07-31 - From Heb-12 Mk-4

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

Hebrews 12:25-27  Mark 4:13-23

            ☀️ A.M. Hebrews 12:25-27

25 - So take heed lest you refuse to listen to the One who is speaking. For if the people of Israel didn’t escape when they refused to listen to Moses, the earthly messenger, we will certainly not escape if we reject the One who speaks to us from heaven!

      26 When God spoke from Mount Sinai his voice shook the earth! And now he has promised, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” {“Like figs blown by a strong wind”? Rev.6:13.}

     27 This - “Yet once more,” shows that all that can be shaken, will be shaken, and removed. Things having been made, if able to be shaken, will be shaken, so that what cannot be shaken (truth) will remain.

            🌙 P.M. Mark 4:13-23

Jesus said to his disciples and followers, “Do you not understand this parable?” [Of the sower.] “How then will you understand any of the parables?

     14 The sower sows the message [logos] of God.” [Logos - reasoning expressed in words, (the) message, God’s reasoning, boTh personified and written.]

     15 “And the seed along the path that gets eaten up by the birds, is about those who when they hear, Satan comes and takes away the message that was sown. 16 And the seed sown on rocky ground, are those who hear it and receive it with joy, 17 but they lack root in their selves, and endure only for a while, and when persecution or troubles and struggles arise 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 allure of the deceitfulness of riches, and desires for other things choke the message, and it proves to be unfruitful.

     20 But the seed sown on good soil, are the ones who hear the message (the logos) and receive it and bear fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixtyfold or even 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 in order to come to light. 23 Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear!”

           

Tomorrows verses, 08/01

Hebrews 12:28-29  Mark 4:24-29

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

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07-30 - From Heb-12 Mk-4

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

Hebrews 12:15-24  Mark 4:1-12

            ☀️ A.M. Hebrews 12:15-24

15 - See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God, so no sort of bitterness will spring up and cause trouble. For by it many can 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 looked for it with tears. {“The” blessing had been given to another, couldn’t be now taken back.}

     18 But you {we, under the New Testament agreement/contract that is signed in blood - because it has to reach eveRy psyche} you haven’t come to a fiery mountain that can’t be touched for it’s thundering and burning, darkness and gloom, and stormy tempest! 19 With the sound of a trumpet and a voice and words that made the people tremble and ask that no more words be spoken to them. 20 For they couldn’t 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 am in terrible fear!”

     22 But you! You have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God. To the heavenly Jerusalem, and myriads of angels. 23 To the festal gathering and 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 the sprinkled blood that speaks a better message than the blood of Abel. {Which that blood cried out to God.. Vengeance/cause and effect. The new - mercy. Apocalypse with Armageddon are mandone. We have his number.. made up of carbon which has six protons, six neutrons and six electrons.}

            🌙 P.M. Mark 4:1-12

1 - Jesus was teaching beside the sea and a very large crowd had gathered around him, so he got into a boat that was anchored there, and he sat down, and the crowd was on the shore. 2 And as usual he was teaching them using parables. 3 “Listen” he said, “a sower went out scattering seed. 4 And as he scattered, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate up the seeds. 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, it dried up and withered away, because it had no roots. 7 Still some other seed fell among thorns and thistles, which choked them out, and so there was no grain. 8 But some other seed fell into good soil. And it grew tall and produced grain, yielding thirtyfold, sixtyfold and even a hundredfold.” 9 And he said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear!”

    10 Later, when they were alone, those around him with the twelve asked him the meaning of the parable. 11 And he said, “To you it’s been given to understand the mystery of the kingdom of God, but for others it’s all in parable, 12 so that ‘seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing, they may hear, but not understand, lest ever  [pote - at what time, how long, when] they should turn and be forgiven.’” - [Turn - epistrephó - turn, return, from epi - on, upon, and strephó - to turn, to change; come to myself.] {Verse “lest hearing they hear, or seeing they see” quote is Isaiah 6:9 - and a cross reference to it is -  “BRING OUT a people who have eyes but are blind, and who have ears, but are deaf” Isaiah 43:8.

     That’s all of us, and considering logic, which root word of, is logos, this continues during “the Last Great Day” extending full scope, which is the way of prophecy, including the advents, 1Tim.4:10, Jn.12:32 & 37.

     ..An “8th ‘day’” a “last great day”/millennium, otherwise when does all of Rev.20 occur? Note: Rev.22 has narrative in it that is spoken outside of the vision.. Shakespeare said “all of life is a stage”. Dan.7:9, “and the Ancient of Days took his seat..” Also later at GWT ‘day’ of Judgment/Discernment/Closure - “BRING OUT a people who have eyes but are blind, and who have ears but are deaf” Isaiah 43:8.}

           

Tomorrows verses, 07/31

Hebrews 12:25-27  Mark 4:13-23

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

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ACTS 7 1-16

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

Book of the Acts of the First Believers

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

     7:1 - Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?” 2 Stephen said, “Brothers, and fathers, listen. The God of glory, long ago, appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Harran (in the northwest Mesopotamian region). 3 God told him ‘Leave your country and your people, and go to the land that I will show you.’

     4 So he left the land of the Chaldeans and he settled in Harran. And then, after the death of his father, God sent him to this land, where we (Israel) are now. 5 He gave him no inheritance, not even enough land to set his foot on. But God promised him, he and his descendants after him, would possess this land. Even though at that time, Abraham had no child.

     6 And God also told him, ‘For four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country which wasn’t their own. They’ll be enslaved and mistreated.” {Israel ‘microcosm’ - world macro?} 7 “But I will punish that nation. And afterward they will come out and will worship me⛲️here in this place.’” {Same place where, during the Lord’s long second advent, the kingdom of God will spread and grow out from. And then, after “the regeneration” [palin(again)genesis] the River of Life will flow from there, from the throne of God ..”the lion will eat straw like the ox, the bear and cow will graze together” Isaiah 11:7.}

     8 “Then he gave Abraham the covenant/agreement/contract of promises of circumcision.” {A shadow and type of the “circumcision of the heart”Ro.2:29, and imo, collectively during second half of an “8th” millennium, Rev.20 with Leviticus 23 as an outline of the Lord’s two advents.}

     “And Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him “eight” days after his birth. Later Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.” [The fathers of the twelve tribes, the nation the “savior of the world” was born into and from.]

     9 “Now, BECAUSE the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, THEY sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him, 10 rescued him from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom, because of which he became well thought of and under the goodwill of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. Pharaoh even made him ruler over Egypt and of all his palace! 11 But then a famine struck all Egypt and Canaan, bringing great suffering, and our ancestors back in this land (Israel) couldn’t find food. 12 When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt” (stored for Egypt, by Joseph, whom God had warned of the coming drought by a dream Joseph, through God’s Spirit, interpreted for Pharoah) “he sent for our forefathers, the brothers of Joseph, on their first visit to Egypt. 13 But it was on their second visit, that Joseph told them who he was. And Pharaoh learned it too. 14 After this, Joseph sent for his father Jacob and the whole family, seventy-five in all. {There’s a discrepancy with another verse? Likely such lists and genealogies were likely taken from records kept by humans, a discrepancy isn’t unusual.}

     15 So Jacob went down to Egypt, and that’s where he and our (Israel’s) ancestors died. 16 Their bodies were later brought back to the land, to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought with silver, from the sons of Hamor at Shechem.”

Next Week: 7:17-37

07-29 - From Heb-12 Mk-3

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

Hebrews 12:11-14  Mark 3:20-35 and ACTS 7:1-16 separately

            ☀️ A.M. Hebrews 12:11-14

11 - Correction seems painful and unpleasant when it’s happening, but its training yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness. 12 Therefore lift the drooping hands! Strengthen the weak knees! 13 And make straight paths for your feet! So that what’s lame won’t quit all together, but will, instead, be healed.

     14 Strive for peace with all, and strive for holiness [hagiasmós - 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 perceives the LORD.

            🌙 P.M. Mark 3:20-35

20 - Then Jesus went home where they were staying, his disciples with him, but again a large crowd gathered, so many so, that they couldn’t even eat. 21 And when his family heard of it, they set out to take hold of him and take him with them, for they said to one another, “He is beside himself!”

     22 Meanwhile, the scribes who came down from Jerusalem had been saying, “He’s possessed by Beelzebul! It’s by the prince of demons that he casts out demons!”

     23 So he called them over and said to them, “How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, won’t that kingdom fall? 25 And if a house is divided against itself, it can’t remain intact and endure. {Vs.27}

     26 And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, well then his kingdom is coming to an end.” {As will occur at Armageddon battle? A falling out? Isaiah24:20/Rev.20:4, Is.35:6-7!}

     27 “No one can enter a strong man's house and carry away his goods, unless they first bind him. {Individual and collective.} Then they can plunder the house.

     28 Truly, I tell you, all sins are forgiven the sons and daughters of man [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 {particular to the age} sin”— 30 for they were claiming, “He has an unclean spirit.” {😮😳 They’re locked into their blasphemy, which is hatred. (Spiritual sedition that reaches violence and murder.)}

     31 And his mother and his brothers arrived, and were standing outside the crowd, and sent word for him. 32 So the ones 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.” {He will gather all, Jn.12:32, some now, some later, Mt.25:1-13 versus Rev.16:14-16 -> Rev.20:11-13 -> Rev.21:5, word is “pas” - “all, every, the whole”. Meaning Jn.5:28-29 w/ Mt.25:46, phrase is “aionion kolasis” (eonian korrection, age of correction) Rev.20:11 w/ Leviticus 23 as an outline of Jesus’ two advents -> Rev.21:5, pas/all.}

           

Tomorrows verses, 07/30

Hebrews 12:15-24  Mark 4:1-12

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

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07-28 - From Heb-12 Lk-8

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

Hebrews 12:3-10  Luke 8:9-18

            ☀️ A.M. Hebrews 12:3-10

3 - Consider Jesus who endured such hostility against himself! So you don’t grow weary or fainthearted, 4 for in your struggle you haven’t had to suffer what others have. 5 And have you forgotten this? Which speaks to you as to sons and daughters - “My son/daughter, don’t regard lightly the discipline [paideia - discipline, instruction, training, education] of the LORD, nor be weary when corrected by him. 6 For he disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every one whom he receives” (Proverbs 3:11-12).

    7 The endurance {crucible} is a discipline. God is treating us as sons and daughters. For what son or daughter is there whom a father doesn’t correct? 8 If we are left without correction, in which all take part, then we are illegitimate children, and not sons and daughters! 9 Besides, haven’t we had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them? Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and receive Life? 10 For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed fitting to them, but he disciplines us for our benefit, that we may share his character and his nature of holiness.

     {How can we be a temple for his Spirit/Presence if we aren’t aligned with him? He is Life, Love, and “is perfect” Mt.5:48. Perfect and Life, is why this imperfection is ruled by entropy, and so he “is savior of all”. Some now, some during the GWT “aionion kolasis” (eonian korrection) second half of an “8th” millennium, REV.20, and LEV.23-as an outline of the Lord’s TWO advents. The long second advent, surely(?) is a full scope version of his first so brief one.. but with helpers serving, called reigning? It being Mt.25:1-13 versus Rev.16:14-15-16? What I mean is MT.13:30 with Jn.5:28,29.}

            🌙 P.M. Luke 8:9-18

9 - When his disciples asked him what the parable of the seeds meant, 10 Jesus said, “To you it’s been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God. But for others they’re in parables, so that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’ {Not their time.}

     11 The seed is the word of God. 12 The seeds along the path are those who hear the message, but then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts so they may not believe and be saved.

     13 And the seed on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But they have no root {depth} and believe for a while, but in a time of difficulty, they fall away.

     14 And as for the seed (message) that fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way the message is choked by the cares, riches, and pleasures {distractions} of life. And the fruit {of the message} doesn’t mature.

     15 But as for the seed in the good soil, they are those who, with an honest and genuine heart, hear the word, and keep it. And with patience and steadfastness bear fruit.

     16 No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jug or puts it under a bed! But they put it on a table or lampstand, so those who enter may see by its light. 17 There’s nothing hidden that won’t be made known, no secret and mystery, that won’t be seen and come to light.

     18 Take care then, how you hear, for to the one who has (hears) more will be given. And from the one who has not {doesn’t hear} even what they think they have, will be taken away.” {Note how there’s no time word in this verse so why is there so much assuming of ‘for ever’..? Including likely, when this verse is read. And some verses with no time word in them, have been translated to include the word “forever”.}

           

Tomorrows verses, 07/29

Hebrews 12:11-14  Mark 3:20-35 and ACTS 7:1-16

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

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07-27 - From Heb-12 Lk-8

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

Hebrews 12:1-2  Luke 8:1-8

            ☀️ A.M. Hebrews 12:1-2

1 - Therefore, having a cloud of witnesses encompassing us {“literally or figuratively” ..I think referring to GWT ‘day’ of judgment/history-review/discernment - since the previous verse (11:40) refers to a ‘crowd’ “not perfected without us” referring of course, to Jesus’ return when followers “put on perfection” which is the beginning of his two millennium long second advent, Rev.20} let us therefor throw off everything that hinders! And the sin [missing the mark, greek word hamartia] that so easily entangles.

     Let us run with patience and steadfastness, the race that is marked out for us, 2 keeping our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer, and the perfecter of our faith. He, for the joy set before him, endured the cross, scorning its shame. And then he sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

            🌙 P.M. Luke 8:1-8

1 - Jesus was traveling from town to town and from village to village proclaiming the - good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him, 2 and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, including Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out. (This gospel, written by Luke the doctor.) 3 Also there was Joanna the wife of Chuza, the manager of Herod’s household, Susanna, and many others. These women helped to support Jesus and his disciples out of their own household.

     4 When a large crowd had gathered - for people were coming out to Jesus, from the towns and villages - he told them a parable.

     5 “A farmer went out sowing his seed. And as he was scattering the seed, some of it fell along the path and it was trampled on, and the birds came and ate it up.

     6 Some fell on dry rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withered away because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorn bushes and grew up for a while among them, but were choked off by the thorn bushes.

     8 But still other seed fell upon good soil, and it came up, grew, and yielded a crop. A hundred times more than was planted.” And when he had said this, he called out, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.” 🌽

           

Tomorrows verses, 07/28

Hebrews 12:3-10  Luke 8:9-18

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

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07-26 - From Heb-11 Lk-7

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

Hebrews 11:34-40  Luke 7:36-50

            ☀️ A.M. Hebrews 11:34-40

{This next is not for the timid, nor any of us really, love 38-40 though.} 34 - By faith (they) 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! {If they’d been passive they’d have been chewed up and spit out. And not swading cloths for Chrst “savior of the world”.} 35 Women received back their dead, others were tortured refusing to accept release, that better resurrection (they would) obtain. {There’s two.}

    36 Others suffered mocking and flogging, even chains and imprisonment. 37 They were stoned, sawn in two, killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated, 38 of whom the world was not worthy, wandering about in deserts and mountains, living in dens and caves of the earth.

     39 And all these, though commended by their faith, didn’t receive what was promised, 40 since God had provided something better. That apart from us they should not {yet} be made perfect.

            🌙 P.M. Luke 7:36-50

36 - One of the Pharisees, named Simon, asked Jesus to dine with him, so he went to the Pharisee's house and was reclined at table, 37 when a woman of the city, who was known to be notorious, learned that he was there, and brought an alabaster flask of ointment. 38 And standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. And she kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment.

     39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he thought 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’s a known sinner.”

     40 But Jesus said to him, “Simon, I have something to say.” And he said, “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 the debt of both. Now which of them will love him more?”

     43 Simon answered, “The one, I suppose, for whom the larger debt was canceled.” And he said to him, “You have judged rightly.” 44 Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon, “See now this woman. I entered your house, you gave me no water for my feet. (It was a polite custom to offer guests water to rinse the dust of the street off their feet.) But she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 You gave me no kiss of greeting. But from the time I came in, she’s not ceased to kiss my feet. 46 You didn’t anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet.

     47 So I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loves much. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little.” 48 And he said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven.”

     49 And those who were at table with him were saying, “Who is this? Who says he forgives sins?” 50 And Jesus said to her, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”

           

Tomorrows verses, 07/27

Hebrews 12:1-2  Luke 8:1-8

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

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