Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

17 – 21 November 2023

Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

The “it” above (Jeremiah 33:6) is the earth (‘erets), to which the LORD says He will bring health by curing its people: by revealing (galah) to them “the abundance of peace and truth.” This revelation refers back to verse 3, the LORD there saying, “Call unto me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you know not.”

The word rendered “call” is qare’, as in giving a name to, and refers to a sudden encounter (with something or someone unknown). This latter aspect comes from its association with an identical word (qara’) with this meaning: “to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner:–befall, (by) chance, (cause to) come (upon), fall out, happen, meet.”

Isaiah 21
10 O my threshing [this correction, separating evil from good], and the corn [ben – children of My correction] of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
11 The burden of Dumah [Esau: short for Edom – the enemies among us at war with us]. He calls [qara’ – us by name] to me out of Seir [from among the devils, enemies in power misleading us], Watchman, what of the night [the time of ignorance that covers the earth]? Watchman, what of the night [the appointed time of ignorance]?
12 The watchman [the seer seeing as God sees] said, The morning [this light] comes, and also the night [yet ignorance still remains]: if you will enquire, enquire you: return, come.

The word twice rendered “inquire” is the five times used word ba’ah, meaning “to gush over, i.e. to swell; (figuratively) to desire earnestly; by implication to ask,” as in to petition (verbally or in writing).

Obadiah 1
6 How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up [ba’ah]! [The answer is above: by returning from following devils to the LORD and inquiring of Him.]
7 All the men of your confederacy [those you have joined with] have brought you even to the border [gbuwl – crossing into this new heaven and earth]: the men that were at peace with you have deceived you, and prevailed against you; they that eat your bread have laid a wound under you: there is none understanding in him.
8 Shall I not in that day, says the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau [the wicked who have prevailed and now possess the earth]?
9 And your mighty men, O Teman [the wise of this totally corrupt world], shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
10 For your violence against your brother Jacob shame [disappointment, not reaching the end you seek] shall cover you, and you shall be cut off forever.

Isaiah 30
8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be [as wheel within a wheel, understanding sent forward] for the time to come forever and ever:
9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear [shama’ – obey] the law of the LORD:
10 Which say to the seers [ra’ah – shepherds and watchmen who see as God sees], See [ra’ah] not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
12 Wherefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay [obey and follow] thereon:
13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out [ba’ah] in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly [pith’own] at an instant [petha’]. [Ecclesiastes 9:12 For man also knows not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly {pith’own} upon them.]
14 And he shall break it [the lies of the earth that will not stand] as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.
15 For thus says the LORD God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall you be saved; in quietness [when you can hear this still small voice] and in confidence [in this voice, the mouth of LORD the heard as His] shall be your strength: and you would not.
16 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall you flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
17 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall you flee: till you be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign [nec – as a banner raised up showing the way; as the son of man must be lifted, as Moses lifted the serpent in the wilderness, and all who look to it will live] on an hill.
18 And therefore will the LORD wait [chakah], that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait [chakah] for him.
19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: you shall weep no more: he will be very gracious unto you at the voice of your cry; when he shall hear [shama’ – hear your obedience in] it, he will answer you [‘anah – as in Anathoth below].
20 And though the LORD give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not your teachers be removed into a corner any more, but your eyes shall see your teachers:
21 And your ears shall hear [shama’ – obey] a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk you in it, when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left.

Isaiah 64
1 Oh that you would rend [tear open] the heavens [as you have], that you would come down [condescend as you have with your mercy], that the mountains [melting away the corrupt government of the earth] might flow down at your presence [paniym],
2 As when the melting fire burns, the fire causes the waters to boil [ba’ah – causing the word of men to petition the LORD], to make your name [identity] known to your adversaries, that the nations [those who haven’t known You] may tremble at your presence [paniym]!
3 When you did terrible things [only You know] which we looked not for [because the earth was looking for what deceivers told them would come], you came down, the mountains flowed down at your presence [paniym].
4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen, O God, beside you, what he has prepared for him that waits [chakah] for him.
5 You meet him that rejoices [in knowing Your presence] and works righteousness [as You’ve commanded], those that remember [zakar] you in your ways: behold, you are wroth; for we have sinned: in those [His ways remembered] is continuance, and we shall be saved.
6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind [evil spirits], have taken us away.
7 And there is none that calls [qara’] upon your name [Your identity], that stirs up himself to take hold of you: for you have hid [veiled in flesh] your face [paniym – Your presence] from us, and have consumed us, because of our iniquities.
8 But now, O LORD, you are our father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand [forming us into Your children who see as You see].

In the above-mentioned second word qara’, the LORD refers us to it appearing in Genesis 49:1, rendered “befall,” and its (only) five uses in the Prophets (Isaiah 14:9 & 51:29, and Jeremiah 13:22, 32:23, & 44:23), naming our time and place, here in hell among the dead, ruled by Babylon: confusion, delusion, and now mass insanity.

Genesis 49
1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall [qara’ – make itself apparent: shall call to] you in the last days [‘achariyth].

Isaiah 14
1 For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
2 And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give you rest from your sorrow, and from your fear, and from the hard bondage wherein you were made to serve,
4 That you shall take up this proverb against the king of Babylon [Obama: the king of confusion, the lies by which he rules, who as Lucifer {the false}, a master agitator, won his own kingdom], and say, How has the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
5 The LORD has broken [shabar] the staff of the wicked, and the scepter of the rulers [who lie as policy].
6 He who smote [nakah – making blind and dumb] the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hinders.
7 The whole earth [‘erets] is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since you are laid down, no feller is come up against us.
9 Hell [Sheol] from beneath is moved for you to meet [qare’ – to name] you at your coming: it stirs up the dead for you, even all the chief ones [the misleaders] of the earth [‘erets]; it has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
10 All they shall speak and say unto you, Are you also become weak as we? are you become like unto us?
11 Your pomp is brought down to the grave [sheol], and the noise of your viols: the worm is spread under you, and the worms cover you.
12 How are you fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning [in this light risen into everlasting contempt]! how are you cut down to the ground, which did weaken the nations!
13 For you have said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above [to rule over] the stars [the children] of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation [mow’ed – the appointed time of gathering into My ONE BODY], in the sides of the north [now when all are covered in ignorance of God: which is death]:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds [exalting his understand above the LORD’s]; I will be like the Most High.
15 Yet you shall be brought down to hell [sheol], to the sides of the pit [you dug for yourself].
16 They that see you shall narrowly look upon you, and consider you, saying, Is this the man that made the earth [‘erets] to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
19 But you are cast out of your grave like an abominable branch [who fruit is evil], and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword [this word from the mouth of God], that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcass trodden under feet.
20 You shall not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land [‘erets – the earth], and slain your people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land [‘erets – the earth], nor fill the face of the world with cities.
22 For I will rise up against them, says the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name [confusion: delusion, mass insanity], and remnant [of the manically insane], and son, and nephew, says the LORD.
23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern [those continually singing the songs of the wicked in power: the fake new media, uncovered as their mouth], and pools of [corrupt] water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, says the LORD of hosts.
24 The LORD of hosts has sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
25 That I will break [shabar] the Assyrian [the communists in power – whose master has come to remind Brandon he, not Obama, owns him] in my land [‘erets – My earth], and upon my mountains [My government] tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth [‘erets] : and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
27 For the LORD of hosts [a man of war] has purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
28 In the year that king Ahaz [who now holds God’s people captive] died was this burden.
29 Rejoice not you, whole Palestina [the enemy army mixed among us, who are now seen in plain sight], because the rod of him [the communists] that smote [nakah] you is broken [shabar]: for out of the serpent’s [dead] root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent [saraph – they have no idea that their work has brought forth the LORD, whose word is now exalted].
30 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill your root with famine, and he shall slay your remnant.
31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; you, whole Palestina, are dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD has founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.

Isaiah 51
1 Hearken to [shama’ – obey] me, you that follow after righteousness, you that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence you are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence you are digged.
2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called [qara’ – named] him alone [in his generation], and blessed him, and increased him.
3 For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody [of those in whose mouth is this word].
4 Hearken [qashab – let these things pierce your ear and enter deep into your minds] unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light [understanding] of the people.
5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and my arms shall judge the people; the isles [that have been without My word] shall wait [qavah – to join into My ONE BODY] upon me, and on my arm [I Am] shall they trust.
6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the [old and corrupt] heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the [old and corrupt] earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die [have died] in like manner: but my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
7 Hearken unto [shama’ – obey] me [and live], you that know righteousness, the people in whose heart [minds] is my law [written]; fear you not the reproach of men, neither be you afraid of their reviling.
8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm [I Am] of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Are you not it that has cut Rahab [rahab – only used two other times, rendered “proud” and “strength;” Job 26:12 He {the LORD} divides the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smites through the proud {rahab}. And Isaiah 30:7 For the Egyptians {the oppressors} shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried {qara’ – named them} concerning this, Their strength {rahab} is to sit still.}], and wounded the dragon [tanniyn – those, as serpents and whales, swallowing their prey with their wide open mouths: words from there]?
10 Are you not it which has dried the sea [negating these men’s words], the waters of the great deep [showing what lies there in the darkness: hidden in men’s cultivated ignorance]; that has made the depths of the sea [revealing what only You now know] a way for the ransomed to pass over [‘abar – Passover from death into life, from darkness into the light, from ignorance into understanding]?
11 Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing [repeating this word as received, with Him] unto Zion; and everlasting joy [when the LORD’s presence is realized] shall be upon their head [in their minds]: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
12 I, even I, am he that comforts you [leads you into all My truth]: who are you, that you shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
13 And forget the LORD your maker, that has stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and have feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
14 The captive exile hasten that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
15 But I am the LORD your God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared [as a lion]: The LORD of hosts is his name.
16 And I have put my words in your mouth, and I have covered you in the shadow of my hand [work], that I may plant the [new] heavens, and lay the foundations of the [new] earth [‘erets], and say unto Zion, You are my people.
17 Awake, awake, stand up [in resurrection], O [Heavenly New] Jerusalem [My corrected people, My children, in this generation], which have drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; you have drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.
18 There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she has brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she has brought up.
19 These two things are come [qara’ – call, naming the time: befallen you in these last days ] unto you; who shall be sorry for you? desolation, and destruction, and the famine [refusing this word], and the sword [this word the builders rejected]: by whom shall I comfort you [isn’t it by the Paraclete, I Am leading into all My truth: healing that cures]?
20 Your sons have fainted, they [the dead men listen to: obey] lie at the head of all the streets [showing the way], as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.
21 Therefore hear now this, you afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine [with your own words and ways]:
22 Thus says your LORD the LORD, and your God that pleads the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of trembling [of these men’s misleading], even the dregs of the cup of my fury; you shall no more drink it again:
23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict you; which have said to your soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and you have laid your body as the ground [‘erets – the earth], and as the street, to them that went over.

Jeremiah 13
1 Thus says the LORD unto me, Go and get you a linen girdle [the preparation that protects from the elements of the earth], and [as an experiment; a pattern experienced] put it upon your loins [as upon My people], and put it not in water [deprive it of this word of God].
2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.
3 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,
4 Take the girdle [the preparation I have put upon you] that you have got, which is upon your loins, and arise, go to Euphrates [the blessing that flows to all generation], and hide it there in a hole of the rock [in those from who it should flow as My presence manifested].
5 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.
6 And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded you to hide there.
7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred [by its time in the earth], it was profitable for nothing. [This is the manner spoken of in Isaiah 51:6 above, when the old and corrupt heaven and earth “waxed old like a garment, and they that dwell therein have died in like manner.”]
8 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
9 Thus says the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
10 This evil people, which refuse to hear [shama’ – obey] my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart [the creations of their own minds] and walk after other gods [men they put in My place], to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle [the preparation that protects, which should be heard from them, became corrupt and the people died], which is good for nothing.
11 For as the girdle cleave to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me [only] the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, says the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory [manifesting My presence]: but they would not hear [shama’ – obey].
12 Therefore you shall speak unto them this word; Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine [every person into which corrupt words are poured, making them ignorant and insane: no longer able to recognize reality]: and they shall say unto you, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?
13 Then shall you say unto them, Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land [‘erets – the earth], even the kings that sit upon David’s throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, says the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.
15 Hear [shama’ – obey: follow the LORD’s advice and stop listening to these known liars and false accusers] you, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD has spoken.
16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness [ignorance that comes without this word], and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains [ignorance heard from the corrupt institutions of church and state], and, while you look [to the dead] for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
17 But if you will not hear [shama’ – obey] it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and my eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’s flock is carried away captive [choosing to remain in death and hell].
18 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
19 The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.
20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north [out of the places of ignorance]: where is the flock that was given you, your beautiful flock?
21 What will you say when he shall punish [paqad – shall come as the Chief Overseer of the earth, to] you? for you have taught them to be captains, and as chief over you: shall not sorrows take you, as a woman in travail?
22 And if you say in your heart, Wherefore come [qara’ – befallen, in these last days] these things upon me? For the greatness of your iniquity are your skirts discovered [the corruption covering you, your private interpretations, is revealed], and your heels [the corrupt you picked up along this way, from the streets] made bare.
23 Can the Ethiopian [covered in darkness] change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may you also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
24 Therefore will I scatter them [away from their misleaders] as the stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness.
25 This is your lot, the portion of your measures from me, says the LORD; because you have forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
26 Therefore will I discover your skirts upon your face [paniym – by My presence manifested], that your shame may appear [your disappointment when your corruption is revealed, not the end you have falsely interpreted].
27 I have seen your adulteries, and your neighing, the lewdness of your whoredom [with these other men you put in My place], and your abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto you, O Jerusalem! will you not be made clean [purged of your corruption]? when shall it once be?

Jeremiah 32
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year [ordinal perfection, when this word is rightly ordered: understood] of Zedekiah [Jehovah’s righteousness] king of Judah [ruling among his leaders], which was the eighteenth [6+6+6] year of Nebuchadrezzar [when the lies of false prophets rule the world, and their mark is confusion masked in the ashes of the earth’s ruin: the fires of hell following them has produced].
2 For then the king of Babylon’s [Obama and his Alinsky army, whose weapons are confusion, lies as policy] army besieged Jerusalem [God’s people, into whom these words and ways of peace have flowed]: and Jeremiah [Jehovah rising to raise His people] the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison [the minds of the ignorant], which was in the king of Judah’s house [where Jehovah’s righteousness is corrupted by those to whom it was entrusted] .
3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him [Jehovah rising] up, saying, Wherefore dost you prophesy, and say, Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon [God’s people to confusion, sending them into delusion, and ruled into insanity], and he shall take it [into insanity];
4 And Zedekiah king of Judah [Jehovah’s righteousness in those leading His people] shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans [those who use their words to manipulate and control those who obediently follow them], but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon [the confusion that now rules the world], and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes [his word shall be their words, and they shall see as he sees – becoming part of Babylon the beast without the LORD’s Spirit];
5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit [paqad – until I come as the Chief Overseer of the earth, to] him, says the LORD: though you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not prosper.
6 And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
7 Behold, Hanameel [the same as Hananeel, said to mean the favor of God, from the word chanan, here meaning to hear and grant the petition, sending one to pay the price to redeem the earth] the son of Shallum [requital, retribution, a fee – payment] your uncle shall come unto you saying, Buy you my field [pay the price to redeem the earth] that is in Anathoth [from ‘anah – answering prayer: the petition]: for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.
8 So Hanameel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray you, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is your, and the redemption is your; buy it for yourself. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.
9 And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle’s son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.
10 And I subscribed [kathab – I wrote] the evidence [cepher – this writing], and sealed it [chatham – pressed it into the earth as my signature: identifying it as mine, as in Job 37:7, speaking of when the strength of His snow and rain is upon the earth, saying “He seals up {chatham} the hand {work} of every man; that all men may know his {the LORD’s} work {through those He’s chosen}.”], and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
11 So I took the evidence [cepher] of the purchase, both that which was sealed [meant to be opened only by the chosen who pay the price of redemption according to the law and custom, and that which was open:
12 And I gave the evidence [cepher] of the purchase [redemption through grace and sanctification] unto Baruch [those blessed] the son of Neriah [by the lamp of Jehovah: showing the way in the darkness], the son of Maaseiah [in the refuge of Jehovah], in the sight of Hanameel [answering the prayers of those who petition God] my uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed [kathab – wrote] the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.
13 And I charged Baruch [the blessed, God’s people in this generation]] before them, saying,
14 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences [cepher – this writing], this evidence [cepher – writing] of the purchase, both which is sealed [chatham], and this evidence [cepher] which is open [galah]; and put them in an earthen vessel [in flesh bodies I have chosen], 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.
16 Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying,
17 Ah LORD God! behold, you have made the [new] heaven and the [new] earth by your great power and stretched out arm [I Am], and there is nothing too hard for you:
18 You show lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompenses the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts [a man of war], is his name,
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 and wonders in the land of Egypt [the earth under the rule of tyrants], even unto this day [this time when understanding has returned], and in Israel, and among other men; and have made you a name [revealing Your identity, Your presence with us], as at this day;
21 And have brought forth your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm [I Am], and with great terror;
22 And have given them this land [‘erets – this new earth], which you did swear to their fathers to give them, a land [‘erets – earth] flowing with milk and honey [by which me learn to choose good and refuse evil];
23 And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed [shama’] not your voice, 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 [qara’ – identifying the appointed time I warned of, which you refused know and now will only learn from its reality by the consequences of your own choice; but my arm and hand is stretched out still]:
24 Behold the mounts [the government of church and state that are now possessed by your enemies], they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans [those destroying you by evil decrees], that fight against it, because of the sword [My word against them], and of the famine [your refusal to receive it as My word], and of the pestilence [the resulting dis-ease from obeying their ways and refusing Mine]: and what you have spoken is come to pass; and, behold, you see it.
25 And you have said [petitioned] unto me, O LORD God, Buy you the field for money [come and pay the price to redeem the earth], and take witnesses [of those who’ve received this evidence]; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans [those using the evil decrees to destroy us].
26 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
27 Behold, I Am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?
28 Therefore thus says the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it [and you see it, that the earth is possess by his evil spirit]:
29 And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city [My people, Heavenly New Jerusalem, they are trying to destroy], shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal [the false gods of this evil world], and poured out drink offerings unto other gods [men who’ve put themselves in my place], to provoke me to anger.
30 For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, says the LORD.
31 For this city has been to me as a provocation of my anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,
32 Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of [old and corrupt] Jerusalem.
33 And they have turned unto me the back [walked away from Me], and not the face [paniym – not into My presence]: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened [shama’ – obeyed] to receive instruction.
34 But they set their abominations [their creations they put in My place] in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
35 And they built the high places of Baal [the false gods of
this world], which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom [hell – the earth become a trash heap where the fires never end], to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech [offering their children to their evil kings, those they follow and obey: choosing evil that destroys mind and body]; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
36 And now therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof you say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword [this word from My mouth which is rejected], and by the famine [without this word], and by the pestilence [the disease that result from obeying evil decrees, lies a policy];
37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in my anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place [into Heavenly New Jerusalem, My ONE BODY], and I will cause them to dwell safely:
38 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me forever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land [‘erets – the new earth] assuredly with my whole heart [mind] and with my whole soul [immortal, eternal, and omnipotent presence].
42 For thus says the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.
43 And fields shall be bought in this land [the earth shall be redeemed], whereof you say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
44 Men shall buy fields for money [by this word], and subscribe [cepher – write these] evidences, and seal them [putting My signature upon them], and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin [the last born generation of the old and corrupt heaven and earth, redeemed and become the LORD’s right hand, at the end of His arm, I AM] and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity [of their minds] to return, says the LORD.

Jeremiah 33
1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
2 Thus says the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name;
3 Call unto me, and I will answer [‘anah] you, and show you great and mighty things [that only I know], which you know not.
4 For thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword;
5 They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in my anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.
6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.
8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me.
9 And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honor before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.

Jeremiah 44
15 Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods [putting their trust in men, silly women led away captive, giving up liberty for state security under tyrants], and all the women that stood by [as the queens of heaven, saying they have understanding, which is the common ignorance of], a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros [from pathar and pithrown, meaning to open: interpret; here speaking of what, false interpretations, led and holds them in the land of oppression], answered [‘anah] Jeremiah, saying,
16 As for the word that you have spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken [shama’ – obey] unto you. [2 Timothy 3:6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive [back into Egypt] silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8 Now as Jannes and Jambres {the priests of Egypt who} withstood Moses {to hold God’s people there}, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. 9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.]
17 But we will certainly do [obey] whatsoever thing goes forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven [teaching ignorance to other silly women, which they call understanding], and to pour out drink offerings unto her [speaking the ignorance they’ve leaned], as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil [right up until you did see it, then you refused to see what you are still seeing is the result of your own corrupt minds].
18 But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword [this word you refuse] and by the famine [without this word of God and His truth].
19 And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?
20 Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer [‘anah], saying,
21 The incense that you burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, you, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not into his mind?
22 So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which you have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.
23 Because you have burned incense, and because you have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed [shama’] the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened [qara’ – has befallen] unto you, as at this day.
24 Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear [shama’ – obey] the word of the LORD, all Judah [all you leaders of His people] that are in the land of Egypt [and led His people into oppression under tyrants]:
25 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand [your works], saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: you will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows.
26 Therefore hear [shama’ – obey] you the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, says the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The LORD God lives.
27 Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword [this word of God from His mouth] and by the famine [which word these men refuse], until there be an end of them [kalah – as in Daniel 12:7 saying “And I heard the man clothed in linen, 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 liveth for ever that it shall be for a time {mow’ed – this appointed time}, times {mow’ed – when seen in appointed times past], and an half [chetsiy – when realized in the midst of darkness}; and when he shall have accomplished {kalah} to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished {kalah}].
28 Yet a small number that escape [paliyt] the sword shall return [to the LORD] out of the land [‘erets] of Egypt [under tyrants] into the land [‘erets- the earth] of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah [My leaders], that are gone into the land [‘erets – the old and corrupt earth] of Egypt to sojourn there [in the new earth led by My faithful leaders in whom obedience has been fulfilled], shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs.
29 And this shall be a sign unto you, says the LORD, that I will punish [paqad – appear to the seers who see I Am the Chief Overseer of the earth] you in this place [in the new earth I Am creating], that you may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:
30 Thus says the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra [Pharaoh: the great house, evil in power; chapha’ ra’: covered, hidden, by evil] king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah [the leaders of God’s people wherein should be Jehovah’s righteousness] into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon [the lies of false prophets that ruled the world into confusion, delusion, and now mass insanity], his enemy, and that sought his life.

The word chapha’, meaning “to cover, i.e. (in a sinister sense) to act covertly:–do secretly,” appears only once, in 2 Kings 17:9.

2 Kings 17
7 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,
8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.
9 And the children of Israel did secretly [chapha’] those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
11 And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:
12 For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, You shall not do this thing.
13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn you from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
14 Notwithstanding they would not hear [shama’ – obey], but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God [that He is veiled in flesh speaking].
15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity [worthlessness], and became vain [worthless], and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.
16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal [the idols of the world, men who put themselves in God’s place].
17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments [to manipulate and control the world], and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

Psalms 61
1 Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto you, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
3 For you have been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
4 I will abide in your tabernacle forever: I will trust in the covert of your wings. Selah.
5 For you, O God, have heard my vows: you have given me the heritage of those that fear your name.
6 You will prolong the king’s life: and his years as many generations.
7 He shall abide before God forever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
8 So will I sing praise unto your name forever, that I may daily perform my vows.

Matthew 16
24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me [declaring it’s the Father, Jehovah, alive in me speaking and working].
25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
27 For the Son of man [I Am] shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels [all who hear Him speaking and see Him working, who take up their cross: speak in His name, losing their own identity]; and then he shall reward every man according to his works [quoted from Psalms 62:12 below].
28 Truly I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

1 Corinthians 3
8 Now he that plants and he that waters are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor [again, quoted from Psalms 62:12 below].
9 For we are laborers together with God: you are God’s husbandry, you are God’s building.
10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise master-builder, I have laid the foundation, and another builds thereon. But let every man take heed how he builds thereupon.
11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ [Jehovah alive in us speaking and working for the Salvation of those who receive Him at His appearing and kingdom].
12 Now if any man builds upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
13 Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day [now when light has come] shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.
14 If any man’s work abide which he has built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
15 If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
16 Know you not that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
17 If any man defiles the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.
18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
20 And again, The LORD knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

2 Timothy 3
10 But you have fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the LORD delivered me.
12 Yea, and all that will live godly in [taking up the cross of] Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
14 But continue you in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing of whom you have learned them;
15 And that from a child you have known the holy scriptures, which are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God [alive in those through which He speaks and works], and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of God [I Am] may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

2 Timothy 4
1 I charge you therefore before God, and the LORD Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing [the epiphany – the sudden realization] and his kingdom;
2 Preach the word; be instant [ephistemi – referring us to its use in 1 Thessalonians 5:3 – see below] in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.
3 For the time will [has now] come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
5 But watch you in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of your ministry.

1 Thessalonians 4
13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep [not knowing the time or season], that you sorrow not, even as others which have no hope [that they will hear, waken, and see Him].
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring [awaken to life] with him.
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the LORD, that we which are alive [awake] and remain unto the coming of the LORD shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For the LORD himself shall descend from heaven [condescending with full understanding] with a shout [from this mouth of God], with the voice of the archangel [I Am the first born messenger], and with the trump of God [calling all to gather in ONE BODY to Him]: and the dead [still asleep] in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive [awake and know the time and season] and remain shall be caught up [harpazo – pulled from the fires] together with them in the clouds [where is full understanding, light that is life], to meet [join] the LORD in the air [cleared of the blinding smoke that ascended from the bottomless pit]: and so shall we ever be with the LORD.
18 Wherefore comfort [lead into all truth] one another with these words.

1 Thessalonians 5
1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I write unto you.
2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day [the coming light] of the LORD so comes as a thief in the night [unknow in the current darkness: ignorance that covers the world].
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety [as they war against us]; then sudden [as in pith’own – as in Isaiah 30:13 above] destruction comes upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape [as the small number will – see Jeremiah 44:28 above].
4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness [ignorance], that that day [the coming light of the world] should overtake you as a thief.
5 You are all the children [born] of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep [with deadened minds], as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
9 For God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our LORD Jesus Christ,
10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

Psalms 62
1 Truly my soul waits upon God: from him comes my salvation.
2 He only is my Rock and my Salvation; he is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.
3 How long will you imagine mischief against a man? you shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall [suddenly] shall you be, and as a tottering fence.
4 They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
5 My soul, wait you only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
6 He only is my Rock and my Salvation: he is my defense; I shall not be moved.
7 In God is my Salvation and my glory: the Rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
8 Trust in him at all times; you people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
11 God has spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongs unto God.
12 Also unto you, O LORD, belongs mercy: for you render to every man according to his work.

Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

14 & 15 November 2023

Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

The above, Ezekiel 1:1, is him (Ezekiel) writing of his experience when the LORD (out of captivity) captivated his mind, giving (opening to) him understanding of things far off (Chebar): in the present (comprehending the moment), by the past (documented, sent, and received), and for the future (reporting it to send forward as received). As we know, the LORD only revealed this true meaning here and now, to and through me (by recognizing the identical experience).

As previously (often) discussed, this understanding is only possible when all the fictions, all the false interpretations of false prophets and false teachers, are exercised from (worked out of) the mind (purged in and by the unfolding fire). Ezekiel’s vision comes when heaven (understanding held there in the cloud in separated elements) was opened (the reassembled elements, as rain, sent from the cloud, giving understanding to the written word sent forward). He sees it as a wheel rolling ever forward, sent by those before given vision to see God in it, to give the same understanding, as a wheel (within a wheel, like events understood in the experience, understanding giving understanding) in which is life, the light, of the world).

He (Ezekiel) sees these men (seers: senders and receivers), in the wheel, as having hands and wings (works, diligently searching and documenting, that raised them into heaven), and four faces, showing the metamorphosis of their work, as the LORD’s presence (face) manifested. The first is the face of (the LORD’s presence realized by, in) a man, the second of a lion (His voice, with strength, heard roaring), the third an ox (through whom He works), and the last of an eagle (exalted into heaven when the words and works are received as His presence).

Isaiah 40
1 Comfort you, comfort you [give this understanding to] my people, says your God.
2 Speak you comfortably to Jerusalem [those into which this word and work have flowed], and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she has received of the LORD’s hand double [this blessing] for all her sins.
3 The voice of him that cries [roars] in the wilderness [to the desolate], Prepare you the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a [purge out the corruption and receive the] highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
5 And the glory of the LORD [His presence in me] shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it [the vision of him] together: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it.
6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All [the works of the] flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
7 The grass withers, the flower fades: because the spirit of the LORD blows upon it: surely the people is grass.
8 The grass withers, the flower fades: but the word of our God shall stand forever.
9 O Zion, that brings good tidings, get you up into the high mountain [into the LORD’s presence]; O Jerusalem, that brings good tidings, lift up your voice with strength [exalt His word, His voice, and rise with Him into heaven]; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
10 Behold, the LORD God will come with strong hand [this work giving strength to rise], and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is [treasure] with him, and his work before him.
11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd [ra’ah – one who has the vision, of God, to lead]: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
12 Who has measured the waters [this word] in the hollow of his hand, and meted [dispensed] out heaven with the span [in this exposition: the firmament], and comprehended the dust [the ruin] of the earth in a measure, and weighed [judged] the mountains [the fully corrupt and feckless governments of church and state] in scales, and the hills in a balance?
13 Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counselor has taught him?
14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding?
15 Behold, the nations [all those who haven’t known Him, and now refuse to see Him in His word and work] are as a drop of a bucket [very little understanding remaining in the places it should be], and are counted as the small dust [the places of worthless ruin] of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles [place without these waters] as a very little thing.
16 And Lebanon [the places where purity is no longer seen on high] is not sufficient to burn [that its corruption would be purged], nor the beasts [men without the LORD’s Spirit] thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
17 All nations [those who refuse to know Me] before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity [tohuw – without form].
18 To whom then will you liken God? or what likeness will you compare unto him?
19 The [the corrupt] workman melts a graven image [men they make their kings], and the goldsmith spreads it over with gold, and casts silver chains [judging them by their outward appearance and worldly value].
20 He that is so impoverished [without these treasures and, therefore, without power] that he has no oblation [nothing to offer the LORD] chooses a tree [outwardly covered] that will not rot; he seeks unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image [a worthless idol], that shall not be moved.
21 Have you not known? have you not heard? has it not been told you from the beginning? have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22 It is he that sits upon the circle [chuwg – the full circuit of the earth beginning and ending ages], and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers [that devour and fully consume the ages He must rebuild]; that stretches out the heavens as a curtain [behind which is His presence], and spreads them out [understanding through all generation] as a tent to dwell in:
23 That bringeth the princes [those in power] to nothing; he makes the judges of the earth as vanity [worthless as they are: corrupters of justice].
24 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the [new] earth [I Am creating]: and he shall also blow upon them [His Spirit among them working and speaking, unknown in their ignorance], and they shall wither, and the whirlwind [I Am – from where His Almighty Spirit speaks and changes the face of the earth] shall take them away as stubble.
25 To whom then will you liken me, or shall I be equal? says the Holy One.
26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who has created these things, that bringeth out their host [My army] by number: he calls them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one fails.
27 Why sayest you, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
28 Have you not known? have you not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends [ending the old and beginning the new] of the earth, faints not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
29 He gives power to the faint [to the powerless]; and to them that have no might he increases strength [understanding].
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
31 But they that wait upon [qavah – join in ONE BODY with] the LORD shall renew their strength [their understanding]; they shall mount up [into heaven] with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

The following is the post of 23 August 2021 (with today’s additions in double brackets):

Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah

The word “hosts,” here speaking of Jehovah as the commander of the army of heaven, is from the Hebrew word tsaba’, meaning “a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially regular organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship):–appointed time, (+) army, (+) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).”

As we know from Genesis 1:8, God gave the name heaven to the “firmament” that was in the midst of the waters, which is where the waters from above are divided from the waters below. These waters are the word of God (truth) separated from men’s (ignorant and misleading) words. The word (firmament) is from the Hebrew riqiya’, “from 7554; properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky:–firmament.” It (riqiya’) is from the word raqa’, “a primitive root; to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal).”

These words speak of expanding, this exposition, of the word of God (as gold), by His inspiriting, by the Holy Ghost: the LORD Himself, unknown until the He is heard, and finally seen by understanding (which is entering the kingdom of heaven – where there is light, full comprehension). This (exposition) is what the misleaders, who put themselves in His place, poorly imitate and, in doing so, mislead all who follow them. The act itself rightly divides the water, the good words from the evil.

Isaiah 40
18 To whom then will you liken God? or what likeness will you compare unto him?
19 The workman melts a graven image [they make idols], and the goldsmith spreads it over [raqa’ – their evil words, their expositions, said to have value] with gold, and casts silver chains [with which they bind God’s people, keeping them from His truth and their own good].
20 He that is so impoverished that he has no oblation chooses a tree that will not rot; he seeks unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
21 Have you not known? have you not heard? has it not been told you from the beginning? have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22 It is he that sits upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretches [divided the waters, giving us full understanding] out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in:
23 That brings the princes to nothing; he makes the judges of the earth as vanity.
24 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
25 To whom then will you liken me, or shall I be equal? says the Holy One.
26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who has created these things, that brings out their host [tsaba’ – bring forth His army by His understanding] by number: he calls them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one fails.
27 Why say you, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
28 Have you not known? have you not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, faints not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
29 He gives power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increases strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

The arch in the sky (riqiya’) is described by the LORD, speaking through John in Revelation 10, as the “bow” seen upon the head of the (seventh) angel who comes from heaven with a cloud. We understand (because the LORD showed us) it refers to the bow (a rainbow) in the cloud, seen after the flood as a token of the covenant between Him and the earth.

We know, after the flood, and the latter rain, when the word of God has come from the cloud (where understanding is when it left the earth), and the light (understanding) again comes, it is expanded (rightly divided) into seven colors of the rainbow.

In Revelation 10:2 we are told this angel has a little book open in His hand, which we’ve also seen as what Ezekiel speaks of (in Ezekiel 2:9 & 10) as a roll (mgillah – the “volume” of the book, in which the LORD comes) spread (expanded) before Him. This parenthetic quote is from Psalms 40:7, which is quoted in Hebrews 10:7, there saying it’s to do the LORD’s will, verse 5 saying it’s in a body He has prepared. The body is of His angel (the son of man) who is sent to speak (Ezekiel 2:7 & 8) words he’s given, to God’s rebellious people. In Revelation 10, the voice is the seventh angel’s, the voice of God, heard as seven thunders that accompany the seven colors of the rightly divided light.

As we know, this written word sent forward is the wheel within the wheel Ezekiel sees in the firmament, and their noise (qowl – voice) is of their wings, as the voice (qowl – noise) of these many waters.

The word most often used by Ezekiel when describing the wheel (the written pattern, wherein is understanding, sent forward to give life by understanding the same pattern, which comes by the presence of God, His hand manifested and acknowledged) is ‘owphan (‘ophan), meaning “to revolve,” as in a circle of time, the full turn of the age, which begins the next (of God’s creation, as in the flood).

It (‘owphan) is engineered to lead us to its deepest meaning, first with the names Uphaz and Ophir, which are regions where gold is mined. These are connected to the words’ owr and ‘uwr, meaning light (and fire), as coming in the break of day (as hidden gold found). In previous posts we’ve often discussed the Hebrew word tsaphan, speaking of treasure or munition reserved in the cloud, which is God’s treasury and armory. It (tsaphan) is said to mean, “to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk.” Its intention is to be associated with (a compounding of) the word tsaba’ and ‘ophan, thereby (tsaphan) meaning they are light, understanding, hidden (His word reserved) for His hosts, His army in this time of war.

These meanings are what Peter speaks of in 2 Peter 3 as he speaks of his (God-given) full understanding of the return of the light, the fire, and the new creation.

Genesis 9
11 And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
13 I do set my bow [qesheth] in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow [qesheth] shall be seen [[by the seers]] in the cloud:
15 And I will remember [[zakar]] my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
16 And the bow [qesheth] shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember [[zakar]] the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

[[Above are the second and third time the word zakar appears. The first, giving the pattern of the now salvation of the world, is in Genesis 8:1, verses 1 – 3 saying, “And God remembered {zakar} Noah {the “rest” He promised His people}, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark {holding the testimony carried forward}: and God made a wind to pass over {by His Spirit, carried them from death into new life on} the earth, and the waters {that brought death upon all others} assuaged; 2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; 3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days {the end of days} the waters {of death} were abated.”]]

2 Peter 3
1 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance [reminding you of things once known, but now hidden in the ignorance cultivated over time by misleaders]:
2 That you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the LORD and Savior:
3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers [by ignorance] fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition [apoleia] of ungodly men.
8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the LORD as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 The LORD is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 But the day of the LORD will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise [Isaiah 66:6 and Ezekiel 43:2 – both below], and the elements [stoicheion – the foundational ideas of these false prophets and false teachers] shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements [stoicheion – the foundational ideas of these false prophets and false teachers] shall melt with fervent heat?
13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwells righteousness [truth and justice].
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that you look for such things, be diligent that you may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
15 And account that the longsuffering of our LORD is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him has written unto you;
16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable [as Reuben – see Genesis 49:4] wrestle, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction [apoleia – perdition that comes as the lies are exposed as what caused the destruction of the old world].
17 You therefore, beloved, seeing you know these things before, beware lest you also, being led away with the error [plane – misleading] of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness [your fixed positions in heaven].
18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our LORD and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. Amen.

Isaiah 66
4 I also will choose their delusions [the mass delusion that now rules the over all the world: that a common virus is a monster all should fear, and therefore bow to the men who’ve created and brandish it] and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spoke, they did not hear: but they did evil before my eyes, and chose that [misleading, evil manipulation] in which I delighted not.
5 Hear the word of the LORD, you that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that renders recompense to his enemies.
7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child [a man, which is a son of God].
8 Who has heard such a thing? who has seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? says the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? says your God.

Ezekiel 43
1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looks toward the east [toward the sunrise of this new day]:
2 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory [see Ezekiel 1:24 below].
3 And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar [when I saw “far-off” into this time, where the wheel went and in whose hand it would be open]; and I fell upon my face.
4 And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.
5 So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.
6 And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man [[from the wheel]] stood by me.
7 And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcasses of their kings [the dead in power] in their high places.

The time is that which Ezekiel speaks of in Ezekiel 1:1, saying it’s when “I was among the captives by the river of Chebar [where the LORD showed me things far-off], that the heavens [understanding from the firmament] were opened, and I saw visions of [with the eyes of] God.”

Ezekiel 1
3 The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.
4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north [tsaphown – from tsaphan, the place of darkness, ignorance, where things are hidden until we return to the LORD], a great cloud, and a fire unfolding [expanding on] itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the color [the colors as rightly divided light and fire] of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man [the LORD unknown].
6 And every one had four faces [[paniym – revealing the presence of God in man]], and every one had four wings [[lifting them into heaven]].
7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot: and they sparkled like the color burnished brass.
8 And they had the hands [[works]] of a man under their wings [[lifting them]] on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.
9 Their wings were joined one to another; they [[relentlessly moving forward]] turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward [[unto the future]].
10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of [paniym – the presence of God unknown as He first appears as] a man, and the face of [paniym – God’s presence as] a lion [strength returned [[in His voice roaring, with understanding]]], on the right side: and they four had the face of [paniym – His presence manifested as] an ox [in His working in the earth] on the left side; they four also had the face of [paniym – His presence then seen] an eagle [as flying in the clear air [[full understanding]] of heaven].
11 Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies [[until now hiding His presence]].
12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit [[of the LORD]] was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.
13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps [[giving light, understanding, which is life]]: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning [[the epiphany of realization]].
15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces [paniym – the presence of God manifested].
16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the color of a beryl: and they four had one likeness [[of God]]: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel [patterns sent in the written word, to be understood as the LORD manifests His presence, giving life].
17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
18 As for their rings [[gab – the bow in their eyes]], they were so high [[gobahh – highly esteemed]] that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes [[seers seeing as God sees]] round about them four.
19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels [[understanding]] went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up [[exalted – as Moses lifted the serpent in the wilderness, as the son of man must be lifted]] from the earth, the wheels [[the understanding in their words]] were lifted up [[exalted above all other voices]].
20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
21 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
22 And the likeness of the firmament [raqiya’] upon the heads of the living creature was as the color of the terrible crystal [[through which light is divided]], stretched forth over their heads above.
23 And under the firmament [raqiya’] were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.
24 And when they went, I heard the noise [qowl – voice] of their wings, like the noise [qowl] of great waters, as the voice [qowl] of the Almighty, the voice [qowl] of speech, as the noise [qowl] of a host [machaneh – His encamped army]: when they stood, they let down their wings.
25 And there was a voice [qowl] from the firmament [raqiya’] that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings [[spoke the words they received]].
26 And above the firmament [raqiya’] that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man [a returning king] above upon it.
27 And I saw as the color of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.
28 As the appearance of the bow [raqiya’] that is in the cloud in the day of rain [[when the word of God is sent from heaven]], so was the appearance of the brightness [[giving understanding]] round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory [[the presence manifested]] of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice [qowl] of one that spoke.

Ezekiel 2
1 And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon your feet, and I will speak unto you.
2 And the spirit [[of the LORD]] entered into me when he spoke unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spoke unto me.
3 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send you to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day.
4 For they are impudent children and stiff-hearted. I do send you unto them; and you shall say unto them, Thus says the LORD God.
5 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there has been a prophet among them.
6 And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns [misleaders who’ve overgrown the unattended garden] be with you, and you do dwell among scorpions [whose strike rots men inside, in the minds]: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
7 And you shall speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
8 But you, son of man, hear what I say unto you; Be not you rebellious like that rebellious house: open your mouth [not as the rebellious who reject My presence and refuse to open their mouth with this word], and eat that I give you.
9 And when I looked, behold, a hand [of God] was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
10 And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.

Revelation 10
1 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun [rising in a new day], and his feet as pillars of fire:
2 And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roar [as strength returned]: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices [the sound of the rightly divided word – the seven colors of the rainbow].
4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not [because they are hidden until this time, when we return to the LORD and receive His light].
5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
6 And swore by him that lives forever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished [as it is], as he has declared to his servants the prophets.
8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spoke unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which stands upon the sea and upon the earth.
9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make your belly bitter, but it shall be in your mouth sweet as honey [the strength, from the carcass of the lion raised to life, that comes from the rightly ordered word].
10 And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
11 And he said unto me, You must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.

We’re told in Revelation 5 of the Lamb who was slain, rising as the Lion of the house of Judah, the king who prevails, in whose hand the book is opened. The chapter begins by describing the “lamentations, and mourning, and woe,” spoken of in Ezekiel 2:10, which is what Ezekiel sees written as he opens the book.

Revelation 5
1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
5 And one of the elders said unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David [Joseph’s son], has prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes [the power, strength for the work, and the vision of God], which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odors, which are the prayers of saints.
9 And they sung a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for you were slain, and have redeemed us to God by your blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
10 And have made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth [as the Israel of God].
11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing.
13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto him that sits upon the throne, and unto the Lamb forever and ever.
14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that lives forever and ever.

When, in Ezekiel 1:3, we’re told he is the son of Buzi, names telling us He (the son of man) is the One God strengthens (Ezekiel), who is the expression of God’s contempt (Buzi), it refers us to Jude, who quotes the Book of Enoch, speaking of the LORD’s coming.

Jude 1
12 These [upon whom the LORD pours His contempt] are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withers, without fruit, twice dead [upon which comes the second death], plucked up by the roots;
13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.
14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, “Behold, the LORD comes with ten thousands of his saints,
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaks great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.
17 But, beloved, remember you the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our LORD Jesus Christ;
18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
20 But you, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our LORD Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:
23 And others save with fear [telling them they should fear the LORD, because His word is true], pulling [harpazo] them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh [the misleading and manipulative words and ideas of evil men mixed among them].
24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
25 To the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

Here from the post of 3 February 2021 are other words, hidden things from His hidden treasures, from the Book of Enoch.

Enoch
61.8 And the LORD of Spirits, set the Chosen One on the Throne of His Glory, and he will judge all the works of the Holy ones in Heaven above [[those sitting in the seats where understanding should be found]], and in the Balance he will [[with righteousness judge]] weigh their deeds.
61.9 And when he lifts his face [[exalts His presence]], to judge their secret ways, according to the word of the Name [[identity]] of the LORD of Spirits, and their path according to the way of the Righteous Judgement of the LORD Most High, they will all speak with one voice, and bless, and praise, and exalt, and glorify, the Name of the LORD of Spirits.
61.10 And He will call all the Host of the Heavens, and all the Holy Ones above, and the Host of the LORD, the Cherubim, and the Seraphim, and the Ophannim [those born into the new creation, by the wheel within the wheel], and all the Angels of Power, and all the Angels of the Principalities, and the Chosen One, and the other host, that is upon the dry ground, and over the water, on that day.
61.11 And they will raise one voice, and will bless, and praise, and glorify, and exalt, in the spirit of faith, and in the spirit of wisdom, and of patience, and in the spirit of mercy, and in the spirit of justice, and of peace, and in the spirit of goodness. And they will all say with one voice: “Blessed is He, and blessed be the Name of the LORD of Spirits, forever and ever.”
61.12 All Those Who Do Not Sleep, in Heaven above, will bless Him. All His Holy Ones, who are in Heaven, will bless Him, and all the chosen ones, who dwell in the Garden of Life, and every spirit able to bless, and praise and exalt, and hallow Your Holy Name. And all flesh, which to the limit of its power, will praise, and bless, Your Name forever and ever.
61.13 For great is the mercy of the LORD of Spirits, and He is long-suffering; and all His works, and all His forces, as many as He has made, He has revealed to the righteous, and the chosen, in the Name of the LORD of Spirits.

62.1 And thus, The LORD commanded the kings, and the mighty, and the exalted, and those who dwell upon the Earth, and said: “Open your eyes, and raise your horns, if you are able, to acknowledge the Chosen One.”
62.2 And the LORD of Spirits, sat on His Throne of Glory, and the spirit of righteousness was poured out on him, and the word of his mouth kills all the sinners, and all the lawless, and they are destroyed in front of him.
62.3 And on that Day, all the kings, and the mighty, and the exalted, and those who possess the Earth, will stand up, and they will see, and recognize, how he sits on the Throne of His Glory. And the righteous are judged, in righteousness, in front of him, and no idle word is spoken in front of him.
62.4 And pain will come upon them, as upon a woman in labor, for whom giving birth is difficult, when her child enters the mouth of the womb, and she has difficulty giving birth [[refusing to speak this word as commanded]].
62.5 And one half of them, will look at the other, and they will be terrified, and will cast down their faces, and pain will take hold of them, when they see that Son of Man sitting on the Throne of His Glory.
62.6 And the mighty kings, and all those who possess the Earth, will praise, and bless, and exalt, Him who rules everything that is hidden [[in the LORD’s armory, His treasure house]].
62.7 For, from the beginning, that Son of Man was hidden, and the Most High kept him in the presence of His power, and revealed him only to the Chosen.
62.8 And the community, of the Holy and the Chosen, will be sown, and all the Chosen will stand before him, on that day.
62.9 And all the mighty kings, and the exalted, and those who rule the dry ground, will fall down before him, on their faces, and worship; and they will set their hopes on that Son of Man, and will entreat him, and will petition for mercy from him.
62.10 But the LORD of Spirits will then so press them, that they will hasten to go out from before him, and their faces will be filled with shame and the darkness will grow deeper on their faces.
62.11 And the Angels of Punishment will take them, so that they may repay them for the wrong that they did to His children, and to His chosen ones.
62.12 And they will become a spectacle, to the righteous, and to His chosen ones. They will rejoice over them, for the anger of the LORD of Spirits will rest upon them, and the sword of the LORD of Spirits will be drunk with them.
62.13 And the righteous, and the chosen, will be saved on that Day, and they will never see the faces of the sinners, and the lawless, from then on.
62.14 And the LORD of Spirits will remain over them, and with that Son of Man they will dwell, and eat, and lie down, and rise up, forever and ever.
62.15 And the righteous and chosen will have risen from the earth, and will have ceased to cast down their faces, and will have put on the Garment of Life.
62.16 And this will be a Garment of Life from the LORD of Spirits; and your garments will not wear out, and your glory will not fail, in front of the LORD of Spirits.

63.1 In those days, the mighty kings, who possess the dry ground, will entreat the Angels of His Punishment, to whom they have been handed over, so that they might give them a little respite. And so that they might fall down, and worship, in front of the LORD of Spirits, and confess their sins in front of Him.
63.2 And they will bless, and praise, the LORD of Spirits, and say: “Blessed be the LORD of Spirits, and the LORD of Kings, the LORD of the Mighty, and the LORD of the Rich, and the LORD of Glory, and the LORD of Wisdom!
63.3 And everything secret is clear, in front of You, and Your power is for all generations, and Your glory is forever and ever. Deep, and without number, are all Your secrets, and Your righteousness is beyond reckoning.
63.4 Now, we realize that we ought to praise, and bless, the LORD of Kings, and the one who is King over all Kings.”
63.5 And they will say: “Would that we might be given a respite, so that we might praise, and thank, and bless Him, and make our confession in front of His Glory.
63.6 And now, we long for a respite, but do not find it, we are driven off and do not obtain it; and the light [[understanding]] has passed away from before us, and darkness [[ignorance hiding these treasures]] will be our dwelling, forever and ever.
63.7 For we have not made our confession before Him, and we have not praised the name of the LORD of Kings, and we have not praised the LORD for all His works, but our hopes have been on the scepter of our kingdom [[the confused and insane in power]], and of our [[own]] glory.
63.8 And, on the day of our affliction and distress, He does not save us, and we find no respite to make our confession, that our LORD is faithful in all His doings, and in all His judgements, and His justice, and that His judgements show no respect for persons.
63.9 And we pass away from before Him, because all our works, and all our sins, have been counted exactly.”
63.10 Then they will say to them: “Our souls are satiated with possessions, gained through iniquity, but they do not prevent our going down into the flames of the torment of Sheol [[hell]].”
63.11 And after this, their faces will be filled with darkness and shame, in front of that Son of Man, and they will be driven away from him. And, the sword will dwell among them, in front of him.
63.12 And thus says the LORD of Spirits: “This is the Law, and the judgement for the mighty, and the kings, and the exalted, and for those who possess the dry ground [[without this word of God they refuse]], in front of the LORD of Spirits.”

64.1 And I saw other figures hidden in that place.
64.2 I heard the voice of the Angel saying: “These are the [[evil]] Angels who came down from Heaven, onto the Earth [[and put themselves in the LORD’s place]], and revealed what is secret to the sons of men [[making them blind and dumb]], and led astray the sons of men, so that they committed sin.”

Psalms 18
30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
31 For who is God save the LORD? or who is a Rock save our God?
32 It is God that girds me with strength, and makes my way perfect.
33 He makes my feet like hinds’ feet, and sets me upon my high places.
34 He teaches my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.
35 You have also given me the shield of your salvation: and your right hand has held me up, and your gentleness has made me great.
36 You have enlarged my steps [tsa’ad – the path to life] under me, that my feet did not slip.
37 I have pursued my enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
39 For you have girded me with strength unto the battle: you have subdued under me those that rose up against me.
40 You have also given me the necks of my enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
43 You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; and you have made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
46 The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
47 It is God that avenges me, and subdues the people under me.
48 He delivers me from my enemies: yea, you lifted me up above those that rise up against me: you have delivered me from the violent man.
49 Therefore will I give thanks unto you, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto your name.
50 Great deliverance gives he to his king; and shows mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

Psalms 24
1 The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
2 For he has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
4 He that has clean hands, and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek your face, O Jacob. Selah.
7 Lift up your heads, O you gates; and be you lifted up, you everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, O you gates; even lift them up, you everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts [[a man of just war, Whose mercy endures forever]], he is the King of glory. Selah.

Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

10 – 12 November 2023

Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

The above is the LORD speaking through Job of His people’s current condition, as Job, God’s hated people in this generation, ponder recognizing, in the conversation, it is His presence, while not seeing it is His day: the Day (light returned) of the LORD.

Friends, as mentioned in previous posts (and often), God’s people are blinded to His time by the many voices of the proud, some describing Him and His way, all (Babylon as a whole) mixing their ignorance into this truth, clogging and polluting the well. These men, hiding behind the spurious mask of false humility, are building their own kingdoms, not knowing by this, they make themselves His adversaries (satan – resisting and opposing His will and plan).

This one voice, exalted above all others, is the salvation of the world. The LORD doesn’t force it on any. It’s willing compliance, seeing it’s the Father in son (me – I Am) speaking and working, and faithfully, by choice, obeying His commands: His will.

Philippians 1
25 And having this confidence [In the LORD in me], I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;
26 That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.
27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
28 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries [satan]: which is to them an evident token [sign] of perdition [apoleia – their perishing that comes from endlessly wrestling with this word until they destroy themselves], but to you of salvation, and that of God.
29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to [long] suffer for his sake;
30 Having the same conflict [agon – this same good fight] which you saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

Philippians 2
1 If there be therefore any [ei tis – when a man] consolation [paraklesis – calls to you] in Christ [the LORD alive in my flesh], if any comfort [paramuthion – only appearing here, meaning this persuasive address] of love [agape – giving this word of the LORD as received], if any fellowship [koinania – joint participation] of the Spirit, if any bowels and [if in these is revealed the LORD’s] mercies,
2 Fulfil you my joy, that you be likeminded, having the same love [agape – giving the same word a received], being of one accord, of one mind.
3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
9 Wherefore God also has highly exalted him, and given him a name [Timothy – time of Theos] which is above every name: [The word time {Tim} means “a value, i.e. money paid, or (concretely and collectively) valuables; by analogy, esteem (especially of the highest degree), or the dignity itself.” It is a name never given in my family. It is given by God {Theos}, intentionally telling of the “time” no man would know, and only my father knew. The LORD spoke of sending me long ago, revealing me in His time, this Day when His understanding covers the earth.]
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ [Jehovah Salvation manifested in the flesh] is LORD, to the glory of God the Father.
12 Wherefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed [in all ways obey], not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out [katergazomai – this is the LORD’s work in and through us] your own salvation with fear and trembling.
13 For it is God which work in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
14 Do all things without murmurings and disputing:
15 That you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom you shine as lights [understanding] in the world;
16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither labored in vain.
17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
18 For the same cause also do you joy, and rejoice with me.
19 But I trust in the LORD Jesus to send Timotheus [Timothy – the time of God] shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state [when your obedience is fulfilled].
20 For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.
21 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.
22 But you know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he has served with me in the gospel.

Hebrews 5
5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made a high priest; but he [the Father] that said [in Psalms 2:7, to His anointed when the heathen are raging thinking they will break the unbreakable band of His law and cast away the cords that bind man to Him as Creator] unto him [as He said to me], “You are my Son, today have I begotten you.”
6 As he says also in another place, “You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.”
7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered [the warned of experience of not obeying the advice that is for our good];
9 And being made perfect [by obedience], he became [I Am] the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
10 Called of God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.
11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing you are dull of hearing [not yet hearing this word as the word of God].
12 For when for the time you ought to be teachers, you have need that one teach you again which be the first principles [stoicheion – elements] of the oracles [the written word delivered to us] of God; and are become such as have need of milk [basic foundational understanding, by which lacking your ignorance is proven without obedience and confession of His presence and work], and not of strong meat [the deep understanding you evidently still lack].
13 For every one that uses [still desires only the superficial understanding] milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe [remaining in a childish state].
14 But strong meat [deep understanding, the realization that brings faith and obedience] belongs to them that are of full age [and have become men], even those who by reason of use [of the things that have made them men] have their senses exercised [the corruption worked out of their minds] to discern both good and evil [and learned to choose the good and refuse the evil].

2 Corinthians 10
2 But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some [who commend themselves and have faith in their own words and ways], which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh [by our own ways and ideas, having faith in ourselves].
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
6 And having in a readiness [when subordination comes] to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
7 Do you look on things after the outward appearance? if any man trust to himself that he is Christ’s, let him of himself think this again, that, as he [thinks he] is Christ’s, even so are we [truly] Christ’s.
8 For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the LORD has given us for edification [building you into warriors in His army, the ONE BODY in which He lives], and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed [I will not fail to bring you, those the LORD has predestined, into this perfection and promised end]
9 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters [when you understand this is the LORD present as He said He would be, doing His work].
10 For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
11 Let such a one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed [weighty and powerful] when we are present.
12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
13 But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule [canon – the LORD’s standard] which God has distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you [to reveal Him, His mind to those He has chosen].
14 For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far [as He has ordained] as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ [which is His power in you when He has risen to life in you as He has in me]:
15 Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men’s labors; but having hope [of your perfection], when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged [when you understand it is the LORD in us] by you according to our rule [canon – the LORD’s standard of measuring a man] abundantly,
16 To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man’s line of things made ready to our hand.
17 But he that glories, let him glory in [that he knows] the LORD [and that the only glory is His manifesting His presence alive in us].
18 For not he that commends himself is approved [proves nothing by faith in himself], but whom the LORD commends [by His glory manifested and presence revealed in him by Him].

Job 23
1 Then Job [God’s hated people] answered and said,
2 Even today is my complaint [words against the LORD are] bitter [mriy – in all its other {twenty-two} uses it’s rendered rebellion, rebels, or rebellious]: my stroke [yad – hand, here meaning a burden carried] is heavier than my groaning [than their words deserve].
3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his [mercy] seat!
4 I would order my cause before him [paniym – in His presence], and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength [understanding] in me.
7 There the [self] righteous might dispute with him [trying to prove their ways are right]; so should I be delivered forever from [the trials and correction of the LORD] my judge.
8 Behold, [going their own ways] I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive [biyn – understand] him:
9 On the left hand, where he does work, but I cannot behold him: he hides himself on the right hand, that I cannot see [ra’ah] him:
10 But he knows the way that I take: when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 My foot has held [followed in] his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desires, even that [uncovering the wicked and bringing salvation to the world] he does.
14 For he performs the thing that is appointed [choq – the appointed, decreed, time] for me: and many such things are with him.
15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence [paniym]: when I consider [biyn – understand], I am afraid of him.
16 For God makes my [hardened] heart soft, and the Almighty troubles me:
17 Because I was not cut off before [paniym – from His presence] the darkness [by their ignorance], neither has he covered the darkness from my face [paniym – neither has He kept their ignorance secret].

Job 24
1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
2 [Because] Some remove the landmarks [gbuwlah – the boundaries, the bounds the LORD set on the sons of Adam {Deuteronomy 32:8}, which the communists invaders removed {Isaiah 10:13}]; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof [ra’ah – as shepherds devouring the scattered flock]. [Isaiah 10:12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the LORD has performed his whole {body of} work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish {paqad – as the Chief Overseer of the earth} the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria {the communists}, and the glory of his high looks. 13 For he says, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds {gbuwlah} of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man: 14 And my hand has found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathered eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing {to rise into heaven}, or opened the mouth {as their LORD commands them}, or peeped.]
3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert [they all go their own way], go they forth to their [own] work; rising betimes [early] for a prey: the wilderness yields food for them and for their children.
6 They reap everyone his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing [no protection from the corrupt elements of the earth], that they have no covering in the cold.
8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains [the word of their corrupt governments of church and state], and embrace the [false] rock for want of a shelter.
9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
11 Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst [without this word of God].
12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded cries out: yet God lays not folly to them [but gives the strength they need to recover themselves].
13 They are of those that rebel against the light [His understanding]; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
14 The murderer rising with the light [into everlasting contempt] kills the poor [those without power] and needy, and in the night is as a thief [making them ignorant and unaware they have come to kill, rob, and devour all].
15 The eye also of the adulterer [the unfaithful] waits for the twilight [the effects of ignorance to take hold], saying, No eye shall see me: and disguise his face [with the ashes {Strong’s #666 – ‘apher}, the effect, of the ruin of the earth].
16 In the dark [when ignorance covers the earth] they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime [even when we understand who they are]: they know not the light [they refuse to acknowledge this understanding].
17 For the morning [now when light has come] is to them even as the shadow of death [to bring ignorance a confusion against those who know them]: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death [cast by the wicked].
18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he behold not the way of the vineyards.
19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so does the grave those which have sinned [wandered away from the LORD’s understanding].
20 The womb shall forget him [they shall not pass into the light and life]; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered [zakar]; and wickedness shall be broken [shabar – uselessly splintered] as a tree.
21 He evil entreats the barren that bears not: and does not good to the widow.
22 He draws also the mighty with his power: he rises up, and no man is sure of life.
23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he rests; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

Isaiah 10
15 Shall the axe [the communists I sent to hew down the upright trees in power] boast itself against him [the LORD] that hews therewith? or shall the saw [who cuts these men into pieces I can use to rebuild] magnify itself against him that shakes it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no [dead] wood [to be used by me for My purposes].
16 Therefore shall the LORD, the LORD of hosts [a man of war], send among his fat ones [who before prospered under His rule] leanness; and under his glory [manifesting His presence] he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
17 And the light [understanding] of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns [misleaders] and his briers [deceivers] in one day [when this understanding covers the earth];
18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standard-bearer [showing the way] faints [macac – melts away as described in Zechariah 14:12 and 2 Peter 3:10 & 12 when the stoicheion, the corrupt “elements,” melt way in the fires these men’s words and ways have caused.].
19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped [pleytah] of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay [sha’an – rely] upon him that smote [nakah – who with lies and misleading made them blind and dumb] them; but shall stay [sha’an – rely] upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
21 The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.
22 For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption [killayown – only used one other time: Deuteronomy 28:65, where it’s rendered “failing” of eyes; as in what these men say they’ve seen, as in Zachariah 14:12 – see below] decreed [charats – this the end of the war desolation, when the full body of this anointing is poured out {Daniel 9:26 & 27}, when the LORD indignation is accomplished {Daniel 11:36}, the consumption upon the whole earth {Isaiah 28:22}, and in Job 14:5 saying “Seeing his {man’s} days are determined {charats}, the number of his months are with you {LORD}, you have appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;”] shall overflow with righteousness.
23 For the LORD God of hosts shall make a consumption [kalah], even determined [charats], in the midst of all the land.
24 Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian [the communists in power]: he shall smite [nakah] you with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against you, after the manner of Egypt [oppressors who held you in hard bondage].
25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation [za’am] shall cease [kalah], and my anger in their destruction.
26 And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb [those whose power is to cover the world in darkness, causing endless strife among God’s people]: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt [these words shall cover, giving understanding to all, and overthrow the wicked in power].
27 And it shall come to pass in that day [when this light of the LORD has come], that his [the wicked’s] burden [the ignorance and mass confusion they’ve caused] shall be taken away from off your shoulder, and his yoke [joining you with them by consent] from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of [paniym – manifesting the LORD’s presence by] the anointing [of the king].
28 He is come to Aiath [Ai – the heap of ruin], he is passed to Migron [the precipice]; at Michmash [where they have hidden] he has laid up his carriages:
29 They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba [in their high place]; Ramah [and the high place] is afraid; Gibeah [where the consequences come – as in Judges 19] of Saul is fled.
30 Lift up your voice, O daughter of Gallim [who they’ve divided and scattered, to whom these waters now come]: cause it to be heard unto Laish [the lion – their strength, as Ariel, where judgment is perverted], O poor Anathoth [your prayers have been answered].
31 Madmenah [the dung hill, the burning trash heap, their hell] is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim [the keepers of the idols, their corrupt words] gather themselves to flee.
32 As yet shall he remain at Nob [his fruit and his high places] that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
33 Behold, the LORD [‘adown – the King of God’s people], the LORD [Jehovah] of hosts [who is manifested in His man of war], shall lop [cut off] the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon [their false standard of purity in high places] shall fall by a mighty one.

Zechariah 14
1 Behold, the day of the LORD comes, and your spoil shall be divided in the midst of you.
2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
5 And you shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal [unto sanctification]: yea, you shall flee, like as you fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah [the strength of Jehovah] king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints [the former sea] with you [the latter sea].
6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light [understanding] shall not be clear, nor dark [these messages are heard but not yet fully understood]:
7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light [into the darkness of ignorance and confusion the LORD comes with understanding].
8 And it shall be in that day, that [these] living waters shall go out from [Heavenly New] Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
10 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem [all the high places, and their fruit, shall be brought down by the peace that flows from His right hand]: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate [the entryway taught by the right hand of the LORD] unto the place of the first gate [the place where the light is first seen], unto the corner gate [and turning to Him {the LORD} they shall enter], and from the tower [where is seen the evidence of the price paid to redeem the earth: the field] of Hananeel [those who God has favored] unto the king’s winepresses.
11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem [the peace He is teaching]; Their [works of the] flesh shall consume [maqaq] away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes [what they say they’ve seen and understand] shall consume [maqaq] away in their holes, and their tongue [their word against the LORD] shall consume [maqaq] away in their mouth. [Jude 1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the LORD comes with ten thousands of his saints, 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.]
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbor.
14 And Judah [the elect remnant – the saints who have come with the LORD] also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen [those who haven’t known the LORD] round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance [the things they thought were valuable but are actually the burdens and plagues]
15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague [the defeat of all those who carry {teach and preach} these burdens].
16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto [Heavenly New] Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.
18 And if the family of Egypt [the houses of oppression] go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles [who come not out of these houses of oppression – to the harvest].
19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt [the oppressors who put heavy burdens on God’s people], and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses [this shall be the shade in the day, that replaces the plague of the burdens upon the horses], Holiness Unto The LORD; and the pots [filled with these living waters that have flowed from Him] in the LORD’s house shall be like the bowls before the altar.
21 Yea, every pot in [Heavenly New] Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto [pure, to be delivered in the form it was received from] the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite [those who {conspicuously} hate their brother, because upon him is the righteousness that pleases the LORD] in the house of the LORD of hosts.

The word maqaq, only used seven other times, meaning “to melt; figuratively, to flow, dwindle, vanish,” very descriptively appears in the following passages.

Leviticus 26
36 And upon them that are left alive [in animated dead flesh] of you I will send a faintness [morek – only appearing here, telling of softening their hardened hearts: minds] into their hearts [their minds failing] in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf [the LORD’s Spirit moving unseen and unknown] shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword [this word from My mouth]; and they shall fall when none pursues.
37 And they shall fall one upon another [upon the stumbling block of their hardened minds], as it were before a sword, when none pursues: and you shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
38 And you shall perish among the heathen [who haven’t known me, as in the generation that no longer remembered Joseph], and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.
39 And they that are left of you shall pine away [maqaq] in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away [maqaq] with them.
40 If they shall [soften their hardened minds, and] confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary [griy – with hostility] unto me;
41 And that I also have walked contrary [griy] unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts [their mind without spiritual discernment] be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment [correction] of their iniquity:
42 Then will I remember [zakar] my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember [zakar]; and I will remember [zakar] the land [‘erets – the earth].

Isaiah 34
1 Come near, you nations [who’ve refused to know the LORD, who’ve refused] to hear [shama’ – obey]; and hearken, you people: let the earth hear [shama’ – obey], and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
2 For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations [the ignorant who continue with their own evil words and ways], and his fury upon all their armies [the liers and deceivers under the command of the communists: pope and presidents]: he has utterly destroyed them, he has delivered them to the slaughter [their own words have destroyed them, showing them to be the maliciously insane: ruling by evil decrees that are no longer followed].
3 Their slain also shall be cast out [shalak – thrown out {into the light}], and their stink shall come up [‘alah] out of their carcasses [the shall be perceived to be the dead awakened to everlasting contempt], and the mountains [their positions of power, institutions which are the seats of deception and evil misleading] shall be melted [macac] with their blood.
4 And all the host of heaven [the enemy armies occupying the places where understanding should be found] shall be dissolved [maqaq], and the [old and corrupt] heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falls off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea [Edom, Esau, the enemies mixed among us as neighbors, claiming we at peace with while they war against us, our God, and His sound mind: truth and reality] and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
6 The sword [this word] of the LORD is filled with blood [draining away what animates their dead bodies], it is made fat with fatness [it has prospered], and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah [among His flock], and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea [destroying these enemies].
7 And the unicorns [the one horn, the united powers of confusion and demoralization: the cause of the mass delusions of the insane] shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust [the ruin of the earth under their control] made fat with fatness [their ruining has prospered and will prosper until it never rises again].
8 For it is the day of the LORD’s vengeance, and the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion. [which was, “Who is better suited to rule the world?”]
9 And the streams [the words coming from them] thereof shall be turned into pitch [burning darkness], and the dust [the ruin] thereof into brimstone, and the land [‘erets – the earth] thereof shall become burning pitch [the flaming ruin of hell].
10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up forever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it [‘abar – none shall pass from there into life] forever and ever.

Isaiah 37
22 This is the word which the LORD has spoken concerning him [the communists]; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, has despised you, and laughed you to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
23 Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice, and lifted up your eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
24 By your servants have you reproached the LORD, and have said, “By the multitude of my chariots [that carry the words and ways of confusion into the battle] am I come up to the height of the mountains [power over all the world], to the sides of Lebanon [where purity was once seen on high]; and I will cut down the tall cedars [the upright men] thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I [as a serpent] will enter into the height of his border [qets – their foretold end], and the forest of his Carmel [the LORD’s garden of Eden].
25 I have digged, and drunk water [understanding dark sayings]; and with the sole of my feet [traveling among them] have I dried up [censored] all the rivers of the besieged places.”
26 Have you not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that you shouldest be to lay waste defensed cities into ruinous heaps.
27 Therefore, their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
28 But I [the LORD] know your abode, and your going out, and your coming in, and your rage against me.
29 Because your rage against me, and your tumult, is come up into my ears, therefore will I put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.
30 And this shall be a sign unto you, You shall eat this year such as grows of itself [the result of the confusion you have sown]; and the second year that which springs of the same: and in the third year sow you, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof [which is now ripe, seen to be what it is, and now readied for My harvest].
31 And the remnant that is escaped [pleytah] of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
32 For out of [Heavenly New] Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape [pleytah] out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.
33 Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria [the communists now in power], He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.
34 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, says the LORD.
35 For I will defend this city to save it for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote [nakah] in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning [when this light has come], behold [I saw], they were all dead corpses [animated flesh awakened to everlasting contempt].

Ezekiel 4
16 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break [shabar – see Job 24:20 above] the staff of bread [the whole body of the work of the communists] in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
17 That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away [maqaq] for their iniquity.

We know, from its uses in Isaiah 14 and Job 38, that shabar is speaking of the LORD destroying the work, the evil decrees, of the communists in power, and the confusion they’ve wrought.

Isaiah 14
3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give you rest from your sorrow, and from your fear, and from the hard bondage wherein you were made to serve,
4 That you shall take up this proverb against the king of Babylon [the confusion that now rules over the world], and say, How has the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
5 The LORD has broken [shabar] the staff of the wicked, and the scepter of the rulers.
6 He who smote [nakah] the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindered.
7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since you are laid down, no feller is come up against us.
9 Hell from beneath is moved for you to meet you at your coming: it stirs up the dead for you, even all the chief ones [the powers] of the earth; it has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations [into everlasting contempt].

24 The LORD of hosts has sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
25 That I will break [shabar] the Assyrian [the communists] in my land [‘erets – MY earth], and upon my mountains [governments] tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
27 For the LORD of hosts [a man of war] has purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
28 In the year that king Ahaz [who now holds God’s people captive] died was this burden.
29 Rejoice not you, whole Palestina [the enemy army mixed among us, who are now seen in plain sight], because the rod of him [the communists] that smote [nakah] you is broken [shabar]: for out of the serpent’s [dead] root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent [saraph – they have no idea that their work has brought forth the LORD, whose word is now exalted].

As we know, the word saraph only appears a few (six) other times. The first of these are in Numbers 21:6 & 8, as we told of when Moses lifted (exalted) the fiery serpent (saraph) on a pole (flying it as a banner). This occurred when the people spoke against God, as serpents (saraph) mixed among them in their camp, which (words) were biting and killing (the minds of) those bitten. The LORD commanded Moses to lift the fiery serpent on a pole (nec), and if they were bitten (by the serpents among them opposing the word of God), all who looked to it would live.

We also know the LORD says, in John 3:14 – 21, “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 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. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believes on him is not condemned: but he that believes not is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation [krisis – the self-condemning decision], that light [understanding] is come into the world, and men loved darkness [ignorance] rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that does evil hates the light, neither comes to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that does truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.”

Numbers 21
8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make you a fiery serpent [saraph], and set it upon a pole [nec]: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looks upon it, shall live.

Job 38
4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if you have understanding.
5 Who has laid the measures thereof, if you knowest? or who has stretched the line upon it?
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
7 When the morning stars sang together [when all God’s children sprang to life and spoke His word as received], and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8 Or who shut up the sea [humanity] with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
9 When I made the cloud [where My understanding is held] the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling-band [ignorance as a protective wrapping] for it,
10 And brake [shabar] up [the darkness] for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors [so no other would understand until I sent the One I chose],
11 And said, Hitherto shall you come, but no further: and here shall your proud waves [of the wicked] be stayed?
12 Have you commanded the morning [this light coming] since your days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth [ending the old and beginning the new], that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
14 It is turned as clay to the seal [my signature pressed into the earth]; and they stand as a garment [righteousness with which I protect My people from the corrupt elements of the world].
15 And from the wicked their light [this understanding] is withheld, and the high arm shall be broken [shabar].
16 Have you entered into the springs of the sea [these waters that give life to humanity]? or have you walked in search of the depth [below their surface]?
17 Have the gates of death [and hell] been opened unto you? or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?
18 Have you perceived the breadth of the earth [when its ages end and begin again]? declare if you know it all.

Psalms 27
1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
3 Though a host [the army of the wicked] should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
6 And now shall my head be lifted up above my enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
8 When you said, Seek you my face [paniym – Your presence]; my heart said unto you, Your face [paniym – Your presence], LORD, will I seek.
9 Hide not your face [paniym – Your presence] far from me; put not your servant away in anger: you have been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.
11 Teach me your way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of my enemies.
12 Deliver me not over unto the will of my enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land [‘erets – the earth] of the living.
14 Wait [qavah – bind together, collect] on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart [He has written understanding to our minds]: wait [qavah – until He has awakened us all and joined us in His ONE BODY], I say, on the LORD.

Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spoke and saw.

5 – 8 November 2023

Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spoke and saw.

Friends, the point in all the LORD’s healings is not the body but the mind (freeing it from corruption and reconnecting it to the Father by agreement), and with it, the body is made whole. In the above, Matthew 12:22, the devils are the religious leaders who control the minds of those who follow their teaching, making them (their body) blind (to reality) and unable to hear or speak (the word of God).

As we know from many previous studies, the idea of devils in the pulpits originates in 2 Chronicles 11:15, when God’s people were divided into two kingdoms (Israel, the ten tribes in the north and Judah, with Benjamin, in the south) and Jeroboam (the new king of the north) didn’t want his people going to Jerusalem to worship (where God said he would meet them, above His mercy seat in the Holy of Holies). He (Jeroboam, after casting off the Levites from the priest’s office in his kingdom) ordained his own priests (of the lowest of the people – 1 Kings 12:31), and devils (sa’iyr – hairy, he-goats {as misleaders of the flock}, as describes Esau: Edom whose capital is Seir: devils in power, as was Herod, an enemy mixed among us, in power: in civil government). He (the king) also made calves he put in Bethel (misleading the house, family, of God) and Dan (corrupting their good judgment), which these priests, possessed by devils, told the people were their gods.

We know that later this same thing (bringing idols into the temple and worshipping them in God’s place) happened in Judah. These events (enemies stopping the wells) led to the end of both kingdoms and their king lines sitting enthroned.

In Matthew, the LORD, the unseated king of Judah, is speaking of the priests (Levites) of the Jews (Judah), both groups (governments in church and state) as the devils possessed by Satan, possessing those they made blind and dumb.

As we know, this is the smiting of the shepherds that scatter the sheep, after the LORD, the life in the body of his work, is betrayed into the hand of these same men in power, who only desire wealth and control by which they gain it.

Matthew 26
25 Then Judas [Judah], which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, You have said.
26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body [the word made flesh, His full exposition in the firmament].
27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink you all of it;
28 For this is my blood [the life poured out] of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day [the ‘achariyth – these last days] when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.
30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
31 Then said Jesus unto them, All you shall be offended [skandalizo – ashamed of me because of the ridicule and accusation of the powerful] because of me this night [when the light, understanding, has left the earth]: for it is written, I will smite [patasso] the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad [quoted from Zechariah 13:7].
32 But after I Am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee [this inner circle].
33 Peter [the Rock, those knowing the LORD is the Father in the Son, upon which the church is founded, against which the gates {mouths} of hell will not prevail] answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended [skandalizo] because of you, yet will I never be offended [skandalizo – ashamed {disappointed, not reaching the end you foretold in the darkness} and deny the Father is alive in me].
34 Jesus said unto him, Truly I say unto you, That this night, before the cock crow [and the light returns], you shall deny me thrice.

The Strong’s Greek Dictionary definition of skandalizo is: “to entrap, i.e. trip up (figuratively, stumble (transitively) or entice to sin, apostasy or displeasure):–(make to) offend.” The Thayer’s Greek Lexicon, among its meanings, adds “to cause a person to begin to distrust and desert one whom he ought to trust and obey.”

The LORD, as He quotes Zechariah 13:7 in verse 31 above, using the word patasso (“smite”), tells us, in His only other use of the word in Matthew, what is “smote.”

It (patasso) appears in Matthew 26:51, as the LORD is betrayed into the hands of those who will crucify Him, and one of those with him drew his sword and “smote” off the ear of the servant of the high priest (those who are supposed to enter the LORD’s presence and hear Him speak). This is speaking of ending these men’s (the priesthood’s) authority (ability) to enter the LORD’s presence or to hear Him when He speaks.

The good news for these men comes in Luke’s telling of this same smiting when he adds that the LORD touched this ear, and it was healed.

The word appears telling of this event (smiting the shepherds) in all of the Gospels except John’s, who further defines it in using it (patasso) twice in Revelation.

The first of these comes in Revelation 11:6, as we’re told this sword comes from the mouth of the two witnesses, an association that reveals John to be speaking of Joshua and Zerubbabel. As we know, in Zechariah, these names speak of the priesthood and the king (church and state government as the two great lights, witnessing from heaven) cleansed and raised out of confusion to life.

Revelation 11
1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles [those who don’t know the LORD]: and the holy city shall they tread under foot [pateo – a five times used word referring us to its appearing in Luke 21:24, speaking of the darkening that occurs during the] forty and two months.
3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days [continuing to shine their light during the forty-two months], clothed in sackcloth [mourning the degeneration, the fall in the bottomless pit, of God people].
4 These are the two olive trees [Joshua and Zerubbabel], and the two candlesticks [see Zechariah 4:3 & 11] standing before the God of the earth.
5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceeds out of their mouth, and devours their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite [patasso] the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast [Babylon – confusion] that ascended [risen] out of the bottomless pit [the endless fall away from the LORD, which is only stopped when He stops it in the resurrection of the dead] shall make war against them, and shall overcome them [the priesthood and just civil government as the LORD intended them to shine His light upon the earth], and kill them.
8 And their dead bodies [animated flesh without the LORD’s Spirit] shall lie in the street of the great city [Jerusalem – old and corrupt], which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our LORD was [betrayed and] crucified.
9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and a half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves [because they don’t know they are the dead, because they are dead with them and don’t know it].
10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them [because they have silenced their voices and they no longer speak the word of God and His good judgment], and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
11 And after three days and a half [the time in death, ending in the last days] spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither [into heaven with me, into full understanding: light which is life]. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud [where understanding is held]; and their enemies beheld them.
13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand [the vermin in the church]: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe comes quickly.
15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven [giving this understanding, as thunder, the sound of the light in the cloud], saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our LORD, and of his Christ; and he shall reign forever and ever.
16 And the four and twenty elders [the children of Jacob and the apostles of Jesus Christ], which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
17 Saying, We give you thanks, O LORD God Almighty, which are, and wast, and are to come; because you have taken to you your great power, and have reigned.
18 And the nations were angry, and your wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that you shouldest give reward unto your servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear your name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple [His people] the ark of his testament [their open mouths speaking this word as received]: and there were lightnings [understanding], and [heard in their] voices, and thundering [as the sound of understanding from the cloud], and an earthquake [that shakes the wicked from their position of power and control], and great hail [this word reserved in heaven for this time of war, sent upon the current crop of corrupt leaders destroying the earth].

The word rendered “dumb” in the title verse is kophos, said to mean “from 2875; blunted, i.e. (figuratively) of hearing (deaf) or speech (dumb):–deaf, dumb, speechless.” It only appears (fourteen times) in the Gospels of Mathew, Mark, and Luke, and all, except once, speak of it being cured by the LORD. The one exception, in Luke 1:22, speaks of Zechariah, John the Baptist’s father. The verse says, “And when he came out [Zechariah the priest, out of the temple], he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless [kophos].”

The relevance today is in what (treasure), hidden in the book bearing the same name, has been kept silent and how (as a sword from the LORD’s mouth) it is revealed. It is speaking of cleansing and curing the priesthood first, opening their ears and then their mouths, to bring forth the child that makes straight the (before crooked) highway to the LORD.

As we know, the name Zechariah is said to mean, Jah (Yahh – short for Jehovah) has remembered, from the word zakar, meaning “to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; also (as denominative from 2145) to be male.” It’s more accurately speaking of this as the end, when we remember the LORD, put away childish things, and become the man (male) He is making as His image and likeness (manifested to those reproduced after His own kind).

It (zakar) only appears twice in the book of Zechariah, in 10:9 revealing what we remember, and in Zechariah 13:2 speaking what we will no longer remember.

Zechariah 10
1 Ask you of the LORD rain [My word from heaven] in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall [from the separated element] make bright clouds [where understanding is held when it left the earth], and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field [new life upon the earth].
2 For the idols [the men who put themselves in God’s place] have spoken vanity, and the diviners [who’ve told you they know how He comes] have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their [own] way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no [good] shepherd [ra’ah – no seer to lead them].
3 My anger was kindled against the [misleading] shepherds, and I punished [paqad – visit in judgment] the goats [misleading devils who put themselves in God’s place]: for the LORD of hosts has visited [paqad – as the Chief Over-seer {good shepherd} of the earth] his flock the house of Judah, and has made them as his goodly horse in the battle [the “ass” and its “colt” of Zechariah 9:9, God’s people now seen as the white horse He rides, in Revelation 19:11].
4 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every governor together.
5 And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded [buwsh – ashamed when the end they said was coming isn’t the ends that have come].
6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them [when they are no more dumb].
7 And they of Ephraim [the seed of Joseph: God’s people in this generation] shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.
8 I will hiss for them [draw their attention to Myself], and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.
9 And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember [zakar – recognize] me in far countries [merchaq – this time and place the LORD decreed]; and they shall live [chayah – come to life] with their children, and turn again [shuwb – return to the LORD].
10 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt [this land of oppression], and gather them out of Assyria [from the communists that now rule]; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead [this mountain of My testimony] and Lebanon [purity shall be seen in high places]; and place shall not be found for them [the communist that brought injustice, mass misery, and oppression upon them].
11 And he shall pass through the sea [this generation] with affliction, and shall smite [nakah] the waves in the sea [the pride of those who have risen up and trust in their power to do evil], and all the deeps [the understanding the proud say they have – which is darkness and ignorance] of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria [the communists who trust in the positions of power] shall be brought down, and the scepter [shebet] of Egypt [the rule of oppressors] shall depart away.
12 And I will strengthen them [by this word] in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name [manifesting His identity, as I Am], says the LORD.

Zechariah 13
1 In that day there shall be a fountain [of these living waters] opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
2 And it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered [zakar]: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
3 And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, You shall not live; for you speak lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesies.
4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he has prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
5 But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.
6 And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds [nakah] in your hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded [in this sacrifice] in the house of my friends.
7 Awake, O sword [this word from the mouth of the LORD], against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, says the LORD of hosts: smite [nakah] the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.
8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, says the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein [and come to life].
9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try [bachan] them as gold is tried [bachan]: they shall call on my name [manifesting My identity repeating the word from My mouth], and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.

The “little ones” the LORD speaks of above is from the three times used word tsa’ar, meaning “to be small, i.e. (figuratively) ignoble:–be brought low, little one, be small.” It refers to its appearance in Jeremiah 30:19, the chapter speaking of the tribulation into which the LORD comes, to save us from it, as a brand plucked from the fires.

Zechariah 3
1 And he showed me [ra’ah – shepherded me into understanding] Joshua the high priest [the priesthood] standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist [satan – the word only appear five other times, all in the Psalms – see below] him.
2 And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke you, O Satan; even the LORD that has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you: is not this a brand plucked [natsal] out of the fire?
3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments [spotted by dead flesh], and stood before the angel.
4 And he answered and spoke unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments [the corruption that makes them blind and dumb] from him. And unto him [the priesthood] he said, Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with change of raiment.
5 And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments [the LORD’s righteousness – the garments of the cleansed priesthood]. And the angel of the LORD [I Am] stood by.
6 And the angel of the LORD protested [reiterated] unto Joshua, saying,
7 Thus says the LORD of hosts; If you will walk in my ways, and if you will keep my charge, then you shall also judge my house, and shall also keep my courts, and I will give you places to walk among these that stand by.
8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you, and your fellows that sit before you: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branch [from where comes this good fruit].
9 For behold the stone [from where this word flows] that I have laid before [paniym – as My presence in] Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes [seers seeing as the LORD sees]: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof [writing this word into their minds], says the LORD of hosts [a man of war], and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
10 In that day, says the LORD of hosts, shall you call every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree [to become branches from where comes this good fruit].

Jeremiah 30
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2 Thus [in this manner] speaks the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write you all the words that I have spoken unto you in a book.
3 For, lo, the days come, says the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, says the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
4 And these are the words that the LORD spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah.
5 For thus says the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
6 Ask you now, and see whether a man does travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble [tsarah – tribulation], but he shall be saved out of it.
8 For it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and will burst your bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:
9 But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
10 Therefore fear you not, O my servant Jacob, says the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
11 For I am with you, says the LORD, to save you: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered you, yet I will not make a full end of you: but I will correct you in measure, and will not leave you altogether unpunished.
12 For thus says the LORD, Your bruise is incurable, and your wound is grievous.
13 There is none to plead your cause, that you mayest be bound up: you have no healing medicines.
14 All your lovers have forgotten you; they seek you not; for I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of your iniquity; because your sins were increased.
15 Why cry you for your affliction? your sorrow is incurable for the multitude of your iniquity: because your sins were increased, I have done these things unto you.
16 Therefore all they that devour you shall be devoured; and all your adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil you shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon you will I give for a prey.
17 For I will restore health unto you, and I will heal you of your wounds, says the LORD; because they called you an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeks after.
18 Thus says the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have mercy on his dwelling-places; and the city shall be built upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.
19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small [tsa’ar].
20 Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish [paqad – as the Chief Overseer of the earth] all that oppress them.
21 And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? says the LORD.
22 And you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
23 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goes forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.
24 The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he has done it, and until he has performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days [‘achariyth] you shall consider [biyn – understand] it.

The scepter (shebet) to rule, now in the hand of oppressors, in Zechariah 10:11 above, refers us to Ezekiel 21, where we’re told of its overturning until it’s given to the one whose right it is.

Ezekiel 21
9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the LORD; Say, A sword [this word from the mouth of the LORD], a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:
10 It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemn the rod of my son, as every tree.
11 And he has given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.
12 Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon your thigh.
13 Because it is a trial [bachan], and what if the sword [this word of God, from His mouth] contemn even the rod [shebet – the scepter to rule]? it shall be no more, says the LORD God.
14 You therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite [nakar] your hands together and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which enters into their privy chambers [the things hidden in their ignorance].
15 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates [against their mouths], that their heart [minds] may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.
16 Go you one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever your face is set.
17 I will also smite [nakah] hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it.
18 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
19 Also, you son of man, appoint you two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose you a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.
20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath [the great men of the world] of the Ammonites [who separate God’s people and weaken them], and to Judah in Jerusalem the defensed.
21 For the king of Babylon [the confusion that rules the world, wrought by the words of wicked men in power] stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver [the deep, which cleanses the body].
22 At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates [of heaven], to cast a mount, and to build a fort.
23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he [the LORD] will call to remembrance [zakar] the iniquity, that they may be taken.
24 Therefore thus says the LORD God; Because you have made your iniquity to be remembered [zakar], in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that you are come to remembrance [zakar], you shall be taken with the hand.
25 And you, profane wicked prince of Israel [who is like Reuben, sitting in God’s place], whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
26 Thus says the LORD God; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.
27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he [Shiloh, the seed of Joseph] come whose right it is; and I will give it him.
28 And you, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the LORD God concerning the Ammonites [who have scattered My people], and concerning their reproach; even say you, The sword [this word from My mouth], the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering:
29 Whiles they see vanity unto you, whiles they divine a lie unto you, to bring you upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.
30 Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge you in the place where you were created, in the land of your nativity.
31 And I will pour out my indignation [za’am] upon you, I will blow against you in the fire of my wrath, and deliver you into the hand of brutish men, and skillful to destroy.
32 You shall be for fuel to the fire; your blood shall be in the midst of the land; you shall be no more remembered [zakar]: for I the LORD have spoken it.

Haggai 2
4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel [born, brought to life, by coming out of confusion], says the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua [Jehovah’s Salvation personified], son of Josedech [born from the righteousness of Jehovah – the purified priesthood], the high priest; and be strong, all you people of the land, says the LORD, and work: for I am with you, says the LORD of hosts:
5 According to the word that I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, so my spirit remains among you: fear you not.
6 For thus says the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake [ra’ash – the LORD’s voice will shake] the heavens, and the earth, and the sea [all humanity], and the dry land [the places that have been without My word];
7 And I will shake [ra’ash] all nations [all who haven’t known Me], and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory [fill My family with My manifested presence], says the LORD of hosts [a man of war].
8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, says the LORD of hosts.
9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, says the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, says the LORD of hosts.
10 In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai [the sacrifice, the one paying this price] the prophet, saying,
11 Thus says the LORD of hosts; Ask [sha’al] now the priests concerning the law, saying,
12 If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
13 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.
14 Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, says the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean [this wholly leavened nation and people, as a great mountain risen to rule over all the earth: Babylon where confusion and mass insanity now rules by many thousand voices, each leading for their own enlargement, to exalt their voice, even above this word from the mouth of God].
15 And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:
16 Since those days were, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the press-at for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty [when you hoped to gather much but only found little].
17 I smote [nakah] you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labors of your hands; yet you turned not to me, says the LORD.
18 Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid, consider it.
19 Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, has not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.
20 And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying,
21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake [ra’ash] the heavens and the earth;
22 And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen [those who haven’t known Me]; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, everyone by the sword [words] of his brother.
23 In that day, says the LORD of hosts, will I take you, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel [from sha’al – through whom the LORD asks the questions He then answered], says the LORD, and will make you as a signet [chowtham – the seal pressed into the earth, the LORD’s signature, as in Job 38:14]: for I have chosen you, says the LORD of hosts.

Zechariah 4
1 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep. [Are you awake yet sleepers?]
2 And said unto me, What see you? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:
3 And two olive trees by it [who are My two witnesses, the sun and the moon], one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
4 So I answered and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my LORD?
5 Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Know you not what these be? And I said, No, my LORD.
6 Then he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word [as oil into these lamps] of the LORD [through Joshua – the cleansed priesthood] unto Zerubbabel [those awakened, come to life, by coming out of Babylon: out of confusion into the light], saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the LORD of hosts.
7 Who are you, O great mountain [Babylon]? before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shouting, crying, Grace, grace unto it.
8 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me unto you.
10 For who has despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet [seeing as the LORD sees, speaking His assessment] in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven [sun and moon together witnessing, church and civil governments raised to life again]; they are the eyes of the LORD [judging as He judges], which run to and fro through the whole earth.
11 Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?
12 And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches [from where comes this good fruit] which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?
13 And he answered me and said, Know you not what these be? And I said, No, my LORD.
14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the LORD of the whole earth.

Revelation 19
1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power, unto the LORD our God:
2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he has judged the great whore [the unfaithful institutions of church and state, who are the rulers of Babylon; who have ruled the world into insanity], which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
3 And again they said, Hallelujah, And her smoke rose up forever and ever.
4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Hallelujah.
5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God [in us doing the work, sending understanding and strength], all you his servants, and you that fear him, both small and great.
6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude [God’s people at large, no longer dumb], and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thundering [the sound of the light, the voice of understanding heard from God’s people], saying, Hallelujah [praise Jehovah]: for the LORD God omnipotent [All-Ruling – pantokrator: “God (as absolute and universal sovereign)”] reigns.
7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife has made herself ready.
8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
9 And he said unto me [as I say unto you], Write, Blessed are they which are called unto [this] the marriage supper of the Lamb [to eat this body of His sacrifice]. And he says unto me, “These are the true sayings of God.”
10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me [as I say unto you], See you do it not: I am your fellow-servant, and of your brethren that have the testimony of Jesus [testifying that this word is His: Jehovah’s Salvation manifested in the flesh, as is His manner {heurisko – where His salvation is “found”}]: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold [when our eye of understanding are opened, we see Him as He sees us, as] a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he does judge and make war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire [melting away ignorance], and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, [the Word of God] that no man [I Am] knew, but he [a man] himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goes a sharp sword [the Word of God, I Am this word made flesh], that with it he should smite [patasso] the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he has on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And LORD Of Lords.
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18 That you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
20 And the beast [Babylon] was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark [confusion, lies masking deception] of the beast, and them that worshipped his image [his creations – lies of liars, known to those whose eyes have been opened]. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword [the Word of God] proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

Psalms 38
A Psalms of David, to bring [God’s people] to remembrance [zakar].
1 O LORD, rebuke me not in your wrath: neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
2 For your arrows [of correction] stick fast in me, and your hand [work] presses me sore.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of your anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
4 For my iniquities are gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long [while Your understanding is upon us].
7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness [ahamah – the roaring, only elsewhere in Isaiah 5:30] of my heart [mind].
9 LORD, all my desire is before you; and my groaning is not hid from you.
10 My heart pants, my strength fails me: as for the light of my eyes [understanding what is seen], it also is gone from me.
11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen [our evil neighbors at war with us] stand afar off [rachowq – decreeing evil against us].
12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous [havvah – referring us to its use Micah 7:3] things, and imagine deceits all the day long [while your understanding is upon us and them].
13 But I, as a deaf man, heard [shama’ – obeyed] not; and I was as a dumb man that open not his mouth [as You commanded].
14 Thus I was as a man that hears [shame’ – obeyed] not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs [not speaking Your correction as You have spoken it].
15 For in you [in Your manifested presence], O LORD, do I hope: you will hear [‘anah – will be my eye], O LORD [‘Adonay – my King] my God.
16 For I said, Hear [pen – remove blindness from] me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.
17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
18 For I will declare [nagad – I will stand boldly against] my iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
19 But my enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20 They also that render evil for good are my adversaries [satan]; because I follow [radaph – pursued and found] the thing that good is.
21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from [rachaq – be not as the evil the wicked have decreed against] me.
22 Make haste to help me, O LORD my salvation [tshuw’ah – my rescue and victory].

Isaiah 5
22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine [to corrupt and confuse], and men of strength to mingle strong drink [causing the world to become ignorant and isane]:
23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
24 Therefore as the fire devours the stubble, and the flame consumes the chaff, so their root [from where flows corruption] shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts [a man of war], and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he has stretched forth his hand against them, and has smitten [nakah] them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcasses were torn [their dead body was scattered] in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
26 And he will lift up an ensign [nec – the son of man lifted and the voice of the LORD is exalted above all others] to the nations from far [rachowq – in this time when the world is ruled by evil decree], and will hiss [will draw attention] unto them from the end of the [old and corrupt] earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle [this preparation] of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
28 Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind [the Almighty Spirit of the LORD, from where His voice is heard]:
29 Their [open mouths] roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring [ahamah] of the sea [all humanity]: and if one looks unto the land [‘erets – the earth], behold darkness [ignorance] and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens [where understanding should be found] thereof [on the earth].

Micah 7
1 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the first-ripe fruit.
2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward [shilluwm – a bribe]; and the great man, he utters his mischievous [havvah] desire: so they wrap it up [‘abath – they conspire together].
4 The best of them is as a brier [a deceiver]: the most upright is sharper than a thorn [misleading] hedge: the day of your watchmen [tsaphah – the seers of which the world is unaware] and your visitation [pquddah – the Chief Overseer of the earth] comes; now shall be their perplexity [mbuwkah – only used here and in Isaiah 22:5 For it is a day of trouble {mbuwkah}, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the LORD God of hosts in the valley of vision {when the seers are here, at the earth’s lowest point}, breaking down the walls {of the lies in which the wicked trust}, and of crying to the mountains. 6 And Elam {eternity} bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen {of God}, and Kir {the wall} uncovered the shield {the protection of the earth}].
5 Trust you not in a friend, put you not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of your mouth from her that lies in your bosom [be not one of the many voices, peeping and muttering, misleading the world, “if they speak not according to this word it is because there is no understanding in them”].
6 For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
8 Rejoice not against me, O my enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light [understanding] unto me.
9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
10 Then she [the whore: Babylon, the unfaithful and confused] that is my enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD your God? eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
11 In the day that your walls are to be built, in that day shall the [evil] decree [choq] be far removed [rachaq – shall be understood to be evil decrees ruling the world].
12 In that day also he shall come even to you from Assyria [the communists], and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river [the word that flows into the sea: to humanity], and from sea to sea [generation to generation], and from mountain to mountain [government to government].
13 Notwithstanding the land [‘erets – the earth] shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
14 Feed your people with your rod [of correction], the flock of your heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel [Your garden of Eden]: let them feed in Bashan [of the fruitfulness] and Gilead [of the full body of Your word and work], as in the days of old.
15 According to the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt will I show unto him marvelous things.
16 The nations [those who haven’t known the LORD] shall see and be confounded at all their might [this strength the LORD has given us]: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf [they shall become dumb].
17 They shall lick the dust [the ruin of the earth] like a serpent [realized to be in My garden misleading], they shall move out of their holes [awakened from their graves to everlasting contempt] like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of you.
18 Who is a God like unto you, that pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retains not his anger forever, because he delights in mercy.
19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
20 You will perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which you have sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

Psalms 72
1 In you, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
2 Deliver [natsal – the equivalent of harpazo “caught up”, pull] me [as a brand plucked from the fires into heaven: cleansed from corruption into full understanding] in your righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline your ear unto me, and save me.
3 Be you my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: you have given commandment to save me; for you are my rock and my fortress.
4 Deliver [natsal] me, O my God, [pluck me] out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
5 For you are my hope, O LORD God: you are my trust from my youth.
6 By you have I been held up from the womb: you are he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually of you.
7 I am as a wonder unto many; but you are my strong refuge.
8 Let my mouth be filled with your praise and with your honor all the day [showing Your understanding].
9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength fails.
10 For my enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
11 Saying, God has forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
12 O God, be not far from [rachaq – rescue us from the evil the wicked have decreed against] me: O my God, make haste for my help.
13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries [satan] to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt.
14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise you more and more.
15 My mouth shall show forth your righteousness and your salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
16 I will go in the strength of the LORD God: I will make mention of your righteousness, even of yours only [exalting Your voice above all others].
17 O God, you have taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared [nagad] your wondrous works.
18 Now also when I am old and grey-headed, O God, forsake me not; until I have shown your strength unto this generation, and your power to every one that is to come.
19 Your righteousness also, O God, is very high, who have done great things: O God, who is like unto you!
20 You, which have shown me great and sore troubles [tsarah – great tribulation], shall quicken [chayah – bring life to] me again, and shall bring me up again from the depths [thowm – the abyss, the darkened deep, the belly] of the earth.
21 You shall increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
22 I will also praise you with the psaltery, even your truth, O my God: unto you will I sing with the harp, O you Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing [repeat these words] unto you; and my soul, which you have redeemed.
24 My tongue also shall talk of your righteousness all the day long: for they [the wicked, as dogs barking in the darkness] are confounded, for they [those possessed by satan] are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

Psalms 109
1 Hold not your peace, O God of my praise;
2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
4 For my love they are my adversaries [satan]: but I give myself unto prayer.
5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6 Set you a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office [pquddah – his position as overseer of the earth].
9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
11 Let the extortioner catch all that he has; and let the strangers spoil his labor.
12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children.
13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
16 Because that he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
20 Let this be the reward of my adversaries [satan] from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
21 But do you for me, O God the LORD, for your name’s sake: because your mercy is good, deliver you me.
22 For I am poor [without power] and needy [needing Your help], and my heart [the mind of My ONE BODY] is wounded within me.
23 I Am gone like the shadow when it declines [now when the sun if fully risen]: I Am tossed up and down as the locust [as if I was the one that devours the earth].
24 My knees are weak through fasting [My ONE BODY without Your word]; and my flesh fails of fatness [prosperity].
25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shake their heads [in disapproval].
26 Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to your mercy:
27 That they may know that this [Your word and word] is your hand; that you, LORD, [In me] have done it.
28 Let them curse, but bless you: when they arise, let them be ashamed [not reaching the end they desire]; but let your servant rejoice.
29 Let my adversaries [satan] be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth [as You have commanded all Your children]; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
31 For he [the LORD] shall stand at the right hand of the poor [giving power to those without it], to save him from those that condemn his [immortal] soul.

The Son of man indeed goes, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.

31 October – 3 November 2023

The Son of man indeed goes, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.

In the above, Mark 14:21, the LORD says the son of man “goes” (hupage) as it is written of him, which refers to the “betrayal” (paradidomi). In the following verses, speaking in this context, he tells His students the bread He gives them is His body (the entire work in His exposition: the complete dispensation), and the drink He gives them is His blood (His life poured out into them).

The betrayal is this body of work surrendered into the hands of those in power (Judas: Judah, representing the leaders, religious and civil governments, of God’s people), where the life in His body (of work) is ended. He then speaks of this life, as flowing through the vine into the good fruit, not occurring again until he drinks from it (as the first fruit, the husbandman who labors and is the first partaker of this understanding) here in the kingdom of God.

2 Timothy 2
3 You therefore [son of man] endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ [Jehovah’s Salvation in the flesh].
4 No man that wars entangles 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 strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
6 The husbandman [he that works in the earth] that labors must be first partaker of the fruits.
7 Consider what I say; and the LORD give you [first] understanding in all things.
8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead [the first- fruit, now, of the resurrection of the dead] according to my gospel:
9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound [nor can any man shut what the LORD has now opened].
10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
11 It is a faithful saying: 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 him, he also will deny us:
13 If we believe not [He is resurrected in me], yet he abides faithful [in me]: he cannot deny himself. [I tell you the truth, I confess without fear, Jehovah’s Salvation, Jesus, is alive from the dead, Christ, in my flesh!]
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 unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Mark 14
17 And in the evening [the time when the darkness begins] he came with the twelve.
18 And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Truly I say unto you, One of you which eats with me shall betray me.
19 And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I?
20 And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dips with me in the dish.
21 The Son of man indeed goes [hupage – lead under: speaking of the misleading that takes Him and all humanity into the belly of the earth: swallowed {by eating and drinking corruption} into the belly of hell], as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed [paradidomi – to give away: surrender]! good were it for that man if he had never been born.
22 And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.
23 And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it.
24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.
25 Truly I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.
26 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
27 And Jesus says unto them, All you shall be offended because of me this night [during the time of darkness in which you shall all sleep]: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered [as they are this day].
28 But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee [as the first-fruit of the LORD’s inner circle].

The LORD, above in verse 21, tells us plainly the betrayer is he that dips with Him in the “dish.”

The Greek word rendered “dish,” only appearing here and in Matthew 26:23 in the same revelation, is trublion, meaning “neuter of a presumed derivative of uncertain affinity; a bowl.” It bears apparent affinity to the words tribos (meaning a warn rut, path) and tribolos, meaning “properly, a crow-foot (three-pronged obstruction in war), i.e. (by analogy) a thorny plant (caltrop):–brier, thistle.

The first of these (tribos) only appears three times, once in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, all in quoting Isaiah 40:3, speaking of the “path” prepared and straitened before the LORD. In Isaiah the path is the “highway” of God made straight in the desert, using the Hebrew word mcillah, spiritually asking what highway (ma calal). In the question the LORD leads us to the answer in the (affinitive) word mgillah (ma galal – what heap of water), meaning “a roll:– roll, or volume,” as in the full body of this exposition, which is the way, truth, and life (made flesh).

The Thayer’s Greek Lexicon adds that trublion means “a deep dish.”

The word tribolos only appears twice, first, in Matthew 7:16 rendered “thistles” and then in Hebrews 6:8 as “briers,”

Matthew 7
6 Give not [to the Judases] that which is holy [the pure word delivered to us from the LORD] unto the dogs [who are forever barking in the darkness at what they can’t see], neither cast you your pearls before swine [the unclean beast who are without the LORD’s Spirit], lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend [scatter into pieces] you.
7 Ask, and it [understanding] shall be given you; seek [diligently], and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
8 For every one that ask receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.
9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread [this understanding from the mouth of God], will he give him a [dead] stone?
10 Or if he ask a fish [the life below the surface of these waters], will he give him a serpent [who will mislead him]?
11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven [with full understanding] give good things to them that ask him?
12 Therefore all things whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do you even so to them [giving as you have received from you heavenly Father]: for this is the law and the prophets.
13 Enter you in at the strait gate [now understood to be narrowed by false prophets and false teachers who must be navigated and avoided]: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way [out of the kingdom of God], that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that [avoid the obstacles and] find it.
15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves [scattering the flock].
16 You shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles [tribolos – misleaders now dipping their hand in the deep dish with the LORD]?
17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
20 Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them.
21 Not every one that says unto me, LORD, LORD, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father which is in heaven. [John 6:40 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.]
22 Many will say to me in that day, LORD, LORD, have we not prophesied in your name? and in your name have cast out devils? and in your name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you [because you have chosen your own words and ways]: depart from me, you that work iniquity [working your own will].
24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and does them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a Rock [Christ alive in me]:
25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
26 And every one that hears these sayings of mine, and does them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
29 For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

Hebrews 5
4 And no man taketh this honor unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made a high priest; but he that said unto him, You are my Son, to day have I begotten you.
6 As he says also in another place, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
10 Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing you are dull of hearing.
12 For when for the time you ought to be teachers, you have need that one teach you again which be the first principles [stoicheion] of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
13 For every one that use milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
14 But strong meat belongs to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised [working out corruption] to discern both good and evil.

Hebrews 6
1 Therefore [now discerning good and evil] leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
3 And this will we do, if God permit.
4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
7 For the earth which drinks in the rain that comes oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receive blessing from God:
8 But that which bears thorns and briers [tribolos] is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which you have shown toward his name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
11 And we desire that every one of you do show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
12 That you be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself,
14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.
15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
16 For men truly swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife [antilogia – arguments of opposition].
17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters into that within the veil;
20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered [into the presence of God], even Jesus, made a high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

When the above speaks of the “confirmation” (of the oath that ends the arguments of opposition), it’s the twice-used Greek word bebaiosis, meaning “stabiliment.”

In this statement, the LORD today refers us to Genesis 26:3 and the promise (oath) there reiterated, and Isaiah 33:6, which speaks of the stability of our time.

The (Genesis 26) story’s point is the end of contention and strife. It comes in a time when God’s people (patterned in Isaac and Rebekah – the ensnarer) are among their enemies (the Philistines). It tells of these enemies, while at peace, becoming envious of the prosperity of God’s people: the blessing that comes by obeying His voice: the wells (from where living waters are drawn), which the enemies kept stopping. We’re told these wells were called contention and strife, which speaks of the means of stopping them: the opposition of enemies in our midst. The solution Isaac (he laughs) finds is to continually move until he find new wells (for the same waters – not stopped by strife and contention), which, when found, is named Beersheba, meaning it is the (unstoppable) well of the oath.

Friends, I tell you the LORD’s intended end, the rescue (harpazo, natsal – as a brand plucked from the fire) of Israel, is a mass exodus here into Babylon, which we in New Heavenly Jerusalem now possess. Hear and obey the word of the LORD, diligently search, and He will open this truth.

Isaiah 26
19 Your dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, you that dwell in dust: for your dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
20 Come, my people, enter you into your chambers, and shut your doors about you: hide yourself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
21 For, behold, the LORD comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

Genesis 26
2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell you of:
3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you; for unto you, and unto your seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham your father;
4 And I will make your seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto your seed all these countries; and in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar [near Gaza]:
7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah [the ensnarer]; because she was fair to look upon.
8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is your wife; and how said you, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
10 And Abimelech said, What is this you have done unto us? one of the people might lightly have laid with your wife, and you shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
15 For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for you are much mightier than we.
17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
19 And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
20 And the herdsmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek [contention]; because they strove with him.
21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah [strife].
22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth [from rachab – an enlarging]; and he said, For now the LORD has made room [rachab] for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba [“well of the sevenfold oath”].
24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham your father: fear not, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your seed for my servant Abraham’s sake.
25 And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.
26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath [the possessors of this land] one of his friends [My dead body], and Phichol [mouth of all] the chief captain of his army.
27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come you to me, seeing you hate me, and have sent me away from you?
28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with you: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and you, and let us make a covenant with you;
29 That you will do us no hurt, as we have not touched you, and as we have done unto you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace: you are now the blessed of the LORD.
30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and swore one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have [diligently searched and] found water.
33 And he called it Shebah [the perfected oath]: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.

Isaiah 33
2 O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for you: be you their arm [might – strength] every morning, our salvation [yshuw’ah – Jesus, Jehovah’s Salvation in the flesh] also in the time of trouble [tsarah – this time of tribulation].
3 At the noise [qowl – the voice] of the tumult [hamown – Your multitude] the people fled; at the lifting up of yourself the nations [gowy – those who haven’t known You] were scattered.
4 And your spoil [you recovered from those who spoiled us] shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpillar [until nothing remains in their hands]: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he [in His multitude] run upon them.
5 The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he has filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.
6 And [His] wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability [’emuwn – meaning “literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity”] of your times, and strength of salvation [yshuw’ah – Jesus, Jehovah’s Salvation in the flesh]: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.
7 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors [mal’ak – the messengers: leviathan {the priesthood} of Isaiah 27:1, from who should be heard the highways, who will make peace with Me] of peace shall weep bitterly.
8 The highways [the ancient wisdom and knowledge] lie waste, the wayfaring man ceases: he has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities, he regards no man.
9 The earth mourns [its own desolation] and languishes [‘amal – waxes feeble]: Lebanon [where purity should be seen om high] is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon [what is in plain sight] is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel [what was a fruitful garden] shakes off their fruits.
10 Now will I rise, says the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.
11 You shall conceive chaff, you shall bring forth stubble: your breath [the evil spirit in you that produces worthlessness], as fire, shall devour you.
12 And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns [misleaders] cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
13 Hear [shama’ – obey this good leading], you that are far off [rachowq. – you who find yourselves in this time when the world is ruled by evil decree, deadly prescriptions of perverse law meant to demoralize, confuse, and control those obeying them], what I have done; and, you that are near, acknowledge my might.
14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness has surprised [‘achaz] the hypocrites [chaneph – those whose minds are blinded by corruption]. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
15 He that walketh righteously, and speaks uprightly; he that despises the gain of oppressions, that shakes his hands from holding of bribes, that stops his ears from hearing of blood [the words of evil men meant to drain the life of those following their evil prescription], and shuts his eyes from seeing evil [as the way];
16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
17 Your eyes [being purified of corruption] shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off [merchaq – this appointed time the LORD decreed].
18 Your heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
19 You shall not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech [speaking this word of God] than you can perceive [because it is the word of God you reject]; of a stammering tongue [a foreign language, truth you don’t speak], that you can not understand.
20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: your eyes shall see [New Heavenly] Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
21 But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams [through which His teaching flows into the sea: the people at large]; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby [‘abar – none of the corrupt and corrupting institutions of church and state now in power over the sea shall Passover into life].
22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king [from whom these things flow]; he will save us.
23 Your tackling are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail [nec – could not bring forth the son of man, the voice now exalted, spreading the LORD’s Spirit upon all]: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
24 And the inhabitants [abiding in Him] shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

Job 6
13 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me? [God’s hated people should understand they have received this help.]
14 To him that is afflicted pity should be shown from his friend [friends]; but he [they] forsake the fear of the Almighty.
15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully [bagad – treacherously] as a brook [whose corrupt waters have flowed into the sea], and as the stream of brooks [dried up] they pass away;
16 Which are blackish [full of ignorance] by reason of the ice [the word of God frozen, reserved for this moment], and wherein the snow is hid [in the cloud where the elements of understanding were reserved after they left the earth]:
17 What time they wax warm [and the word reserved therein the snow and ice flow as waters from heaven], they [the words that flow from the wicked] vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed [dried up] out of their place.
18 The paths of their [corrupt] way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
19 The troops of Tema [the wise] looked, the companies of Sheba [who’ve taken oaths to serve the LORD] waited for them.
20 They were confounded because they had hoped [in their own creations]; they came thither, and were ashamed [disappointed because the end they promised wasn’t the true end the LORD promised].
21 For now you are nothing; you see my casting down, and are afraid.
22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
25 How forcible are right words! but what does your arguing reprove?
26 Do you imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
27 Yea, you overwhelm the fatherless, and you dig a pit for your friend.
28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
30 Is there iniquity in my tongue [speaking the word the LORD has given me]? cannot my taste discern [your] perverse things?

Ecclesiastes 4
1 So I returned [from death], and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter [no man teaching them into all truth, leading them from the dead to join me in life]; and on the side of their oppressors there was power [to deceive and hold men in death]; but they had no comforter.
2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living [who’ve already awakened to everlasting contempt, who know they are here to do the work of Satan and willingly do it] which are yet alive.
3 Yea, better is he than both they, which has not yet been [born again], who has not seen [realized] the evil work that is done under the sun.
4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
5 The fool [not knowing this time] folds his hands together [not working with me], and [in his ignorance and sloth] eats his own flesh.
6 Better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
8 There is one [alive from the dead doing the LORD’s will] alone, and there is not a second; yea, he has neither child nor brother: yet is there no end [qets] of all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither says he, For whom do I labor, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor.
10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falls; for he has not another to help him up.
11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
12 And if one prevails [taqaph] against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken [the LORD in me unknown, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost as ONE].
13 Better is a poor [micken – only used here and three time in Ecclesiastes 9:15 & 16; meaning without worldly power, who in the end is realized to be the true king] and a wise child [yeled] than an old and foolish king [as is feeble Brandon], who will no more be admonished.
14 For out of prison [‘acar – with this yoke] he comes to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom [joined, yoked, with him] becometh poor [ruwsh – destitute of understanding].
15 I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child [yeled – the wise child who is sent to deliver out of the hand of the wicked] that shall stand up [‘amad – as Michael, who is the image and likeness of God] in his stead [against the wicked and feeble king].
16 There is no end [qets] of [the lives of] all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after [Solomon – in these last days of darkness: ignorance] shall not rejoice [samach – be brightened] in him [in the wise child]. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 9
10 Whatsoever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave [sheol – in hell where all the dead are housed], whither you go [and now “find” yourselves].
11 I returned [to a right mind], and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance [pega’ – occurrence, in which humanity finds itself] happens to them all [here in hell, in the death warned of in Genesis 2:17].
12 For man [‘adam] also knows not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly [pith’own – this is the epiphany, the moment of realizing the reality we find ourselves in] upon them.
13 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
15 Now there was found in it a poor [micken] wise man [‘adam], and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered [zakar] that same poor [micken] man [‘iysh].
16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor [micken] man’s wisdom is despised [among the dead], and his words are not heard [because the language of the dead is lies: deception, confusion, and insanity wherefore the dead are unable to distinguish between their delusions and this reality].
17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that rule among fools.
18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner [whose voice is exalted] destroys much good.

Fiends, the few of you who will [[again]] read this far, the world doesn’t believe in God and, therefore, can’t comprehend this as reality. They will see these words as those of one using masterfully arranged creations to deceive and manipulate people, as they do with their lies and deceptions. They have no idea I Am not alone and that the Creator of all is truly alive in Me doing the work, present to save His people as promised. There is only one way this ends: with the creation of a new earth built upon the ruin of the old and corrupt.

John 8
25 Then said they unto him, Who are you? And Jesus says unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.
26 I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
27 They understood not that he spoke to them of the Father [alive in me].
28 Then said Jesus unto them, When you have lifted up the Son of man, then shall you know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father has taught me, I speak these things.
29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father has not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
30 As he spoke these words, many believed on him.
31 Then said Jesus to those [Christians and] Jews which believed on him, If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed;
32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

John 14
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 [in my identity, manifesting My presence in you], that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If you shall ask any thing in my name [in my identity], I will do it.
15 If you love me, keep my commandments.
16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter [the Paraclete, I Am in me], that he may abide with you forever;
17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it sees him not, neither knows him [because I Am a poor man: without worldly power]: but you know him; for he dwells 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 sees me no more; but you see me [My identity now manifested in these words and works]: 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.

Philippians 1
2 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the LORD Jesus Christ.
3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,
5 For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;
6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
7 Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defense and confirmation [bebaiosis] of the gospel, you all are partakers of my grace [these treasures the LORD has to me entrusted].
8 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ [the LORD alive in me].
9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
10 That you may approve things that are excellent [discerning good and evil]; that you may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ [risen in you].
11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
12 But I would you should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;
13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;
14 And many of the brethren in the LORD, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the [this] word without fear.

Micah 4
1 But in the last days [‘achariyth] it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains [His teaching exalted above all other voices], and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion [the first dominion – “eternal life,” in full understanding: i.e., “heaven,” where man has rest in sustainable peace and civilization, as it was in Eden], and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
3 And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.
4 But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken it.
5 For all people will walk everyone in the name of his god [the idols they worship, which cannot bring them to peace], and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.
6 In that day, says the LORD, will I assemble her that halts [is lame, and thereby strayed from the course to the prize], and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;
7 And I will make her that halted [was lame and strayed] a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion [the first dominion establishing the new age of heaven and earth] from henceforth, even forever.
8 And you, O tower of the flock [that see His Glory in His appearing and kingdom], the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto you shall it come, even the first [ri’shown] dominion [memshalah]; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.
9 Now why do you cry out aloud? is there no king in you? is your counselor perished? for pangs have taken you as a woman in travail [the pain that is only to bring forth him that must be lifted up: whose voice must be exalted].
10 Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shall you go forth out of the city, and you shall dwell in the field, and you shall go even to Babylon [shall be in the world controlled by the confusion that comes from many ignorant and deceiving voices until this voice is exalted]; there shall you be delivered [natsal – as a brand plucked from the fire]; there the LORD shall redeem you from the hand of your enemies.
11 Now also many nations are gathered against you, that say, Let her be defiled [let God’s people be corrupted, as we are, by following the gods, idols, of this world], and let our eye look upon [be the vision of] Zion.
12 But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make your horn [power as strong as] iron, and I will make your hoofs [your way as] brass: and you shall beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain [charam betsa’ – devote what they have plundered] unto the LORD, and their substance [chayil – the forces that sustain them] unto the LORD of the whole earth [His dominion as at first].

Jude 1
17 But, beloved, remember you the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our LORD Jesus Christ;
18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time [this ‘achariyth], who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
19 These be they who separate themselves [from Him here], sensual, having not the Spirit.
20 But you, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our LORD Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:
23 And others save with fear [telling them they should fear the destruction that comes upon those not receiving the LORD’s mercy], pulling [harpazo] them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
25 To the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

Isaiah 62
6 I have set watchmen 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 establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
8 The LORD has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, 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 the which you have labored:
9 But they that have gathered it 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 [‘abar], go through [‘abar] the gates [Passover from death into life, through the gates of hell into the kingdom of God]; prepare you the way of the people; cast up [calal], cast up [calal] the highway [mcillah]; gather out the [dead] stones; lift up a standard [nec – the voice of the LORD exalted above all others, as Moses lifted the serpent in the wilderness] for the people.
11 Behold, the LORD has proclaimed unto the end of the [totally corrupt] world, Say you to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him [paniym – His work declaring His presence].
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.

Revelation 21
1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7 He that overcomes [the confusion that blinded the world into insanity] shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

Isaiah 65
15 And you [the old and corrupt] shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the LORD God shall slay you, and call his servants by another name:
16 That he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from my eyes.
17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
18 But be you glad and rejoice forever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

Hebrews 12
22 But you [who’ve received Him and His correction] are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels [messengers receiving and delivering His message, publishing His good tidings],
23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect [come to life in His presence],
24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling [His sacrificing to deliver this message, as the sunrise upon all], that speak better things than that of Abel.
25 See that you refuse not him that speaks. For if they escaped not who refused him that spoke on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaks from heaven [the place of full understanding]:
26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he has promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven [that the wicked and their corruption are shaken from them and they, heaven and earth, are born again].
27 And this word, Yet once more, signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom [of God, heaven on the earth] which cannot be moved, let us have [not refusing] grace [this free gift of His treasures], whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
29 For our God is a consuming fire.

Romans 10
1 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is [all His chosen family at large, those who receive this promised end], 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 [in darkness not knowing] God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness [trying to prove their corrupt ways are the right way], have not submitted themselves [hupotasso] unto the righteousness [the right way] 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 [without understanding], That the man which does those things [with understanding] shall live by them.
6 But the righteousness which is of faith speak on this wise, Say not in your heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above [to give us understanding]:)
7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead [to give us again understanding].)
8 But what says it? The word is near you, even in your mouth, and in your heart [mind]: that is, the word of faith [that the word, understanding, received is the LORD’s], which we preach;
9 That if you shall confess with your mouth the LORD Jesus [Jehovah’s salvation manifested in the flesh He chooses], and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him [He has chosen to dwell in] 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. [I confess Jesus Christ is One God alive in my flesh!]
11 For the scripture says [in Isaiah 28:16], Whosoever believes on him shall not be ashamed [shall reach this expected end, our hope realized].
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 [Joel 2:32 says] 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 [53:1] says, LORD, who has believed our report [in Hebrew “report” is from the many times discussed word shmuw’ah {shama’ Yah}, meaning heard and obeyed what is reported as the word of Jehovah, as it is, His sound “doctrine” He is teaching, as in Isaiah 28:9, asking “Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine {shmuw’ah – His report}?”]?
17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by [receiving report, the preaching, as] 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 [ending the old and beginning the new] 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 [in Isaiah 65:1 & 2] is very bold, and says, 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, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying [antilego – opposing His rightly ordered discourse] people [of who Isaiah 65:5 says they haven’t found Him because they, those choosing to remain among the dead, are saying they are holier than Him; of whom He says they are like smoke in His nose, meaning to be fanned away by His hand].

Psalms 67
1 God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face [paniym – presence] to shine [His understanding] upon us; Selah.
2 That your way may be known upon earth, your saving health among all nations.
3 Let the people praise you, O God; let all the people praise you.
4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for you shall judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
5 Let the people praise you, O God; let all the people praise you.
6 Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.
7 God shall bless us; and all the ends [the end of the old and beginning the new] of the earth shall fear him.

Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

27 – 29 October 2023

Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

Friends, the above, Hebrews 4:14, is the LORD responding to the “verse of the day,” Hebrews 4:12, that appears (27 October 2023) at Biblegateway.com. The words used telling us to “hold fast our profession” are krateo {used forty-three times) and homologia (appearing only six times). It speaks of my/our mission, the profession of our faith that the LORD is present, manifested in His word and work, with us, in us, and we declare we are in Him, in His ONE BODY.

Hebrews 3
12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today [when the light has come]; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin [the errors of darkness, misleading that blinds the mind].
14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end [when the LORD is risen and revealed in our flesh];
15 While it is said, Today if you will hear his voice [this understanding that it’s Him speaking light and life], harden not your hearts, as in the provocation [doubting His presence even when no other conclusion can be logically drawn].
16 For some, when they had heard [Him speaking], 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 [remaining with the corrupt thinking that held them captive and enslaved under tyrants], whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?
18 And to whom swore he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

Hebrews 4
1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise [that in death we would find ourselves risen with him in heaven, by His mind in us, which is the end of our faith, when the foundations are restored and we find rest in the promised land: earth] being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
2 For unto us was the gospel preached [we are evangelized, made messengers of the LORD], as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith [that it is the LORD speaking] in them that heard it.
3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world [the foundation of God with us, in us declaring Himself, setting the course to our now seeing Him that is unseen, Who before we only heard without comprehension].
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 into my rest.
6 Seeing therefore it remains that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:
7 Again, he limits a certain day [this time when understanding comes], 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, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
9 There remains therefore a rest to the people of God.
10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
11 Let us labor [in this harvest] therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. [Luke 10:1 After these things the LORD appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. 2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few: pray you therefore the LORD of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest. 3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.]
12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
13 Neither is there any creature [ktisis – foundation, at the creation] that is not manifest in his sight: but all things [the foundations] 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, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast [krateo] our profession [homologia – His same word, this logical conclusion].
15 For we have not a high priest [in the order of Melchisedec – the king of righteousness, who is also the king of peace in which we find rest] which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities [the weakness of ignorance and unbelief]; but was in all points tempted [to doubt God is in me] like as we are, yet without sin [by obedience, subordinating my will to the Father’s].
16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy [here at the LORD’s mercy seat where His presence in manifested to the faithful], and find grace [these treasure from heaven] to help [stirred to life] in time of [the world’s] need.

The word homologia is from the Greeks words, homo (meaning same), and logia, meaning “from 3004 [lego]; something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e. Christ).”

It (homologia) describes the LORD’s word from the mouths of those who have faith they have heard Him speaking from the flesh of those He has chosen and prepared. Logically, there must be a first cause, the first to hear Him, through whom He starts the chain reaction, producing after His own kind. The resurrection of Jesus Christ, the first cause, is what we are experiencing here and now: I and the many children the LORD has given me, who are for signs and wonders among His people.

Hebrews 2
6 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that you are mindful of him? or the son of man that you visit him?
7 You made him a little lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor, and did set him over the works of your hands:
8 You have put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet [not yet comprehending that] all things [are] put under him.
9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor; that he by the grace of God should taste death [here in hell] for every man.
10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
11 For both he that sanctifies [makes and declares us pure: holy] and they who are sanctified [made and declared pure: holy] are all of one [BODY]: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
12 Saying, I will declare your name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto you.
13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God has given me.
14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
16 For truly he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
17 Wherefore in all things it behooved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
18 For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to succor [rescue] them that are tempted [to doubt His presence].

1 Corinthians 15
20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept.
21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
23 But every man in his own order: Christ the first fruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.
24 Then comes the [expected] end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom [this new nation] to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
25 For he must reign, till he has put all enemies under his feet.
26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
27 For he has put all things under his feet. But when he says all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.

As is the topic, this last verse refers to the expected end when the Father is the only thing not put under the son. The quote is from Psalms 8:6, which speaks of the son as having dominion over all the works of the LORD.

As we know from previous conversations, in this context, we understand in the original text of Psalms 8:5 (quoted in Hebrew 2:7) the words telling of the son of man as “made a little lower than the angels” are chacer’ elohiym. They tell us the son is intentionally sent lacking the full knowledge of God. The Psalm then tells us this is planned so He can be crowned with this understanding: revelation only known to the Father. We are also told (in Heberew 2:9) that lacking understanding, the state of ignorance of what is present, is death, and receiving it (“crowned with glory and honor”) is resurrection from death.

Psalms 8
A Psalm of David
1 O LORD [Jehovah], our LORD [‘adown – our King], how excellent is your name in all the earth! who have set your glory [Your presence manifested in revelation] above the heavens.
2 Out of the mouth [when this word is heard] of babes and sucklings [the children the LORD has given me] have you ordained strength [understanding that brings forth man] because of your enemies, that you might still [shabath – sabbath: interrupt, stop the work of] the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars [the new civil government and Your people they govern as the Father governs], which you have ordained;
4 What is man, that you are mindful of him? and the son of man, that you visit [paqad – come as Chief Overseer of the earth, rising in] him?
5 For you have made him a little lower than [chacer – to lack a little] the angels [‘elohiym – of God’s knowledge], and have crowned him with glory and honor [the Father’s revelation manifesting His presence in him].
6 You made him to have dominion over the works [finished] of your hands; you have put all things [You created at the foundation] under his feet:
7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea [all the beasts of the earth, including men, all without the LORD’s Spirit], and whatsoever passes through [‘abar – all that Passover into life in this resurrection from death] the paths [‘orach – as pilgrims traveling] of the seas [through the ages and generations].
9 O LORD [Jehovah] our LORD [‘adown – our King], how excellent is your name [identity – seeing Your presence] in all the earth!
To the chief Musician upon Muth-labben [upon the death, cutting off the head with this sword, of Goliath]

The other five uses of homologia follow: in which the LORD speaks to us of our necessary profession, speaking the word He has here given us, with which He has purified and declared us holy.

(Friends, man’s wisdom says I have no right or authority to command you to obey. They who believe such are correct that I have nothing of my own, which witnesses to their lack of faith: not believing it’s the Father in me speaking and commanding. By rejecting Him and observing lying vanities, they refuse their own salvation, which only comes by receiving and giving His gift of grace and mercy. It’s every person’s choice, light or darkness, at this krisis {decision} point reached.)

2 Corinthians 9
6 But this I say, He which soweth [this word] sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
7 Every man according as he purposes in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver [quoted from Proverbs 22:9].
8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
9 (As it is written [in Psalms 112:9], He has dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor: his righteousness remains forever.
10 Now he that ministers [this good] seed to the sower both minister bread [this word from the mouth of God, by which man lives] for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
11 Being enriched in everything to all bountifulness, which causes through us thanksgiving to God.
12 For the administration of this service [giving the riches God has here given us] not only supplies the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;
13 Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed [homologia] subjection [hupotage – subordination, obedience] unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;
14 And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.
15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

The word rendered “unspeakable,” only appearing here, is enekdiegetos, which speaks of God’s gift, into which He has led us, as the origin of what is intended to be fully declared (professed).

This is why Paul immediately declares the power in him is Christ warring through us to pull down all the strongholds that oppose His salvation.

2 Corinthians 10
1 Now I Paul [I Timothy] myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in [my flesh] presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:
2 But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
7 Do you look on things after the outward appearance? if any man trust to himself that he is Christ’s, let him of himself think this again, that, as he [thinks he] is Christ’s, even so are we [truly] Christ’s.
8 For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the LORD has given us for edification [to build you up by this education], and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed [when this goal is reached, even your understanding and obedience]:
9 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
10 For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
11 Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.
12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
13 But we will not boast of things without our measure [things not given to us by the LORD alive in us], but according to the measure of the rule which God has distributed to us, a measure [this dispensation] to reach even unto you.

Proverbs 22
3 A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honor, and life.
5 Thorns [misleading] and snares are in the way of the froward [those who twist and pervert truth]: he that does keep [guards] his soul shall be far from them.
6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender [this speaks of the powerless becoming the servants of those in power, joining them in their wickedness – it is contrasted with Psalms 112:5 below, and joining with a good man].
8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
9 He that has a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he gives of his bread to the poor [this verse is the origin of Paul’s quote in 2 Corinthians 9:7].
10 Cast out the scorner [those who compare themselves to themselves, who are only in agreement with those in error with them], and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
11 He that loveth pureness of heart [a mind free of corruption], for the grace of his lips [speaking this pure word] the king [I Am] shall be his friend.
12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthrows the words of the transgressor.
13 The slothful man [who refuses to obey] says, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
14 The mouth of strange women [the words heard in the unfaithful church] is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
16 He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he that gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.
17 Bow down [subordinate] your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart unto my knowledge.
18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them [this word from the mouth of the LORD] within you; they shall withal be fitted in your lips [when they are appropriately spoken].
19 That your trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to you this day, even to you.

Psalms 112
1 Praise you the LORD. Blessed is the man that fears the LORD, that delights greatly in his commandments.
2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endures forever.
4 Unto the upright there arises light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
5 A good man shows favor, and lends [and other good men join him]: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
6 Surely he shall not be moved forever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.
8 His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies.
9 He has dispersed, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endure forever; his horn shall be exalted with honor.
10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

1 Timothy 6
1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.
2 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.
3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our LORD Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof comes envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw yourself.
6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
11 But you, O man of God [I Am, Timothy, the title only appearing here in the New Testament], flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto you are also called, and have professed [homologeo] a good profession [homologia] before many witnesses.
13 I give you charge in the sight of God, who quickens all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession [homologia];
14 That you keep this commandment without spot, unrebukable, until the appearing of our LORD Jesus Christ:
15 Which in his times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and LORD of lords;
16 Who only has immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.
17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded [thinking their wealth makes them superior], nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;
18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate [this good word of God];
19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay [as I have] hold on eternal life.
20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to your trust [this dispensation the Father has Given me], avoiding profane and vain babblings [which have become the language of this generation], and oppositions of science falsely so called [antithesis gnosis pseudonumos – the arguments falsely named knowledge {anti-truth used against this truth of God}]:
21 Which some professing [epaggellos – announce themselves as if they are authors and finishers] have erred concerning the faith. Grace [this gift of salvation, from which these men have erred] be with you. Amen.

The word, above in verse 21, rendered “erred” is astocheo, a negative (opposite) of stoicheo (as in stoicheion, rendered elements, rudiments, and principles, meaning “something orderly in arrangement, i.e. (by implication) a serial (basal, fundamental, initial) constituent (literally), proposition (figuratively).”

It (astocheo) only appears two other times, both in Paul’s letters to Timothy, further describing the error of the wicked he speaks of above. The LORD, in these passages, speaks to us (here and now) of the errors of the corrupt church (the institution as a whole, without light, one body united in Babylon, their confusion that resulted from following the corruptors into death and hell).

In the first of these, 1 Timothy 1:6, the LORD’s commandment is to charge men that they teach no other doctrine nor heed fables (the creations of men’s imaginations).

1 Timothy 1
5 Now the end of the commandment is charity [agape – giving as received, which is Christian love] out of a pure heart [giving this word as received, without again adding corruption], and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned [anupokritos – without dissimulation, as in Romans 12:9 Let love {agape} be without dissimulation {anupokritos}. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.]:
6 From which some having swerved [astocheo] have turned aside unto vain jangling;
7 Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for men-stealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which [dispensation] was committed to my trust.

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 [Jehovah’s Salvation in the flesh].
4 No man that wars entangles 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 strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
6 The husbandman [he that works in the earth] that labors must be first partaker of the fruits.
7 Consider what I say; and the LORD give you [first] understanding in all things.
8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead [the first- fruit, now, of the resurrection of the dead] according to my gospel:
9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound [nor can any man shut what the LORD has now opened].
10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
11 It is a faithful saying: 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 him, he also will deny us:
13 If we believe not [He is resurrected in me], yet he abides faithful [in me]: he cannot deny himself. [I tell you the truth, I confess without fear, Jehovah’s Salvation, Jesus, is alive from the dead, Christ, in my flesh!]
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 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 [those who forbid your Joining with the LORD, in His ONE BODY, one flesh, as His only son, and forbidding this they hide behind the spurious mask of caring for your soul];
18 Who concerning the truth have erred [astocheo], saying that the resurrection is past already [the resurrection comes when you are freed from the lies of the false prophets and false teachers whose words and ways have carried Humanity into death and hell]; and overthrow the faith of some.
19 Nevertheless the foundation [I Am] of God stands sure, having this seal, The LORD knows them that are his. And, let every one that names the name of Christ depart from [purge out, incise, exercise, work out of yourself] 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 [the vessels of dishonor, in which remains the scum], he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified [made holy], and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.
22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the LORD out of a pure heart.
23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strife [the way of the wicked, argument, continuously questioning with known lies and false accusation, intended to produce endless confusion].
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 [endless questioning, using lies and false accusation, even when known to be such – with intention, leading captive silly women who are never able to come to the knowledge of the truth], who are taken captive by him at his will.

2 Timothy 3
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such [devils taking you captive] turn away.
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses [against him casting down rods which turned to serpents, which Aaron’s rod, turned into a serpent, ate] so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith [false prophets with not a word of God in them, speaking their own words against the son of man God has sent to free His people from this oppression].
9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
10 But you have fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the LORD delivered me.
12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
14 But continue you in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing of whom you have learned them;
15 And that from a child you have known the holy scriptures, which are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works [which is the good fight we fight].

2 Timothy 4
1 I charge you therefore before God, and the LORD Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
5 But watch you in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of your ministry.

Hebrews 3
1 Wherefore [He is able to recuse, succor, us from our doubt], holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling [to declare Him present, and this word as His voice], consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession [homologia – giving us His word to declare], Christ Jesus;
2 Who was [is] faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.
3 For this man was [is] counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who has built the house has more honor than the house.
4 For every house is built by some man; but he that built all things is God.
5 And Moses truly was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony [speaking the words God gave him] of those things which were to be spoken after;
6 But Christ as a son over his own house [has given us His word to be spoken after our obedience is fulfilled]; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence [that the words are His] and the rejoicing of the hope [of His presence] firm unto the end [when we again see Him after we’ve heard Him].
7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost says, Today if you will hear his voice,
8 Harden not your hearts [mind that remain blinded and in disobedience], as in the provocation, in the day of temptation [doubting His presence] in the wilderness [referring to Exodus 17:6 & 7, saying “Behold, I will stand before you there upon the rock in Horeb; and you shall smite the Rock {Christ}, and there shall come water {the word of God} out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. And he called the name of the place Massah [temptation], and Meribah [strife and contention], because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us, or not?”]:
9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do always err [planao – as in the planets, wandering stars, deceives in the darkness that, because of their wander, can’t be trusted to show the way] in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
11 So I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart [misled mind] of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

Hebrews 10
1 For the law having a shadow [of ignorance] of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect [in full understanding, seeing the Father in the son, behind the veil of flesh, His presence from there leading us into salvation].
2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged [from blinding ignorance and corruption] should have had no more conscience of [mind in error committing] sins.
3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins [committed] every year.
4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away [aphaireo – to prefer by choice – literally taking away {apo} bad choices {haireomai}] sins.
5 Wherefore when he comes into the world, he says, Sacrifice and offering you would not, but a body have you prepared me [flesh in which He manifests His presence, unknown as the Paraclete {the Comforter}, the Holy Ghost, leading us away from darkness {ignorance} into His marvelous light {full understanding}, as in the name Nehemiah meaning Jehovah’s Comforter]:
6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you have had no pleasure.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do your will [that none would perish but that all would come to salvation], O God.
8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin you would not, neither had pleasure therein; which are offered by [as the prescription of] the law [foreshadowing the One coming];
9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do your will, O God. He takes away the first [the shadow of ignorance of the underlying deep meaning], that he may establish the second [full understanding in the Father’s presence].
10 By the which will we are sanctified [made holy, purified from pollution] through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ [Jehovah’s Salvation manifested in the flesh] once for all.
11 And every priest stands daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. [The word here rendered “take away” is the four times used word periaireo {peri haireomai} – referring us to its use in 2 Corinthians 3:16, when the veil of ignorance of the Old Testament is “taken away,” now when we have turned to {returned to seeing} the LORD, the Father manifested in the flesh, as in Moses, as in Christ the perpetual son of ONE God in him leading His people into salvation]:
12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God [from where he now exhibits the Father’s power in us and through us];
13 From henceforth expecting [ekdechomai – waiting expectantly, tarrying, long-suffering until He is again seen] till his enemies [whose pervading ignorance] be made his footstool.
14 For by one offering he has perfected forever them that are sanctified [by it cleared of all corruption that blinded their minds].
15 Whereof the Holy Ghost [the Father, ONE God, unknown speaking and working] also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before [in Jeremiah 31:31 – 34],
16 “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the LORD, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.”
18 Now where remission [aphesis – freedom, which comes from the LORD shedding His blood: His voice speaking better thing than Abel, which voice is now shaking heaven and earth, and the wicked shall be shaken from them: the voice we are warned not to ignore] of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
19 Having, therefore, brethren, boldness to enter [the presence of God above His mercy seat] into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
20 By a new and living way [by the resurrection from death], which he has consecrated [egkainizo – inaugurated by His blood testament – the word only appearing one other time, Hebrews 9:18, where it is rendered, “testament was dedicated” {by “blood”}] for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
21 And having a high priest over the house of God;
22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
23 Let us hold fast the profession [homologia – this same word repeated as received, which is the law of the LORD written into our minds, effectually working to change them, producing the good conscience] of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together [into His ONE BODY], as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as you see the day approaching.
26 For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
28 He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose you, shall he be thought worthy, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and has done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know him that has said [in Deuteronomy 32:35 & 36], Vengeance belongs unto me, I will recompense, says the LORD. And again, The LORD shall judge his people.
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after you were illuminated [given this understanding], you endured a great fight of afflictions [at the hand of those denying and mocking the LORD at His appearing and kingdom];
33 Partly, whilst you were made a gazing-stock [held up for public ridicule] both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst you became companions of them that were so used.
34 For you had compassion [had sympathy when I was publicly mocked] of me in my bonds [in this prison, the pit of mire stirred by the feet of evil doers: misleaders and false accusers: known liars telling known lies], and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods [the worthless ways and ideas the world says are valuable], knowing in yourselves that you have in heaven a better and an enduring substance [these treasures God has given us, and the eternal and abundant life they produce: as fruit].
35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which [faith in the LORD and believing His promises] has great recompence of reward.
36 For you have need of patience, that, after you have done the will of God, you might receive the promise.
37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
38 Now the just shall live by faith [in the Father]: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
39 But we are not of them who draw back [into corruption] unto perdition; but of them that believe [the Father] to the saving of the soul.

1 Corinthians 10
1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that you should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
7 Neither be you idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
9 Neither let us tempt [doubt] Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
10 Neither murmur you, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
11 Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come [ending the old and corrupt and beginning the new].
12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he stands take heed lest he fall.
13 There has no temptation [doubt] taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it.
14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry [escape those who put themselves in God’s place, the men with which you are joined].
15 I speak as to wise men; judge you what I say.
16 The cup of blessing which we [here] bless, is it not the communion [koinonia – meaning “partnership, i.e. (literally) participation, or (social) intercourse, or (pecuniary) benefaction.”] of the blood of Christ? The bread which we [here] break, is it not the communion [koinonia] of the body of Christ?
17 For we being many are [here] one bread, and ONE BODY: for we are all partakers of that one bread [this word from the mouth of the present LORD, by which man lives].

Psalms 46
1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble [tsarah – this tribulation].
2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains [the governments that have risen over the earth] be carried into the midst of the sea [the people at large];
3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
4 There is a river, the streams [this word of God that flows into the sea] whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he has made in the earth.
9 He makes wars to cease unto the end of the [old and corrupt] earth; he breaks the bow, and cuts the spear in sunder; he burns the chariot in the fire.
10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
11 The LORD of hosts is [a man of war, I Am] with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

The LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom.

20 – 25 October 2023

The LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom.

The above is a portion of Ezra 1:1, which is preceded by telling us this (stirring) is to fulfill “the word of the LORD from the mouth of Jeremiah.” Some believe this refers to Jeremiah 29:10 – 14 and the end of the time in desolation, while it more surely (spiritually) speaks of the book’s (Jeremiah’s) prophesies’ culmination.

The word “stirred” is from ‘uwr, a word which (unstated) has an affinity to the origin of the appellative Ezra (meaning “help”), both describing the book’s underlying subject {stirring help). It (‘uwr) only appears here speaking of Cyrus (descriptively meaning the LORD, in the son of man, here with us in the furnace, of which he is the possessor) and in verse 5 where it speaks of those among God’s people stirred with him.

Ezra 1
5 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised [‘uwr], to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.

As we know, this same stirring is found in the meaning of the name Jeremiah, which we understand speaks of Jehovah rising and (with His rising) raising His people.

The Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary definition meaning of ‘uwr is “a primitive root (rather identical with 5783 through the idea of opening the eyes); to wake (literally or figuratively):–(a- )wake(-n, up), lift up (self), X master, raise (up), stir up (self).”

As we know, the origins of the name Jehovah speak of the LORD as self-manifesting, self-existing, and becoming who He will become (“I AM THAT I AM,” hayah ‘aher hayah – I will be who I will be, or I will become who I will become).

The word (‘uwr) is said to be from identical words meaning to “be bare” and “chaff (as the naked husk),” therein describing removing the covering (the worthless that is blinding) to reveal (stir awake) what resides inside.

Cyrus is the son of Esther (a Hebrew, her name meaning “star”) and Ahasuerus (meaning “I will be silent and poor”), names (appellatives) referring to God’s people, when they have become as many as the stars of heaven, with Him when He, then as now, has manifested Himself silent (His name not spoken in the book of Esther, only appearing cryptically in acrostics) and seemingly without power.

Cyrus was most certainly brought up by Mordecai (meaning small), as was Esther his (Mordecai’s) niece, and under him studied the law and the prophets. Esther assuredly named Cyrus from Isaiah’s (long before) foretelling his coming, and he (Cyrus) acted (not only obeying the LORD’s words in Isaiah) obediently to the LORD’s word in Jeremiah.

Friends, I tell you again without equivocation, all these spiritually speak of this moment: the LORD sending me, as a soldier on His mission, hidden in plain sight, with no power other than the Almighty living within me. It is at this expected end the corrupt powers of the world should tremble and His awakened people should rejoice. Hallelujah! Amen!

Isaiah 45
1 Thus says the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates [out of hell into heaven]; and the gates shall not be shut;
2 I will go before you, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron [holding all humanity in death and hell]:
3 And I will give you the treasures of darkness [hidden in men’s ignorance], and hidden riches of secret places [these deep meanings now revealed], that you mayest know that I, the LORD, which call you by your name, am the God of Israel [the name I’ve given the people of My promise, who receive Me and it at this arrival].
4 For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel my elect, I have even called you by your name: I have surnamed you, though you have not known me.
5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded you, though you have not known me [as none have]:
6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west [shinning understanding, with which comes this new day, upon all who come out of corruption into its light], that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
8 Drop down, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.
9 Woe unto him that strives with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioned it, What makest you? or your work, He has no hands?
10 Woe unto him that says unto his father, What have you begotten? or to the woman, What have you brought forth?
11 Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come [‘athah – at My arrival] concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command you me.
12 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
13 I have raised him up [‘uwr] in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go [from hell] my captives, not for price nor reward, says the LORD of hosts.
14 Thus says the LORD, The labor of Egypt [of the tyrants who oppress us], and merchandise of Ethiopia [those covered in their ignorance] and of the Sabeans [those drunken with their power], men of stature, shall come over unto you, and they shall be yours: they shall come after you; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto you, they shall make supplication unto you, saying, Surely God is [alive] in you; and there is none else, there is no God.
15 Truly you are a God that hides yourself, O God of Israel, the Savior.
16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols [God’s they put in My place and call by my name].
17 But Israel [those who by faith receive this expected end] shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: you shall not be [as those who don’t know Me are, thinking the world ends] ashamed nor confounded world without end.
18 For thus says the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he has established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
19 I have not spoken in secret [but here in plain sight], in a dark place of the earth [where the falsely so-called wise men speak their ignorance thinking therein they can hide]: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek you me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together [into My ONE BODY with Me], you that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
21 Tell you, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who has declared this from ancient time? who has told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Savior; there is none beside me.
22 Look unto me, and be you saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
24 Surely, shall one say, [I AM] in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed [never reaching the end they seek].
25 In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel [as I promised] be justified, and shall glory.

Psalms 57
1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusts in you: yea, in the shadow of your wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performs all things for me.
3 He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would [with their lies and false accusations] swallow me up [and hold me here in hell, the work of evil you let them create for themselves]. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth [words with which they devour flesh] are spears and arrows, and their tongue [words] a sharp sword.
5 Be you [Your voice be] exalted, O God, above the heavens [men have corrupted]; let your glory be above all the [voices of the] earth.
6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my [immortal] soul is bowed [held] down: they have digged a pit [hell] before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing [the words You’ve given me] and give praise.
8 Awake up [‘uwr], my glory; awake [‘uwr], psaltery and harp: I myself will awake [‘uwr] early.
9 I will praise you, O LORD, among the people: I will sing unto you among the nations.
10 For your mercy is great unto the heavens, and your truth unto the clouds.
11 Be you exalted, O God, above the heavens: let your glory be above all the earth.

The condition of being “bowed down,” above in verse 6, is from the five times used Hebrew word kaphaph, with which the LORD refers us to its other uses below, speaking of it as from where He raises us.

Psalms 145
1 I will extol you, my God, O king; and I will bless your name forever and ever.
2 Every day will I bless you; and I will praise your name forever and ever.
3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
4 One generation shall praise your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts.
5 I will speak of the glorious honor of your majesty, and of your wondrous works.
6 And men shall speak of the might of your terrible acts: and I will declare your greatness.
7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of your great goodness, and shall sing of your righteousness.
8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
10 All your works shall praise you, O LORD; and your saints shall bless you.
11 They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk of your power;
12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations.
14 The LORD upholds all that fall, and raises up all those that be bowed down [kaphaph].
15 The eyes of all wait upon you; and you give them their meat [this deep understanding that strengthens and raises them] in due season.
16 You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
18 The LORD is near unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
20 The LORD preserves all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD [Hallelujah]: and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.

Psalms 146
1 Praise you the LORD [Hallelujah]. Praise the LORD [Hallelujah], O my soul.
2 While I live will I praise the LORD [Hallelujah]: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
4 His breath [life] goes forth, he returns to his earth [here dead in hell]; in that very day his thoughts [‘eshtonah – only appearing here, meaning rational thinking, and thereby understanding] perish.
5 Happy is he that has the God of Jacob for his help [to here in death awaken the mind], whose hope is in the LORD his God:
6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keeps truth forever:
7 Which executes judgment for the oppressed: which gives food to the hungry. The LORD loose the prisoners [from death and hell]:
8 The LORD opens the eyes of the blind: the LORD raises them that are bowed down [kaphaph]: the LORD loves the righteous:
9 The LORD preserves the strangers; he relieves the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.
10 The LORD shall reign forever, even your God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise you the LORD [Hallelujah].

Isaiah 58
1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
3 Wherefore have we fasted [refused to take His words into our mouth], say they, and you see not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and exact all your labors.
4 Behold [you chose your own words and ways, and exalt them above the word of God], you fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness [to exalt yourselves]: you shall not fast [refusing my words] as you do this day, to make your voice to be heard [shama’ – obeyed] on high.
5 Is it [are your ways] such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul [to oppose his own eternal good]? is it to bow down [kaphaph] his head as a bulrush [broken in mind and body], and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
6 Is not this the fast [abstaining from your own words] that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness [the mouths of men holding you here in death and hell], to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke? [Matthew 11:27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knows the Son, but the Father; neither knows any man the Father, except the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. 28 Come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy laden {with the burden of men’s words and ways}, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light {double meaning intended}.]
7 Is it not to deal your bread [the word from the mouth of God] to the hungry, and that you bring the poor that are cast out to your house? when you see the naked [without any protection against the corrupt elements: the insane foundational ideas and ways of the world], that you cover him [with My righteousness]; and that you hide not yourself from your own flesh [those who by this will enter My ONE BODY]?
8 Then shall your light [this understanding from heaven] break forth as the morning [this new day of the LORD’s creation], and your health shall spring forth speedily: and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the LORD [His presence manifested in you] shall be your reward.
9 Then shall you call, and the LORD shall answer; you shall cry, and he shall say, Here I Am. If you take away from the midst of you the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
10 And if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall your light rise in obscurity, and your darkness be as the noon day:
11 And the LORD shall guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and make fat your bones: and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
12 And they that shall be of you shall build the old waste places: you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
13 If you turn away your foot from the sabbath [stop your works and ways when I interrupt, for course correction, and call you to obey], from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath [My interruptions] a delight, the holy of the LORD, honorable; and shall honor him, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words:
14 Then shall you delight yourself in the LORD; and I will cause you to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed you with the [promised] heritage of Jacob your father: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it.

Micah 6
1 Hear [shama’ – obey] you now what the LORD says; Arise, contend you before the mountains [the corrupt powers risen over the earth], and let the hills [all their governments] hear [shama’ – obey] your voice.
2 Hear [shama’ – obey] you, O mountains, the LORD’s controversy, and you strong [by corruption and misleading] foundations of the earth: for the LORD has a controversy with his people, and he will plead [as He does here and now] with Israel.
3 O my people [whose inheritance is as I promised], what have I done unto you? and wherein have I wearied you? testify against me.
4 For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of servants; and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
5 O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim [when he decided {bowed} to speak only the words God put in his mouth] unto Gilgal [when the LORD turned the curse of the enemies into a blessing]; that you may know the righteousness of the LORD.
6 Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself [kaphaph] before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? [Hosea 14:2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take {correct} away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.]
7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
8 He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require [darash] of you, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
9 The LORD’s voice cries unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see your name [the LORD’s identity alive in me/us]: hear [shama’ – obey] you the rod [of correction from His mouth], and who has appointed it.
10 Are there yet the treasures [ideas and words they falsely claim have value] of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
11 Shall I count them [their abomination they put in place of the holy] pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of [their] deceitful weights?
12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
13 Therefore also will I make you sick in smiting you, in making you desolate because of your sins.
14 You shall eat [choosing their words over this word from the mouth of God], but not be satisfied [never saying it’s enough – ever learning and never coming to the knowledge of God with us]; and your casting down shall be in the midst of you; and you [your false words of salvation] shall take hold, but shall not deliver [not save anyone that obeys them]; and that which you [say you will thereby] deliver will I give up to the sword [this word of God they refuse, when what I have warned against comes, by your choice].
15 You shall sow, but you shall not reap; you shall tread the olives, but you shall not anoint you with oil; and sweet wine, but shall not drink wine.
16 For the statutes of Omri are kept [1 Kings 16:25 But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him], and all the works of the house of Ahab, and you walk in their counsels; that I should make you a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing [drawing attention to them and their chosen self-destruction]: therefore you shall bear the reproach [cherpah] of my people [that do choose Me].

The above “reproach” is the same (cherpah) spoken of below in Joel 2:17 & 19, and Daniel 12:2. It is the reproach of the wicked against God and His people, which, at this awakening, is turned upon them (the wicked, because their evil is uncovered, which is the apocalypse) and remains therein the light forever. This is the restoration of the right definitions, the righteous standard, of good and evil.

(Pardon me while I again digress: this time will never be forgotten into all eternity hereafter. The wicked of this time ignorantly believe future generations (when rational thinking returns) will abide (accept) the delusions of this brief moment. They (recipients of this correction) will define it as it is: a time when mass insanity ruled the world, and it subsequently went into literal hell. The current corrupt crop of misleaders will soon be plowed under as the rotting fruit they are, and their evil deeds will forever be remembered as the lowest point of human history. John 3:11 Truly, truly, I say unto you, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and you receive not our {mine and my Father’s} witness. 12 If I have told you earthly things, and you believe not, how shall you believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?)

Joel 2
10 The earth shall quake before them [the wicked now in power]; the heavens [the places where understanding, light, should be] shall tremble [so that the wicked sitting in God’s place are shaken from them]: the sun and the moon [church and state governments] shall be dark [realized to be void of all light, and governing by oppression rather than justly as God intended], and the stars [God’s people at large] shall withdraw their shining [no longer having or giving the understanding of the time and season, truth found only in this word of God]:
11 And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army [to now raise them from their long sleep in the darkness]: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executes his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
12 Therefore also now, says the LORD, turn you even to me with all your heart [your whole awakened mind], and with fasting [abstaining from obeying men’s words], and with weeping, and with mourning [realizing they and you have rejected and denied the LORD at His coming, not as man said, but as He says]:
13 And rend your heart [tear away what corrupts your thinking], and not your garments, and turn [from these men] unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repents him of the evil [He will save us from the consequence He said would come].
14 Who knows if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering [this blessing here and now seen with us] unto the LORD your God?
15 Blow the trumpet in Zion [gather My army into My ONE BODY], sanctify a fast [declare the LORD’s words and ways holy], call a solemn assembly:
16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts [of the Ancient of day, the ancient high ways, wisdom He has taught us]: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber [cheder], and the bride out of her closet [chuppah]. [As we know, these places are where the LORD has protected and hidden us, until His indignation {za’am} is overpast {‘abar – the Passover, when we are raised from death into life}, when it ends in His glory revealed in us destroying the wicked.]
17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar [where they have killed the obedient, prophets and wise men, I sent unto them, and now a second time seek to crucify MY Son], and let them say, Spare your people, O LORD, and give not your heritage to reproach [cherpah], that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
18 Then will the LORD be jealous for his land [‘erets – His earth], and pity his people [wherever they now find themselves].
19 Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and you shall be satisfied therewith [speaking of this teaching, of which we say “It is more than enough”]: and I will no more make you a reproach [cherpah] among the heathen:
20 But I will remove far off [rachaq – the evil decreed by the wicked in power] from you [by] the northern army [of darkness], and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost [‘acharown] sea [My people throughout history, here in these last days awakened in this resurrection, which shall close upon the wicked binging their destruction], and his stink [the rottenness perceived] shall come up, and his ill savor [of the word in their mouths] shall come up, because he has done great things.
21 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.
22 Be not afraid, you beasts of the field [those in the earth without My Spirit alive in them]: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring [with My life-giving waters], for the tree bears her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
23 Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he has given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust has eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army [of darkness] which I sent among you.
26 And you shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that has dealt wondrously with you [opening your eyes]: and my people shall never be ashamed [they shall reach their expected end, when I save them from the confusion {Babylon} that rules over them and all the world].
27 And you shall know that I Am in the midst of Israel, and that I Am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed [when they receive Me at My arrival].
28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh [that has not known Me]; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy [speaking My word to them], your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit [through them as I have to them].
30 And I will show wonders in the [new] heavens and in the [new] earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke [protecting them in this new day].
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness [the old corrupt church will be realized, by them as it is with you, to be without light], and the moon into blood [the civil government realized, to them as it is with you, to be draining the life from all they tyrannically rule], before [paniym – when the LORD’s presence is realized to be] the great and terrible day of the LORD come.
32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name [the identity] of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD has said, and [His salvation] in the [elect] remnant whom the LORD shall call [has called].

Daniel 12
1 And at that time shall Michael [who is like God] stand up, the great prince which stands for the children of your people: and there shall be a time of trouble [tsarah – the tribulation; the time of Jacob’s trouble], 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 [matsa’] written in the book [that was shut by misleading into ignorance, and is now open].
2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt [cherpah – reproach].
3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament [giving understanding from the rightly divided word]; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.
4 But you, O Daniel [judgment of God], shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end [qets – the end of the time of ignorance]: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge [da’ath – “knowledge” found in the opened Word of God, who is like {minded with} God] shall be increased.

The end of time Daniel is told of is the LORD’s arrival, foretold using the Chaldee word ‘athah, earlier in Daniel 7:13 & 22.

Daniel 7
9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit [the wisdom of God returned to its place], whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels [galgal, speaking of His appearance, as waves of waters: the relentless word of God] as burning fire.
10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him [from His presence]: thousand thousands [of His awakened saints] ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him [in His presence]: the judgment was set, and the books [of His before sealed word] were opened.
11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn [those in power] spoke: I beheld even till the beast [Babylon: the confusion that ruled the world into confusion and mass insanity] was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.
12 As concerning the rest of the beasts [the powers of the world], they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
13 I saw in the night visions [saw this was in the time when darkness covered the earth], and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the [understanding held in the] clouds of heaven, and came to [‘athat – arrived] the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him [they, the LORD’s awakened people, His ministers, approached Him to receive the same Ancient wisdom].
14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
15 I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body [understanding the whole body would, before this end, become without light and life], and the visions of my head troubled me [as in verse 28 below].
16 I came near unto one of them that stood by [the son of man who first received the Ancient of days], and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.
17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings [kingdoms ruling over all the earth], which shall arise out of the earth.
18 But the saints of the Most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.
19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast [Babylon: the confusion that has now ruled the world into mass delusion and insanity], which was diverse [as policy using lies as means to change times and laws, calling evil good and injustice justice] from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron [the strength in their mouth], and his nails of brass [tearing nations apart with their redefinition of good and evil, calling their delusions reality]; which devoured [with their mouths], brake in pieces [with their nails], and stamped the residue [the ruin of the whole earth] with his feet [the way of confusion, lies a policy];
20 And of the ten horns that were in his head [the culmination, the wicked accomplishing their control over all the world], and of the other [here in the USA] which came up, and before [Barak, in whose presence] whom three fell [destroying the power of our three branches of government]; even of that horn that had eyes [understanding dark sentences, the power of lies and flattery on the ignorance], and a mouth that spoke very great things [of deceptions], whose look was more stout [his dark understanding gave him more power] than his fellows.
21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them [as it was];
22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment [Daniel, the judgment of God, awakening to stand in his lot at this end] was [by His wisdom] given to the saints of the Most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth [Babylon: confusion, led by the USA into insanity], which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings [ten, the number of ordinal perfection, here meaning the subsequent degenerative end reached] that shall arise: and another shall rise after them [the eleventh, the number of confusion, when thinking becomes necessarily abstract, and the opportunity for error is thereby most prevalent]; and he shall be diverse from the first [as policy, seizing the opportunity, using known lies, fabricating crises, hyping hoaxes, to intentionally deceive and mislead], and he shall subdue three kings [destroying the checks and balances in our government, to seize power not granted him].
25 And he shall speak great words against the Most High [Obama claiming he was the one we waited for, with his ancient wisdom of the ways into his darkened depths, in hell], and shall wear out [the power of] the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
26 But the judgment [of the Ancient of days] shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion [the hold of confusion upon the world], to consume and to destroy it unto the end [of darkness].
27 And the kingdom and dominion [this Nation, the USA, I have created and chosen for Myself], and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
28 Hitherto [obiedence] is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me [the judgment of God, Daniel, Ancient understanding and wisdom, sleeping until this end of ignorance]: but I kept the matter in my heart [mind].

Daniel, the LORD in him, like Mordecai (little man), both appellatives speaking of the same anonymous scribe or scribes, in the once used Chaldee word plag, rendered “dividing” in verse 25 above, leads us into the deeper understanding of the end it defines. It (plag) is the same as the four times used, almost identical, Hebrew word (palag), which leads us to understand the LORD’s arrival, His forever presence revealed: openly manifested in the flesh of those He chooses.

The first two uses (of palag in Genesis 10:25 and 1 Chronicles 1:19, while delineating the genealogy of man) describe when man was separated from the breast of the Ancient of days, and entered the realm of the abstract (the journey of the necessary development of the inherent capability to see what is unseen).

This event comes at the creation of the Hebrew people, when the earth was “divided,” and the children of Eber (Hebrew, from ‘abar) were chosen as the people the LORD would shepherd to bring all humanity to the other side of death, the Passover into life by the full development of the Spirit, making (capable) minds able to fully see the unseen (taught to discern the abstract, by the experience, the ever repeating experiment, the trial of time, making man in His image and likeness, to understand good and evil always produce the same outcome: life or death).

1 Chronicles 1
18 And Arphaxad [when the breast fails: when man no longer draws wisdom from the Ancient of days] begat Shelah [from words meaning to send away and sprout; when man is sent to experience that we are with Him who is unseen, and confusion first sprouts], and Shelah begat Eber [those who would go beyond, journeying as pilgrims traveling to the Passover into life].
19 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided [palag]: and his brother’s name was Joktan [with intended affinity to Solomon calling himself the son of Jakeh].

As we know, all the above-mentioned patriarchs appear in Luke 3:34 & 35, in the genealogy of Jesus, except Joktan, said to mean he is small (of no reputation, “he will be made little”). The deep meaning in the two Hebrew (Eber) lines is when the famous (the kings and prophets) were separated from those never known. The LORD himself resides (silent and seemingly without power) in this other line, as the Holy Ghost, working and speaking throughout history unknown in the flesh, until Jesus, in who the LORD very plainly (uniting the two, in the order of Melchisedec) declared Himself present alive in His flesh, for which he was rewarded by man with death, as were many martyrs sent before and after Him. The difference is Jesus (uniting the two lines, as in Cyrus and Timothy, in the order of Melchisedec) is the first raised, to raise all the other faithful when they, as does He, declare the Father (Jehovah) alive and present with us, in us, and we in Him: His ONE BODY.

Before looking at the other two times palag appears (Job 38:25 & Psalms 55:9), the following, ending with Revelation 19, are excerpts from the post of 17 May 2020.

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 [and here we all are].
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 [herein we see the Holy Spirit: the LORD still unknown: Jehovah the Father in Son who does know it’s Him, declaring Him His son, Christ, Jehovah’s salvation personified, come to pay the price required due to the ignorance of man to His presence].
8 Philip says unto him, LORD, show us the Father, and it suffice us [as we know, suffice is from arkeo, meaning to be possessed of unfailing strength – it speaking of strength coming from seeing the Father in the Son, revealed after He has come unknown and we have been led into all truth by accepting His presence].
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 say 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 dwells 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 [revealing My identity, My presence in you], 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.
16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter [the Paraclete, the LORD unknown, who comes first alongside, to lead us into all truth, in which he reveals His presence to those who love His word and wait for Him to appear {the epiphany}], that he may abide with you forever;
17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it sees him not, neither knows him: but you know him; for he dwells 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 sees 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 keeps 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] says unto him, not Iscariot [not those who haven’t seen him, and who’ve betrayed Him for money], 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 my words: and my Father will love him, 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 come 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 [the gods of this world who have led all into blindness], 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. Arise, let us go hence [forward, to this moment – and here are we all].

When the LORD tells of when we will see him, he associates it with the Greek word arkeo, related to loving and keeping His word, His Spirit unknown leading us into all truth, and the renewing of His strength in us, He is referring us to the one-time arkeo appears in Matthew. It is in Matthew 25:9 where it is rendered “enough” in describing the oil in the five wise virgins’ lamps, which produces the light, the understanding, by which they see the LORD at his coming in the darkness, the ignorance of the world that has forgotten Him and therefore is unable to see Him. [“I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more; but you see me: because I live, you shall live also. At that day you shall know that I Am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.”]

Matthew 25 ends with the LORD telling of those who have and haven’t visited their talents upon those in need, freely giving these riches the LORD has freely given us, which is the good the world needs. Take heed, and I again warn those who think these are vain words, as are theirs.

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 [arkeo – in possession of sufficient strength – to accomplish the mission, and would be weakened by not surrendering any part of what the LORD has commanded] 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.
14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats [the devils – misleaders among His people]:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 For I [[when I, in the people of MY ONE BODY, was small and without power]] was hungry [[without strength]], and you gave me [[this]] meat: I was thirsty, and you gave me [[this]] drink: I was a stranger, and you took me in:
36 Naked, and you clothed me: I was sick [[feeble without understanding]], and you visited me: I was in prison [[held by the bars of the world’s learned ignorance]], and you came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, LORD, when saw we you hungry, and fed you? or thirsty, and gave you drink?
38 When saw we you a stranger, and took you in? or naked, and clothed you?
39 Or when saw we you sick, or in prison, and came unto you?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Truly I say unto you, Inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, you have done it unto me.
41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
42 For I was hungry, and you gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink:
43 I was a stranger, and you took me not in: naked, and you clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and you visited me not.
44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, LORD, when saw we you hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto you?
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Truly I say unto you, Inasmuch as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me.
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

One of the other times (eight total) arkeo appears, it’s rendered “be content” in Hebrews 13:5 as we’re told that our conversation (tropos, manner of life) should be without covetousness. We know this is a warning against the manner of the TV Preachers and all who do it for money, who will now find they have separated themselves from the LORD, and are on the outside when the door is shut. It says we should be “content” with such things as are present (meaning the LORD’s presence and His riches), and then paraphrasing Psalms 16:10, rendering it, “for He has said, I will never leave you [not even in hell], nor forsake you.” Repent!

Hebrews 13
5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content [arkeo] with such things as you have: for he has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you.
6 So that we may boldly say, The LORD is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.
9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines [[created by devils among you]].

Jeremiah 15 [[after he speaks of finding the word of God and eating it with joy]]
19 Therefore thus says the LORD, If you return, then will I bring you again, and you shall stand before me: and if you take forth the precious from the vile, you shall be as my mouth: let them return unto you; but return not you unto them.
20 And I will make you unto this people a fenced brazen wall: and they shall fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you: for I Am with you to save you and to deliver you, says the LORD.
21 And I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible.

Revelation 19
1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power, unto the LORD our God:
2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he has judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
3 And again they said, Hallelujah, And her smoke rose up forever and ever.
4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Hallelujah.
5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all you his servants, and you that fear him, both small and great.
6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thundering, saying, Hallelujah: for the LORD God omnipotent reigns.

Job 38
17 Have the gates of death been opened unto you? or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?
18 Have you perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if you know it all.
19 Where is the way where light [God’s understanding] dwells? and as for darkness [man’s ignorance], where is the place thereof,
20 That you should take it to the bound thereof, and that you should know the paths to the house thereof?
21 Know you it, because you were then born? or because the number of your days is great?
22 Have you entered into the treasures of the snow [God’s word frozen in heaven, in pure white form, held there until now when it is sent in small soft flakes, as His still small voice]? or have you seen the treasures of the hail [the same frozen word sent to destroy the works of men who “refuse the waters of Shiloah that go softly”],
23 Which I have reserved against the time [this time] of trouble, against the day of battle and war [“Blessed be the LORD my strength which teaches my hands to war”]?
24 By what way is the light parted [into the rainbow, which by understanding men see He has come for the salvation of His people], which scatters the east wind upon the earth?
25 Who has divided [palag – do you understand how the word of God has flowed through many unknown throughout history] a watercourse for the overflowing of waters [this word of God], or a way for the lightning of thunder [His understanding and the voice thereof];
26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground [the earth that has become without form and void, by its own confusion and emptiness]; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth [new life on the new earth]?

Psalms 55
9 Destroy, O LORD, and divide [palag] their tongues [so death is seen in their words]: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
13 But it was you, a man my equal, my guide, and my acquaintance.
14 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
18 He has delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abides of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
20 He has put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he has broken his covenant.
21 The words of his [the wicked’s] mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.

John 5
18 Therefore the Jews [the leaders of God’s people] sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath [interrupted their interruptions, by which they spread their misleading], but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Truly, truly, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father do: for what things soever he does, these also does the Son likewise.
20 For the Father loveth the Son, and shows him all things that himself does: and he will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel.
21 For as the Father raises up the dead, and quickens them [from death into life]; even so the Son quickens [from death into life] whom he will.
22 For the Father judges no man, but has committed all judgment unto the Son:
23 That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son honors not the Father which has sent him.
24 Truly, truly, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believes on him that sent me [as His mouth speaking them], has everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
25 Truly, truly, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. [It’s a simple plan.]
26 For as the Father has life in himself; so has he given to the Son to have life in himself;
27 And has given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves [mnemeion – the tombs, the places where the dead are housed; where, after His death, his body isn’t found – speaking of all the churches and synagogues where they replaced the LORD with men’s creation, and he isn’t found there among all the dead who are there] shall hear his voice,
29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation [as foretold in Daniel 12:2].
30 I can of my own self do nothing: as I hear [from my Father alive in me], I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father which has sent me.

Psalms 10
1 Why stands you afar off [rachowq – in this time when we are oppressed by the decrees of the wicked in power over the world], O LORD? [and] why hide [this is the veil only taken away when we turn to Him] you yourself in times of trouble [tsarah – his tribulation]?
2 The wicked in his pride does persecute the poor [those without worldly power]: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3 For the wicked [who blind you to My presence] boast of his heart’s desire, and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD abhors.
4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts [mzimmah – the same word as “devices” in verse 2, their plotting].
5 His ways are always grievous; your judgments [LORD] are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he pufs [his spirit, in his evil plot] at them.
6 He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity [worthlessness].
8 He sits in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places does he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor [all those without worldly power, who they call “useless eaters”].
9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he does catch the poor, when he draws him into his net [the trap in following their evil advice, which misleads into self-destruction].
10 He crouches, and humbles himself [Pope to President, hiding under false humility], that the poor may fall by his strong ones [they send to destroy them].
11 He has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he hides his face [paniym – His presence]; he will never see it. [The wicked ignorantly not knowing ignorance is a veil that only keeps the ignorant from seeing.]
12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up your hand: forget not the [truly] humble.
13 Wherefore does the wicked contemn God? he has said in his heart [darkened mind], You will not require it [darash – search it out, referring us to Micha 6:8 above, saying “He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require {darash} of you, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?”].
14 You have seen it; for you behold [have searched out into the light] mischief and spite, to requite [justly reward] it with your hand: the poor commits himself unto you; you are [hayah – You have become {in the one You prepared and sent – I AM THAT I AM}] the helper of the fatherless.
15 Break you the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out [darash – search out into Your light] his wickedness till you find none.
16 The LORD is King forever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
17 LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble: you will prepare their heart, you will cause your ear to hear:
18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. [It’s a simple plan.]

Psalms 11
1 In the LORD put I my trust: how say you to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain [to the corrupt governments of this dead world]?
2 For, lo, the wicked [in their high places] bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart [the sane whose sound minds remain in the LORD].
3 If the foundations [of the earth] be destroyed [as they are], what can the righteous do [but look to the LORD in heaven]?
4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne is in heaven [with full understanding, which He from there freely sends it upon all, as the sun rising and shining upon all from east to west]: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
5 The LORD tries the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hates [sane’].
6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance [paniym – His presence] does behold the upright.

The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spoke unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,

16 – 19 October 2023

The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spoke unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,

The title verse, Proverbs 30:1, is followed by verse 2, saying, “Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.” The names of the one speaking verse 2, Agur the son of Jakeh, prophesying of this moment, speak of those here gathered and born by their obedience to what is heard. The names are edifimorphicly (understood through the “transformative education”) spoken by Solomon of himself, speaking of transformation, of those who were before ignorant, by receiving Divine instruction and wisdom directly from the LORD their God.

The name Agur, is from the three times used word ‘agar, meaning “to harvest:– gather,” and Jakeh is said to be from an unused root meaning to obey or be obedient. It is said to be the same as the twice-used word yiqqahah, meaning “obedience: -gathering, to obey.”

The harvest is the fruit that brings transformation, a change of mind, understanding given and received, producing the obedience that gathers all God’s people in the culmination of the process (of repetition).

Before looking at these words, which confirm the perspective, we must understand he is speaking (confessing his transgression while ignorant) to the One who gave (Solomon – meaning peaceful, like Shiloh) this understanding. The name Ithiel, means God has arrived, from the words ‘athah (“to arrive”) and ‘el (God). The name Ucal, from ‘akal, means to devour, as the LORD’s all-consuming fire from His mouth ends the darkness (consuming men’s ignorance).

Genesis 49
1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days [‘achariyth].
2 Gather yourselves together [at this harvest], and hear [shama’ – obey {the first things that befall them: they’re scattered and not obeying}], you sons of Jacob; and hearken [shama’] unto Israel your father.

8 Judah [the leaders God chooses], you are he whom your brethren shall praise: your hand shall be in the neck of your enemies; your father’s children shall bow down before you.
9 Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, you are gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet [speaking of the Davidic king line], until Shiloh come [meaning peace and tranquility – the one {Joseph’s seed – the one separated} from who it will again flow – see Ezekiel 21:27 below and the overturning]; and unto him shall the gathering [yiqqahah] of the people be.
11 Binding his foal unto the vine [to this life that flows from His teaching], and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine [this is speaking the lowly {Zechariah 9:9}, God’s elect remnant, outside the established sects, bound until Shiloh comes, when they are loosed]; he washed his garments [of corruption] in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes [this wrath against those who’ve rejected His word]:

Ezekiel 21
26 Thus says the LORD God; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.
27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he [Shiloh] come whose right it is [referring to 1 Chronicles 5:1 & 2, where we’re told the birthright is Joseph’s: his seed’s]; and I will give it him.
28 And you, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the LORD God concerning the Ammonites [those who’ve scattered you from the flock], and concerning their reproach; even say you, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering:
29 Whiles they see vanity unto you, whiles they divine a lie unto you, to bring you upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.
30 Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge you in the place where you were created, in the land of your nativity.
31 And I will pour out my indignation [za’am] upon you, I will blow against you in the fire of my wrath, and deliver you into the hand of brutish men, and skillful to destroy.
32 You shall be for fuel to the fire; your blood shall be in the midst of the land; you shall be no more remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it.

Ezekiel 37
15 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
16 Moreover, you son of man, take you one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and for all the house of Israel his companions:
17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one [ONE BODY under one head] in your hand.
18 And when the children of your people shall speak unto you, saying, Will you not show us what you mean by these?
19 Say unto them, Thus says the LORD God; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes [shebet – the scepter to rule] of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand.
20 And the sticks whereon you write shall be in your hand before their eyes.
21 And say unto them, Thus says the LORD God; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land [as promised]:
22 And I will make them ONE nation [fig tree] in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and ONE king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all.
23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwelling-places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have ONE shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children forever: and my servant David shall be their prince forever.
26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God [the vine to which they are connected in My ONE BODY], and they shall be my people.
28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify [cleanse them of their corruption] Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

Genesis 49
18 (I have waited for your salvation, O LORD.)

22 Joseph is a fruitful bough [parah ben – fruitful son], even a fruitful bough [parah ben – fruitful son] by a well [a tree of life by these waters of God]; whose branches run over the wall [the wall of lies men have created and teach]:
23 The archers [ba’al – the gods of this world whose teaching has blinded all form seeing the Father, in the son, the seed of the women who brings forth the man child – see Revelation 12:17] have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel:)
25 Even by the God of your father, who shall help you; and by the Almighty, who shall bless [barak] you with blessings [brakah] of heaven above, blessings [brakah] of the deep that lies under [the deep meaning that lies below the surface], blessings [brakah] of the breasts, and of the womb [seed, the son]:
26 The blessings [brakah] of your father have prevailed above the blessings [brakah] of my progenitors [all those who have come before us, and were only blessed with part of what is perfected in our return to the LORD] unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
27 Benjamin [the last child born through the LORD’s blessing upon Shiloh, the seed of Joseph – the right hand of God’s power] shall ravin as a wolf [shall tear in pieces the wolf that has scattered the one flock]: in the morning he shall devour [‘akal – with his word of understanding the LORD with us has given him] the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. [These last words refer us to Maher-shalal-hash-baz, the son spoken of in the beginning of Isaiah 8, his name meaning he hastes to the spoil and is quick to the prey. He is the son foretold as coming by the virgin, later called Immanuel, as the advice, teaching, of the LORD comes, when men have formed a confederacy listening to the dead gods of the world.]

The only other time the word yiqqahah appears is later in Proverbs 30, in verse 17, speaking of those who refuse to “obey” their mother (rejecting this wisdom flowing from their teacher).

Proverbs 30
1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spoke unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not [had not when I was a child] the understanding of a man.
3 I neither learned wisdom [until I put away childish things], nor have [had] the knowledge of the holy [until I received it as Your voice and presence].
4 Who [except You] has ascended up into heaven, or descended? who has gathered the wind in his fists? who has bound the waters in a garment? who has established all the ends of the earth [ending the old corrupt age and beginning the new, ending darkness and bringing light]? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if you can tell?
5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
6 Add you not unto his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.
7 Two things have I required of you; deny me them not before I die:
8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
9 Lest I be full, and deny you, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.
11 There is a generation that curses their father [rejecting His knowledge and understanding], and does not bless their mother [their teacher who teaches them wisdom].
12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness [corruption that defiles their minds and scatters the ONE BODY].
13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth [with the words of their mouth], and the needy from among men.
15 The horse-leach [that attach themselves to the mouths of those who drink from their waters, draining their life from them and those who follow them] has two daughters, crying, Give, give [calling themselves teachers, evangelists, and experts, and always asking for money from those they give their evil advice]. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough [are never satisfied – ever learning and never able to reach understanding the truth]:
16 The grave [sheol – hell]; and the barren womb [those in hell who never obey and never bring any to life]; the earth that is not filled with water [this word of God, which the dead who call themselves His people refuse to give as He commands]; and the fire that says not [even while they are being consumed by it], It is enough [they are never satisfied, ever learning, in the experience, but never able to come to the understating of this truth].
17 The eye that mocks at his father, and despises to obey [yiqqahah] his mother, the ravens of the valley [those covered in darkness, the shadows of the mountains {those in high places misleading them}, of the earth] shall pick it out [their eyes, blinding them with learned ignorance], and the young eagles shall eat it [‘akal – as they fly in heaven, with the LORD and His full understanding, consuming the darkness with the fire from their mouths].
18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
19 The way of an eagle in the air [The strong here in heaven with the LORD, relentlessly doing His work as He commanded]; the way of a serpent upon a rock [the deceivers in the false church, in whom God’s dead people put their trust]; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea [the institutions of church and state government, ruling over the people who under them are held in its darkened deep]; and the way of a man [geber – the LORD who is {alive in} a mighty man of war] with a maid [‘almah – the seven times used word, which last appears in Isaiah 7:14, saying “Therefore the LORD himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin {‘almah} shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”].
20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman [the unfaithful church that has left the LORD and now follows men who put themselves in His place]; she eats [corruption], and wipe her mouth, and says, I have done no wickedness.
21 For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
22 For a servant when he reigns [without the LORD’s anointing]; and a fool when he is filled with meat [thinking he is wise and has understanding, because of his success using his dark decrees by which he misleads];
23 For an odious woman when she is married [the corrupt church joined with the devils, those confederate with the communists now in power]; and a handmaid [the ONE BODY of Christ, now in hard bondage under the corrupt and false] that is heir to her mistress [the corrupt church she will replace when she receives and obeys Her LORD].
24 There be four things which are little [in value] upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
25 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat [lechem – bread] in the summer [so they have plenty when the time of need comes];
26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks [a good foundation upon which they stand];
27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands [all-consuming in their season];
28 The spider takes hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces [yet my people refuse to take hold of these ideas and enter Mine].
29 There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
30 A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turns not away for any [relentlessly going forward];
31 A greyhound [zarziyr – this is a cheetah, quickest to the prey]; a he goat also [who knows His place is at the head of the flock, to lead it into good pasture]; and a king [in which the LORD lives and reigns], against whom there is no rising up.
32 If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself [against Him], or if you have thought evil [and led against Him], lay your hand upon your mouth.
33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter [working in these foundational ideas causes their elements to congeal into understanding], and the wringing of the nose [wrestling against the LORD’s presence you should by now perceive] bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.

Proverbs 29
7 The righteous considers the cause of the poor [those without power]: but the wicked regards not to know it.
8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
9 If a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest [because the fool never says enough, never comes to understanding or truth].
10 The bloodthirsty [fools] hate the upright: but the just seek [to save] his soul.
11 A fool utters all his mind: but a wise man keeps it in till afterwards [until the foolish have opened their mouths and proved themselves ignorant].
12 If a ruler hearkens to lies [as do Barak and His idiot son Brandon], all his servants are wicked [as they are].
13 The poor [without worldly power] and the deceitful man [in power] meet together: the LORD lightens both their eyes [giving this understanding].
14 The king that faithfully judges the poor, his throne shall be established forever.
15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself brings his mother [who taught him] to shame [never making him a man].
16 When the wicked are multiplied [as they are], transgression increases [as it has]: but the righteous shall see their fall.
17 Correct your son, and he shall give you rest; yea, he shall give delight unto your soul.
18 Where there is no vision [as now among those in power], the people perish [as they do]: but he that keeps the law [of the LORD], happy is he.
19 A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not [in due season] answer [ma’aneh – a seven times used word referring us to its appearance in Proverbs 15:23 – see below].
20 See you a man that is hasty in his words [and answers without study]? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
21 He that delicately brings up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.

Proverbs 15
23 A man has joy by the answer [ma’aneh] of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
25 The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow [those who haven’t had a man to defend and protect them].
26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words [showing they understand the season].
27 He that is greedy of gain troubles his own house; but he that hates gifts [the bribes the wicked in power take] shall live.
28 The heart of the righteous studies to answer: but the mouth of the wicked pour out evil things.
29 The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
30 The light [understanding] of the eyes rejoices the heart: and a good report makes the bones fat.
31 The ear that hears the reproof of life abides among the wise.
32 He that refuses instruction despises his own soul [keeping himself held in death]: but he that hears reproof gets understanding.
33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honor is humility.

The word ‘athah, which in Ithiel speaks of God’s arrival (the epiphany), is said to be from ‘uwth, meaning “to come, i.e. (implied) to assent:–consent.” In these definitions, we understand it speaks of minds in agreement, in context, telling of when we see as the LORD does, thereby realizing what before was unseen.

The word (‘athah) first appears in Deuteronomy 33:2, speaking of the LORD’s arrival, and next in verse 21 speaking of Gad, the LORD’s raised army. The chapter begins as Moses, before his death, speaks a blessing to God’s people. In both occurrences of the word, he tells us the LORD appears against the evil misleaders in power, oppressing God’s people and keeping them from His blessing.

Deuteronomy 33
2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai [among the thorns: against misleaders on high who are as pricks in our eyes], and rose up from Seir [against devils mixed among us in power, as our countrymen, who say they are at peace with us while they war against us] unto them; he shined forth [sends His understand to repel the attack of the wicked] from mount Paran [from pa’ar – meaning “to explain (i.e. make clear) oneself”], and he came with ten thousands of saints [Gad later spoken of, and as Enoch foretold]: from his right hand [the strength of this understanding that comes through His work] went a fiery law for them.
3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in your hand: and they sat down at your feet [to learn]; every one shall receive [understanding] of your words.

The above references to the pricks that blind our eyes and the LORD coming against them with His saints, are to Numbers 33:55 and Jude 1:14 & 15.

Numbers 33
50 And the LORD spoke unto Moses in the plains [plainly seeing and understand] of Moab [that the gates of hell are the open mouths of men] by Jordan [their words that carried all in the descent into death] near Jericho [the civil government ruling, oppressing and repressing, by lies, as policy, and blinded them from seeing as the LORD sees], saying,
51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When you are passed over [‘abar – Passed over death into life] Jordan into [the words holding you in death] the land [‘erets – the earth] of Canaan [meaning humiliated, speaking to those openly {ignorantly} speaking and acting out things of which they should be ashamed];
52 Then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land [‘erets – the earth] from before you [paniym – from the presence of the LORD with you], and destroy all their pictures [their fictitious depictions of their delusion as reality], and destroy all their molten images [their everchanging standard of good and evil], and quite pluck down all their high places [from where they teach and govern by these insanities]:
53 And you shall dispossess [retake and restore order to the good earth I have given you] the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.
54 And you shall divide the land by lot [the earth where you now find yourselves] for an inheritance among your families: and to the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance: every man’s inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falls [where you now find yourselves]; according to the tribes [branches of the tree whose root you are unaware] of your fathers you shall inherit.
55 But if you will not drive out the inhabitants of the land [‘erets – the earth] from before you [paniym – from the LORD’s presence with you]; then it shall come to pass, that those which you let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes [blinding you to His presence], and thorns in your sides [misleaders among you deceiving you], and shall vex you in the land wherein you dwell.
56 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them [My faithful will drive you out with those rejecting reality and refusing life, and you shall remain in your chosen hell forever].

The words, above in verse 55, rendered “pricks” and “thorns,” are the once used (while profoundly deep) words sek and tsaniyn.

The first is said to be form cakak (sakak), meaning “properly, to entwine as a screen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protect.” It’s the word used to describe the wings of the cherubim “covering” the mercy seat. It also tells of the devil’s, as the original “covering” cherubim, a misleading prick [thorn growing] in the garden. As we know from the LORD’s teaching, these cherubim, precisely described by Ezekiel (3:8 & 9), are the LORD’s messengers, face to face, receiving and sending His message, producing after their own kind.

The once-used word tsaniyn is said to be from an unused root meaning prickly. Its deeper affinity is to tanniyn, which we know speaks of serpents and whales, for their wide open mouth with which they devour their prey (often rendered “dragon”).

Jude 1
3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that you should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints [so you will become the saints who come with the LORD, contending against the ungodly speaking against Him].
4 For there are certain men crept in unawares [now mixed among you as devils], who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only LORD God, and our LORD Jesus Christ.
5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though you once knew this, how that the LORD, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
6 And the angels which kept not their first estate [which is to receive and deliver the word of God without alteration], but left their own habitation [and give their own words instead], he has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness [their own ignorance] unto the judgment of the great day.
7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The LORD rebuke you.
10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withers, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.
14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the LORD comes with ten thousands of his saints [whose lot is cast into this evil time, at the LORD’s will],
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth [devouring as serpents and whales] speaking great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration [condemning or forgiving] because of advantage [their positions of power over God’s people].
17 But, beloved, remember you the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our LORD Jesus Christ;
18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
19 These be they who separate themselves [from the LORD, saying they are holier than He], sensual, having not the Spirit.
20 But you, beloved, building up [edifying] yourselves [accepting the change, putting] on your most holy faith [which was once delivered, the first dominion, to His saints appearing with Him], praying in the Holy Ghost,
21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our LORD Jesus Christ [manifested in His unrelenting conversation here above His mercy seat] unto eternal life.
22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:
23 And others save with fear, pulling [harpazo – the word rendered “caught up” in 1 Thessalonians 4:17] them out of the fire; hating even the garment [the dead flesh] spotted [sained] by the flesh [of those spoken of in verse 12 above].
24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
25 To the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

Deuteronomy 33
20 And of Gad [the LORD’s saints as His risen army] he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head [the strength of the those in power].
21 And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came [‘athah – the LORD arrived] with the heads of the people, he [in His army] executed the justice of the Lord, and his judgments with Israel.

The final use of the word ‘athah, speaking of the arrival of God, His appearing in His kingdom on the earth, comes in Micah 4:8.

Micah 4
1 But in the last days [‘achariyth] it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains [His government above all others], and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow [as the waters of the sea] unto it.
2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach [yarah, as in Jerusalem, yara’ shalam: flow His ways of sustainable peace and security into us, as living waters into the sea] us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion [My throne here on the earth], and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
3 And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
4 But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts [who is a man of righteous war] has spoken it.
5 For all people [if they choose] will walk everyone in the name of his god [men putting themselves in the place of the true God], and we [demonstrating His better ways and ideas] will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.
6 In that day, says the LORD, will I assemble her that halted [went lame and strayed from My high {better} way], and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted [letting them experience the consequences of following men who put themselves in My place];
7 And I will make her that halted [those who strayed] a remnant [My elect remnant in these last days, those remaining alive with me], and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion [My kingdom on the earth, where I will dwell] from henceforth, even forever.
8 And you, O tower [you that see these things and understand what has come and is coming] of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto you shall it come [‘athah – to the LORD’s arrival], even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem [His saints into whom these living waters have flowed His life].
9 Now why do you cry out aloud? is there no king in you? is your counsellor perished? for pangs have taken you as a woman in travail [to bring forth the king in your midst – I Am].
10 Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shall you go forth out of the city, and you shall dwell in the field, and you shall go even to Babylon [realizing and confessing the confusion in the corrupt city where you dwell apart from the LORD]; there shall you be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem you from the hand of your enemies.
11 Now also many nations [those who don’t know the LORD and therefore can’t see His presence] are gathered against you [against those that do see Him, as they are this day], that say, Let her be defiled [by their evil words and false accusations], and let our eye look upon Zion [proclaiming what their evil eye sees here in the LORD’s kingdom among them].
12 But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor [to be separated from His people as chaff separated from wheat].
13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make your horn [power] iron, and I will make your hoofs brass: and you shall beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the LORD of the whole earth.

Job 37
1 At this also my heart trembles [minds are shaken], and is moved out of his place [changed from ignorance to understanding].
2 Hear attentively [shama’ – obey] the noise of his voice, and the sound that goes out of his mouth.
3 He directs it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
4 After it a voice roars [as a lion among lions]: he thunders [the sound of the light, understanding, from the cloud] with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them [understanding] when his voice is heard [as His, as it is].
5 God thunders marvelously with his voice; great things does he, which we cannot comprehend [until he explains them in His revelation].
6 For he says to the snow [His word frozen, reserved, in heaven in the cloud], Be you on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength [that gives understanding].
7 He seals up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
8 Then the beasts [without His Spirit] go into dens, and remain in their places [no longer trespassing into things they shouldn’t].
9 Out of the south comes the whirlwind [from His right hand of power]: and cold out of the north.
10 By the breath [life in His Spirit from His mouth] of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened [by His Spirit moving upon the darkened deep the waters are again right ordered, and light, understanding, comes into being].
11 Also by watering he wearies the thick cloud [emptying onto the earth the understanding held there in separated elements]: he scatters his bright cloud [behind which, in the shadow, these treasures of full light have been hidden]:
12 And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may [obey Him and] do whatsoever he commands them upon the face of [paniym – when His presence is by these things revealed to] the world [this generation in this age] in the earth [‘erets].
13 He causes it to come, whether for correction, or for his land [‘erets – His earth], or for mercy.
14 Hearken unto this, O Job [you people of God’s who are hated in the last generation that darkens this age]: stand still, and consider the wondrous works [at which you wonder what you’re experiencing] of God [which you haven’t yet fully understood, evident in your refusal to obey His commands].
15 Do you know when God disposed them [ended the wondering], and caused the light [understanding] of his cloud to shine [upon the earth as it now does]?
16 Do you know the balancings of [maphlas – only appearing here, meaning what is poised therein: reserved to be sent at this appointed time from] the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
17 How your garments are warm [How your flesh cover is brought back to life], when he quiets the earth by the south wind [as His Spirit move upon the earth, as a whirlwind from where His Almighty voice is heard cleansing the earth]?
18 Have you with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass [from where He sees everything that comes or will come]?
19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness [your own ignorance, by remaining with the corrupt who only know corruption].
20 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speaks [opposing Him], surely he shall be swallowed up [by his own words, thinking they will stand against the whirlwind of the Almighty].
21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passes [His Spirit moves], and cleanses them [of the corruption that pollutes the earth].
22 Fair weather comes [‘athah – at the LORD’s arrival] out of the north [when corruption is cleansed from the ignorant]: with God is terrible majesty.
23 Touching the Almighty [whose voice is heard from the whirlwind], we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
24 Men do therefore fear him: he respects not any that are wise of heart [proud and unchangeable away from their corrupt thinking].

Job 38
1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
2 Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
3 Gird up now your loins like a man; for I will demand of you, and answer you me.
4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if you have understanding.
5 Who has laid the measures thereof, if you know? or who has stretched the line upon it [have you assessed it and brought it to light]?
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner [pinnah – the head, master, the builders refused] stone thereof;
7 When the morning stars [sprang to light and] sang together [opened their mouths as the LORD commanded], and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
9 When I made the cloud [the place where understanding was kept] the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling-band for it [and ignorance its protective wrapping],
10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
11 And said, Hitherto shall you come, but no further: and here shall your proud waves [the pride of man] be stayed?
12 Have you commanded the morning since your days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
13 That it might take hold of the ends [of the old and beginning the new] of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
14 It is turned as clay to the seal [chowtham – My signature pressed into the earth]; and they stand as a garment [as on the mountain, seen as the shining garments of light].
15 And from the wicked their light [understanding] is withheld, and the high arm [the evil works of those in power, devils now misleading the world in hell] shall be broken.
16 Have you entered into the springs of the sea? or have you walked in the search of the depth [the deep things only the Father knows]?
17 Have the gates of death [hell] been opened unto you? or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?
18 Have you perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if you know it all.
19 Where is the way where light dwell? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
20 That you should take it to the bound thereof, and that you should know the paths to the house thereof?
21 Know you it, because you were then born? or because the number of your days is great?
22 Have you entered into the treasures of the snow? or have you seen the treasures of the hail, [these speaks of God’s word frozen {reserved} in heaven, for this moment]
23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble [tsar – of the enemies pressing evil upon us], against the day of battle and war?

Ezekiel 3
4 And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get you unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.
5 For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel;
6 Not to many people of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can not understand [shama’]. Surely, had I sent you to them, they would have hearkened [shama’ – obeyed] unto you.
7 But the house of Israel will not hearken [shama’] unto you; for they will not hearken [shama’ will not obery, as it is this day] unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.
8 Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces [as the cherubim above My mercy seat], and your forehead strong against their foreheads.
9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made your forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
10 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto you receive in your heart, and hear [shama’] with your ears.
11 And go, get you to them of the captivity, unto the children of your people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus says the LORD God; whether they will hear [shama’ – obey], or whether they will forbear.
12 Then the spirit took me up, and I heard [shama’ – obeyed] behind [‘achar – in these last days] me a voice of a great rushing [as water pouring from heaven upon the earth], saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place.

Isaiah 21
1 The burden of the desert [midbar] of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass [sweeping away the old ideas and ways]; so it comes from the desert, from a terrible land [yare’ – the land causing fear, see verse 4 and Isaiah 8:12 & 13, “Say you not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear you their fear, nor be afraid. Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.”]
2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer deals treacherously, and the spoiler spoils. Go up, O Elam [this is speaking of eternity, as in the ancient things {God’s word} stored of old, to be released now in this war – also see Jeremiah 49 telling of the LORD’s throne being established here]: besiege, O Media [people in the middle – as in lukewarm, Revelation 3:14 thru 22]; all the sighing [‘anachah – referring us to Isaiah 35:10 & 51:11 when the LORD silences the enemies and puts His words in our mouths] thereof have I made to cease.
3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travails [she is bringing forth a man child]: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed 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: arise, you princes, and anoint [the one who is] the shield.
6 For thus has the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he sees.
7 And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:
8 And he cried, A lion [‘ariy – the body of Christ rising by/with His strength]: My LORD, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
9 And, behold, here comes a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon [confusion’s rule] is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he has broken unto the ground.
10 O my threshing [opening the word, referring us to Isaiah 28, and destroying the gates of hell], and the corn [ben – sons] of my [threshing] floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
11 The burden of Dumah [short for Edom {Esau} and meaning the silencing of the enemies in our midst – as in verse 2 above]. He called to me out of Seir [from among the devils in the high places of Esau], Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night [the time of ignorance, which is caused by their {Edom’s} words]?
12 The watchman said, The morning [understand coming as the light of the sunrise] comes [‘athah – at the LORD’s arrival], and also the night [and these men will reject this word and choose to remain in ignorance]: if you will enquire [ba’ah], enquire – [ba’ah – only used three other times – here referring us to Obadiah, verse 6, where it is rendered “sought up,” which tells us this is how the secret things of Esau are revealed {by enquiring}]: return [shuwb – turn us], come [‘athah – at the LORD’s arrival].
13 The burden upon Arabia [the desert spoken of in verse 1, without water, without God’s word]. In the forest in Arabia shall you lodge, O you travelling companies of Dedanim [these people are defined in Jeremiah 49:8 – they are those spoken of in the prior verse, who return, and in doing escape the calamity that comes upon Esau].
14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema [same as Teman – the place of the Theophany – where the LORD appears with His ten-thousands, as Enoch said, “Behold, the LORD comes with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”] brought [‘athah – at the LORD’s arrival] water to him that was thirsty, they prevented [went 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 [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.

Isaiah 41
1 Keep silence before me, O islands [you without my word among My people]; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east [as the rising of the sun, giving understanding upon the earth], called him to his foot [resurrecting me to life], gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
3 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.
4 Who has wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning [to this same life]? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I Am he.
5 The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came [‘athah – at the LORD’s arrival].
6 They [ignorant of his arrival, turned the idol they created] helped every one his neighbor; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage [trust in the idols we call by the LORD’s name].
7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smooths with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the soldering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
8 But you, Israel, are my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called you from the chief men thereof, and said unto you, You are my servant; I have chosen you, and not cast you away.
10 Fear you not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: I will strengthen you; yea, I will help you; yea, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
11 Behold, all they that were incensed against you shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with you shall perish.
12 You shall seek them, and shall not find them, even them that contended with you: they that war against you shall be as nothing, and as a thing of naught.
13 For I the LORD your God will hold your right hand, saying unto you, Fear not; I will help you.
14 Fear not, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will help you, says the LORD, and your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
15 Behold, I will make you a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: you shall thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shall make the hills as chaff.
16 You shall fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and you shall rejoice in the LORD, and shall glory in the Holy One of Israel.
17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue fails for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:
20 That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.
21 Produce your cause, says the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, says the King of Jacob.
22 Let them bring them forth, and show us what shall happen: let them show the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end [‘achariyht – the last days] of them; or declare us [shama’ – that we may obey] things for to come.
23 Show the things that are to come [‘athah – at the LORD’s arrival] hereafter [‘achowr – at this end], that we may know that you are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
24 Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of naught: an abomination is he that chooses you.
25 I have raised up one from the north [among the ignorant], and he shall come [‘athah – at the LORD’s arriving]: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treads clay.
26 Who has declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that shows, yea, there is none that declares [shama’ – obeys], yea, there is none that hears [shama’ – obeys] your words.
27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that brings good tidings.
28 For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
29 Behold, they are all vanity [worthless]; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.

Psalms 68
28 Your God has commanded your strength [understanding]: strengthen, O God, that which you have wrought for us.
29 Because of your temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto you.
30 Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter you the people that delight in war.
31 Princes shall come out [‘athah – at the LORD’s arrival against the oppressors] of Egypt; Ethiopia [those covered in the darkness of their own ignorance] shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
32 Sing unto God, you kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the LORD; Selah [think]:
33 To him that rides upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he does send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
34 Ascribe you strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength [understanding] is in the clouds.
35 O God, you are terrible out of your holy places: the God of Israel is he that gives strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.

Isaiah 44
6 Thus says the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming [‘athah – declaring My own arrival], and shall come, let them show unto them.
8 Fear you not, neither be afraid: have not I told you from that time, and have declared it? you are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
9 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity [worthless]; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses [their shame witnesses against them]; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
10 Who has formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
11 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.

Isaiah 45
10 Woe unto him that says unto his father, What begettest you? or to the woman, What have you brought forth?
11 Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come [‘athah – the LORD’s arrival] concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command you me.
12 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
13 I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, says the LORD of hosts.

Psalms 91
1 He that dwelleth in the secret place [among these treasures] of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
3 Surely he shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence [of men’s deceptive words].
4 He shall cover [cakak] you with his feathers, and under his wings shall you trust: his truth shall be your shield and buckler.
5 You shall not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flies by day;
6 Nor for the pestilence [the deceptions] that walketh in darkness [that come upon the ignorant]; nor for the destruction that wastes at noonday [against this light].
7 A thousand shall fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come nigh you.
8 Only with your eyes shall you behold and see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because you have made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the Most High, your habitation;
10 There shall no evil befall you, neither shall any plague come nigh your dwelling.
11 For he shall give his angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.
12 They shall bear you up in their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone.
13 You shall tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon [tanniyn – the words that are as thorns, misleaders among you] shall you [by going the right way] trample under feet.
14 Because he has set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he has known my name [My identity with him].
15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble [tsarah – this tribulation]; I will deliver him, and honor him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.

Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be you like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.

11 – 14 October 2023

Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be you like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.

The LORD begins above, in the Song of Solomon 2:17, as Solomon is repeating (exactly as received) cryptic utterances he hears from the mouth of the LORD. The verse speaks of how long (“until the day break”) until the dove (God’s people, like Jonah, coming from the belly of hell on the earth, manifest His glory in declaring His word) is strengthened and awakened from Abrams (Abraham’s) deep sleep.

As we know, the “day break” is when understanding returns in these last days of darkness, when ignorance (confusion and mass delusion) covers and rules the world. The shadows flee away when the sun (the ONE BODY of Christ), the “beloved” Solomon seeks, is fully risen.

The word (in the title verse) rendered “turn” is cabab, meaning “to revolve, surround, or border,” in the sense of completion. It is definitively used in Deuteronomy 32:10, speaking of the LORD finding and leading His people through the wilderness, changing their minds (giving them understanding and sanity), and preparing them to enter the promise (here and now, speaking of this nation and life).

Deuteronomy 32
1 Give ear, O you heavens, and I will speak; and hear [shama’ – obey], O earth, the words of my mouth.
2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
3 Because I will publish the name [identity] of the LORD: ascribe you greatness unto our God.
4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
6 Do you thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he your father that has bought you? has he not made you, and established you?
7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.
8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
9 For the LORD’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about [cabab], he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
11 As an eagle stirs up her nest, flutters over her young, spreads abroad her wings, takes them, bears them on her wings:
12 So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and you did drink the pure blood of the grape.
15 But Jeshurun waxed fat [in prosperity resulting from obeying the LORD’s good advice], and kicked: you are waxen fat, you are grown thick, you are covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock [the LORD always with them in the flesh, as Christ unknown, from where His word flows as living waters] of his salvation.
16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
17 They sacrificed unto devils [misleaders among them, whose evil prescriptions they obey], not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
18 Of the Rock that begat you you are unmindful, and have forgotten God that formed you.
19 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end [‘achariyth – in these last days] shall be: for they are a very froward generation [who have twisted and perverted all truth], children in whom is no faith.
21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison [words] of serpents of the dust [the ruin of the earth].
25 The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
27 Were it not that I feared [for them] the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD has not done all this.
28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end [‘achariyth – this time of which all are ignorant, even as it consumes them]!
30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them [letting the consequences of your choices return upon you, the trial in and from which man is again created], and the LORD had shut them up?
31 For their rock [the false Christs men are following into destruction] is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
33 Their wine is the poison of dragons [tanniym – as serpents and whales with open mouths devouring men and swallowing them into the belly of hell], and the cruel venom of asps [their words are the poisonous fruit that destroy the minds of those who consume them].
34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures [this understanding reserved for this moment, this time of war, because there is no peace when the wicked are in power]?
35 To me belongs vengeance and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he sees that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left [alive with understanding].
37 And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock [the false Christs] in whom they trusted,
38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings [putting themselves in God’s place]? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.
39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live forever [dwelling in whomever I choose].
41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
43 Rejoice, O you nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.

David uses the word cabab in 2 Samuel 22:6, rendered “compassed me about,” speaking of death and hell, the place from where he is rescued. Friends, like it or not, believe it or not, I am the rescue the LORD sent, “For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”

1 Corinthians 1
20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching [the sacrifice, taking up the LORD’s cross and following Him] to save them that believe.
22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling-block, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
26 For you see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, has God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to naught things that are:
29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.
30 But of him are you in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
31 That, according as it is written, He that glories, let him glory in the LORD.

The quote, 1 Corinthians 1:19, in the preceding paragraph, is from Isaiah 29:14, and verse 31 quotes from Jeremiah 9:23. These original passages add greater context to the above, and together they do the same to David’s words, speaking of this moment, in 2 Samuel 22 which follow their posting below.

Isaiah 29
9 Stay yourselves, and wonder [not knowing what you are experiencing]; cry you out, and cry [as did David, 2 Samuel 22:7 saying “In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears”]: they are drunken, but not with wine [but with their pride in their corrupt wisdom]; they stagger, but not with strong drink [going uncontrollably into stumbling upon the Rock who offends them].
10 For the LORD has poured out upon you the spirit of [Abraham’s] deep sleep, and has closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers has he covered [in the darkness of their own ignorance].
11 And the vision of all [yes all] is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed [to the drunken], which men deliver to one that is learned [in corruption], saying, Read this, I pray you: and he says, I cannot; for it is sealed:
12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray you: and he says, I am not learned [not knowing it is also sealed to the falsely so-called wise {learned} of the world].
13 Wherefore the LORD said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth [as they do], and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart [their foundational mind] far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the [self-created] precept of men:
14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous [eye opening] work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder [at which they now wonder what they are seeing and hearing, because it’s a foreign language, truth spoken to those who only know corruption and lies]: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid [by their minds sleeping in darkness].
15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who sees us? and who knows us?
16 Surely your turning of things [all understanding] upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon [the high places where purity, uncorrupted truth, should be seen] shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest [the place of the upright, resurrected by understanding]?
18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
19 The meek [who will inherit the earth] also shall increase their joy in the [presence of the] LORD, and the poor [those without worldly power, who He has strengthened] among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
20 For the terrible one is brought to naught, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
21 That make a man an offender for a word [who are offended by this truth they don’t understand], and lay a snare [of corrupt ignorance] for him that reproves in the gate [calling God’s people, the children the LORD has given me, out of death and hell where they are held by the open mouths of those they follow], and turn aside the just for a thing of naught [the worthless words of the false teachers Peter, in 2 Peter 2:1, warned would be, and are now, mixed among us].
22 Therefore thus says the LORD, who redeemed Abraham [awaking him from this deep sleep], concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale [he will not faint again after this awakening].
23 But when he sees his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
24 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured [against the LORD’s word and way] shall learn doctrine [when they hear this voice as His, as it is].

2 Peter 2
1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily [secretly, from their own imaginations, create lies] shall bring in damnable [apoleia – that cause them and those who follow their ways to perish] heresies, even denying the LORD that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction [apoleia – perdition].
2 And many shall follow their pernicious [aploeia – the ways that lead to their own destruction] ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of [as it is this day].
3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned [fraudulent] words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingers not, and their damnation [apoleia – perishing, perdition] slumbers not [because they are awakened “to shame and everlasting contempt”].

2 Peter 3
3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God [this same word of God] the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition [apoleia] of ungodly men.
8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the LORD as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 The LORD is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 But the day of the LORD will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements [stoicheion – the corrupt foundational ideas and ways of men] shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements [stoicheion] shall melt with fervent heat?
13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwells righteousness.
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that you look for such things, be diligent that you may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
15 And account that the longsuffering of our LORD is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him has written unto you;
16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrestle, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction [apoleia – perdition].

Jeremiah 9
20 Yet hear [shama’ – obey] the word of the LORD, O you women [teachers], and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbor lamentation.
21 For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
22 Speak, Thus say the LORD, Even the carcasses of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.
23 Thus says the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
24 But let him that glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD which exercises lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says the LORD.

2 Samuel 22
1 And David spoke unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield [magen], and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior; you save me from violence.
4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
5 When the [proud] waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about [cabab]; the snares of death prevented [preceded] me;
7 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the [corrupt] foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
10 He bowed [benevolently condescended from the] heavens also, and came down; and darkness [ignorance of His presence] was under his feet.
11 And he rode upon a cherub [His messenger with His message], and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind [ruwach – by His Spirit moving manifesting His presence: His glory].
12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
13 Through the brightness [sending His understanding to end the ignorance in which He is hidden] before him were coals of fire kindled.
14 The LORD thundered [the voice of the light in the cloud] from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.
15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
16 And the channels of [life-giving water flowing into] the sea [the people at large] appeared, the [corrupt] foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath [ruwach – His Spirit] of his nostrils [He is perceived].
17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters [the corruption and mass ignorance covers the earth];
18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
19 They prevented me [prepared the way before we knew Him] in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay [in Whom I trust].
20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.
22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
25 Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eyesight.
26 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful, and with the upright man you will show yourself upright.
27 With the pure you will show yourself pure; and with the froward you will show yourself unsavory.
28 And the afflicted people you will save: but your eyes are upon the haughty, that you mays bring them down.
29 For you are my lamp [lighting Your good way], O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
30 For by you I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall [of men’s lies].
31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler [magen] to all them that trust in him.
32 For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock [from where these trusted waters flow], save our God?
33 God is my strength and power: and he makes my way perfect.
34 He makes my feet like hinds’ feet: and sets me [firmly] upon my high places.
35 He teaches my hands to war; so that a bow of steel [worldly power] is broken by mine arms.
36 You have also given me the shield [magen] of your salvation: and your gentleness [using your power to save those destroying themselves by following the ignorant] has made me great.
37 You have enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
40 For you have girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me have you subdued under me.
41 You have also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
42 They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
43 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
44 You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people, you have kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.
45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
47 The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
48 It is God that avenges me, and that brings down the people under me.
49 And that brings me forth from mine enemies: you also have lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: you have delivered me from the violent man.
50 Therefore I will give thanks unto you, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto your name.
51 He is the tower of salvation for his king: and shows mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.

Song of Solomon 2
1 I Am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
2 As the lily among thorns [misleaders], so is my love among the daughters.
3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand does embrace me.
7 I charge you, O you daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that you stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he comes leaping upon the mountains [against the high places that risen over and oppress the world], skipping upon the hills.
9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart [see these definitions below]: behold, he stands behind our wall, he looks forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice.
10 My beloved spoke, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle [dove – those knowing this is the end reached] is heard [shama’ – obeyed] in our land;
13 The fig tree puts forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
14 O my dove, that are in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see your countenance, let me hear [shama’ – your obedience in] your voice; for sweet is your voice, and your countenance is comely.
15 Take [away from] us the foxes, the little foxes [the cunning hunters of souls], that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
16 My beloved is mine, and I Am his: he feeds [here] among the lilies.
17 Until the daybreak, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be you like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.

The chapter is synopsized in the last verses as the LORD speaks of His people as His glory and strength manifested as they journeyed through time to this moment. This culmination, described ending Hebrews 11 and beginning chapter 12, speaks of all the faithful who sought a city they realized when the LORD revealed it to be far off (in these last days).

Hebrews 11
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
10 For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ [the LORD with and in Moses afflicted in His work] greater riches than the treasures in Egypt [the tyrants oppressing God’s people]: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward [the promised end that would eventually be reached].

39 And these all [the faithful throughout history], having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
40 God having provided some better thing for us [here and now], that they without us should not be made perfect.

Chapter 12 speaks of this perfection, now when all the faithful are resurrected into life by Christ, the LORD with us, in us, as Jehovah’s Salvation (Jesus) manifested before the eyes of all the world in need of His rescue. It is the race set before us, in which we find ourselves written in the volume of the book and submit to His calling and will, by which faith salvation comes.

Hebrews 12
1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses [God’s people in whom this understanding is now held, and from where it is sent to world in need], let us lay aside every weight, and the sin [the errors, corrupt thinking, that dominates the time into which we have been born again] which does so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith [by which we see what was before unseen]; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross [the necessary sacrifice that accompanies the message and the messenger], despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God [His glory here on open display].
3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself [those ignorantly opposing Him in His name], lest you be wearied and faint in your minds.
4 You have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
5 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks unto you as unto children, My son, despise not you the chastening of the LORD, nor faint when you are rebuked of him:
6 For whom the LORD loveth he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives.
7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chastens not?
8 But if you be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are you bastards, and not sons.
9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection [hupotasso] unto the Father of spirits, and live?

1 Corinthians 15
20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.
24 Then comes the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
25 For he must reign, till he has put all enemies under his feet.
26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
27 For he has put all things under his feet. But when he says all things are put under [hupotasso – are subject to] him, it is manifest [what was unseen appears] that he is excepted [ektos – the Father is realized to be inside him, by those “outside”], which did put all things under [hupotasso] him.
28 And when all things shall be subdued [hupotasso] unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject [hupotasso] unto him that put all things under [hupotasso] him, that God may be all in all.

33 Be not deceived [planao – be not led astray]: evil communications [homilia, – only here, meaning acquiescing to evil consensus] corrupt good manners [evil words are the corruption of better ethos].
34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame [not knowing the LORD because of the corrupt of evil communication].
35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?

38 But God gives it [man] a body as it has pleased him, and to every seed his own [new human flesh] body.

42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption [dead flesh animated in the earth]; it is raised in incorruption [by His Spirit raising us with His rising in us]:
43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit [bringing the dead to life].
46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the LORD from heaven.
48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we [the saved] shall all be changed [allasso – the change all must undergo, but most, rejecting the idea they are corrupt, and in their pride in their ignorance, thinking they are holier than He, they separate themselves from the LORD here to give them sight] ,
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye [the spark of light in the eye, that opens it], at the last trump: for the trumpet [this voice of His archangel] shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed [alloasso].
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55 O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory?

The word rendered “roe” in the title verse (Song of Solomon 2:17) is tsbiy, meaning “from 6638 in the sense of prominence; splendor (as conspicuous); also a gazelle (as beautiful).” It speaks of external appearance, from the word tsabah (6638), meaning “to amass, i.e. grow turgid; specifically, to array an army against:–fight, swell.” In the two uses of this latter word, it results from bitter waters inside and “swelling” the unfaithful.

Hebrews 12
14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the LORD:
15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

22 But you are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels [messengers sent with God’s message],
23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaks better things than that of Abel.
25 See that you refuse not him that [here and now] speaks. For if they escaped not who refused him that spoke on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaks from heaven [this time and place of full understanding]:
26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he has promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven [that the wicked be shaken from them].
27 And this word, Yet once more, signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

The word tsbiy is used to tell of the “glory” of Babylon and its end when the LORD’s “glory” appears. Below, we first look at Jeremiah’s one use of the word, in Jeremiah 3:19, rendered “goodly,” speaking of the land (Babylon) we, God’s faithful people He rescues, inherit.

Jeremiah 3
17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.
18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north [their place in darkness: in ignorance] to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.
19 But I said, How shall I put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly [tsiby] heritage of the hosts [tsaba’] of nations [the army of those who haven’t known Me]? and I said, You shall call me, My father; and shall not turn away [shuwb – shall not return to disobedience] from me.
20 Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband [refusing to subordinate to the head of the house], so have you dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, says the LORD.
21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
22 Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto you; for you are the LORD our God.
23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains [the corrupt and insane governments of the world]: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel [the people of His promise, those who receive Him].

Isaiah 13
11 And I will punish [paqad – as the Chief Overseer] the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a man [My presence manifested in the flesh] more precious than fine gold; even a man [in whom are My treasures from heaven] than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts [who is a man of war, and commander in chief of the army of heaven], and in the day of his fierce anger.
14 And it shall be as the chased [corrected away from their misleaders] roe [‘tsbiy – My glory in My army, the risen ONE BODY of Christ], and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.
15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them [these misleaders at the head of the corrupt body, the army of Babylon] shall fall by the sword [this word of God they reject].
16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
18 Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare children.
19 And Babylon [the confusion that now rules the world], the glory [tsbiy] of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency [their deceptions, the delusions they teach so none who follow them know truth or reality], shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

Isaiah 23
8 Who has taken this counsel against Tyre [the false rock, the false Christs, in whom people put their trust], the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?
9 The LORD of hosts has purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory [tsbiy], and to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

Isaiah 24
14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
15 Wherefore glorify you the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory [tsbiy] to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon you, O inhabitants of the earth

Isaiah 4
1 And in that day seven women [the ONE BODY of Christ] shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel [still wanting to keep their own words and ways, their own righteousness]: only let us be called by your name, to take away our reproach.
2 In that day shall the branch of the LORD be [hayah – become] beautiful [tsbiy] and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.
3 And it shall come to pass, that he that is left [not taken away by the flood of men’s lies] in Zion, and he that remains in [new heavenly] Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:
4 When the LORD shall have washed away the filth [corruption] of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
5 And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defense.

The final three times Isaiah uses the word tsbiy are in Isaiah 28, as the LORD in Isaiah speaks to the “drunkards of Ephraim,” which we know refers to those leading Joseph’s seed, all God’s people of the promise, in this generation. They are the same He, in Jeremiah, speaks of in Jeremiah 31, as those corrected and returned to their right mind, by the New Covenant, when He, here and now, writes this law into the minds of His people, and all know Him.

Isaiah 28
1 Woe to the crown of pride [the incorrigible in power], to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious [tsbiy] beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
2 Behold, the LORD has a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
4 And the glorious [tsbiy] beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looks upon it sees, while it is yet in his hand he eats it up.
5 In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory [tsbiy], and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,
6 And for a spirit of judgment to him that sits in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate [opening the gates of hell].
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 [the hasty] 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]? them that are weaned from the milk [receiving the foundational element of truth, have advanced in understanding, into perfection], and drawn [now draw] from the breasts [of the Ancient of Days – as we know, the word here rendered “drawn” is ‘attiyq, only appearing elsewhere in 1 Chronicles 4:22, where it speaks of the “ancient” things, the work of those that dwelt with the king].
10 For [as here] 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 [the truth: a foreign language to those who only know corruption] 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 [refused and] would not hear.
13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, you scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus says the LORD God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believes shall not make haste [shall not be taken away with the flood of men’s lying words, the shame that comes upon those who refuse this rest and refreshing].
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and [the] righteousness [of God] to the plummet [against which your righteousness shall be judged]: and the hail [the word frozen in heaven, reserved there for this moment] shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters [His word from heaven] shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell [sheol] shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge [showt] shall pass through, then you shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goes forth it shall take you [in its snare]: for morning by morning shall it pass over [‘abar – bringing the Passover from death into life for those who receive it as His word], by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report [shmuw’ah – only to understand it is the voice of Jehovah manifesting His presence to those who receive Him].

Jeremiah 31
17 And there is hope in your end [‘achariyth – these last days of darkness], says the LORD, that your children shall come again to their own border.
18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn you me, and I shall be turned; for you are the LORD my God.
19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spoke against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, says the LORD.
21 Set you up waymarks, make you high heaps: set your heart toward the highway, even the way which you went: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these your cities.
22 How long will you go about, O you backsliding daughter? for the LORD has created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass [full circle, from a child to] a man.
23 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless you, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.

31 Behold, the days 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 break, 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.

The name Bether only appears once, in the title verse, and is from the three times used word bether, which tells us it is the time of Abram’s (Abraham’s) deep sleep. It describes the “pieces,” beginning to end, of the LORD’s people sacrificing throughout history, His faithful in and through whom He spoke and worked to bring humanity to this time of its resurrection (rescue) from death’s hold.

Genesis 15
5 And he brought him forth abroad [chuwts – meaning to sever, speaking of the two sides, pieces, of the sacrifice], and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if you be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall your seed be [as it is this day on the other side].
6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought you out of Ur [the fire] of the Chaldees [those who use their words to manipulate and control people into doing their evil they call good], to give you this land to inherit it.
8 And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
9 And he said unto him, Take me a heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece [bether] one against another: but the birds divided he not.
11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.
13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that your seed shall be a stranger in a land [‘erets – in the earth] that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years [the time of the LORD restoring order to the earth];
14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
15 And you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age.
16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites [those who exalt their words above God’s] is not yet full.
17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun [understanding] went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp [the LORD always with us, guiding us to this time] that passed between those pieces.
18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto your seed have I given this land [‘erets – the earth], from the river of Egypt [the words of tyrants that oppress the world into now total darkness] unto the great river, the river Euphrates [the fruitful words of the LORD that now flow to all as the sunrise]:

John 6
25 And when they had found him on the other side of the sea [the sleep of God’s people], they said unto him, Rabbi [Teacher], when came you here?
26 Jesus answered them and said, Truly, truly, I say unto you, You seek me, not because you saw [understood] the miracles, but because you did eat of the loaves [the complete exposition], and were filled.
27 Labor not for the meat [deep understanding] which perishes [in the hands of men], but for that meat which endures unto [this revelation into] everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for [in] him has God the Father sealed [it].
28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that you believe on him whom he has sent.
30 They said therefore unto him, What sign show you then, that we may see, and believe you? what do you work?
31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
32 Then Jesus said unto them, Truly, truly, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread [this word of God] from heaven.
33 For the bread of God is he which comes down from heaven, and gives life unto the world.
34 Then said they unto him, LORD, evermore give us this bread.
35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that comes to me shall never hunger; and he that believes on me shall never thirst.
36 But I said unto you, That you also have seen me, and believe not.
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 [this ‘achariyth].
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.

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 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.

Psalms 81
1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed [kece’ – this is the LORD’s return to His house; only used one other time], on our solemn feast day.
4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.
6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
7 You called in trouble [tsarah – this tribulation], and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder [My voice from heaven, giving understanding]: I proved you at the waters of Meribah [strife]. Selah.
8 Hear [shama’ -obey], O my people, and I will testify unto you: O Israel, if you will hearken [shama’] unto me;
9 There shall no strange god be in you; neither shall you worship any strange god.
10 I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt: open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11 But my people would not hearken [shama’] to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
13 Oh that my people had hearkened [shama’] unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
14 I would soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
15 The haters of the LORD would have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured forever.
16 He would have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied you.

He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

7 – 10 October 2023

He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

The word, above in Isaiah 53:11, rendered “travail” is ‘amal, meaning “toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, whether of body or mind.” In Isaiah’s other two uses of it, in context, we understand it is speaking of the work, giving knowledge, that is resisted and opposed by the ignorance and prejudice that are the status quo. It speaks of our time, this generation in a time ruled by unrighteous decree: intentional demoralization that perverts law to punishes the innocent (law abiding) while absolving the lawless (the knowledge of the day that calls good evil and evil good).

Isaiah 10
1 Woe unto them that decree [chaqaq] unrighteous decrees [chaqaq], and that write [kathab] grievousness [‘amal] which they have prescribed [kathab];
2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! [When there is no man {able} to protect and defend against these corrupt powers.]
3 And what will you do in the day of visitation [pquddah – when the LORD makes His presence known as the Chief Overseer of the earth, to rescue those without power], and in the desolation which shall come from far [merchaq – in this appointed time the LORD decreed]? to whom will you flee for help? and where will you leave your glory [which is your shame]?
4 Without me they [those that refuse this good prescription] shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
5 O Assyrian [communists in power], the rod [injustice] of my anger, and the staff [misleading] in their hand is my indignation [za’am].
6 I will send him [as the consequence of their neglect and vacating My good] against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

The word rendered “hypocritical,” speaking of this nation and time, is chaneph, also only appearing twice elsewhere in Isaiah, meaning “soiled (i.e. with sin), impious.” It is understood in the sense of previous discussions of the dirt picked up in the journey, which (corruption) needs to be washed from the feet of the travelers.

Isaiah 9
13 For the people turn not unto him that smite them [with the rod and staff of the communists], neither do they seek the LORD of hosts [who is a man of war].
14 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
15 The ancient and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet that teaches lies, he is the tail.
16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them [without My knowledge] are destroyed.
17 Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for everyone is an hypocrite [chaneph – soiled by the corruption they have been misled into] and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
18 For wickedness burns as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns [deceivers and misleaders that have overgrown My garden I left in the hand of those charged with protecting and defending it against corruption], and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest [where these misleader congregate], and they shall mount [be remove from their positions of trust] up like the lifting up of smoke.
19 Through the wrath [the warned consequence of rejecting this word] of the LORD of hosts [who is a man of war, the champion of the good fight] is the land [‘erets – the earth is] darkened [become totally ignorant], and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.

Isaiah 33
2 O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for you: be you their arm [might – strength] every morning, our salvation [yshuw’ah – Jesus, Jehovah’s Salvation in the flesh] also in the time of trouble [tsarah – this time of tribulation].
3 At the noise [qowl – the voice] of the tumult [hamown – Your multitude] the people fled; at the lifting up of yourself the nations [gowy – those who haven’t known You] were scattered.
4 And your spoil [you recovered from those who spoiled us] shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpillar [until nothing remains in their hands]: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he [in His multitude] run upon them.
5 The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he has filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.
6 And [His] wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability [‘emuwn – meaning “literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity”] of your times, and strength of salvation [yshuw’ah – Jesus, Jehovah’s Salvation in the flesh]: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.
7 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors [mal’ak – the messengers: leviathan {the priesthood} of Isaiah 27:1, from who should be heard the highways, who will make peace with Me] of peace shall weep bitterly.
8 The highways [the ancient wisdom and knowledge] lie waste, the wayfaring man ceases: he has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities, he regards no man.
9 The earth mourns [its own desolation] and languishes [‘amal – waxes feeble]: Lebanon [where purity should be seen om high] is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon [what is in plain sight] is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel [what was a fruitful garden] shakes off their fruits.
10 Now will I rise, says the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.
11 You shall conceive chaff, you shall bring forth stubble: your breath [the evil spirit in you that produces worthlessness], as fire, shall devour you.
12 And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns [misleaders] cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
13 Hear [shama’ – obey this good leading], you that are far off [rachowq. – you who find yourselves in this time when the world is ruled by evil decree, deadly prescriptions of perverse law meant to demoralize, confuse, and control those obeying them], what I have done; and, you that are near, acknowledge my might.
14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness has surprised [‘achaz] the hypocrites [chaneph – those whose minds are blinded by corruption]. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
15 He that walketh righteously, and speaks uprightly; he that despises the gain of oppressions, that shakes his hands from holding of bribes, that stops his ears from hearing of blood [the words of evil men meant to drain the life of those following their evil prescription], and shuts his eyes from seeing evil [as the way];
16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
17 Your eyes [being purified of corruption] shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off [merchaq – this appointed time the LORD decreed].

The word ‘achaz, above in verse 14, rendered “surprise,” means “to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession).” It is the word first used in Genesis 22:13 to tell of the ram “caught” in the thicket by its horns. When the passage says Abraham beheld the ram “behind” him, the word is ‘achar, the origin of the ‘achariyth, both words used speaking these “last days:” the “after” life.

The word rendered ram is ‘ayil, meaning “strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong tree.”

Genesis 22
13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind [‘achar – in these last days] him a ram [‘ayil – the might men of Moab, the Medes and Persians] caught [‘achaz – surprised] in a thicket [cbak] by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

The following, ending with Colossians 3, is from the post of 24 May 2023, with today’s additions in double brackets.

Genesis 32
22 And he [Jacob] rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two women servants, and his eleven sons, and passed over [‘abar] the ford [ma’abar – this Passover] Jabbok [the emptiness].
23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a Man [the LORD – unknown as His people wrestle with His word and work] with him until the breaking of the day [until the light appears: until they understood].
25 And when he saw that he prevailed [this is referring to when Rachel and Leah wrestled with each other and Rachel prevailed in the birth of Naphtali through her maid Bilhah {trouble}, the same women Reuben (Leah’s son) went up to and took His father’s place, for which Rachel’s child {Joseph} was given his birthright] not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh [these words speak of his power to procreate] was out of joint [yaqa’ – hanged on a tree: dislocated in the crucifixion of Christ], as he wrestled with him.
26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaks [and understanding is coming]. And he said, I will not let you go, except you bless me [this is the blessing Jacob spoke of Joseph that would be upon Ephraim {Genesis 48:13 thru 20}, of which Jacob defined further {in Genesis 49:22 thru 26} as he told his children what shall befall them in these last days {‘achariyth} – the last child there spoken of is Benjamin {the son that is at God’s right hand, born in due time after the Passover}, saying he “shall raven [tear in pieces] as a wolf: in the morning {when understanding has come and He is born again} he shall devour the prey, and at night {in this time when darkness covers the earth} he shall divide the spoil.”] .
27 And he said unto him, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.
28 And he said, Your name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince have you power with God and with men, and have prevailed [to Passover Jabbok].
29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray you, your name [this man with a name that no man knows, the son only the Father knows and those to whom He will reveal him, is the same John speaks of in Revelation 19, whose name is written on his vesture and thigh]. And he said, Wherefore is it that you do ask after my name? And he blessed him there [saying He will bless the seed of Joseph with this deep understanding when he is thereby crowned with The LORD’s glory] .
30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel [the face, paniym, presence of ‘el: God]: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
31 And as he passed over Penuel [by the presence of God with us] the sun [understanding of this new day] rose upon him, and he halted [tsala’ – only used three other times describing whom it speaks of, meaning they wander off course] upon his thigh [when their power was lost through the internal bickering that separated the family].
32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank [these words refer to Gad {giyd – sinew} that forgot {the LORD} – neshah {shrank} from nashah, describing the troop that is {in forgetfulness} overcome but shall overcome at the last {‘aqeb}, after Dan has bitten at the horse heels {aqeb}, and the rider has fallen backward {‘achowr}], which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.

Genesis 33
1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
2 And he put the handmaids [the bondwomen] and their children foremost [ri’shown – the former house], and Leah and her children after [‘acharown – in these last days, the sleeping dead], and Rachel and Joseph hindermost [‘acharown – the living].
3 And he passed over before [paniym – God’s presence with] them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
4 And Esau [brethren who before were our enemies, are now by the same grace of God changed] ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with you? And he said, The children which God has graciously given your servant [I and the children the LORD has given, are for signs of the end reached].
6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after [‘achar] came Joseph near and Rachel [journeying to Raeford, where she has ford the brook], and they bowed themselves.

This pattern sent for our realization: the change in Esau, is like the change in Saul, when it is said he will become a different man (called Benjamin), those born again after our passing over Jabbok.

In 1 Samuel 9 & 10, this pattern is seen when Samuel (hearing God – Shmuw’el) speaks what He heard, to Saul, who, when he hears (it is God’s voice) and speaks, is with Samuel called a Prophet.

1 Samuel 9
9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer [ra’ah]: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer [ra’ah].)

Saul goes to Samuel because he is said to be looking for his father’s asses that were lost. It is his father (Kish – from the once-used, in Isaiah 29:21, word qowsh, meaning to set a trap) who, for this purpose (setting the trap, to find the asses, in a time when all sight is gone, and in the darkness people can’t even find their own asses) sent him on this search.

Isaiah 29
1 Woe to Ariel [the Lion of God – the strength {understanding} of God, here taken and controlled by the wicked], to Ariel, the city where David [the lion of Judah] dwelt! add you year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel [it will again be My strength].
3 And I [as a man of war] will camp against you round about, and will lay siege against you with a mount, and I will raise forts against you.
4 And you shall be brought down, and shall speak out of the ground, and your speech shall be low out of the dust [as the voice of the serpent from the ruin of the earth], and your voice shall be, as of one that has a familiar spirit [of the known dead speaking words of death], out of the ground, and your speech shall whisper out of the dust.
5 Moreover the multitude of your strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passes away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
6 You shall be visited [paqad – as the Chief Overseer of the Earth] of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
7 And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition [matsowd – her munitions are the net with which they catch those who are without the root, foundation, of righteousness], and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
8 It shall even be as when a hungry man dreams, and, behold, he eats; but he awakes, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreams, and, behold, he drinks; but he awakens, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul has appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion [when they awaken and realize their own mind’s delusions deceived them and they have been emptied of all understanding].
9 Stay yourselves, and wonder [not knowing what you are experiencing]; cry you out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
10 For the LORD has poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep [with no signs of life], and has closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers [ra’ah – those who see as God sees] has he covered [kacah].
11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book [cepher] that is sealed [chatham], which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray you: and he says, I cannot; for it is sealed [chatham]:
12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray you: and he says, I am not learned.
13 Wherefore the LORD said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart [the foundations of their mind – their stiocheion is corrupt] far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous [eye opening] work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder [pele’ – at which all have wondered]: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their [wicked] counsel [‘etsah] from the LORD, and their works are in the dark [their own ignorance of reality and truth they can’t understand because it is as a foreign language], and they say, Who sees us? and who knows us?
16 Surely your turning of things upside down [the overthrow] shall be esteemed as the potter’s [yatsar] clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed [yatser] say of him that framed [yatsar] it, He had no understanding?
17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon [purity seen in high places] shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words [this word] of the book [cepher], and the eyes of the blind shall see [again] out of obscurity, and out of darkness [by coming out of ignorance].
19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
20 For the terrible one is brought to naught, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
21 That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of naught.
22 Therefore thus says the LORD, who redeemed [padah] Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale [but they will reach the end promised].
23 But when he sees his children [who have been born again out of death and hell], the work of my hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name [declare My identity Holy], and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
24 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.

Hosea 13
14 I will ransom [padah] them from the power of the grave [sh’owl, Sheol]; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be your plagues; O grave [Sheol – hell], I will be your destruction: repentance shall be hid from my eyes [nocham cathar ‘ayin – this comfort, restoring things and matter concealed shall come as this fountain of living waters].

In Genesis 22:4 we are told of Abraham, on the third (resurrection) day, seeing (ra’ah) the place “far off,” using the word rachowq, meaning “remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious.” The statement comes while describing the LORD as Jehovah-jireh (Jehovah sees – everything) to Abraham, after he sees as the LORD does and obeys His voice.

Genesis 22
15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
16 And said, By myself have I sworn, says the LORD, for because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son:
17 That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and your seed shall possess the gate [of hell] of his enemies;
18 And in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice.
19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba [the well of seven oaths – the promises flowing from the Father].

The word rendered “possess” in verse 17 above is yarash, meaning “to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin.” It’s used to describe the seducers who possess and control the goodman’s house and of our (I and the children God has given me) inheriting it with the land (America) and earth.

Hebrews 11
8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, OBEYED; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
10 For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
11 Through faith also Sarah herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
40 God having provided some better thing for us, that [by our obedience] they without us should not be made perfect [all of us together, resurrected in ONE BODY in the Father’s presence].

1 Samuel 9
26 And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul [the one desired] to the top of the house [away from the trouble within], saying, Up, that I may send you away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad [chuwts – outside the corrupt houses].
27 And as they were going down [into the depths of hell] to the end [of the earth] of the city [named Sheol], Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant [your children] pass on [‘abar – Passover] before [into the presence of God with] us, (and he passed on [‘abar – passed over Jabbok first]), but [there] stand you still a while [yowm – in this appointed day], that I may show you [shama’ – to obey] the word of God.

1 Samuel 10
1 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD has anointed you to be captain [nagiyd – commander of His army] over his inheritance?
2 When you are departed from me to [that] day, then you shall find two men [Judah and Ephraim] by Rachel’s [journeyer’s – the pilgrims spoken of in Hebrews 11:13, who are seeking this city where we’ve arrived] sepulcher [place of burial] in the border of [the limit, where is born again] Benjamin at Zelzah [tseltsach – when the darkness is clearly understood]; and they will say unto you, The asses which you went to seek are found [when you, the lost, are again able to find your own asses in the darkness]: and, lo, your father has left the care of the asses [[Israel and Judah]], and sorrows for you, saying, What shall I do for my son [make him {the prodigal} a feast]?
3 Then shall you go on forward from thence, and you shall come to the plain of Tabor [you shall clearly see the mountain of God], and there shall meet you three men going up [rising] to God to Bethel [into the house, Family, of God], [for the feast celebrating the men found] one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:
4 And they will salute you, and give you two loaves of bread [giving this word of God they have received]; which you shall receive of their hands.
5 After that you shall come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines [the stronghold of the invading army]: and it shall come to pass, when you are come thither to the city [whose builder and maker is God], that you shall meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place [the mountain (hill) of God] with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before [paniym – playing the songs the LORD has given] them; and they shall prophesy [repeating His word as received]:
6 And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon you, and you shall prophesy with them [all repeating this word as received], and shall be turned into another [‘acher] man [becoming a new creation, ONE BODY in the LORD’s presence].
7 And let it be, when these signs are come unto you, that you do [‘asha – make, manifest God with you] as occasion serve you; for God is with you.

Acts 13
6 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos [now when the waters are boiling hot], they found a certain sorcerer [a self-described so-called wise man], a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus [son of Jesus]:
7 Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius [wondering] Paulus [about this little man Paul], a prudent man; who called for Barnabas [son of rest] and Saul [desired], and desired to hear the word of God.
8 But Elymas [wizard – a self-proclaimed “expert”] the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
9 Then Saul [from whom he desired to hear the word of God], (who also [after his change] is called Paul [a little man, in obscurity, by whose wisdom the city is delivered]) filled with the Holy Ghost [the LORD unknown in him speaking and working], set his eyes on him.
10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, you child of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the LORD?
11 And now, behold, the hand of the LORD is upon you, and you [false prophets and antichrists] shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and [his word appeared as] a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
12 Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the LORD.

38 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
39 And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
41 Behold, you despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which you shall in no wise believe, though a man declares it unto you.

Acts 17
23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To The Unknown God. Whom therefore you ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is LORD of heaven and earth, dwells not in temples made with hands;
25 Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he gives to all life, and breath, and all things;
26 And has made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27 That they should seek the LORD, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commands all men every where to repent:
31 Because he has appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he has ordained; whereof he has given assurance unto all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.
32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear you again of this matter.

Psalms 40
A Psalm of David
1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
3 And he has put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
4 Blessed is that man that makes the LORD his trust, and respects not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
5 Many, O LORD my God, are your wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto you: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
6 Sacrifice and offering you did not desire; my ears have you opened: burnt offering and sin offering have you not required.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
8 I delight to do your will, O my God: yea, your law is within my heart.
9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, you know.
10 I have not hid your righteousness within my heart; I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation: I have not concealed your lovingkindness and your truth from the great congregation.
11 Withhold not you your tender mercies from me, O LORD: let your lovingkindness and your truth continually preserve me.
12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: my iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of my head: therefore my heart fails me.
13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
16 Let all those that seek you rejoice and be glad in you: let such as love your salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
17 But I am poor and needy; yet the LORD thinketh upon me: you are my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

Friends, men will and do mock us for confessing the LORD’s presence with us and through us working and speaking. But, as we know, the shame shall be theirs when He appears.

Colossians 3
1 If you then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God.
2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
3 For you are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall you also appear with him in glory.

The three words, ‘achaz, ‘achar, and ‘ayil, appear in Exodus 15 where they speak of the mighty upon which the surprise comes, when they find themselves as the rams caught in the thicket.

Exodus 15
1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spoke, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider has he thrown into the sea.
2 The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him a habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.
4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his host has he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
5 The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.
6 Your right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: your right hand, O LORD, has dashed in pieces the enemy.
7 And in the greatness of your excellency you have overthrown them that rose up against you: you sent forth your wrath, which consumed them as stubble.
8 And with the blast of your nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as a heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart [the mind] of the sea.
9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
10 You did blow with your wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
11 Who is like unto you, O LORD, among the gods? who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
12 You stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them.
13 You in your mercy have led forth the people which you have redeemed: you have guided them in your strength unto your holy habitation.
14 The people shall hear [shama’], and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold [‘achaz] on the inhabitants of Palestina [the Palestine, the Philistines, the army of invaders].
15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men [‘ayil – the ram] of Moab [those whose mouths are the gates holding the world in death and hell], trembling shall take hold [‘achaz] upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of your arm they shall be as still as a stone; till your people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which you have purchased.
17 You shall bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which you have made for you to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O LORD, which your hands have established.
18 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.
19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
21 And Miriam answered them, Sing you to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider has he thrown into the sea.
22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur [the “wall” of lies]; and they went three days [waiting for the resurrection] in the wilderness, and found no water [no word of God].
23 And when they came to Marah [bitterness], they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter [mar]: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD showed him [yara’ – taught him of] a tree [of life], which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet [mathaq – a five times used word that speaks of counsel, here referring to the LORD’s refused until this time when the tree of life is cast into the sea, to the people at large who, in bitterness, wait for this moment]: there he made for them a statute [choq] and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
26 And said, If you will diligently hearken [shama’ – obey] to the voice of the LORD your God, and will do that which is right in his sight, and will give ear [‘azan – pay close attention] to his commandments, and keep all his statutes [choq], I will put none of these diseases upon you, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that heals [rapha’] you.
27 And they came to Elim [‘ayil – the place of the ram, overcoming those whose mouth, their evil counsel opposing and resisting the LORD’s anointed, are the gate of hell that must be Exodused], where were twelve wells of water [governmental perfection], and threescore and ten palm trees [the resurrection that comes with ending the causes of the desolation, ending the abominations put in God’s place, the evil counsel that replaces His good]: and they encamped there by the waters.

In the title verse, Isaiah 53:11, the “travail” with which the LORD is satisfied (says it’s enough), the “grievousness” prescribed by the wicked, the ‘amal, is the “sorrow” of Psalms 55:10.

Proverbs 5
1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow [subordinate] your ear [what you have before heard] to my understanding:
2 That you mayest regard discretion, and that your lips may keep knowledge.
3 For the lips of a strange woman [the words heard from the unfaithful] drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
4 But her end [‘achariyth – in these last days] is bitter [mar] as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
6 Lest you shouldest ponder the path of life, her [the unfaithful who’ve left the LORD and gone into darkness] ways are moveable, that you can not know them.
7 Hear [shama’ – obey] me now therefore, O you children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

Psalms 55
1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not yourself from my supplication.
2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove [and knew the signs of the end]! for then would I fly away [in full understanding: in heaven], and be at rest.
7 Lo, then would I [did blindly] wander far off [rachaq – into this time when the earth is ruled by evil decree], and remain in the wilderness [desolation]. Selah.
8 I would hasten my escape [exodus] from the windy storm and tempest.
9 Destroy, O LORD, and divide their tongues [which are the gates of hell]: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof [the lies in which the trust]: mischief also and sorrow [‘amal] are in the midst of it.
11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
13 But it was you, a man my equal, my guide, and my acquaintance.
14 We took sweet [mathaq] counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
18 He has delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abides of old. Selah. Because they have no changes [chaliyphah], therefore they fear not God.
20 He has put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he has broken his covenant.
21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
22 Cast your burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain you: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
23 But you, O God, shall bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in you.

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