The wicked plot against the just, and gnash upon him with his teeth. The LORD shall laugh at him [the wicked]: for he sees that his day is coming.
The above, Psalms 37:12 & 13, is the LORD speaking through David, of seeing the fall of the wicked, epitomized in the king of Babylon, which we know is the rule of and by confusion, delusion, and forces insanity (reversing reality through gaslighting: constant denial of what the sane know to be true).
The successive verses tell of this fall coming as their (the wicked’s) own ways return upon their heads. They tell of them (the wicked), with their words plotting and gnashing against the just, to “cast them down,” from the Hebrew word naphal, meaning “to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative).” This, the fall of the wicked, is their own ways the LORD sees coming upon them, and laughs.
Isaiah 21
1 The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds [from where the LORD’s voice is heard] in the south pass through; so it comes from the desert, from a terrible land.
2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer deals treacherously, and the spoiler spoils. Go up [Arise!], O Elam [all those from all the generations of eternity here sleeping]: besiege, O Media [those who in their sleep have been lukewarm, without signs of life, not standing or speaking]; all the sighing [all the sorrow caused] thereof have I made to cease [shabath – from those who discontinued My work].
3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travails [who must bring forth what is in you, speaking My words I have written into your minds]: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed [bahal – only use by Isaiah one other time, in Isaiah 13:8, there telling of it as the fear that comes upon the world when it realizes this is the day of the LORD] at the seeing of it.
4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure has he turned into fear unto me.
5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink [from this cup]: arise, you princes, and anoint the shield [who is David, the protection the LORD has sent – as in 1 Samuel 16:12 & 13, “And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he. Then Samuel {those who hear the voice of God speaking} took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came {tsalach – pushed forward, prospered} upon David from that day forward.]
6 For thus has the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman [tsaphah – seeing things coming, hearing the secrets of the LORD – as in Ezekiel 3:17, saying “Son of man, I have made you a watchman {tsaphah} unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.”], let him declare what he sees.
7 And he saw a chariot [a two-wheeled vehicle] with a couple of horsemen [riders on bikes], a chariot of asses [Brandon and his minions], and a chariot of camels [those bearing their burdens to the world]; and he hearkened diligently with much heed: [Isaiah 30:6 The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble {tsarah – the tribulation} and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent {whose venom causes the fires of hell}, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit {by} them {because the things they claim are valuable are worthless}.]
8 And he cried, A lion: My LORD, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime [in the light, understanding, you have given us], and I am set in my ward whole nights [I Am taking My stand in the prison of darkness, among the ignorant]:
9 And, behold, here comes a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen [naphal], is fallen [naphal]; and all the graven images of her gods he has broken unto the ground.
10 O my threshing [separating the wheat from the chaff], and the corn [ben – the children] of my floor [whom I have separated for My work]: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
11 The burden of Dumah [silence – those refusing to speak the words I given them]. He calleth to me out of Seir [the place of devils, speaking of the enemies ruling, misleading as the cause of the silence], Watchman [shamar – meaning “to hedge about (as with thorns)”], what of the night? Watchman [shamar], what of the night [the time of ignorance and darkness]?
12 The watchman [shamar] said, The morning comes [this light of the new day], and also the night [darkness in which people choose to continue]: if you will enquire, enquire you: return, come.
13 The burden upon Arabia [those who don’t know God, who are mixed among us]. In the forest [the ignorant who claim they are the upright] in Arabia shall you lodge, O you traveling [ever changing your positions, to intentionally cause confusion] companies of Dedanim [upon you has come double judgment].
14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema [the wise] brought water [this word] to him that was thirsty, they prevented [when before] with their bread him that fled.
15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
16 For thus has the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, and all the glory of Kedar [the darkness] shall fail:
17 And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar [darkness], shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel has spoken it.
The fuller meaning of watchmen (shamar) mentioned in verses 11 & 12, is “properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.” It tells of those, even though hedged in by the words of misleaders (false prophets and false teachers) among the multitudes who are (by them) silenced, who refuse (to be silent) and boldly speak the words God gives them.
Isaiah 62
1 For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness [understanding into the darkness], and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burns [as Christ, God with us in the flesh].
2 And the Gentiles shall see your righteousness, and all kings your glory [which is the LORD in us]: and you shall be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.
3 You shall also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
4 You shall no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall your land any more be termed Desolate: but you shall be called Hephzibah [chephets – meaning she is my delight – she is married to Hezekiah, meaning Jehovah is his strength], and your land Beulah [married]: for the LORD delights [chaphets] in you, and your land shall be married [to Jehovah’s strength].
5 For as a young man marries a virgin, so shall your sons marry you: and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.
6 I have set watchmen [shamar] upon your walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: you that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
7 And give him no rest, till he establishes, and till he makes [New] Jerusalem a praise in the earth. [What part of this is too hard to understand, that you refuse to follow His very simple prescription? Why do you refuse to be cured?]
8 The LORD has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength [I Am], Surely I will no more give your corn to be meat for your enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink your wine, for that which you have labored:
9 But they that have gathered it [this feast] shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.
10 Go through, go through the gates [enter My kingdom, which is New Jerusalem]; prepare you the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones [of stumbling, put there by misleaders]; lift up a standard [nec – the pole upon which the son of man must be lifted] for the people.
11 Behold, the LORD has proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say you to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and you shall be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
Friends, if you can’t believe the LORD is in me speaking and working, then you will not believe He has ever spoken through any man. If you deny He is alive in me, then He isn’t (yet) risen in you.
1 John 4
1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Hereby know you the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ [Jehovah’s salvation is manifested] is come in the flesh [the mystery of godliness revealed] is of God:
3 And every spirit that confesses not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof you have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them [the antichrist who deny the LORD is in us]: because greater is he that is in you, than he [the antichrists: deceivers] that is in the world.
5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world hears them.
6 We are of God: he that knows God heareth us; he that is not of God hears not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loves is born of God, and knows God. [The words here and after rendered “love” and “loves” are agape and agapao. These are compounded from the two words ago and apo, which together describe the leading of the LORD to take away our sins, the errors that separate us from Him, which is, below in verse 10, described as “propitiation,” meaning to atone for our sins: make right what is wrong by the sacrifice of himself – which is the love of God, His glory, manifested to us and then through us. If His love doesn’t come through us, giving as He gives, then He isn’t alive in us, and we are dead in our sins. So try {inquire – as in Isaiah 21:12 above} the spirits to see if they believe the LORD is alive in your flesh, speaking this word to them.]
8 He that loves not knows not God; for God is love.
9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
12 No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
John 3
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
15 That whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believes on him is not condemned: but he that believes not is condemned already [by this choice], because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that does evil hates the light [this understanding], neither comes to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved [tried and proven to be of God or not].
21 But he that does truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Coming to light is the trial of the spirits in men, which is this judgment of God. The word “reprove,” above in verse 20, is the Greek word elegcho, meaning “of uncertain affinity; to confute [prove], admonish:–convict, convince, tell a fault, rebuke, reprove.”
There is (this is the) judgment, and only in coming to it, accepting the light, is the LORD’s mercy found.
Ephesians 5
8 For you were sometimes darkness, but now are you light in the LORD: walk as children of light:
9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
10 Proving what is acceptable unto the LORD.
11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove [elegcho] them.
12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
13 But all things that are reproved [elegcho] are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever does make manifest is light.
14 Wherefore he says, Awake you that sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light [understanding].
15 See then that you walk circumspectly [akribos – accurately, not in error], not as fools, but as wise,
16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17 Wherefore be you not unwise, but understanding what the will of the LORD is.
1 Timothy 5
20 Them that sin rebuke [elegcho] before all, that others also may fear.
21 I charge you before God, and the LORD Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that you observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
John 16
7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away [when you will not see me, when the prince of this world, the spirit of the misleader, comes and leads all into darkness], the Comforter [the Paraclete, the LORD unknown, leading those who receive Him into all truth] will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8 And when he is come, he will reprove [elegcho] the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;
10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and you see me no more;
11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but you cannot bear them now.
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear [from the Father in me], that shall he speak: and he will [as the watchman the Father sends] show you things to come.
14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you.
15 All things that the Father has are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you.
16 A little while, and you shall not see me [because of the ignorance brought by following misleaders]: and again, a little while [when you receive understanding], and you shall see me, because I go to the Father.
John 14
15 If you love me, keep my commandments.
16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever;
17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but you know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but you see me: because I live, you shall live also.
20 At that day you shall know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
21 He that has my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loves me: and he that loves me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
22 Judas [Judah – the elect remnant] said unto him, not Iscariot [not the leaders who betray Me], LORD, how is it that you will manifest yourself unto us, and not unto the world?
23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep [guard] my words [from those who corrupt it]: and my Father will love him [give Him this understanding], and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
24 He that loves me not keeps not my sayings: and the word which you hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.
25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world gives, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
28 You have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If you loved me, you would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
29 And now I have told you before it comes to pass, that, when it is come to pass, you might believe.
30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world comes, and has nothing in me.
31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. [I command you] Arise [egeiro], let us go hence [into death and from there into life again when you see Me].
The word rendered “hence” is enteuthen, meaning “from the same as 1759; hence (literally or figuratively); (repeated) on both sides:–(from) hence, on either side.”
It (enteuthen) is from en (into), teucho ({techo} make ready or bring to pass {by preparation} – as implied beginning John 14, and as used in passages below), and thano (the dead).
John 14
1 Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in God, believe also in me.
2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
4 And whither I go you know, and the way you know.
5 Thomas said unto him, LORD, we know not whither you go; and how can we know the way?
6 Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me.
7 If you had known me, you should have known my Father also: and from henceforth you know him, and have seen him.
8 Philip said unto him, LORD, show us the Father, and it suffices us [it if it what perfects us – this defines the completion as seeing the Father in the son, which is salvation].
9 Jesus said unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet have you not known me, Philip? he that has seen me has seen the Father; and how sayest you then, Show us the Father?
10 Believe you not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he does the works.
11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
12 Truly, truly, I say unto you, He that believes on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
13 And whatsoever you shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If you shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
15 If you love me, keep my commandments.
1 Corinthians 14
8 For if the trumpet [the voice of the archangel] gives an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
9 So likewise you, except you utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for you shall speak into the air.
10 There are, it may be [techo – there are prepared, made ready], so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification [when understood proving if they are of God or not].
11 Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaks a barbarian, and he that speaks shall be a barbarian unto me.
12 Even so you, forasmuch as you are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that you may excel to the edifying [building up by educating into understanding the written word which is as an unknown tongue, just as the LORD working through you is present but not comprehended] of the church.
13 Wherefore let him that speaks in an unknown tongue [the written word he doesn’t understand] pray that he may interpret [rightly divide, proving God is in him].
14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit [the LORD in me unknown] prays [to give me understanding], but my [own] understanding is unfruitful.
15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit [repeat the words the LORD gives me, as He gives me understanding], and I will sing with the understanding also.
16 Else when you shall bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupies the room of the unlearned say Amen at your giving of thanks, seeing he understands not what you say?
17 For you truly give thanks well, but the other is not edified [build up, prepared].
18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than you all:
19 Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice [intending harm, causing people to stumble in the darkness] be you children, but in understanding be men.
2 Timothy 2
1 You, therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
2 And the things that you have heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit you to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
3 You, therefore, endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
4 No man that wars entangle himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who has chosen him to be a soldier.
5 And if a man also strives for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strives lawfully.
6 The husbandman that labors [diligently seeks] must be the first partaker [the first to who it is opened] of the fruits [these treasure, the fruit of our labor, our diligently seeking the mind of Christ].
7 Consider what I say; and the LORD give you understanding in all things.
8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead [in me] according to my gospel:
9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evildoer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound [it is opened to those who diligently seek Him, and when finding Him believe, have faith, it is Him they’ve found: the Father in the son].
10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain [teucho – be prepared, made ready, for] the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
11 It is a faithful saying [regarding the resurrection of the dead and our taking up our cross to quicken the dead to life]: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny [it is] him, he also will deny us:
13 If we believe not, yet he abides faithful: he cannot deny himself.
14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the LORD that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
15 Study to show yourself approved [dokimos – still standing and the substance, The LORD, is realized in you] unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
17 And their word will eat as does a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus [who hiding behind a spurious mask of fake love {pseudo-agape} hold you down {katecho} from rising to join with the LORD in His ONE BODY, which is the resurrection];
18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection [which only comes with joining the LORD in heaven: His mind, His full understanding] is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
19 Nevertheless the foundation of God stands sure, having this seal, The LORD knows them that are his. And, let everyone that names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honor, and some to dishonor.
21 If a man, therefore, purge himself from these [dishonorable men, whose inner substance is found to be corrupt], he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.
22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity [agape], peace, with them that call on the LORD out of a pure heart [by which only do men see God].
23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strife [they are intentionally meant to cause endless argument].
24 And the servant of the LORD must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
Hebrews 11
1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such a high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the LORD pitched, and not man.
3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, says he, that you make all things according to the pattern shown to you in the mount.
6 But now has he obtained [teucho – made ready] a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator [mesites – internunciator] of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
Matthew 12
14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
16 And charged them that they should not make him known:
17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying,
18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall show judgment to the Gentiles.
19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow does not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.
28 But if I cast out devils [misleaders] by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost [the LORD unknown speaking and working] shall not be forgiven unto men.
32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
34 O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37 For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.
38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from you.
39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah [the sign of the end, who is risen from the belly of hell and calls all to repentance from dead words and works]:
40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and, behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none.
44 Then he says, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he finds it empty, swept, and garnished [the unclean spirits of misleaders cast out, and the place prepared for the LORD to enter].
45 Then goes he, and takes [instead of the LORD] with himself [men remaining in these churches with old and corrupt ideas] seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first [because he believes he is saved; convinced by the same misleaders to follow them into perdition]. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
47 Then one said unto him, Behold, your mother and your brethren stand without, desiring to speak with you.
48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
And what is the will of the Father? To believe in the one He’s sent.
John 6
37 All that the Father gives me shall come to me; and him that comes to me I will in no wise cast out.
38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
39 And this is the Father’s will which has sent me, that of all which he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which sees the Son, and believes on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he says, I came down from heaven?
43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.
44 No man can come to me, except the Father which has sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man, therefore, that has heard, and has learned of the Father, comes unto me.
46 Not that any man has seen the Father, save he which is of God, he has seen the Father.
47 Truly, truly, I say unto you, He that believes on me has everlasting life.
48 I am that bread of life.
49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
50 This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
The verses referenced in verse 45 above are Isaiah 54:13 and Jeremiah 31:33 & 34.
Isaiah 54
13 And all your children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of your children.
14 In righteousness shall you be established: you shall be far from oppression; for you shall not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near you.
15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against you shall fall [naphal] for your sake.
16 Behold, I have created the smith that blows the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
17 No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, says the LORD.
Jeremiah 31
31 Behold, the days come [the day has come], says the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was a husband unto them, says the LORD:
33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, says the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, says the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
35 Thus says the LORD, which gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divides the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts [who is a man of war] is his name:
36 If those ordinances depart from before me, says the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.
Psalms 49
1 Hear this, all you people; give ear, all you inhabitants of the world:
2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceases forever:)
9 That he should still live forever, and not see corruption.
10 For he sees that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue forever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
12 Nevertheless, man being in honor abides not: he is like the beasts that perish.
13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approves their sayings. Selah.
14 Like sheep, they are laid in the grave [sheol – hell]; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave [sheol – hell] from their dwelling.
15 But God will redeem my soul from the power [lying and misleading] of the grave [sheol – hell]: for he shall receive me. Selah.
16 Be not you afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
17 For when he dies, he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend [into hell] after him.
18 Though while he lived, he blessed his soul: and men will praise you, when you do well to yourself.
19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light [understanding].
20 Man that is in honor, and understands not, is like the beasts [without the LORD’s Spirit] that perish.
Psalms 37
1 Fret not yourself because of evildoers, neither be you envious against the workers of iniquity.
2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shall you dwell in the land, and truly you shall be fed.
4 Delight yourself also in the LORD: and he shall give you the desires of your heart.
5 Commit your way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
6 And he shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your judgment as the noonday.
7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not yourself in any wise to do evil.
9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, you shall diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
12 The wicked plot against the just, and gnash upon him with his teeth.
13 The LORD shall laugh at him: for he sees that his day is coming.
14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down [naphal – make fall] the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
16 A little that a righteous man has is better than the riches of many wicked.
17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholds the righteous.
18 The LORD knows the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be forever.
19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine [when the word of God is silenced by the world] they shall be satisfied.
20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
21 The wicked borrows, and pays not again: but the righteous show mercy, and gives.
22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delights [chaphets] in his way.
24 Though he fall [naphal – is cast down by the words of the wicked], he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholds him with his hand.
25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
26 He is ever merciful, and lends; and his seed is blessed.
27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsake not his saints; they are preserved forever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein forever.
30 The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of judgment.
31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
32 The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.
33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt you to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
37 Mark the perfect man [in whom the Father manifests His presence], and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
