddenly” in the (almost) identical verses of Jeremiah 49:19 & 50:44.
Jeremiah 49
19 Behold, he [the LORD] shall come up like a lion from the swelling [ga’own – pride] of Jordan [roaring against the proud words of the dead that have carried all the world into death and hell] against the habitation of the strong: but [kiy – so that] I will suddenly [raga’] make him run away from her [My people]: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
20 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he has taken against Edom [the enemies mixed among us]; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman [the wise men of this world]: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their [of the strong – the wicked in power] habitations desolate with them.
21 The earth is moved at the noise [qowl – this voice] of their fall, at the cry the noise [qowl – the voices of the Egyptians as they drowned] thereof was heard in the Red sea.
The word “strong,” in Jeremiah 49:19 & 50:44, in the following verses of each respectively, describes Edom (the enemies mixed among us: our countrymen and brothers at war with us, while claiming peace, destroying us, our nation, and our better culture) and Babylon (the confusion ruling the world, now turned insane delusion) is ‘eythan, meaning “permanence; hence (concrete) permanent; specifically a chieftain [the habitation of the strong: the deep state – as engrained, in church and state, systemic evil at war with us].”
The word (‘eythan, used thirteen times) only appears one other time in Jeremiah, in Jeremiah 5:15.
Jeremiah 5
1 Run you to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if you can find a man, if there be any that executes judgment, that seeks the truth; and I will pardon it.
2 And though they say, The LORD lives; surely they swear falsely.
3 O LORD, are not your eyes upon the truth? you have stricken them, but they have not grieved; you have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke [with Me], and burst the bonds.
6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goes out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
7 How shall I pardon you for this? your children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses [they call by My name].
8 They were as fed horses in the morning: everyone neighed after his neighbor’s wife.
9 Shall I not visit for these things? says the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10 Go you up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD’s.
11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, says the LORD.
12 They have belied the LORD, and said, IT IS NOT HIM; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
13 And the prophets shall become wind [of false doctrines], and the word [My word] is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
14 Wherefore thus says the LORD God of hosts, Because you speak this word [your own word], behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
15 Lo, I will bring a nation [as the Chaldeans – using their words, HOAXs, to manipulate and control you] upon you from far, O house of Israel, says the LORD: it is a mighty [‘eythan – an engrained enemy] nation, it is an ancient nation [as Edom, enemies mixed among us], a nation [Babylon – babel] whose language you know not, neither understands what they say [not understanding everything they say, through the mouth of their fake news and social media, are deceptions meant to destroy your will, and thereby take your life, liberty, and property].
16 Their quiver is as an open sepulcher [men holding arrows of death: words shot at you], they are all mighty men.
17 And they shall eat up your harvest [men as the locust now destroying all prosperity in the name of saving you], and your bread, which your sons and your daughters should eat: they shall eat up your flocks and your herds: they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees: they shall impoverish your fenced cities, wherein you trusted, with the sword [with their words].
18 Nevertheless in those days, says the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.
19 And it shall come to pass, when you shall say, Wherefore does the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shall you answer them, Like as you have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
22 Fear you not me? says the LORD: will you not tremble at my presence, which has placed the sand [the shore] for the boundary of the sea [this generation] by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves [the pride of the wicked] thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
23 But this people have a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that gives rain [this word from heaven], both the former and the latter, in his season [at this appointed time]: he reserves unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.
26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
28 They are waxen fat, they shine [as if they have understanding – replacing truth with their opinions]: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
29 Shall I not visit for these things? says the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
30 A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means [of their own words]; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end thereof?
The word ‘eythan describes the wicked in power for a moment, a time of ignorance at which God the Father winks. As we’ve previously seen, it (this moment) is the appointed time, the inflection point that changes the course of human history, as Paul describes in Acts 17 when telling of this day of God’s judgment, by the man He’s ordained.
Acts 17
22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill [Areios Pagus – the peak of war {between God and man, good and evil}], and said, You men of Athens [the wise of the world, who are without God and thereby ignorant], I perceive that in all things you are too superstitious [by ignorant beliefs, failing to see the rational course of events: the governing of the law of nature – ignorantly thinking God is merely metaphysical, and thereby failing to see He intervenes in the affairs of man].
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, dwelleth not in temples made with hands [but rather in the flesh];
25 Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed anything, 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 [dwelling in those who receive Him]:
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 [created] by art and man’s device.
30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commands all men everywhere to repent:
31 Because he has appointed a 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.
32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear you again of this matter.
Job 12
9 Who knows not in all these that the hand of the LORD has wrought this [the prosperity of the wicked, who think they are untouchable in their positions of power]?
10 [The LORD] In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath [life] of all mankind.
11 Does not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
13 With him is wisdom and strength, he has counsel and understanding.
14 Behold, he breaks down, and it cannot be built again: he shuts up a man, and there can be no opening.
15 Behold, he withholds the waters [His words], and they dry up: also he sends them out, and they [His words] overturn the earth.
16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
17 He leadeth counselors away spoiled, and makes the judges fools.
18 He loosens the bond of kings, and girds [prepares] their loins with a girdle [preparing them for their destruction].
19 He leadeth princes away spoiled and overthrows the mighty [‘eythan].
20 He removes away the speech of the trusty [in which they trust], and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
21 He pours contempt upon princes, and weakens the strength of the mighty.
22 He discovers deep things out of darkness [of which they are ignorant], and bringeth out to light [into understanding] the shadow of death.
23 He increases the nations, and destroys them: he enlarges the nations, and straitens them again.
24 He takes away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
25 They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them to stagger like a drunken man.
The word ‘eythan appears one other time in Job, in Job 33:19, when Elihu (He is God speaking) says the pain of man is the “strong.”
Job 33
13 Why do you strive against him [the LORD speaking correction through His messenger]? for he gives not account of any of his matters.
14 For God speaks once, yea twice, yet man perceives it not.
15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep [of ignorance] falls upon men, in slumbering upon the bed [as a dead man];
16 Then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,
17 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
18 He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword [the words of the wicked in power].
19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong [‘eythan] pain [of the strong, enemies and deceivers among us spewing confusion and insanity, the pain they tell the ignorant to follow as gods]:
20 So that his life abhors bread [so life flees at words of the wicked], and his soul [is taken by their] dainty meat.
21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
22 Yea, his soul draws near unto the grave [the pit mentioned below], and his life to the destroyers.
23 If there be a messenger [mal’ak – an angel of God] with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show unto man his [God’s] uprightness:
24 Then he [God] is gracious unto him, and say, Deliver him from going down to the pit [the grave]: I have found a ransom.
25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth:
26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favorable unto him: and he [man] shall see his face [His presence in the moment of the ransom] with joy: for he [God through His messenger] will render unto man his righteousness.
27 He looks upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit [grave], and his life shall see the light [understanding].
29 Lo, all these things works God oftentimes with man,
30 To bring back his soul from the pit [grave], to be enlightened [given understanding] with the light [understanding] of the living.
As we’ve many times seen, the word, in Acts 17:26, rendered “determined,” and in verse 31, “ordained,” is the eight times used Greek word horizo, meaning “to mark out or bound (“horizon”), i.e. (figuratively) to appoint, decree, specify.” It is speaking of the appointed time and the one raised from the dead to judge the world (end the old and create the new).
Friends, the rejection and betrayal to this point (moment) are determined and ordained by God, for the purpose of showing His mercy and goodness to the world. And just as assuredly, He is now judging the quick and the dead, as determined.
Luke 22:22
And truly the Son of man goes, as it was determined [horizo]: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!
Acts 2
17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh [as I have]: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy [speak My words], and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke:
20 The sun shall be turned into darkness [the church institution without understanding], and the moon into blood [civil government draining the life from the world], before the great and notable [epiphanes – only here, meaning conspicuous {to those who aren’t too superstitious}] day of the LORD come:
21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be saved.
22 You men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as you yourselves also know:
23 Him, being delivered by the determinate [horizo] counsel and foreknowledge [prognosis] of God, you have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
24 Whom God has raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
25 For David speaks concerning him, I foresaw the LORD always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
27 Because you will not leave my soul in hell, neither will you suffer your Holy One to see corruption.
28 You have made known to me the ways of life; you shall make me full of joy with your countenance.
29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher is with us unto this day.
30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
31 He seeing this before spoke of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
32 This Jesus has God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost [the LORD unknow in the flesh preaching and teaching, leading His people into all truth: full understanding, with Him here in heaven], he has shed forth this, which you now see and hear.
34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he says himself, The LORD said unto my LORD, Sit you on my right hand,
35 Until I make your foes your footstool.
36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly [asphalos – inescapably], that God has made the same Jesus [Jehovah’s Salvation manifested in the flesh], whom you have crucified, both LORD and Christ [His presence in the flesh].
Acts 10
34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
35 But in every nation he that fears him, and works righteousness, is accepted with him.
36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is LORD of all:)
37 That word, I say, you know, which was published throughout all Judaea [to His elect remnant], and began from Galilee [this inner circle], after the baptism which John preached [calling all to repentance];
38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil [misleaders among them]; for God was with him.
39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
40 Him God raised up the third day, and showed him openly;
41 Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
42 And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained [horizo] of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.
43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name [accepting His identity] whosoever believes in him shall receive remission of sins.
44 While Peter yet spoke these words, the Holy Ghost [the LORD unknown, speaking and working] fell on all them which heard the word [as the word of God, and received Him at His coming].
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. [Romans 1: 2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) 3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our LORD, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; 4 And declared {horizo – the inflection point} to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: 5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name {as His identity}: 6 Among whom you are also the called of Jesus Christ:]
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 [of the six days – sending light into the darkness, giving understanding that separates the His word from the words of men, bringing life to the earth, and creating man from its ashes] 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: [Isaiah 28: 12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith you may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. 13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. 14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, you scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. 15 Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: 16 Therefore thus says the LORD God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believes shall not make haste. 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. 18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then you shall be trodden down by it. 19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.]
7 Again, he limited [horizo] a certain day, saying in David, Today, after so long a time; as it is said, Today 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 two-edged 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.
13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
15 For we have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
16 Let us, therefore, come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
The Greek word rendered “to help in time of need” are eis eukairos boetheia, meaning “to or into (indicating the point reached or entered);” “well-timed, i.e. opportune;” (boetheia from boetheo) “995 [boe “call”] and theo (to run); a succorer [rescuer – the ransom]”
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 [teleiotes, only used here, meaning “a completer, i.e. consummater”] 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 of the LORD, nor faint when you are rebuked of him:
6 For whom the LORD loves he chastens, and scourgeth every son whom he receives.
7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chastens not?
8 But if you be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are you bastards, and not sons.
9 Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
Psalms 95
1 O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.
5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today if you will hear his voice,
8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
11 Unto whom I swore in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
Psalms 96
1 O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
2 Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; show forth his salvation from day to day.
3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.
4 For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.
5 For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
6 Honor and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
7 Give unto the LORD, O you kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
8 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.
9 O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
10 Say among the heathen that the LORD reigns: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.
12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
13 Before the LORD: for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
Psalms 97
1 The LORD reigns; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
3 A fire goes before him, and burns up his enemies round about.
4 His lightning enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the LORD of the whole earth.
6 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all you gods.
8 Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of your judgments, O LORD.
9 For you, LORD, yourself high above all the earth: you yourself exalted far above all gods.
10 You that love the LORD, hate evil: he preservs the souls of his saints; he delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
12 Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
Psalms 98
1 O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he has done marvelous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, has gotten him the victory.
2 The LORD has made known his salvation: his righteousness has he openly shown in the sight of the heathen.
3 He has remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
4 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
5 Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.
6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.
7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
8 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
9 Before the LORD; for he comes to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
Psalms 99
1 The LORD reigns; let the people tremble: he sits between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
2 The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.
3 Let them praise your great and terrible name; for it is holy.
4 The king’s strength also loveth judgment; you do establish equity, you execute judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
5 Exalt you the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.
6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.
7 He spoke unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
8 You answered them, O LORD our God: you are a God that forgave them, though you took vengeance of their inventions.
9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.
