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And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
The above, Acts 27:39, is the only place the Greek word kolpos isn’t rendered bosom. In the above, it’s the “creek,” which is the Father’s bosom, into which the church, the ship (ploion), is thrust.
We’re told in verse 41, “And falling into a place where two seas [generations, the old and the new, the last and the first] met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable [the foundation, the Rock and truth upon which the Chruch was formed, is all that will remain unshaken], but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves [of the proud, the wicked and their abominations, which shall proceed no further].”
The below, ending with John 3, is the complete post of 20 December 2017, with some additions and further editing.
Who is God? The Begotten Son (Children) of the Father, who Only (ONE BODY) is able to reveal Him (I and my Father are One. All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knows the Son, but the Father; neither knows any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.)
Continuing: John first describes the above process in John 1, speaking of the Word and Light, being God in One, coming into the world. John tells us He is unknown to all, even when seen, even by His own, due to total darkness, wherein there is no comprehension of what Light is. We understand that what is unknown is the message He is preaching and teaching: grace and truth; but to as many as received it, He gave/gives power to become the sons of God.
For those who don’t know, the specific focus of the Gospel of John is to reveal the LORD, Jesus Christ, as God Himself in the Flesh and to show His nature as our Father. When revealed and understood, we recognize that we are His children, and as the Holy Spirit describes in Hebrews and Proverbs 3, if we are children, we receive His correction. (And to as many as receive Him gives He the power to become the children of God.)
John tells us this birth is by the will of God, with (in) the LORD (Jesus) as with (in) us, and we are filled (made full) with the Father’s grace and truth. The Greek word used, in John 1:11 below to describe those who refused to “receive” Him is paralambano, meaning “to receive near, i.e. associate with oneself (in any familiar or intimate act or relation); by analogy, to assume an office; figuratively, to learn;” speaking of them hearing the teaching of the Word made flesh, and rejecting it. The word used in verses 12 & 16 to describe our having “received” the fullness (of His grace and truth, and by doing so becoming God’s offspring) is lambano, meaning “to take (in very many applications, literally and figuratively (properly objective or active, to get hold of)).”
John 1
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning 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 of men.
5 And the light shined in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
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, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
9 That was the true Light, which lights 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, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13 Which were born, 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 [[theaomai – with the eye of God] 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 is preferred before me: for he was before me.
16 And of his fullness 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 [exegeomai – revealed] him.
This ignorance of the message being the Word and Light come near to all, to reveal God as our Father, is what Paul speaks of in Act 17, on Mars’ hill. The place itself tells us, in using the Greek name Areios Pagos, rendered as “Mars’ hill” in verse 22, and “Areopagaus,” in verse 19, by its literal definition (martial peak), it is defining the peak of human warfare, as it is intended and should be, and is demonstrated here in this experience: God’s word and light invading and overwhelming the darkness.
Act 17
18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seems to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
19 And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof you speak is?
20 For you bring certain strange things to our ears: we would know, therefore, what these things mean.
21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing [[worthless opinions]].)
22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, You men of Athens [[meaning they are “uncertain” about anything]], I perceive that in all things you are too superstitious.
23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To The Unknown God. Whom therefore you ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is LORD of heaven and earth, dwells not in temples made with hands;
25 Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he gives to all life, and breath, and all things;
26 And has made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27 That they should seek the LORD, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commands all men every where to repent:
31 Because he has appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he has ordained; whereof he has given assurance unto all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.
32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear you again of this matter.
When John, in John 1:18, tells us of the begotten Son, who is in the “bosom” of the Father, being the one who declares the Father to us, he is speaking of our being enlightened to God’s nature in judgment. What is explained is that when we become His children, we are in the Father, He is in us, and we have received the fullness of His truth through His unwavering grace, we take on His nature, replace our ignorance with His mind, and then execute His (like-minded) judgment as His extensions.
The same word, [[kalpos]] rendered “bosom,” is used in Luke 6:38, a passage speaking of judging as God judges: with no condemnation in His judgment. It tells us not to judge with a corrupted, man-created standard (measure), because in doing we judge ourselves by the same unjust imbalance. This is why Luke goes on to report the LORD saying we should get the beam out of our own eye so we can see clearly and remove the speck in the eye of others. It is speaking of acquiring (by hearing God’s teaching) the clear sight of perfect judgment, which is executed as God intends it, to produce repentance from and correct errors.
Then, the focus of the Gospel of Luke is to reveal the LORD, Jesus Christ, as God Himself in the flesh and to reveal God by showing His nature as our Father, thereby demonstrating the perfect man.
2 Corinthians 5
18 And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
19 To wit [[hos – in this manner]], that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and has committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though [[hos – in this manner]] God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be you reconciled to God.
Luke 6
26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
29 And unto him that smites you on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away your cloak forbid not to take your coat also.
30 Give to every man that askes of you; and of him that taketh away your goods ask them not again.
31 And as you would that men should do to you, do you also to them likewise.
32 For if you love them which love you, what thank have you? for sinners also love those that love them.
33 And if you do good to them which do good to you, what thank have you? for sinners also do even the same.
34 And if you lend to them of whom you hope to receive, what thank have you? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
35 But love you your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
36 Be you therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
37 Judge not, and you shall not be judged: condemn not, and you shall not be condemned: forgive, and you shall be forgiven:
38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom [[kolpos]]. For with the same measure that you mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
39 And he spoke a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
40 The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
41 And why behold you the mote that is in your brother’s eye, but perceive not the beam that is in your own eye?
42 Either how can you say to your brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in your eye, when you yourself behold not the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of your own eye, and then shall you see clearly to pull out the mote that is in your brother’s eye.
43 For a good tree brings not forth corrupt fruit; neither does a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
44 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
46 And why call you me, LORD, LORD, and do not the things which I say?
47 Whosoever comes to me, and hears my sayings, and does them [as in lambano], I will show you to whom he is like:
48 He is like a man which built a house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
49 But he that hears, and does not [[as above, not coming near {paralambano}, never learning, never catching fire]], is like a man that without a foundation built a house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
Friends, the Holy Spirit (the LORD unknown speaking and working through Luke) uses the same Greek word, kolpos, translated five times as bosom, one other time, rendered as “creek,” in Acts 27:39, to tell us the bosom of the LORD is the same place we can turn into, when we find ourselves in the midst of the storm, which men without God have ignorantly steered us into. The ship spoken of there is the corrupted and vermin-infested religious and political institutions discussed here many times, which will not make it through this storm, for the reason mentioned above in verse 49, and the ruin of these houses is great.
When Luke writes, in Acts 27:40, of the last act of the ship, knowing it will surely destroy it, is to loose the bands steering it (the tongues of men), and to raise the mainsail, which is what allows (the Holy Spirit) the wind to take it into (the creek) the bosom of the Father. The word here translates as “mainsail” is only used this one time, and is from the Greek word arti, meaning NOW, today, at this moment in time. The word “wind” is from pneo, which is the word translated as “blows” in John 3:8, speaking of the movement of the Holy Spirit in producing the new birth. It is also the wind that comes as the storm against the two houses, in Matthew 7:25 & 27.
The picture in Acts 27 is the same spoken of in John 3, as the Son of man (the perfected man, in whom the Father manifests His presence) is lifted up and draws all men to Him. It is the work of the Holy Spirit, the heavenly things, which those who are unable to accept the earthly things spoken are unable to receive because they lack the needed foundation.
Acts 27
20 And when neither sun nor stars [[understanding in the church institution or God’s people]] in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, you should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man’s life [[psuche]] among you, but of the ship [[ploion – the church institution]].
23 For there stood by me this night [[inthis time of ignorance]] the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; you must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God has given you all them that sail with you.
25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
26 Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
27 But when the fourteenth [[which is followed by the fourteenth day: the time of the passover from darkness into the light, from death into life]] night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;
28 And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
29 Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day [[ligth to come, understanding to come]].
30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, you cannot be saved.
32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
33 And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat [[this deep understanding sent into the darkness]], saying, This day is the fourteenth day that you have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing [[of this word of God, by which men live]].
34 Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not a hair fall from the head of any of you.
35 And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat.
36 Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat [receive this deep understanding]].
37 And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls [[psuche]].
38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea [[cast this good seed, this word of God as received, to this generation]].
39 And when it was day [[when this light, understanding, covers the earth]], they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek [[kolpos]] with a shore, into which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship [[ploion]].
40 And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoisted up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
41 And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.
42 And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:
44 And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.
Luke uses the same word [[epairo – to raise, exalt]] in verse 40 to tell of the men in the ship hoisting (“hoisted”) the mainsail, and letting the Holy Spirit take all safely into the bosom of the Father, he uses in Acts 1:9 to tell of the LORD being “taken up” into heaven, to (the bosom of, joined with) the Father.
Acts 1
7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father has put in his own power.
8 But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and you shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up [[epairo]]; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
10 And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
11 Which also said, You men of Galilee, why stand you gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up [[analambano]] from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner [[the Word of God exalted above all other voices]] as you have seen [[theaomai – theo omma: God’s eye: when we see as God’s sees]] him go into heaven [[into this full understanding]].
The like manner spoken of is as described in John 3:14.
John 3
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Truly, truly, I say unto you, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus [those who overcome the corrupted thinking of the crowd] said unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say unto you, Except a man be born [[by the baptism, going below the surface]] of water [[the written word of God]] and [[the baptism]] of the Spirit [[the LORD with us speaking and working unknown, to lead us into all truth held below the surface of His written word]], he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto you, You must be born again.
8 The wind [[pneuma – the Spirit]] blows [[pneo]] where it wills, and you hear the sound [[phone – the voice]] thereof, but can not tell where it comes, and where it goes: so is every one that is born [[again]] of the Spirit [[pneuma]].
9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Are you a master [[teacher]] of Israel, and know not these things?
11 Truly, truly, I say unto you, We speak that [in “like manner” as] we do know, and testify that [in “like manner” as] we have seen; and you receive not our witness.
12 If I have told you earthly things, and you believe not, how shall you believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
13 And no man has ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
15 That whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believes on him is not condemned: but he that believes not is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that does evil hates the light, neither comes to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21 But he that does truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
23 And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
24 For John was not yet cast into prison.
25 Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying.
26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with you beyond Jordan, to whom you barest witness, behold, the same baptizes, and all men come to him.
27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
28 You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
29 He that has the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
31 He that comes from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaks of the earth: he that comes from heaven is above all.
32 And what he has seen and heard, that he testifies; and no man receives his testimony.
33 He that has received his testimony has set to his seal that God is true.
34 For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God: for God gives not the Spirit by measure unto him [see Luke 6:38 above].
35 The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.
36 He that believes on the Son has everlasting life: and he that believes not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abides on him.
As we saw in the previous post, the word kolpos is from the words kollao and pos, literally translating into who or what we are joined to.
1 Corinthians 6
17 But he that is joined [kollao] unto the LORD is one spirit.
The word, in Acts 27:37 above, rendered “souls” speaking of those in the church (ship – ploion), is psuche, speaking of life in those sleeping (in an irrational and mortal state). It is from the once-used word psucho, meaning “to breathe (voluntarily but gently, thus differing on the one hand from 4154, which denotes properly a forcible respiration; and on the other from the base of 109, which refers properly to an inanimate breeze), i.e. (by implication, of reduction of temperature by evaporation) to chill (figuratively):–wax cold.”
It (psucho) appears in Matthew 24:12, as the LORD answers the question asked in verse 3: “Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of your coming [parousia – be near {doing the work of the Paraclete}], and of the end of the world [aion – the age]?
The word parousia is from the words para and the twice-used word ousia (meaning goods or substance). It (ousia) appears in Luke 15:12 & 13, speaking of the “goods” and “substance” the prodigal son squandered. The passage tells us advent is when the LORD comes near, to return what (substance: truth in His word) men (who squandered their inheritance) took away (iniquity by which men waxed cold).
Luke 15
10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents.
11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:
12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods [ousia] that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance [ousia] with riotous living.
14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine [without God’s word] in that land; and he began to be in want.
15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
17 And when he came to himself [realizing what He lost], he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before you,
19 And am no more worthy to be called your son: make me as one of your hired servants.
20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight, and am no more worthy to be called your son.
22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.
26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
27 And he said unto him, Your brother is come; and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him safe and sound.
28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.
29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve you, neither transgressed I at any time your commandment: and yet you never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
30 But as soon as this your son was come, which has devoured your living with harlots, you have killed for him the fatted calf.
31 And he said unto him, Son, you are ever with me, and all that I have is yours.
32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this your brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
Seemingly coincidentally, the LORD describes these prodigals in a passage where the word psuche, appears but isn’t translated. This place is in John 10:24, where it and airo hemon are (dubiously) rendered “do you make us to doubt.”
John 10
24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long do you make us to doubt [how long before you awaken us from death’s sleep]? If you be the Christ, tell us plainly [parrhesia – boldly, publicly tell us when you will awaken us].
25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and you believed not: the works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me.
1 John 1
1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon [theaomai – seen as God sees], and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
2 (For the life was manifested [phaneroo – rendered apparent], and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested [phaneroo – rendered apparent] unto us;)
3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that you also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light [understanding], and in him is no darkness at all.
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness [the ignorance taught by false prophets and false teachers], we lie, and do not the truth:
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.
1 John 2
21 I have not written unto you because you know not the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist that denies the Father and the Son.
23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same has not the Father: he that acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
24 Let that therefore abide in you, which you have heard from the beginning. If that which you have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, you also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
25 And this is the promise that he has promised us, even eternal life.
26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
27 But the anointing which you have received of him abides in you, and you need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teaches you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it has taught you, you shall abide in him.
28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear [phaneroo – is rendered apparent], we may have confidence [parrhesia – boldness to declare His word and presence], and not be ashamed before him at his coming [parousia – comes near with the substance that was squandered away].
29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that every one that does righteousness is born of him [His Spirit with us speaking anf working unknown until we, with the Father’s eye, see Him again].
1 John 3
1 Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knows us not, because it knew him not.
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear [phaneroo – not yet rendered apparent] what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear [phaneroo – shall be rendered apparent], we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
3 And every man that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
Matthew 5
8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
1 John 4
12 No man has seen [theaomai] God at any time [see John 1:14 above, not realizing until now He is the Light in the Word made flesh]. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and his love [agape – His word given] is perfected [teleioo – completed] in us.
13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
14 And we have seen [theaomai – with the eye of God, the Father in His children] and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus [Jehovah’s Salvation manifested in our flesh] is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
16 And we have known and believed the love [agape – the word He has given us] that God has to us. God is love [agape – in His word]; and he that dwells in love [agape – in His word] dwell in God, and God in him.
17 Herein is our love [agape – His word] made perfect [teleioo – is completed], that we may have boldness [parrhesia – speaking His word plainly and declaring it is Him present, alive in us] in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
John 1
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld [theaomai] his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
The idea of waxing cold (psucho), meaning falling into death’s sleep, is better understood from the perspective of those said to be “lukewarm, and neither cold [sleeping in death] nor hot [doing the LORD’s work, going as flaming fire; as in Psalms 104:4 below],” in Revelation 3:16. The word “lukewarm” is from the once-used word chliaros, meaning “from chlio (to warm); tepid.” It speaks of those who are alive (who have this understanding) but not on fire, who (hear Him but) still don’t see their condition or the present LORD and, therefore, aren’t doing the work He is commanding them to do.
Matthew 24
11 And many false prophets shall rise [with many worthless opinions they all say are true], and shall deceive many.
12 And because iniquity [anomia] shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold [psucho – sleeping in death]. [This iniquity is the same spoken of in Matthew 23:28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity {anomia}. And as a mystery in 2 Thessalonians 2:7 For the mystery of iniquity {anomia} does already work: only he who now lets {katecho – holds down God’s people} will let, until he be taken out of the way. 8 and then shall that Wicked {those sitting in God’s place teaching and preaching their own words} be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth {His word}, and shall destroy with the brightness {this understanding} of his coming:]
13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end [telos – the conclusion] come.
The LORD, in Revelation 3:18, tells them (the lukewarm) to (from Him) buy (agorazo – be redeemed by) these treasures (gold tried in the fire), and His righteousness (white {leukos – light} raiment). He goes on to tell them “anoint your eyes with eye-salve, that you may see.” The word “eye-salve” is the Greek word kollourion, speaking of joining with him.
The following, ending with Acts 3, is from the post of 7 September 2019:
For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ. Colossians 2:5
Colossians is Paul and Timothy [[me now]] speaking to those who have received Christ into their hearts [[minds]], not as a meaningless cliché, but rather in the spirit and truth of it occurring as defined in previous posts. As we have seen, the name Colosse is associated with the Greek word kollao, meaning glue, and by extension, to join, as in they (the Colossians) have joined themselves to the LORD. These people are warned not to be seduced away from the LORD “through philosophy and vain deceit, after the traditions of men, after the rudiments [stoicheion – elements, corrupt ideas as the foundation created by men, upon which they have built their houses] of the world, and not after Christ.” The word here rendered “after” is the Greek word kata, meaning, according to, or by agreement, they are brought down (seduced) by and with these men’s corrupt foundations.
Paul is telling them Christ coming to them, present in Him, to be joined with them, is the only foundation: the mystery unknown until it is, until He is, received (knit together). Verses 1 thru 3 say, “For I would that you knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh [Christ in his flesh]; That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgment of [Christ is us, which is] the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”
When the LORD, in Revelation 3, speaks to the church of the Laodiceans, in verse 18 He tells them to anoint their eye with eye-salve that they may see. The word eye-salve is translated from is the Greek word kollourion, a compounding of the words kollao, glue, and eurus, wide. It is referring again to the Colossians, who have joined with the LORD by seeing Him, His face in the face of Paul, and the eye-salve is the anointing, His giving them the true riches of knowledge and wisdom hidden in Him, which broadens their perception (widens their view and joins them with Him).
Colossians 2
1 For I would that you knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face [[the LORD’s presence]] in the flesh;
2 That their hearts might be comforted [[parkaleo – Paraclete]], being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
4 And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
5 For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.
6 As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the LORD, so walk you in him:
7 Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments [[stoicheion – the corrupt foundational idea of men, the “elements” Peter, in 2 Peter 3:10 & 12, says melt away]] of the world, and not after Christ.
9 For in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.
10 And you are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
11 In whom also you are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also you are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who has raised him from the dead.
13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, has he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a holyday, or of the new moon, or of the Sabbath days:
17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increases with the increase of God.
20 Wherefore if you be dead with Christ from the rudiments [[stoicheion]] of the world, why, as though living in the world, are you subject to ordinances,
21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and [[false]] doctrines of men?
23 Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body: not in any honor to the satisfying of the flesh.
Revelation 3
14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans [the people upon which this day of God’s judgment has come] write; These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
15 I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot: I would you wert cold or hot.
16 So then because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth.
17 Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and know not that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18 I counsel you to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that you may be rich; and white raiment, that you may be clothed, and that the shame of your nakedness do not appear; and anoint your eyes with eye-salve [kollourion], that you may see.
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
21 To him that overcomes will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
22 He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches.
The word face, in Colossians 2:1, is prosopon, which leads us to Acts 3:19 where it is rendered presence. There it’s the LORD’s presence, His glory manifested through Peter and John, which is said to be the refreshing, as they give the true riches of the LORD to the lame beggar (the pattern of the TV preachers – who are always asking for silver and gold), and heal him.
Acts 3
4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.
5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.
6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I you: In the name [[identity]] of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength [as if the dirt {the corruption of the journey} was washed from their feet. Or, the clay was removed from the iron, the feet that were clay mixed with iron, and only strength remained. Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles [[the final, fourth, face Ezekiel saw in the wheel within the wheel, understanding given by the unfolding presence of the LORD revealed by the voice of the man speaking, working, and exalted]]; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.]
8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God:
10 And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful [see Isaiah 51:1 & 52:7] gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.
11 And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.
12 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, You men of Israel, why marvel you at this? or why look you so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Son Jesus [the God of the living, showing His risen Son in them and through them]; whom you delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
14 But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God has raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
16 And his name through faith in his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know: yea, the faith which is by him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
17 And now, brethren, I wot [know] that through ignorance you did it, as did also your rulers.
18 But those things, which God before had sheown by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he has so fulfilled.
19 Repent you therefore, and be converted [revert, return to the true God], that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing [anapsuxis – recover breath, come to life by receiving the His Holy Spirit – referring us to Isaiah 28:12 ] shall come from the presence [prosopon] of the LORD.
20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:
21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things [[squandered away]], which God has spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the LORD your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall you hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.
23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
25 You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in your seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
Isaiah 28
5 In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem [tsphiyrah – the morning come] of beauty, unto the residue of his people,
6 And for a spirit of judgment to him that sits in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.
9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine [shmuw’ah – this voice of Jehovah heard]? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
11 For with stammering lips and another tongue [this truth you don’t understand and have mocked] will he speak to this people.
12 To whom he said, This is the rest [mnuwchah – manoah: this rest] wherewith you may cause the weary to rest [nuwach – Noah: those who reach the expected end]; and this is the refreshing [marge’ah – only used here; ma raga’: what quieting of {rest from} the proud waves of the sea: who are agitating humanity]: yet they would not hear.
13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, you scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell [sheol – the habitation of the dead] are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus says the LORD God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation [for the new earth]: he that believes shall not make haste [chuwsh – when I hasten the end of the wicked]. [Isaiah 60:22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one {tsa’iyr} a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten {chuwsh} it in his time {when the LORD is revealed by His everlasting light manifested in the flesh}.]
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail [this word frozen in heaven until now] shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place [the lies of the wicked].
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell [sheol] shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge [of correction] shall pass through, then you shall be trodden down [as dung upon the dunghill] by it.
19 From the time that it goes forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation [because of the filthy conversation of the wicked] only to understand the report [shmuw’ah – to hear this word as the voice of Jehovah, His arm revealed, and obey].
Psalms 104
1 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, you are very great; you are clothed with honor and majesty.
2 Who covers yourself with light [understanding] as with a garment: who stretches out the heavens like a curtain:
3 Who lays the beams of his chambers in the waters [His word]: who makes the clouds [where understanding is kept when it is removed from the earth] his chariot: who walks upon the wings [kanaph] of the wind:
4 Who makes his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed forever.
6 You covered it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
7 At your rebuke they fled; at the voice of your thunder [the sound of understanding] they hasted away.
8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which you have founded for them.
9 You have set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
10 He sends the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.
11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.
12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
13 He waters the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your works.
14 He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
15 And wine that [changes minds] makes glad the heart of man, and oil [that fuels the light] to make his face to shine [paniym – His presence giving us light, understanding], and bread [God’s word expanded upon] which strengthens man’s heart [rational mind].
16 The trees [upright] of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon [purity], which he has planted;
17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
19 He appointed the moon [civil governments] for seasons: the sun [the church] knows his going down.
20 You make darkness [ignorance], and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
21 The young lions [the second face of the unfolding presence of the LORD God] roar [His word] after their prey, and seek their meat [this deep understanding] from God.
22 The sun [the church] arises, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
23 Man goes forth unto his work and [like an ox] to his labor until the evening.
24 O LORD, how manifold are your works! in wisdom have you made them all: the earth is full of your riches [the treasure from His storehouse].
25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
26 There go the ships [in the church institution]: there is that leviathan [the priesthood], whom you have made to play therein.
27 These wait all upon you; that you may give them their meat [this deep understanding] in due season.
28 That you give them they gather: you open your hand, they are filled with good.
29 You hide your face [paniym – His presence], they are troubled: you take away their breath, they die, and return to their dust [‘aphar – the ashes of the earth’s ruin without Him].
30 You send forth your spirit, they are created [again from the ashes]: and you renew the face of [paniym – by Your presence] the earth.
31 The glory of the LORD shall endure forever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.
32 He looks on the earth, and it trembles [ra’ad]: he touches the hills, and they smoke.
33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless you the LORD, O my soul. Praise you the LORD.
