🗝️s New Testament & Bible prophecy study, verses paraphrased [ ] references { } thots
• 2 Corinthians 11:30-12:5 John 3:25-4:3
and Acts 13 1-42 separately
☀️ 2 Corinthians 11:30-12:5
30 - If I (Paul) boast, I think I should be boasting of the things that show my weakness! 31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus, he who is blessed forever, knows that I’m not lying about all I’ve been through.
{Who is Paul? He was a high Pharisee whose name was Saul - “Saul was trying to destroy the faith. He was going from house to house, and dragging off men and women and putting them in prison” and he encouraged and approved the stoning of Stephen, Acts 7:58, 8:1. Until stopped by Jesus (Acts 9:1-9) who said (Acts 9:15-16) “This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the nations and their kings, and to the people of Israel. I will show him how much he must suffer for my name”.}
32 Then there was the time at Damascus, the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city in order to seize me. 33 But I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped.
12:1 - Though there’s nothing to be gained by it, this acting the fool and boasting, I’ll go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. 2 Be aware of a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether bodily or in mind, I don’t know, God knows. 3 And I know that this man was caught up into paradise 4 and heard things that are beyond understanding, which man cannot express. 5 On behalf of this man I’ll boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except of my weaknesses!
🌙 John 3:25-4:3
25 - Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and another person over purification. 26 So they went to John and said, “Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, the one you bore witness of, is now baptizing. And everyone is going to him.”
27 John answered, “A person can’t receive even one thing unless it’s given to them from heaven. 28 You yourselves know I said, I’m not the Christ. But I’ve been sent before him. 29 It’s the one who has the bride, who’s the bridegroom.” [A ‘runner’ and announcer would “go before” the bridegroom’s arrival in a Hebrew wedding.] “The friend of the bridegroom, who’s been watching and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice.” {Which tells him it’s time to go before, and announce his coming.} “Therefore this joy of mine is now complete!
30 He must increase, and I will decrease. 31 He who comes from above is above all. He who is of earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly manner. He who comes from heaven is above all [pas - all, every, the whole]. 32 He bears witness to/testifies of what he has seen and heard. Yet no one receives it {listens, hears it}. 33 Whoever receives his testimony sets this seal, that God is true. {And is telling the truth. Faithful!} 34 And he whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for {upon him} without measure is the Spirit given. 35 For the Father loves the Son and has given all [pas - all, every, the whole] into His hand. 36 Whoever believes in the Son has enduring [aionion/eonian] {brightness of} life” {during this age, and will rise into “the” millennium, first half of Jesus’ long second advent}. “And whoever is not obeying the Son doesn’t {yet} see life, but the ‘wrath’ of God is still present with them. {Cause and effect, which is entropy “which doesn’t quit’. The wrath [orge - passion] of God being cause and effect as opposed to a merely mechanic, robotic universe that’a only a mere ant farm. — To believe is to become part of the “first resurrection” which is when entropy is checked by “putting on perfection/incorruption” a total vivification.
Imperfect came about from the state of strayed (somewhat) from God who iS Life (surely?) and “is Perfect” - thus the word “reconciled”.
Rev.21:5 “behold I make all new” is the second total vivification [“putting on perfection and (thus) immortality”] to which translators added the word “things” to pas/all.
Now, the Rev.21:5 second vivification is separated from the “second resurrection” by the GWT judgment/discernment/review/closure for all ‘day’ (“aionion”). 🗝️ Revelation chapter 20 is told like describing the crests of waves and not much of the in between.}
4:1 - Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John, 2 although Jesus himself didn’t baptize, but only his disciples did. 3 So he left Judea and went back to Galilee.
Tomorrows verses, 01/09
2 Corinthians 12:6-12 Matthew 4:12-17
Start the day with a Psalm (jan 1-20, feb-20’s, mar-30’s, apr-40’s, etc. dec-120-150)
have a great day! ☀️🕊️
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