2 – 6 November 2025
Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?
The LORD begins today, in Jeremiah 32:26 & 27 above, a passage where I have topically inserted myself (“me”) where the name Jeremiah appears in the text.
Focusing on the word pala’, rendered “hard,” we see it is here, in this chapter twice, curiously so rendered. The word’s Strong’s Hebrews Dictionary definition is “a primitive root; properly, perhaps to separate, i.e. distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful.”
In its many (71) uses, it (pala’) is most often (speaking of God’s unique manner) rendered some form of the words marvelous or wonderful. One of the other exceptions is its first use, in Genesis 18:14, where it is also descriptively (adding context) rendered “hard.”
Genesis 18
14 Is anything too hard [pala’] for the LORD? At the time appointed [mow’ed – the “time” and “times” of Daniel 12:7, at the end of Abraham’s deep sleep] I will return unto you, according to the time of life, and Sarah [noble woman: church] shall have a son.
The word pala’ appears two other times in Jeremiah, once in verse 17 of chapter 32, and in verse 2 of chapter 21. In chapter 32, it’s used while telling of the LORD commanding Jeremiah to buy a field (the world out of darkness), and present the evidence of the purchase that (was until now) sealed and (is here and now) opened.
This writing, here and now, is the LORD presenting evidence of His presence, proving the darkness cannot prevail against the (unique) signs in this experience. The word that appears nine times in Jeremiah 32, rendered “evidence,” is cepher, referring to this written word and meaning “writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book.”
Jeremiah 32
9 And I bought the field of Hanameel [meaning God’s grace] my uncle’s [Shallum – meaning retribution; the recompense spoken of in verse 18 below] son, that was in Anathoth [meaning they are those the LORD heard and answered], and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver [the necessary price to open what is sealed, paid by the kinsman redeemer].
10 And I subscribed the evidence [cepher – this writing], and sealed [chatham – the same word used in Daniel 9:24 and 12:4 & 9] it [in the book], and [here and now] took witnesses, and weighed [shaqal – suspended] him the money in the balances.
11 So I took the evidence [cepher – this book] of the purchase, both that which was sealed [chatham – in the book, as commanded] according to the law and custom, and that which was open:
12 And I gave the evidence [cepher] of the purchase unto Baruch [the blessed] the son of Neriah [with this Lamp of Jehovah showing us the way in the darkness], the son of Maaseiah [which is Jehovah’s shelter: sanctuary], in the sight of Hanameel [seeing it is His grace given] my uncle’s son [which His recompense and wrath], and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book [cepher] of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.
13 And I charged Baruch before them, saying,
14 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences [cepher], this evidence [cepher] of the purchase, both which is sealed [chatham – until this end now come], and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel [write them into the minds of men], that they may continue many days.
15 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land [‘erets – in his new earth, when the LORD has opened the book and made all things new again].
16 Now when I had delivered the evidence [cepher – this written word of God] of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying,
17 Ah LORD God! behold, you have made the [old and new] heaven and the [old and new] earth by your great power and stretched out arm [His work in this exposition, the firmament the LORD says is heaven], and there is nothing too hard [pala’] for you:
18 You show lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them [here, by his revelation, leading them out of the darkness by writing this word into their minds]: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts [a man of this just war], is his name [is His identity revealed in the flesh],
19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for your eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
20 Which have set signs [‘owth] and wonders [mowpheth] in the land [‘erets – the earth] of Egypt [in this time when God’s people are in a double strait, oppressed into ignorance by the institutional powers in church and state: sun and moon], even unto this day [when this understanding has come, and these institutions are realized to be ignorant of God and His manner], and in Israel, and among other men; and have made you a name, as at this day [this time when light has returned to the earth];
21 And have brought forth your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs [‘owth], and with wonders [mowpheth], and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror [morah – a twelve time used word meaning “fear; by implication, a fearful thing or deed”].
22 And have given them this land [‘erets – this new earth], which you did swear to their fathers to give them, a land [‘erets] flowing with milk and honey [teaching us to choose good and refuse evil];
23 And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed [shama’] not your voice [refusing to hear it as the LORD’s], neither walked in your law; they have done nothing of all that you commanded them to do: therefore you have caused all this evil to come upon them:
24 Behold the mounts [the now totally corrupt governments, institutions of church and state], they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans [those who use intentional deception to manipulate and control people into complying with their evil agenda, which is the Obama doctrine], that fight against it, because of the sword [the word of God they refuse to receive or give], and of the famine [without this word from the mouth of the LORD, by which man lives], and of the pestilence [the dis-ease in the time when the earth has become without form and void: confusion and emptiness]: and what you have spoken is come to pass; and, behold, you seest it.
25 And you have said unto me, O LORD God, Buy you the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
Daniel 9
24 Seventy weeks are determined upon your people and upon your holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end [chatham] of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up [chatham – make an end of] the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end [qets] thereof shall be with a flood [sheteph], and unto the end [qets] of the war desolations are determined [charats].
27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation [kalah – the full end], and that determined [charats] shall be poured upon the desolate.
Daniel 12
1 And at that time [of the promised end reached] shall Michael [who is made in God’s likeness] stand up [‘amad – resurrected in these last days], the great prince which stand for the children of your people: and there shall be a time of trouble [tsarah – the tribulation], such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time your people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the [now opened] book.
2 And many of them that sleep [this is Abram’s deep sleep – Genesis 15:12] in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
3 And they that be wise shall shine [give understanding] as the brightness of the firmament [the exposition that divides the words of men from the words of God, which God called Heaven]; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.
4 But you, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal [chatham] the book, even to the time of the end [qets]: many shall run to and fro [diligently seeking this knowledge], and knowledge shall be increased.
5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold [I saw], there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river [during the time when the book is sealed and opened].
6 And one said to the man clothed in linen [bad – #906, a lone voice], which was upon the waters of the river [of time carrying this word of God forward], How long shall it be to the end [qets] of these wonders?
7 And I heard the man clothed in linen [bad – #906, a lone voice] which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and swore by him that lives for ever that it shall be for a time [mow’ed – an appointed time when the book was closed], times [mow’ed – now when it is opened and we congregate into the LORD’s ONE LIVING BODY], and an half [chetsiy – when this word is split open again and rightly divided]; and when he shall have accomplished [kalah] to scatter the power [by corrupting the true word of God, and it isn’t in them effectually working to bring them to life] of the holy people, all these things shall be finished [kalah].
8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my LORD [‘adown], what shall be the end [‘achariyth – the last days] of these things?
9 And he said, Go your way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed [chatham] till the time of the end.
10 Many shall be purified [barar – purged of the corruption that holds them in death’s sleep], and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
11 And from the time that the daily [necessary] sacrifice [declaring “thus says the LORD”] shall be taken away, and the abomination [men’s word’s and ways, as idols put in God’s place] that makes desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days [the time, and one of the times].
12 Blessed is he that waits, and comes to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days [the other of the times – adding the time 1290 + (to the times 1290 + 1335) = the number of years since Abram’s {Abraham’s} deep sleep began, and it was here revealed – see Genesis 15:12].
13 But go you your way till the end [qets – the full end, now when we are awakened] be: for you shall rest, and stand [‘amad – from the sleep in death be resurrected] in your lot at the end [qets – the full end] of the days [here spoken of].
Daniel (9:26) tells of this end (qets) coming “with a flood,” from the six times used word sheteph, meaning “from 7857 [shataph]; a deluge (literally or figuratively):–flood, outrageous, overflowing.”
Isaiah 28
16 Therefore, thus says the LORD God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone [from where these life-giving waters flow], a tried stone [that can be trusted], a precious corner [pinnah] stone, a sure foundation: he that believes shall not make haste [they shall not be ashamed, but shall reach this promised end].
17 Judgment [this right assessment of condition] also will I lay to the line [qav], and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail [against the current crop of corrupt leaders] shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow [shataph] the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing [shataph] scourge [showt] shall pass through [‘abar – bringing you from death into life], then you shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goes forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over [‘abar – bringing to life those who receive it as the LORD’s voice, His work revealed], by day and by night [giving understanding to those held in darkness]: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report [shmuw’ah – the voice of the LORD heard].
Again, we know the shmuw’ah (Jehovah’s voice heard as Him) is the same “report,” spoken of in Isaiah 53:1, which says that to those who hear it as His, it is the arm (work) of the LORD revealed.
The word pala’, in the sense of rightly dividing, has affinity to the four times used word palag, meaning “to split (literally or figuratively):– divided.” This latter word is the origin of the words, pleg (a half:–dividing), peleg (a rill (i.e., a small channel of water, as in irrigation), and the name Peleg, said to mean earthquake.
Two of the four times palag appears, Genesis 10:25 and 1 Chronicles 1:19, it tells of Peleg, named such because in his days the earth was “divided” (palag). We are told his brother’s (both sons of Eber) name is Jokton (meaning small), from the four times used Hebrew qaton, meaning “to diminish, i.e. be (causatively, make) diminutive or (figuratively) of no account.”
In the context that nothing is too hard (pala’) for the LORD, the word qaton appears twice, 2 Samuel 7:19 and 1 Chronicles 17:17, both as David is praising the LORD for raising him from obscurity to the throne.
2 Samuel 7
1 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
2 That the king said unto Nathan [the givers of God’s word] the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark [of the testimony] of God dwelleth within curtains [veiled in a vessel, in fleeting flesh].
3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in your heart [the mind the LORD has given you, after His own mind]; for the LORD is with you [in you and your seed, His permanent dwelling place].
4 And it came to pass that night [when ignorance covers the earth], that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan [the givers of God’s word], saying,
5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus says the LORD, Shall you build me an [earthly] house for me to dwell in?
6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any [earthly] house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle [temporary flesh dwellings].
7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spoke I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to [with the words from My mouth, by which man lives] feed my people Israel, saying, Why build you not me an [earthly] house of cedar?
8 Now therefore so shall you say unto my servant David, Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
9 And I was with you whithersoever you went, and have cut off all your enemies out of your sight [paniym – dividing them from My presence with you, in you], and have made you a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.
10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people [spiritual] Israel [who receive Me into themselves, My dwelling place forever], and will plant them [as seed], that they may dwell in a place of their own [this nation], and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,
11 And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused you to rest from all your enemies. Also the LORD tells you that he will make you a house [family, in whom I will dwell forever].
12 And when your days be fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, which shall proceed out of your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
13 He shall build a [spiritual] house for my name [as My identity on the earth], and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom forever.
14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
15 But my [sure] mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before [paniym – dividing them from My presence with you, in] you.
16 And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before [paniym – My presence manifested in] you: your throne shall be established forever.
17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
18 Then went king David in, and sat before [paniym – in the presence of] the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O LORD God? and what is my house [my family], that you have brought me hitherto?
19 And this was yet a small thing [qaton] in your sight, O LORD God [for You nothing is too hard]; but you have spoken also of your servant’s house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O LORD God?
20 And what can David say more unto you? for you, LORD God, knowest your servant.
21 For your word’s sake, and according to your own heart [mind in me], have you done all these great things, to make your servant know them.
22 Wherefore you my great, O LORD God: for there is none like you, neither is there any God beside you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
23 And what one nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name [a known identity], and to do for you great things and terrible, for your land [‘erets – the earth], before [paniym – manifesting Your presence with and in] your people, which you redeemed to you from Egypt [the double strait, the oppression of the now totally corrupt institutions of the world], from the nations [those who haven’t known You] and their [false] gods?
24 For you have confirmed to yourself your people Israel to be a people unto you forever: and you, LORD, are become their God.
25 And now, O LORD God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, establish it forever, and do as you have said.
26 And let your name [identity with us, in us] be magnified forever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God [a man of war] over Israel [Your people in whom You dwell]: and let the house of your servant David be established before you [paniym – as Your manifested presence with and in Your ONE Living BODY].
27 For you, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, I will build you a house: therefore has your servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto you.
28 And now, O LORD God, you are that God, and your words be true, and you have promised this goodness unto your servant:
29 Therefore now let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you [paniym – Your presence with us, in us]: for you, O LORD God, have spoken it: and with your blessing [with these blessings revealed to us] let the house of your servant be blessed forever.
Deuteronomy 30
6 And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart [He will remove your flesh mind and give you His spiritual mind], and [do] the [same to the] heart [minds] of your seed, to [teach you how to] love the LORD your God with all your heart [mind], and with all your soul, that you may live [by receiving this blessing from His mouth].
7 And the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your enemies, and on them that hate you, which persecuted you.
8 And you shall return and obey [shama’] the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command you this day.
9 And the LORD your God will make you plenteous [yather – remain and excel] in every work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your land [‘adamah – this first generation of His new creation], for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over [causing us to realize His presence with us, in] you for good, as he rejoiced over [manifested His presence to] your fathers:
10 If you shall hearken [shama’ – hear and obey] unto the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if you turn unto the LORD your God with all your heart [mind], and with all your soul.
11 For this commandment which I command you this day, it is not hidden [pala’ – not hard to understand, no longer to be wondered about] from you, neither is it far off [rachowq – it is here now, in this time when the world is ruled by the evil decrees of the wicked in power].
12 It is not in heaven [the place where understanding should be found and now isn’t], that you should say, Who shall go up for us to heaven [where it is hidden from man], and bring it unto us, that we may hear [shama – and obey] it, and do it?
13 Neither is it beyond [‘eber – the other side of] the sea [when humanity has crossed over Jordan], that you shouldest say, Who shall go over [‘eber] the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear [shama’ – and obey] it, and do it?
14 But the word is very nigh unto you, in your mouth [to be spoken as commanded], and [now written] in your heart [as the new foundation of your mind], that you may do it.
15 See, I have set [nathan – given] before [paniym – by manifesting the LORD’s presence with you, in] you this day life [understanding and light] and good [leading], and death [ignorance] and evil [misleading];
16 In that I command you this day to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that you mayest live and multiply: and the LORD your God shall bless you in the land whither you go to possess it.
17 But if your heart turn away, so that you will not hear [shama’ – and obey], but shall be drawn away [into perdition], and worship other gods [men who put themselves in the LORD’s place], and serve them;
18 I denounce unto you this day, that you shall surely perish, and that you shall not prolong your days upon the land [‘adamah – in this first generation of MY new creation], whither you pass over [‘abar – from death into life] Jordan [overcoming the words of these false gods, which carried all the world in its descent into death and hell] to go to possess it [with and by My Spirit].
19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set [nathan – given] before [paniym – by the LORD’s presence manifested with you, in] you life and [without Me] death, blessing and cursing: therefore [having learned to refuse evil and choose good] choose life, that both you and your seed may live:
20 That you may love the LORD your God, and that you mayest obey [shama’] his voice, and that you mayest cleave unto him: for he is your life, and the length of your days: that you may dwell in the land [‘adamah – this first generation of the LORD’s new creation] which the LORD swore unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give [nathan] them.
The following, ending with Matthew 25, is from the post of 30 May 2018, with today’s additions in double brackets.
Friends, we have for many years, morning after morning, long-suffered those who first followed into death the corrupted and perverted ideas (idols) of men, and now continue to refuse the LORD’s correction. The word of God speaks of this using the word shuwb in Proverbs 1:23, and then in Proverbs 2:19, the same word used to tell of the hardened reasoning that comes (the unreasonableness of total demoralization), from where the dead never return (the great gulf between the living and the dead).
Proverbs 1
20 Wisdom cries without; she utters her voice in the streets:
21 She cries in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she utters her words, saying,
22 How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
23 Turn [shuwb] you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
24 Because I have called, and you refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
25 But you have set at naught all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear comes;
27 When your fear comes as desolation, and your destruction comes as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish comes upon you.
28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
33 But whoso hearkens unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet [sha’an – at peace and secure] from fear of evil.
Proverbs 2
1 My son, if you will receive my words, and hide my commandments with you;
2 So that you incline your ear unto wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
3 Yea, if you cries after knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding;
4 If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;
5 Then shall you understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
6 For the LORD gives wisdom: out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
7 He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
8 He keeps the paths of judgment, and preserves the way of his saints.
9 Then shall you understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
10 When wisdom enters [[see Matthew 24:38 below]] into your heart [[mind]], and knowledge is pleasant unto your soul;
11 Discretion shall preserve you, understanding shall keep you:
12 To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man that speak froward things [twisted and perverted truth];
13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward [twisted and perverted truth] in their paths:
16 To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flatters with her words;
17 Which forsake the guide of her youth, and forget the covenant of her God.
18 For her house inclines unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
19 None that go unto her return [shuwb] again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
20 That you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
21 For the upright shall dwell in the land [[‘erets – the new earth]], and the perfect shall remain [[yathar]] in it.
22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
Friends, what we see daily are those who come to the same pages we study, but with the corrupted perspective of the false prophets and false teachers they follow. They then attack God’s Holy Spirit at work and those being purified and renewed by Him. They condemn the truth as false teaching, again ignorant of the scriptures that warn against becoming wise in their conceit, and those [[scriptures]] telling of being judged by the same standard they use. It is their ways and ideas that judge them; the words in their mouths when compared to the word of God.
These are the things Paul speaks of in Romans 10, where he also quotes from Deuteronomy 30, telling of the words of the mouth showing Christ risen from the dead (in us). These are not secrets hidden in places we must go to find them (for if they say, He is here or there, go not, for many false prophets and false teachers have raised themselves up and mislead all but the very elect). Paul goes on to quote Isaiah 53:1, which we know is a statement in the form of a question. He asks, who has believed this report? It says that it is, for those who believe it, the arm of the LORD revealed. In verse 15, he first quotes from Isaiah 52:7, telling of the report that has been heard, which is preaching the ways of peace, and tidings of good things to those who do receive and believe.
Romans 10
1 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel [all His people who claim to be following Him] is, that they might be saved.
2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
3 For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness [[trying to prove themselves right]], have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believes.
5 For Moses describes the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which does those things shall live by them.
6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaks on this wise, Say not in your heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)
7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
8 But what says it? The word is nigh you, even in your mouth [[to be spoken as received]], and in your heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
9 That if you shall confess with your mouth the LORD Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.
10 For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11 For the scripture says [in Isaiah 28:16], Whosoever believes on him shall not be ashamed.
12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same LORD over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved.
14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written [in Isaiah 52:7], How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says [Isaiah 53:1], LORD, who has believed our report?
17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes truly, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
19 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses says, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.
20 But Isaiah is very bold, and says [Isaiah 65:1], I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.
21 But to Israel he says [Isaiah 65:2], All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
The topics of Romans 10 and the chapters Paul quotes are disobedience and submission, as well as their direct relation to disbelief and belief in the message: wisdom and knowledge, regardless of who accepts or rejects them. These ideas are most apparent in Isaiah 28, from which verse 11 above quotes.
Isaiah 28
5 In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem [[tsphiyrah – crown, the “morning” of Ezekiel 7:7 & 10; the only other uses of the word]] of beauty, unto the residue [the elect remnant] of his people,
6 And for a spirit of judgment to him that sit 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 – shama’ Jehovah; it is the voice of Jehovah heard]]? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts [[attiyq – should read: and now draws from the ancient things: understanding]].
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 [[truth heard as a foreign language to those who only know false teaching and false preaching]] will he speak to this people.
12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith you may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear [[shama’]].
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 [[shama’ – and obey]] the word of the LORD [[Jehovah]], 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 are we at agreement; when the overflowing [[shataph]] scourge [[showt]] 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: he that believes shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then you shall be trodden down 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 only to understand the report [[shmuw’ah – is Jehovah’s voice heard and obeyed]].
Why is it a vexation only to understand the report? We see in verse 8 above that it is because “all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.”
When Matthew 25 begins by saying “then” it is speaking of after the Son of man has appeared, which is the topic of the previous chapter. Matthew 25 tells of the ten virgins who have been waiting for the LORD, five wise, having their lamps filled with oil, and five are unwise, having no oil. We know oil speaks of wisdom and knowledge, which is the understanding that lights the darkness and allows us to see the LORD.
The unwise are those who now wait with their corrupted ideas, without understanding and knowledge, thinking they will see. They have no idea they will never see Him, because they refused the meat, and instead chose to eat and drink with the drunken (see Isaiah 28:7 above).
Friends, these people and the men who lead them have taken a serious matter and thought lightly of it, while they think they are the righteous. They never watched to be sure their house wasn’t broken up.
Matthew 24
33 So likewise you, when you shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
34 Truly I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
36 But of that day and hour knows no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered [[as in Proverbs 2:10 above]] into the ark [[where are held all the necessary utterances spoken of in Proverbs 2]],
39 And [[choosing to remain ignorant]] knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left [[shall remain]].
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left [[shall remain]].
42 Watch therefore: for you know not what hour your LORD does come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be you also ready: for in such an hour as you think not the Son of man comes.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his LORD has made ruler over his household, to give them meat [[this deep understanding]] in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his LORD when he comes shall find so doing [[remaining with Him in this word]].
47 Truly I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My LORD delays his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The LORD of that servant shall come in a day when he looks not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder [[taking him away, separating them from His people who remain with Him]], and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall [[there]] be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 25
1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go you out to meet him.
7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go you rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, LORD, LORD, open to us.
12 But he answered and said, Truly I say unto you, I know you not.
13 Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man comes.
The word rendered “entered” in Matthew 24:38, is the many times used word eiserchomai, as we’ve seen, erchomai translates as utterances of what is necessary. It’s rendered in several forms of the word ‘come,’ six times in the Matthew 24 passage above, and four times in the Matthew 25 verses above. The eis prefix adds the context of entering, as in reaching the point of knowing; meaning “to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases.”
It (eiserchomai) appears only once in Matthew 24, and defines itself in its three appearances in the prior chapter, speaking to those who say they have full understanding, who have not entered the kingdom of heaven (are without understanding), and are (with their false beliefs) hindering those trying to understand (know) the necessary things the LORD is uttering, like here and now.
Matthew 23
23 Then spoke Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
2 Saying The scribes and the Pharisees [the religious teachers and preachers] sit in Moses’ seat:
3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not you after their works: for they say [they honor the LORD], and do not [as He commands].
4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues [and churches, in both sitting in the LORD’s place],
7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi [rhabbi – teacher who is honored, whose commands are to be followed], Rabbi [rhabbi].
8 But be not you called Rabbi [rhabbi]: for one is your Master [kathegetes – having authority to command and lead], even Christ [the LORD with us, alive in our flesh]; and all you are brethren [in whom He lives].
9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father [Jehovah], which is in heaven [on His throne with full understanding].
10 Neither be you called masters [kathegetes – leader and commander]: for one is your Master [kathegetes], even Christ [Jehovah alive in our flesh].
11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant [the LORD working our good in us, through us].
12 And whosoever shall exalt himself [not giving glory to the LORD with us, in us, speaking and working His will] shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself [making himself meet, appropriate, for the Master’s use] shall be exalted.
13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, [religious] hypocrites! for you [in your pride in what you think you know] shut up the kingdom of heaven [this full understanding from the LORD’s throne] against men: for you neither go in [eiserchomai – refusing to enter His presence by receiving these necessary utterances] yourselves, neither suffer you them that are entering [eiserchomai – who do receive them] to go in [eiserchomai].
14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, [religious] hypocrites! for you devour widows’ houses [those whose worldly leaders are the dead, who are therefore without a man to protect them from their corrupt elements], and for a pretense [an outward show], make long prayer: therefore you shall receive the greater damnation [krima – consequence of this crime].
Friends, hear the conclusion of the matter, Christ comes through this entering, by first receiving these necessary utterances, by which, by giving them as received, He saves those who receive Him in the new world the Father in him has created.
Hebrews 9
19 For [in a pattern] when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament [line and precept] which God has enjoined unto you.
21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood [of the necessary sacrifice] both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
22 And almost all things are by the law purged [of corruption] with blood; and without shedding of blood [this necessary sacrifice, taking up the LORD’s cross] is no remission [aphesis – meaning “freedom; (figuratively) pardon”].
23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things [these treasures man corrupted] themselves with better sacrifices than these [a life dedicated to this undertaking, a life given to the Father’s will].
24 For Christ [the LORD alive in my flesh] is not entered [eiserchomai – these necessary utterances] into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself [into the Father presence manifested in this conversation with Him, by which these treasures are purified], now to appear [emphanizo – meaning “to exhibit (in person) or disclose (by words)”] in the presence [prosopon] of God for us:
25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enters [eiserchomai] into the holy place every year with blood of others;
26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end [sunteleia – “entire completion, i.e. consummation (of a dispensation)”] of the world has he appeared [phaneroo – He is made apparent] to put away [eis – entered this place, time, when] sin [where sin rules, to end its rule] by the sacrifice of himself.
27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment [krisis – this decision point we now awaken to find ourselves in]:
28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that [diligently] look for [apekdechomai] him shall he appear [hupos – “to gaze (i.e. with wide-open eyes, as at something remarkable…”] the second time without sin [in this time when all are under sin’s rule] unto [eis – to make known this entry into] salvation.
Matthew 24
30 And then shall appear [phaino – “to lighten (shine), i.e. show” this understanding] the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn [kopto – realizing the present LORD who the world betrayed, rejected, and killed], and they shall see [hupos – “to gaze (i.e. with wide-open eyes, as at something remarkable…”] the Son of man coming [erchomai – in these necessary utterances] in the clouds [where this understand was held when it left the earth in separated elements] of heaven with power and great glory.
1 Corinthians 1
4 I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace [the gift of these treasures] of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;
5 That in every thing you are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;
6 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed [bebaioo – stabilized] in you [calmed while all is shaken]:
7 So that you come behind in no gift [His word here freely given as received]; waiting for [apekdechomai – meaning to fully expect] the coming [apokalupsis – the apocalypse, the uncovering] of our LORD Jesus Christ:
8 Who shall also confirm [bebaioo] you unto the end [telos – the point aimed at reached, the conclusion of this writing], that you may be blameless in the day of our LORD Jesus Christ.
9 God is faithful, by whom you were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our LORD.
10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our LORD Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that you be perfectly joined together [katartizo – to complete thoroughly, as His ONE living BODY] in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Hebrews 3
7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost says, Today if you will hear his [the LORD’s] voice,
8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation [when you doubted He was among us speaking and working in Christ: His presence manifested in the flesh of His choosing] in the wilderness:
9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my [same] works forty years.
10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do always err in their heart [minds]; and they have not known my ways.
11 So I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter [eiserchomai] into my rest.)
12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart [misled mind] of unbelief, in departing [rising away] from [not remaining with] the living God.
13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today [a time when this light has come]; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin [minds departed from the LORD].
14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end [telos – remain with me until this work is complete];
15 While it is said, Today if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts [minds], as in the provocation.
16 For some, when they had heard [Him speaking unknown], 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 [bodies choosing to remain dead] fell in the wilderness?
18 And to whom swore he that they should not enter [eiserchomai – not receiving this word from the mouth of the LORD, by which men live] into his rest, but to them that believed not?
19 So we see that they could not enter [eiserchomai] in because of unbelief [refusing to believe it is His voice].
2 John
1 The elder unto the elect lady [now only the elect remnant] and her children [the multitude that will awaken by the LORD’s word heard from us], whom I love [agapao – give this word as received] in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth [the LORD alive in our flesh];
2 For the truth’s sake, which dwells in us, and shall be with us forever.
3 Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the LORD Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love [sent to give His word as received, declaring His presence in the flesh of those who do so].
4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of your children walking in [this] truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
5 And now I beseech you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto you, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love [agapao] one another [lead out of darkness those ruled by the errors, sins, of the world: the corrupt rudiments {elements – stoicheion} possessing it].
6 And this is love [agape], that we walk after his commandments [giving His word as received]. This is the commandment, That, as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.
7 For many deceivers are entered [eiserchomai – speaking their own words in the LORD’s name] into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh [with us always, in us]. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
9 Whosoever transgresses, and abides not in the doctrine of Christ [that the Father unknown to the world declares Himself present in the flesh of the sons He chooses], has not God. He that abides in the doctrine of Christ, he has both the Father and the Son.
10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
11 For he that bids him God speed is partaker of his evil [misleading] deeds.
12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak [laleo] face to face [stoma – as the LORD’s mouth, sharper than a two edged sword], that our joy [the realization of the LORD’s presence] may be full.
13 The children of your elect sister greet you. Amen.
Hebrews 4
1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering [eiserchomai] into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
3 For we which have believed do enter [eiserchomai] into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter [eiserchomai] into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
4 For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
5 And in this place again, If they shall enter [eiserchomai] into my rest.
6 Seeing therefore it remain that some must enter [eiserchomai] therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered [eiserchomai] not in because of unbelief:
7 Again, he limits a certain day, saying in David, Today, after so long a time; as it is said, Today if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
8 For if Jesus had given them rest [from doing the Father’s work], then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
9 There remains therefore a rest to the people of God [after the Father has done His work through them].
10 For he that is entered [eiserchomai – received the Father’s word] into his rest, he also has ceased from his own [dead] works, as God did from his.
11 Let us labor therefore to enter [eiserchomai – receiving His word] into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief [not believing these are His words manifesting His presence with us, in us].
12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged [distomos – face to face, our presence as His presence, our mouth as His mouth] sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of [our] soul and [His] spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart [mind].
13 Neither is there any creature [creation] that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens [this place of full understanding in the Father’s presence], Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession [of Him and His word].
15 For we have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin [not following misleaders].
16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace [the LORD’s presence], that we may obtain mercy [in this conversation], and find grace to help in [this] time of need [to hear and obey these necessary utterances].
Psalms 95
1 O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
4 In his hand are the deep places [from where comes this knowledge] of the earth: the strength [understanding] of the hills [the new governments, under God, rising from the earth] is his also.
5 The sea [humanity] is his, and he made it: and his hands [works] formed the dry land [drying up the floods of corruption from men’s mouths].
6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today if you will hear his voice,
8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation [when men doubted My presence] in the wilderness:
9 When your fathers tempted me [doubted My presence], proved me, and saw my [same] work.
10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart [minds], and they have not known my ways:
11 Unto whom I swore in my wrath that [without knowing My way in My words] they would not enter into my rest.
