7 – 11 September 2024
And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
The above is the LORD speaking of why he speaks in parables, this specific one speaking of Himself sowing this word into men’s minds. Ultimately, the passage describes the resurrection and the salvation of the world.
The passage before this parable, itself a parable, speaks of the church in sin, with her tears washing away the mire from the LORD’s feet, washing away the corruption His people (His dead body she also anoints to cover the savor of death) picked up in their journey in the earth toward this moment, this rendezvous.
Luke 7
31 And the LORD said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation [here and now]? and to what are they like?
32 They are like unto children [who have not yet put away childish things] sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and you have not danced; we have mourned to you, and you have not wept. [I Am not here to do your will but the will of My Father who sent me.]
33 For John [the dove, the sign of the end: calling all to repentance] the Baptist [who took all below the surface of the waters to wash the blinding corrupt picked up through time] came neither eating bread [men corrupted] nor drinking wine [that changed men’s mind and carried them away into ignorance and death]; and you say, He has a devil [you, only knowing corruption, vilify and demonize the LORD’s work through him, which is blasphemy].
34 The Son of man is come eating [this word from the mouth of the LORD, by which men lives] and drinking [this pure blood from the grapes of the Father’s wrath, this pure word men refuse to hear as His]; and you say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
35 But wisdom is justified of all her children [by receiving this correction].
36 And one [Simon {the leper}, stony ground later spoken of, Peter, now] of the Pharisees [those who’ve scattered the LORD’s flock] desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat [to converse with him of these things of deep understanding, in which conversation the Father’s presence is manifested].
37 And, behold, a woman [the dead body of Christ] in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus [with his dead body] sat at meat [anakeimai – lay dead] in the Pharisee’s house [conversing with those sitting in seats of power over the institution where this understanding should be and isn’t], brought an alabaster box [alla bastazo; meaning many things shall be removed] of ointment [muron – as vapors, the separated elements of understanding, into the cloud],
38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet [of the corruption pick up through time] with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spoke within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that touches him: for she is a sinner.
40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto you. And he says, Master, say on.
41 There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.
42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?
43 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, You have rightly judged.
44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, See you this woman [My dead body]? I entered into your house, you gave me no water for my feet [refusing to remove the corruption picked up along the way, by which my body was scattered and killed]: but she has washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
45 You gave me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in has not ceased to kiss my feet [where she sat hearing this correction, learning my Father’s words and ways, which she, being sorry for her sin, willingly received].
46 My head with oil you did not anoint: but this woman has anointed my feet with ointment.
47 Wherefore I say unto you, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved [agapao – giving this word as commanded] much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loves [agapao] little [refusing to give it as commanded].
48 And he says unto her [because you have love and kept My words], [Church, My ONE risen BODY] Your sins are forgiven.
49 And they that sat at meat [heard the deep meaning from the mouth of God] with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgive sins also?
50 And he said to the woman, Your faith [that this word is the Father manifesting His presence with us, in us] has saved you; go in peace.
Luke 8
1 And it came to pass afterward [after the cleansing in this baptism], that he went throughout every city and village [as the sun rising and shining this understanding from east to west], preaching and showing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God [entered by those who receive this teaching]: and the twelve were with him,
2 And certain women [again, the scattered church], which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary [rebelling against the corrupt status quo] called Magdalene [in the resurrection, the first saved, mustered, into His ONE BODY, here at Armageddon], out of whom went seven devils [casting out the corrupt of those possessed by Saran, misleading, scattering, and destroying the life, understanding, and the knowledge of God, in their minds],
3 And Joanna [to whom Jehovah has graciously given {His word}] the wife of Chuza [seer] Herod’s [those heroic in opposition of God] steward [epitropos – over {seeing} the conversation {in which the Father’s presence is manifested}], and Susanna [whose voices are the last trumpet sounding, shouting this voice of the Father’s archangel], and many others, which ministered [serving these things, this grace] unto him [gathering into His OND BODY] of their substance [huoarchonta – huper arche ontos, meaning, regarding these first principles: truth given as received}].
4 And when much people were gathered together [into His Kingdom, His ONE BODY], and were come to him out of every city, he spoke by a parable [from the Greek word para and the Hebrew word habal, meaning these sayings are with us but, through straying, become worthless: without understanding]:
5 A sower went out to sow his seed [these written words]: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air [in places where understanding should found but isn’t] devoured it.
6 And some fell upon a rock [from whom this word of God should flow, but instead devils are there preaching their own words]; and as soon as it [truth] was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture [not continuing in this word].
7 And some fell among thorns [misleaders]; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.
8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit a hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that has ears to hear, let him hear [this deep meaning found].
9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be [what is the deep meaning reserved therein, frozen, for this time of this just war]?
10 And he said, Unto you [who have loved and kept My words] it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables [without understanding this moment, become worthless to those choosing to remain in ignorance]; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand [choosing to remain in darkness, in ignorance, because their deeds are evil: misleading with their own vain words and not giving this word as commanded].
11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then comes the devil [the misleaders possessed by Satan, who’ve left their first estate, now giving their own misleading words instead of the LORD’s], and taketh away the word out of their hearts [minds], lest they should believe [this word is the Father’s, in which conversation He is manifesting His presence] and be saved.
13 They on the rock [false teachers and false prophets in whom people vainly put their trust] are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root [lacking the first principles of these oracles of God] which for a while believe, and in time of temptation [doubting the Father’s presence] fall away.
14 And that which fell among [eis] thorns [misleaders] are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of this life, and [not giving this word as received, not declaring it is the Father’s presence in them manifesting Himself to the world in need] bring no fruit to perfection [completion in the expected end in His presence].
15 But that on the good ground are they [resurrected from death with Me], which in an honest and good heart [hearing and seeing the Father in His children], having heard the word [as His], keep it, and [giving the same word as He commands] bring forth fruit with patience [long suffering to bring this same perfection in others, after our own kind].
16 No man, when he has lighted a candle [as He has enlightened us], covers it with a vessel, or put it under a bed [to burn up those sleeping {in death}]; but sets it on a candlestick [lifting it as Moses lifted the fiery serpent in the wilderness, as the son of man must be lifted], that they which enter in may see the light [and be saved from the bites of the serpents among them, whose poison from their mouths kills the minds of any who follow their evil leading].
17 For nothing is secret [held in ignorance], that shall not be made manifest [with the Father’s presence]; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad [eis – among thorns, exposing these evil misleaders who now resist, oppose, and blaspheme this work and word of God].
18 Take heed therefore how you hear [this word]: for whosoever has [understanding and faith it is the Father’s], to him shall be given; and whosoever has not this [faith], from him shall be taken even that which he seems to have.
19 Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press [of the ignorant crowd, and the culture created by the mass media broadcasting the work and words of Satan’s decpetion].
20 And it was told him by certain which said, Your mother and your brethren stand without, desiring to see you.
21 And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it [give it as He’s commanded: as received and declaring it is His presence with us, in us].
22 Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship [one of the church institutions, the first to obey and pass over from death into life] with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake [the same course set before all, to go from ignorance to understanding upon these living waters]. And they launched forth.
23 But as they sailed he fell asleep [in the sleeping minds]: and there came down a storm of wind [of false doctrines against the truth] on the lake; and they were filled with water [not knowing the difference between truth and men’s creations], and were in jeopardy.
24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we [are unsure and] perish. Then he arose [as the first begotten of God from among the dead, in victory over death and hell], and rebuked the wind [the false doctrines, and the devils spewing them] and the raging [roaring waves] of the water [men’s words]: and they ceased, and there was a calm [as a sea of glass mixed with this fire].
25 And he said unto them, Where is your faith [in My saying I will never leave you or forsake you]? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commands even the winds and water, and they obey him.
Revelation 15
1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God [this word which the wicked refuse to hear as the Father’s voice].
2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast [those without the LORD’s Spirit, sitting in seats of power over church and state, resisting, opposing, and blaspheming His work and word], and over his image [all their lies they put in My place and call by My name, which is Truth], and over his mark [in their head and hand: the insanity in their minds, which is obvious in their works], and over the number of his name [identity found in the number of a Man, Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary number 666, ‘apher, the ashes of the earth’s ruin, covering the faces, the presence, of the true and false prophets; only used twice, in 1 Kings 20:38 & 41], stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb [these written words meant to be repeated as received] saying, Great and marvelous [in opening our eyes to see good and evil, teaching us to choose good and refuse evil] are your works, LORD God Almighty; just and true are your ways, you King of saints.
4 Who shall not fear you, O LORD, and glorify your name [Your identity manifested with us, in us]? for you only are holy: for all nations [all who haven’t know You] shall come and worship before you; for your judgments are made manifest [by Your presence].
5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:
6 And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen [purity by which man sees God], and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.
7 And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God [this word which men still refuse], who lives forever and ever.
8 And the temple was filled with [a pillar of] smoke [by day, in this time light – anger, to smoke out the vermin infesting the temple] from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled [teleo].
Matthew 26
1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished [teleo] all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,
2 You know that after two days is the feast of the Passover [when all shall pass from death into life], and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.
3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and [kai] the scribes, and [kai] the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called [lego – describing] Caiaphas [kaiapha in the original text, from kai’ apher, meaning he is the one whose identity is hidden in the ashes of the earth’s ruin; with affinity to the Greek word aphanes, meaning not apparent]
4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty [dolos – a twelve times used word also rendered guile and deceit], and [kai] kill him [that He is seen no longer, not apparent because of the deceit and guile].
5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany [the house of misery, where the dead are found], in the house of Simon the leper [Peter’s dead flesh],
7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box [filled with things soon to be romoved] of very precious ointment [to cover the smell of death], and poured it on his head [in his mind where only they would remain], as he sat at meat [anakeimai – lay dead, all understanding removed].
8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble you the woman? for she has wrought a good work upon me.
11 For you have the poor always with you; but me you have not always.
12 For in that she has poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
13 Truly I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman has done, be told for a memorial of her.
14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,
15 And said unto them, What will you give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
16 And from that time he sought the opportunity to betray him.
17 Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread [removing all corrupt from the word of God] the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where will you that we prepare for you to eat the passover?
18 And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master says, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at your house with my disciples.
19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.
The following, ending with Ephesians 5, are excerpts from the post of 13 May 2019.
Bethany: the story of God’s people’s fall into a house of misery, wherein they ripen and from where they are raised.
The passages surrounding the eleven times the name Bethany appears first tell of the corrupted priesthood, the defiled temple, and vain worship in general; all products of the abomination brought into the temple and put in God’s place. These further speak of the LORD leaving corrupted Jerusalem, and going to Bethany and Bethphage, meaning the house (family) of misery and of unripe figs. In the family are Mary, Martha, and (dead) Lazarus, a house (Christian and Jew) outside the established corrupt order, both the women’s names meaning and telling of them being those who rebelled against the (corrupt) status quo.
As we know, Lazarus is the Greek rendering of the Hebrew name Eleazar, meaning he is who God helps. He is historically the son of Aaron, who was raised to the priesthood after his two brothers (Christians and Jews) became idol worshipers and offered strange fire (ways far from and thereby foreign) to God.
It is in this family (house) the LORD is anointed (by those who have come out of corruption), and where abides the priesthood the LORD raised from the dead.
These are the easily understood and recognized embedded meanings. The deeper meaning is in telling of how the fall occurred, how it has now again, and how the restoration comes.
The next step is to investigate the name Judas (Judah) Iscariot, which is from the Hebrew words Yhuwdah’ iysh qirya’. These words tell of those who are the celebrated men, the celebrity leaders of God’s people, of His city (among His people in Zion and Jerusalem). Examining the usages of these words, we see they tell of betrayal, which ends in the release of the vessels carried away into confusion (Babylon), where they were held in the treasure house of the idols of Babylon.
The word ‘iysh only appears one time, rendered “show yourselves men” in Isaiah 46:8, where we’re told the betrayers are called to remember. The chapter begins by speaking of when Bel and Nebo bow down (yield); these are the idols of the corrupt house into which the vessels were carried and held. This carrying away is described in Daniel 1:2, where we see it is into Shinar, the sleep Daniel speaks of in Daniel 12:2. We have seen this as when the book is sealed, in the treasure house of these idols, meaning in the current corrupted church by its dead priests. We understand the restoration, the rebuilding of God’s house, His city and wall, come with the fall of the wall these men have built, which can’t be trusted and will surely fall on any near it when it does (because it is built with stones of emptiness {bohuw}, upon a foundation of confusion {tohuw} – Isaiah 34:11).
The betrayal is spoken of in Ezra 4, the only place the word qirya’ appears; and where it is rendered “city.” There it tells of the rebuilding of the wall and how it was halted by the adversaries, who heard the sound of the trumpet and great noise (Ezra 3:10 & 11). These enemies first said they wanted to help build, and when their attempts at subversion were rejected by Zerubbabel and Joshua (Jesus), they frustrated the building all the days of Cyrus, until the days of Darius.
All these names speak of the same people joined together into ONE BODY with the LORD, and the prophecies unsealed tell of my coming as the first begotten from the dead, sent to raise many of God’s children into the same glory.
Ephesians 5
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: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Matthew 26
57 And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
58 But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest’s palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.
59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
60 But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
62 And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answer you nothing? what is it which these witness against you?
63 But Jesus held his peace, And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you be the Christ, the Son of God.
64 Jesus says unto him, You have said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall you see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
65 Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He has spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now you have heard his blasphemy.
66 What think you? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,
68 Saying, Prophesy unto us, you Christ, Who is he that smote you? [It is those hiding their faces in the ruin of the earth they destroyed]
69 Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, You also were with Jesus of Galilee.
70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what you say.
71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.
72 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.
73 And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely you also are one of them; for your speech betrays you.
74 Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.
75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, you shall deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.
The above speaks of now when all those leading God’s people, (false) rocks in whom men put their trust, deny the LORD’s presence, as they have in the other two watches in the night. The “cock” (alektor) “crowing” (phoneo) is during the third watch of the night, which signals the end of darkness and the mourning arrived (when light returns and shines understanding from east to west).
The Greek words, alektor and phoneo, appear only once, in Mark 13:35, as one word (alektorophonia).
Mark 13
19 For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
20 And except that the LORD had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he has chosen, he has shortened the days.
21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:
22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
23 But take you heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
24 But in those days, after that tribulation [after the many false prophets have come and deceived all but the very elect remnant], the sun shall be darkened [the church institutions now realized to be without any understanding], and the moon shall not give her light [all civil government institutions now also realized to be lacking the same understanding],
25 And the stars of heaven [God’s people who have this light] shall fall [are realized to be without it, in apostasy, meaning they are standing separated from the LORD and His truth], and the powers that are in heaven [where understanding should be found and isn’t] shall be shaken [so the wicked are shaken from these places].
26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds [where understanding is found, as light therein] with great power and glory [shining from east to west in the morning now come].
27 And then shall he send his angels [repeating this message as received], and shall gather together [into His ONE BODY] his elect from the four winds [out of the false doctrines and misleaders who’ve scattered and possess them], from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near:
29 So you in like manner, when you shall see these things come to pass [new life returning, by what now flows from this deep root], know that it is nigh, even at the doors.
30 Truly I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass [parerchomai], till all these things be done.
31 [The old and corrupt] Heaven and earth shall pass away [parerchomai]: but my words shall not pass away [parerchomai].
32 But of that day and that hour know no man [as none now know it’s come upon all as a thief in the night, because none watched], no, not the angels which are in heaven [those in places where understanding should be heard from these messengers who’ve now left their first estate and instead give their own words], neither the Son, but the Father [alive in me].
33 Take you heed, watch and pray [convers with the Father]: for you know not when the time is.
34 For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch [gregoreuo – keep awake].
35 Watch [gregoreuo – keep awake] you therefore: for you know not when the master of the house comes, at even [first watch], or at midnight [second watch], or at the cockcrowing [alektorophonia – the third watch], or in the morning [when light returns]:
36 Lest coming suddenly he finds you sleeping.
37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch [gregoreuo].
Matthew 24
42 Watch [gregoreuo] therefore: for you know not what hour your LORD does come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house [oikidespotes – heads of the family] had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched [gregoreuo – stayed awake], and would not have suffered his house [oikia] to be broken up [his family to be scattered].
44 Therefore be you also ready: for in such an hour as you think not the Son of man comes.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his LORD has made ruler over his household, to give them meat [this deep understanding] in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his LORD when he comes shall find so doing [giving this meat as received].
47 Truly I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
The word rendered “household” in verse 45 above is the four times used word therapeia, from therapon, meaning servant; therapeia, meaning those served this meat.
In this therapeia (therapy), that heals the body, is hidden the deep meaning of the LORD’s words, above in Mark 13:28, about watching for the leaves to shoot forth, by which we know this “due season” (“summer”), is even at the door.
Luke 12
34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart [mind] be also.
35 Let your loins be girded about [prepared with this preparation], and your lights [understanding] burning;
36 And you yourselves like unto men that wait for their LORD, when he will return from the wedding; that when he comes and knocks [knowing He is at the door; as in Mark 13:29 above], they may open unto him immediately.
37 Blessed are those servants, whom the LORD when he comes shall find watching [gregoreuo – keeping awake]: truly I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat [giving them this deep understanding], and will come forth [parerchomai – when the old heaven and earth have passed away, but My word hasn’t] and serve them.
38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
39 And this know, that if the goodman of the house [the head of the family] had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched [gregoreuo – stayed awake], and not have suffered his house [oikos – his family] to be broken through [scattered].
40 Be you therefore ready also: for the Son of man comes at an hour when you think not.
41 Then Peter [who is now sleeping] said unto him, LORD, speak you this parable unto us, or even to all?
42 And the LORD said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his LORD shall make ruler over his household [therapeia], to give them their portion of meat [this deep understanding] in due season?
43 Blessed is that servant, whom his LORD when he comes shall find so doing [serving this meat as received, healing those who’ve became feeble and sleep without it].
44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he has.
Luke 9
1 Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils [to cast out misleaders possessed by Satan], and to [serve this meat to] cure diseases.
2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to [serve this meat to] heal the sick.
3 And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece.
4 And whatsoever house you enter into, there abide, and thence depart.
5 And whosoever will not receive you, when you go out of that city, shake off the very dust [the ashes of the earth ruin] from your feet [washing away the corruption the world picked up through time] for a testimony against them.
6 And they [obeying His commands] departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing [therapeuo] everywhere.
7 Now Herod [those heroic in their opposition of the LORD] the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risen from the dead;
8 And of some, that Elijah had appeared; and of others, that one of the old prophets was risen again.
9 And Herod said, John [who, bringing many below the surface of these words, called all to repentance from dead works] have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.
10 And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida [the house of fish, where life once hidden below the surface, in the darkened deep, is brought forth].
11 And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spoke unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing [therapeia].
Revelation 22
1 And he showed me a pure river of [this] water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
2 In the midst of the street of it [the way it came], and on either side [this word sent and received] of the river, was there the tree of life [sent to give life], which bare twelve manner of fruits [the perfection of God’s government on the earth as it is in heaven], and yielded her fruit every month [the time of the new moon: new civil government as God intended it, to secure our God-given rights]: and the leaves [we now see put forth] of the tree [of life] were for the healing [therapeia – to return understanding] of the nations [who haven’t known the LORD God].
3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
4 And they shall see his face [His presence]; and his name [identity] shall be in their foreheads [in the forefront of their minds].
5 And there shall be no night [ignorance of God] there; and they need no candle [no man to guide them], neither light of the sun [neither understanding from the church institutions]; for the LORD God gives them light [understanding]: and they [joined with Him in His ONE BODY] shall reign forever and ever.
6 And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the LORD God of the holy prophets sent his angel [His messenger – I Am] to show unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keep [tereo] the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
8 And I John [the dove, the sign of the end reached] saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard [as the voice of the LORD] and seen [it is the LORD’s presence manifested in His word made flesh], I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel [His messenger – I Am] which showed me these things.
9 Then says he unto me [as I Am saying to you], See you do it not: for I Am your fellow-servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of them which keep [tereo] the sayings of this book: worship God.
10 And he says unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand [to speak these words of God as received, declaring He is alive in you speaking and working].
11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end [of ages], the first and the last.
14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city [New Heavenly Jerusalem].
15 For [separated] without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loves and makes a lie.
16 I Jesus have sent my angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I Am the root [of the tree of life] and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star [this understanding, as the sun rises, shined upon all from east to west].
17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hears [His voice] say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
18 For I testify unto every man that hears the words of the prophecy of this book [as the word of God from His mouth, by which man lives], If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book [this writing] of this prophecy [meant to be given as received], God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
20 He which testifies these things says, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, LORD Jesus.
21 The grace of our LORD Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
The only time the word gregoreuo (watch) appears in Revelation is in Revelation 3:2 & 3, and 16:15.
Revelation 3
1 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis [red ones] write; These things says he that has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know your [dead] works, that you have a name [identity] that you live [in the flesh], and are dead [without My Spirit leading you].
2 Be watchful [gregoreuo], and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found your works perfect before God.
3 Remember therefore how you have received and heard [My voice], and hold fast, and repent [from dead works]. If therefore you shall not watch [gregoreuo], I will come on you as a thief, and you shall not know what hour I will come upon you.
4 You have a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white [purity, by which I Am seen]: for they are worthy.
5 He that overcomes [the wicked misleaders in power], the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels [messengers He sends with this message].
6 He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches.
Revelation 16
10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast [the living flesh without the LORD’s Spirit]; and his kingdom [the hell he has made the earth] was full of darkness [full of ignorance]; and they gnawed their tongues for pain [created by their words and ways],
11 And blasphemed [vilified and falsely accused] the God of heaven [who has full understanding] because of their pains and their sores [blaming Him for the misery, the hell, their ways and ideas caused], and repented not of their deeds [that caused this tribulation].
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up [and what was hidden below the surface of these waters, now turned blood, are seen], that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared [the new girdle of the coming sun rise].
13 And I saw three unclean spirits [the three angels spoken of above, now unclean, with defiled messages that drain the life from the world] like frogs [like from where they were before hidden below the surface of the water, evil before hidden in these men’s words, now revealed] come [as words] out of the mouth of the dragon [those devouring with wide open mouths, like serpents and whales], and out of the mouth of the beast [those without the LORD’s Spirit, vermin infesting the institution of church and state government], and out of the mouth of the false prophet [speaking known lies meant to mislead and control those following their evil prescriptions].
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
15 Behold, I [have] come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches [gregoreuo – stay awake], and keeps his garments [from being defiled by these wicked men’s dead flesh minds], lest he walk naked, and they see his shame [which is their glory]. [Philippians 3:17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as you have us for an example. 18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are {marked as} the enemies of the cross of Christ: 19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) 20 For our conversation is in heaven {from where the LORD gives us this understanding, in this conversation above His mercy seat, from where and by which He saves us}; from whence also we look for the Savior, the LORD Jesus Christ: 21 Who shall change our vile body {the church these men defiled with their evil misleading}, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body {in which glory he is revealed}, according to the working {the power when His word is received as His} whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.]
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon [mountain of the rendezvous – this appointed time He set to reveal Himself to us in this war].
17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air [clearing it of the smoke that came when the bottomless pit, the endless fall away from God, was opened by Lucifer, the star fallen from heaven bringing darkness – see Revelation 9:1 & 2 – this is the same “air” {aer} where we meet {at this appointed time – the rendezvous with} the LORD, spoken in 1 Thessalonians 4:17]; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven [from the Father with full understanding], from the throne, saying, “It is done” [“It is enough”].
18 And there were voices, and thunders [the sound of the light], and lightning [understanding from the cloud also mentioned in 1 Thessalonians 4:17]; and there was a great earthquake [from the voice speaking, shaking heaven and earth, so the wicked are shaken from them – see Hebrews 13:25 – 29, and Job 38:13], such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great [hold on it’s coming].
19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon [the confusion, delusion, and mass insanity that now rules the world] came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
20 And every island [where this word hasn’t been heard] fled away, and the mountains [the places where the spiritually wicked sit in power] were not found.
21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven [this word there frozen, reserved for this time of war {See Job 38:22 & 23, and 2 Peter 3:5 – 7}, in heaven for the appointed time, from where it is sent against the current crop of corrupt leaders], every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
1 Thessalonians 5
1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I write unto you.
2 For yourselves know perfectly [because you have now been filled full by Him] that the day of the LORD so comes as a thief in the night [as it has upon all but the very elect].
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety [as the wicked falsely claim will come by their evil deeds]; then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon a woman with child [knowing not what their evil has brought forth: awakening the children of light]; and they shall not escape.
4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5 You are all the children of light, and the children of the day [in whom this understanding has risen]: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch [gregoreuo] and be sober.
7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
9 For God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our LORD Jesus Christ,
10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake [gregoreuo] or sleep, we should live together with him.
11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together [leading all into this truth], and edify [build up] one another, even as also you do [giving this word as received].
1 Peter 5
6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
7 Casting all your care upon him; for he cares for you.
8 Be sober, be vigilant [gregoreuo – stay awake]; because your adversary the devil [the misleaders possessed by Satan], as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
9 Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
10 But the God of all grace, who has called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that you have suffered a while, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you [themelioo – make us the foundation of the new heaven and earth He is creating].
11 To him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Psalms 80
1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you that lead Joseph like a flock; you that dwellest between the cherubims [in the conversation above Your mercy seat], shine forth [Your understanding].
2 Before [paniym – Manifesting Your presence in] Ephraim [Your people upon whom this double blessing has come] and Benjamin [Who are Your right hand] and Manasseh [who’ve awakened to the things forgotten] stir up your strength, and come and save us.
3 Turn us again, O God, and cause your face [paniym – Your presence] to shine [upon all the darkened world]; and we shall be saved.
4 O LORD God of hosts [a man of war], how long will you be angry [‘ashan – smoke, which now fills the temple; see Revelation 15:8 above] against the prayer of your people?
5 [With the vain words of devils, which we repeat] You feed them with the bread of tears; and give them tears to drink in great measure.
6 [With the vain words of idols, which we repeat] You make us a strife unto our neighbors: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
7 Turn us again [to Your words, to repeat them as received], O God of hosts [a man of war], and cause your face [paniym – Your presence in Your word] to shine; and we shall be saved.
8 You have brought a vine out of Egypt [Your people away from the words of oppression, away from the possession of devils who tell us their idols are gods]: you have cast out [of their seat of power] the heathen [who haven’t known You], and planted it [Your people in this new earth You are creating].
9 You prepared [with this provision] room before [paniym – manifesting Your presence] it [Your people You have created], and did cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land [‘erets – completed the new earth].
10 The hills were [Your new government is] covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs [through whom You flow life from the deep root] thereof were like the goodly cedars [bringing forth everlasting life].
11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea [to all humanity], and her branches unto the river [this word flowing into the sea].
12 Why have you then broken down her hedges [the vain protection of Your people choose], so that all they which pass [‘abar – all that are passing from death into life] by the way do pluck her [gather them, like a brand plucked from the fires they choose]?
13 The boar [the swine still wallowing in their mire] out of the wood does waste it, and the wild beast of the field [the wicked without Your Spirit] does devour it [Your people into the belly of hell].
14 Return, we beseech you, O God of hosts [a man of war]: look down from heaven [Your place of full understanding], and behold [ra’ah – shepherd us], and visit [paqad – as the Chief Overseer of the earth] this vine;
15 And the vineyard which your right hand has planted, and the branch that you [by giving us this understanding] made strong for yourself [to dwell with us, in us].
16 It is [the wicked choosing the belly of hell are] burned with fire, it is cut down [like thorns to be burnt in the fire]: they perish at the rebuke of your countenance [paniym – Your presence manifested].
17 Let your hand [Your word and work] be upon the man of your right hand, upon the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.
18 So will not we go back from you: quicken us [from death into life], and we will call upon your name [speaking your word and confessing it is You manifesting Your presence with us, in us].
19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts [I Am, a man of war], cause your face [paniym – Your presence] to shine [forth this understanding as received]; and we shall be saved.
Romans 9
6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaks on this wise, Say not in your heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)
7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
8 But what says it [describing how He comes down from heaven and is resurrected from the dead]? The [LORD manifested in His] word is near you, even in your mouth, and in your heart [mind]: that is, the word of faith [He is present with us, manifested in us when we speak His word], which we preach;
9 That if you shall confess with your mouth the LORD Jesus [is present in you, in His word], and shall believe in your heart that God has [in this manner] raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.
10 For with the heart [mind, upon this firm foundation] man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. [It’s a simple plan!]
11 For the scripture says [in Isaiah 28:16], Whosoever believes on him shall not be ashamed. [Isaiah 28:16 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 {flee in shame}. 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail {this word reseverd, frozen in heaven, to be sent in this time of war} shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.]
12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same LORD over all is rich unto [having grace enough for] all that call upon him.
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved.
14 [If you continue to keep your mouths closed] How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaias says [in Isaiah 53:1], LORD, who has believed our report? [in Hebrew the word is shmuw’ah, from shama’ Yahh, meaning hearing this word as Jehovah, the Father, speaking, and obeying His command to speak, the arm of the LORD is revealed]
17 So then faith comes by hearing [Him speaking], and hearing by the word of God [spoken by those who’ve heard and obeyed].
The word, in Psalms 80:16 above, rendered “cut down,” kacach, refers us to its only other use, in Isaiah 33:12.
Isaiah 33
5 The LORD is exalted; for he dwells on high: he has filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.
6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of your times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.
7 Behold, their valiant ones shall [open their mouths and] cry without: the ambassadors [mal’ak – the LORD’s angels, speaking His word as received] of peace shall weep bitterly.
8 [They weep and cry because] The [LORD’s] highways lie waste, the wayfaring [‘abar – those passing from death into life] man ceases: [because] he has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities, he regards no man.
9 The earth mourns and languishes: Lebanon is ashamed [purity has fled and from its place on high] and hewn down: Sharon [this plain, understanding clearly seen] is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel [the earth as a fruitful garden] shake off their fruits.
10 Now will I rise, says the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.
11 You shall conceive chaff, you shall bring forth stubble: your breath [your own words you have chosen], as fire, shall devour you.
12 And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns [misleaders] cut up [kacah] shall they be burned in the fire.
13 Hear [shama’ – and obey], you that are far off [rachowq – in this time ruled by the evil decrees of wicked men in power over church and state], what I have done; and, you that are near [in whose throats My words now wait to be spoken], acknowledge my might.
14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness has surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire [from the mouth of the LORD]? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings [of our God, I Am as a burning bush never burning out]?
15 He that walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he that despise the gain of oppressions, that shakes his hands from holding of bribes, that stop his ears from hearing of blood [words that drain away the life of man], and shut his eyes from seeing evil [by which they deceive and mislead];
16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks [these treasures from His armory]: bread shall be given him [from the mouth of God]; his waters [this word spoken] shall be sure.
17 Your eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land [‘erets – the new earth] that is very far off [merchaq – this appointed time the LORD decreed, here at this mountain of the rendezvous, Armageddon].
Psalms 27
1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
3 Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
6 And now shall my head be lifted up above my enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy [realizing His presence with me, in me]; I will sing [repeating the words He has given me], yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
8 When you said, Seek you my face [paniym – My presence]; my heart [mind] said unto you, Your face [paniym – Your presence], LORD, will I seek.
9 Hide not your face [paniym – Your presence] far from me; put not your servant away in anger: you have been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up [gather me to Himself, into His ONE BODY].
11 Teach me your way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of my enemies.
12 Deliver me not over unto the will of my enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty [evil misleading, as do the known liars now in power].
13 I had fainted [remained among the dead], unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land [‘erets – the new earth] of the living.
14 Wait on [qavah – expect and join with] the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart: wait [qavah – expect and join], I say, on [with] the LORD.
