Word XP – Page 18 – The Truth of the Word of God

July 8, 2022

Whereas Edom says, “We are impoverished, but we will return and build [back better] the desolate places;” thus says the LORD of hosts, “They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD has indignation forever.”

The above is Malachi 1:4, wherein the LORD speaks of when the enemies mixed among us returned to [vote frauded their way into] power, and are saying they will “Build Back Better.” As we understand, these enemies [as Esau the LORD hates] are our countrymen and brothers, who claim they are at peace with us while attacking and destroying us, our nation, and our better culture.

What these wicked men are building is human devolution, a retrograde (as the sun moving backward ten degrees), which the LORD is using to reset the foundations of the earth. As we’ve seen in previous posts, when the sun moved backward ten degrees, it’s speaking of resetting the degenerate leadership (of the kings of God’s people), which began with Rehoboam.

We know this erosion began when the people of Israel (the ten northern tribes) asked the new king to relieve some of the burden accumulated under Solomon’s rule. Rehoboam then, rejecting the advice of those who advised his father (Solomon), consulted the young men he grew up with. They (the young and ignorant self-centered elites) advised him to not only refuse to reduce the burden, but to increase it, saying “My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”

As we know, This event (increasing the burden) caused the separation (unyoking) of Judah and Israel. (Deviating only in that the advice is now from old and corrupt opportunists) it is the pattern of what occurred in and since the last presidential election, and the ignorant who advised it can’t understand why the nation is more divided.

The retrograde is (now) to the time (before the ten kings of the degeneration and desolation) of Solomon-like leadership and the repair of the breach in the house (family – one king over one nation under God) of David.

Job 32
7 I said, Days should speak, and a multitude of years should teach wisdom.
8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty gives them understanding.
9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

The wicked in power build with lies and delusion, misleading false teaching from false prophets who see nothing, who are shocked and astounded when insanity, systemic destruction, and death, the fruits they’ve sown, are the fruits they reap.

Jeremiah 23
16 Thus says the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
17 They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD has said, You shall have peace; and they say unto everyone that walks after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.
18 For who has stood in the counsel of the LORD, and has perceived and heard his word? who has marked his word, and heard it?
19 Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
20 The anger of the LORD shall not return until he has executed, and till he has performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days you shall consider it perfectly.
21 I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
23 Am I a God at hand, says the LORD, and not a God afar off [coming in this latter time to set right the foundations of the world]?
24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? says the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? says the LORD.

Matthew 11
15 He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
16 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
17 And saying, We have piped unto you, and you have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and you have not lamented.
18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a devil.
19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
20 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:

24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom [where the fired ended] in the day of judgment, than for you [because the fires of hell, where you remain, will never be quenched].
25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, O Father, LORD of heaven and earth, because you have hid these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them unto babes.
26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in your sight.
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, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
28 Come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, 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.

The Companion Bible separates the book of Malachi into two parts, Malachi 1:1 thru 5, describing “National Election,” and Malachi 1:6 thru 4:6, “National Rejection.” The first tells of choosing (electing to follow) leaders the LORD hates, who, as Esau, rule His people in their desolation and hold them (in church and state) there in misery and ignorance. (As did the many named Herod, children, descents of Esau; appointed by Rome as kings over Judaea.)

Malachi 1:4 speaks of the “border of wickedness” the LORD has “thrown down,” and says in verse 5, “And your eyes [at the end of wickedness] shall see, and you shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border [reestablishment] of Israel.”

The word rendered “throw down” is the Hebrew word harac, meaning “a primitive root; to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy.”

The word rendered “border” in verses 4 & 5 is gbuwl, meaning “a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension, the territory inclosed.”

The word used to tell of the LORD “magnified” when He throws down the wicked and reestablishes His nation is gadal, meaning “to twist (compare 1434), i.e. to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride).”

These words tell of a release (harac) from the heavy burdens of the wicked to who we are yokes (gbuwl), and becoming instead yoked (gadal) to the LORD in His ONE BODY.

Malachi 1
6 A son honors his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honor? and if I be a master, where is my fear? says the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And you say, Wherein have we despised your name?
7 You offer polluted bread [the whole body of My word you’ve corrupted] upon mine altar; and you say, Wherein have we polluted you? In that you say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.
8 And if you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if you offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto your governor; will he be pleased with you, or accept your person? says the LORD of hosts.
9 And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this has been by your means: will he regard your persons [who offer the blind, those off course, and in constant agitation]? says the LORD of hosts.
10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for naught [when the LORD is entering]? neither do you kindle fire on mine altar for naught [when what you offer is unacceptable]. I have no pleasure in you, says the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, says the LORD of hosts.
12 But you have profaned it, in that you say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.
13 You said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and you have snuffed at it, says the LORD of hosts; and you brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus you brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? says the LORD.
14 But cursed be the deceiver, which has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, says the LORD of hosts [who is a man of war], and my name is dreadful among the heathen.

Malachi 2
1 And now, O you priests, this commandment is for you.
2 If you will not hear, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, says the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay it to heart.
3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
4 And you shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, says the LORD of hosts.
5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
7 For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
8 But you are departed out of the way; you have caused many to stumble at the law; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the LORD of hosts.
9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as you have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
10 Have we not all one father? has not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
11 Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and has married the daughter of a strange god.
12 The LORD will cut off the man that does this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offers an offering unto the LORD of hosts.
13 And this have you done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regards not the offering any more, or receives it with good will at your hand.
14 Yet you say, Wherefore? Because the LORD has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously: yet is she your companion, and the wife of your covenant.
15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, says that he hates putting away: for one covers violence with his garment, says the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that you deal not treacherously.
17 You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, Wherein have we wearied him? When you say, Everyone that does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

Malachi 3
1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom you delight in: behold, he shall come, says the LORD of hosts [who is a man of war].
2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appears? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:
3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, says the LORD of hosts.
6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore you sons of Jacob are not consumed.
7 Even from the days of your fathers you are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, says the LORD of hosts. But you said, Wherein shall we return?
8 Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed me. But you say, Wherein have we robbed you? In tithes and offerings.
9 You are cursed with a curse: for you have robbed me, even this whole nation.
10 Bring you all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, says the LORD of hosts.
12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for you shall be a delightsome land, says the LORD of hosts.
13 Your words have been stout against me, says the LORD. Yet you say, What have we spoken so much against you?
14 You have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
16 Then they that feared the LORD spoke often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book [this word] of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
17 And they shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son that serves him.
18 Then shall you return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serves God and him that serves him not.

Malachi 4
1 For, behold, the day comes, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that comes shall burn them up, says the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arises with healing in his wings; and you shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
3 And you shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, says the LORD of hosts.
4 Remember you the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers [see chapter 1, verse 6 above], lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

The LORD began today (wrote the portion above yesterday) in Ecclesiastes 3. His message is we need to understand the time (season) and not lose our joy in His glory (through us) manifested.

Ecclesiastes 3
1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
9 What profit has he that works in that wherein he labors? [The profit is joy! Finding the happiness we pursue – for ourselves and others.]
10 I have seen the travail [‘inyan – the work that humbles us by understanding only He reveals the hidden deep meaning, at His will], which God has given to the sons of men to be exercised [‘anah {the origin of ‘inyah} so we can appropriately respond {knowing the time} as necessary] in it.
11 He has made every thing beautiful [yapheh, from yaphah, to be bright {God given understanding}] in his time: also he has set [nathan – given {the foundations of}] the world in their heart [in their minds], so that no man can find out [matsa’ ‘eth – attain by self – without God’s revealing it] the work that God makes from the beginning to the end.
12 I know that there is no good in them [in the works of men without God’s revelation], but for a man to rejoice [find joy and happiness in His work through us], and to do good [which only comes from God] in his life.
13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God.
14 I know that, whatsoever God does, it shall be forever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God does it, that men should fear before him.
15 That which has been is now; and that which is to be has already been [the foundation that was laid is the foundation now again laid]; and God requires [baqash – to search out, strive after] that which is past.
16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts [without His Spirit in them, evidenced by ignorance of Him and His way].
19 For that which befalls the sons of men [without His Spirit] befalls beasts; even one thing befalls them: as the one dies, so dies the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man has no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity [all the ways of man without God’s Spirit are worthless and lead to death].
20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again [the ruin of the world they sent to hell].
21 Who knows the spirit of man [who is led by The Spirit of God in Him] that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast [evil without God] that goes downward to the earth [into the belly of hell they create]?
22 Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice [have joy and happiness] in his own works; for that is his portion [the inheritance he lays up for His children]: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him [returning to {born into} the world they’ve created – heaven or hell]?

This (return) is the “estate of the sons of men,” that God manifests (see verse 18 above) for us to understand. The word “estate” is the five times used Hebrew word dibrah, said to mean “a reason, suit or style:–cause, end, estate, order, regard.”

It’s the word used in Psalms 110:4 to describe the perpetual son of God, who is a priest forever, after the “order” of Melchizedek (the king of righteousness and peace).

It (dibrah) is from the Hebrew word dabar, meaning “from 1696; a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause.” It’s from an almost identical word babar, meaning “to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue.”

These speak of the words of men, rightly ordered bringing life, even after death, and of the wicked (deluded, confused, misleading, and insane) bringing death and everlasting hell.

Matthew 12
31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost [the LORD speaking and working unknown], it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
34 O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37 For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.

Ecclesiastes 7
11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun [Resurrection into a time of understanding].
12 For wisdom is a defense, and money is a defense: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom gives life to them that have it.
13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked [the wicked the LORD has bound in their own ignorance]?
14 In the day of prosperity be joyful [when God’s glory is manifested in His people], but in the day of adversity consider: God also has set the one over against the other, to the end [dibrah] that [crooked] man should find nothing after him.

Job 5
7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward [ben resheph ‘uwph gabahh – as the children enflamed rise and are exalted].
8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause [dibrah – the order into which I will rise]:
9 Which does great things and unsearchable; marvelous [opening our eyes to these] things without number:
10 Who gives rain [this word of God] upon the earth, and sends waters upon the fields [that life grows]:
11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
12 He disappoints the devices [the things they’ve contrived and planned] of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
13 He takes the wise in their own craftiness [quoted in 1 Corinthians 3:19 below] : and the counsel of the froward [those who twist and pervert truth] is carried headlong.
14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
15 But he saves the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor has hope, and iniquity stops her mouth.
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore despise not you the chastening of the Almighty:
18 For he makes sore, and binds up: he wounds, and his hands make whole.

1 Corinthians 3
13 Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the [new] day 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 [worthless].

Ecclesiastes 8
1 Who is as the wise man? and who knows the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom makes his face to shine [the LORD presence manifested in him giving understanding], and the boldness [‘oz – first used in Exodus 15:2] of his face shall be changed.
2 I counsel you to keep the king’s commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil [misleading] thing; for he does whatsoever pleaseth him.
4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What do you?
5 Whoso keeps the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.
6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
7 For he knows not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
8 There is no man that has power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither has he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

Exodus 15
2 The LORD is my strength [‘oz – my boldness] 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.

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 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 [‘oz – by boldly speaking] unto your holy habitation.

Ephesians 6
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the LORD, and in the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt [the preparation] about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness [equal justice for all, without respect of person];
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace [the way of sustainable civilization: not putting your neighbor under threat: reciprocal security in/of life, liberty, and property];
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith [believing God is with us and in us], wherewith you shall be able to quench all the fiery darts [lies and false accusations] of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation [as the priority protecting and hardening your mind], and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints [who with you are equipped to stand against the wicked];
19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak [this understanding of the word of God, as fire from my mouth].

Hebrews 6
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 [understanding the presence of God in his flesh];
20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made a high priest forever after the order of Melchisedec.

Hebrews 7
1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
3 Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abides a priest continually.

Hebrews 10
7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do your will, 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 the law;
9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do your will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 And every priest stands daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God;
13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
14 For by one offering he has perfected forever them that are sanctified.
15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
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 of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
20 By a new and living way, which he has consecrated 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 [these] pure water.
23 Let us hold fast the profession 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, 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.

Jeremiah 31
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 brake, although I was a husband unto them, says the LORD:
33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, says the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, says the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
35 Thus says the LORD, which gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night [that are for signs and seasons], which divides the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
36 If those ordinances depart from before me, says the LORD, then the seed of Israel [in America] also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.

Psalms 110
1 The LORD [Jehovah] said unto my LORD [Joseph – see Psalms 105:21], Sit you at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.
2 The LORD shall send the rod of your strength out of Zion: rule you in the midst of your enemies [who are like Esau, and Egyptians who don’t know Joseph].
3 Your people shall be willing in the day of your power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: you have the dew of your youth.
4 The LORD has sworn [an oath], and will not repent, You are a priest forever after the order [dibrah] of Melchizedek.
5 The LORD at your right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
7 He shall drink of the brook [this word of God] in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.

July 6, 2022

Let us alone; what have we to do with you, you Jesus of Nazareth? are you come to destroy us? I know you who you are, the Holy One of God.

Let us alone; what have we to do with you, you Jesus of Nazareth? are you come to destroy us? I know you who you are, the Holy One of God.

The above, from Mark 1:24, is the unclean spirit, the devil (misleading spirit) among God’s people, who is the first to recognize the LORD’s authority. In verse 27, we’re told of the people seeing this, thinking it is some new doctrine, demonstrating the doctrines they’ve learned are the creations of (these same) men, also recognize the same authority.

The word “authority” is the Greek word exousia, meaning “privilege, i.e. (subjectively) force, capacity, competency, freedom, or (objectively) mastery (concretely, magistrate, superhuman, potentate, token of control), delegated influence:–authority, jurisdiction, liberty, power, right, strength.”

When we’re told, in Mark 1:22, the people were “astonished” because “he taught them as one that had authority [exousia], and not as the scribes,” the word (rendered “astonished”) is ekplesso, meaning “from 1537 [ek – origin] and 4141 [plesso – to shape, through pounding]; to strike with astonishment:–amaze, astonish.” It is speaking of destroying the current corrupt thinking, the doctrines of those teaching their own ways and ideas.

The origin of the authority is spoken of earlier in verses 10 & 11, saying “And straightway coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: And there came a voice from heaven, saying, ‘You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.'”

The “water” here spoken of is the Jordan (descent – the words of men that have carried all the world into confusion and death), and coming out of these waters below, the heavens were opened, meaning He was (by the baptism of repentance) prepared to receive full understanding.

The Spirit descending upon m like a “dove,” is telling of His understanding this baptism, like Jonah’s (meaning dove), is the sign of the end, receiving understanding of the time and season Only known to the Father.

We know from Luke 2:24 quoting Leviticus 12:6, the Hebrew equivalent (to the Greek word peristera – dove) is towr (Strong’s 8449), meaning “or tor {tore}; probably the same as 8447; a ring-dove, often (figuratively) as a term of endearment:–(turtle) dove.”

As we saw in the previous post, the word towr (8447) means “or tor {tore}; from 8446; a succession, i.e. a string or (abstractly) order:–border, row, turn.”

These words (towr & towrah) speak of the manner of the resurrection, the succession of man throughout time, of which the world is ignorant until now in this time of enlightenment by revelation.

Revelation 10
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 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.
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 [and I had to speak {vomit} out what I had consumed – giving what was given].
11 And he said unto me, You must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.

Revelation 11
15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our LORD, and of his Christ; and he shall reign forever and ever.
16 And the four and twenty elders, 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 were 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 has 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 the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thundering, and an earthquake, and great hail [all speaking of this word of God that has been reserved in heaven for this moment, sent to bring down the current crop of corrupt leaders who’ve misled God’s people and the world into confusion and hell].

The words towr are from tuwr (8446), meaning “to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially for trade or reconnoitering:–chap(-man), sent to descry, be excellent, merchant(-man), search (out), seek, (e-)spy (out).”

Of the twenty-three times the word tuwr appears, it is most often telling of the “spies” sent to reconnoiter the Promised Land.

Judges 1
22 And the house of Joseph [through which comes the king line, here through the house of Joshua – Jesus], they also went up against Bethel [the house of God]: and the LORD was with them.
23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry [tuwr – spy out] Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz [luwz – departed and perverted – speaking of the fallen condition of the LORD’s house become a den of thieves].)
24 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Show us, we pray you, the entrance into the city, and we will show you mercy.
25 And when he showed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword [this word of God sent to overthrow the wicked]; but they let go the man and all his family.

Do you know the day the spy came, the one sent with authority to judge the world, to end the corrupt and speak the new into creation?

Ezekiel 20 [The final time the word tuwr appears.]
1 And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the LORD, and sat before me.
2 Then [on the tenth day of the fifth month in the year 1994, during a Solar Eclipse – when the church had become fully dark] came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,
3 Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus says the LORD God; Are you come to enquire of me? As I live, says the LORD God, I will not be enquired of by you.
4 Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers [and I did as He commanded]:
5 And say unto them, Thus says the LORD God; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God;
6 In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied [tuwr] for them, [this land, America] flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
7 Then said I unto them, Cast you away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt [of oppression]: I am the LORD your God.
8 But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
9 But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
10 Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness [to unteach them the ways of oppression and teach My way of peace].
11 And I gave them my statutes, and showed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
12 Moreover also I gave [nathan] them my sabbaths [when I interrupt to correct the course], to be a sign [‘owth] between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctifies [separates your from the wicked] them.
13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
14 But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
15 Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
16 Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
17 Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.
18 But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk you not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
19 I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;
20 And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.
21 Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
22 Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.
23 I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
24 Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols.
25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;
26 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that opens the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.
27 Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus says the LORD God; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.
28 For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savor, and poured out there their drink offerings.
29 Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto you go? And the name whereof is called Bamah unto this day.
30 Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus says the LORD God; Are you polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit you whoredom after their abominations?
31 For when you offer your gifts, when you make your sons to pass through the fire, you pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, says the LORD God, I will not be enquired of by you.
32 And that which comes into your mind shall not be at all, that you say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.
33 As I live, says the LORD God, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:
34 And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein you are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.
35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.
36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, says the LORD God.
37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and you shall know that I am the LORD.
39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus says the LORD God; Go you, serve you every one his idols, and hereafter also, if you will not hearken unto me: but pollute you my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.
40 For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, says the LORD God, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.
41 I will accept you with your sweet savor, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein you have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.
42 And you shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers.
43 And there shall you remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein you have been defiled; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that you have committed.
44 And you shall know that I am the LORD when I have wrought with you for my name’s sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O you house of Israel, says the LORD God.
45 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
46 Son of man, set your face toward the south, and drop your word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus says the LORD God; Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you, and every dry tree [all those you follow thinking they are the upright]: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
48 And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.
49 Then said I, Ah LORD God! they say of me, Does he not speak parables?

Song of Solomon 1
7 Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, where you feed, where you make your flock to rest at noon [when the son fully rises]: for why should I be as one that turns aside [why do you think I am as those who lead your stray] by the flocks of your companions [the misleaders you are joined with]?
8 If you know not, O you fairest among women, go your way forth by the footsteps of the flock [to hear my voice], and feed your kids beside the [good] shepherds’ tents.
9 I have compared you, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots [as those empowering the oppressors].
10 Your cheeks are comely with rows [towr] of jewels, your neck with chains of gold.
11 We will make you borders [towr] of gold with studs of silver.
12 While the king sits at his table, my spikenard sends forth the smell thereof [making you aware of His presence].

Song of Solomon 2
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 [towr – the king returned] is heard in our land;
13 The fig tree puts forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell [making you aware of His presence]. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
14 O my dove [yownah – Jonah, who know this is the time], that are in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs [to the throne and east gate into the kingdom: New Jerusalam], let me see your countenance, let me hear your voice; for sweet [with strength] is your voice, and your countenance is comely.

Matthew 24
32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is nigh:
33 So likewise you, when you shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors [thura – the entrance into the kingdom].
34 Truly I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
35 [The old and corrupt] Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
36 But of that day and hour knows no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only [which He reveals to the son, to reveal him].
37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken [away by the flood], and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken [away by the flood], and the other left.
42 Watch therefore: for you know not what hour your LORD does come.

James 5
7 Be patient, therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the LORD. Behold, the husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and has long patience for it, until he receives the early and latter rain.
8 Be you also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the LORD draws nigh. [Romans 13: 11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us, therefore, cast off the works of darkness {ignorance}, and let us put on the armor of light {understanding}.]
9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest you be condemned: behold, the judge stands before the door [thura – the entrance into the kingdom].
10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the LORD, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the LORD; that the LORD is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not [on the thing you think you know], neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest you fall into condemnation. [1 Corinthians 3: 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.]
13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the LORD:
15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the LORD shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
17 Elijah was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit [as it now does].
19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
20 Let him know, that he which converts the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

Jeremiah 8 [The final time the word towr (8449) appears.]
1 At that time, says the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah [the dead in power], and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:
2 And they shall spread them before the sun [the dead church they control], and the moon [the dead civil government], and all the host of heaven [those who say they have understanding and are wise], whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
3 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, says the LORD of hosts.
4 Moreover you shall say unto them, Thus says the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return [to this truth].
6 I hearkened and heard, but they spoke not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? Every one turned to his course, as the horse rush into the battle [pulling Pharaoh’s chariots].
7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knows her appointed times [mow’ed]; and the turtle [towr – dove] and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
8 How do you say [swear], We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain [worthless and without authority].
9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
10 Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one deals falsely.
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation [pquddah – of which they are ignorant] they shall be cast down, says the LORD.
13 I will surely consume them, says the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.
14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter [through the door] into the defensed cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God has put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
16 The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
17 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, says the LORD.
18 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
19 Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?
20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black [my body is without understanding]; astonishment has taken hold on me.
22 Is there no balm in Gilead [in this mountain of the LORD’s testimony]; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered [because they choose to follow the dead and remain in death]?

Friends, in this last chapter, the LORD tells of the sad truth, His people are still following and empowering those who are in all-out rebellion and war against Him. I Am come, sent by my Father, to war against them (the unreasonable, unrepentant, and incorrigible) until they are defeated and banished to hell forever.

Jeremiah 46
7 Who is this that comes up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
8 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he says, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.
9 Come up, you horses; and rage, you chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
10 For this is the day of the LORD God of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the LORD God of hosts has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shall you use many medicines; for you shall not be cured.
12 The nations have heard of your shame, and your cry has filled the land: for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together.
13 The word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.
14 Declare you in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say you, Stand fast, and prepare you; for the sword shall devour round about you.
15 Why are your valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.
16 He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.
17 They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has passed the time appointed [mow’ed].
18 As I live, says the King [I Am], whose name is the LORD of hosts [who is a man of war], Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
19 O you daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish yourself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.
20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction comes; it comes out of the north [from their own ignorance].
21 Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity has come upon them, and the time of their visitation.
22 The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
23 They shall cut down her forest, says the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.
24 The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, says; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:
26 And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, says the LORD.
27 But fear not you, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar off, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
28 Fear you not, O Jacob my servant, says the LORD: for I am with you; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven you: but I will not make a full end of you, but correct you in measure; yet will I not leave you wholly unpunished.

Revelation 19
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold 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, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he 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, that with it he should smite 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 was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. 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 proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

Psalms 102
1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto you.
2 Hide not your face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline your ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.
3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a hearth.
4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.
10 Because of your indignation and your wrath: for you have lifted me up, and cast me down.
11 My days are like a shadow that declines; and I am withered like grass.
12 But you, O LORD, shall endure forever; and your remembrance unto all generations.
13 You shall arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favor her, yea, the set time [mow’ed], is come.
14 For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and favor the dust thereof.
15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth your glory.
16 When the LORD shall build up [the stones of] Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
17 He will regard the prayer [tphillah] of the destitute, and not despise their prayer [tphillah – sudden judgment heard in their words].
18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
19 For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
22 When the people are gathered together [into My ONE BODY, with One Voice of judgment], and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: your years are throughout all generations.
25 Of old have you laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of your hands.
26 They shall perish, but you shall endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shall you change them, and they shall be changed:
27 But you are the same, and your years shall have no end.
28 The children of your servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before you.

July 5, 2022

Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink you, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink you, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

The word “sword” is from the Hebrew word chereb: the written word God puts in hand to become understanding, strength as sweet as honey in the mouth of those He sends to overthrow the wicked, so they rise no more into power. It is One voice of God, beginning in One cherub He sends as His archangel, with the sword in His hand, to raise up many children, His great army against evil.

Jeremiah 25
27 Therefore you shall say unto them, Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink you, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at your hand to drink, then shall you say unto them, Thus says the LORD of hosts; You shall certainly drink.
29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, says the LORD of hosts.
30 Therefore prophesy you against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD has a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, says the LORD.
32 Thus says the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
33 And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.
34 Howl, you shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, you principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and you shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.
36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and a howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD has spoiled their pasture.
37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
38 He has forsaken his covert [His sanctuaries now in the possession of thorns and briers], as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.

We know from Ephesians 6:17 that the sword is the word of God.

If the LORD says, “love your neighbor as yourself,” and “greater love has no man than to lay down his life for his friend,” do you and would you? In these illuminations, the LORD tells us the “neighbor” is the one who shows mercy to those who’ve fallen among thieves who’ve wounded them almost to death. He isn’t the priest and Levite that passed by him. He is a Samaritan, an idol worshipper who on him had compassion.

The word the LORD uses, rendered “compassion,” is slagchnizomai, meaning “to have the bowels yearn, i.e. (figuratively) feel sympathy, to pity.” It is the opposite we see from the wicked using every vile way, lies and false accusation against those they’ve already done wrong, while the religious and the so-called pious pass by in silence.

The LORD goes even further in His description of this word and who he speaking of, as Luke uses it two other times. The first time, in Luke 7:13, it’s as He is at the gate of the city and sees a widow whose only son is dead and held in death by Soros. Having “compassion,” He tells her to “Weep not,” and touching the bier (soros) He says to the dead, “Arise.”

The other time is in Luke 15:20, as the father of the prodigal son, seeing him far off coming home, had “compassion” and received him.

Luke 10
17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, LORD, even the devils are subject unto us through your name.
18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank you, O Father, LORD of heaven and earth, that you have hid these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in your sight.
22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knows who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
23 And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see:
24 For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which you see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which you hear, and have not heard them.
25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
26 He said unto him, What is written in the law? how read you?
27 And he answering said, You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.
28 And he said unto him, You have answered right: this do, and you shall live.
29 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.
33 But a certain Samaritan [who is the dead son of the widow and the prodigal, whose older brother {as Judah: leaders as priests and Levites} remained in the churches], as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion [spalchnizomai] on him,
34 And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
35 And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever you spend more, when I come again, I will repay you.
36 Which now of these three, think you, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves?
37 And he said, He that showed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do you likewise.
38 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha [who is now in rebellion against the corrupt status quo] received him into her house.
39 And she had a sister called Mary [who is also in rebellion against the status quo, corrupt leaders in church and state], which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.
40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, LORD, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, you are careful and troubled about many things:
42 But one thing is needful: and Mary has chosen that good part [which is to hear this word as the word of God, and understand], which shall not be taken away from her.

The “thieves” among which the man fell are precisely defined in the other uses of the word leistes (brigands: a gang of robbers). Luke uses the word two other times; first in Luke 19:46 (quoting Isaiah 56:7 and Jeremiah 7:11) in telling of the degenerate state of LORD’s house, and later, in Luke 22:52, when the LORD says they came against Him, as against a “thief” in the night, after He was betrayed.

The gospels of Matthew and Mark use it (leistes) in the same two ways, while they both additionally describe those crucified with the LORD as “thieves.” John’s gospel differs from the others, first (in John 10) using it telling of the thieves (kleptes) and “robbers,” all who’ve come before Him, whom the people didn’t hear (as the voice of God). He (John) later uses it to describe Barabbas (meaning son and father), whom the people chose when given the opportunity to release Jesus or him. (Can’t help but recognize the similarity, now when the deluded {insane} pop culture and their masters give Brandon and son a pass and [by farce and theater] crucify Trump. Just saying, we all see it! Just saying – the elements are there: betrayal, false accusation, the hunt for associates, and so on. The evil knows we see it, just as we saw them steal the election, and they know we saw them. Now as then, they say, “we know you know, but what are you going to do about it?” And the answer comes back with a spineless whimper, “Nothing.”)

Luke 10
10 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.
4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
5 And into whatsoever house you enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
6 And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.
7 And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
8 And into whatsoever city you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:
9 And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
10 But into whatsoever city you enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,
11 Even the very dust of your city, which cleaves on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be you sure of this, that the kingdom of God [the way of peace, not putting your neighbor under threat, mutual security in/of life, liberty, and property: the only way to sustainable civilization] is come nigh unto you.
12 But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom [the city in flame, whose fire eventually went out], than for that city [because rejecting this peace brings hell where the fires never go out].
13 Woe unto you, Chorazin [those in the furnace of smoke, which keeps your eyes from seeing]! woe unto you, Bethsaida [the house of fish – not seeing the life below the surface of these waters of life, which is the way of peace sent to you]! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre [the false church, the false rock in which people put their trust] and Sidon [who hunt for souls, to make them disciples] at the judgment, than for you.
15 And you, Capernaum [this place in lukewarm and unsustainable comfort, which have received the only lasting comfort, understanding that comes from the LORD’s work and word here unknown, and are rejecting it], which are exalted to heaven, shall be thrust down to hell.
16 He that hears you hears me; and he that despises you despises me; and he that despises me despises him that sent me.

Luke 19
37 And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;
38 Saying, Blessed be the King that comes in the name of the LORD: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
39 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke your disciples.
40 And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
42 Saying, If you had known, even you, at least in this your day, the things which belong unto your peace! but now they are hid from your eyes.
43 For the days shall come upon you, that your enemies [mixed among you] shall cast a trench about you, and compass you round, and keep you in on every side,
44 And shall lay you even with the ground, and your children within you; and they shall not leave in you one stone upon another; because you knew not the time of your visitation.
45 And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;
46 Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but you have made it a den of thieves.
47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
48 And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.

The stones spoken of above in verses 40 & 44, both from the word lithos, are God’s people, in silence, as a house not built. “Holding their peace,” keeping inside the way of peace they’ve received, silenced by those oppressing them on every side, is from the word siopao, meaning forced silence, but not deaf (hearing but not permitted to speak what is heard).

When the LORD speaks from the whirlwind, in Job 38:30, He says “the water are hid as with a stone, the face of the deep is frozen.” The “stone” is the ‘eben He speaks of in verses 6 & 7, which opens the mouth of the sons of God, the morning stars who sing (identically repeat) the words He’s put in their mouths.

Job 38
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone [‘eben] thereof;
7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

The later verses tell of this occurring when the bands oppressing the stars are released, and those released say, “here we are.”

Job 38
30 The waters [these words from the mouth of God] are hid as with a stone [‘eben – us], and the face of the deep [paniym – this present word, the meaning therein] is frozen [reserved for this purpose].
31 Can you bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion [the sons of God, as many as the stars of heaven]?
32 Can you bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or can you guide Arcturus with his sons?
33 Know you the ordinances of heaven [that this full understanding is reserved for the LORD, to reveal His son at His will]? can you set the dominion [can you set your rule at your will] thereof in the earth?
34 Can you lift up your voice to the clouds [where understanding is held when it leaves the earth], that abundance of waters [the word of God] may cover you?
35 Can you send lightnings [understanding], that they may go and say unto you, “Here we are?” [Do you hear Him speaking?]
36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? or who has given understanding to the heart [to lay the foundation of the earth in our minds]?

1 Peter 2
1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speaking,
2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that you may grow thereby:
3 If so be you have tasted that the LORD is gracious.
4 To who coming, as unto a living stone [lithos], disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
5 You also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone [lithos], elect, precious: and he that believes on him shall not be confounded.
7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone [lithos] which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
8 And a stone [lithos] of stumbling, and a rock of offense, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that you should show forth the praises of him who has called you out of darkness [ignorance] into his marvelous light [opening our eyes by understanding];
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the LORD’s sake: whether it be to the king [I Am], as supreme;
14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
17 Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
19 For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
20 For what glory is it, if, when you be buffeted for your faults, you shall take it patiently? but if, when you do well, and suffer for it, you take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
21 For even hereunto were you called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow his steps:
22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judges righteously:
24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed.
25 For you were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

The stones are a sign spoken of in Joshua 3 & 6, who, as in Ephesians 6 above, stand to stop the waters (of Jordan – the descent) that carry all into death and hell, so God’s people can cross over them into the promise (this Promised Land).

Joshua 3
17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant [I Am] of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.

Joshua 4
1 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spoke unto Joshua, saying,
2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
3 And command you them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and you shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where you shall lodge this night.
4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
5 And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:
6 That this may be a sign [‘owth] among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean you by these stones?
7 Then you shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel forever.
8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spoke unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.
10 For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.
11 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.
12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spoke unto them:
13 About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
14 On that day the LORD magnified Joshua [Jehovah’s Salvation in the flesh, the son of Joseph, the first king who is Christ, the first of the last] in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.

We know from multiple written assertions the sword of God comes from the mouth of those he sends: as stone from who flows His waters. This method is how the LORD pleads the cause of His people, which is the controversy (Jeremiah 25:31 above) He has with the powers now misinforming the world into self-destruction.

Isaiah 49
1 Listen, O Isles [dry places – without this word of God], unto me; and hearken, you people, from far; The LORD has called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother has he made mention of my name [I Am Israel, In whom God prevails and rules the world, settling the controversy as the incompetent and incapable are dethroned].
2 And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand has he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver [among His children] has he hid me;
3 And said unto me, You are my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
4 Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for naught, and in vain [because God’s people refuse to be gathered]: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
5 And now, says the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.
6 And he said, It is a light thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you for a light to the Gentiles [to give understanding to those who don’t God, even those who think they do as they worship idols men put in His place], that you may be my salvation unto the end of the earth [and beginning the new].
7 Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhor, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose you.
8 Thus says the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard you, and in a day of salvation have I helped you: and I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant of the people, to establish the [new] earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
9 That you may say to the prisoners, Go forth [from Babylon and Sheol: confusion and hell]; to them that are in darkness [who, because of their own ignorance, stay hidden], Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.

Isaiah 56
7 Even them [the strangers who don’t know God but come and join Him in His ONE BODY] will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called a house of prayer for all people.
8 The LORD God, which gathers the outcasts of Israel says, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.
9 All you beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all you beasts in the forest.
10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
12 Come you, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.

The “house of prayer” is the house of Joseph, and refers us to the promise God made to his son David. The word “prayer,” used twice above in verse 7, is the Hebrew word tphillah, which is said to be from the word palal. It is fully from compounding the words taphas and palal, which tell of the manner of the man of the house, who comes as sudden judgment to overturn the wicked who take it by force (as in Luke 19 above).

From the Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary:

Strong’s 8610 taphas: a primitive root; to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably:–catch, handle, (lay, take) hold (on, over), stop, X surely, surprise, take.

Strong’s 6419 palal: a primitive root; to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray:–intreat, judge(-ment), (make) pray(-er, -ing), make supplication.

It (tphillas) is first used in 2 Samuel 7:27 as David prays the LORD, after He, through Nathan, reveals the manner in which He will build His house (family) through raising it and him up at a time then far off (now).

2 Samuel 7
13 He [the seed far off] shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you.
16 And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you: your throne shall be established forever.
17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
18 Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O LORD God? and what is my house, that you have brought me hitherto?
19 And this was yet a small thing in your sight, O LORD God; but you have spoken also of your servant’s house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O LORD God?
20 And what can David say more unto you? for you, LORD God, know your servant.
21 For your word’s sake, and according to your own heart, have you done all these great things, to make your servant know them.
22 Wherefore you are great, O LORD God: for there is none like you, neither is there any God beside you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
23 And what one nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for your land, before your people, which you redeemed to you from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
24 For you have confirmed to yourself your people Israel to be a people unto you forever: and you, LORD, are become their God.
25 And now, O LORD God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, establish it forever, and do as you have said.
26 And let your name be magnified forever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of your servant David be established before you.
27 For you, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, I will build you a house: therefore has your servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto you.
28 And now, O LORD God, you are that God, and your words be true, and you have promised this goodness unto your servant:
29 Therefore now let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you: for you, O LORD God, have spoken it: and with your blessing let the house of your servant be blessed forever.

Daniel 4
34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar [the false prophets whose false teaching caused the desolation of God’s people] lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him that lives forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What do You?
36 At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honor and brightness [understanding taught] returned unto me; and my counselors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me.
37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

The passage (2 Samuel 7) above is David invoking (in prayer: conversing with God) the LORD’s promise, knowing it speaks of the king line reestablished now forever, to rule the world in truth, justice, and the American (New Jerusalem) way (manner).

The word “manner,” in 2 Samuel 7:19, is the once used Hebrew word towrah, meaning “probably feminine of 8448 [from 8447 towr: a succession, i.e. a string, or (abstractly) order]; a custom:–manner.”

The word towr (8448) is used once, in 1 Chronicles 17:17, as the same conversation with God is recorded.

1 Chronicles 17
17 And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O God; for you have also spoken of your servant’s house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the estate [towr] of a man [of ‘adam] of high degree [the resurrection of man, the second Adam who is a quickening Spirit], O LORD God.
18 What can David speak more to you for the honor of your servant? for you know your servant.
19 O LORD, for your servant’s sake, and according to your own heart, have you done all this greatness, in making known [by understanding – Your shining light] all these great things.
20 O LORD, there is none like you, neither is there any God beside you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
21 And what one nation in the earth is like your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make you a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before your people whom you have redeemed out of Egypt?
22 For your people Israel did you make your own people forever; and you, LORD, became their God.

The word (in verse 17 above) rendered “high degree” is ma’alah, meaning “elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grade-mark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms).”

It (ma’alah) is the ten “degrees” the sun when backward in the days of king Hezekiah, which we know speaks of when kingship returned to its state ten kings before, who is Solomon, the seed of David. It’s the six “steps” to the throne, and in Ezekiel, it is the seven “steps” to the gate, whereon is the palm trees (Timmor), which look eastward (to the sunrise of this new day). In Amos 9:6, it’s the “stories” the LORD builds in the heaven (full understanding),

Amos 9
6 It is he that builds his stories [ma’alah – steps, degrees] in the heaven [by His full understanding], and has founded his troop in the earth [His army who receives Him]; he that calls for the waters [bringing into the light the words of wicked men] of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.
7 Are you not as children of the Ethiopians [covered in darkness] unto me, O children of Israel? says the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt [haven’t I freed them from the words, the misleading of the oppressors]? and the Philistines [the invading enemy army among us] from Caphtor [whose king {the most confused} sits crowned and ruling over you], and the Syrians [those who exalt themselves and their words above God] from Kir [whose lies upon lies are the wall they and you trust in, separating you from God]?
8 Behold, the eyes of the LORD God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, says the LORD.
9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof [reestablishing the king line and gathering all God’s people again into ONE BODY under one king of God’s choosing]; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom [the enemies mixed among us, claiming they are our brothers and countrymen at peace with us, as they are at war destroying our nation and better culture], and of all the heathen [who don’t really know me], which are called by my name, says the LORD that does this.
13 Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper [plowing under the current corrupt crop of leaders], and the treader of grapes [of wrath] him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, says the LORD your God.

Psalms 99
1 The LORD reigns; let the people tremble: he sits between the cherubims [where He manifests His presence]; let the earth be moved.
2 The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.
3 Let them praise your great and terrible name; for it is holy.
4 The king’s strength also loveth judgment; you do establish equity, you execute judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
5 Exalt you the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.
6 Moses [those pulled from the waters below] and Aaron [those who bring this light] among his priests, and Samuel [those who hear this voice as the voice of God, as it is] among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.
7 He spoke unto them in the cloudy pillar [from where His understanding is held]: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
8 You answered them, O LORD our God: you are a God that forgave them, though you took vengeance of their inventions.
9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.

June 30, 2022

This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, which shall prepare your way before you.

This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, which shall prepare your way before you.

The above, Luke 7:27, is the LORD speaking of John as His “messenger,” from the Greek word aggelos, meaning “(to bring tidings); a messenger; especially an “angel”; by implication, a pastor.” Of the 188 times the word is used, it is rendered seven times as “messenger” and all others as “angel.”

It (aggelos), when translated “messenger,” is used three times (in Matthew 11:10, Mark 1:2, and Luke 7:27) speaking of John, as above, quoting Malachi 3:1. It (this rendering) appears once, in Luke 7:24, describing the “messengers” John sent to the LORD asking, “Are you he that should come? or look we for another?”

It’s then used the fifth (the number of grace) time, in Luke 9:52, as the LORD sends His “messengers” into Samaria (those fully corrupted by putting idols in God’s place, which they called gods and are thereby totally ignorant of His coming) where they were rejected.

Luke 9
43 And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples,
44 Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men [who will refuse to receive him – see Psalms 118:22 and Isaiah 30 below].
45 But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.
46 Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest.
47 And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him,
48 And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receives me: and whosoever shall receive me receives him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.
49 And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in your name; and we forbad him, because he follows not with us.
50 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us.
51 And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up [analepsis – only used here, from ana {up} and lepis {only used once, telling of the “scales” that fell from Paul’s eye and he received again His sight} of which it here speaks], he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
52 And sent messengers [aggelos] before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans [those, now all god people at large, except for the very elect who’ve received Him at this coming], to make ready for him.
53 And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.
54 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, LORD, will you that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elijah did?
55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, You know not what manner of spirit you are of.
56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.

Psalms 118
1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endures forever.
2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy endures forever.
3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endures forever.
4 Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endures forever.
5 I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.
6 The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
7 The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.
8 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
10 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.
11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
12 They compassed me about like bees: they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
13 You have thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.
14 The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD does valiantly.
16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD does valiantly.
17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
18 The LORD has chastened me sore: but he has not given me over unto death.
19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:
20 This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.
21 I will praise you: for you have heard me, and are become my salvation.
22 The stone which the builders refused [ma’ac – referring us to Isaiah 30:12 where it is this word of God they refuse] is become the head stone of the corner [returning to the LORD].
23 This is the LORD’s doing; it is marvelous in [opening] our eyes [as from them the scales fall away].
24 This is the day which the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
25 Save now, I beseech you, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech you, send now prosperity.
26 Blessed be he that comes in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.
27 God is the LORD, which has shown us light [understanding]: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar [the power to rule paid for by His sacrifice].
28 You are my God, and I will praise you: you are my God, I will exalt you.
29 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endures forever [for this is the manner of spirit He is, “For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them”].

Isaiah 30
1 Woe to the rebellious children, says the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
2 That walk to go down into Egypt [willingly misled into oppression], and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh [in vain they trust in those in the seats of power], and to trust in the shadow of Egypt [which blocks the sun of God, the light of His understanding]!
3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
4 For his princes were at Zoan [the place of departure – away from the LORD’s strength], and his ambassadors came to Hanes [and fled from God’s grace – the free gift of understanding].
5 They were all ashamed of [disappointed when they couldn’t deliver what they promised to] a people that could not profit them, nor be a help [‘ezer] nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
6 The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still [at ease and not doing the LORD’s work].
8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever:
9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:
10 Which say to the seers, See 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 [ma’ac – refuse] this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly at an instant.
14 And he shall break it 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 and in confidence shall be your strength: and you would not [but refused and despised My words].
16 But you 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 – the pole upon which the son of man must be lifted – so his voice is heard above all others] on a hill.
18 And therefore will the LORD wait, 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 for him.
19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: you [who receive this word as the word of God, as it is, and by it man lives] shall weep no more: he will be very gracious unto you at the voice of your cry [hearing you speak this word]; when he shall hear it, he will answer you.
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 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.
22 You shall defile also the covering [of falsehood] of your graven images of silver, and the ornament of your molten images of gold: you shall cast them away as a menstruous cloth; you shall say unto it, Get you hence [you are of no value].
23 Then shall he give the rain [His word from heaven that bring life again on the earth] of your seed, that you shall sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall your cattle feed in large pastures.
24 The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which has been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
25 And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
26 Moreover the light of the moon [understanding of civil Government] shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun [the understanding of the church] shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD binds up [chabash] the breach of his people, and heals the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD comes from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
28 And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
29 You shall have a song [this word to be repeated as given], as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept [qadash – when you declare His Holy One]; and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.
30 And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall show the lighting [understanding] down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
31 For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian [communists in church and state] be beaten down, which smote with a rod.
32 And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.
33 For Tophet [the place of fires] is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he has made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, does kindle it.

The sixth time (the number of man) aggelos is rendered “messenger,” in 2 Corinthians 12:7, is when Paul tells of the thorn in his flesh, the “infirmity” that buffeted him, of which he asked the LORD that it depart from him. To this, the LORD answered, “My grace is sufficient for you: for My strength is made perfect (teleioo – is complete) in weakness.”

(Before going on, please suffer me for a moment while I digress. In this chapter (2 Corinthians 12), Paul tells of when he was caught up (harpazo – as in 1 Thessalonians 4:17), whether in the body or out he didn’t know. I understand what he is talking about because I experienced it many (28) years ago, very shortly after the LORD (The Father) awakened me to this mission.

The event is the origin of a story widely told about me that was supposed to support the claim that I was insane (unable to distinguish between my {falsely so-called} delusions that Christ was alive, risen, in me, and {falsely here so-called} reality).

At the time, the LORD told me to travel west to some ancient sites in the Four Corners area, and there I would find the Ark of the Testament. I didn’t hide the fact that this was what I was doing. I shared (with some then family) the evidence I found to support it was there, and they encouraged me as I followed this (the LORD’s) leading.

On my last trip there, alone, (after turning out all the lights) asleep in a hotel room, I was awakened (whether in the body or out of the body, I know not – meaning, to this day, it remains so real I have no idea if it was in my mind or actually occurred) by two men in my room, which they filled with light. Their bodily appearances were identical to mine (as if looking in two mirrors). As the three of us stood together, they talked as I listened to their conversation, which focused on my not being ready: not yet prepared for what I was sent to accomplish.

When I awakened the following day all the lights in my room were on, and as I began to contemplate what had happened, I (as I do to this day each morning) opened my Bible. The LORD reminds me, the passage I opened to is Isaiah 32:2, “And a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.”

I realized I was (I Am) the Ark He sent me to find there. I realized He was with me, in me, to prepare me as needed, and His Testament would flow from me as rivers of water in a dry place.

Upon returning, when asked about my trip and if I was going back, I said no. When asked why, I responded that I found what I was looking for, and when further (condescendingly and sarcastically) queried if I found the Ark, I merely (without explanation) said yes. The conversation ended there.)

Isaiah 32
1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
2 And a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers [with tongues without understanding] shall be ready to speak plainly.

2 Corinthians 12
1 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the LORD.
2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knows;) such a one caught up to the third heaven.
3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knows;)
4 How that he was caught up [harpazo] into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter [because they are reserved for here and now, to be spoken through me].
5 Of such a one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities [astheneia].
6 For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he sees me to be, or that he hears of me.
7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger [aggelos] of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
8 For this thing I besought the LORD thrice, that it might depart from me.
9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for you: for my strength [dumamis] is made perfect [teleioo – completed] in weakness [astheneia]. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities [astheneia], that the power [dunamis] of Christ may rest upon me.
10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities [astheneia], in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak [astheneo], then am I strong [dunatos].
11 I am become a fool in glorying; you have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chief apostles, though I be nothing [am weak and without any power, and therefore the power seen in me is evidently the LORD’s, His glory seen in me, manifesting His known presence, which is the teleioo].
12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
13 For what is it wherein you were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.
14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
16 But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile [caught you in the trap of your own ignorance: eyes and ears defile by darkness, unable to see LORD or hear His voice from me].

19 Again, think you that we excuse ourselves [make excuses for our bodily weakness] unto you? we speak before [katenopion – the presence of] God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying [to build you up into understanding you are the dwelling place of God].
20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would [fully understanding these things], and that I shall be found unto you such as you would not [a weak man through who the LORD manifests His power and presence]: lest there be debates, envying, wraths, strife, backbiting, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
21 And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented…

The word astheneia, meaning without strength, is the reverse of the once used word sthenoo, meaning “to strengthen, i.e. (figuratively) confirm (in spiritual knowledge and power).”

1 Peter 5
6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
7 Casting all your care upon him; for he cares for you.
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
9 Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
10 But the God of all grace, who has called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that you have suffered a while, make you perfect, establish, strengthen [sthenoo], settle you.
11 To him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

The word aggelos is from the word ago (71), and gelos (1071, from gelao), which translate to lead into laughter (in joy and gratification). This is the first estate of the messengers of God, which the messengers of Satan left to buffet those remaining faithful to God.

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.
4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, 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 [aggelos] which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness [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.

The seventh (the number of perfection) time aggelos is rendered “messenger” is in James, as He describes the dead: without the Spirit, without works showing their faith.

James 2
20 But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
22 See you how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
23 And the scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God [that it was Him speaking to Him], and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
24 You see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers [aggelos – entertaining angels unaware], and had sent them out another way?
26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

The word James uses above, rendered “vain” in verse 20, is kenos, “apparently a primary word; empty (literally or figuratively):–empty, (in) vain.” It is from the same root as ketos (“whale’s” belly – the emptiness entered after being swallowed by the gaping open mouths of men spewing corruption), chasma, the great impassable “gulf” between heaven and hell (life and death).

He is speaking of what Paul in like terms describes in 1 Corinthians 15, Philippians 2:16, Colossians 2:8, and 1 Timothy 4:16.

1 Corinthians 15
1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also you have received, and wherein you stand;
2 By which also you are saved, if you keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless you have believed in vain [eike – idly, without reason to work].
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain [kenos – without power]; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was [the power] with me.
11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.
12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain [kenos – empty, without power], and your faith is also vain.
15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain [mataios – a profitless idol]; you are yet in your sins.

1 Peter 1
17 And if you call on the Father, who without respect of person judges according to every man’s work [are you with or without works of faith, all else is vain], pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
18 Forasmuch as you know that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain [mataios] conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
19 But with the precious blood of [the work of] Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
20 Who truly was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

Acts 14
Sirs, why do you these things [saying “The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men,” when He dwells in all men who receive Him]? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that you should turn from these vanities [mataios – idols] unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:
16 Who in times past [long] suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
17 Nevertheless he left not himself without witness [messengers through who He speaks], in that he did good, and gave us rain [His word] from heaven, and fruitful seasons [when His understanding is with us], filling our hearts with food and gladness.
18 And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.

I say unto you, “See you do it not: for I am your fellow-servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.” (Revelation 22:9)

Revelation 19
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: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse, and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness, he does judge and makes war.

The following occurred while Paul waited alone in uncertainty (Athens) for Timothy (the one He called the man of God and soldier) to come.

Acts 17
…You men of Athens [uncertainty], I perceive that in all things you are too superstitious.
23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To The Unknown God. Whom, therefore, you ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is LORD of heaven and earth, dwell not in temples made with hands;
25 Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed anything, 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 [horizo – horizon, when the sun, the light, would bring this new day] the times before appointed [protasso – “to pre-arrange, i.e. prescribe”], and the bounds [ending and beginning earth’s ages, as seasons] 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 [because He dwells with us, in 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 everywhere to repent:
31 Because he has appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man [Timothy – I Am] whom he has ordained [horizo – who is the light rising over the horizon]; whereof he has given assurance unto all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.

Acts 10
40 Him God raised up the third day, and showed him openly;
41 Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
42 And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained [horizo] of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.
43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believes in him shall receive remission of sins.

Romans 1
1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our LORD, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
4 And declared [horizo] to be the Son of God with power [dunamis], according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
6 Among whom are you also the called of Jesus Christ:
7 To all that be in Rome [who he has strengthened], beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the LORD Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 15
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness [astheneia – without strength]; it is raised in power [dunamis]:
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 [the first man born from the dead] was made a quickening spirit [bringing the dead to life with Him].
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 shall all be changed,
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
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?
56 The sting of [that brings] death is sin; and the strength [dunamis] of sin is the law [see Romans 8 below].
57 But thanks be to God, which gives us the victory through our LORD Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be you steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the LORD, forasmuch as you know that your labor is not in vain [kenos – without power] in the LORD.

Romans 8
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

Hosea 13
12 The iniquity of Ephraim [the seed of Joseph, God’s people in this generation] is bound up; his sin is hid [tsaphan – is unknown to her].
13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth [mishber – birth] of children.
14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be your plagues; O grave, I will be your destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

The word mishber only appears two other times, both in telling of the same event.

Speaking of this day, 2 Kings 19:3 says, “This day is a day of trouble [tsarah – tribulation], and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are come to the birth [mishber], and there is not strength [koach] to bring forth.”

Isaiah 40
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 by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power [koach]; 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 of the earth, faints not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
29 He gives power [koach] 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 [koach]; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Isaiah 63
1 Who is this that comes from Edom [the enemies mixed among us], with dyed garments from Bozrah [the flock, wherein are the enemies]? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength [koach]? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
2 Wherefore are you red in your apparel, and your garments like him that treads in the wine-fat?
3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.

Philippians 2
16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain [kenos – without the LORD’s strength], neither labored in vain [kenos – without the power of God].
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 Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.
20 For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.
21 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.
22 But you know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he has served with me in the gospel.

Hebrews 4
7 Again, he limits [horizo] a certain day, saying in David, To day, 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, therefore, to enter into that rest, lest any man falls after the same example of unbelief.

Colossians 2
6 As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the LORD [hearing His voice], so walk you in him:
7 Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain [kenos] deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments [stoicheion – elements] of the world, and not after Christ.
9 For in him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
10 And you are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
11 In whom also you are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also you are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who has raised him from the dead.

1 Timothy 4
10 For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, specially of those that believe.
11 These things command and teach.
12 Let no man despise your youth; but be you an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
14 Neglect not the gift that is in you, which was given you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
15 Meditate upon these things; give yourself wholly to them; that your profiting may appear to all.
16 Take heed unto yourself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this you shall both save yourself, and them that hear you.

Psalms 95
1 O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.
5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today if you will hear his voice,
8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
11 Unto whom I swore in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.

Malachi 3
1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom you delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appears? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:
3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
6 For I Am the LORD, I change not; therefore you sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Psalms 9
1 I will praise you, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all your marvelous works.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in you: I will sing praise to your name, O you Most High.
3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at your presence.
4 For you have maintained my right and my cause; you sat in the throne judging right.
5 You have rebuked the heathen, you have destroyed the wicked, you have put out their name forever and ever.
6 O you enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and you have destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
7 But the LORD shall endure forever: he has prepared his throne for judgment.
8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
10 And they that know your name will put their trust in you: for you, LORD, have not forsaken them that seek you.
11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
12 When he makes inquisition for blood, he remembers them: he forgets not the cry of the humble.
13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, you that lifts me up from the gates of death:
14 That I may show forth all your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in your salvation.
15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executes: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.
19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in your sight.
20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

June 28, 2022

And the LORD said unto me, “Amos, what see you?” And I said, “A plumbline.” Then said the LORD, “Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:

And the LORD said unto me, “Amos, what see you?” And I said, “A plumbline.” Then said the LORD, “Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:

The word above, in Amos 7:8, rendered “plumbline,” is ‘anak (594), only used here in verses 7 & 8, and given the dubious meaning “probably from an unused root meaning to be narrow; according to most a plumb-line, and to others a hook:–plumb-line.”

It is (the LORD says) from the word ‘anaq (6059 & 6060), both meaning a chain, the first (6059), adding it is a liberal furnishing. Each of these words is only used three times, and in them, we understand they are ideas (foundational principles: knowledge, understanding, and wisdom in application: the heart of a man, which produces his fruit that marks his identity, good or evil).

The chain is pride. It is the wicked as we now see them, marked by depravity, corrupt thinking, and violence with which they defend them (evil they call good to justify attacks against those they define as evil). They are chained to these identities by their open “pride” in what is their shame.

The verse before the title says, “Thus he showed me: and, behold, the LORD stood upon a wall made by a plumbline [‘anak – made by pride], with a plumbline [‘anak – with a chain of their own pride] in his hand.”

This chain is now very apparent upon those (including Pope and President) who shamelessly celebrate “pride,” while at the same time they (and their fake news and social media) remain silent as the wicked (is there anything more wicked than killing the most innocent: defenseless children) violently riot and attack the innocent. They censor the truth and report (redefine) their evil as good to justify and defend their violence, because they’re undeniable evidence that they are altogether evil.

They do these things because they bear the mark (the chain) of Cain, “who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous. Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hates you. We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abides in death. Whosoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.”

Proverbs 1
1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
3 To receive [the love of God poured out, giving] the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8 My son, hear the instruction of your father [giving you the knowledge of God, and His understanding], and forsake not the law of your mother [wisdom: discretion is the application of what your Father taught you]:
9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto your head, and chains [‘anaq – 6060] about your neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice you, consent you not.
11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
14 Cast in your lot among us; let us all have one purse:
15 My son, walk not you in the way with them; refrain your foot from their path:
16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

Psalms 73
6 Therefore pride compasses them about as a chain [‘anaq – 6059]; violence covers them as a garment.
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
11 And they say, How does God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?
12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
13 Truly I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of your children.
16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
18 Surely you did set them in slippery places: you cast them down into destruction.
19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
20 As a dream when one awakes; so, O LORD, when you awake [when Your presence is plainly manifested], you shall despise their image.
21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before you.
23 Nevertheless I am continually with you: you have holden me by my right hand.
24 You shall guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but you? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside you.
26 My flesh and my heart fails: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever.
27 For, lo, they that are far from you shall perish [only those who are joined with the LORD in His ONE MIND and BODY are saved]: you have destroyed all them that go a whoring from you.
28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the LORD God, that I may declare all your works.

Amos 7 begins with the LORD showing (giving him understanding) of the great army, who as locusts have devoured all economic growth, a similar pattern (we saw in the previous post) He revealed to Joel (in Joel 1:4). In Amos, it’s telling of the final destruction after the king’s (Brandon’s) mowing (gez).

Amos asks the LORD to forgive us (for our lukewarm lack of vigilance allowing the degeneration away from His strength) for by who will Jacob rise (speaking of God’s people still in a state of wrestling with Him and His word, unaware it’s Him) because he (Jacob) is small (diminished). To which the LORD answers, “This also shall not be.”

We know from chapter 6, (verse 6 saying) this is the affliction of Joseph (the coming king, who will lead God’s people together into prosperity, still separated from them) by those anointing themselves who are not by it (the separation) grieved. These self-anointed (mis)leaders are the “excellency of Jacob” the LORD says He abhors, and whose palaces He hates.

The LORD (beginning chapter 6) says, “Woe to those who are at ease [sha’anan – haughty {lukewarm amid the tumult, of which they are willingly ignorant: because if they weren’t, they’d have to do something uncomfortable}] in Zion, and that trust in the mountains of Samaria, which are named the chief of the nations [the strange and self-destructive ideas, which destroy people and nations, set up as gods in God’s place], to whom the house of Israel came!”

The lukewarm men are those now saying the LORD has already done everything needed to be done; therefore, let us eat, drink, and be at ease, for tomorrow we die.” Friends, the truth is the LORD has prepared us with the only preparation needed, and now it’s time for you to do your part, which is to have faith in His provision, and whether we live or die, we are forever with Him.

Joel 2
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.
28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, 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.
30 And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.
32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD has said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.

Romans 8
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
33 Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifies.
34 Who is he that condemns? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written, For your sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us [and by His love prepared us].
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our LORD.

The word “conquerors,” in verse 37 above, is the once used Greek word hupernikao, meaning “from 5228 [huper – over] and 3528 [nikao – victory]; to vanquish beyond, i.e. gain a decisive victory:–more than conquer [victory over – death].” It is speaking of victory over those who’ve gotten the victory over us and made dead God’s people (the “virgin of Israel” to whom the man child is given: Emanuel, the LORD’s presence and Salvation manifested in the flesh). It is victory over death Paul speaks of in 1 Corinthians 15: brought out of corruption into life and immortality.

Amos 5
1 Hear you this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
3 For thus says the LORD God; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave a hundred, and that which went forth by a hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.
4 For thus says the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek you me, and you shall live:
5 But seek not Bethel [the corrupt houses of God, where the calves are put in God’s place], nor enter into Gilgal [where the waters are always agitated], and pass not to Beersheba [the corruption of the seven wells, the word of God incorrectly interpreted and turned to old wives’ tales]: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to naught.
6 Seek the LORD, and you shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
7 You who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
8 Seek him that makes the seven stars and Orion [the redeemer breaking forth as light: understanding, wrath against the star of the idols], and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
9 That strengthens the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
10 They hate him that rebukes in the gate, and they abhor him that speaks uprightly.
11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and you take from him burdens of wheat: you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink wine of them.
12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time [when all are speaking their own evil misleading – “If they speak not according to this word it is because there is no light {understanding} in them.”].
14 Seek good, and not evil, that you may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as you have spoken.
15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
16 Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, says thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through you, says the LORD.
18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness [ignorance], and not light [when understanding is rejected – and therefore men flee known evil to an evil of which they are ignorant].
19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it? [And the LORD has come into this time of ignorance, unknown as a thief in the night, uncomprehended as He shines His light upon any and all who come out of the corrupt houses into His light]
21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
22 Though you offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
23 Take you away from me the noise of your songs; for I will not hear the melody of your viols.
24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
25 Have you offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
26 But you have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch [your king {Brandon} who says you must sacrifice your children – whose mandatory offering is abortion] and Chiun [the pillar of their religion] your images, the star of your god, which you made to yourselves.
27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus [beyond your confusion {Babylon}, when the word and work of God are silenced and replaced with delusions and insanity], says the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.

Amos 6
1 Woe to them that are at ease [sha’anan – lukewarm] in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!

Acts 7
41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O you house of Israel, have you offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
43 Yea, you took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which you made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon [quoting Amos 5:27, replacing Damascus with Babylon, showing us the meaning is in the translated names, not the places].
44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus [Joshua] into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
46 Who found favor before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
47 But Solomon built him a house.
48 Howbeit the Most High dwells not in temples made with hands [but He dwells in flesh, from where He is manifested to those He calls to His service]; as says the prophet,
49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will you build me? says the LORD: or what is the place of my rest?
50 Has not my hand made all these things?
51 You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Ghost [the LORD unknown to you, speaking and working]: as your fathers did, so do you.
52 Which of the prophets [in who the LORD spoke and worked unknown] have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom you have been now the betrayers and murderers:
53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels [these messengers of God, of who you are ignorant], and have not kept it.

Hebrews 12
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, the manifestation of the presence of God]:
26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he has promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
27 And this word, Yet once more, signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, 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:
29 For our God is a consuming fire.

Revelation 13
1 Let brotherly love [Philadelphia – the church of – His ONE BODY] continue.
2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels [God’s messengers] unawares.

Revelation 3
7 And to the angel [the messenger – I Am] of the church in Philadelphia write; These things says he that is holy, he that is true, he that has the key of David, he that opens [as it now is], and no man shuts; and shuts [as it was], and no man opens;
8 I know your works: behold, I have set before you an open door, and no man can shut it: for you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have not denied my name [my identity manifested in this word and work].
9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan [who follow the spirit of evil: misleading messengers doing the work of evil], which say they are Jews [claiming they know God, when they don’t, and we know they don’t because they can’t hear Him here speaking], and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved [agapao – given My word of Salvation to] you.
10 Because you have kept the word of my patience [long-suffered with Me until you received understanding], I also will keep you from the hour of temptation [the world doubting My presence manifested in this word], which shall come upon all the world, to try [whether their works and words are good or evil] them that dwell upon the earth.
11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which you have, that no man take your crown.
12 Him that overcomes [those who have gotten a victory over God’s people and brought them into death] will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven [with full understanding] from my God: and I will write upon him my new name [which is Ishi, “the man” in whom God chooses to manifest His presence].
13 He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches.
14 And unto the angel [messenger] of the church of the Laodiceans [the people justified {as in Romans 8:33 above} – made right: shown the right way] write; These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the [old and new] creation of God;
15 I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot: I would you were cold or hot.
16 So then because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth.
17 Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and know not that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18 I counsel you to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that you mayest be rich; and white raiment, that you mayest be clothed, and that the shame of your nakedness do not appear; and anoint your eyes with eye-salve [from kolla – things that will remain, stick, through the shaking], that you may see.
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hears my voice [the voice of God, as this is], and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
21 To him that overcomes [the wicked] will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
22 He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches.

Psalms 72
1 Give the king your judgments, O God, and your righteousness unto the king’s son.
2 He shall judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with judgment.
3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
5 They shall fear you as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.
6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown [gez] grass: as showers that water the earth.
7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endures [this Constitutional Republic].
8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends [ending the old and corrupt and bringing the new, wherein dwells righteousness] of the earth.
9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
12 For he shall deliver the needy when he cries; the poor also, and him that has no helper.
13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.
16 There shall be a handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
17 His name shall endure forever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only does wondrous things.
19 And blessed be his glorious name forever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

Isaiah 32
9 Rise up, you women that are at ease [sha’anan – lukewarm]; hear my voice, you careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
10 Many days and years shall you be troubled, you careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering [into My ONE BODY] shall not come.
11 Tremble, you women that are at ease [sha’anan]; be troubled, you careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
12 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers [evil misleaders and deceivers]; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens forever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high [heaven, understanding the word of God, sent as the latter rain], and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance forever.
18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
19 When it shall hail [this word frozen in heaven, reserved unto fire and the perdition of ungodly men], coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.
20 Blessed are you that [do the work of God and] sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass [to their work, tilling under the fallowed ground and carrying this word].

Jeremiah 4
1 If you will return, O Israel, says the LORD, return unto me: and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight, then shall you not remove.
2 And you shall swear, The LORD lives, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
3 For thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
5 Declare you in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow you the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defensed cities.
6 Set up the standard [nec – the son of man lifted up] toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north [from their ignorance], and a great destruction.
7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles [perdition of the ungodly] is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make your land [of the ignorant] desolate; and your cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
9 And it shall come to pass at that day, says the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.
10 Then said I, Ah, LORD God! surely you have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, You shall have peace; whereas the sword reaches unto the soul.
11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,
12 Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.
13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds [full of understanding], and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind [from where the LORD speaks]: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
14 O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you mayest be saved. How long shall your vain thoughts lodge within you?

Amos 6
3 You that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
5 That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of music, like David;
6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
7 Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
8 The LORD God has sworn by himself, says the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
10 And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burns him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with you? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold your tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
11 For, behold, the LORD commands, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for you have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
13 You which rejoice in a thing of naught, which say, Have we not taken to us horns [power to rule] by our own strength?
14 But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, says the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.

Amos 7
1 Thus has the LORD God showed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings [gez].
2 And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O LORD God, forgive, I beseech you: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
3 The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, says the LORD.
4 Thus has the LORD God showed unto me: and, behold, the LORD God called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep [the understanding of corrupt men], and did eat up a part.
5 Then said I, O LORD God, cease, I beseech you: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
6 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, says the LORD God.
7 Thus he showed me: and, behold, the LORD stood [as a serpent lifted up] upon a wall made by a plumbline [‘anak – made by the pride of men, a chain they think protects them], with a plumbline [‘anak] in his hand.
8 And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what see you? And I said, A plumbline [‘anak]. Then said the LORD, Behold, I will set a plumbline [‘anak – darkness to which they are chained, shame they take pride in] in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:
9 And the high places of Isaac [Jacob and Esau – God’s people and the enemies mixed among us at war to destroy our nation and better, sane, normal culture] shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam [who’ve made calves they put in God’s place, and brought in devils to tell the people these are their gods – 2 Chronicles 11:15] with the sword.

1 Corinthians 15
51 Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed [when understanding is received, and this word is heard as the LORD’s word],
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible [into full understanding], and we shall be changed.
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?

Hosea 13
14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be your plagues; O grave, I will be your destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
15 Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she has rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.

Hosea 14
1 O Israel, return unto the LORD your God; for you have fallen by your iniquity.
2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
3 Asshur [the communist Pope and President] shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, You are our gods: for in you [LORD] the fatherless find mercy.
4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

Psalms 14
1 The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that does good.
2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that does good, no, not one.
4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
6 You have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD brings back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Psalms 15
1 LORD, who shall abide in your tabernacle? who shall dwell in your holy hill?
2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart.
3 He that backbites not with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor.
4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned, but he honors them that fear the LORD. He [reproves those] that swears to his own hurt, and changes not.
5 He that puts not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that does these things shall never be moved.

June 25, 2022

Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

The above comes as the LORD excoriates the elders and all the earth’s inhabitants, telling them to tell their children what they see, so they warn the generations to come (not to make the same mistakes). He speaks of a people who’ve come upon all like swarms of insects endlessly devouring: now when every sector of prosperity is systematically under assault. Destruction is the plan (“The Great Reset”) of the insane in power, which here in our nation, the main focus of their evil, they (the deceivers, destroyers, and their false accusers who blame the innocent for what they’ve caused), reverse and define as “Build Back Better.”

These same evil powers censored those who warned of the attack as the attacker announced their plans if given the opportunity and power: delusional and false promises of utopia through destroying the supply and production of necessities. And now, amid their destructions, they deny, shift blame, and continue to censor any daring to replay their promises and remind us this result was always their (the evil’s) objective. By their fruit, you shall know them!

The LORD says, at sight (understanding) of this destruction, the people should lament, like a virgin mourning for the husband of her youth: God, whose ways and ideas taught and followed brought prosperity and security in life, liberty, and property. He says several (three) times in Joel, that the cause is the “meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, and the LORD’s ministers mourn.”

The fruit, by which men are known, is the meat “offering” spoken of above, from the Hebrew word minchah, meaning “to apportion, i.e. bestow; a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary).” It’s use refers us to the first (three) times it appears in Genesis, there speaking of the offerings made to the LORD by Abel and Cain. As we know, the LORD accepted Abel’s, the sheep He was the keeper of, and He rejected Cain’s, which was the fruit that grew from the earth.

This is the pattern of the moment; what the LORD has always asked, is for His sheep to be with Him in His ONE BODY with/by His ONE MIND. The fruit (of Cain) is the evil that’s grown out of the earth, which offering identifies those who don’t really know Him, even those claiming they do, and when it (their offering) is refused they become violently angry.

Genesis 4
1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain [qayin and qanah – the name speaks of the upright, who created their own ways: what grew out of the earth, words used as weapons, like spears quickly thrown through the air], and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
2 And she again bare his brother Abel [hebel – His name speaks of a transitory condition, when men were keepers of God’s people, positions which became filled by those, as Cain, who are not their brother’s keeper]. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: [as in John 21: 17 & 18 saying “Jesus said unto him, Feed my sheep. 18 Truly, truly, I say unto you, When you were young, you gird yourself {prepared your own way}, and walked where you would: but when you shall be old {now}, you shall stretch forth your hands, and another shall gird you {prepare you to feed My sheep}, and carry you {on wings of eagles} where you would not {of your own volition}.]
5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had no respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why are you wroth? and why is your countenance fallen?
7 If you do well, shall you not be accepted? and if you do not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto you shall be his desire, and you shall rule over him.
8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel your brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
10 And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother’s blood cries unto me from the ground. [Hebrews 12:25 See that you refuse not him {the mediator “that speaks better things than that of Abel”} that speak. 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: 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.]
11 And now are you cursed from the earth, which has opened her mouth to receive your brother’s blood [the fruit of their creations, witnessing against such men] from your hand;
12 When you till the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto you her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond [nuwd – the origin of the once used word rendered Nod below in verse 16] shall you be in the earth.
13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
14 Behold, you have driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from your face shall I be hidden; and I shall be a fugitive [nuwa’] and a vagabond [nuwd] in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that everyone that finds me shall slay me.
15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slays Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark [‘owth – a sign of the end] upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

1 John 3
10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth [agapao – leading God’s sheep to Him, by giving His good to the world in need] not his brother.
11 For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love [agapao] one another.
12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works [creation from the earth] were evil, and his brother’s righteous [feeding the LORD’s flock].
13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love [agapao – feed] the brethren. He that loveth [agapao – give this word from the mouth of God, good by which man lives] not his brother abides in death.
15 Whosoever hates his brother is a murderer [restraining this good word of life and replacing it with the creations of men, evil words that are the weapons of death]: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us [to give us the word from God’s mouth]: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
17 But whoso has this world’s good, and sees his brothers have need, and shut up his bowels of compassion [the good the LORD puts in His mind] from him, how dwells the love [agape] of God in him?
18 My little children, let us not love [agapao} in word [just saying we love God and our brothers], neither in tongue [without giving understanding]; but in deed [giving as He gave us] and in truth.
19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts [our foundation understanding shall produce good fruit] before him.
20 For if our heart [foundational understanding reflected in our fruit] condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things [and He long-suffers to correct us].
21 Beloved, if our heart [our foundation thoughts reflected in our good fruit] condemns us not, then have we confidence toward God [in us by our like mind].
22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments [feed my sheep and lead them into My ONE BODY, by teaching them this ONE MIND], and do those things that are pleasing [as Abel] in his sight.
23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ [in whose flesh is manifested Jehovah’s Salvation], and love [agapao] one another, as he gave us commandment.
24 And he that keeps his commandments dwells in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.

Revelation 12
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
12 Therefore rejoice, you heavens, and you that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has but a short time.
13 And when the dragon [whose words have destroyed the minds of men] saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished [as fed sheep] for a time, and times, and half a time [until she is able to rightly understand the time], from the face of the serpent [who is the devil and the dragon spewing lies and accusation at the innocent they seek to devour].
15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood [of words, lies and false accusations – as it is this day from the wicked and the insane in power] after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth [and these men’s footsteps are seen in the ashes of the earth they are destroying], and swallowed up the flood [the lies that are exposed by the fruit these men produce in the earth] which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Isaiah ends telling us, in Isaiah 66:20, this offering (minchah) is all God’s people gathering to Him. It is to the place described in Hebrew 12 as Mount Zion, Heavenly Jerusalem, an enumerable company of His messengers, and the general assembly (ONE BODY) of the church of the firstborn.

The word there, in Hebrews 12:23, rendered “general assembly,” is the once used Greek word paneguris, “from 3956 [pas – any, all, every, whole] and a derivative of 58 [agora – lead together, gather]; a mass-meeting, i.e. (figuratively) universal companionship.” The verse tells of now, when the LORD in me, His first born from the dead, has gathered His people into His ONE BODY and MIND.

Hebrews 12
22 But you [who have the testimony of Jesus Christ, as opposed to those who’ve refused to hear His word and do not keep His commandments] are come unto mount Zion [God’s kingdom on the earth], and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
23 To the general assembly [paneguris] and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaks better things than that of Abel.
25 See that you refuse not him that speaks. For if they escaped not who refused him that spoke on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaks from heaven:
26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he has promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
27 And this word, Yet once more, signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, 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:
29 For our God is a consuming fire.

Isaiah 66
14 And when you see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind [from where His voice is heard], to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.

18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
19 And I will set a sign [‘owth – the fruit of evil shall be seen] among them, and I will send those that escape of them [from the evil] unto the nations… that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
20 And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering [minchah] unto the LORD out of all nations… to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.
21 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, says the LORD.
22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, says the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, says the LORD.
24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcasses of the men [the dead in flesh bodies] that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.

Joel describes the time when the dead bring their darkness and hell’s fires (ignorance and tribulation) upon the world, which is the day of the LORD, when He plainly manifests His presence against them, “for he is strong that executes His word.”

The word “executes,” that appears above from Joel 2:11, is the many times used word ‘asah, which only appears three other times in Joel. In Joel 2:20, 21, and 26, it (‘asah) describes the great things the LORD has done, choosing the delusion of the false prophets and false teachers (misleaders all) whose stink (ill savor) now appears, as the LORD is exalted in showing He is the one who led them astray (chose their delusion) and chose the time when He would reveal Himself in uncovering (in the Apocalypse) their deceptions and ignorance.

Joel (Jehovah God) is said to be the son Pethuel, a name only appearing this once, from the Hebrew words pathah and ‘el (God). The Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary definition of pathah is “to open, i.e. be (causatively, make) roomy; usually figuratively (in a mental or moral sense) to be (causatively, make) simple or (in a sinister way) delude:–allure, deceive, enlarge, entice, flatter, persuade, silly (one).”

The word pathah never appears in Joel, but many of the prophets (from Moses to Hosea) speak of it. This is the ‘owth, the sign and mark upon the deceivers and the deceived, their delusion brought to light, as they now are in plain sight for all to understand. Only the deceivers remain deluded and seemingly insane (filled with self-contradictions and denials of obvious reality, willful perplexities they violently defend).

The word (pathah) first appears in Genesis 9:27, as the LORD set His plan in motion. In this chapter, the word ‘owth appears its third and fourth time. It’s first used, in Genesis 1:14, telling of the light in the firmament of heaven (Divine exposition into full understanding) dividing day and night (times of darkness and light), for “signs” and seasons.

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 of the LORD so comes as a thief in the night.
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5 You are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

It (‘owth) next appears in Genesis 4:15 (above) telling of the “mark” upon Cain, which is also described in 1 John 3:12 where the exposition is also spoken of as agapao (God’s love poured out as salvation).

In Genesis 9:13 & 14, it (‘owth) is the “sign” the LORD put in the cloud (where understanding is held when it leaves the earth), which is the rainbow, the light in the firmament rightly divided into many colors, as Joseph’s coat (garment of light rightly divided). As we understand, when John sees it (the rainbow) now appearing, it is accompanied by the seven thunders, the voice of understanding permitted to be spoken only by the one whose right it is to rule (because it’s the Father’s anointing and crowning the son).

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, 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 roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
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.
5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
6 And sware by him that liveth for ever 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 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.
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.

After Moses, in Genesis 9, tells of the rainbow, he then tells of the sons of Noah (represent all humanity), and Japheth (representing the third part of the people in who would reside the deceiving spirit and carry the mark, doing the work, of Cain).

Genesis 9
27 God shall enlarge [pathah] Japheth [from the word pathah], and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan [the children of Ham] shall be his servant.

What happens when these enticing deceivers are followed as gods, in God’s place, is self-destruction. But the LORD always makes an escape, sending a messenger He raises up from among His people, and in him, through His willing sacrifice He prepares for Himself, He illuminates salvation.

Exodus 22
16 And if a man entice [pathah] a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow [pay the price to purchase] her to be his wife.

Deuteronomy 11
16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived [pathah], and you turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
17 And then the LORD’s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest you perish quickly from off the good land [earth] which the LORD gives you.
18 Therefore shall you lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign [‘owth] upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
19 And you shall teach them your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, when you lay down, and when you rise up.

The word (pathah) next appears, in Judges 14:15 & 16:5, as Samson’s (like the sun) wife, “entices” him, first to expound on the riddle he posed and next to reveal the source of his strength. The riddle, as we understand, gives the source, the light in him (like from the sun), coming out of His head (like hair), as the word of God in His mouth as sweet as honey. As we know, the honey came from the carcass of a lion (the written word remaining with the once strong now dead body of Christ), like Samson, the light in him extinguished by the enticers, until his hair, the strength coming from his mind, returned.

1 Kings 22
19 And he said, Hear you, therefore, the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
20 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade [pathah] Ahab [meaning he is his father’s brother – a spiritual reference to the seed of Reuben, who defiled his father’s bed, and referring to those who put themselves in God’s place], that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead [when God’s word is raised up and fulfilled]? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.
21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade [pathah] him.
22 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, You shall persuade [pathah] him, and prevail also: go forth, and do [‘asah] so.
23 Now, therefore, behold [see – understand], the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets, and the LORD has spoken evil concerning you.
24 But Zedekiah [those claiming they have Jehovah’s righteousness while they are in fact false prophets and the children of Cain] the son of Chenaanah [Cain – marked by misleading and violence against those in whom the LORD delights] went near, and smote Micaiah [who is like Jehovah] on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto you?
25 And Micaiah [who is like Jehovah] said, Behold, you shall see in that day, when you shall go into an inner chamber to hide yourself.

The Hebrew word rendered “inner” and “chamber” is cheder, and refers elsewhere to the place where the LORD hides those he protects from His wrath. The word rendered “hide yourself” is chabah, which is only used four other times.

There is only one safe place, which is with the LORD, with His ONE MIND and BODY.

The false prophets and the false teachers are misled by their own lusts. Leaving them (their creations) behind is the only way they can be saved (because in choosing to keep them, they blaspheme the LORD unknown to them, speaking and working to save them).

1 Corinthians 3
13 Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day 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 dwelleth in you?
17 If any man defile 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 seemeth 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 takes the wise in their own craftiness.
20 And again, The LORD knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

Ezekiel 14
3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumbling-block of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them?
4 Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus says the LORD God; Every man of the house of Israel that sets up his idols in his heart, and puts the stumbling-block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that comes according to the multitude of his idols;
5 That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.
6 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus says the LORD God; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourns in Israel, which separates himself from me, and sets up his idols in his heart, and puts the stumbling-block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:
8 And I will set my face [presence] against that man, and will make him a sign [‘owth] and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and you shall know that I am the LORD.
9 And if the prophet be deceived [pathah] when he has spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived [pathah] that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
10 And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeks unto him;
11 That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, says the LORD God.

Isaiah 26
16 LORD, in trouble have they visited you, they poured out a prayer when your chastening was upon them.
17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in your sight, O LORD.
18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
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 [cheder], and shut your doors about you: hide [chabah] 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.

Jeremiah 49
10 But I have made Esau [the enemies mixed among us at war with us while claiming they are our countrymen and brothers] bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself [chabah]: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbors, and he is not.
11 Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me.
12 For thus says the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and are you he that shall altogether go unpunished? you shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely drink of it.

Joel 1
1 The word of the LORD that came to Joel [Jehovah God] the son of Pethuel.
2 Hear this, you old men, and give ear, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
3 Tell you your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
4 That which the palmerworm has left has the locust eaten; and that which the locust has left has the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm has left has the caterpillar eaten [these speak the degeneration into depravity and its effects on prosperity and security].
5 Awake, you drunkards, and weep; and howl, all you drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the cheek teeth of a great lion.
7 He has laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he has made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
9 The meat offering [minchah] and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD’s ministers, mourn.
10 The field is wasted, the land mourns; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languishes.
11 Be you ashamed, O you husbandmen; howl, O you vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languish; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
13 Gird yourselves, and lament, you priests: howl, you ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God: for the meat offering [minchah] and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
14 Sanctify you a fast [for your words], call a solemn assembly, gather [my sheep into My ONE BODY] the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God [which is the offering I seek], and cry unto the LORD,
15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
16 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
17 The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep [they have not fed with My word] are made desolate.
19 O LORD, to you will I cry: for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.
20 The beasts of the field cry also unto you: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

Joel 1 & 2 are among the most misinterpreted, proving there is no long understanding (light) in the church (the sun), in the moon (civil government), or the stars (God people at large). It is into this darkness the LORD manifested His presence, and this is the day of the LORD when He’s come unknown (as a thief) to the ignorant.

Joel 2
1 Blow you the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD comes, for it is nigh at hand;
2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there has not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
3 A fire devours before them; and behind them a flame burns: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
6 Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness [ignorance].
7 They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
8 Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
9 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief [they shall destroy and devour all by the ignorance they propagate].
10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark [be ignorant], and the stars shall withdraw their shining [shall not have any understanding]:
11 And [then] the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executes [‘asah] 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, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repents him of the evil.
14 Who knows if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering [minchah] and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?
15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber [cheder], and the bride out of her closet.
17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare your people, O LORD, and give not your heritage to reproach, 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, and pity his people.
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: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen:
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savor shall come up, because he has done [‘asah] great things.
21 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do [‘asah] great things.
22 Be not afraid, you beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth 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 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 [‘asah] wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
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.
28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, 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.
30 And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.
32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD has said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.

Psalms 21
1 The king shall joy in your strength, O LORD; and in your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
2 You have given him his heart’s desire, and have not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
3 For you prevent [went before] him with the blessings of goodness: you set a crown of pure gold on his head.
4 He asked life of you, and you gave it to him, even length of days forever and ever.
5 His glory is great in your salvation: honor and majesty have you laid upon him.
6 For you have made him most blessed forever: you have made him exceeding glad with your countenance [presence].
7 For the king trusts in the LORD, and through the mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved.
8 Your hand shall find out all your enemies: your right hand shall find out those that hate you.
9 You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
10 Their fruit shall you destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
11 For they intended evil against you: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
12 Therefore shall you make them turn their back, when you shall make ready your arrows upon your strings against the face of them.
13 Be you exalted, LORD, in your own strength: so will we sing and praise your power.

June 22, 2022

The wicked plot against the just, and gnash upon him with his teeth. The LORD shall laugh at him [the wicked]: for he sees that his day is coming.

The wicked plot against the just, and gnash upon him with his teeth. The LORD shall laugh at him [the wicked]: for he sees that his day is coming.

The above, Psalms 37:12 & 13, is the LORD speaking through David, of seeing the fall of the wicked, epitomized in the king of Babylon, which we know is the rule of and by confusion, delusion, and forces insanity (reversing reality through gaslighting: constant denial of what the sane know to be true).

The successive verses tell of this fall coming as their (the wicked’s) own ways return upon their heads. They tell of them (the wicked), with their words plotting and gnashing against the just, to “cast them down,” from the Hebrew word naphal, meaning “to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative).” This, the fall of the wicked, is their own ways the LORD sees coming upon them, and laughs.

Isaiah 21
1 The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds [from where the LORD’s voice is heard] in the south pass through; so it comes from the desert, from a terrible land.
2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer deals treacherously, and the spoiler spoils. Go up [Arise!], O Elam [all those from all the generations of eternity here sleeping]: besiege, O Media [those who in their sleep have been lukewarm, without signs of life, not standing or speaking]; all the sighing [all the sorrow caused] thereof have I made to cease [shabath – from those who discontinued My work].
3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travails [who must bring forth what is in you, speaking My words I have written into your minds]: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed [bahal – only use by Isaiah one other time, in Isaiah 13:8, there telling of it as the fear that comes upon the world when it realizes this is the day of the LORD] at the seeing of it.
4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure has he turned into fear unto me.
5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink [from this cup]: arise, you princes, and anoint the shield [who is David, the protection the LORD has sent – as in 1 Samuel 16:12 & 13, “And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he. Then Samuel {those who hear the voice of God speaking} took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came {tsalach – pushed forward, prospered} upon David from that day forward.]
6 For thus has the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman [tsaphah – seeing things coming, hearing the secrets of the LORD – as in Ezekiel 3:17, saying “Son of man, I have made you a watchman {tsaphah} unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.”], let him declare what he sees.
7 And he saw a chariot [a two-wheeled vehicle] with a couple of horsemen [riders on bikes], a chariot of asses [Brandon and his minions], and a chariot of camels [those bearing their burdens to the world]; and he hearkened diligently with much heed: [Isaiah 30:6 The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble {tsarah – the tribulation} and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent {whose venom causes the fires of hell}, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit {by} them {because the things they claim are valuable are worthless}.]
8 And he cried, A lion: My LORD, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime [in the light, understanding, you have given us], and I am set in my ward whole nights [I Am taking My stand in the prison of darkness, among the ignorant]:
9 And, behold, here comes a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen [naphal], is fallen [naphal]; and all the graven images of her gods he has broken unto the ground.
10 O my threshing [separating the wheat from the chaff], and the corn [ben – the children] of my floor [whom I have separated for My work]: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
11 The burden of Dumah [silence – those refusing to speak the words I given them]. He calleth to me out of Seir [the place of devils, speaking of the enemies ruling, misleading as the cause of the silence], Watchman [shamar – meaning “to hedge about (as with thorns)”], what of the night? Watchman [shamar], what of the night [the time of ignorance and darkness]?
12 The watchman [shamar] said, The morning comes [this light of the new day], and also the night [darkness in which people choose to continue]: if you will enquire, enquire you: return, come.
13 The burden upon Arabia [those who don’t know God, who are mixed among us]. In the forest [the ignorant who claim they are the upright] in Arabia shall you lodge, O you traveling [ever changing your positions, to intentionally cause confusion] companies of Dedanim [upon you has come double judgment].
14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema [the wise] brought water [this word] to him that was thirsty, they prevented [when before] with their bread him that fled.
15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
16 For thus has the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, and all the glory of Kedar [the darkness] shall fail:
17 And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar [darkness], shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel has spoken it.

The fuller meaning of watchmen (shamar) mentioned in verses 11 & 12, is “properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.” It tells of those, even though hedged in by the words of misleaders (false prophets and false teachers) among the multitudes who are (by them) silenced, who refuse (to be silent) and boldly speak the words God gives them.

Isaiah 62
1 For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness [understanding into the darkness], and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burns [as Christ, God with us in the flesh].
2 And the Gentiles shall see your righteousness, and all kings your glory [which is the LORD in us]: and you shall be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.
3 You shall also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
4 You shall no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall your land any more be termed Desolate: but you shall be called Hephzibah [chephets – meaning she is my delight – she is married to Hezekiah, meaning Jehovah is his strength], and your land Beulah [married]: for the LORD delights [chaphets] in you, and your land shall be married [to Jehovah’s strength].
5 For as a young man marries a virgin, so shall your sons marry you: and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.
6 I have set watchmen [shamar] upon your walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: you that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
7 And give him no rest, till he establishes, and till he makes [New] Jerusalem a praise in the earth. [What part of this is too hard to understand, that you refuse to follow His very simple prescription? Why do you refuse to be cured?]
8 The LORD has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength [I Am], Surely I will no more give your corn to be meat for your enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink your wine, for that which you have labored:
9 But they that have gathered it [this feast] shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.
10 Go through, go through the gates [enter My kingdom, which is New Jerusalem]; prepare you the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones [of stumbling, put there by misleaders]; lift up a standard [nec – the pole upon which the son of man must be lifted] for the people.
11 Behold, the LORD has proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say you to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and you shall be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.

Friends, if you can’t believe the LORD is in me speaking and working, then you will not believe He has ever spoken through any man. If you deny He is alive in me, then He isn’t (yet) risen in you.

1 John 4
1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Hereby know you the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ [Jehovah’s salvation is manifested] is come in the flesh [the mystery of godliness revealed] is of God:
3 And every spirit that confesses not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof you have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them [the antichrist who deny the LORD is in us]: because greater is he that is in you, than he [the antichrists: deceivers] that is in the world.
5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world hears them.
6 We are of God: he that knows God heareth us; he that is not of God hears not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loves is born of God, and knows God. [The words here and after rendered “love” and “loves” are agape and agapao. These are compounded from the two words ago and apo, which together describe the leading of the LORD to take away our sins, the errors that separate us from Him, which is, below in verse 10, described as “propitiation,” meaning to atone for our sins: make right what is wrong by the sacrifice of himself – which is the love of God, His glory, manifested to us and then through us. If His love doesn’t come through us, giving as He gives, then He isn’t alive in us, and we are dead in our sins. So try {inquire – as in Isaiah 21:12 above} the spirits to see if they believe the LORD is alive in your flesh, speaking this word to them.]
8 He that loves not knows not God; for God is love.
9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
12 No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

John 3
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
15 That whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believes on him is not condemned: but he that believes not is condemned already [by this choice], because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that does evil hates the light [this understanding], neither comes to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved [tried and proven to be of God or not].
21 But he that does truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

Coming to light is the trial of the spirits in men, which is this judgment of God. The word “reprove,” above in verse 20, is the Greek word elegcho, meaning “of uncertain affinity; to confute [prove], admonish:–convict, convince, tell a fault, rebuke, reprove.”

There is (this is the) judgment, and only in coming to it, accepting the light, is the LORD’s mercy found.

Ephesians 5
8 For you were sometimes darkness, but now are you light in the LORD: walk as children of light:
9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
10 Proving what is acceptable unto the LORD.
11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove [elegcho] them.
12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
13 But all things that are reproved [elegcho] are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever does make manifest is light.
14 Wherefore he says, Awake you that sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light [understanding].
15 See then that you walk circumspectly [akribos – accurately, not in error], not as fools, but as wise,
16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17 Wherefore be you not unwise, but understanding what the will of the LORD is.

1 Timothy 5
20 Them that sin rebuke [elegcho] before all, that others also may fear.
21 I charge you before God, and the LORD Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that you observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.

John 16
7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away [when you will not see me, when the prince of this world, the spirit of the misleader, comes and leads all into darkness], the Comforter [the Paraclete, the LORD unknown, leading those who receive Him into all truth] will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8 And when he is come, he will reprove [elegcho] the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;
10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and you see me no more;
11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but you cannot bear them now.
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear [from the Father in me], that shall he speak: and he will [as the watchman the Father sends] show you things to come.
14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you.
15 All things that the Father has are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you.
16 A little while, and you shall not see me [because of the ignorance brought by following misleaders]: and again, a little while [when you receive understanding], and you shall see me, because I go to the Father.

John 14
15 If you love me, keep my commandments.
16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever;
17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but you know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but you see me: because I live, you shall live also.
20 At that day you shall know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
21 He that has my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loves me: and he that loves me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
22 Judas [Judah – the elect remnant] said unto him, not Iscariot [not the leaders who betray Me], LORD, how is it that you will manifest yourself unto us, and not unto the world?
23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep [guard] my words [from those who corrupt it]: and my Father will love him [give Him this understanding], and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
24 He that loves me not keeps not my sayings: and the word which you hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.
25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world gives, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
28 You have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If you loved me, you would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
29 And now I have told you before it comes to pass, that, when it is come to pass, you might believe.
30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world comes, and has nothing in me.
31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. [I command you] Arise [egeiro], let us go hence [into death and from there into life again when you see Me].

The word rendered “hence” is enteuthen, meaning “from the same as 1759; hence (literally or figuratively); (repeated) on both sides:–(from) hence, on either side.”

It (enteuthen) is from en (into), teucho ({techo} make ready or bring to pass {by preparation} – as implied beginning John 14, and as used in passages below), and thano (the dead).

John 14
1 Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in God, believe also in me.
2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
4 And whither I go you know, and the way you know.
5 Thomas said unto him, LORD, we know not whither you go; and how can we know the way?
6 Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me.
7 If you had known me, you should have known my Father also: and from henceforth you know him, and have seen him.
8 Philip said unto him, LORD, show us the Father, and it suffices us [it if it what perfects us – this defines the completion as seeing the Father in the son, which is salvation].
9 Jesus said unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet have you not known me, Philip? he that has seen me has seen the Father; and how sayest you then, Show us the Father?
10 Believe you not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he does the works.
11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
12 Truly, truly, I say unto you, He that believes on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
13 And whatsoever you shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If you shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
15 If you love me, keep my commandments.

1 Corinthians 14
8 For if the trumpet [the voice of the archangel] gives an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
9 So likewise you, except you utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for you shall speak into the air.
10 There are, it may be [techo – there are prepared, made ready], so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification [when understood proving if they are of God or not].
11 Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaks a barbarian, and he that speaks shall be a barbarian unto me.
12 Even so you, forasmuch as you are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that you may excel to the edifying [building up by educating into understanding the written word which is as an unknown tongue, just as the LORD working through you is present but not comprehended] of the church.
13 Wherefore let him that speaks in an unknown tongue [the written word he doesn’t understand] pray that he may interpret [rightly divide, proving God is in him].
14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit [the LORD in me unknown] prays [to give me understanding], but my [own] understanding is unfruitful.
15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit [repeat the words the LORD gives me, as He gives me understanding], and I will sing with the understanding also.
16 Else when you shall bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupies the room of the unlearned say Amen at your giving of thanks, seeing he understands not what you say?
17 For you truly give thanks well, but the other is not edified [build up, prepared].
18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than you all:
19 Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice [intending harm, causing people to stumble in the darkness] be you children, but in understanding be men.

2 Timothy 2
1 You, therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
2 And the things that you have heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit you to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
3 You, therefore, endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
4 No man that wars entangle himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who has chosen him to be a soldier.
5 And if a man also strives for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strives lawfully.
6 The husbandman that labors [diligently seeks] must be the first partaker [the first to who it is opened] of the fruits [these treasure, the fruit of our labor, our diligently seeking the mind of Christ].
7 Consider what I say; and the LORD give you understanding in all things.
8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead [in me] according to my gospel:
9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evildoer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound [it is opened to those who diligently seek Him, and when finding Him believe, have faith, it is Him they’ve found: the Father in the son].
10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain [teucho – be prepared, made ready, for] the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
11 It is a faithful saying [regarding the resurrection of the dead and our taking up our cross to quicken the dead to life]: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny [it is] him, he also will deny us:
13 If we believe not, yet he abides faithful: he cannot deny himself.
14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the LORD that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
15 Study to show yourself approved [dokimos – still standing and the substance, The LORD, is realized in you] unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
17 And their word will eat as does a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus [who hiding behind a spurious mask of fake love {pseudo-agape} hold you down {katecho} from rising to join with the LORD in His ONE BODY, which is the resurrection];
18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection [which only comes with joining the LORD in heaven: His mind, His full understanding] is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
19 Nevertheless the foundation of God stands sure, having this seal, The LORD knows them that are his. And, let everyone that names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honor, and some to dishonor.
21 If a man, therefore, purge himself from these [dishonorable men, whose inner substance is found to be corrupt], he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.
22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity [agape], peace, with them that call on the LORD out of a pure heart [by which only do men see God].
23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strife [they are intentionally meant to cause endless argument].
24 And the servant of the LORD must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

Hebrews 11
1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such a high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the LORD pitched, and not man.
3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, says he, that you make all things according to the pattern shown to you in the mount.
6 But now has he obtained [teucho – made ready] a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator [mesites – internunciator] of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

Matthew 12
14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
16 And charged them that they should not make him known:
17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying,
18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall show judgment to the Gentiles.
19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow does not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.
28 But if I cast out devils [misleaders] by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost [the LORD unknown speaking and working] shall not be forgiven unto men.
32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
34 O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37 For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.
38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from you.
39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah [the sign of the end, who is risen from the belly of hell and calls all to repentance from dead words and works]:
40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and, behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none.
44 Then he says, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he finds it empty, swept, and garnished [the unclean spirits of misleaders cast out, and the place prepared for the LORD to enter].
45 Then goes he, and takes [instead of the LORD] with himself [men remaining in these churches with old and corrupt ideas] seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first [because he believes he is saved; convinced by the same misleaders to follow them into perdition]. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
47 Then one said unto him, Behold, your mother and your brethren stand without, desiring to speak with you.
48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

And what is the will of the Father? To believe in the one He’s sent.

John 6
37 All that the Father gives me shall come to me; and him that comes to me I will in no wise cast out.
38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
39 And this is the Father’s will which has sent me, that of all which he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which sees the Son, and believes on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he says, I came down from heaven?
43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.
44 No man can come to me, except the Father which has sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man, therefore, that has heard, and has learned of the Father, comes unto me.
46 Not that any man has seen the Father, save he which is of God, he has seen the Father.
47 Truly, truly, I say unto you, He that believes on me has everlasting life.
48 I am that bread of life.
49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
50 This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

The verses referenced in verse 45 above are Isaiah 54:13 and Jeremiah 31:33 & 34.

Isaiah 54
13 And all your children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of your children.
14 In righteousness shall you be established: you shall be far from oppression; for you shall not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near you.
15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against you shall fall [naphal] for your sake.
16 Behold, I have created the smith that blows the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
17 No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, says the LORD.

Jeremiah 31
31 Behold, the days come [the day has come], says the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was a husband unto them, says the LORD:
33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, says the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, says the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
35 Thus says the LORD, which gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divides the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts [who is a man of war] is his name:
36 If those ordinances depart from before me, says the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.

Psalms 49
1 Hear this, all you people; give ear, all you inhabitants of the world:
2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceases forever:)
9 That he should still live forever, and not see corruption.
10 For he sees that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue forever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
12 Nevertheless, man being in honor abides not: he is like the beasts that perish.
13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approves their sayings. Selah.
14 Like sheep, they are laid in the grave [sheol – hell]; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave [sheol – hell] from their dwelling.
15 But God will redeem my soul from the power [lying and misleading] of the grave [sheol – hell]: for he shall receive me. Selah.
16 Be not you afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
17 For when he dies, he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend [into hell] after him.
18 Though while he lived, he blessed his soul: and men will praise you, when you do well to yourself.
19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light [understanding].
20 Man that is in honor, and understands not, is like the beasts [without the LORD’s Spirit] that perish.

Psalms 37
1 Fret not yourself because of evildoers, neither be you envious against the workers of iniquity.
2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shall you dwell in the land, and truly you shall be fed.
4 Delight yourself also in the LORD: and he shall give you the desires of your heart.
5 Commit your way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
6 And he shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your judgment as the noonday.
7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not yourself in any wise to do evil.
9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, you shall diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
12 The wicked plot against the just, and gnash upon him with his teeth.
13 The LORD shall laugh at him: for he sees that his day is coming.
14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down [naphal – make fall] the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
16 A little that a righteous man has is better than the riches of many wicked.
17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholds the righteous.
18 The LORD knows the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be forever.
19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine [when the word of God is silenced by the world] they shall be satisfied.
20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
21 The wicked borrows, and pays not again: but the righteous show mercy, and gives.
22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delights [chaphets] in his way.
24 Though he fall [naphal – is cast down by the words of the wicked], he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholds him with his hand.
25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
26 He is ever merciful, and lends; and his seed is blessed.
27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsake not his saints; they are preserved forever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein forever.
30 The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of judgment.
31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
32 The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.
33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt you to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
37 Mark the perfect man [in whom the Father manifests His presence], and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

June 19, 2022

And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God has visited his people.

And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God has visited his people.

The above tells of people’s response when the LORD raised an unnamed man from the dead. The passage says the LORD said to him, “Young man, I say unto you, Arises,” the man “that was dead sat up, and began to speak.”

Before the LORD speaks, He touched the “bier,” from the once used Hebrew word Soros, meaning “probably akin to the base of 4987; a funereal receptacle (urn, coffin), i.e. (by analogy) a bier:–bier.” The word (name) is telling what holds the dead, which is further characterized in the twice-used Greek word soreuo (4987), meaning “from another form of 4673 [soros]; to pile up (literally or figuratively):–heap, load.”

The word (soreuo) first appears in Romans 12:20; the LORD there speaking through Paul, commands us to do good to our evil enemies and thereby “heap” coals of fire upon their heads. It (soreuo) is then used in 2 Timothy 3:6, there saying silly women “laden” with sins are led away captive (by false teachers) and are ever learning but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. We’re told (in verse 5) this sort (their teachers) have “a form of godliness, but [are] denying the power thereof.” Paul says (the LORD in him speaking) from such turn away, because these are those who creep into houses and lead these silly women away (into ignorance).

Romans 12
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be you transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God has dealt to every man the measure of faith.
4 For as we have many members in ONE BODY, and all members have not the same office:
5 So we, being many, are ONE BODY in [by the ONE MIND of] Christ, and every one members one of another.
6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teaches, on teaching;
8 Or he that exhorts, on exhortation: he that gives, let him do it with simplicity; he that rules, with diligence; he that shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
9 Let love be without dissimulation [without acting or speaking good intentions while intending evil – having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof {to bring good}]. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
10 Be kindly affectioned [touching with good] one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another;
11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the LORD;
12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation [thlipsis]; continuing instant in prayer;
13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
16 Be of the same [ONE] mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
18 If it be possible, as much as lies in you, live peaceably with all men.
19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the LORD.”
20 Therefore if your enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing you shall heap [soreuo] coals of fire on his head.
21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

2 Timothy 3
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall [have] 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 [as it is evident and undeniable this day],
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 turn away.
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden [soreuo] 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 holding God’s people in oppression] withstood Moses, 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.
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 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 [one of two times in the New Testament the title “man of God” is used, both of Timothy: Tim {time} of God] may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

The Greek words used above, in verse 5, speaking of those who have a form of “godliness” but are “denying” the “power” of God, are respectively, eusebeia, arneomai, and dunamis.

1 Timothy 3
14 These things write I unto you, hoping to come unto you shortly:
15 But if I tarry long, that you may know how you ought to behave yourselves in the house of God, which is the church [ONE BODY] of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness [eusebeia]: God was manifest in [His presence in] the flesh, justified in the Spirit [while unknown in the flesh], seen of angels [seen of those who become messengers sent to the heirs of salvation and eternal life], preached [by Him through His word in them] unto the Gentiles [unto those who don’t know Him], believed on in the world [in this generation], received up [exalted, lifted as the son of man is lifted] into glory [the glory revealed in our flesh is Jehovah’s glory known in us].

The power (dunamis) is to raise the dead, by the Good word of God manifesting His presence in our flesh, which is the mystery of eusebeia (godliness), which these men arneomai (deny), meaning they refuse to believe Christ is risen in us, and speaking through us to raise the dead.

2 Peter 2
1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying [arneomai] the LORD that bought [agorazo] them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom, the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingers not, and their damnation slumbers not.

1 Corinthians 6
19 What? know you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [the LORD unknown to the dead world] which is in you, which you have of God, and you are not your own?
20 For you are bought [agorazo] with a price [time – Tim in whom God dwells, Tim {time} the man of God]: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

14 And God has both raised [egeiro] up the LORD, and will also raise [exegeiro – through His rising raise] up us by his own power [dunamis].

The manner of His coming (appearing to the conscious) is what occurs in the title (Luke 7:16) passage: one raised (“Arising”) from the dead, and by it the people knowing the one doing it “is risen” from the dead, even though they don’t know who it is that has risen: who is the LORD yet unknown veiled in flesh. (1 Corinthians 15: 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.)

Luke 7
11 And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain [Beauty, from the twelve times used Hebrew word na’ah, telling of the houses of God taken captive by the destroyers]; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people.
12 Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city were with her.
13 And when the LORD saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
14 And he came and touched the bier [soros]: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto you, Arise [egeiro].
15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.
16 And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up [egeiro] among us; and, That God has visited his people.
17 And this rumor of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout all the region round about.
18 And the disciples of John showed him of all these things.
19 And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Are you he that should come? or look we for another?
20 When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist has sent us unto you, saying, Are you he that should come? or look we for another?
21 And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.
22 Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things you have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised [egeiro], to the poor the gospel is preached [the power that raises those who believe].
23 And blessed [by the Father with life] is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

1 Corinthians 7
22 For he that is called in the LORD, being a servant, is the LORD’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant.
23 You are bought [agorazo] with a price [time – Tim of God: Timothy]; be not you the servants of men.
24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.

Colossians 1
9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that you might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
10 That you might walk worthy of the LORD unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
11 Strengthened with all might [dunamis], according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which has made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light [strengthened by His power, giving us wisdom, understanding, and the knowledge of God which raise us into His ONE BODY by giving us His ONE MIND]:
13 Who has delivered us from the power of darkness [ignorance], and has translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
14 In whom we have redemption [have been bought] through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now has he reconciled
22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
23 If you continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which you have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Timothy am made a minister;
24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings [the blood and cross of the LORD in me] for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his [ONE] body’s sake, which is the church:
25 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation [oikonomia, “economy,” His word deposited in me to be dispensed as willed] of God which is given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God;
26 Even the mystery which has been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles [among those who don’t know Him]; which is Christ in you, the hope of [His] glory [revealed through us]:
28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
29 Whereunto I also labor, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily [dunamis].

Ephesians 1
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our LORD Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
4 According as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he has made us accepted in the beloved.
7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
8 Wherein he has abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he has purposed in himself:
10 That in the dispensation [oikonomia] of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his own will:
12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
13 In whom you also trusted, after that you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that you believed, you were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
14 Which is the earnest [the deposit] of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the LORD Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
17 That the God of our LORD Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power [dunamis] to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
21 Far above all principality, and power, and might [dunamis], and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
22 And has put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

Ephesians 3
2 If you have heard of the dispensation [oikonomia – the deposit] of the grace of God which is given me [to be distributed] to you-ward:
3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
4 Whereby, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
6 That the Gentiles [who don’t know God] should be fellow-heirs, and of the same [ONE] body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working [when His word is received as the word God, as it is] of his power [dunamis].
8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world has been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our LORD:
12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
13 Wherefore I desire that you faint not at my tribulations [thlipsis] for you, which is your glory.
14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our LORD Jesus Christ,
15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might [dunamis] by his Spirit in the inner man;
17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
19 And to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fulness of God.
20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power [dunamis] that works in us,
21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

Friends, the LORD comes to restore us when He sees that our power is gone, as it is written in Deuteronomy 32:36.

Deuteronomy 32
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!
30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
31 For their rock 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, and the cruel venom of asps.
34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?
35 To me belongs vengeance and recompense [see Romans 12:19 above]; 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.
37 And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,
38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings [the false priests {gods} of Daniel 14:14 thru 22 – false priests whose footsteps in the ashes {of the world} show they are men {consuming the offering made to their idol put in God’s place} and not gods]? 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.
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.

The word rendered “redemption,” above in Colossians 1:14 and Ephesians 1:7 & 14, of the purchased possessions (in context – Christ’s servants {slaves} in 1 Corinthians 7:22 above), according to His grace, is from the ten (ordinal perfection) times used Greek word apolutrosis. Its meaning is “from a compound of 575 and 3083; (the act) ransom in full, i.e. (figuratively) riddance, or (specially) Christian salvation:–deliverance, redemption.”

The word (3083) it’s compounded from is the twice used word lutron, meaning “from 3089; something to loosen with, i.e. a redemption price (figuratively, atonement):–ransom.” The word it’s from is luo (3089), meaning “to lossen.” It (apolutrosis) is, by this understanding, seen to be the same as the word apoluo, the word rendered “set at liberty” when describing Timothy in Hebrews 13:23, the last of the seventy times it appears.

The following, ending with Ezekiel 28, is the ending portion of the post from 29 June 2018, with addition for clarity:

Hebrews 9
1 Then truly the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the sanctuary.
3 And after the second veil [seeing beyond the second flesh], the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all [into the manifestation of the presence of God];
4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna [the word from the mouth of God, by which man live – Deuteronomy 8:3], and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
5 And over it the cherubims of glory [depicting the message spoken face to face] shadowing the mercy-seat [the conversation in which His glory and presence are manifested to those who receive it as the word from His mouth]; of which we cannot now speak particularly [because they are the seven thunders reserved for this moment and this purpose].
6 Now when these things were thus ordained [thoroughly prepared], the priests went always into the first tabernacle [as the pattern of the flesh of Jesus Christ the LORD who died for us], accomplishing the service of God.
7 But into the second [I Am] went the high priest [now in the order of Melchisedec] alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest [as it is now], while as the first tabernacle (His first body) was yet standing:
9 Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience [perfecting the conscience];
10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation [spoken of by James, recorded in Acts 15:13 thru 21].
11 But Christ being come a high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building [but of His New ONE BODY, of which I Am the firstfruits];
12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption [lutrosis] for us.
13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh:
14 How much more shall the blood of Christ [now poured out, “By a new and living way, which he has consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;” Hebrews 10:20], who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
15 And for this cause he is the mediator [mesites – internunciator] of the new testament [established in the LORD Jesus Christ], that by means of death, for the redemption [apolutrosis] of the transgressions that were under the first testament [not seeing the presence of God], they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance [which is joined as ONE with God].
16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator [and I remain dead until your resurrection from the dead and we are joined in ONE BODY with Him, in the air, the clarity only He gives].
17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator lives.
18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God has enjoined [entellomai – gave commandment and charge] unto you.
21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these [see and understand this in what is said in Hebrews 12:24 – 29, of the voice being heard from heaven – when you’ve come to the mediator who is speaking and shaking heaven and earth, which the LORD charges you not to refuse His word spoken from heaven].
24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true [which is the presence of God]; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entered into the holy place every year with blood of others;
26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world has he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time [here and now] without sin unto salvation.

Friends, those who have studied here for a while know Hebrews is written to introduce Timothy, the first outsider, into the New priesthood. It was written to the Hebrews who wanted to remain with the Levitical letter of the law instead of understanding the pattern it showed and was intended to achieve. Hebrews 13:23 tells of Timothy being set at “liberty,” from the seventy times used word apoluo (apolelumenon in the text), used the seventieth and last time here. It is the word used in the gospels to tell of Pilate having the power to “set free” the LORD from the sentence of death. Hebrews 13:23 is referring to Timothy as the one set free from the law by death (of the old nature and raised up in the order of Melchisedec), as it is written in the final verses of Hebrews 9 above.

Friends, I say again, Christ is risen in me, by His own power (I Am become who I Am become), according to the scriptures.

Ezekiel 28
25 Thus says the LORD God; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.
26 And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.

Acts 15
6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, you know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
10 Now therefore why tempt you God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
11 But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
13 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
14 Simeon has declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
17 That the residue of men might seek after the LORD, and all the Gentiles [those who don’t know Me], upon whom my name is called, says the LORD, who does all these things.
18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them [with vain traditions and old wives’ tales], which from among the Gentiles [who don’t know God] are turned to God:

When the above (verses 16 & 17) appears in Amos 9:11 & 12, those above said to not know God but are called by His name (Christians and Jews), are called the remnant of Edom. As we understand, Edom represents enemies mixed among us, trying to destroy us and our better culture while claiming to be our countrymen and brothers.

As we are experiencing, in this nation void of God’s word the truth is destroyed by false prophets and false teachers among us. They’ve mired and obscured understanding with their endless spewing of the delusional insanity, reversing all meaning, corrupting all discourse, and we (this nation under God) have become the actual tower of Babel now fallen (as Bandon has fallen). This fall is into the darkness (ignorance) and the condemnation (krisis – the choice of it) the LORD speaks of, in which they continue, even after understanding (light) has come. These men destroyed the world, rejecting known (obvious) salvation, and choose to continue in darkness (spewing insanity – the opposite of reality they force on the sane) because their deeds are evil. In this choice, they condemn themselves to hell.

Amos 9
1 I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that flee of them shall not flee away, and he that escape of them shall not be delivered.
2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent [the deadly word of the men they continue to follow], and he shall bite them:
4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and [because they reject this word] I will set mine eyes upon them for evil [they choose to follow], and not for good [this truth they reject].
5 And the LORD God of hosts is he that touches the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
6 It is he that builds his stories in the heaven [by His full understanding], and has founded his troop in the earth [His army who receives Him]; he that calleth for the waters [bringing into the light the words of wicked men] of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.
7 Are you not as children of the Ethiopians [covered in darkness] unto me, O children of Israel? says the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt [haven’t I freed them from the words, the misleading of their oppressors]? and the Philistines [the invading enemy army among us] from Caphtor [whose king sits crowned and ruling over you], and the Syrians [those who exalt themselves and their words above God] from Kir [whose lies upon lies are the wall they and you trust in, separating you from God]?
8 Behold, the eyes of the LORD God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, says the LORD.
9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof [reestablishing the king line and gathering all God’s people again into ONE BODY under one king of God’s choosing]; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom [the enemies mixed among us, claiming they are our brothers and countrymen at peace with us, as they are at war destroying our nation and better culture], and of all the heathen [who don’t really know me], which are called by my name, says the LORD that does this.
13 Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper [plowing under the current corrupt crop of leaders], and the treader of grapes [of wrath] him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, says the LORD your God.

June 19, 2022June 19, 2022

LGB

June 17, 2022

He that dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

He that dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

The above is speaking of the LORD’s provision (providence) for those who put their trust in Him. The passage is Psalms 91:1 & 2, a Psalm where the subject is discussed, verses 8 & 9 saying because we do (make Him our refuge), we will see with our eyes the reward of the wicked.

Friends, in the name of the LORD, I decree (declare) to you the end of the wicked is upon them (of which cause and effect they remain ignorant). The LORD is unleashing (on them) the hell they’ve sought. They have sown to the wind and now reap the whirlwind!

This is the beginning, the new heaven and earth built upon the ruin the wicked have wrought.

Isaiah 26
18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
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 over-past.
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.

Psalms 91
1 He that dwelleth in the secret place 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.
4 He shall cover 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 [the terror that comes upon the ignorant]; nor for the arrow [the lies and false accusations of the wicked] that flies by day [against understanding, the LORD’s TRUTH, which is light and life];
6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness [the disease that only affects the ignorant]; nor for the destruction that wastes at noonday [the destruction that comes when understand has fully risen upon the earth].
7 A thousand shall fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you.
8 Only with your eyes shall you behold and see the reward [the just payment the for the evil work] 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 [because you have left them and come into the refuge – see Revelation 18 & 19 below].
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 shall you 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 [understood My identity – in those who abide in Me and I in them].
15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble [tsarah – the tribulation of the world]; I will deliver him, and honor him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my [Jehovah’s] salvation [in his flesh {Jesus} – in My ONE BODY].

Revelation 18
1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened [given understanding] with his glory.
2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.”
3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you receive not of her plagues.
5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she has filled fill to her double.
7 How much she has [in her wickedness] glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the LORD God who judges her.
9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is your judgment come.
11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buys their merchandise anymore:
12 The merchandise [selling the corrupt things this world thinks are of value] of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
13 And cinnamon, and odors, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
14 And the fruits that your soul lusted after are departed from you, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from you, and you shall find them no more at all.
15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
16 And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to naught. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
20 Rejoice over her, you heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets; for God has avenged you on her [giving her the reward due her evil works].
21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more [spewing deception] at all in you; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in you [in confusion doing evil work]; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in you;
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in you; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in you: for your merchants were the great men of the earth; for by your sorceries [their spells causing ignorance] were all nations deceived.
24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

Revelation 19
1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; 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, Alleluia 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; Alleluia.
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 [of those who’ve come out of the tribulation into the LORD’s refuge], and as the voice of [the rushing of] many waters, and as the voice of mighty thundering [see Psalms 81:7 below, this is the secret place, the place of the seven thunders only known to the LORD and by those to whom He reveals them], saying, Alleluia: for the LORD God omnipotent reigns [By his power, His secrets revealing the king He has chosen].
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 the marriage supper of the Lamb. 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 [in my mouth, which is the Father’s honey and strength given]: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy [speaking as the mouth of God].
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness, he does judge and makes war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself [because the Father reveals it to without measure, because He has called me His son, and says it my right to rule].
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God [revelation no man knows].
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 [speaking this Word of God], that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron [the strength God gives to the one He chooses to rule]: 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, confusion spewed from those who don’t know Him] was taken, and with him the false prophet [mixed among us deceiving and misleading the world] that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast [which is their confusion, their obvious delusions they insanely claim are reality], and them that worshipped his image [the false reality these evil men have created and force all the world to worship]. 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 proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls [those who by the LORD’s strength soar in heaven: in full understanding] were filled with their flesh.

Isaiah 26
1 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah among [the elect remnant]; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
2 Open you the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in.
3 You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you: because he trusts in you.
4 Trust you in the LORD forever: for in the LORD Jehovah is everlasting strength:
5 For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he lays it low; he lay it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
7 The way of the just is uprightness: you, most upright, do weigh the path of the just.
8 Yea, in the way of your judgments, O LORD, have we waited for you; the desire of our soul is to your name, and to the remembrance of you.
9 With my soul have I desired you in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek you early: for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
10 Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
11 LORD, when your hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of your enemies shall devour them.
12 LORD, you will ordain peace for us: for you also have wrought all our works in us.
13 O LORD our God, other lords beside you have had dominion over us: but by you only will we make mention of your name.
14 They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore have you visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.

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 [the new just civil government to be established, by His king, under the Laws of Nature and Nature’s God, under which men are entitled to live – read your Declaration of Independence if you doubt this entitlement it true], in this time appointed, 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 – out of tribulation], and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret [cether – the same word as in Psalms 91:1 above] place of thunder [now where the seven thunders are heard]: I proved you at the waters of Meribah [where you strived with Me, doubting it was My word flowing from the Rock: Christ in Moses speaking, when you said, “Is the LORD among us, or not?” Exodus 17:7]. Selah.
8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto you: O Israel, if you will hearken 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 [with honey and strength].
11 But my people would not hearken 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 [into the darkness of ignorance].
13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured forever.
16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the Rock should I have satisfied you.

The word the LORD uses, rendered “refuge” in Psalms 91:2 & 9, is the Hebrew word machaceh, meaning “a shelter (literally or figuratively):–hope, (place of) refuge, shelter, trust.” It (machaceh) is referring us to its descriptive use in Isaiah 4:6, as the secret place (of which all men are ignorant, and is only revealed by the Father to the son) is described.

Luke 10
21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank you, O Father, LORD of heaven and earth, that you have hid these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in your sight.
22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knows who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
23 And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see:
24 For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which you see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which you hear, and have not heard them.

Isaiah 4
1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man [Ishi, Hosea 2:16 – the LORD in him], saying, “We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by your name, to take away our reproach.” [They remain ignorant to the fact that the cause of their reproach is their own ways and ideas – the leaven of their bread and their garments spotted by the flesh: idol put in God’s place and called by His name.]
2 In that day shall the Branch [covered in Iron and honey that must be eaten] of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped [of the darkness – by receiving the “end” of this conversation – Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever] of Israel.
3 And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remains in 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 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 [the hiding place, from where understanding is revealed as the light of the new day], and the shining of a flaming fire by night [giving understanding, as fire against the persistent ignorance]: for upon all the glory [this presence of the LORD manifested] shall be a defense.
6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day-time from the heat, and for a place of refuge [machaceh], and for a covert [mictorw – a hiding place] from storm and from rain.

Isaiah 5
1 Now will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My well-beloved has a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes [who have become strangers to me].
3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah [My elect remnant], judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard [my estranged and corrupt people, who worship idols they put in My place].
4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes [strangers who don’t know me, because of the false teaching and false prophesies they’ve been taught by the gods they put in my place]?
5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns [misleaders and deceivers]: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it [understanding will not come to them from Heaven, because of the gods they put in My place and call by My name].
7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
8 Woe unto them that join house to house [church to church], that lay field to field, till there be no place [to escape], that they may be placed alone [not joined to Me or their parts] in the midst of the earth!
9 In mine ears said the LORD of hosts [who is a man of war], Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

Friends, the problem is God’s people, misleaders and those they’ve misled, don’t believe this is His word, and, therefore, they don’t heed His warnings or repent from their corruption. Woe to those whose refuge is the lies and falsehood they think hides them from the LORD’s correction.

Isaiah 28
12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith you may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
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 [machaceh], 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 [as the liars] make haste [be ashamed when they realize they have lied in my name].
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge [machaceh] of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then you shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goes forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report [this word of Jehovah heard].

Isaiah 25
1 O LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you, I will praise your name; for you have done wonderful things; your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
2 For you have made of a city a heap; of a defensed city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
3 Therefore shall the strong people [You’ve strengthened] glorify you, the city of the terrible nations shall fear you.
4 For you have been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge [machaceh] from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall [against the protection the LORD has provided, in His hidden truth revealed].
5 You shall bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud [covered by His understanding from heaven]: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.
6 And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
7 And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the LORD God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD has spoken it.
9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
10 For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.
11 And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swims spreads forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.
12 And the fortress of the high fort of your walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

The “terrible ones,” who come as a storm against His truth revealed, whose “branch” shall be brought low, are respectively from the Hebrew words ‘ariyts and zamiyr, the first appearing twenty times and the second only this once.

From the Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: #6184: `ariyts; from 6206; fearful, i.e. powerful or tyrannical:– mighty, oppressor, in great power, strong, terrible, violent; and #2159: zamiyr; from 2168; a twig (as pruned):– branch.

These men (the terrible ones) are described in Job 15:20, when Eliphaz the Temanite (meaning he, one of the enemies mixed among us, is one of the wise men of the world, whose god is his wealth) describes his demise with those of his ilk (his branches), which comes by their own ignorance (of the insurmountable wall of the Laws of Nature and Nature’s God). He (Eliphaz) is here, in a pattern, condemning me and the (what he thinks are) worthless words of God heard from me, which he believes are in vain.

Job 15
1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind [understanding he says is given by God himself]?
3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
4 Yea, you cast off fear [saying God says fear not], and restrain prayer before God [saying He has already answered through me].
5 For your mouth [saying God says] utters your iniquity, and you choose the tongue of the crafty [whose words are created by their own imaginations].
6 Your own mouth condemns you, and not I: yea, your own lips testify against you.
7 Are you the first man that was born [yes, because the LORD first brought me to life by His understanding He put in me]? or were you made before the hills?
8 Have you heard the secret of God? and do you restrain wisdom to yourself [saying He has told what He hasn’t told any other man]?
9 What know you, that we know not? what understand you, which is not in us?
10 With us are both the gray-headed and very aged men, much elder than your father.
11 Are the consolations of God small with you? is there any secret thing with you?
12 Why does your heart carry you away? and what do your eyes wink at,
13 That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?
14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? [The LORD has declared it, and given it.]
15 Behold [the word of the accusers’ ignorance], he put no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinks iniquity like water?
17 I will show you, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
18 Which wise men [the Temanites – the wise men of the world even know these things] have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
20 The wicked man travails with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor [‘ariyts].
21 A dreadful sound [qowl – voice] is in his ears: [telling him] in prosperity [in his wealth] the destroyer shall come upon him.
22 He believes not that he shall return out of darkness [from his ignorance], and he is waited for of the sword.
23 He wanders abroad for bread [the word from the mouth of God], saying, Where is it? he knows that the day of darkness [when understanding reveals his ignorance] is ready at his hand.
24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they [his own fear of the things he has created: his own delusion] shall prevail against him, as a king [I Am] ready to the battle.
25 For he stretches out his hand against God, and strengthens himself against the Almighty.
26 He run upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers [he thinks his wealth shields him from God]:
27 Because he covers his face with his fatness, and makes collops of fat on his flanks.
28 And he dwells in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabits, which are ready to become heaps.
29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
30 He shall not depart out of darkness [he chooses to remain there, even when light has come into the world, because his deeds are evil]; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompense.
32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepares [to vomit out their] deceit.

The confusion in the above is that Eliphaz believes God doesn’t care that the wicked are destroying themselves as they destroy the world. They don’t know He’s come to save them, and any who repent and come to His light. These men’s delusion is that there is no God who comes to save the righteous and wicked (because they are all, without Him, incapable of saving anyone, including themselves).

Romans 11
25 For I would not, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles [who don’t know God] be come in.
26 And so all Israel [God people, who have a zeal for Him, but without knowledge of Him, which is manifested in His judgment and MERCY] shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness [asebeia] from Jacob:
27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father’s sakes.
29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
30 For as you [the elect remnant] in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief [that through you He shall show His mercy in judgment]:
31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
32 For God has concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
34 For who has known the mind of the LORD? or who has been his counselor?
35 Or who has first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory forever. Amen.

Ezekiel 3
16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days [and the beginning of the next seven, when true prosperity comes as a new day], that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
17 Son of man, I have made you a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
18 When I say unto the wicked, You shall surely die; and you gives him not warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand.
19 Yet if you warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.
20 Again, When a righteous man does turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at your hand.
21 Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also you have delivered your soul.
22 And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain [into plain sight and tell them I Am speaking salvation to the world unable to save itself], and I will there talk with you.
23 Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory [manifested presence] of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar [far off in this time]: and I fell on my face.
24 Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spoke with me, and said unto me, Go, shut yourself within your house.
25 But you, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon you, and shall bind you with them, and you shall not go out among them:
26 And I will make your tongue cleave to the roof of your mouth, that you shall be dumb, and shall not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.
27 But when I speak with you [here and now], I will open your mouth, and you shall say unto them, Thus says the LORD God; He that heareth, let him hear [and live]; and he that forbears, let him forbear [and he shall not live]: for they are a rebellious house.

The Greek word asebeia, rendered “ungodliness” in Romans 11:26 above, a passage quoted from Isaiah 59:20 & 21, is the equivalent of the Hebrew word pesha’, rendered “transgression.” The Greek word is used five other times, all precisely describing it and how the LORD turns it away.

Romans 1
17 For therein [the gospel – the good news that the LORD comes to save all who receive Him] is the righteousness of God revealed from faith [in the elect remnant first] to faith [of those who hear and believe it is the LORD speaking His salvation to the world]: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness [asebeia] and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth [captive] in [their words of] unrighteousness;
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them [that He is good, even coming to save them while they are His enemies speaking against Him]; for God has shown it unto them.
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made [that now appear], even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened [the foundational ideas became ignorance].
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man [such as they are], and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things [all created things].

2 Timothy 2
10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes [through whom this gospel shall be preached to the heirs of salvation], that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with [the manifestation in them of His] eternal glory.
11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him [to the old corrupt world], we shall also live with him [forever in the new]:
12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
13 If we believe not, yet he abides faithful: he cannot deny himself.
14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the LORD that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
15 Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
16 But shun profane and vain babblings [of ignorance and corruption]: for they will increase unto more ungodliness [asebeia].

Titus 2
11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation has appeared to all men,
12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness [asebeia] and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ;
14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise you.

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 [asebeia – worthless words of ignorance and corruption] committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly [asebeo] sinners have spoken against him.
16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaks great swelling [proud] words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage [because of their positions of power giving honor to their words of ignorance and corruption].
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 [asebeia] lusts.

Isaiah 59
1 Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
2 But your iniquities [of your words against Him] have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue has muttered perverseness.
4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleads for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

12 For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions [pesha’] are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;
13 In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice stands afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
15 Yea, truth fails; and he that departs from evil makes himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.

18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense.
19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression [pesha’] in Jacob, says the LORD.
21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, says the LORD; My spirit that is upon you, and my words [as honey and strength] which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your seed, nor out of the mouth of your seed’s seed, says the LORD, from henceforth and forever.

The mercy of the LORD toward the delusional who don’t know Him, turning away their ungodliness (asebeia and persha’), is what the LORD in Elihu (meaning He is God speaking) describes in Job 35 & 36.

In the first (chapter 35), when (as in Romans 10:2 & 3) speaking to God’s people who have zeal without knowledge, who are trying to prove their own righteousness is more than God’s, He says this transgression (speaking ignorant and corrupt words against Him) does nothing to the LORD. They are trying to prove their ways and ideas are right, but they transgress more as they speak against Him.

In the second (chapter 36) He tells of His mission, coming to show man his errors and to correct him away from the inevitable death to which his ways are taking him.

Job 35
1 Elihu [the LORD God unknown in him] spoke moreover, and said,
2 Think you this to be right, that you said, My righteousness is more than God’s?
3 For you said, What advantage will it be unto you? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
4 I will answer you, and your companions with you.
5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds [where He holds His understanding when it has left the earth] which are higher than you.
6 If you sin, what do you against him? or if your transgressions [pesha’ – your words of ignorance and corruption against Him] be multiplied, what do you unto him?
7 If you be righteous, what give you him? or what receives he of your hand?
8 Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are; and your righteousness may profit the son of man.
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
10 But none says, Where is God my maker, who gives songs in the night;
11 Who teaches us more than the beasts [men without His Spirit] of the earth, and makes us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
12 There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
14 Although you say you shall not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust you in him.
15 But now, because it is not so [because you don’t see His judgment before you and put your trust in Him], he has visited in his anger; yet he knows it not in great extremity:
16 Therefore does Job [God’s hated people, who think their ways are more right than God’s, and refuse His right way] open his mouth in vain; he multiplies words without knowledge.

Job 36
8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
9 Then he shows them their work, and their transgressions [persha’ – that their word are ignorant and corrupt] that they have exceeded.
10 He opens also their ear to discipline, and commands that they return from iniquity.
11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he binds them.
14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
15 He delivers the poor in his affliction, and opens their ears in oppression.

Job 33
13 Why do you strive against him? for he gives not account of any of his matters.
14 For God speaks once, yea twice, yet man perceives it not.
15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, in slumbering upon the bed;
16 Then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,
17 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.

22 Yea, his soul draws near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show unto man his uprightness:
24 Then he is gracious unto him, and says, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth:
26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favorable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
27 He look upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
29 Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,
30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light [understanding] of the living.

The delusion spoke of above: when men choose their own way and therefore don’t believe there is a God who comes to save them from the end they reach when following them (their own ways and ideas), is described in Isaiah 66:4. The word there rendered “delusion” is the twice used Hebrew word ta’aluwl, meaning “from 5953; caprice (as a fit coming on), i.e. vexation; concretely a tyrant:–babe, delusion.”

It is speaking of delusion as what is chosen and, therefore, logically, the resulting thoughts are delusions. This is recited in verse 3 in telling of those doing one thing and thinking of it “as if he” did another, in phrases which are reversed from their intended meaning.

Verse 3 should read “He that slew a man, is as if he kills an ox; he that cut off a dog’s neck, as if he sacrifices a lamb; he that offers swine’s blood, as if he offered an oblation; he that blessed an idol, as if he burnt incense. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations.”

The abominations put in the place of what they should be are delusions that result in delusional thinking in all areas. The chapter begins with the LORD asking about the house men have built for Him, which they have put in the place of the one the son of David will build for Him. He says he (the son – I Am) is the one He will look to, to build it. He is the man child born, who is the voice of the LORD heard rendering the deserved payment to His enemies. This is the LORD’s judgment and mercy, but, as Jonah says before he is vomited from the belly of hell, “They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.”

Isaiah 66
1 Thus says the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that you [the proud] build unto me? and where is the place of my rest [is it among the abomination your put in My place]?
2 For all those things has mine hand made, and all those things have been, says the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at my word.
3 He that slew a man, is as if he kills an ox; he that cut off a dog’s neck, as if he sacrifices a lamb; he that offers swine’s blood, as if he offered an oblation; he that blessed an idol, as if he burnt incense. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations.
4 I also will choose their delusions [ta’aluwl], and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spoke, they [the proud] did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that 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.
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.

The replacement is spoken of in the only other time the word ta’aluwl appears, in Isaiah 3:4, there speaking of the delusional who replace the just leaders when the stay of bread and water is removed from Judah and Jerusalem. It (the stay) speaks of what supports good leadership, the underpinning, the foundation of God’s word and His way flowing to His people. Its removal and replacement lead to reproach and oppression, as when the seven women (the church) now say they “will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by your name, to take away our reproach.”

Isaiah 3
1 For, behold, the LORD, the LORD of hosts, does take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.
2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,
3 The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counselor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes [ta’aluwl – delusional oppressors] shall rule over them.
5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honorable.

12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths.
13 The LORD stands up to plead, and stands to judge the people.
14 The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for you have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

Psalms 7
1 O LORD my God, in you do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
3 O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honor in the dust. Selah.
6 Arise, O LORD, in your anger, lift up yourself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that you have commanded.
7 So shall the congregation of the people compass you about: for their sakes therefore return you on high.
8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tries the hearts and reins.
10 My defense is of God, which saves the upright in heart.
11 God judges the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready.
13 He has also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordains his arrows against the persecutors.
14 Behold, he travails with iniquity, and has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.