28 April 2025
He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathers not with me scatters abroad.
The LORD begins today, above in Matthew 12:30, speaking immediately after about how these states (with gathering or against Him scattering) manifest themselves.
Suffer me for a moment while I make a conclusive statement about the obvious, which the ignorant and those who thrive on their denials of obvious reality will deny even while experiencing it. The written word of God is a communication device, and it, along with seemingly coincidental physical and mental experiences, is how God (the ONE BODY of Christ) communicates and interacts with itself across dimensions (time and space).
Before we look deeper into the LORD’s description of the above, in Matthew 12, consider it (God’s manner) from these other places, fully explained by Him.
John 1
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God [alone], and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God [alone].
3 All things were made by him [speaking]; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life [understanding of all creation]; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shined in darkness [to the ignorant who are dead without His understanding]; and the darkness comprehended it not.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John [the dove, the sign of the end of ignorance, the end of things men believe {were taught} that aren’t correct].
7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light [that comes with first removing the errors of man’s darkened mind], that all men through him might believe.
8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of [himself receiving this understanding of] that Light.
9 That was the true Light, which lights [unknown shines upon] every man that comes into the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12 But as many as received him [in His word through those He first gives this understanding], to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name [His identity manifested in those He sends]:
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God [directly interacting with them].
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 [His gift of life given in this way] and truth.
15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spoke, He that comes after me 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 [in the written word] came by Jesus Christ [Jehovah’s Salvation manifested in the flesh of those He chooses].
18 No man has seen God at any time, the only begotten [perpetual] Son [of Nun], which is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him [present in His flesh].
The word “bosom” is from the six times used Greek word kolpos, which is said to be “apparently a primary word; the bosom; by analogy, a bay:– bosom, creek.” Unstated, it is from the words kallao, a ten times used word meaning “from kolla (“glue”); to glue, i.e. (passively or reflexively) to stick (figuratively):–cleave, join (self), keep company,” and pos, meaning who or what.
In context, the word kollao appears (seemingly coincidentally) in the passages below, answering the question (of who is joined and what is produced).
1 Corinthians 6
1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not [to the law, the written word] before the saints [hagios – the holy ones who’ve come here with the LORD, as Enoch foretold, saying “Behold, the LORD comes with ten thousands of his saints {hagios}, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”]?
2 Do you not know that the saints [hagios] shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
3 Know you not that we shall judge angels [messengers claiming they are speaking for the LORD, now speaking the creations of men, having left their first estate, which was faithfully speaking the LORD’s word as received]? how much more [do we judge] things that pertain to this [way into] life?
4 If then you have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed [exoutheneo – used two other times in 1 Corinthians and once in 2 Corinthains] in the church. [1 Corinthians 1:26 For you see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: 27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised {exoutheneo}, has God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to naught things that are: 29 That no flesh should glory in his presence. 1 Corinthians 16:9 For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries. 10 Now if Timothy {I Am} come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he works the work of the LORD, as I also do. 11 Let no man, therefore, despise {exoutheneo} him: but conduct him forth in peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the brethren. 2 Corinthians 10:10 For his letters {Paul’s and now Timothy’s}, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible {exoutheneo}. 11 Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.]
5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
6 But brother goes to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers [who don’t believe the LORD is present with them, in us].
7 Now, therefore, there is utterly a fault among you because you go to law [as unbelievers] one with another. Why do you not rather take wrong? why do you not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded [apostereo]? [1 Corinthians 7:5 Defraud you not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt {seduce you to doubt the LORD is with us, in us} you not for your incontinency {lacking patience, without self-control}.]
8 Nay, you do wrong [acting as unbelievers], and defraud [apostereo], and that your brethren.
9 Know you not that the unrighteous [those living in error and unbelief] shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators [interacting with strangers and their strange fire], nor idolaters [worshipping idols men put in God’s place], nor adulterers [who’ve left the LORD to follow other men], nor effeminate [acting like women, without strength or courage], nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 Nor thieves [stealing through tithes or taxation], nor covetous [uncontrollably desiring things that aren’t theirs], nor drunkards [whose bodies and minds are confused and without good judgment], nor revilers [railing against the truth], nor extortioners [using fear or fraud to steal and rob others], shall inherit the kingdom of God.
11 And such were some of you: but you are washed [with these life-giving waters], but you are sanctified [made holy], but you are justified [freed] in the name [identity] of the LORD Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God [with us speaking and working unknown to the world blinded to Him by their chosen ignorance].
12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not [surrender my freedom and] be brought under the power of any.
13 Meats [this word that strengthens] for the belly [of the earth: hell], and the belly for meats [the things that strengthen hell’s hold]: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication [interaction and joining with strangers], but for [interaction and joining with] the LORD; and the LORD for the [ONE] body.
14 And God has both raised up the LORD, and will also raise up us by his own power [manifesting His presence in His word].
15 Know you not that your bodies are the members of Christ [His ONE flesh BODY]? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of a harlot [the unfaithful church that’s left Him to follow devils: misleaders]? God forbid.
16 What? know you not that he which is joined [kallao] to a harlot is one body? for two, says he, shall be one flesh.
17 But he that is joined [kallao] unto the LORD is one spirit.
18 Flee fornication [interaction and joining with devils who put themselves in God’s place]. Every sin that a man does is without the body [against others]; but he that committeth fornication [interacts and joins with devils] sins against his own body.
19 What? know you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [the LORD unknown with us] which is [the LORD] in you, which you have [been given as a gift] of God, and you are not your own?
20 For you are bought with a price [time – the origin of the name Tim]: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
Romans 12
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy [hagios – as His saints], acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable [logikos – meaning “rational (“logical”):–reasonable, of the word.”] service. [The only other use of the word logikos appears is in 1 Peter 2, the passage saying, 1Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings, 2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word {logikos}, that you may grow thereby: 3 If so be you have tasted that the LORD is gracious {freely giving this gift, shining it upon all}.”]
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be you transformed [metamorphoo – the word used in Matthew 17:5 and Mark 9:2 speaking of the LORD’s transfiguration on the mountain in the cloud, before the eye of his disciples: students] by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. [The only other time metamorphoo appears is in 2 Corinthians 3:18, saying “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the LORD, are changed {metamorpoo} into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD.”]
3 For I say, through the grace 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.
4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
6 Having then gifts [understanding given here in His word, to be given as received] differing according to [kata – sent down] the grace [this gift] that is given to us, whether prophecy [“for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”], let us prophesy according to [kata – as sent down] the proportion of [analogia – words to be repeated] faith [they are the LORD with us, in us];
7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teaches, on teaching;
8 Or he that exhorts [parakaleo], on exhortation [paraklesis – as the Comforter, the Paraclete, with us leading us into all truth]: he that gives, let him do it with simplicity; he that rules, with diligence; he that shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
9 Let love [agape – giving as received, to all] be without dissimulation [openly revealing the LORD therein]. Abhor that which is evil; cleave [kallao] to that which is good.
10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love [philadelphia]; in honor [time – as does Tim] preferring [proegeomai – only used here, meaning “to go before and show the way”] one another;
11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the LORD;
12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer {conversing with the LORD];
13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. [The fuller passage in Proverbs 3, says, 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not unto your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths. 7 Be not wise in your own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.]
17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
18 If it be possible, as much as lies in you, live peaceably with all men.
19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written Deuteronomy 32:35], Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the LORD.
20 Therefore if your enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing you shall heap coals of fire on his head.
21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Proverbs 3
11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
12 For whom the LORD loves he corrects; even as a father the son in whom he delights.
13 Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gets understanding.
14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things you can desire are not to be compared unto her.
16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honor.
17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retain her.
19 The LORD by wisdom has founded the earth; by understanding has he established the heavens.
20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up [this deep understanding is revealed], and the clouds drop down the dew [this living water from heaven appears on the earth].
21 My son, let not them depart from your eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
22 So shall they be life [and light] unto your soul, and grace to your neck [this gift ready to be spoken].
23 Then shall you walk in your way safely, and your foot shall not stumble [as happens in the darkness].
24 When you lie down, you shall not be afraid: yea, you shall lie down, and your sleep shall be sweet.
25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes.
26 For the LORD shall be your confidence, and shall keep your foot from being taken [in the snare of the wicked].
27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it [freely give this good as received].
28 Say not unto your neighbor, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it by you.
29 Devise not evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwelleth securely by you.
30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done you no harm.
31 Envy you not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
32 For the froward [who twists and perverts truth] is an abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
33 The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesses the habitation of the just.
34 Surely he scorns the scorners: but he gives grace unto the lowly.
35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
Deuteronomy 32
28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end [‘achariyth – these last days]!
30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
31 For their rock [the antichrists in whose words they trust] is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
33 Their wine is the poison of dragons [tanniyn – whose mouths are as serpents and whales, wide open devouring prey, humanity, into the belly of the earth, the belly hell], and the cruel venom of asps.
34 Is not this laid up in store with me [reserved in the cloud for My use in this time of My just war here at Armageddon], and sealed up among my treasures [in heaven, My throne in the cloud, where full understanding is found]?
35 To me belongs vengeance and recompense [not as is the wrath of man’s destruction, but in righteousness, building a new heaven and earth, and saving those who receive it]; their [the wicked in power] foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left [with understanding, proving they are dead].
37 And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock [the many antichrists] in whom they trusted,
38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.
39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver [natsal] out of my hand.
40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live forever.
41 If I whet my glittering sword, and my hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to my enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
43 Rejoice, O you nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land [‘adamah – the first generation of the new heaven and earth I Am creating], and to his people.
44 And Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea [who is called Jesus] the [perpetual] son of Nun.
45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel:
46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which you shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
47 For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land [‘adamah – this first generation], whither you go over [‘abar – when you pass from death into life] Jordan [the river that flowed words of the dead into the sea, to all humanity, carrying all into death, in the dead sea] to possess it [making it to flow these living waters that bring life to the earth again].
Matthew 12
7 But if you had known what this means, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned [katadikazo] the guiltless.
8 For the Son of man is LORD even of the sabbath day.
9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:
10 And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
13 Then said he to the man, Stretch forth your hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.
14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
16 And charged them that they should not make him known:
17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall show JUDGMENT to the Gentiles.
19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spoke and saw.
23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow does not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.
28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
29 Or else how can one [Christ] enter into a strong man’s house [the corrupt church], and spoil his goods [take to Himself the people therein held], except he first binds the strong man [the devils possessing them]? and then he will spoil his house [and gather the people to Himself].
30 He that is not with me is [is a devil] against me; and he that gathers not with me [is a wolf who] scatters abroad.
31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost [villifying and demonizing the word and work of the unknown LORD] shall not be forgiven unto men.
32 And whosoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaks against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
34 O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart [mind] the mouth speaks.
35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.
36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof [now] in the day of judgment.
37 For by your words you shall be justified [freed from those possessing you], and by your words you shall be condemned [katadikazo].
38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from you.
39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah [calling all to repentance]:
40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale’s [ketos – the great uncrossable chasma {gulf} between heaven hell, the wide open mouths of men that have swallowed all into hell’s] belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart [mind] of the earth.
41 The men of Nineveh [as in Nun – the perpetual generation of saints who have come here with the LORD, against the mouths of men] shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and, behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
42 The queen of the south [hearing and now seeing the LORD in His word and work] shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man [when I, by the finger of God, have cast out the misleaders], he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none.
44 Then he said, I will return into my house [when he has come out from among the deceivers and returned to his right mind] from whence I came out; and when he is come, he finds it empty, swept, and garnished.
45 Then goes he, and taketh with himself seven [the partial teaching of false churches, with which misleads blur the lines of good judgment] other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there [and he is again ignorantly possessed by devils]: and the last state of that man is worse than the first [because he thinks he is saved and instead he is doing the devil’s work condemning the guiltless]. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
47 Then one said unto him, Behold, your mother and your brethren stand without, desiring to speak with you.
48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples [His students], and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
50 For whosoever shall DO the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
In the above, the LORD, in verse 7, when speaking of the corrupt judgment of this generation (which condemns the guiltless), quotes Hosea 6:6 telling what is lacking. It says, as it is above, they (this generation) lack “the knowledge of God,” which He desires above all other offerings.
Hosea 6
1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he has torn [we are divided against ourselves and fallen], and he will heal us; he has smitten, and he will bind [chabash] us up [Isaiah 30:26 Moreover the light [understanding] of the moon [civil government] shall be as the light of the sun [the church], and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord binds up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.].
2 After two days will he revive us: [now] in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD [the knowledge of God the Father in the son]: his going forth is prepared as the morning [as the light, understanding, of a new day]; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth [this word of God from heaven].
4 O Ephraim [God’s people in this generation], what shall I do unto you? O Judah [My elect remnant] what shall I do unto you? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goes away.
5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and your judgments are as the light [understanding] that goes forth.
6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God [the Father in the son] more than burnt offerings.
7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
8 Gilead [the place to where this mountain of testimony has come] is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood [polluted with the life-draining words of men].
9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
10 I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim [this generation that left God for men who put themselves in His place], Israel is defiled.
11 Also, O Judah [My elect remnant], he has set a harvest for you, when I returned the captivity of my people [returned them to the LORD].
Psalms 80
A Psalm of Asaph [to the gatherers]
1 Give ear, O Shepherd [ra’ah – who must see as the LORD sees] of Israel, you that lead Joseph [God’s people in these last days] like a flock; you that dwells between the cherubims [in this conversation with the LORD, at His mercy seat], shine forth [giving this understanding He has given us and declare His presence manifested therein].
2 Before [paniym – manifest His presence to] Ephraim [God’s people in the first generation of His new creation] and Benjamin [who become His right hand] and Manasseh [who forgot God and must now remember] stir up your strength [this understanding that brings the unity of His ONE BODY], and come and save us.
3 Turn us again, O God, and cause your face [paniym – Your presence] to shine [giving us understanding]; and we shall be saved.
4 O LORD God of hosts [a man of war], how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?
5 You feed them with the bread of tears [sorrow caused by ignorance, not seeing God], 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 [a man of war], and cause your face [paniym – Your presence] to shine [giving 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 back] room before it [paniym – to your presence], and did cause it to take deep root [upon this foundation], and it filled the land [male’ ‘erets – it completed the new earth].
10 The hills [governments of church and state] were covered with the shadow of it [protected from the corrupt understanding of the old], and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars [upright men].
11 She sent out her boughs [to flow life through them] unto the sea [to all humanity at large who receive it], and her branches unto the river [through which this word flows into the sea].
12 Why have you then broken down her hedges [her protection], so that all they which pass by [‘abar – are trying to pass from death into life] the way do pluck [gather away] her [good fruit]?
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 [a man of war]: look down from heaven, and behold [ra’ah – give us Your sight, wipe away our tears], and visit [paqad – appear in our eyes as the Chief Overseer of the earth to] this vine;
15 And the vineyard which your right hand has planted, and the branch [I Am] 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 – Your presence manifested].
17 Let your hand 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.
19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts [a man of war], cause your face [paniym – Your presence manifested] to shine [giving us understanding]; and we shall be saved.
2 Corinthians 9
1 For as touching the ministering to the saints [in the original text this says – Touching {peri} truly for the ministering to the saints: hagios], it is superfluous [perissos – touching the living, because of this superabundance of this dispensation the LORD has committed into my hand] for me to write to you:
2 For I know the forwardness of your mind [prothumia – the readiness of your mind; you are those for whom it is intended, God having prepared a better end for us], for which I boast [kauchaomai] of [the LORD’s work in] you to them of Macedonia [the houses of dead flesh, those led there by false preachers and teachers], that Achaia was [those who realized they are in the tribulation, were] ready [paraskeuazo – fully furnished for good works] a year ago; and your zeal [zelos – heat, the fire kindled in you by the LORD’s work] has provoked [erethizo – stimulated, awakened to contend for the faith] very many.
3 Yet have I sent the brethren [to those still sleeping among us], lest our boasting [kauchema – of the LORD’s work] of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, you may be ready [paraskeuazo]:
4 Lest haply if they of Macedonia [of the houses of dead flesh, who remain asleep] come with me, and find you unprepared [aparasheuastos – unready for this work of God awakening them through you], we (that we say not, you [because I may be among the dead who will come to life by the obedience of those the LORD prepares and brings with Him]) should be ashamed [not reaching the end promised] in this same confident [hupostasis – faith in the inner person, the substance of things hoped for] boasting [kauchesis – rejoicing in the LORD].
5 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort [parakaleo – call along side, as the Comforter in me, the LORD yet unknown working and speaking to] the brethren, that they would go before [proerchomai – before through utterance] unto you, and make up beforehand [prokatartizo – only appearing here, meaning to be prepared in advance] your bounty [eulogia – by the LORD’s good words], whereof you had notice before [prokataggello – by which He is announced in advance], that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty [eulogia – the LORD’s good words], and not as of covetousness [pleonexia – not of “feigned words {to} make merchandise of you.”].
6 But this I say, He which sows [this word of God] sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully [eulogia] shall reap also bountifully [eulogia].
7 Every man according as he purpose in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver [who joyfully gives His word as received].
8 And God is able to make all grace [all the benefits of blessing others with His gift] abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
9 (As it is written, He has dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor: his righteousness remains forever. [Quoted from Psalms 112:9, which speaks of this as how the desire of the wicked shall perish. Psalms 112:10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.]
10 Now he that ministers seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
11 Being enriched in every [good] thing to all bountifulness, which causes through us thanksgiving to God.
12 For the administration of this service not only supplies the want of the saints [hagios], but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;
13 Whiles by the experiment [dokime – the proof in the experience] of this ministration they glorify God for your professed [homologia – His same good words] subjection [hupotage – your subjection, obedience] unto [delivering] the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution [of the gift He has freely given us, to be given as received] unto them, and unto all men;
14 And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace [this gift] of God in you.
15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
The word “unspeakable,” is from the once-used word anekdiegetos (written in the original text as anekdiegeto), is (dubiously) said to mean “from 1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of 1555; not expounded in full, i.e. indescribable:–unspeakable.” It’s more accurately from the words an ek diegeiro, respectively meaning, who, through, “to wake fully; i.e. arouse (literally or figuratively):–arise, awake, raise, stir up.”
The verse speaks of thanking Him for His “gift” with which He awakened us to Himself.
The word “gift” is from the eleven times used word dorea.
John 4
10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If you knew the gift [dorea] of God, and who it is that says to you, Give me to drink; thou would have asked of him, and he would have given you living [life-giving] water [words].
Acts 2
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name [identity] of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift [dorea] of the Holy [hagios] Ghost.
Romans 5
15 But [the one to come is] not as the [one through whom the] offense [came], so also is [a man, Adam, through who comes] the free gift [charisma – grace given]. For if through the offense of one many be dead, much more the grace [charis] of God, and the gift [dorea] by grace [charis], which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift [dorema – only appearing elsewhere in James 1:17]: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift [charis] is of many offenses unto justification.
17 For if by one man’s offense death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace [charis] and of the gift [dorea] of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.
James 1
16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
17 Every good gift [dosis] and every perfect gift [dorema] is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights [understanding], with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
18 Of his own will begat he us [again] with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear [Him], slow to speak [your opinions contradicting His truth], slow to wrath:
20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Hebrews 6
1 Therefore leaving the principles [arche] of the doctrine of [logos – the word spoken by] Christ, let us go on unto perfection [teleiotes – completion]; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
3 And this will we do, if God permits.
4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened [given this understanding], and have tasted of the heavenly gift [dorea], and were made partakers of the Holy [hagios] Ghost,
5 And have tasted the good word of God, and [in it] the powers of the world to come,
6 If they [those in power] shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
Hebrews 1
1 God, who at sundry times [polumeros – only appearing here, meaning “in many portions, i.e. variously as to time and agency (piecemeal)”] and in divers manners [polutropos – also only here, meaning, “in many ways, i.e. variously as to method or form.”] spoke in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2 Has in these last days spoken [the LORD speaking here and now] unto us by his Son, whom he has appointed heir of all things [spoken by the many prophets, meant to be perfected as the better thing the Father has prepared for us], by whom also he made the worlds [the old, upon whose ruin He created the current age now ending in total corruption, and is in like manner making the New];
3 Who being the brightness [the understanding of His glory: His manifested presence], and the express image [charakter – the exact copy, “character”] of his person [hupostasis – understanding], and upholding all things by the word [carrying the full load of the light] of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high [until now when He again stands with us, in us]:
4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name [identity] than they.
Hebrews 3
14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence [hupostasis – person and substance] steadfast unto the end;
15 While it is said, Today if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?
18 And to whom swore he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief [a lack of faith in what they heard, thereby not allowing the word to touch and change them, and they, therefore, without understanding, remaining corrupted, wouldn’t obey].
Hebrews 1
8 But unto the Son he says, Your throne, O God, is forever and ever: a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your kingdom.
9 You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
10 And, You, LORD, in the beginning have laid the foundation [themelioo] of the earth; and the heavens are the works of your hands:
11 They shall perish; but you remain; and they all shall wax old as does a garment;
12 And as a vesture shall you fold them up, and they shall be changed [allasso]: but you are the same, and your years shall not fail.
13 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool?
14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister [this same word] for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
Hebrews 11
39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
Hebrews 12
1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses [sent to minster this word], let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which does so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest you be wearied and faint in your minds.
4 You have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
5 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks unto you as unto children, My son, despise not you the chastening of the LORD, nor faint when you are rebuked of him:
6 For whom the LORD loves he chastens [corrects out of corruption], and scourges every son whom he receives.
7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chastens not?
8 But if you be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are you bastards, and not sons.
9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
22 But you [who are the Father’s children by His correction] are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the [New] Heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels [messengers He sends to minister His message to the heirs of His promised Salvation],
23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaks better things than that of Abel.
25 See that you refuse not him that speaks. For if they escaped not who refused him that spoke on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaks from heaven [the throne of God with His full understanding]:
26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he has promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
27 And this word, Yet once more, signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made [by men], that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably [as His ministers] with reverence and godly fear:
29 For our God is a consuming fire.
Psalms 98
1 O sing unto the LORD a new [chadash] song; for he has done marvelous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, has gotten him the victory.
2 The LORD has made known his salvation: his righteousness has he openly shown in the sight of the heathen.
3 He has remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
4 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
5 Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.
6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.
7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
8 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
9 Before [paniym – in the presence of] the LORD; for he comes to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
Psalms 101
1 I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto you, O LORD, will I sing [these words You’ve given me].
2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when will you come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
3 I will set no wicked thing before my eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
4 A froward heart [minds founder on twisted and perverted truth] shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
5 Whoso privily slanders his neighbor, him will I cut off: him that has a high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
6 My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land [‘erets – the earth], that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that tell lies shall not tarry [kuwn – stand] in my sight.
8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land [‘erets – the earth]; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.
