ENTER THE STORY - A NEW TESTAMENT READING SCHEDULE

   ⛲️☀️ Father is the fountain of Life.

   No option to stray in Eden = Ant Farm

BiG banG — > universe — > then set in motion

for “8 days”/millennia. Lev.23 is the advents.

    “In the beginning God..” and the only straight out from God one, the Son, “forever first”/proto. Father & Son being so close both administer God’s Spirit/Presence.

   The being worked out blueprint - Father’s Presence will saturate, thus “seal” all creation, all mankind - Jesus is the prototype - all angelkind, animalkind, singing bird kind, &tc. “The cow will graze with the bear, their young will pasture and lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox” Isaiah 11:7. [Summed up in 1Timothy 4:10 and Luke 1:37.] Mt.13:30 is Rev.16:14-15-16 & Mt.25:1-13; Rev.20 tells crests only; seal description veils the seals & vision; vision is told 3 times; 13:13 is the seal6 1st event showing an office; 1Cor.15:22-28 w/ Mt.13:33, key word 3! (1Pet.3:19 -> 2Pet.2:5); it’s Dan.12:11-12 w/ Lk.19:41,44 and 1Cor.3:16! W/ last “10 days” escalation, Rev.2:10, then Is.24:20/Rev.10:4.

All, in translation, was changed to all things.

Jesus said he “will draw all” Jn.12:32.

A work finished during his long

second advent.

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Division is a siren call, Is.24:20/Rev.10:4.

Verses on this blog are paraphrased.

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ACTS 7 38-60

Luke wrote “of the things fulfilled among us” paraphrased  [ ] ref  { } thots

Book of the Acts of the First Believers

Stephen, first Christian martyr, continues his history lesson to the court, saying - 38 - “This (Moses) is the one who was with the people in the wilderness, and with our fathers and the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai. He received the living oracles to be given to us. 39 Yet our fathers refused to obey, and pushed him aside, in their hearts turning back to Egypt.

     40 They said to Aaron (Moses’ brother, first priest) ‘Make for us gods who will lead us. As for this Moses, who led us out from Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.’ 41 And they made a molten image of a calf, an idol (of Egypt) and offered a sacrifice and made merry to it, a work of their own hands! 42 But God turned away and he gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it’s written in the prophets - ‘Did you bring to me whole burnt offerings and sacrifices” (today prayers and praise..) “during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? 43 You took up the tent of Moloch (😳) and the star of your god Rephan, images you made to worship, so I will send you into exile to the further side of Babylon.’”

    44 “Our fathers had the tent of witness/testimony/likeness in the wilderness, just as he directed Moses to make it, according to the pattern he showed him. 45 And in turn, our fathers, following Joshua, brought it in the land when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before them.” (Canaanite cannibaals?) “And so it was until the days of David, 46 who, as we know, found favor in the sight of God, and asked to build a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. 47 But it was Solomon who built a house for him. 48 Yet the Most High doesn’t dwell in houses made by man’s hands, as the prophet says, 49 ‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me, says the LORD (YHVH, but v sounds like w) or what is the place of my rest? 50 Was it not I who made all these things?’”

     51 “You stiff-necked people!” Stephen said to them. “Uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you! {And so do all.}

     52 Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who announced beforehand (prophesied) the coming of the Righteous One. Who you have now betrayed and murdered! 53 You who received the law delivered by angels, but didn’t keep it.”

     54 Now when they heard this they (the leaders at council) were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him. {This is politics not spiritual or religious/devoted.) 55 But he, full of the Holy Spirit(/Presence of God) gazed upward and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at his right hand (Rev.12:5). 56 And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” 57 But they became all the more enraged, covered their ears, and rushed together at him, 58 and dragged him out of the city, and they stoned him. The participants laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul (later Paul). 59 And as they were stoning him, Stephen said, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” 60 And falling to his knees he cried out, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” And when he had said this, he fell asleep [koimaó - sleep, fall asleep, die].

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08-11 - From 1Jn-2 Mk-6

(8th ‘Day Studies) verses paraphrased due to ©‘s [ref] {thots}

1John 2:18-22  Mark 6:14-29 and ACTS 7:38-60 Separately

            ☀️ A.M. 1John 2:18-22

18 - Children, it’s the last hour [hora - a definite space of time, a season, an hour, the particular time for anything] and as you have heard, antichrist is coming.

     Even now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know it is the last season. 19 They went out from us, but they weren’t genuine, for if they had been, they would have continued with us. But they went away from us, that it might become plain that they’re not of us. 20 But you, you have been anointed by the Holy One, and have the accurate knowledge/knowing. 21 I write to you, not because you don’t know the truth, but because you do know the truth, and because no lie can be of the truth. 22 And who is the liar? But he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This -> is the antichrist -> whoever denies the Father and the Son. {And has become “the world”?}

            🌙 P.M. MARK 6:14-29

14 - King Herod heard all about Jesus, for his name had become very well known. Some people said, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead! That’s why these miraculous powers are at work in him.” 15 But others said, “He’s Elijah!” And still others said, “He’s a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”

     16 But when Herod heard of it, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised!” 17 For it was Herod who had ordered John be arrested and cast into prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because he had married his own brother’s wife. 18 For John had been saying to Herod, “It’s not lawful for you to have her.” [Herod was Hebrew.]

     19 So Herodias hated him. And she wanted to have him put to death. But she couldn’t, 20 because Herod feared John. For he knew he was a righteous and holy man, and so he kept him safe. When he heard him speak, he was perplexed and troubled. Yet he liked to listen to him.

     21 But an opportunity came when Herod, upon his birthday, gave a banquet for his nobles, military commanders, and the leading men of Galilee. 22 When Herodias' daughter came in and danced for them, she pleased Herod and his guests. And the king exclaimed, “Ask me for whatever you wish! And I will give it to you!” 23 And he vowed, “Whatever you ask! I will give you! Up to half of my kingdom!” 24 So she sought out her mother and said, “What should I ask for?” And her mother said, “The head of John the Baptist.” 25 So she hurried back to the king, saying, “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter!”

     26 The king was troubled and regretful, but because of his oath - his guests heard it - he didn’t want to be seen breaking his word. 27 So he sent for an executioner with orders to bring John's head, who then went and beheaded him in the prison. 28 And he brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl. And the girl gave it to her mother. 29 When his disciples heard of it, they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.

           

Tomorrows verses, 08/12

1John 2:23-29  Luke 9:1-9

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Jesus said he “will draw all” Jn.12:32

08-10 - From 1Jn-2 Mk-6

(8th ‘Day Studies) verses paraphrased due to ©‘s [ref] {thots}

1John 2:15-17  Mark 6:1-13

            ☀️ A.M. 1John 2:15-17

15 - Don’t love this world and the things that belong to this world. If anyone loves the world, then love of the Father isn’t in them. 16 For all that’s in the world - the desires of the lower {flawed} nature, the coveting of the eyes, and the arrogance of life - are not from the Father but are of the world. 17 And the world is passing away, along with all its enchantments {and negative enchantments of division) but whoever does the will of God abides to [eis - into, to, towards, for, in] the age [aion - (the) eon, (the) age].

            🌙 P.M. MARK 6:1-13

1 - Then from there he and his disciples went to Jesus’ hometown. 2 And on the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished, and said, “Where did he get this knowledge? What is this wisdom? How does he do such mighty works? 3 Isn’t this the carpenter’s son?! The son of Mary and the brother of James, Joses, Jude and Simon?” (James and Jude each have a letter in our New Testament. James became an important leader in Jerusalem.) “And are not his sisters here with us?”

     And they were offended. 4 But Jesus knowing their thoughts and what they were saying, said, “A prophet isn’t believed in, in his hometown, and among his relatives, and within his own house.” 5 And he couldn’t do miracles there, except he laid his hands on a few sick folk and they were healed. 6 He marveled over their unbelief, and he went about among the other villages teaching.

     7 Then he appointed the twelve and began to send them out two by two. He gave them authority over the unclean spirits, 8 and told them to take nothing for their journey except a staff - no bread, no bag, no money in their belts. 9 And to wear sandals but not take another tunic. 10 “Whenever you enter a house,” he said, “stay there until you leave from there. 11 If a town or place won’t receive you, or listen to you, when you leave, shake the dust off your feet” {don’t let it bother you} “as a testimony. I tell you, it will be more tolerable [anektoteros: tolerable, endurable] {will go better} for Sodom or Gomorrah in [en -in, on, at, by, with, among, during] ‘day’ of judgment than for that city.” 12 So they went out and they proclaimed repentance [metanoeó - from metá - changed after being with, and noiéō - think,  so - think differently afterwards]. 13 And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were sick and they were healed.

           

Tomorrows verses, 08/11

1John 2:18-22  Mark 6:14-29 and ACTS 7:38-60

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Jesus said he “will draw all” Jn.12:32.

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08-09 - From 1Jn-2 Lk-8

(8th ‘Day Studies)

1John 2:11-14  Luke 8:49-56

            ☀️ A.M. 1John 2:11-14

11 - Whoever hates [miseó - to hate, detest, love less, esteem less despises] their brother [adelphos - from the same womb] {all from Eve, their fellow person/others} IS in the dark. And walking in darkness, not knowing where they stumble, because the darkness has blinded their eyes.

    12  I (John) am writing to you, little children because for his name's [onoma - authority, CAUSE, name’s] sake, your sins/“missing the mark” is forgiven. 13 I’m writing to you, fathers, because you’ve known he who is from the beginning. [And what he taught - Adam Clarke Commentary.] I’m writing to you, young men, because you’ve overcome the evil one. I’m writing to you, children, because you know the Father.

     14 I write to you, fathers, because you know he who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you’re strong, and the word of God lives/abides in you, and (so) you overcome the evil one.

            🌙 P.M. LUKE 8:49-56

49 - While Jesus was still walking and teaching, someone from the Jairus’ house came and said, “Your daughter has died, don’t trouble the teacher any longer.” 50 But Jesus heard and said, “Don’t fear. Just believe. And she’ll be well.”

     51 When they came to the house, he allowed no one to enter with him, except Peter, John and James, and the father and mother of the girl. 52 And the people who had gathered, were weeping and mourning, but he said, “Don’t weep. She’s not dead but sleeping.” {The big sleep.}

     53 And they laughed at him, for they knew she had died {perished, hades-not seen, state of being gone, God is Life and “is perfect” mt.5:48, thus this sad state of affairs, this contrast (imperfection/entropy)}. {And slow gehenna. Before death, not after. Though second resurrection rises as mortal? It has to doesn’t it?}

     54 Taking her by the hand he said, “Child, arise.” 55 And her spirit [pneuma - spirit, wind, breath] returned, and she got up at once. And he told them to give her something to eat. 56 And her parents were amazed, but he told them not to tell anyone what had happened.

           

Tomorrows verses, 08/10

1John 2:15-17  Mark 6:1-13

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Jesus said he “will draw all” Jn.12:32.

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Historically in order [ref] {thots} verses paraphrased due to ©‘s

08-08- From 1Jn-2 Lk-8

8Th ‘Day’ Study, historically in order, verses R paraphrased due to ©‘s [ref] {thots}

1John 2:6-10  Luke 8:40-48

            ☀️ A.M. 1John 2:6-10

6 - If we say we abide in the Lord, we ought to walk as he walked. 7 Beloved, I’m not writing to you any new commandment/instruction, but an old one that you’ve had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you’ve heard. 8 At the same time, it’s a new commandment, for it’s true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away. And the true light is already shining.

     9 Whoever says they’re in the light and despises their brother or sister (and fellow person) is in darkness. 10 But whoever loves their fellow abides in the light, and in them there’s no cause for stumbling. [Because “love fulfills The Law” Ro.13:8,10.]

            🌙 P.M. LUKE 8:40-48

(The first reading schedule I did was through the four gospels blended, and read through the year, but it was too repetitive, so I broke it into two six month readings.)

     8:40 - Now when they returned to the other side of Lake Galilee, a crowd of people were there waiting for Jesus. 41 And there came along also a man named Jairus, who was a leader of the town synagogue. And falling at his feet, he implored him to come to his house, 42 for he had an only daughter, she was only twelve years old, and she was dying.

     As Jesus went, the crowd pressed around him. 43 And there was a woman who had a bleeding for twelve years, and though she had spent all her earnings on doctors, no one could help her.

     44 She came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of his garment, and immediately she was healed.

     45 And Jesus said, “Who was it that touched me?” When no one knew, Peter said, “Master, the crowd surrounds you and are pressing in on you!” 46 But Jesus said, “Someone touched me, for power went out from me.”

     47 When the woman saw she wasn’t hidden, she was afraid, and fell down before him and told before all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been at once healed. 48 And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace.”

           

Tomorrows verses, 08/09

1John 2:11-14  Luke 8:49-56

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Jesus said he “will draw all” Jn.12:32.

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ACTS 7 17-37

 Luke wrote “of the things fulfilled among us” paraphrased  [ ] ref  { } thots

Book of the Acts of the First Believers

     Review — A group called Libertines couldn’t disprove the words of Stephen, so they made accusations about him, stirred up the people and a mob against him, and dragged him to court where they provided false witnesses against him. 

     Before the council (in court) Stephen continues his very good history lesson - 7:17 - “Meanwhile as the time drew near, for the promise [of a homeland] which God had promised Abraham, the people had increased and multiplied in Egypt. 18 And another king had risen in Egypt who didn’t know Joseph [and the nation as friends]. 19 And he dealt poorly with our race and forced our fathers to expose their infants [to the elements] so they would perish. 20 And it was at this time that Moses was born, and he was beautiful in God's sight.” {As all babies are.. Yet God was choosing/had chosen/predetermined Moses for his purpose. Interfering too much in this contrast/life as we presently know it.. well, what then would be the purpose?} “And Moses remained for three months in his father's house, 21 and when he was put out in the elements, Pharaoh's daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own. 22 And so Moses was instructed in all the schooling and knowledge of the Egyptians. And he was also gifted in his words and in his deeds.”

     23 “When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel. 24 And then seeing one of them being beaten, he defended and avenged the oppressed man by striking down the Egyptian. 25 He supposed that his brothers would understand that God was going to deliver them by his leadership, but they didn’t.

     26 And on the following day he returned and saw some were quarreling and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you’re brothers. Why do you fight each other?’ 27 But the man who was wronging his neighbor {fellow person} pushed him aside, and said, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?! 28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?!’

     29 At this, Moses fled and became an exile in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.

     30 Now when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.” {Must be a strong metaphor here. Parable, in the literal. Fire that doesn’t consume. Is in the heart?}

     31 “Now when Moses saw that! He was amazed. And as he drew near to get a better look, there came from the bush, the voice of the LORD saying, 32 ‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.’ And Moses trembled and no longer dared to look. 33 Then the LORD said to him, ‘Take the sandals from off your feet, for the place where you’re standing is holy ground. {For God’s sake? Like he needs anything.. Or for Moses’ sake.. To DO something reverential.} 34 I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in slavery and bondage in Egypt. I have heard their groaning, and I’ve come down to deliver them. So now come, I will send you to Egypt.’

     35 This Moses” Stephen continued, “whom they at first rejected, saying, ‘Who made you a judge and ruler?’ But it was to this man God appeared to in the bush. He was sent by the hand of an angel. 36 This Moses, is the one who led them out, and performed wonders, and signs in Egypt. And at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years. 37 And Moses is the one who said to the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you the prophet like me, from among your brothers.’”

Next Week - 7:38-60

08-07 - From 1Jn-2 Mk-5

8Th ‘Day’ Study, verses R paraphrased [ref] {thots}

1John 2:1-5  Mark 5:21-43 and ACTS 7:17-37 Separately

            ☀️ A.M. 1John 2:1-5

1 - My little children (John is now an old man) I’m writing these things to you so you may not miss the mark, the goal. But if anyone does, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 He’s the propitiation [hilasmos - atonement, expiation-took on the penalty] (and wage, result, which is death/non existence) for our sins [hamartia - missing the mark] and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. [“But death could not hold HIM!” Acts 2:24.]

     3 And by this we know we have come to know him, if we do the things he says [entolé - instructs, orders, commands, instructions]. 4 Someone who says “I know him” but doesn’t follow after him is claiming a falsehood, and the truth is not {yet} in them. 5 But whoever keeps his words, in them truly, the love of God is being perfected. And by this - we can know we are abiding in him.

            🌙 P.M. MARK 5:21-43

21 - And when the boat had crossed back to the other side, again a great crowd gathered by the shore to meet them. 22 Then came along a leader of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing Jesus, he fell at his feet 23 and implored him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death! Come and lay your hands on her, so she may be made well and not die.”

     24 And so he went with him. And the crowd went with them, crowding about him. 25 And in the crowd was a woman who had had a bleeding for twelve years. 26 She had suffered much under many different doctors, and had spent all she had, and was no better off but had only grown worse. 27 She had heard the reports about Jesus and she came up behind him and touched his garment. 28 For she thought, “If I but touch his clothing, I will be made well!” 29 And immediately the flow of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed.

     30 And Jesus, knowing power had gone out from him, turned around and said, “Who touched my clothes?” 31 And his disciples said, “This crowd is pressing around you, and you say, ‘Who touched my clothes?’” 32 But he looked around to see who it was.

    33 And the woman, knowing what had happened within her, came trembling and fell down before him, and told him the whole truth. 34 And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well! Go in peace, and be healed of your disease.” {In the same way to all.. and “he is savior of the world” and he “will draw all”1Jn.4:14, Jn.12:32.}

     35 While he was still speaking, there came from the synagogue leader’s home, messengers who said, “Your daughter has died. Don’t trouble the teacher any longer.” 36 But hearing, Jesus said to him, “Don’t be afraid, just believe.”

     37 And he allowed no one to follow him except Peter and the brothers James and John. (The three were fishermen together with at least two boats, with John and James’ father. Jesus had called the brothers “sons of thunder”.)

     38 And they came to the house where people were wailing and weeping. 39 But Jesus said, “Why are you making a commotion? And doing all this weeping? The child is not dead but sleeping.”

     40 And they laughed at him. But he put them all outside and took the child's father and mother and those who were with him and they went in where the child was. 41 And taking her by the hand he said, “Talitha cumi,”which means, “Little girl, to you I say, arise.” 42 And immediately the girl got up and began walking around, for she was twelve years of age, and they were overcome with amazement. 43 And he told them that none should know of it, and said to give her something to eat.

           

Tomorrows verses, 08/08

1John 2:6-10  Luke 8:40-48

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Start/End the day with a Psalm (jan 1-20, feb-20’s, mar-30’s, apr-40’s, etc. dec-120-150)

Jesus said he “will draw all” Jn.12:32.

have a great day! ☀️🕊️