14 – 18 June 2025
For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Savior, the LORD Jesus Christ:
The word “conversation” is rendered from the once used Greek word politeuma, said to mean “from 4176 [politeuomai], a community, i.e. (abstractly) citizenship (figuratively).” It is derived from a series of words (meaning citizen and their gathering together: the body politic) that lead back to the word polimos, meaning “from pelomai (to bustle); warfare (literally or figuratively; a single encounter or a series):–battle, fight, war.”
The “eu” in the word politeuma, speaking of where we look for the Savior, means good and thereby tells of the “conversation” among a group of citizens gathered, refusing evil, choosing to fight this good fight. In its above use (Philippians 3:20), it is contrasted with the alien army among us.
Philippians 3
13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind [which weren’t likeminded with the LORD], and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing you be otherwise minded, God shall reveal [apokalupto – uncover in this apocalypse, here at Armageddon, this set rendezvous] even this unto you.
16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk [together with His mind] by the same rule [kanon – the standard lifted], let us mind [phroneo – exercising our mind toward] the same thing [One opinion].
17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as you have us for an example.
18 (For many walk [with many opinions], of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
19 Whose end is destruction [apoleia – perdition], whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
20 For our conversation [politeuma – this good fight] is in heaven [with His full understanding]; from whence also we look for the Savior, the LORD Jesus Christ:
21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue [hupotasso – bring into subordination to His mind] all things unto himself.
The phrase “good fight” only appears twice in the Bible, first in 1 Timothy 4:12 when Paul charges Timothy (me) to fight it and later as he describes it as his life’s work. In both of these passages, the topic is the LORD revealing Himself in those (like Paul and me) thereby crowned.
1 Timothy 6
11 But you, O man of God [I Am, Timothy, the title only appearing here in the New Testament], flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto you are also called, and have professed [homologeo – saying the same things] a good profession [homologia] before many witnesses.
13 I give you charge in the sight of God, who quickens all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession [homologia – the same words, fighting the good fight];
14 That you keep this commandment [entole – the charge I have vowed to keep] without spot [unstained by men’s corruption], unrebukable, until the appearing [epiphaneia – the epiphany, the moment of realization, of the presence] of our LORD Jesus Christ:
15 Which in his times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and LORD of Lords;
16 Who only has immortality [athanasia], dwelling in the light [this understanding] which no man can approach unto; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.
17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded [thinking their wealth makes them superior], nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;
18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate [this good word of God];
19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay [as I have] hold on eternal life.
20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to your trust [this dispensation the Father has given me], avoiding profane and vain babblings [which have become the language of this generation], and oppositions of science falsely so called [antithesis gnosis pseudonumos – the arguments falsely named knowledge {anti-truth used against this truth of God}]:
21 Which some professing [epaggellos – announce themselves as if they are authors and finishers] have erred concerning the faith. Grace [this gift of salvation, from which these men have erred] be with you. Amen.
As we understand from 2 Peter 3:16, those on the wrong side of this fight, who with many (now in most cases knowingly) false opinions, wrestle with this Truth and are the sons of perdition (apoleia).
2 Peter 3
3 Knowing this first, that there shall [have] come in the last days scoffers [not believing the LORD is present with us, in us], walking after their own lusts,
4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep [into death], all things continue as they were from the beginning of the [old] creation.
5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God [this same word of God] the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved [for this appointed time of the LORD’s just war against the darkness] unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition [apoleia] of ungodly men.
8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the LORD as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 The LORD is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is [always with us, hidden only in men’s ignorance] longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 But the day of the LORD will come as a thief in the night [unknown in this time of men’s ignorance of God]; in the which the heavens [the corrupt understanding of men] shall pass away with a great noise [this voice of the LORD], and the elements [stoicheion – the corrupt foundational ideas and ways of men] shall melt with fervent heat, the [old corrupt] earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements [stoicheion] shall melt with fervent heat?
13 Nevertheless, we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwells [the LORD’s] righteousness.
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that you look for such things, be diligent that you may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
15 And account that the longsuffering of our LORD is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given unto him, has written unto you;
16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrestle, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction [apoleia – perdition].
Hebrews 2
1 Therefore, we ought to give the more earnest heed to [obey] the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
2 For if the word spoken by angels [His messengers sent] was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward;
3 How [if we refuse to obey] shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the LORD [the Father revealed in the son first, to bring all His children He has given me to the same glory], and was confirmed [repeating the same message the LORD gave them] unto us by them that heard him;
4 God also bearing them witness, both with [Isaiah 8:18, saying “I and the children the LORD has given me, are for”] signs and wonders [to His people at large], and with divers miracles [this alludes to the “divers” manner spoken of in Hebrews 1:1; of the many different ways and times, by which the Father previously spoke through men, until now when He, in the son He filled full of understanding, all these divers elements, congealed them in him, into this miraculous, eye-opening, gospel], and gifts [these treasures sent] of the Holy Ghost [as He works unknown leading us into all truth], according to his own will?
5 For unto the angels has he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.
The word (G4176) politeuomai, the first word in the origin of politeuma, meaning “to behave as a citizen,” as in being like-minded with the same good spirit, only appears twice, reinforcing this context in Acts 23:1 & Philippians 1:27.
In the current moment, when the invading army among us is showing itself not to be citizens but instead our antithesis, the communist agitators (Cultural Marxists: a truth the same conspirators, joined in the same evil spirit, now define as “conspiracy theory,” just as they always define truth as it emerges apparent) shift the world’s focus to world war, just as they shifted it from Ukraine to the invaders. They, the deep state and their (intentionally corrupt or useful idiot) media: enemies foreign and domestic, create one crisis after another, always keeping the focus away from their deeper undermining (remember, it’s all about interest rates and energy prices – manipulating economies, disrupting the “free” flow), all (the deep and the superficial) designed to achieve a single globalist goal, the collapse of the US, and with it the end of traditional western civilization.
Acts 23
1 And [Timothy, the son, brother, and father of John Paul], earnestly beholding the council [of men in positions of power over God’s people, in church and state], said, Men and brethren, I have lived [politeuomai – proved myself to be a good citizen] in all good conscience before [suneidesis – co-perspective with] God until this day. [suneidesis is the prolonged form of suneido, meaning “to see completely; used (like its primary) only in two past tenses, respectively meaning to understand or become aware, and to be conscious or (clandestinely) informed of.”]
2 And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth [for saying God is the One who informs me: with me, in me, unknown to the world]. [The word suneido only appears three times in Acts, and once in 1 Corinthians 4:4, Paul there saying “For I know {suneido} nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified {the LORD proving Himself alive in me, informing me}: but he that judges {anakrino – raises me in this trial} me is the LORD.”]
3 Then said [Timothy] unto him, God shall smite you, you whited wall [Matthew 23:27 Woe unto you, hypocrites! for you are like unto whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.]: for sit you [in God’s place] to judge me after the law, and command me to be smitten contrary to the law? [1 Corinthians 2:15 But he that is spiritual {with and in whom God’s Spirit proves Himself to be present} judges {anakrino} all things, yet he himself is judged {anakrino} of no man.]
4 And they that stood by said, Revile you God’s high priest [who is Paul, followed by his “son” Timothy]?
5 Then said Paul, I wist [know] not, brethren, that he was the high priest [for if he were I would have no need to speak against his hypocrisy]: for it is written, You shall not speak evil of the ruler of your people.
Philippians 2
2 Fulfill you my joy [realize the LORD is present in me with you speaking and working], that you be like-minded [by receiving Him as I have], having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in the form [morphe] of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form [morphe] of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
19 But I trust in the LORD Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.
20 For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.
21 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.
22 But you know the proof [dokime – only used seven times, proved in the experience: the repeatable experiment that proves itself every time] of him, that, as a son with the father, he has served with me in the gospel.
The only other time the word morphe appears is in Mark 16:12, speaking of the LORD appearing after His resurrection, as He, in an unknown “form,” joined men in their walk.
Mark 16
11 And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her [Mary, rebelling against the corrupt status quo, called Magdalene, in the resurrection, the first saved, mustered, into His ONE BODY, here at Armageddon], believed not.
12 After that he appeared in another form [morphe] unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country.
13 And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them.
14 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven [His loyal but hard headed disciples {I know who you because we are of the same mind}] as they sat at meat [receiving this deep understanding, His strength], and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart [minds], because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
2 Corinthians 3
12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
13 And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end of that which is abolished [the ignorance of the LORD among us in Moses’ flesh]:
14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remains the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament [not knowing it was written by those in whom the LORD chose to dwell, working and speaking through them]; which vail is done away in Christ [who declares it is the LORD, Jehovah, the Father in him doing the work, as now, here speaking and working in my, our, flesh].
15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail [of ignorance, thinking it’s the work of men] is upon their heart.
16 Nevertheless, when it shall turn [away from the corrupt teaching of men] to the LORD, the vail [of ignorance] shall be taken away.
17 Now the LORD is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the LORD is, there is liberty [freedom from corruption].
18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the LORD [in us], are changed [metamorphoo – the transfiguration of Christ, as in Matthew 17:2 and Mark 9:2] into the same image [eikon] from glory [His presence revealed in one flesh in which He works and speaks] to glory [in those receiving Him, who are transformed into the same image], even as by the Spirit of the LORD.
The only other time metamorphoo appears is in Romans 12:2.
Romans 12
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God [heard here at His mercy seat where His presence is manifested in this conversation], that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service [serving as I Am serving].
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be you transformed [metamorphoo] by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
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.
2 Corinthians 4
1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
4 In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light [understanding] of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image [eikon] of God, should shine unto them.
5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the LORD; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts, to give the light [understanding] of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face [presence] of Jesus Christ.
7 But we have this treasure [the gift of this understanding He has given to us] in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may [be known to] be of God, and not of us.
8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the LORD Jesus, that the life [which is His light] also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
11 For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life [light] also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
12 So then death works in us [as we sacrifice, long-suffer, in His service], but life [understanding] in you.
13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed [it is His presence in my flesh], and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore [should] speak [which reveals Him alive in us];
14 Knowing that he which raised up the LORD Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace [this gift] might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
The points in Jeremiah 10:7 & 8 and in the last verses above speak of understanding what is experienced, as Paul says in Act 17:27 to those ignorantly worshipping God, “if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us.” It is to understand what is affecting us, changing us, and realize to whom it all appertains.
Jeremiah 10
6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto you, O LORD; you are great, and your name is great in might.
7 Who would not fear you, O King of nations? for to you does it appertain [ya’ah – only appearing this once; pertaining to I Am]: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto you [none knowing the things only You know and teach us].
8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is [their idols are] a doctrine of vanities [worthless words].
It is in this context (seeing the unseen by His effect on us) that verse 15 above is quoted in Revelation 15:3.
Luke 8
22 Now it came to pass on a certain day [today if you will hear His voice], that he went into a ship [one of the church institutions, the first to obey and pass over from death into life] with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake [the same course set before all, to go from ignorance to understanding upon these living waters]. And they launched forth.
23 But as they sailed he fell asleep [in death]: and there came down a storm of wind [of false doctrines against the truth] on the lake; and they were filled with water [not knowing the difference between truth and men’s creations], and were in jeopardy.
24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we [are unsure and] perish. Then he arose [as the first begotten of God from among the dead, in victory over death and hell], and rebuked the wind [the false doctrines, and the devils spewing them] and the raging [roaring waves] of the water [men’s words]: and they ceased, and there was a calm [as a sea of glass mixed with this fire: this word from the mouth of the LORD].
25 And he said unto them, Where is your faith [in My saying I will never leave you or forsake you]? And they being afraid wondered [what they were experiencing], saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commands even the winds and water, and they obey him [and in obedience humanity is calmed].
Revelation 15
1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels having the seven last plagues [this full understanding now readied to be poured out]; for in them is filled up the wrath of God [this word which the wicked refuse to hear as the Father’s voice].
2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire [this wrath that calms the agitated and consumes the wicked]: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast [those without the LORD’s Spirit, sitting in seats of power over church and state, resisting, opposing, and blaspheming His work and word], and over his image [all their lies they put in My place and call by My name, which is Truth], and over his mark [in their head and hand: the insanity in their minds, which is obvious in their works], and over the number of his name [identity found in the number of a man, Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary number 666, ‘apher, the ashes of the earth’s ruin, covering the faces, the presence, of the true and false prophets; only used twice, in 1 Kings 20:38 & 41], stand on the sea of glass [overcoming the lies of false prophets and false teachers, calmed], having the harps of God [receiving from Him the instruments that calm it].
3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb [these written words meant to be repeated as received, precept upon precept, line upon line] saying, Great and marvelous [in opening our eyes to see good and evil, teaching us to choose what brings a good effect and refuse what can only result in evil] are your works, LORD God Almighty; just and true are your ways, you King of saints.
4 Who shall not fear you, O LORD, and glorify your name [Your identity manifested with us, in us]? for you only are holy: for all nations [all who haven’t known You] shall come and worship before you; for your judgments are made manifest [by Your presence].
5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven [where full understanding is] was opened:
6 And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen [purity by which man sees God], and having their breasts girded with golden girdles [the preparation of these treasures].
7 And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God [this word which men still refuse], who lives forever and ever.
8 And the temple [on earth] was filled with [a pillar of] smoke [by day, in this time light – anger, to smoke out the vermin infesting the temple] from the glory of God, and from his power [to effect good]; and no man was able to enter into the temple [on earth until it was purged], till the seven plagues of the seven angels [the LORD’s messengers with His message] were fulfilled [teleo – until it was filled with this understanding sent from heaven].
Isaiah 26
1 In that day shall this song be sung in the land [‘erets – in the earth] of Judah [by the elect remnant]; We have [are become] a strong city [New Heavenly Jerusalem]; salvation [yshuw’ah – Jehovah’s Salvation: Joshua: Jesus: the perpetual son of man, the ONE risen BODY of Christ] will God appoint for walls [for protection] and bulwarks [cheyl – our defense: His army].
2 Open you the gates [out of death and hell], that the righteous nation which keep the truth may enter in [to heaven].
3 You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you: because he trusts in you.
4 Trust you in the LORD forever: for in the LORD [Yahh – to whom it is suited] Jehovah is everlasting strength [understanding]:
5 For he brings down them [the proud] that dwell on high; the lofty city, he lays it low; he lays it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust [into the ruin of the earth under their rule].
6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor [without worldly power], and the steps of the needy [the humble who acknowledge they are in need of this understanding].
7 The way of the just is uprightness: you, Most Upright, do weigh the path of the just.
8 Yea, in the way of your judgments, O LORD, have we waited for you; the desire of our soul is to your name, and to the remembrance [zeker – realizing Your manner] of you [we understand we are those possessed by, joined with, Your Spirit and raised here with You].
9 With my soul have I desired you in the night [when ignorance of Your presence covered the world]; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek you early: for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
10 Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land [‘erets – earth] of uprightness [when this light has come into the darkness] will he deal unjustly [choosing darkness because their deeds are evil], and will not behold [ra’ah – they refuse to see] the majesty of the LORD.
11 LORD, when your hand is lifted up [when Your word and work are exalted], they will not see: but [when the effect of their evil come upon them] they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people [experiencing Your good effect: the expected end we’ve waited for]; yea, the fire of your enemies shall devour them [they, with the old heaven and earth, melt away with their evil works].
12 LORD, you will ordain peace for us: for you also have wrought all our [Your] works in us [producing the good effect].
13 O LORD our God, other [evil] lords beside you have had dominion over us: but by you only will we make mention of your name [Your identity].
14 They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore, have you visited [paqad – manifested Your presence as the Chief Shepherd and Overseer of the earth] and destroyed them, and made all their memory [zeker] to perish [all perception of their nature, not knowing they are evil souls, possessed by an evil spirit, who’ve resisted and opposed God and His plan throughout history].
15 You have increased the nation [those who haven’t known You], O LORD, you have increased the nation [as it is this day, when only a very few know You]: you [in them] are glorified: you have removed it far [rachaq – brought us to this time when the world is ruled by the evil decrees of evil men in power] unto all the ends [here ending the old beginning the new] of the earth [‘erets].
16 LORD, in trouble [tsar] have they visited you [paqad – have received You as the Chief Shepherd and Overseer of the earth], they poured out a prayer when your chastening [this good correction] was upon them.
17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and cries out in her pangs [anger against the birth pains]; so have we been in your sight, O LORD.
18 We have [ignorantly] been with child, we have been in pain [not understood], we have as it were brought forth wind [a foul spirit which we now perceive]; [rebelling against the new birth] we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; [because of the rebellion, the refusal declare the present LORD] neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen [into this birth canal, where these waters have already broken forth].
19 Your dead men [by receiving My Spirit] shall live, together with my dead body [of Christ] shall they arise. Awake and sing [these words], you that dwell in dust [of the earth’s ruin]: for your dew [this word of the LORD that appears on the earth with the new day] is as the dew of herbs [in this third day of this new creation], and the [belly of the] earth shall cast out the dead.
20 Come, my people, enter you into your chambers [cheder – in death in the belly of the earth], and shut your doors about you: hide yourself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast [‘abar – and we rise from death into life].
21 For, behold, the LORD comes out of his place to punish [paqad – as the Chief Shepherd and Overseer of the earth, against] the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood [revealing what drained the life from the earth], and shall no more cover her slain [hid here in the belly of the earth].
The word cheder, describing where the LORD hides His people until the indignation is overpast, refers us to its other uses below.
Proverbs 7
21 With her [the unfaithful harlot church, who the present LORD sees, though she doesn’t know He’s here as she speaks to the simple minded who should remain free from her {unaffected} and doing the LORD’s work] much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him [into her bed where they sleep in death, in the belly of the earth: hell].
22 He goes after her straightway, as an ox [working in the earth, the third face of the LORD’s unfolding presence, here interrupted] goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks [no longer able to continue his work];
23 Till a dart strikes through his liver [his innermost thoughts]; as a bird hastens to the snare [never rising into heaven], and knows not that it is for his life.
24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O you children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25 Let not your heart [mind] decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
26 For she has cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers [cheder] of death.
2 Corinthians 5
14 For the love of Christ constrains us [joins us together, to follow the dead into death, that the LORD through us will here raise them to life with His rising with us, in us, rescuing all in all]; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh [wherein the LORD is risen], yet now henceforth know we him no more.
17 Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
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; you 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 whom 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, has 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 works not the righteousness of God.
Hebrews 6
1 Therefore leaving [having attained understanding of] 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 [reaching completion: this expected end] 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 minister 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.
Philippians 1
25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith [believing, realizing in the experience that the LORD is with us, in us];
26 That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.
27 Only let your conversation [politeuomai – the proof we are good citizens of New Heavenly Jerusalem] be as it becomes the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
28 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition [their destruction], but to you of salvation, and that of God.
29 For unto you it is given in the behalf [huper – over, as Overseers of the ONE BODY] of Christ, not only to believe on him [that He is always with us, in us], but also [taking up His cross] to [long] suffer for his sake;
30 Having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear to be [Christ] in me.
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.
