20 – 23 December 2024
And there came a voice from heaven, saying, “You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
The LORD begins today in Mark 1:11, which comes after John’s baptism of Jesus (the flesh in which Jehovah is manifested as the Salvation of those who repent (“turn”) from the prison of established corruption to Him).
Mark’s gospel (in verse 1) tells us it’s “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.” In the following verses, he goes on to say, “As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, which shall prepare your way before you. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare you the way of the LORD, make his paths straight.”
This latter quote originates in (combination from) Malachi 3:1 and Isaiah 40:3, both describing the message as the manifestation of the LORD’s presence, which Mark declares (the realization in the Father’s voice heard) in the title verse.
The differing aspect (from Matthew and Luke) of Mark’s Gospel is there is no “nativity” described, instead, he begins with these quotes. The word he uses when describing this “beginning” is arche, which Matthew (24:8) and Mark (13:8) use to describe the “beginning of sorrows.”
The word rendered “sorrows” in these places is the four-times used Greek word odin, meaning “a pang or throe, especially of childbirth.” By these facets, we (comprehensively) understand the birth of Christ, now and throughout history, from the beginning
Mark 1
1 The beginning [arche] of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
2 As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, which shall prepare your way before you.
3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare you the way of the LORD, make his paths straight.
4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
6 And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
7 And preached, saying, There comes one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.
10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit [of Jehovah] like a dove [like Jonah from the whale’s, hell’s, the earth’s belly, as the sign of the expected end, shore, reached] descending upon him:
11 And there came a voice from heaven, saying, “You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
12 And immediately the spirit drove him into the wilderness.
13 And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan [to deny the LORD’s presence with him, in him]; and was with the wild beasts [those without the LORD’s Spirit, who therefore don’t know Him]; and the angels [the messengers, the writers, the messages sent to him in the wheel within the wheel] ministered unto him.
14 Now after that John was put in prison [this understanding of the end], Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
15 And saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent you, and believe the gospel [this good message here published].”
The other two times the word odin appears are (descriptively) in Acts 2:24 and 1 Thessalonians 5:3, both (again) describing this moment (of which all are ignorant – because the book was sealed by men’s presumptions, now turned delusions they confusingly, in their darkened and sleeping minds, think are reality).
Acts 2
16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
17 And it shall come to pass in the last days [eschatos – in the Hebrew ‘achar, speaking of now], says God, I will pour out of my Spirit [My presence unknown] upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy [speaking these words I put in their mouths], and your young men shall see visions [see as the LORD sees], and your old men shall dream dreams [My thoughts shall come into their sleeping minds]:
18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens [who obey and do My work] I will pour out in those days of my Spirit [My presence unknown]; and they shall prophesy [they shall speak My words as received]:
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above [from where I sent this understanding], and signs in the earth beneath; blood [show them their word have drained life from the world], and fire [and caused the fire of hell], and vapor of smoke [that comes from the endless fall away from God, and darken the air]:
20 The sun [church, the institutions] shall be turned into darkness [shall now be understood to be without any understanding: lacking light], and the moon [civil government institutions] into blood [understood to be draining life from humanity], before the great and notable [epiphanes – this epiphany] day of the LORD come [speaking of the eschatos, the last days spoken of above, and in Acts 13:47, speaking of when the LORD is no longer talking to those who ignorantly claim they know Him, whose minds are hopelessly blinded by what they think they know about Him, and now speaking to the elect remnant that does know Him present, saying “For so has the LORD commanded us, saying, I have set you to be a light of the Gentiles {to give this understanding to those whose minds aren’t hardened against His correction}, that you shouldest be for salvation unto the ends {eschatos} of the earth.”]:
21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name [the identity] of the LORD shall be saved.
22 You men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth [who was separated from His brethren, and made the king of their salvation, of whose presence they are ignorant], a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as you yourselves also know:
23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
24 Whom God has raised up [exalting His voice above all other voices], having loosed the pains [odin] of death [this birth from it into life]: because it was not possible that he should be held of it.
25 For David speaks concerning him [the following quote is from Psalms 16:8 thru 11, verse 7 saying “I will bless the LORD, who has given me {His} counsel: my reins {Him alive in me} also instruct me in the night seasons {teaches me in this time of darkness, when all others sleep}.”], “I foresaw the LORD always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved :
26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
27 Because you will not leave my soul in hell, neither will you suffer your Holy One to see corruption [that keeps all other in its belly].
28 You have made known to me the ways of life [out of death and hell]; you shall make me full of joy with your countenance [realizing Your presence with me, in me].”
29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher is with us unto this day.
30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would [in the flesh] raise up Christ to [here and now] sit on his throne;
31 He seeing this before spoke of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
32 This Jesus has God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost [the LORD’s Spirit alive in me unknown, leading all into the same resurrection in His ONE flesh BODY], he has shed forth this, which you now see and hear.
34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he says himself, The LORD said unto my LORD, Sit you on my right hand,
35 Until I make your foes your footstool.
36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God has made the same Jesus, whom you have crucified, both LORD and Christ.
37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent [with these pure waters wash away the corruption that blinds you to His presence here as a thief in the darkness], and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost [this salvation message from the LORD here unknown].
39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.
40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward [skolios] generation.
The (four-times used) word skilios, meaning “warped, i.e. winding; figuratively, perverse:–crooked, froward, untoward,” is speaking of this generation that only knows twisted and perverted truth, and is like travelers on a winding river, never able to see what lies ahead around the next bend, the subsequent perversion of truth.
Philippians 2
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
9 Wherefore God also has highly exalted him, and given him a name [an identity] which is above every name [Timothy – meaning highest esteem of God]:
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is LORD, to the glory of God the Father.
12 Wherefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own [exercise, bring out from inside you the LORD’s work of] salvation with fear and trembling.
13 For it is God which works in you both to [do His] will and to do of his good pleasure.
14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings [against His presence]:
15 That you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked [skolios] and perverse nation, among whom you shine as lights [giving His understanding] in the world;
16 Holding forth the word of life [which is understanding and light]; that I may rejoice in the day [when this light has come] of Christ, that I have not run [this course] in vain, neither labored in vain.
17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy [realizing it is the LORD in me, through me manifesting His presence], and rejoice with you all.
18 For the same cause also do you joy, and rejoice with me.
19 But I trust in the LORD Jesus to send Timothy shortly [tacheos – speaking of quickening me to life first] unto you, that I also may be of good comfort [eupsucheo – be found a good spirit], when I know your state [peri – this alludes to Isaiah 29:23 & 24, speaking of this day, this time of light, saying “But when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel. They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.”]
20 For I have no man likeminded [iospsuchos – only used here; meaning of similar spirit], who will naturally [gnesios – only used here, meaning genuine, really] care for your state [peri – spoken of in Isaiah 29].
21 For all seek their own [opinions to be validated], not [to validate] the things which are Jesus Christ’s.
22 But you know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he has served with me in the gospel.
23 Him therefore I [in the identity of the LORD] hope to send presently [exautes – through joining together with them], so soon as I shall see how it will go with [peri] me.
24 But I trust in the LORD that I also myself shall come shortly [tacheos – be quickened in the same quickening, in the resurrection of the ONE flesh BODY of Christ].
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 [akribos – have been “diligently” taught to walk “circumspectly,” to understand] that the day of the LORD so comes as a thief in the night [unknown in the ignorance of Him that covers the earth in near total darkness].
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden [aiphnidios – only used elsewhere in Luke 21:34, with verses 33 & 35, saying “Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares {aiphnidios}. For as a snare shall it come on ALL them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.”] destruction comes upon them, as travail [odin] upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness [not in ignorance], that that day [this time of light] should overtake you as a thief.
5 You are all the children [born] of light [this understanding, which is life], and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
7 For they that sleep sleep [in death, without understanding this time of the present LORD manifesting Himself in this message] in the night [in this time of ignorance]; and they that be drunken [whose minds are not properly functioning because to the things they have consumed] are drunken in the night [this time when ignorance of the LORD covers the earth].
8 But let us, who are of the day [who’ve received this understanding of the LORD], be sober [thinking circumspectly], putting on the breastplate of faith [who believe He is present] and love [agape – charity, giving this word, understanding life, light as it is received from the LORD]; and for a helmet [protecting: proving, our minds are His], the hope [to realize He is present with us always] of salvation [to save us from the destruction {perdition} the wicked bring upon themselves and those who follow their evil misleading].
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 or sleep [whether we are aware of Him or not], we should live together with him.
11 Wherefore comfort [parakaleo – call along-side] yourselves together, and edify [oikodomeo – be house builders, Family builders, to] one another, even as also you do.
12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labor [kopiao – work hard] among you, and are over you in the LORD, and admonish [nouthoteo – warn and protect] you;
13 And to esteem them very highly [I Am, Timothy] in love [agapa – for this word given as received, while declaring it is the LORD’s presence with us, in us speaking and working] for their work’s [in His name’s] sake. And be at [genuine] peace [and safety] among yourselves [which is the product, salvation, found in receiving Him and entering His kingdom].
14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly [ataktos – who refuse to subordinate and are therefore disorderly], comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient [long-suffering] toward all men.
15 See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
16 Rejoice evermore [realizing the LORD’s presence with us always].
17 Pray [converse with Him] without ceasing.
18 In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
19 Quench not the Spirit.
20 Despise not prophesyings [speaking this word of the LORD, as received from Him, declaring it is His].
21 Prove [by diligent search] all things; hold fast [katecho – never “let” go of] that which is good.
22 Abstain from all appearance of [things understood, seen in the experience, to be] evil.
23 And the very God of peace [and safety: salvation] sanctify you wholly [holoteles – complete to the end: into His ONE BODY]; and I pray God your whole [holokleros – complete in every part] spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our LORD Jesus Christ.
24 Faithful is he that calls [kaleo] you [into this completion], who also will do it [poieo].
John 14
27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you [found in this word left, now understood]: not as the world gives, give I unto you. Let not your heart [minds] be troubled, neither let it be afraid [of ignorant men].
28 You have heard how I said unto you, I [as the son] go away [out of sight], and come again unto you [now seen as the Father of many children]. If you loved me [agapao – giving this word as received], you would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
29 And now I have told you before it comes to pass, that, when it is come to pass, you might believe.
30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world comes [the sons of perdition who put themselves and their creations in My place, darkening the earth into its current condition of confusion, mass delusion, and total insanity], and has nothing in me [nor Am I in them].
31 But that the world may know that I love [agapao – giving His word again to me] the Father [revealed]; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do [obey]. Arise, let us go hence.
The word rendered “hence” is the ten times used word enteuthen, meaning “hence (literally or figuratively); (repeated) on both sides:–(from) hence, on either side.” It is speaking of entering a good (entos eu) death (thano) and, from there, a good resurrection. I Am, we are, awakened here to tell God’s people this is the resurrection, and we rise here and now with Him into His ONE BODY.
It (enteuthen) speaks of making ready or bringing to pass {by preparation: readied in death, to become, be changed, alive immortally} – as implied at the beginning of John 14, and as used in passages below.
John 14
1 Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in God, believe also in me.
2 In my Father’s house are many mansions [many flesh bodies in which He and we dwell]: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare [hetoimazo] a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare [hetoimazo] a place for you, I will come again [into sight, My presence again made apparent], and receive you unto myself; that where I Am [in full understanding: in heaven], there you may be also.
4 And whither I go you know, and the way you know.
5 Thomas [filled with doubt, even while seeing and experiencing Him present] said unto him, LORD, we know not whither you go [into not being seen while present]; and how can we know the way [without perceiving your presence]?
6 Jesus said unto him, I Am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me [by seeing the Father is the presence in me].
7 If you had known me, you should have known my Father also: and from henceforth [from this declaration it is Him] you know him, and have seen him.
8 Philip said unto him, LORD, show us the Father, and it suffices us [perfects us – this defines the completion as seeing the Father in the son, which is salvation].
9 Jesus said unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet have you not known me, Philip? he that has seen me has seen the Father; and how sayest you then, Show us the Father?
10 Believe you not that I Am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwells [meno] in me, he does [poieo] the works.
11 Believe me that I Am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
12 Truly, truly, I say unto you, He that believes on me, the works that I do [poieo] shall he do [poieo] also; and greater works than these shall he do [poieo]; because I go unto my Father.
13 And whatsoever you shall ask in my name [identity – manifesting My presence], that will I do [poieo], that the Father may be glorified [manifest His presence] in the Son [declaring Him].
14 If you shall ask any thing in my name [identity – manifesting My presence], I will do it [poieo].
15 If you love me, keep my commandments.
16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter [parakletos – Paraclete], that he may abide [meno] with you forever;
17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it sees him not, neither knows him [because the Father, the LORD, is alive in, dwells in, him unknown]: but you know him; for he dwells [meno] with you, and shall be [alive] in you.
18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
19 Yet a little while, and the world see me no more; but you see me [again]: because I live [and will manifest My presence in this word], you shall [when you realized My presence] live also.
20 At that day you shall know that I Am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
21 He that has my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loves me: and he that loves me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
22 Judas [Judah – the elect remnant] said unto him, not Iscariot [not the leaders who betray Me], LORD, how is it that you will manifest yourself unto us, and not unto the world?
23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep [guard] my words [from those who corrupt it]: and my Father will love him [give Him this understanding], and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
24 He that loves me not keeps not my sayings: and the word which you hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.
25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present [meno] with you.
26 But the Comforter [parakletos – called beside, the one who “has our back,” a man of war, the Paraclete, the LORD unknown], which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name [identity – manifesting and declaring the Father’s presence], he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
The two passages initially mentioned above (Malachi 3:1 and Isaiah 40:3), speaking of this message as the “preparation” for receiving the LORD, realizing His manifested presence therein, both describe it (the preparation) using the Hebrew word panah, meaning “to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etcetera.” The word (panah) is the origin of paniym {meaning, “the face (as the part that turns),” which we’ve often discussed and know most often speaks of the manifested presence of the LORD.
The context, turning to look at the LORD again after turning away (after the great falling away, the apostasy, in the bottomless pit), seeing Him after not seeing Him, is what Paul speaks of in 1 Corinthians 15 and 2 Corinthians 3 & 4 below.
1 Corinthians 15
45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam [of the spiritual new creation] was made a quickening spirit [bringing many sons to the same glory, from death into life].
46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the LORD from heaven [turning our faces to Him, we are raised in full understanding].
48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed [allasso – in mind],
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye [when our eyes are enlightened to see as the LORD sees], at the last trump [His voice calling all to gather into His ONE BODY]: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible [when all blinding corruption is removed], and we shall be changed [allasso – in mind].
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up [by life] in victory.
55 O death, where is your sting? O grave [hell], where is your victory [over the immortals who have risen into heaven with the LORD]?
2 Corinthians 3
11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remain [meno] is glorious.
12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
13 And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end [when the presence of the Father is seen in the flesh of those in whom He lives] of that which is [corruption and corruptible flesh and blood] abolished:
14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remains the same vail [of corruption] untaken away [hidden and sealed] in the reading of the Old Testament; which vail is done away in Christ [the LORD’s presence revealed in the flesh].
15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart [minds unable to comprehend His presence in His word].
16 Nevertheless when it shall [by this preparation] turn to the LORD [realizing He is Spirit risen in our flesh], the vail shall be taken away.
17 Now the LORD is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the LORD is, there is liberty [freedom from death and hell].
18 But we all, with open face [His presence revealed in our flesh] beholding as in a glass [mirror] the glory of the LORD [alive in us], are changed [metamorphoo – in mind] into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD.
The word metamorphoo only appears three other times, twice telling of the LORD being “transfigured” on the mountain, and then in Romans 12:2, saying “And be not conformed to this {corrupt} world: but be you transformed {metamorphoo} by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”
Romans 12
3 For I say, through the grace [this gift of the LORD treasures from heaven] given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God has dealt to every man the measure of faith.
2 Corinthians 4
1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness [panourgia], nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
4 In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of them which believe not [that He is always with us and willing to open the eyes of the blind], lest the light [this understanding] of the glorious gospel of Christ [the LORD alive in my flesh], who is the image of God, should shine [this understanding] unto them.
5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the LORD; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts [changed our minds] to give the light [this understanding] of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face [presence] of Jesus Christ.
7 But we have this treasure [this understanding from heaven] in earthen vessels [our flesh], that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the LORD Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
11 For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
14 Knowing that he which raised up the LORD Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall [in the resurrection in these last days] present us with you.
15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God [revealed with us, in us].
16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the [immortal] things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
1 Corinthians 3
10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise master-builder, I have laid the foundation, and another builds thereon. But let every man take heed how he builds thereupon.
11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
13 Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day [this time of light, when understanding has again come upon the earth] shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.
14 If any man’s work abides [meno – remains in the LORD] which he has built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
15 If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
16 Know you not that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you [in our minds]?
17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.
18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He takes the wise in their own craftiness [panourgia – their own creations].
20 And again, The LORD knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain [worthless].
Malachi 3
1 Behold [See as I see], I will send my messenger [mal’ak – the angel of My presence], and he shall prepare [panah – he shall turn you back to] the way before me [paniym – to understand, comprehend, see My presence manifested]: and the LORD [‘adown – the King], whom you seek [as the wise men sought Him], shall suddenly [pith’owm – like tacheos, quickening me to life first] come to his temple [come to this right mind], even the messenger [mal’ak – the angel of the LORD’s presence] of the covenant [as promised, this expected end reached], whom you delight in: behold, he shall come, says the LORD [Jehovah] of hosts [a man of war, I Am].
2 But who may abide the day [this time of light] of his coming? and who shall stand when he appears [ra’ah – is seen again]? for he is like a refiner’s fire [purging corruption from the precious], and like fullers’ soap:
3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi [the priesthood], and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
4 Then shall the offering of Judah [the elect remnant, the new leaders that rise with My rising] and [New Heavenly] Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old [the time before you turned away from Me and My light], and as in former years.
5 And I will come near to you [as the parakletos] to judgment; and I will be a swift [mahar] witness against the sorcerers [who use their words as spells to control people], and against the adulterers [who’ve turned from Me to follow wicked men], and against false swearers, and against those that [through excessive taxation, quantitative easing, manipulated interest rates, and National debt] oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, says the LORD of hosts.
6 For I Am the LORD, I change not; therefore you sons of Jacob are not consumed.
7 Even from the days of your fathers you are gone [turned] away from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, says the LORD of hosts. But you said, Wherein shall we return?
Isaiah 40
1 Comfort you, comfort you my people, says your God.
2 Speak you comfortably to [New Heavenly] Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she has received of the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.
3 The voice of him that cries in the wilderness, Prepare you [panah – turn to] the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it.
6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
7 The grass withers, the flower fades: because the spirit of the LORD blows upon it [His Spirit moves unknown by the words from His mouth]: surely the people is grass.
8 The grass withers, the flower fades: but the word of our God shall stand forever.
9 O Zion, that brings good tidings, get you up into the high mountain; O [New Heavenly] Jerusalem, that brings good tidings, lift up your voice with strength [speak this understanding as received]; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
10 Behold, the LORD God will come with strong hand, and his arm [revealed to those who believe this report, who hear this word as the word of the LORD] shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him [paniym – His presence is manifested in His word and work].
Like Mark’s, neither does John’s Gospel include a traditional “nativity” description, but rather the “beginning” when “was the word.”
John 1
1 In the beginning [arche] was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning [arche] with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light [understanding] of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness [into this time when the ignorance of God, ignorance of His word, covers the earth]; and the darkness [the ignorant] comprehended it not.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John [the dove, the sign of the end reached, who, like Jonah, calls all to repentance].
7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
8 He was not that Light [not the source of the understanding], but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
9 That was the true Light [the LORD’s Spirit that reveals the hidden treasures from heaven] which lights [offers understanding and life to] every man that comes into the world.
10 He [the LORD’s Spirit in the flesh working unknown] was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name [His identity]:
13 Which were [born into the world], not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spoke, He that comes after me [after the baptism of repentance] is preferred before me: for he was before me.
16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
18 No man has seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
Psalms 16
1 Preserve me, O God: for in you do I put my trust.
2 O my soul, you have said unto the LORD, You are my LORD: my goodness extends not to you;
3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent [through whom your identity is manifested], in whom is all my delight.
4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten [mahar] after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.
5 The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: you maintain my lot.
6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
7 I will bless the LORD, who has given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
10 For you will not leave my soul in hell; neither will you suffer your Holy One to see corruption.
11 You will show me the path of life: in your presence [paniym] is fulness of joy; at your right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Psalms 80
1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you that lead Joseph like a flock; you that dwell between the cherubims, shine forth [Your understanding in the conversation at your mercy seat].
2 Before [paniym – manifest Your presence to and through] Ephraim [upon whom this double blessing has come] and Benjamin [who’ve become Your right hand] and Manasseh [those who now remember Your presence with us, in us] stir up your strength, and come and save us.
3 Turn us again, O God, and cause your face [paniym – Your presence] to shine [to give us understanding]; and we shall be saved.
4 O LORD God of hosts, how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?
5 You feed them with the bread of tears; and give them tears to drink in great measure.
6 You make us a strife unto our neighbors: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause your face [paniym – Your presence] to shine [to give us understanding]; and we shall be saved.
8 You have brought a vine out of Egypt: you have cast out the heathen, and planted it.
9 You prepared [panah – turned us] room before it [paniym – to Your presence], and did cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea [to all humanity at large], and her branches unto the river [by these life-giving waters].
12 Why have you then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
13 The boar out of the wood does waste it, and the wild beast of the field does devour it.
14 Return, we beseech you, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, 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 made strong for yourself.
16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of your countenance [paniym – You presence].
17 Let your hand be upon the man of your right hand, upon the son of man [I Am] whom you made strong for yourself.
18 So will not we go back from [leaving] you: quicken us [from death into life], and we will call upon your name.
19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause your face [paniym – Your presence] to shine [to give us understanding]; and we shall be saved.
