26 – 28 March 2024
Truly I say unto you, That you which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
As seen in a recent post (12 March 2024), the regeneration (paliggenesia – genesis again) is the resurrection of the dead, elsewhere, in the word’s only other use (in Titus 3:5), described as not coming by our works, but by the LORD’s mercy (in the conversation at His mercy seat, where His presence is manifested), “by the washing [luotron – only appearing elsewhere in Ephesians 5:26, where the water is the word of God] of regeneration [paliggenesia], and renewing of the Holy Ghost [His work among us unknown].”
The further definition, found in Ephesians 5:26, tells us it is the LORD Himself (manifesting His presence, speaking through those He’s chosen, from among the many He’s called) that washes away the corruption of the many.
Ephesians 5
21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the LORD.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body.
24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26 That he might sanctify [separate us from corruption] and cleanse it with the washing of [luotron – loosing us from corruption, by] water by the word,
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself.
29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the LORD the church:
30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32 This is a great mystery [now revealed before the eyes of all]: but I speak concerning Christ and the church [joining as ONE BODY through whom He works].
33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
Friends, it’s a simple message, only hidden by what all have learned from those (the gods of this world who sit in God’s place opposing Him, blaspheming His work) claiming the closed book was opened to them (when it never was). These men are the false Christ, the many antichrists, that have come first, doing the work of Satan, working in his power to deceive, with false signs and lying wonders (which they say prove they should be followed, and their words (false teaching and misleading) should be obeyed and repeated).
1 John 2
7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning [arche – the establishment of God’s government; His created principalities]. The old commandment is the word which you have heard from the beginning [arche – have heard from the “beginning Again,” NOW when his kingdom has come to earth as it is in heaven].
8 [beginning] Again, [here heard as if] a new commandment I write unto you [again, in like manner], which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness [the time of blinding ignorance] is past, and the true light now shines [when He sends His understanding from His present throne, though His King, and kings].
9 He that says he is in the light [saying they have received understanding from the LORD, the only place from where it comes: from His throne], and hates his brother [refuses to give this word as commanded by the King], is in darkness [proves his ignorance] even until now.
10 He that loves [agapao – gives this word as received, the charity of God that will not fail, even now when all else does, with the old heaven and earth] his brother abides in the light [showing God is in him, and he in God], and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
11 But he that hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and knows not whither [where or at what time] he goes, because that darkness [their ignorance of God, which they were taught, that] has blinded his eyes.
12 I write [now, this moment, in these last days of darkness] unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake [His identity manifest to you, who received Him and His word now abides in your flesh].
13 I write unto you, fathers [who are now awakening to your immortality], because you have known him that is from the beginning [arche – from the genesis of the old heaven and earth, which are now ending at the appearance, again, of the LORD and His kingdom come]. I write unto you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one [the spirit of Satan, working in those who deceived and misled humanity into death and hell]. I write unto you, little children, because you have known the Father [hearing Him speaking, knowing His voice].
14 I have written unto you, fathers, because you have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because you are strong [you have received the understanding once delivered to the saints {the fathers}, for which you have, by faith, earnestly contended against the devils mixed among us – as Enoch foretold, saying “Behold {see}, the LORD comes with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”], and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the wicked one [Satan working by his word in the many antichrists now mixed among God’s people].
15 Love not the world, neither the things [the ideas and ways] that are in the world. If any man love [gives the words of the wicked one to] the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh [the opinions and delusions created in minds void of God], and the lust of the eyes [the things, without form, they claim they’ve seen], and the pride of life [that keeps them chained in their own darkness], is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17 And the world [the old and now totally corrupt] passes away [at the now presence of the LORD’s kingdom], and the lust thereof: but he that [obeying] does the will of God abides forever.
18 Little children, it is the last time [the ‘achariyth now come]: and as you have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby WE KNOW that it is the last time.
19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us [with the LORD as the head of the house]: but they went out [left Him, and unfaithfully, following the wicked and went into apostacy: standing against the LORD at His appearing and His kingdom come], that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us [the household of faith].
20 But you have an unction [chrisma – the anointing of verse 27 below, the work only appearing these three times] from the Holy One [hagios – the one at whom the world wonders, not knowing from where comes the power manifested in him; it’s the same world rendered “saints” in Jude 1:3 & 14, and as “Holy” twice in verse 20, speaking of the power as the LORD unknown], and you know all things [because He tells those who believe, have faith, it is Him speaking and doing the work through us, in us].
21 I have not written unto you because you know not the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
22 Who is a liar but he that denies that Jesus [Jehovah manifesting Himself in speaking His mercy and salvation from our flesh] is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denies the Father [is in the flesh of the son speaking and working] and the Son [who, obeying the Father, reveals His presence in our flesh].
23 Whosoever denies the Son, the same has not the Father: he that acknowledges [the Father in] the Son has the Father also.
24 Let that [the word of God] therefore abide in you [in your flesh], which you have heard from the beginning [arche – the Father, again, establishing His government on the earth as it is in heaven]. If that which you have heard from the beginning [arche] shall remain in you [not letting it slip away by listening to the vain words of corrupting men], you also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
25 And this is the promise that he has promised us, even eternal life [that lasts forever with those who remain with Him, in Him, and He in us].
26 These things have I written unto you concerning them [the corrupting men] that seduce you.
27 But the anointing [chrisma] which you have received of him abides in you, and you need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing [chrisma] teaches you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it has taught you, you shall abide in him.
28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that every one that [obeys and] does righteousness [giving this understanding to those held in darkness] is born of him.
Jude 1
3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that you should earnestly contend for the faith which was once [long ago] delivered unto the saints [hagios].
4 For [since then] there are certain men crept in [among you] unawares, who were before of old ordained to this [present] condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness [aselgeia – incontinence, their corrupt conversation they cannot control themselves from spewing], and denying the only LORD God [as it is now logically apparent], and our LORD Jesus Christ.
5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though you once knew this, how that the LORD, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not [this is what men should fear].
6 And the angels which kept not their first estate [left the charge they vowed to keep, which is to deliver the LORD’s message as received], but left their own habitation [and spoke their own ways and ideas against the LORD], he has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness [their own ignorance] unto the judgment of the great day.
7 Even as Sodom [consumed in flaming fire] and Gomorrah [left an uninhabitable ruin], and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
9 Yet Michael [who is like God, made in His image to manifest His presence] the archangel [who is sent to stand in these last days with this message for humanity, against the whiles of the devils], when contending with the devil[s – the misleaders crept in among us unaware] he disputed about the body of Moses [the LORD’s body of work through Him: the Law], durst not bring against him a railing accusation [blasphemia krisis – he didn’t decide to speak evil against him], but said, The LORD rebuke you [as we are to openly rebuke evil speaking, but not render evil for evil].
10 But these speak evil [their corrupt conversation, uncontrollably spewing their own ignorance of God and, not knowing the time, of these last days] of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts [without the LORD’s Spirit], in those things they corrupt themselves. [see Romans 13, verse 11 saying “And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed {the present reality of what we hoped for}.”],
11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
12 These are spots in your feasts of charity [their evil conversation staining the message the LORD has given, refusing to give it as received], when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear [ignorant of their own destruction]: clouds they are without water [in who this understanding now is, but they refuse to give it as commanded], carried about of winds [of their own false doctrines]; [corrupt] trees whose [corrupt] fruit withers, without fruit, twice dead [of old and now again choosing death], plucked up by the roots;
13 Raging waves of the sea [evil men, blinded by their pride, risen over humanity], foaming out [words from their mouth] their own shame; wandering stars [planets, deceivers, moving erratically in the heavens, places where understanding should be, who can’t be relied on to navigate in the darkness, as can the true stars], to whom [these deceivers] is reserved the blackness of darkness [to wander in their own ignorance] forever.
14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the LORD comes with ten thousands of his saints [hagios – the true stars of heaven],
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken [their blasphemy] against him.
16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouths speak great swelling words [of pride], having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage [excusing evil, even calling it good, if it is to their advantage to do so].
17 But, beloved, remember you the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our LORD Jesus Christ;
18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time [the time we know is upon us, the last days of darkness covering the earth], who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
19 These be they who separate themselves [from God and His ONE BODY], sensual, having not the [ONE] Spirit.
20 But you, beloved, building up yourselves [upon this teaching from the LORD himself] on your most holy [hagios] faith [in Christ, the LORD with us, in us, and we in Him], praying in the Holy [hagios] Ghost [conversing with the LORD present, but unseen by the corrupt world],
21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy [in this conversation at the mercy seat] of our LORD Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
22 And of some have compassion, making a difference [changing their mind, by giving the word from the LORD, declaring it is His presence manifested, come to effectually work to save the world from itself, freeing it from those intentionally corrupting all truth]:
23 And others save with fear [telling them destruction is the end to come for those remaining in the fires these men’s corrupt conversations cause], pulling [harpazo – the word rendered “caught up” in 1 Thessalonians 4:17, which the false prophets, with their evil speaking twist into the false doctrine of an off the planet “rapture,” which is, in reality, His, in us, “pulling”] them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted [stained by the corrupt conversation] by the flesh [those having not the LORD’s Spirit, and therefore remaining ignorant of Him, His truth, and the time at hand, when we gather into His ONE BODY with Him].
24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling [with the wicked], and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory [His manifested presence] with exceeding joy [when you realize it is Him and that we’ve reached the end He promised],
25 To the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Today’s title verse speaks of now, here, in the present kingdom of God, which came as snare upon all the corrupt world: the LORD present unknown, come as a thief in the night, into this time when man’s ignorance blinds them to this critical moment when all history culminates in His appearance (the unseen seen again).
Matthew 19 [as in the post of 12 March 2024]
21 Jesus said [the command from His mouth, God speaking through him] unto him, If you will be perfect [[teleios – the end, when man is again filled full by the present LORD]], go and sell that you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me [[selling all is not the point, which is to obey His verbal command and, abandoning all you think you know, follow His example]].
22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions [not keeping the commandments of God speaking in the moment, which is following Him speaking through those He crowns kings here in the judgment, which is the way into eternal life in His kingdom].
23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Truly I say unto you, That a rich man [[who refuse to abandon all they think is valuable, the understanding that now dominates, has dominion over, this corrupt world]] shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven [[the place of full understanding now come, into which men have the choice to enter, or not]].
24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle [[trupema – only used here, speaking of a doorway opened at night and too small for a camel to enter without removing its load]], than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible [[to remove this burden]]; but with God all things are possible [for those who follow Him into His kingdom, laying hold on their immortality].
27 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed you; what shall we have therefore?
28 And Jesus said unto them, Truly I say unto you, That you which have followed me, in the regeneration [[pailggenesia – the again genesis]] when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
29 And everyone that has forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
30 But many that are first [not following God’s commands through His kings] shall be last; and the last [following His commands] shall be first.
The following chapter then speaks of this moment, what humanity is experiencing here and now, as in the days of Elijah (God is Jehovah – manifested in the flesh).
Matthew 20
1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, which went out early in the morning [when the understanding of this day began to be heard] to hire laborers into his vineyard [those who would take this word and give it as received, like vine branches through which this life flows to bring fruit].
2 And when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny [actually a silver coin, which value was set based on it being the price of ten asses] a day, he sent them [as vines] into his vineyard [to His people].
1 Kings 19
7 And the angel of the LORD [with this same message, sent to those in whom He manifests His presence] came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat [rise to life and by this milk and honey learn to choose good and refuse evil]; because the journey [the course set before us] is too great for you [without My presence manifested in you].
8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb [this time of desolation] the mount of God [from where He speaks].
9 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What do you here, Elijah?
10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before [paniym – the place where I choose to manifest My presence, as] the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by [‘abar – the LORD, at His will, self-generated His presence to bring Elijah to life], and a great and strong wind [of corrupt thinking; false doctrines, evil decrees] rent the mountains [His Spirit moved, speaking against the current corrupt government institutions of church and state], and [and they themselves, knowing their time is short] brake in pieces the [false] rocks [in which men ignorantly trust] before [paniym – because of His presence manifested, as] the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind [their false doctrines]: and after the wind an earthquake [to shake the wicked from their seats of power over the earth]; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
12 And after the earthquake a fire [of hell, which these men’s ideas and ways have caused]; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice [in which the LORD manifests His presence].
13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What do you here, Elijah?
14 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
15 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus [this people whose work is silenced, because they are drunken and in tears: because they are the dead body of Christ]: and when you come, anoint Hazael [the pure who see God, by seeing as He sees] to be king [as in the kingdom, as the LORD speaks of in Matthew 19 above] over Syria [over those who’ve exalted their words over this word of God]:
16 And Jehu [those in whom Jehovah’s presence is manifested] the son of Nimshi [the rescued who are become rescuers] shall you anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha [those teaching and preaching this word of Jehovah’s salvation, as they have received it] the son of Shaphat [which is My judgment] of Abelmeholah [which has always been the plan {machashabah, My thoughts that are higher than the thoughts of man}, when the vineyard is seen in plain {‘abel} sight] shall you anoint to be prophet [speaking My word as received] in your room [in My place].
17 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapes the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapes from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal [the false gods of this world who’ve blinded all but the very elect remnant], and every mouth which has not kissed him [have not made their mouths like these idols’, obeying them and speaking their words].
19 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him [those I’ve hired and sent to do My work, who’ve taken My light yoke upon themselves, speaking My word, manifesting My identity in My place], and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by [‘abar – from death into life in] him, and cast his mantle upon him.
20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray you, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to you?
21 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat [they took the word they receive from those who sacrifice to deliver it, and gave it as received]. Then he arose [from death into life], and went after Elijah [the ONE BODY of Christ in which God, who is Jehovah, dwells], and [He] ministered unto him[self, His ONE BODY].
The word “still,” in verse 12 above, is from dmamah (as in Damascus), a three times used word, meaning “quiet:–calm, silence, still.”
The first of the other two uses (of dmamah) comes in Job 4:16 as Eliphaz the Temanite (names telling us he is in a position where understanding should be but is corrupted by wealth being his god) describes his seeing God but (because of his corruption) is unable to discern Him fully. The second is in Psalms 107:29, where it speaks of the LORD as the one who “calms” the storms (caused by the corrupt). In both of these occurrences, we’re told the corrupt are silenced in the LORD’s presence (so His small voice can be heard after the storms of wind, earthquake, and fire have come).
The word rendered “small,” in the same verse above, is daq, which refers us to its use twice in Exodus 16:14 describing the manna, which men were (are) unable to discern is the word from the mouth of God, by which man lives (comes from death into life).
Exodus 16
14 And when the dew [the word of God that appeared on the earth, and man was unaware of its origin] that lay was gone up [understanding given to its deep meaning returned to the cloud], behold [and we saw], upon the face of [paniym – the presence of the LORD] the wilderness [of which we were ignorant because of our desolate condition] there lay a small [daq] round thing [(like a wheel (within a wheel)), understanding sent forward in His written word, to return understanding to those predestined to receive it and awaken to life], as small [daq] as the hoar frost [understanding therein frozen, reserved for the time of war] on the ground [‘erets – on the earth].
15 And when the children of Israel [the people God predestined to receive this promised end] saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: [meaning] for they knew not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread [I Am] which the LORD has given you to eat.
Deuteronomy 6
1 All the commandments which I command you this day shall you observe to do, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers.
2 And you shall remember all the way the LORD your God led you these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.
3 And he humbled you, and suffered you to hunger [for the word from His mouth], and fed you with manna, which you knew not [as it is this day], neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD does man live.
Jeremiah 29
8 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed.
9 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, says the LORD.
10 For thus says the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
11 For I know the thoughts [machasabah] that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts [machashabah] of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
12 Then shall you call upon me, and you shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
13 And you shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart.
14 And I will be found of you, says the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, says the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place [out of confusion into understanding: out of Babylon into New Heavenly Jerusalem] whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
15 Because you have said, The LORD has raised us up prophets in Babylon;
Deuteronomy 18
17 And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto you, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto [shama’ – and obey] my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
20 But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
21 And if you say in your heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD has not spoken?
22 When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD has not spoken, but the prophet has spoken it presumptuously [zadown]: you shall not be afraid of him.
Proverbs 20
22 A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and casts down the strength of the confidence thereof.
23 Whoso keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles [tsarah – tribulation].
24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who deals in proud [zadown – presumptuous] wrath.
25 The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labor [and speak as the LORD has commanded].
26 He covets greedily all the day long: but the righteous gives and spares not [to give this word as received, as the LORD commands].
27 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
28 A false witness shall perish: but the man that hears [the LORD speaking] speaks constantly.
29 A wicked man harden his face [paniym – against the LORD’s manifested presence]: but as for the upright, he [His presence] directs his way.
30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
31 The horse [the strengthened people of the LORD] is prepared against the day of battle: but safety [therein] is of the LORD.
Job 4
12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a little thereof.
13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before my eyes, there was silence [dmamah], and I heard [shama’ – obeyed] a [still small] voice, [as I ask you] saying,
17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
Isaiah 50
2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea [silencing the vane words of wicked men], I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish [the death below their word’s surface] stink [so men perceive its, death’s, presence therein], because there is no water [no word of God heard from them], and die for thirst [without these life-giving words, by the understanding there in the deep waters].
3 I clothe the heavens with blackness [the ignorance that now covers the world], and I make sackcloth [humanity morning its own death] their covering.
4 The LORD God has given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakens morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear [shama’ – and obey] as the learned.
5 The LORD God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back [to follow corruption].
6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting [the sacrifice necessary to deliver the LORD’s word, declaring it is him present].
7 For the LORD God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
8 He is near that justified me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is my adversary? let him come near to me.
9 Behold, the LORD God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
10 Who is among you that fears the LORD, that obey [shama’] the voice of his servant [speaking His word as commanded], that walk in darkness [ignorance come from remaining in corruoption], and has no light [understand that is life]? let him trust in the name [identity] of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
11 Behold [see Him], all you that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light [understanding] of your [own strange] fire, and in the sparks that you have kindled. This shall you have of my hand [returning your own word upon you]; you shall lie down in sorrow [remaining dead].
Psalms 107
1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endures forever.
2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble [tsar – in the hand of their enemy], and he delivered them out of their distresses.
7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
9 For he satisfies the longing soul, and fills [full] the hungry soul with goodness.
10 Such as sit in darkness [ignorance – which is death] and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High:
12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; they fell down, and there was none to help.
13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble [tsar], and he saved them out of their distresses.
14 He brought them out of darkness [ignorance] and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
16 For he has broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron [holding humanity in death and hell] in sunder.
17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
18 Their soul abhors all manner of meat [this deep understanding that strengthen]; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble [tsar], and he saves them out of their distresses.
20 He sent his word [made flesh], and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
23 They that go down to the sea in ships [their institution], that do business in great waters;
24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
25 For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves [the pride of man] thereof.
26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit’s end.
28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble [tsar], and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
29 He makes the storm a calm [dmamah – silencing the ignorant, friend and foe], so that the waves thereof are still [chashah – so the proud are quieted].
30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful [eye opening] works to the children of men!
32 Let them exalt him [His voice above all others] also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
33 He turns rivers [of ignorance] into a wilderness, and the [polluted] water-springs into dry ground;
34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
35 He turns the wilderness into a standing [living] water, and dry ground into [His] water-springs.
36 And there he makes the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city [New Heavenly Jerusalem] for habitation;
37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
38 He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffers not their cattle to decrease.
39 Again, they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
40 He pours contempt upon princes [who’ve misled them], and cause them to wander [fecklessly] in the wilderness, where there is no way.
41 Yet sets he the poor [without worldly power] on high from affliction [and the last will be first], and makes him families like a flock [gathered into His ONE BODY].
42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth [and calm shall cover the earth].
43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things [they are experiencing], even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.