09-26 - 2 Thess 1 1-12 Lk 14 25-35

Verses paraphrased due to ©‘s [ref] {thots}

(An 8TH ‘DAY’ CU Studies Journal)

            ☀️ A.M. 2 Thessalonians 1:1-12

1 - Paul, Silas, and Timothy,

To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus!

     3 We are bound always to give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, as is right! For your faith continues to grow. And the love you have for one another is abundant and increasing. 4 And so we have boasted about you in the churches of God! We’ve boasted about your faith and steadfastness during all your persecutions and troubles, which you are patiently enduring. 5 To us, this is evidence that you’re worthy of the kingdom of God. Or you wouldn’t be suffering because of it!

     6 And indeed God considers it just to repay with troubles those who trouble you {reaping as sowing}. 7 And you yourselves will rest with us in the revelation and revealing of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with his mighty angels 8 — in flames of fire, giving [didómi - to give, grant, bestow] justice [ekdikésis - vengeance, justice, avenging of wrong] to those not knowing God and not obeying the gospel of our Lord Jesus {in that day}. {Still cause and effect, imo. And two gatherings.. through the Mt.25:10 (Zech.14:4) door, or to Armageddon battle. Mt.13:30 in context.}

     9 On that day they will suffer the justice of the aionion (eonian - of the eon/age) doom and ruin, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of his might, 10 wheN he comes to be glorified in his followers, and to be marveled at among all who have believed. {The bound to be(?) fiery doom and ruin, is earthly, not an afterlife of fiery immortal living death.}

     11 And to this end, we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and may complete his good work of faith in you, by HiS power, 12 so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be honored in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and of the Lord Jesus.

     {Micah 6:8 “What has God asked of you oh man? But to love justice and mercy, and to walk humbly with your God..”}

            🌙 P.M. LUKE 14:25-35

25 - A large crowd as usual, was following Jesus as he went along. He turned and said, 26 “{You know) if anyone comes to me, and doesn’t love his own father and mother and husband or wife, children, brothers and sisters less - yes - and even their own life, less than me, they won’t be able to be my disciple.

     27 Whoever doesn’t carry their own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, wanting to build a tower, won’t first sit down and count the cost, whether you have enough to finish it? 29 Otherwise, after you’ve laid a foundation and if you’re not able to build on it, all who see will begin to 30 say, ‘Look! This one began to build and wasn’t able to finish!’

     31 Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, won’t sit down and figure whether he’s able with ten thousand to meet the other king who comes with twenty thousand?

     32 And if he can’t, won’t he send a delegation to ask for terms of peace while the other is still a long way off? 33 So anyone who isn’t able to let loose of all they have, can be my disciple.

    34 Salt is good. {Preserves?} But if salt is no longer salty, of what benefit is it? 35 It’s then not good for the soil nor for the refuse pile, but is thrown out. Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”

           

Jesus “will draw all” Jn.12:32.

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Tomorrows verses, 09/27

2 Thessalonians 2:1-10 Luke 15:1-10

Wednesdays - ACTS 

Fridays - Book of Revelation

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BOOK OF REVELATION 6 9-17

Weekly Book of Revelation CU Studies Journal, Verses paraphrased due to ©‘s [ref] {thots}

9 - When the “as though slain” lamb, opened the fifth seal upon the scroll (of the vision) I (John) saw {as} under the altar, souls who had been slain for the word of God and their testimony. 10 They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign LORD! Holy and true! How long before you’ll judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell upon the earth?!”

     11 They were each one given a white robe and told - to rest - a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers and sisters should be complete who were to be killed as they themselves had been. {Like the blood of Abel crying out to God? Fifth seal (element) is martyrdom, and it continues.}

     {I think it’s important to be able to see how the seals - described at the beginning of the vision - as their fuLL and entire effects - first to very last - veils what they are, and much of the vision. Which we, in turn have tried to force into a box labeled “7 years only” or “70 CE only”. Or, the seal descriptions are a blend of their first effects, and their last, full effects?}

     12 When he broke open the sixth seal, I looked, and behold there was a great earthquake! The sun became dark as sackcloth [sakkos - gauze, worn as a sign of grief]. The full🤔 moon became like blood {reflecting?}. 13 All the stars of the heavens fell to earth - LiKe - the fig tree throws out its winter fruit - when shaken, and - blown - by a strong wind.

     14 The sky departed {rolled/scrolled? “apochórizó”} like a scroll being rolled. And every mountain and island was shaken! {Isaiah 24:20/Rev.10:4! Zech.14:4 at last occurrence, Rev.10/4, yes 7 in the vision.}

     15 Then the kings of earth, the great ones, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, 16 calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us! And hide us from the face of he who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, 17 for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?” {Even at 1st occurrence, some of us are old enough to remember the idea of  “bomb shelters” which idea was around for quite a while.

     “..The ancient of days took his seat” Dan.7:9. “All the world’s a stage” - Shakespeare.}

Next week - 7:1-17

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….Because the vision is actually told three times, 13:13 is also the 1st seal 6 event.. carried out by an office, not yet pinpointing a final a.c. And after that is 7:1,3, where we’ve been for some time. More on this later.

     Are there one or two biggest ‘signs’ to “watch” for?

09-25 - 1 Thess 5 15-28 Lk 14 15-24

Verses paraphrased due to ©‘s [ref] {thots} (An 8TH ‘DAY’ CU Studies Journal)

            ☀️ A.M. 1 Thessalonians 5:15-28

15 - In conclusion, no one should repay evil for evil! Always seek to do good to one another! And to everyone! 16 Rejoice always. 17 Never cease praying. 18 And give thanks in all circumstances. For this is the will of God, in Christ Jesus for you.

     19 Don’t quench the Spirit(/Presence of God). 20 Don’t despise prophecy.

     21 But do test everything. And hold fast to what is good! 22 Abstain from every form of evil.

     23 And now may the God of peace sanctify you wholly and complete, completing your spirit, soul/psyche and body blameless [amemptós - blameless, faultless] AT the coming of our Lord Jesus. 24 He who calls you is faithful. He will surely do it!

     25 Brothers and sisters, pray for us. 26 Greet all with a holy kiss. 27 I say - in the Lord - be sure to have this letter read to all.

     28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you!

            🌙 P.M. LUKE 14:15-24

15 - A man reclining at table with Jesus (at a supper at a Pharisee’s house) heard his parable of the wedding banquet, and said to him, “Blessed/happy is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”

     16 And Jesus said, “Yes!” and he told another parable, “A man once planned and gave a great banquet and invited many to it. 17 And when it was time for the banquet he sent his worker to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come! For everything is now ready!’

     18 But they all began to make excuses. First, someone said, ‘I’ve bought a field, and I must go and inspect it.’ 19 Another said, ‘I’ve bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go and see to them. Please have me excused.’ 20 And yet another said, ‘I’ve married a wife, and therefore I can’t come.’

     21 So the worker came back and reported all this to the mister. And the master of the house was offended! He said, ‘Go quickly out into the streets, the lanes and the alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame!’

     22 Soon the worker came back and said, ‘Sir, I’ve done as you instructed, and we still have more room.’ 23 So the mister said, ‘Go out to the highways and the hedges and invite people to come in, so my banquet will be full. 24 And I tell you, none of those who were invited {and didn’t show} shall share in this banquet.’” {Where does the door of the parable of Mt.25:10 reaLLy go? And - in context - what might the other gathering be, of Mt.13:30?? Do we see these gatherings occurring in today’s world?}

           

Jesus “will draw all” Jn.12:32.

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Tomorrows verses, 09/26

2 Thessalonians 1:1-12 Luke 14:25-35

Wednesdays - ACTS 

Fridays - Book of Revelation

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09-24 - 1 Thess 5 1-14 Lk 14 7-14

Verses paraphrased due to ©‘s [ref] {thots}

(An 8TH ‘DAY’ CU Studies Journal)

         ☀️ A.M. 1 Thessalonians 5:1-14

1 - Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers and sisters, you have no need to have anything written to you. 2 For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the LORD will come like a thief in the night. {🤔Sneakily! No one knows when “but the Father”.} 3 While they are saying, “Peace [eiréné - peace, from a primary verb eiro - to join; properly, wholeness, i.e. when all essential parts are joined together] and security” [asphaleia - security, safety, exact truth, certainty] then suddenly comes upon them destruction, like labor pains come upon a woman with child, and they’ll not escape.

    4 But you are not in darkness, that the day should surprise you. 5 For you’re children of the day, and of light. We are not of the night, nor of the darkness.

     6 So then let us not be as though asleep, as others, but let us stay awake, and sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep during the night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the covering and protecting breastplate of faith and love. And for a helmet the hope [elpis - expectation!] of {full and complete} salvation. 9 For God has not destined us for wrath. {Dust to dust/imperfection-entropy/full gone and, or the fiery judgments/gehenna which are earthLy. There are three mentions of a lake of fire, all at huge fiery events, #1-armageddon, Mt.13:30/Is.24:20-Rev.10:4; #2-at the fiery final defeat of the adversary/accelerator/first gone rogue one&Co. Rev.20:7-10; and #3-at the fiery “palin/again-genesis”/regeneration/re-”genesis” of Rev.21:1-5, “behold! I make aLL new!”}.

     {Instead of destined for the role of wrath in this contrast and “all the world’s a stage” age..} We are destined to obtain salvation [sótéria - welfare, prosperity, deliverance, preservation, salvation, safety] {life!} through our Lord Jesus Christ. 10 Who died for us so that we will live with him, whether we may wait and watch or sleep {in death awaiting}. 11 Therefore encourage one another! And build one another up.! Just as you’re doing.

     12 We ask you, brothers and sisters, to appreciate those who labor among you, teaching and counseling as leaders and examples in the Lord. {Discipling!} 13 And so esteem them very highly in love because of their work. And be at peace among yourselves. 14 And we urge you to admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak. And be patient with all.

            🌙 P.M. LUKE 14:7-14

7 - Jesus told a parable to those who were invited to the dinner (at a Pharisee’s house). When he noticed how many had chosen seats of honor he said, 8 “If you’re invited by someone to a wedding banquet, don’t go and sit in one of the seats of honor, 9 lest you be embarrassed if you’re asked to sit somewhere else.

     10 When you’re invited, sit in a lower, more humble seat. Then when the host comes, he may say to you, ‘Friend, come sit in this better seat.’ Then you’ll be honored in the presence of everyone sitting at table with you. 11 For everyone who exalts themself will be humbled, and they who humble themselves will be lifted up.”

     12 Then he said to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, don’t just invite your friends or your siblings and relatives and wealthy neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and so you are repaid. 13 But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,14 and you’ll be blessed. Because they can’t repay you. And then you’ll be rewarded at the resurrection of the just.”

          

Jesus “will draw all” Jn.12:32.

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Tomorrows verses, 09/25

1 Thessalonians 5:15-28 Luke 14:15-24

Wednesdays - ACTS 

Fridays - Book of Revelation

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ACTS 10 34-48

 Luke wrote “of the things fulfilled among us” paraphrased due to ©‘s [ ] ref  { } thots

     Book of the Acts of the First Believers

(Peter, of Israel, which was strictly separated from other nations, in order to birth the “savior of the world”, had been summoned by a Roman centurion, named Cornelius. Peter was now with him, along with the centurian’s family and friends whom Cornelius had gathered together.) 34 - Peter said, “Truly! I see that God shows no partiality and favorites! 35 But in every nation, anyone who reveres him, and does what is right, is acceptable to him.

     36 As for the word {message, way} that he sent to Israel, proclaiming good news of peace through Jesus Christ - he is Lord of all - 37 you yourselves know what happened throughout all of Judea!

     It began from Galilee after the baptism {at the Jordan River} that John proclaimed, 38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit(/Presence of God) and with His Power, he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. 39 And we’re witnesses of all that he did, both in the countryside, and in Jerusalem.

     Then he was put to death by being hung on a tree. 40 But God raised him up on the third day. And he made him appear, 41 not to all the people, but to us who had been chosen by God to be witnesses. We ate and drank WITH him after he rose from the dead. 42 And he instructed us to proclaim [kērýssō - herald, proclaim] to the people, and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and of the dead.

     43 It was he, all the prophets spoke about, and bore witness of, that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins [hamartia - missing the mark] through his name.” {Declared innocent. God “is Perfect” and is Life, so only perfect endures.. And on the other hand, an Ant Farm is no paradise, nor is it perfection.}

     44 While Peter was still saying these things, the Holy Spirit{/Presence of God} fell upon all who were listening. 45 And the men from among the Hebrew believers who had come with Peter were amazed, that the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out upon Gentiles. 46 For they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God.

     Then Peter said, 47 “Can anyone disagree with baptizing these people now, in water? For they’ve received the Holy Spirit just as we have.” 48 And he instructed that they be baptized in the name of Jesus. Then they asked him to stay for a few days. 

Next Week - 11:1-30

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09-23 - 1 Thess 4 9-18 Lk 13 31-14 6

Verses paraphrased due to ©‘s [ref] {thots}

(An 8TH ‘DAY’ CU Studies Journal)

            ☀️ A.M. 1 Thessalonians 4:9-18

9 - Now about brotherly love, you don’t need anyone to write to you, for you your own selves have been taught by God to genuinely love one another. 10 And that’s what you’re doing with all the brothers and sisters throughout Macedonia. And we urge you to love yet more and more.

     11 And also to live quietly, minding your own affairs, working with your own hands. As we taught before, 12 so you may walk properly in the world and not be dependent on anyone.

     13 And we don’t want you to be uninformed about those who are asleep [koimaó - to sleep, fall asleep, from keimai - to lie, be laid, be set, appointed] so you won’t grieve {hopelessly} as others do, who haven’t (yet) expectation. {Have not hope/expectation because they have not yet heard the “good news for all”. They have not yet been called to.}

     14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so will God bring [agó - lead, carry, guide, bring] with [sun - with, together with, in company with] Jesus, those who are asleep in him. [“..the dead in Christ will rise first, then we who are alive, and remain {are left?} will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.. and I (John) saw those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word.. and had not worshipped or received the (beast’s) mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. ..This is the first resurrection” 1Thes.4:16,17; Rev.20:4-5. (Ro.11:15 - “if their (Israel’s) refusal is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance and compliance be but life from the dead?” Soon, 1st resurrection. (Rev.7:4, but don’t forget 9:1 and 4.)] {The mark, also character of the beast? Increasing dog eat dog society and human character emerging?]

     15 For we who are alive, who are left until his coming (Dan.12:12?) will not precede those who have fallen asleep.

    16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and the sound of the trumpet of God. The dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive until his coming. We shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet him! [The bridegroom at his coming. So where’s the bride? The bride is Jerusalem? Both the betrothed millennial Jerusalem and the bride “New Jerusalem”.] And so.. shall we always be with the Lord. {Where he goes, we go. Zech.14:4? - “On that day, his feet shall stand on Mt of Olives!” ..Isaiah 2:3 - “And, many people, from all nations, shall come, and say: ‘Come! Let us go up to the mountain of the LORD! To the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and we may walk in his paths.’ For out of Zion shall go forth the law” (summed up as “love God, and love your fellow person”) and - out of Jerusalem - shall go forth the word [logos - logic and reasoning] of the LORD.”}

     18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.

            🌙 P.M. LUKE 13:31-14:6

31 - Right then some of the Pharisee party came up, and told Jesus, “You should leave here! Herod wants to kill you!” [Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great who had the young boys of Bethlehem killed. Herod Antipas executed John the Baptist, though he didn’t want to but was tricked into it by his wife.]

     32 And Jesus said, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day {CE and post CE?} I finish” [teleioó - to complete, perfect, accomplish, bring to an end; from tel - {to the} end aim].

     33 “Nevertheless, I must go on my way today and tomorrow, and the day following, for it cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.” [Herod was a hebrew by birth, but “hellenized” and politically motivated.]

     34 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her!” {‘Micro’ version, partial scope. Macro, the nations, at history’s culmination.} “How often I would have gathered you to myself {to life, blessing, safety} as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings! But you would not! {Human condition w/o intervention.} 35 Now behold, your house is left desolate.” {God’s Spirit/Presence is a shield, if the shield wanes, logically, the great hatred of the adversary can find entrance.} “And I tell you, you won’t see me again (Jerusalem) until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD!’” [A key to prophecy.]

     14:1 - Later, on a Sabbath, he went to dine at the house of a leader of the Pharisees {more political than religious/devoted} and they were watching him closely. 2 There was a man there who had dropsy [hudrópikos - “edema, a disease produced by the accumulation of water in various parts of the body; very distressing, and commonly incurable; notice how Luke the (greek) doctor uses the name (hudrópikos) of the illness”].

     3 Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees {who were testing him} saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath? ..Or not?” 4 But they didn’t answer. So he healed the man and sent him on his way.

     5 Then he said to them, “Which one of you, having a son, or even an ox, that falls into a pit on the Sabbath, won’t go and pull him out?” 6 And they couldn’t give him an answer.

           

Jesus “will draw all” Jn.12:32.

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Tomorrows verses, 09/24

1 Thessalonians 5:1-14 Luke 14:7-14

Wednesdays - ACTS 

Fridays - Book of Revelation

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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)