Aug-31 From Mk-9 3Jn-1

 A paraphrased NT scripture study

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  [and original language insight]

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GospeL Verses ~ Mark 9:33-50

33 - Then Jesus with his disciples came home to Capernaum. And when they were in the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” 34 But they didn’t say anything, for they had been arguing with one another about who was the greatest. 35 He sat down and called them to him, and said, “If anyone would be first, they must be last of all and a servant of all.” 36 And he took a child and put him in the midst of them, and taking him in his arms, he said, 37 “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me, but he who sent me.”

     38 John said, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he’s not with us.” 39 But Jesus said, “Don’t stop him, for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able, soon afterward, to speak evil of me. 40 For the one who is not against us is for us. 41 Truly I tell you, whoever may give you a cup of water because you follow me, will by no means lose their reward.

     42 “But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for them if a great millstone were hung around their neck and they be thrown into the sea.” (Also - oh drug merchant, or sex child trafficker! Or molester.) 43 “If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It’s better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go through gehenna (consuming) fire (trials and troubles) not quenched. 45 And if your foot causes you to transgress, cut it off. It is better for you to enter [eiserchomai - from eis - to or into, point reached, and erchomai -  to come, go] (go through?) life lame than with two feet to be thrown into gehenna” (valley dump where criminal’s bodies were thrown so the fires were kept burning, considered a great psychological insult.) 47 “And if your eye causes you to do wrong, tear it out. It is better for you to enter/be in the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into gehenna, 48 ‘where the worm (of decomposition) does not die and the fire is not quenched’ [sbennumi - extinguished, quenched, suppressed, thwarted, put out]. 49 For - everyone - will be salted with fire.” (God’s wrath is cause and effect/consequences/results.) 50 “Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt within yourselves. And be at peace with one another.” (Salt preserves from corruption/rot/entropy - we could say, life as we presently know it - imperfection, thus fading away, is the ‘parable’ of the decomposing ‘apple’ and its worm that doesn’t quit - which iS the decomposing. A slow motion gehenna ‘burning’ that at times flares up into fiery judgments and wars. Corruption, decomposing and degrading does not quit until it is dust. “Dust thou art” dust to dust, God’s wrath. But if there had been no option to stray in Eden, creation would have to be an ant farm. So this unavoidable, all important contrast is experienced, and let to run its course, first - humanity and creation will be sealed up, away from straying/imperfection which is an abyss of potential. How do you create genuinely able to think and reason beings, aNd, keep paradise/perfection intact? God is Life and “is perfect” mt.5:48, the ‘end’ result cannot be anything less than the best one possible. God is surely(?) 100% unfettered Genius. And Love! THE utter Perfection. Which shaLL - and hAs to - rule. Since God is Life, nothing else can work or endure.)

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                ~ 3 John 1:9-14 ~

(This ends the year for the N.T. letters, tomorrow begins the new year.)

     9 - I have (John) written something to the church/group, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself as first, does not welcome us. 10 So if I come, I will bring up what he’s doing, and his talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and prevents those who want to welcome them from doing so and puts them out of the church/group.

     11 Beloved, do not imitate evil (as Diotrephes, sowing division, competing, accusing, slandering, etc) but imitate good. Whoever does good is of God. Whoever does evil has not seen God. 12 Demetrius has received a good testimony from all, and from the truth itself. We also add our testimony, and you know that our testimony is true.

     13 I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen/reed and ink. 14 I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face.

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Mark 10:1-9

James 1:1-8

Acts & Rev - weekly

Recently Jonah, 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!⛲️

            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.

                               ♢

         𝒯𝒽𝓊𝓈 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝒾𝓉𝓎 & 𝒸𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 (𝓅𝒶𝓇𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓈𝑒/𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒻𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃) 𝓈𝑒𝒶𝓁𝑒𝒹.