REVELATION - 8 7-13

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

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{I think these are descriptions of things and happenings done by man. We have his number! We are made of carbon and carbon has 6 protons, 6 neutrons and 6 electrons.

     Review - verses 5 and 6, just previous - {Can it be avoided I wonder..} The angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar, and with the prayers of the ‘saints’/believers. And he threw the mixture upon the earth! And there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake. {The interrupting of 7:1,3? Which verses (7:1,3) are the holding back of the winds (logically, of seal 6, Rev.6:12-17) after their first occurrence.

     But the seal is described as its total effects -  first to last - at the very beginning of the vision! This is a veil over the vision. One of three or four?

     Counting these ‘flashes’ this one is (#2).}

       6 And now the seven angels who have the seven trumpets prepared to sound.

     7 - The first angel blew his trumpet, and there came hail and fire, mixed with blood, and it was thrown upon the earth, and a third of earth was burned up, and a third of trees, and (where it was?) all the green grass was burned up. {#3}

     8 The second angel blew his trumpet, and something that looked like a great mountain on fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became as blood. 9 A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships (and trade) were destroyed. {#4}

    10 The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, like a falling torch. And it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. (7:17) 11 The name of the star is Wormwood {interestingly in Russian is chernobyl}. A third of the waters became bitter, and many people died from the water. {#5}

     12 The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was stricken, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light was darkened, and a third of the day did not give its light, and so it was also for a third of the night. {#6}

     13 Then I looked, and saw an eagle flying overhead and it cried out with a loud voice -  “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell upon earth, because of the soundings of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to sound..”

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ACTS 12 1-25

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

     Book of the Acts of the First Believers

 1 - At about that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who were believers/followers. [This is Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great who had killed all the Bethlehem children trying to destroy Jesus at birth, Rev.12:4] 2 He killed James the brother of John with the sword, 3 and when he saw that it pleased the leaders of the nation, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the annual days of Unleavened Bread.

     4 And when he had seized him, he put him in prison, and put four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after Passover to bring him out to the councils. [The whole week was referred to as either Passover or Unleavened Bread, and the two days, Passover and 1st Day of Unleavened Bread, were also called interchangeably. This hides how veRy perfectly the lord’s 1st brief advent fulfilled the Spring holy days. Holy means set apart.] 5 So Peter was kept in prison, but the rest of the believers were earnestly praying to God for him.

    6 Now on the very night before Herod was planning to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound to them with two chains. And sentries were guarding the door of the prison.

     7 When suddenly, a light shone in the cell, and an angel of the Lord was there. He struck Peter on his side to wake him, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off.

     8 The angel said, “Dress and put on your sandals.” And then he said, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”

     9 And so they went out. But Peter didn’t realize it was really happening (literal), but thought he was in a vision. 10 When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city, and it opened for them. They went out and were going along the street, when the angel left him.

     11 And when Peter realized it, he said, “Now I’m sure the Lord has sent his angel and has rescued me from the hand of Herod and all he had planned!” {Yet he had been soundly sleeping.. I read that in commentaries when reading to be sure I had the “chained - to - the guards right. It was Roman custom to chain hand to hand.}

     12 So then he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose other name/surname was Mark {who wrote the gospel of Mark, and was a secretary/scribe for Paul and others}. There were many gathered there together and were praying.

     13 But when he knocked at the door at the gateway, a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer. 14 And when she recognized Peter's voice, in her joy, she forgot to open the gate! And she ran back in and reported that Peter was standing at the door!

     15 They said, “You’re seeing things..” But she kept insisting that it was so, but they said, “It’s his angel [aggelos - angel, messenger, guardian].”

     16 But Peter continued knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him they were amazed. 17 And motioning to them to listen, he described to them how the Lord had set him free and brought him out of the prison. And he said, “Tell all this to James and the brothers.” Then he left.

     18 Now when day came, there was no little disturbance among the soldiers over what had become of Peter. 19 And after Herod searched for him and didn’t find him, he examined the sentries and ordered that they should be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.

     20 Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they sent a delegation to make peace with him because their cities were dependent upon Herod’s country for food. {Dependence.} The delegates won the support of Blastus, Herod’s personal assistant, and an audience with Herod was granted.

     21 So on an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes. He took his seat on the throne. And he delivered an oration to the people. 22 And the people began shouting, “The voice of a god! The voice of a god! This is not a mere man!” 23 And because of it an angel of the Lord struck him down. {We have here a handed down version?} And because he didn’t {being Hebrew} give God the glory, he was eaten by worms and breathed his last. {Real bad guys, those Herods.. but this one (Antipas) had liked to listen to John the baptist/baptizer.. before he executed him to save face.}

     24 But the word of God increased and multiplied! 25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem (to Antioch) when they had delivered the relief. And they brought with them John, whose surname was Mark.

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08-29 - 2 John 1 4-13 Mark 9 25-32

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

(An 8TH ‘DAY’ Studies Journal)

            ☀️ A.M. 2 John 1:4-13

4 - I (John) was very happy and rejoiced to see some of your children (group) walking in the Truth! And according to how we’ve been commanded (instructed) by the Father. (As an old man, John called everyone children.) 5 And now I ask you, dear lady (believing group) - not as though I were writing you a new commandment [entolé - commandment, order, instruction] - but the one we’ve had from the beginning - that we love one another. 6 And this is love, that we walk according to his instructions. And this is the command/instruction, just as you’ve heard from the beginning, that which we should walk in. 7 For - many deceivers - are in the world, those who deny the coming of Christ (Messiah) Jesus in the flesh (literally). {1st aNd 2nd??} Such teaching is deception and antichrist. 8 Watch yourselves, so you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win the full prize!

     9 Everyone who runs on ahead and doesn’t stay [menón - remain, abide, stay, continue, dwell] in - the teaching of Christ - does not have God. Whoever abides in - Christ’s - teaching has both the Father and the Son.

     10 If any believer comes to you and doesn’t bring this teaching, don’t receive them nor embrace their message, 11 for whoever does, takes part in their harmful [ponéros - evil, wicked, bad, malicious, hurtful] works.

     12 Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use papyrus and ink. Instead I hope to come to you and talk face to face, so that our joy may be full.

      13 The children of your elect sister (group) greet you. (End of this letter.)

            🌙 P.M. MARK 9:25-32

25 - Jesus, seeing that a large crowd was beginning to gather, rebuked the unclean spirit. {Entity, angel gone rogue.. a strange offshoot of being able to think and reason, for straying is not logical because God is life.. the life force.. As what else would be? See how all of heaven and all of earth are taking this, often heartbreaking, but unavoidable(?) journey all together at once. One and done? ..Pre-flood was hand off? Not just depraved but extremely eviL? God is justified. Death is a sleep. And logically(?) they will thank him for the sleep.}

     He said to the spirit “Spirit of muteness [alalos - speechless] and deafness [kóphos] I command you! Come out of him and don’t enter him again.”

     26 Then after crying out and convulsing him, the spirit came out. And the boy lay there like he was dead, so many then said, “He’s dead!” 27 But Jesus took him by the hand, raised him up, and he stood.

     28 Later when Jesus had gone into the house, his disciples asked him, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?” 29 He answered, “This kind you can’t drive out but by prayer.”

     30 A little later they went on from there, passing through Galilee. And he didn’t want anyone to know, 31 for he was telling his disciples, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. But after three days he will rise.” 32 But they didn’t understand what he meant, and they were afraid to ask.

           

Tomorrows verses, 08/30

3 John 1:1-8  Luke 9:46-50

Revelation Vision Study, 09/11-12 - 6:1-4

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06-17 - From Heb-3 Lk-1

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Hebrews 3:7-11  Luke 1:26-38

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7 - Therefore, as the Holy Spirit has said, “Today if you will hear his voice, 8 don’t harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on that other day of testing in the wilderness, 9 where I was put to the test, though they saw my works for forty years! 10 So I was grieved with them, and said, ‘They always go astray in their heart. They don’t know my ways.’ 11 As I swore in my wrath [Greek word orgé - passion] {cause and effect as opposed to Ant Farm?} ‘They shall not {cannot} enter my rest.’”

     {“Passion” - God iS Life, surely!? And “is Perfect” Mt.5:48. Life hAs to be perfect! For aLL! There is nothing less that Life/God (His Presence) can tolerate. And he’s passionate about it. Plus purity consumes impurity. It’s an ‘iron’ measure ..truth is an iron rod, an unbreakable measure.}

            🌙 P.M. Luke 1:26-38

26 - In the sixth month (of “John the baptist” being in the womb) the angel Gabriel was sent (out again) from God (this time) to Nazareth, a city of Galilee, 27 to a maid (maids were virgins) betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin's name was Mary.

     28 Gabriel came and said to her, “Greetings, O favored one, the LORD is with you!”

     29 She was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to think what sort of greeting it might be. 30 And Gabriel said, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God! 31 And look! You will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High. And the LORD God will give to him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”

     34 Mary asked him, “How will this be, since I have never been with a man?” 35 Gabriel answered, “The Holy Spirit{/Presence of God} will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. And so the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. 36 And also, your relative Elizabeth, in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is now the sixth month with her who was said to be barren. 37 For with God, nothing is impossible.”

     38 And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the LORD. Let it be to me according to your word.” {According to what God wants.} And then the angel departed.

     {I asked “why a virgin?” as I was wondering.. always have in the back of my mind I guess. It came back to me “why not?” and “actually, what would be more logical?” He could’ve come in on a chariot? Lol. But he shared the human experience. And the suffering. And also if God is Life, he suffers everything that ever occurs. And created able to think and reason beings anyway.} 

           

Tomorrows verses, 06/18

Hebrews 3:12-19  Luke 1:39-45

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REVELATION - 21 10-22

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BOOK OF REVELATION

10 - And he (an angel) carried me (John) in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and he showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem. It was coming down from God, out of heaven, 11 and it shone with his glory. It’s radiance was like a most precious stone, like jasper, clear as crystal.

     12 It had a great, high wall of twelve gates, with twelve angels at the gates. And on them were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. {Upon believing, we’re “grafted into Israel” Ro.11:17-26.} 13 There were three gates facing east, three facing north, three south and three west.

     14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15 The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold with which to measure the city, the gates and the walls. {Note - a rod is a measuring stick, the “iron rod” Jesus will rule the nations with is Truth, which is unbreakable, an unbreakable measure, that breaks all that isn’t true.}

     16 The city was as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia in length, and as wide and high as it is long. [Stadia - a greek measurement, stadium length, the length of a race course,  furlong which is an 8th of a mile - 12,000 stadia, between 1,300 to 1,400 miles?]

     17 The angel measured the wall using human and angel measurement, and it was 144 cubits thick. 18 The wall was of jasper, the city of pure gold, pure as glass. 19 The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The city had twelve foundations, each made of a precious stone, the first jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. 21 The twelve gates were of pearl, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure and clear as glass. 22 I didn’t see in the city, a temple, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

     {Truth/Logos is far and wide.. and overflowing with radiant gems..?}

Next - 21:23-22:2

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REVELATION - 19 17-21

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BOOK OF REVELATION

  17 - Then I (John) saw an angel. He was radiant, as though standing in the sun. And with a loud voice he called out to the birds of midheaven.

     {To the high flying, predator birds, calling them to armageddon battle; the calling to the birds is metaphor for the literal armageddon battle about to be portrayed.}

     He called out, “Come! Gather for the great supper of God!”

     {God actually takes responsibility! Having “subjected and consigned all to disobedience” Romans 11:32. Supersized the option to stray in Eden so “all of heaven and all of earth” take this unavoidable journey through this all important contrast, all together at once.}

     18 “Come! And eat the flesh of kings, of captains, of mighty men, of horses and their riders, and of all, both free and slave, both small and great.”

     {The final war is totally mankind done. Man, we have his number, is carbon based which has 6 electrons, 6 neutrons and 6 protons. Armageddon is the last war between human empires, Isaiah 24:20/Rev.10:4, end of the Act, over and out. “All the world is a stage” - Shakespeare.}

     19 And then I saw the beast and the kings of earth, with their armies, gathered to make war against he who was sitting on the (white) horse and against his army of heaven {the two thirds faithful angels}. 20 And the {many headed, geopolitical} beast was taken, and with it, its false prophet who had done the signs [sémeion - miracles, signs, marks, tokens] {modern wonders and “miracles to mislead”} by which he deceived those who had received the “mark” of the beast and who worshiped/were in allegiance to, its image. [“The mark” is from the word - charagma- which is a “mark, stamp, sign, engraving, from charassō - meaning to engrave or stamp, the term charagma means a mark or stamp often used to denote ownership or authenticity.]

     These two {they are noT individuals, the huge (many headed, many horned/seats/powers) beast and its “false prophet” at Armageddon battle} were thrown alive {active} into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. {The fire of armageddon battle, with global chain reaction, Is.24:20/Rev.10:4.} [Jude 1:7, “Gomorrah and cities are an example of (such) aionion fire”, translated as ‘eternal fire’. Aionion is the adjective of aion, which in english is eon. So aionion fire ..temporary, sudden? ..fire of the age? Isaiah 24:20/Rev.20:4?

     The 3 mentions of a fiery lake/lake of fire, are at three separate, huge, fiery events: 1-Armageddon battle/5-thunders; 2-at the fiery, final defeat of the adversary; and 3-at the fiery “palin(again)genesis” at which time, God says “Behold! I make all new!” (translators due to disbelief? changed all, to all things.. elsewhere as well. And then “the lion will eat straw.. bear will graze with cow” Isaiah 11:7.]

     {Both this fiery ‘wonder’ the “7 thunders” (like 13:13 but which pinpointed an office) and the “strong delusion” that “seated man/anthropoi in the temple as god”/highest power, causing the west, once called Christendom, to “fall away” - are from the “false prophet” Rev.12:15?}

     21 And the rest were slain by the sWord {truth, the iron rod/unbreakable measure} that came from the mouth of He who was sitting on the horse, and all the birds were gorged. {Symbolic imagery, aka, build a house on Truth, it endures. Build using unTruth (or guile) and like being built on sand, when the storm comes, there’s crashing and fiery apocalypse. It’s what dog eat dog/every self first, does. There is one thing that can simply never (ever) work, straying from God who iS Life! ..And he “is perfect” so imperfection, logically, is the opposite of Life.

     History has - already - proven that (straying and) imperfect is an “abyss” of potential. And logically, it’s also entropy, the “worm that doesn’t quit” and the “fire”/slow burn/slow-fade/slow-gehenna “that cannot be put out”. Entropy does not reverse.

     But we have thought we humans are inherently immortal? Death is nothing more than another form of life and living? Well that idea/myth was needed for the - extremely ancient - crowd controlling spiritual propaganda myth of afterlife torment.. Any visits (Elijah and Moses on the mountain with Jesus?) are from a dimension called the future.. “No one has ascended” …We will “put on immortality” because - we will “put on perfection/incorruptibility”/total-catharsis.. “God is savior of all, especially those who believe/are believing” and Jesus “will draw all” so aka, “all”. 1Tim.4:10, Jn.12:32.}

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REVELATION - 18 1-8

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BOOK OF REVELATION

     1 - After (all) this I (John) saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, for the earth was made bright with his radiance.

     2 He called out with a mighty voice, “Fallen! Fallen! Babylon - the great - is fallen! ‘She’ who became a dwelling place for demons! A haunt for every unclean predatory bird and spirit. {Truly dog eat dog?} {City Babylon sits on all seven hills/continents.. rode there upon the beasts of earth that will join into one beast.}

     3 For all nations have drank the wine of her passion [orge - passion, wrath]. {This is the word translated wrath when it comes to “God’s wrath” which I think of as God’s “passion”. His passion being cause and effect because an Ant Farm is no paradise. And because it’s running its course even though he, as Life, witnesses and lives through all atrocities. I can’t help thinking some actual anger, however does come into play sometimes. The old Testament word means “smoke out the nose”. Lol. Can’t forget nations around Israel were sacrificing children and babies to a fire ‘god’. And preflood was hands off..?}

     All nations have drank the wine of the wrath of her immorality. The kings of earth {are in bed with} have committed immorality with her. And the merchants of earth through her sensuality have grown rich. {Not only from free enterprise highjacked and gone extreme, but also by harnessing immorality, greek word porneia.].”

     4 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, and thus share in her plagues. 5 For her sins are heaped high as heaven {‘she’ shakes her fist at heaven?} and God has remembered her iniquities [adikéma - wrongdoings, injustices, offenses]. 6 Pay to her as she has paid to others. Repay her double what she has done, mix a double portion for her in the cup, she herself mixed. 7 As she glorified [doxazó - bestowed glory, honored, praised] herself and lived in indulgence and wantoness, so give her its torment and mourning. Because in her heart she says, ‘I am a queen, not a widow. And mourning I will never see.’ 8 For this reason her plagues [plégé - plagues, wounds, afflictions, blows] will come in a day, death, mourning, famine. And she will be destroyed by fire, for mighty is the LORD God who judges her.” {Only Good and True can stand, and endure, an iron measure. Truth is, and Truth rules. But this contrast was all set on fast forward by fallen angels being involved.. Otherwise why did God wait …so long? Not only for the first bound to occur rebel thought to occur, but to mature into outright sedition, before creating the universe, earth and man and woman?}

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REVELATION - 16 17-21

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BOOK OF REVELATION

17 - The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and then a loud voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, “It’s done!”

     18 And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a great earthquake such as there had never been since man was upon the earth, so great was that earthquake. {Isaiah 24:2/Rev.1:4.}

     19 The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and God remembered Babylon the great, to make her drink fully the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath. {Full cup of consequences.}

     20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. 21 And great hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, fell from heaven [ouranos - heaven, heavens, sky]. And they cursed God for the plague of the hail, because the plague was so great. {The higher and faster moisture rises, the bigger and greater the hail. And it forms in layers.}

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REVELATION - 16 8-16

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BOOK OF REVELATION

8 - The fourth angel poured out his bowl upon the sun and it was - allowed - to scorch people with its heat. {Where the numbers of the beast come up, suggests(?) apocalypse is totally done by mankind, for we are carbon based. Carbon has six protons, six neutrons and six electrons.}

     9 They were scorched by the fierce heat {and great drought? 12:15} and they cursed the name of God who had power to act over these plagues. {This is post surely(?) thermonuclear activity, the whole split atom thing is how I think of it.. messing with God’s building block.. harnessed for war, go figure.. “thunders, lightnings, temple in heaven splits, lightning, hail.. ..thermonuclear lightning.. hello? where do we think all this division/blame/hate leads!? Sky scrolls.. the higher and faster moisture rises, the greater and larger the hail. But alas, broken record, if in creation, there was no option to stray, creation would be an ant farm, and no paradise. And if you don’t let it run its course, what would be the point?!} But they did not repent {and relent} and give him glory.

     10 The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom became dark. People gnawed their tongues in frustration 11 and cursed the God of heaven for their pain and sores, but did not relent/stop nor repent of their deeds.

     12 The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east. 13 For I saw having come out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs. {Leave a terrible taste — THE THREE which gather the nations to armageddon — the voice of the dragon - “god of this world”, and the voice of the beast of politics/many headed geopolitical, and the voice of the {of the world} false prophet, the WORLD’s version of a voice crying in the wilderness, which goes before, whose “flood” - a “strong delusion” {enchantment} - of “seating man in the temple as god”/highest power, has caused the west, once called Christendom to “fall away”. And this (of the world) “false prophet” has more modern wonders and “miracles to mislead” and of course a prophecy.}

    14 For these (three) are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for battle on the great {culmination} day of God the Almighty. 15 “Behold, I am coming {unexpected} like a thief! Blessed is the one who is watching and clothed, that they may not go about naked and seen unclothed.” 16 And, they assembled at the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon. {Logically, Mt.13:30, “first gather the tares”.}

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