July-31 From Mk-4 Heb-12

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a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Mark 4:13-23

13 - And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? [Of the sower.] How then will you understand any of the parables?14 The sower sows the word [logos - reasoning expressed in words, (the) message]. 15 And the seed along the path, is about those who when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown. 16 And the seed sown on rocky ground are the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy. 17 But they lack root in their selves, and endure only for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises because of the message, they fall away.18 And the seed sown among thorns are those who hear the word, 19 but the cares of the world, the deceitfulness of riches, and desires for other things choke the word, and it proves to be unfruitful. 20 But the seed sown on good ground are the ones who hear the word and receive it and bear fruit, thirtyfold, sixtyfold and a hundredfold.”

     21 And he said, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket? Under a bed? Or on a lampstand? 22 Nothing is hidden except to be made known. Nor is anything secret except to come to light.” (So we should keep studying!) 23 “If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear.”

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                ~ Hebrews 12:25-27 ~

25 - Take heed not to refuse the one speaking, for if they who refused to hear the divine instructions of he who warned them upon earth, and so they didn’t escape (the judgment/consequences of “every thought being only evil” aka, the flood) how will we escape if we turn away from he who is from heaven? 26 At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” 27 This - “Yet ONCE more,” shows the removal of all that can be shaken—that is, that has been made [poieó - made, done, manufactured]—in order that what cannot be shaken (truth) will remain. (The verse original sense says “the” not, “the things shaken/not shaken, removed”.)

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Mark 4:24-29

Hebrews 12:28-29

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Malachi, recently Zechariah, Daniel

psalms - jan-1-19 / feb-2o's / mar-3o's / apr-4o's / may-5o's / jun-6o's / jul-7o's / aug-8o's / sep-9o's / oct-100-110 / nov-11o's / dec-12o-15o ..the psalms are very prophetical in an overview sense.

Is.11:7 - The lion will eat straw like the ox!⛲️

                📜🍞+🍷🕊️(+Logic)

           Be a whole burnt offering w/

             prayer like incense so this

              gehenna crucible, life as 

                 we presently know it,

                     will make all of 

                        us clear as 

                           crystal.

                               ♢

WeekLy BooK oF Acts 7 38-60

 a paraphrased study

Stephen, first Christian martyr, continues his history lesson, 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 Our fathers refused to obey, they thrust him aside, and in their hearts they turned 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 idol, a calf, 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” (ultimately representing our heart and days) “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 beyond Babylon.’”

    44 “Our fathers had the tent of witness/testimony in the wilderness, just as he directed Moses to make it, according to the pattern he showed him. 45 Our fathers in turn brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before them.” (Canaanite cannibals?) “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, 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) or what is the place of my rest? 50 Did I not make 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. 52 Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One. Who you have now betrayed and murdered. 53 You (we) 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. 55 But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed upward into heaven 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 louder, covered their ears, and they rushed together at him, 58 and dragged him out of the city and stoned him. The participants laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And as they were stoning Stephen, he 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, sometimes the sleep of death].

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July-30 From Mk-4 Heb-12

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a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Mark 4:1-12

1 - Jesus began again to teach. He was beside the sea and a very large crowd had gathered around him, so he got into a boat that was anchored there, and sat, while the crowd was there beside the sea. 2 And as usual he was teaching them using parables. 3 “Listen!” he said, “Behold, a sower went out to scatter his seed. 4 And as he did so, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it all up. 5 Some other seed fell on rocky ground, where there wasn’t much soil, and it quickly sprang up. 6 But when the sun rose upon it, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away. 7 Some of the other seed fell among thorns and thistles, which grew up and choked it, and so it yielded no grain. 8 But some other seed fell into good soil and it grew and produced grain, growing tall and increasing, and yielded thirtyfold, sixtyfold and even a hundredfold.” 9 And he said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

     10 Later, when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him the meaning of the parable. 11 And he said, “To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but for those outside, all is in parable, 12 so that (quote) ‘seeing they may see and not perceive, and  hearing, hear, but not understand, lest ever  [pote - from the base of pou and te - at what time, how long, when] they should turn and be forgiven.’” - [Epistrephó - turn, return, from epi - on, upon, and strephó - to turn, to change; come to myself.] (Lest when..(?) Verse quoted is Isaiah 6:9 - one of its cross references “Bring out a people who have eyes but are blind, and who have ears but are deaf” Isaiah 43:8. (1Tim.4:10, Jn.12:32, “On the Last Great Day” Jn.12:37.)

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                ~ Hebrews 12:15-24 ~

15 - See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God, so that no root of bitterness will spring up and cause trouble. For by it many may become corrupted. 16 No one should be sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal! 17 For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he couldn’t, for he found no chance to change the past, though he sought it with tears. (“The” blessing had been given to another, couldn’t be now taken back.)

     18 But you (under the New Testament agreement/contract that is signed in blood - because it has to reach eveRy psyche) you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and is burning with fiery flames, to darkness, gloom and stormy tempest, 19 with the sound of a trumpet and a voice and words that made the listeners beg that no further word be spoken to them. 20 For they could not endure it, “If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned.” (Thermonuclear type contagion?) 21 Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that even Moses said, “I tremble with fear!” 22 But you - You have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels. 23 To the festal gathering and assembly/crowd of the firstborn being enrolled in heaven, and to God judge of all and all the  spirits of the righteous being perfected, 24 and to Jesus, mediator of the new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better message than the blood of Abel. (Which cried out to God.. for response, as it should. Which is the first truth proving covenant, that brought us to court. But the cross pardons - paid in full. Yet we learn the crime was not acceptable, can never work. ..Paradise/perfection, and humanity, God’s family, is being built to endure.)

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Mark 4:13-23

Hebrews 12:25-27

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Malachi, recently Zechariah, Daniel

psalms - jan-1-19 / feb-2o's / mar-3o's / apr-4o's / may-5o's / jun-6o's / jul-7o's / aug-8o's / sep-9o's / oct-100-110 / nov-11o's / dec-12o-15o ..the psalms are very prophetical in an overview sense.

Is.11:7 - The lion will eat straw like the ox!⛲️

                📜🍞+🍷🕊️(+Logic)

           Be a whole burnt offering w/

             prayer like incense so this

              gehenna crucible, life as 

                 we presently know it,

                     will make all of 

                        us clear as 

                           crystal.

                               ♢

July-29 From Mk-3 Heb-12

  Enter The Story Daily

a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Mark 3:20-35

20 - Then Jesus went home, and the crowd gathered again, so they could not even eat. 21 And when his family heard it, they set out to seize him, for they said to one another, “He is beside himself!” (He’s lost it!)

     22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul!” And “it’s by the prince of demons that he casts out demons!” 23 So he called them over and asked them, “How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom will fall. 25 And if a house is divided against itself, it will not be able to stand nor endure. 26 And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, then his kingdom is coming to an end. 27 No one can enter a strong man's house and take his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. Then he can plunder his house. 28 Truly, I tell you, all sins are forgiven the sons and daughters of men [anthropoi] and whatever blasphemies (insults) they may utter, 29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit(/Presence) of God has not forgiveness to the age [aion] but is guilty of an aionios sin”— 30 for they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

     31 And his mother and his brothers arrived, and were standing outside and sent for him. 32 So the crowd sitting around him said, “Your mother and your brothers are outside, looking for you.”33 And he answered, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” 34 And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 For whoever does the will of God, is my brother, my sister and my mother.”

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                ~ Hebrews 12:11-14 ~

11 - At the time, discipline seems painful and not at all pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit in training of righteousness. 12 Therefore lift the drooping hands! Strengthen the weak knees,13 and make straight paths for your feet! So that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.14 Strive for peace with everyone, and strive for holiness [hagiasmós - masculine noun derived from hágios - holy, sanctification - the process of advancing in holiness, being progressively transformed by the Lord into His likeness and similarity of nature] without which no one sees the Lord.

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Mark 4:1-12

Hebrews 12:15-24

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Malachi, recently Zechariah, Daniel

psalms - jan-1-19 / feb-2o's / mar-3o's / apr-4o's / may-5o's / jun-6o's / jul-7o's / aug-8o's / sep-9o's / oct-100-110 / nov-11o's / dec-12o-15o ..the psalms are very prophetical in an overview sense.

Is.11:7 - The lion will eat straw like the ox!⛲️

                📜🍞+🍷🕊️(+Logic)

           Be a whole burnt offering w/

             prayer like incense so this

              gehenna crucible, life as 

                 we presently know it,

                     will make all of 

                        us clear as 

                           crystal.

                               ♢

€XpLoR!n9 ReVeLaTion 10 1-7

        WeeKly BooK oF Revelation

                paraphrased study

1 - Then I (John) saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. I looked, and I saw he was wrapped in a cloud, and a rainbow was above his head. His face was shining like the sun, and his legs were like mighty pillars of fire. 2 He held a little scroll open in his hand. (Open.. meant to be understood?) And he stood with his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot upon the land. 3 And he called out with a loud voice that was like a lion when he roars. And when he called out, seven thunders sounded. 4 And when the seven thunders had sounded, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said! And do not write it down.” (Daniel 12:9, “Sealed until the time of the end” and as to what the seven thunders said, or are, how couLd they be understood until about the time of the end? Aka, modern capabilities.)  5 And then the angel standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven 6 and he swore by he who lives forever and ever, who created the heavens and all in it, the earth and all in it, and the sea and all that is in it, saying - “There will be no more delay! 7 But in the days of the trumpet call sounded by the seventh angel, the mystery of God will be fulfilled, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.” (We are currently at 7:1,3 where we’ve been for some decades now.) (Take the vision out of the silly box titled “7yrs only”. It’s a treaty that alas will last only seven years.. The math problem that reveals everything is Daniel 12:11-12, w/ Lk.19:41,44 and 1Cor.3:16.) I post my own studies for those who want to know. But most importantly, God is Love and 10000% trustworthy. And — “Love never fails” 1Cor.13:8.

     FROM a commentary, slightly edited for modern reading - Barnes at biblehub dot com, concerning “fulfilled at the 7th trumpet’s sounding” — is “the setting up of his kingdom, which had been progressively revealed by the prophets. That purpose would be finished, or consummated, in the time when the seventh angel should begin to sound. Then all the mystery would be revealed; the plan would be unfolded; the divine purpose, so long concealed, would be manifested, and the kingdom of the Messiah and of the saints would be set up upon the earth. Under that period” (NOTE, mine: the period being “the” millennium, aNd, the following GWT judgment ‘day’ - they being the Day of the LORD, the long second advent of king of the earth Jesus, which is bookmarked by two huge fiery events, 2Pet.3:10/2Thes.1:7-8 and 2Pet.3:12-13. The two fiery events being the armageddon battle, Is.24:20, and the “fiery” “palingenesis” or that is, the again-genesis of Rev.21:1-5. It’s during the whole period in between that) “the affairs of the world will be ultimately wound up, and the whole work of redemption completed.” (Rev.20-but described like describing the crests of waves without describing the in between.)

                         ~*~

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See Intro - This Year’s Revelation Study

               📜🍞+🍷🕊️(+Logic)

      The logic of things running their 

         course as opposed to some

                    sort of ant farm.

July-28 From Lk-8 Heb-12

   Enter The Story Daily

a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Luke 8:9-18

9 - A little later when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, 10 he said, “To you it has been granted to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’” [Because it’s “each in their own order” 1Cor.15:22-24,28 wiTh Mt.13:33, key word three.] 11 “Now the parable is this - The seed is the word/message of God. 12 The ones along the path are those who heard the message, but the devil comes and plucks away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. 13 And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, they receive it with joy. But it has no root, they believe for a while, and life’s hardships cause them to fall away. 14 And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear the message, but it becomes choked off by the cares of life, or by the riches, distractions and pleasures of life, and the fruit doesn’t mature. 15 As for the seed in good soil, it is those who hear the message, and keep it in a better (prepared, softer soil) heart and with patience, they bear the fruit.

     16 Now no one lights a lamp, then covers it or puts it under a bed, but they put it on a stand, so that those who enter may see by its light. 17 For nothing is hidden that will not be made visible, nor is anything secret that will not be made known and come to light.” (I think this is especially the large matters in history, etc. Closure for all and all things.)

     18 “Take care how you hear (and let take root in our heart) for to one who has, more will be given! And from one who has not - even what they think they have (untruth, status) - will be taken away.”

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                ~ Hebrews 12:3-10 ~

3 - Consider he who endured from sinners (the Pharisees/leaders and the mob they incited) such hostility against himself! So that, you, may not grow weary nor faint. 4 For in your struggle against sin you’ve not had to resist to the point of your blood being shed (like he did). 5 Have you forgotten the word that addresses you as sons and daughters? — “My son” [huios - son, descendent, equally refers to females] “don’t regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor let it make you weary! 6 For the Lord corrects those he loves, and disciplines all whom he receives.” 7 It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as his own. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8 If you are left without discipline, in which all partake, then you are illegitimate. 9 Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we obeyed them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of life, and so live? 10 For a father disciplines for a short while as it seems best to them, and he (as heavenly Father) disciplines us for our good. And this is so we may share in his sacred holiness.

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Mark 3:20-35

Hebrews 12:11-14

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Malachi, recently Zechariah, Daniel

psalms - jan-1-19 / feb-2o's / mar-3o's / apr-4o's / may-5o's / jun-6o's / jul-7o's / aug-8o's / sep-9o's / oct-100-110 / nov-11o's / dec-12o-15o ..the psalms are very prophetical in an overview sense.

Is.11:7 - The lion will eat straw like the ox!⛲️

                📜🍞+🍷🕊️(+Logic)

           Be a whole burnt offering w/

             prayer like incense so this

              gehenna crucible, life as 

                 we presently know it,

                     will make all of 

                        us clear as 

                           crystal.

                               ♢

July-27 From Lk-8 Heb-12

   Enter The Story Daily

a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Luke 8:1-8

1 - After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news - of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him, 2 and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases, Mary Magdalene, from whom seven demons had been expelled, 3 Joanna the wife of Chuza, the manager of Herod’s household, Susanna, and many more. And they were helping to support Jesus and the twelve with their own resources.

     4 Then, while a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to him from town after town, he told this parable, 5 “a farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path and it was trampled on and the birds ate it all up. 6 Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no depth nor water. 7 Still other seed fell among the thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. 8 But some seed fell on good soil, and it sprouted up and yielded a hundredfold.” [Hekatontaplasión - a hundred times, hundredfold, also totality(/all)].” And he called out, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                ~ Hebrews 12:1-2 ~

1 - Therefore, having an encompassing cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race that is marked out for us, 2 keeping our eyes steadfastly upon Jesus, the pioneer and finisher of our faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, and its shame, and he sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Luke 8:9-18

Hebrews 12:3-10

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Malachi, recently Zechariah, Daniel

psalms - jan-1-19 / feb-2o's / mar-3o's / apr-4o's / may-5o's / jun-6o's / jul-7o's / aug-8o's / sep-9o's / oct-100-110 / nov-11o's / dec-12o-15o ..the psalms are very prophetical in an overview sense.

Is.11:7 - The lion will eat straw like the ox!⛲️

                📜🍞+🍷🕊️(+Logic)

           Be a whole burnt offering w/

             prayer like incense so this

              gehenna crucible, life as 

                 we presently know it,

                     will make all of 

                        us clear as 

                           crystal.

                               ♢

July-26 From Lk-7 Heb-11

   Enter The Story Daily

a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Luke 7:36-50

36 - One of the Pharisees invited Jesus to a meal, so he went into the Pharisee's house and reclined at table. 37 Soon, a woman of the city, who was notorious, when she had learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee's house, she brought in an alabaster flask of fragrant oil, 38 and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, wiped them with her hair and kissed his feet and anointed them with the oil. 39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, ‘If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what sort of woman this is, who is touching him, for she is a sinner.’ 40 But Jesus knowing his thoughts, said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” And he answered, “Say it, Teacher.”

     41 “A certain moneylender had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42 When they couldn’t pay, he cancelled both of their debts. Now which one of them will love him more?” 43 Simon answered, “I suppose, the one for whom he cancelled the larger debt.” And Jesus said, “You have judged rightly.” 44 Then turning to the woman he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house and you gave me no water for my feet [it was a polite custom, as travel was by foot and the feet became hot and dusty] but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with her hair. 45 You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not ceased to kiss my feet. 46 You didn’t anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet. 47 Therefore I tell you, her sins which are many, are forgiven, for she loves much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.” 48 And he said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven.” 49 Then those who were at table with him began to say among themselves, “Who is this? Who even forgives sins?” 50 And he said to the woman, “Your faith (believing) has saved you, go in peace.”

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                ~ Hebrews 11:34-40 ~

34 - By faith/believing the ancients quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. 35 Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so they might rise in a better resurrection. 36 Others suffered insult, mocking and flogging, even chains and imprisonment. 37 They were stoned, they were tried (slandered, accused) they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword! They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated, 38 of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

     39 And all these, though commended because of their faith, they did not receive what was promised, 40 since God has planned something better! That - apart from us - they should not (yet) be made perfect. [1Thes.4:13-18.]

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Luke 8:1-8

Hebrews 12:1-2

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Malachi, recently Zechariah, Daniel

psalms - jan-1-19 / feb-2o's / mar-3o's / apr-4o's / may-5o's / jun-6o's / jul-7o's / aug-8o's / sep-9o's / oct-100-110 / nov-11o's / dec-12o-15o ..the psalms are very prophetical in an overview sense.

Is.11:7 - The lion will eat straw like the ox!⛲️

                📜🍞+🍷🕊️(+Logic)

           Be a whole burnt offering w/

             prayer like incense so this

              gehenna crucible, life as 

                 we presently know it,

                     will make all of 

                        us clear as 

                           crystal.

                               ♢

July-25 From Lk-7 Heb-11

   Enter The Story Daily

a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Luke 7:24-35

24 - Then, when John's messengers had gone, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed, that is shaken by the wind? 25 What then? A man dressed in expensive clothes? Behold, those who are dressed in splendid clothing and live in luxury are in kings' houses. 26 What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet! 27 This is he of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before you, who will prepare the way for you.’

     28 I tell you, among those born of women none is greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.” 29 When all the people heard this, and the tax collectors too, they declared God just. They had been baptized with the baptism of John, 30 but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God, and they were not baptized by him. (They, being special, wouldn’t need thAt! To wash away sins and flaws.) 31 “To what then shall I compare the people of this generation? What are they like? 32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, ‘We played the flute for you, but you didn’t dance, we sang a lament, but you did not weep.’ 33 For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ 34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ 35 But wisdom is justified by all its children.” (Verses 28, 29? - “I tell you, among those born of women none is greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.” When all the people heard this, and the tax collectors too, they declared God just..” Truth bears witness of itself.)

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                ~ Hebrews 11:22-33 ~

22 - It was by faith that Joseph at the end of his life [in Egypt] made mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave directions concerning his bones. 23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents. They were not afraid of the king's edict. 24 By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, 25 choosing instead to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of a sinful world. 26 He considered, to be reproached for Christ, was greater wealth than all the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward [misthapodosia - payment of wages, properly corresponding compensation] (cause and effect, fruit, harvest). 27 And by faith he left Egypt, not being afraid of the king’s anger. He endured for he saw he who is invisible. 28 By faith he kept the Passover and ordered the sprinkling of the blood as God said, so that the Destroyer of the firstborn might not touch those houses. 29 By faith the people crossed the Red Sea as if on dry land, but the Egyptians, when they attempted to give chase, were drowned. 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days. 31 By faith Rahab the prostitute didn’t perish with those who refused to believe, because she had given a friendly welcome to the spies (of the kingdom).

     32 And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel, and the prophets, 33 who through faith overcame kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions.. (Lk.7:28,29 - “I tell you, among those born of women none is greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”)

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Luke 7:36-50

Hebrews 11:34-40

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Malachi, recently Zechariah, Daniel

psalms - jan-1-19 / feb-2o's / mar-3o's / apr-4o's / may-5o's / jun-6o's / jul-7o's / aug-8o's / sep-9o's / oct-100-110 / nov-11o's / dec-12o-15o ..the psalms are very prophetical in an overview sense.

Is.11:7 - The lion will eat straw like the ox!⛲️

                📜🍞+🍷🕊️(+Logic)

           Be a whole burnt offering w/

             prayer like incense so this

              gehenna crucible, life as 

                 we presently know it,

                     will make all of 

                        us clear as 

                           crystal.

                               ♢

WeekLy BooK oF Acts 7 17-37

  a paraphrased study

Stephen continues his very good history lesson, saying, 17 - “But as the time of the promise [of a homeland] drew near, which God had spoken to Abraham, the people had increased and multiplied in Egypt 18 until there arose over Egypt another king who didn’t know Joseph [the nation as friends]. 19 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.) And he 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 son. 22 And so Moses was instructed in all the learning of the Egyptians, and he was 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 hand, but they didn’t understand. 26 And on the following day he returned and saw some were quarreling and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why do you fight each other?’ 27 But the man who was wronging his neighbor thrust him aside, saying, ‘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 the bush.) 31 Now when Moses saw that, he was amazed. And as he drew near to get a better look, there came from it the voice of the LORD, 32 ‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.’ And Moses trembled and didn’t dare to look. 33 Then the LORD said to him, ‘Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground. 34 I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and I’ve come down to deliver them. And 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?’—this man God sent as both ruler and redeemer by the hand of the angel [aggelos - a messenger, delegate] who was in the burning bush. 36 This Moses is the one who led them out, performing wonders and signs in Egypt, and at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years. 37 And this is the one who said to the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’”

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July-24 From Lk-7 Heb-11

   Enter The Story Daily

a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Luke 7:11-23

11 - Soon Jesus and his disciples were on the way to Nain, while a great crowd was following along. 12 As they drew near to the town gate, there was a young man who had died and was being carried out, the only son of his mother. She was a widow, and a large crowd from the town was with her. 13 And when the Lord saw her, he felt sympathy for her. He said to her, “Don’t weep” 14 and he came up and touched the bier. And so the bearers stood still, and he said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.” 15 And the dead man sat up and started talking, and Jesus gave him to his mother. 16 Fearful amazement seized them all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has risen among us!” and “God has visited his people!”

     17 This report about Jesus spread through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding countryside. 18 And the disciples of John reported all these things to him. And so John 19 called two of his disciples to him and sent them to the Lord, to say, “Are you the one who is to come? Or shall we look for another?” 20 When they came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?’” 21 In that very hour Jesus had healed many people of diseases, plagues, and evil spirits, and on many who were blind he had bestowed sight. 22 So he answered, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard - that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up.” (I’m convinced this is a slice and example of GWT ‘day’/age.) “The poor have good news preached to them. 23 And blessed are those not offended by me.” (Though of course some will rise into GWT judgment ‘day’ initially, as portrayed in the rich man and Lazarus parable and in the outside of the vision narrative of Rev.22 - the inner, outside of the light darkness and gnashing of teeth, but will progress, to weeping, beating self up.. to heartfelt remorse - imagine the heartless cruel ones, despots, traffickers.. for some, gut wrenching remorse. Which is just as it should be. GWT ‘day’ being a day of closure for all, and all things.. Surely?)

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                ~ Hebrews 11:17-21 ~

17 - By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. (A portrayal of the heavenly Father and Son, lest we take it lightly, and a test for Abraham.) And he who had received the promises, was in the act of offering up his only son, whom he was to receive the promises through! 18 For God had said, “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.” 19 (Logically then) he considered God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back.

     20 And by faith Isaac invoked future blessings upon Jacob and Esau. 21 By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the (twelve) sons of Joseph, while bowing in worship over the head of his staff.

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Luke 7:24-35

Hebrews 11:22-33

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Malachi, recently Zechariah, Daniel

psalms - jan-1-19 / feb-2o's / mar-3o's / apr-4o's / may-5o's / jun-6o's / jul-7o's / aug-8o's / sep-9o's / oct-100-110 / nov-11o's / dec-12o-15o ..the psalms are very prophetical in an overview sense.

Is.11:7 - The lion will eat straw like the ox!⛲️

                📜🍞+🍷🕊️(+Logic)

           Be a whole burnt offering w/

             prayer like incense so this

              gehenna crucible, life as 

                 we presently know it,

                     will make all of 

                        us clear as 

                           crystal.

                               ♢

July-23 From Lk-7 Heb-11

   Enter The Story Daily

a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Luke 7:1-10

1 - After he had finished teaching the people, he went to Capernaum. 2 There was a centurion who had a servant (worker) who was highly valued by him, who was sick and at the point of death. 3 When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews/Hebrews, asking him to come and heal his servant. 4 And when they came to Jesus, in all earnestness they said, “The centurion is worthy, 5 for he loves our nation, and he is the one who built us our synagogue.” 6 Jesus went with them. And when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying, “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I’m not worthy to have you come under my roof. 7 And I didn’t presume to come to you, just say the word, and my servant will be healed. 8 For I too am a man with authority, with soldiers under me, and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 9 When Jesus heard this, he marveled, and turning to the crowd that was following him, he said, “I tell you, not even in all of Israel have I found such faith!” 10 And when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the servant well.

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                ~ Hebrews 11:14-16 ~

14 - Now when people talk like that, it’s clear they’re seeking a fatherland. 15 If they had been thinking of the land they had gone out from [Egypt] they would have found a way to return. 16 But as it is, they look-toward [oregontai - stretch out, reach after, look forward to] a better homeland (a better reality!) that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Luke 7:11-23

Hebrews 11:17-21

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Malachi, recently Zechariah, Daniel

psalms - jan-1-19 / feb-2o's / mar-3o's / apr-4o's / may-5o's / jun-6o's / jul-7o's / aug-8o's / sep-9o's / oct-100-110 / nov-11o's / dec-12o-15o ..the psalms are very prophetical in an overview sense.

Is.11:7 - The lion will eat straw like the ox!⛲️

                 📜🍞+🍷🕊️(+Logic)

           Be a whole burnt offering w/

             prayer like incense so this

              gehenna crucible, life as 

                 we presently know it,

                     will make all of 

                        us clear as 

                           crystal.

                               ♢

July-22 From Lk-6 Heb-11

    Enter The Story Daily

a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Luke 6:39-49

39 - Jesus told a parable, he said, “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a ditch? 40 A disciple isn’t above their teacher, but everyone when they are fully trained will be like their teacher.

     41 Why do you see the speck in your brother/sister's eye, but don’t notice the log that is in your own eye?42 How can you say, ‘Let me take out that speck that is in your eye,’ when you don’t see the log that is in your eye? (View our own shortcomings as greater than another’s.) You pretender, first take the log out of your own eye. Then you’ll be able to see clearly to take out the speck that’s in the other’s eye.

     43 You know that no good tree bears bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 44 And each tree is known by its own fruit. Figs aren’t gathered from thorn bushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. 45 The good person out of the good treasure of their heart produces good, and the evil [poneros - toilsome, bad] person out of his store/heart produces evil [poneros - toilsome, bad]. For out of the abundance of the heart does a person speak.

     46 “Why would anyone call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I say? 47 Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what they are like. 48 They are like a man building a house, he digs deep and lays the foundation on the rock. And when a flood comes, the waters will break against the house and will not shake it, because it has been built well. 49 But the one who hears, and doesn’t do, is like a man who builds his house on earth without a foundation. When the waters break upon it, it will fall, and the ruin of the house will be great.”

     Mt.7:22 says - “On judgment ‘day’ many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name, cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name!’”

     (But they missed the door into serving during the Lord’s long second advent, because they didn’t really do the things HE said.. And the ruin was great. But, Jn.12:32 and 1Tim.4:10! Also Rev.21:5, Eph.1:10, and 1Cor.15:22-24,28 w/ Mt.13:33-key word 3.)

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                ~ Hebrews 11:11-13 ~

11 - By faith Sarah received power to conceive, even though she was past the age, this is because she considered him faithful who had promised.12 Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead [they were in their old age] were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and the uncountable grains of sand by the seashore. (Ultimately all humanity because “the seed” of Abraham, Jesus, will have been birthed aNd grown to maturity within all. And God is all in all. “If you belong to Jesus then you aRe the seed of Abraham” and will be, Gal.3:29  - “as many as the stars of heaven and the uncountable grains of sand by the seashore”.

     13 These all died in faith, not having received all that is promised, but having seen the promises and welcomed them from afar, acknowledging that they were but strangers and pilgrims upon the earth.

                       ~*~

🗝️ [  ] - word/language insights, facts, cross references, etc.   (  ) - thots

Tomorrow’s Verses:

Luke 7:1-10

Hebrews 11:14-16

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Malachi, recently Zechariah, Daniel

psalms - jan-1-19 / feb-2o's / mar-3o's / apr-4o's / may-5o's / jun-6o's / jul-7o's / aug-8o's / sep-9o's / oct-100-110 / nov-11o's / dec-12o-15o ..the psalms are very prophetical in an overview sense.

Is.11:7 - The lion will eat straw like the ox!⛲️

                📜🍞+🍷🕊️(+Logic)

           Be a whole burnt offering w/

             prayer like incense so this

                  gehenna, life as we

                    presently know it,

                      will make all of 

                         us clear as 

                            crystal.

Avoid The Bogs

Homosexuality, adultery, cohabiting, theft, etc. etc. are all non issues to me. Those are inner things to be worked out in each person by their self and God. To everyone the Spirit of God says “Come! Come to the waters, whosoever will.. And drink”. And what is this strange trend/wind telling them not to respond? Not to follow?

     “The Way” has two huGe boggy ditches on either side, the two L’s - legalism, a system of rules, change imposed from without. And license, the intended inward change, does not take effect. They remain in the mire of humans determining good and evil (greek word “ponéros - toilsome, bad” ..what is soul and society corrosive).

     The trending idea we must approve and, or judge human behaviors.. take a stand, only causes division.. bitterness, dislike.. arguments, labeling, stereotyping.. Surely none of these are a fruit of the Spirit. And this is why the Spirit/Presence of God was, and is “poured out”.  “Abide in Jesus” and “abide in the scripture”. We mustn’t fall for the sinister plot begun by translators preferring the harshest possible interpretations! Our N.T. especially, is an overflowing treasure chest. Also realize God gets grief, a bad rap, for not stopping great evils. And he gets grief for stopping great evils, in mankind's formative ages.. Why do we think Father and Son confused the language at mankind’s building of Babel Tower? “Nothing would have been beyond them”. All working together, all under one rule, self destruction would have been nigh so - very - long ago.. Why? Because man needs the inner change that is offered, and shall be. Until then, we should be “wise as serpents” very discerning “and harmless as doves” including harmless to the LORD’s sheep, bad info - either ditch - corrupts the temple. “Make the path, the way straight!”

€XpLoR!n9 ReVeLaTion 9 13-21

        WeeKly BooK oF Revelation

                paraphrased study

13 - When the sixth angel blew his trumpet, I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar before God, 14 and it said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels that are bound at the great river Euphrates.” 15 So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, day, month, and year, were released to kill a third of mankind.16 The number of mounted troops - twice ten thousand times ten thousand is the number I heard. 17 And this is how the horses appeared and those who rode them - they wore breastplates the color of fire (red, red-orange) hyacinth (deep blue), and brimstone/sulfur (yellow) and the heads of the horses were like lions' heads (big) and fire, smoke, and sulfur came out of their mouths. 18 By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire (red), smoke (deep blue?) and brimstone (yellow) coming out of their mouths. (Rev.8:13 had said, “Woe! Woe! Woe [ouai - alas! woe!] to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts (that were) about to be sounded by the other three angels!” Trumpets five, six and seven.] 19 For the power of the horses [6th trumpet] is in their mouths and in their tails, for their tails are like serpents with heads, and by means of them they wound.

     20 The rest of mankind, who weren’t killed by these plagues, didn’t repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk, 21 nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries [pharmakos - poisoning, sorcery, magic (modern(?) “miracles to mislead”, and enchantments, mesmerising)] nor repented of their sexual immorality and thefts. (As opposed to Jn.3:33.)

                         ~*~

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See Intro - This Year’s Revelation Study

               📜🍞+🍷🕊️(+Logic)

      The logic of things running their 

         course as opposed to some

                    sort of ant farm.

July-21 From Lk-6 Heb-11

   Enter The Story Daily

a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Luke 6:30-38

30 - “If someone begs from you” Jesus continued, “give to them. And if someone takes away your possessions don’t demand to have them back. 31 Treat others as you wish others would treat you. 32 For if you love only those who love you, of what special value is that? For even sinners (our state before regeneration) love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that? For even sinners [greek hamartians - missing the mark] do the same. 34 And if you lend to those who you know will pay you back, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get it back again. 35 But I tell you to love your enemies. Do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great. You will be sons and daughters of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and to the evil [ponéros - toilsome, bad]. 36 So be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

37 Don’t judge others, and you will not be judged. Don’t condemn others, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38 Give, and it will be given to you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will it be put into your lap. For with whatever measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                ~ Hebrews 11:8-10 ~

8 - It was by faith that Abraham listened and obeyed when God called him to go out to an unknown place he was to receive as an inheritance. He went, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he went to live in the land of promise, living in tents in a foreign land, with Isaac and Jacob, his son and grandson, heirs with him of the same promise. 10 For he was looking forward to the city (and reality) that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.

                       ~*~

🗝️ [  ] - word/language insights, facts, cross references, etc.   (  ) - thots

Tomorrow’s Verses:

Luke 6:39-49

Hebrews 11:11-13

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Malachi, recently Zechariah, Daniel

psalms - jan-1-19 / feb-2o's / mar-3o's / apr-4o's / may-5o's / jun-6o's / jul-7o's / aug-8o's / sep-9o's / oct-100-110 / nov-11o's / dec-12o-15o ..the psalms are very prophetical in an overview sense.

Is.11:7 - The lion will eat straw like the ox!⛲️

                📜🍞+🍷🕊️(+Logic)

           Be a whole burnt offering w/

             prayer like incense so this

                  gehenna, life as we

                    presently know it,

                      will make all of 

                         us clear as 

                            crystal.

July-20 From Lk-6 Heb-11

 Enter The Story Daily

a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Luke 6:17-29

17 - Then Jesus came down from the mountain with the twelve, and a great crowd of disciples/followers and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon were there, 18 who came to hear him speak and to be healed of their diseases. And all those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. 19 And all in the crowd sought to touch him, for power came out from him and healed them.

     20 And he said to them, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. 21 Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. 22 Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, insult you and accuse you as evil, on account of the Son of Man. 23 Rejoice in that day, leap for joy. For your reward stored in heaven is great. For so did their fathers do to the prophets.

     24 But woe to you who are rich now, for you’ve received your comfort. 25 Woe to you who are full now, for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep. 26 Woe to you, when all people speak well of you, for so did their fathers treat the false (psuedo) prophets! 27 But I say to you who hear, love YOUR enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who threaten and accuse you. 29 If they strike you on your cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your coat give them your shirt as well

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                ~ Hebrews 11:7 ~

7 - By faith, Noah - being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen - moved by wise consideration, reverently constructed an ark (for a hundred years) for the saving of his household. And - by this - he showed up the folly of (disobedience and) the world that was. And he became an heir of the righteousness that is by faith.

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Luke 6:30-38

Hebrews 11:8-10

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Malachi, recently Zechariah, Daniel

psalms - jan-1-19 / feb-2o's / mar-3o's / apr-4o's / may-5o's / jun-6o's / jul-7o's / aug-8o's / sep-9o's / oct-100-110 / nov-11o's / dec-12o-15o ..the psalms are very prophetical in an overview sense.

Is.11:7 - The lion will eat straw like the ox!⛲️

                📜🍞+🍷🕊️(+Logic)

           Be a whole burnt offering w/

             prayer like incense so this

                  gehenna, life as we

                    presently know it,

                      will make all of 

                         us clear as 

                            crystal.

July-19 From Lk-6 Mk-3 Heb-11

   Enter The Story Daily

a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Lk.6:12-16 Mk.3:13-19

6:12 - In those days he would go out to the mountain to pray. And on one night he continued all night in prayer. 13 And when morning came, he called to him his disciples [mathétés - learners, disciples, pupils] and chose from them twelve, and called them apostles [apostolos - a messengers, ones sent, or who send on a mission, an apostle]. They were: 14 Simon, whom he named Peter and his brother Andrew, the brothers James and John, Philip, Bartholomew (otherwise known as Nathaniel), 15 Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot, 16 Jude the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

     Mk.3:13 - Jesus went up on the mountain and he called to him twelve, 14 whom he appointed and named them apostles, so they might travel with him and he might send them out to preach, 15 and to have authority to cast out demons. 16 He appointed the twelve: Simon, to whom he gave the name Peter, 17 James and John the sons of Zebedee which he would call Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder, 18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew (otherwise known as Nathaniel), Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus (otherwise known as Lebbaeus and Jude), Simon the Zealot, 19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                ~ Hebrews 11:1-6 ~

1 - Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for [elpizó - expected, hoped for] the conviction of things not (yet) seen. 2 By this were the ancients commended. 3 By faith we understand that the universe was created by the speaking forth of God, so that what is seen is not made out of things that are visible.

     4 By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, by which he was commended as righteous, evidenced by God accepting his gifts. And because of his faith, though he died, yet still he speaks. 5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he wasn’t found, because God had taken him. (No idols of his bones.) And before he was taken he was commended and approved as pleasing God. 6 Without faith it is not possible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists! And that he rewards those who seek him.

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Luke 6:17-29

Hebrews 11:7

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Malachi, recently Zechariah, Daniel

psalms - jan-1-19 / feb-2o's / mar-3o's / apr-4o's / may-5o's / jun-6o's / jul-7o's / aug-8o's / sep-9o's / oct-100-110 / nov-11o's / dec-12o-15o ..the psalms are very prophetical in an overview sense.

Is.11:7 - The lion will eat straw like the ox!⛲️

                📜🍞+🍷🕊️(+Logic)

           Be a whole burnt offering w/

             prayer like incense so this

                  gehenna, life as we

                    presently know it,

                      will make all of 

                         us clear as 

                            crystal.

July-18 From Lk-6 Mk-3 Heb-10

   Enter The Story Daily

a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Luke 6:6-11 Mark 3:1-12

Lk.6:6 - On yet another Sabbath, Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered. 7 The scribes and Pharisees were watching, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, hoping they might find a reason to raise an accusation. 8 But he knew their thoughts, and he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come up here, and stand.” And so he did. 9 And Jesus said, “I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do harm? To save life or destroy it?” (To allow it to be ruined? Destroy is from the same greek word as used in last hours prophecy, apollumi - said to mean “to utterly destroy”.) 10 And after looking around at them all Jesus said, “Stretch out your hand.” And as he did so, his hand was fully restored. 11 But the scribes and Pharisees (teachers and leaders, way more political than spiritual/religious) were filled with fury (and hate). And they discussed with one another what they could do to Jesus. (To get him out of the picture.)

     Mk.3:1 - (Mark’s version via interviews.) Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. 2 And they watched Jesus, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so they might accuse him. 3 And he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come up here.” 4 And he said to those in the synagogue, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” But they remained silent. 5 And he looked around at them (the leaders) with anger, for he was grieved at their hardness of heart. And he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored! 6 The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.

     7 And Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd was following from Galilee and Judea, 8 and Jerusalem and Idumea, and from beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon. When the crowd heard all that he was doing, they came looking for him. 9 And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they crush him, 10 for he had healed many, and a great crowd who had diseases, infirmities, and handicaps, pressed close around him to touch him. 11 And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they would fall down before him and cry out, “You are the Son of God.” 12 And he strictly ordered them not to make him known.

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                ~ Hebrews 10:35-39 ~

35 - Therefore, brothers and sisters, don’t throw away your confidence, for it yields a great reward. 36 You have need of endurance. So when you’ve done the will of God you may receive what is promised. 37 For, “Yet a little while, and the coming one will come and will not tarry. 38 But the one/those of mine, who are righteous, shall live by faith, and if they shrink back, my soul has no pleasure in them.” (Mt.25:1-13) 39 But we are not of those who shrink back and come to ruin [apṓleia - perdition does not imply "annihilation, see the meaning of the root-verb, apóllymi, cut off, but instead loss of well-being] but we are of those who have faith to the preservation of soul [psyche - a person's distinct identity, unique personhood, i.e. individual personality].

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Luke 6:12-16 Mark 3-13-19

Hebrews 11:1-6

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Malachi, recently Zechariah, Daniel

psalms - jan-1-19 / feb-2o's / mar-3o's / apr-4o's / may-5o's / jun-6o's / jul-7o's / aug-8o's / sep-9o's / oct-100-110 / nov-11o's / dec-12o-15o ..the psalms are very prophetical in an overview sense.

Is.11:7 - The lion will eat straw like the ox!⛲️

                📜🍞+🍷🕊️(+Logic)

           Be a whole burnt offering w/

             prayer like incense so this

                  gehenna, life as we

                    presently know it,

                      will make all of 

                         us clear as 

                            crystal.

July-17 From Mk-2 Lk-6 Heb-10

   Enter The Story Daily

a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Luke 6:1-5 Mark 2:23-28

Lk.6:1 - On a Sabbath, while he was going through the grain fields, his disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain, by rubbing the heads in their hands. 2 But some Pharisees nearby said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!” 3 Jesus answered them, “Have you never read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him? 4 How he entered the house of God and took and ate the bread of the Presence, which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those with him? 5 The Son of Man, is lord of the Sabbath.”

     Mk.2:23 - One Sabbath Jesus was going through the fields, and as they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. 24 And the Pharisees were saying to him, “Why are they doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?” 25 And he said, “Have you not read what David did? When he was hungry and in need? How he and those with him 26 entered the house of God, in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and they ate the bread of the Presence, which isn’t lawful for any but the priests to eat. 27 The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 28 And so the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                ~ Hebrews 10:30-34 ~

30 - For we know he who said, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay.” And how, “The Lord will judge his people.” 31 It’s a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. (Having to drink the full foaming cup of consequences.)

32 But remember former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle and sufferings. 33 Sometimes being publicly exposed to ridicule and accusation, other times being labeled and slandered. 34 For you defended those treated so, who were imprisoned. You even joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession! An abiding one. (Remaining a peacemaker, even pitying others who will reap aS they sow.)

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Luke 6:6-11 Mark 3:1-12

Hebrews 10:35-39

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Malachi, recently Zechariah, Daniel

psalms - jan-1-19 / feb-2o's / mar-3o's / apr-4o's / may-5o's / jun-6o's / jul-7o's / aug-8o's / sep-9o's / oct-100-110 / nov-11o's / dec-12o-15o ..the psalms are very prophetical in an overview sense.

Is.11:7 - The lion will eat straw like the ox!⛲️

                📜🍞+🍷🕊️(+Logic)

           Be a whole burnt offering w/

             prayer like incense so this

                  gehenna, life as we

                    presently know it,

                      will make all of 

                         us clear as 

                            crystal.

Limited Scope to Full Scope

 ..🎼 Psalms, to me, seems to suggest Israel is the ‘microcosm’ fulfillment and example. And the world is the macrocosm. First a covenant to birth the Son, God’s blueprint, then the one to birth all the sins and daughters. Isn’t it necessary, if there’s to be thinking and reasoning ability, to let choices other than his, manifest and run their course - first. What I mean is, just how do you create genuinely able to think and reason beings, aNd, keep paradise/perfection intact?

     If there had been no option to stray in Eden, no power of choice in creation, we would have to be an ant farm? God opted instead for total ‘herd’ immunity? The disease is the cure? The crucible, laver, sieve, slow gehenna.. Creation and humanity will be sealed A to Z..?

July-16 From Mk-2 Heb-10

   Enter The Story Daily

a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Mark 2:13-22

13 - Jesus went out again, and was beside the sea. The people were coming to him, following along, and he was teaching them as they went. 14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi (Matthew) the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And Levi rose and followed after him.

     15 And as he reclined at table later, in Matthew’s house, many tax collectors [hebrew tax collectors for Rome] and sinners were at the table with Jesus and his disciples, for many were listening to him. 16 And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”17 When Jesus heard it, he said, “Those who are well” (think they are righteous, without flaw) “have no need of a physician, but those who are not well. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

     18 Now John's disciples and the Pharisees often fasted. And some came and said to Jesus, “Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don’t?” 19 Jesus said, “Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they won’t fast. 20 The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away, and then they will fast. 21 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made. 22 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the wine will burst the skins, the wine will be destroyed, and so will the skins. But new wine is for a new, fresh wineskin.” (Fasting can help to overcome in our growth toward the “new man”/person.)

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                ~ Hebrews 10:23-29 ~

23 - Let us hold fast the confession [homologia - an agreement, homoú - the same, together, and légō - speak to a conclusion, lay to rest, properly, a conclusion embraced by common confession, profession, affirmation] of our hope [elpís - expectation, hope, from elpō - to anticipate, welcome – properly, expectation of what is sure/certain] without wavering. For he who promised is faithful! 24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love, and to good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another. And all the more as you see the Day drawing near. 26 For if we go on deliberately sinning [greek (deliberately) “missing the mark”] after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for (the consciousness of?) sins, 27 but a fearful expectation of judgment (consequences) and a fury of fire that is about to (at that time) consume the adversary.

     28 Listen, anyone who set aside the law of Moses died without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses. (Sorry but the purpose was to preserve the nation and society.) 29 How much worse punishment [timória - punishment, penalty] (consequences) will one - deserve - who has trampled [katapateó - to trample, spurn, tread] underfoot the Son of God? And has esteemed as ordinary the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified (so richly blessed) and has insulted the Spirit of grace [charitos - (the Spirit of) grace and kindness]?

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Mark 2:23-28 Luke 6:1-5

Hebrews 10:30-34

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Malachi, recently Zechariah, Daniel

psalms - jan-1-19 / feb-2o's / mar-3o's / apr-4o's / may-5o's / jun-6o's / jul-7o's / aug-8o's / sep-9o's / oct-100-110 / nov-11o's / dec-12o-15o ..the psalms are very prophetical in an overview sense.

Is.11:7 - The lion will eat straw like the ox!⛲️

                📜🍞+🍷🕊️(+Logic)

           Be a whole burnt offering w/

             prayer like incense so this

                 gehenna, life as we

                    presently know it,

                      will make all of 

                         us clear as 

                            crystal.

July-15 From Lk-5 Heb-10

   Enter The Story Daily

a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Luke 5:27-39

27 - After this as he was walking about, he saw a tax collector named Levi (Matthew) sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, “Follow me.” 28 And leaving everything, Levi got up and followed him.

     29 And later Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there were many tax collectors and others reclining at table with them. 30 And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled about him and the disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

     31 Jesus answered, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are not well. 32 I have not come to call the righteous (those who thinK they are righteous) but sinners to repentance.” 33 And they said, “The disciples of John often fast, and offer prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours sit around eating and drinking!” 34 And Jesus said to them, “Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?! 35 The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.” 36 He also told them a parable - “No one uses new cloth to make a patch for an old garment. If he does, the patch will tear, and the garment will be torn worse than before. 37 And no one puts new wine into an old wineskin. If they do, the new wine will burst the old skin, the wine will be spilled, and the skin will be destroyed as well. 38 But new wine must be put into a fresh wineskin. 39 And no one after drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is good (enough).’”

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                ~ Hebrews 10:18-22 ~

18 - And so, where there is forgiveness and no longer remembrance of sins [hamartion - sin, failure, missing the mark] and lawless acts there is no longer any offering for sin to be made. 19 Therefore since we have confidence to enter the holy place [of God’s Presence/Spirit] by the blood of Jesus, 20 by this new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his suffering (the promise of forgiveness, written and sealed in blood) 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith. And with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil [ponéros - toilsome, bad] conscience and our bodies washed with pure [katharós - unmixed, without undesirable elements, root of catharsis, free from contamination] water (of Life?)

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Mark 2:13-22

Hebrews 10:23-29

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Malachi, recently Zechariah, Daniel

psalms - jan-1-19 / feb-2o's / mar-3o's / apr-4o's / may-5o's / jun-6o's / jul-7o's / aug-8o's / sep-9o's / oct-100-110 / nov-11o's / dec-12o-15o ..the psalms are very prophetical in an overview sense.

Is.11:7 - The lion will eat straw like the ox!⛲️

                📜🍞+🍷🕊️(+Logic)

           Be a whole burnt offering w/

              prayer like incense. This

                  gehenna, life as we

                    presently know it,

                      will make all of 

                         us clear as 

                            crystal.

€XpLoR!n9 ReVeLaTion 9 1-12

       WeeKly BooK oF Revelation

                paraphrased study                

Review - 8:13 Then I (John) saw an eagle, and it was flying overhead and cried out with a loud voice -  “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell upon the earth, because of the soundings of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!” (So - after the environmental effects and its smoke, 8:12.)

     1 - The fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fall from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit. (The fall is an abyss of potential.) 2 And when he opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, from it rose smoke like the smoke of a great fiery furnace, and the sun, and the air, was darkened from the smoke.

     3 And out from the smoke came (loud) locusts. And they had power like the power of scorpions (able to sting). 4 They were told (the command was) not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do noT have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 They were allowed to torment and buffet them for five months, but not to kill them, and the torment was like the sting of a scorpion. 6 And in those days people will seek death and not be able to find it. They will want to die, but death will flee from them. (Strange goings on.)

     7 The appearance  (of something modern described by John around 95 CE) of the locusts were like horses prepared for battle. On their heads was something that looked like shimmering crowns (totally paraphrased by me, verse says “something like gold crowns”). Their faces were like human faces, 8 their hair like a woman's hair, and their teeth like lions' teeth. 9 They had breastplates like iron, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle. 10 They have tails that sting, and their power to hurt people for five months is in the tails. 11 They have as king over them the (fallen) angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek is Apollyon. (Was a high angel!)

     12 The first woe has passed (vs.5 says it lasts five months. Martial law?) Behold, two woes are still to come.

                         ~*~

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See Intro - This Year’s Revelation Study

               📜🍞+🍷🕊️(+Logic)

      The logic of things running their 

         course as opposed to some

                    sort of ant farm.

The Disease Is The Cure

I’m convinced the dis-ease is the cure.. that this aLL-important contrast iS the crucible, laver and sieve, a slow gehenna. There’s big trends on to push away the scripture. This is because we’ve been taught to read it wrong! But the angle and focus that fits is revealed in the wheat and tares (weeds) parable. We all, of course are born wild weeds in God’s garden. Parables, I think, portray literal things, cause and effect, and logic. And concerning this one, what sort of fire do we gather our weeds of the garden to? A bonfire. So in the literal, to a gehenna flared up. The tares are gathered (surely?) to armageddon, mankind’s last war battle. Mt.13:30 being Rev.16:13-16.

     There are two resurrections, we know this because one is called “first” and in the same verse it says “the rest of the dead don’t rise until after *the* thousand years”. So the wheat (who’s chaff has been removed) “rise into Life” into the thousand years (represented by the ten days between Trumpets and DOA, lev.23) - Mt.25:13, they enter the bright procession and go through the door of the “ten bridesmaid’s parable”. And the still wild weeds (tares) rise into the GWT judgment ‘day’ that begins after the Sabbath millennium of a thousand years, Jn.5:28-19. Surely this ‘day’ will include closure concerning aLL things. Can we doubt the creator’s thoroughness? And skills of organization?

     So.. Just because the message has been gotten - anywhere between somewhat to all wrong - is no reason to toss out the message!

July-14 From Lk-5 Heb-10

   Enter The Story Daily

a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Luke 5:17-26

17 - One day, as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting nearby, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea, and from Jerusalem as well. And the power of the LORD was with him to heal. 18 And some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus, 19 but finding no way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst of the people before Jesus. 20 And when he saw their faith, he said, “Man, your sins are forgiven you!” (Our sins are forgiven even before we know it. Faith was being displayed.) 21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to say, “Who is this who is speaking blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone!” 22 When Jesus perceived their thoughts, he said, “Why do you question in your hearts? 23 What is easier? To say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? 24 But so you may know the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” - he said to the man who was paralyzed - “I tell you, rise, pick up your bed and go home.” 25 And immediately he rose up before them and picked up what he had been lying on and went home, glorifying God. 26 And amazement seized them all, and they glorified God and were filled with awe, saying, “We have seen extraordinary things this day!”

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                ~ Hebrews 10:14-17 ~

14 - For by a single offering Christ has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified [hagiázō - from hágios - holy – to regard as special, sacred i.e. holy, set apart, make holy, treat as holy, set apart as holy, sanctify, hallow, purify, dedicate]. 15 And the Holy Spirit(/Presence) of God bears witness, saying, 16 “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my laws in their hearts, and write them upon their minds,” 17 then he adds, “And their sins [hamartion - sin, failure, missing the mark] and lawless acts I will remember no more.”

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Luke 5:27-39

Hebrews 10:18-22

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Malachi, recently Zechariah, Daniel

psalms - jan-1-19 / feb-2o's / mar-3o's / apr-4o's / may-5o's / jun-6o's / jul-7o's / aug-8o's / sep-9o's / oct-100-110 / nov-11o's / dec-12o-15o ..the psalms are very prophetical in an overview sense.

Is.11:7 - The lion will eat straw like the ox!⛲️

                📜🍞+🍷🕊️(+Logic)

           Be a whole burnt offering w/

              prayer like incense. This

                  gehenna, life as we

                    presently know it,

                      will make all of 

                         us clear as 

                            crystal.

WeekLy BooK oF Acts 6 1-15

 a paraphrased study

1 - In those  days when the disciples were growing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists (greek believers) arose against the Hebrews because their widows, they said, were being neglected in the helpful distributions. 2 So the twelve summoned the full number of disciples and concerning the matter said, 3 “Pick out from among yourselves seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit of God and wisdom. And appoint them to this duty. 4 And then we apostles can continue to focus on prayer and the proclaiming and spreading of the message [logos]. 5 And what they said pleased the whole gathering.

     The men they chose were Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a convert of Antioch. 6 And they brought them to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

     7 The word of God continued to increase, and the number of disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem. Even a great many of the priests became followers as well. 8 And Stephen, full of grace and God’s Spirit(/Presence), was doing wonderful signs and wonders among the people. 9 Then some of those who belonged to the Freedmen, as they were called, made up of Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and argued with Stephen. 10 But they couldn’t refute the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke. 11 And so they secretly instigated some men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God!” 12 And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and they came upon him and seized him and brought him before the council/court, 13 and they set up false witnesses who said, “This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law, 14 for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and the customs that Moses delivered to us.” 15 And looking at him, all who sat in the council saw that his face shone like the face of an angel.

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