08-01- From Heb-12 Mk-4

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

Hebrews 12:28-29  Mark 4:24-29

            ☀️ A.M. Hebrews 12:28-29

(Verse 28 is almost word for word translated.)

28 - Therefore a kingdom that cannot be shaken, we are receiving, grace by which we may serve well pleasingly God with awe and reverence, 29 for our God is a consuming fire. {Purity consumes impurity, light consumes the dark. And life will consume death.}

            🌙 P.M. MARK 4:24-29

24 - Jesus continued, saying to his disciples and followers, “Be careful what you hear {listen to} with the measure you measure, is the measure that will be measured to you, and more as well. 25 For to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what they have will be lost.

     26 For the kingdom of God is like a farmer scattering his seed upon the earth. 27 And then he sleeps, and he rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows, he knows not how. 28 The earth produces by itself, first the sprout, then the head of grain, then the full grain. 29 And when the field is ripe, at once the sickle is put in, because the harvest is ready.” {Rev.14, the twofold harvest. Which surely(?) (logically and in context) Mt.13:30 is. And is Rev.16:14-15-16 and Mt.25:1-13(10). “Be careful of what you hear/listen to.”}

           

Tomorrows verses, 08/02

Hebrews 13:1-7  Mark 4:30-34

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

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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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02-18 - Ro-10 Jn-6

🗝️s New Testament & Bible prophecy study, verses paraphrased [ ] references { } thots

 • Romans 10:16-21  John 6:1-13

           ☀️ Romans 10:16-21

(Paul is grieved because the majority of his kinsmen are not understanding the message. Though it had been written about by the Hebrew prophets, what we know of, as part of the Old Testament.) 16 - But they have not all obeyed the message of God, the gospel [euaggelion - gospel, GOOD news]. For Isaiah says, “LORD, who has believed our report?!” 17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the words [rhema - utterance] of Christ. 18 But I ask, have they heard? Indeed, “the voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.” 19 But I ask, did Israel understand? {Outer law/rules couldn’t work for even one nation. Couldn’t work with the first pair. So what is God’s other options for creation? How do you create genuinely able to think and reason beings, aNd, keep paradise/perfection intact? For thinking includes at least some power of choice. God as Life, witnesses and lives through all that ever occurs, and he endowed thinking and reasoning anyway!}

     First Moses says, “I will make you jealous by those not a nation. By a nation without understanding I will make you angry.” 20 And later Isaiah is so bold as to say, “I have been found by those who didn’t look for me. I’ve made myself known to those who didn’t ask for me.” 21 But of Israel he says, “All day long I’ve held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.” {Israel, smaller scope, humanity, full scope -> pattern of prophecy, and more.} {Was western civilization more or less God’s.. Some of the west has “fallen away”? We have seated ourselves (mankind) in the temple as god”/highest power.. and so the old gods are returning. Same pattern.. Abraham called to a new land.. amidst seriously warring tribes.. over time and turmoil.. a nation, named for God. Christianity sprouted wings as well {rev.12:6,14} and formed western civilization.. Wasn’t perfect, but there was freedom from overlords.. Everything goes corrupt. Institutions start out good. They get infiltrated and highjacked, a corrupt process. The light of God, his Spirit/Presence is a shield against darkness.. But only as perfect as we are! Therefor can be, or become a weak shield? How much of his Presence is with us?

     The trend of the world is division. A whole other energy.}

            🌙 John 6:1-13

1 - After this Jesus crossed over to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias. 2 A large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs he was doing and how he healed the sick. 3 He went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. 4 It was the  days (week and feast) of Passover (or also called week of Unleavened Bread). 5 Seeing a large crowd coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, so all these people may eat?” 6 He said this to test and to teach, for he knew what he was about to do.

     7 Philip thought about it and said, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be enough for each to have a little!” 8 Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said, 9 “There’s a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish. But what is that to so many?”

     10 They were in a field of grass, so Jesus told the disciples to tell the people to sit down. And so they did, about five thousand men, and women and children. {Yes women were not counted, remember God had told Eve (prophesied) the stronger would ruLe the weaker. Because straying is imperfection/entropy, and an abyss of potential, so all range of misdeeds and oppressions were bound to occur. And self first and foremost is bound to (especially in power and politics) be dog eat dog.}

     11 Jesus took the loaves they had, gave {an offering and sacrifice of} thanks. {Dan.12:11! w/ Lk.19:41,44?}  And they distributed the bread to those who were seated. So also with the fish, and everyone ate as much as they wanted.

     12 When they had finished, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing be lost.” 13 So they gathered up the left over pieces, filling twelve baskets with fragments from the five - barley - loaves. {Parable by numbers, even we basket cases will be saved. Trivia - the barley harvest in Israel is the first of three main harvests, a shadow and type of Mt.13:33, key word 3, with 1Cor.15:22-24,27-28 - and in vs  27-28, the five “all things” in vs 27, should read “all” like the two in vs 28. And then, what does the verse repeat five times?}

           

Tomorrows verses, 02/19

Romans 11:1-6  Matthew 14:15-21 and ACTS 17:1-14 separately

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Life As A Slow Motion Gehenna

 🌙💭🌴 05-17-24, had a dream of a big pot, it had two handles on either side and it was white (but it didn’t start that way?) its lid was no where to be seen ..As we know per Zechariah, the pot is wickedness ..then during a.m. prayers.. I saw the earth, the grass, the trees and the earth as a whole dry up, become brittle and instantaneously wither away.. like watching an apple decompose in super fast motion. It was totally devoid of the burst of Life and light that Life is..

     So many believers still lost in the mist of the myths ..running around proclaiming immortal soul.. don’t we even get it yet? Imperfection, one tiny step away from God, uninterrupted, is an abyss. The bottom of the abyss is death. Literal death. Not being.. the opposite of life. It can’t be done. I won’t go into it any further right now, how to knit the pearls together to solve God’s logos riddle. Yes, the “end-aim” is Jesus. See the image. That’s the blueprint. And so mankind and creation will be sealed. Suffice it to say thankfully creation is to be more than an ant farm. I’m thinking instead God opted for total ‘herd’ immunity(?) And get this, as Life, he lives through, suffers and experiences everything that ever occurs.

Mar-11 From Jn-7 Col-1

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 a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ John 7:2-9

2 - It was the Feast of Booths [Tabernacles] 3 and his (natural) brothers said to Jesus, “Go up to Judea, so your followers can see the works you’re doing. 4 For anyone who wants to be known, doesn’t work in secret. Show yourself to the world!” 5 For even his brothers did not believe in him. 6 Jesus answered them, “My time hasn’t yet come, but your time is always here. 7 The world doesn’t hate you, but it hates me because I reveal that its works are evil. 8 You go up to the feast. I’m not going yet to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come.” 9 And so he remained in Galilee.

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                  ~ Colossians 1:16-20 ~

16 - For by our Lord all was created, in heaven  and upon earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions [celestial hierarchy] rulers [arché - beginning, origin] or authorities [exousia - powers to act]. All things were created through him and for him. [And “it was aLL good” but after some time and before the universe, some (one third of the) angels/messengers (noun, not verb) “left their first place/position/orbit” so they too can think and reason, which includes at least some power of choice. (God is not creating robots?)] 17 And he is/was before all, and in him all is held together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church (the believers). He is the beginning, and firstborn from out of the dead, that in all he might be preeminent. 19 For in him God - in all his fullness - was pleased to dwell, 20 and (was pleased to) by him reconcile [apokatallassó - to reconcile completely, from apo - from, away from, and katallassó - change, exchange - from katá - down to an exact point, intensifying allássō - to change – properly, decisively change — (to an exact point!)] all to himself. Having made peace by the blood of the cross of Jesus, whether on earth or in heaven. (Strong enough to convince all.)

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

John 7:10-24

Colossians 1:21-29

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Daniel

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

               📜🍞+🍷🕊️(+Logic)

Earth is His Temple

 The universe is his temple. The earth is his temple. He shall dwell (tabernacle🗝️) in his temple. There will be no wars. No hatred, no greed (klepto-mania, a greek word).

     How do you create genuinely able to think and reason beings, aNd, keep paradise/perfection intact? Seeing as reasoning includes at least some power of choice. Consider the paradox of God being Life (of course) itself, and he “is perfect”. Once said thinking being chooses anything in thought, word or deed that differs with what He chooses, they become imperfect. Which ends up as the exact opposite of Life. And in the meanwhile, is an abyss of potential. (Should we ignore history? Should we discount cause and effect? Nicknamed God’s ‘wrath’.)

     God is unlimited Genius, and is truthful and honest. Though he does hide everything in plain sight and in riddles.

     He created the universe as is but as a clock not running, then, set it in motion.

     HE is Love. Love never fails.

As a final piece of the cosmic puzzle (imo) making everything settle into place, is that lake of fire is not a ‘place’, certainly not never ending. The three mentions of lake of fire are at large fiery events.. He is letting cause and effect occur to those not repenting of their sorceries [phármakos] or of their sexual immorality [porneia - properly, a selling off (surrendering) of sexual purity - key word selling?] or of their thefts [klemma - from klepto] (greed).

     What was the other option God had with creation? A mere ant farm? Somehow I don’t think that is what he’s after. Is creating. This all important contrast is writing his will/Truth on the hearts and minds.

     The kingdom and prophecy, both, progress like widening ripples of a pond. The Lord’s long second advent will be a longer, wider version of his first brief one. He will do the same works he did before. But with helpers, serving, called reigning. For to do his works, surely(?) is to reign.

     The final mention of lake of fire is at the fiery, universal ReGenesis. Do you like a good riddle?

     A lesson of 3’s —

Mt.13:33, key word 3, w/ 1Cor.15:22-24,28 -> three harvests, barley, wheat, grape. Two resurrections. Two vivifications, first one concurrent with the first resurrection, second (imo) is five hundred years after its partner resurrection.

     The revelation vision is told 3 times: 6:1-2 to 11:19; ch.12, but vs.17 w/ mt.23:39; and, 13:1 to 19:11.

     The Lord fulfilled three Spring holy days by his first advent. And the three Fall holy days (surely!?) will be fulfilled by his long second advent.. and beyond.

     The three sixes are the number of man, greek word anthropos, not just ‘a man’. Though we do have his number. (Old cliche.)

     “Morning, noon and night, I will call upon Thee” Ps.17:55.

     There are three parts of the second advent, [1]THE millennium, a 7th and a Sabbath from the adversary, [2]the adversary gathers (again) the ends of earth (people who survived the apocalypse mortally, have multiplied) for war against Jerusalem, God’s city - greek word “salem” means “of Peace”. A second mention of a lake of fire, is here at his fiery, final defeat. And [3]“the judgment”. Elsewhere called an “aionion kolasin/correction”.

     🗝️On the “8th” ‘day’ the “last great day” (Lev.23:36, Jn.7:37) all carnality and self first will be (totally) circumcised from off of mankind. Some few will initially experience inner outside of the Light, darkness.. gnashing of teeth.. (think rich man and Lazarus parable, and the outside of the vision narrative of Rev.22) but which condition will give way to self condemnation, perhaps beating oneself, spiritually, with many stripes.. weeping.. remorse.. and reconciliation. “Christ Crucified” being an image and message strong enough to appease eveRy conscience.

     “The lion will eat straw like the ox, the bear will graze with the cow and their young will lie down together” Is.11:7. “All manner of fruit for the twelve months..”Rev.22:2. “Of the increase of peace there will be no end” Is.9:7. The Father himself “will tabernacle with mankind” Rev.21:3/three. As will the Son, the “the seed” implanted in all, the “first/proto” (and prototype). The Spirit of God is God’s Presence (with us) which shall be totally and literally “all in all”. Love will Rule. “Perfect” makes no mistakes, leaves no loose ends.. Cannot lose anything. The ‘end’ result (the greek means “end-aim”) can only be the best one possible. ⛲️There is every reason for deep, heartfelt peace and joy. A ‘message’ seemed to drift through my mind recently, “try not to worry”. I’m thinking that means “about anything”!

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Diablo Ruling

 “The great dragon was thrown-down - the ancient serpent, the one being called the devil (greek diablo/accuser) and Satan/opposer, the one deceiving the whole world - he was thrown-down to the earth. And his angels were thrown-down with him.

     And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying — Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of Messiah has come, because the accuser of our brothers/sisters was thrown down, the one accusing them before our God by day and by night.” - Rev.12:9-10.

      So why is diablo/the devil still allowed to raise havoc upon Earth??

     In Eden God included a visible option of straying/imperfection - which was a true possibility once He endowed thinking and reasoning ability. And I guess why do that if you don’t let it run its course!

     Obviously He is creating beings “of heaven and earth” - where “He will TABERNACLE with mankind upon Earth made anew” (i.e. Re-Genesis, Rev.21:1-5; 2Pet.3:12-13; Eph.1:10; Col.1:20). But! The whole has to understand good from evil, which is also blessing from curse, or that is, blessing from a virtual abyss of possibilities. And which is also Life from death, because God Most High iS Life, and “is perfect” (Mt.5:48) so straying/imperfection can only ever result in trouble (tribulation), ruin (apocalypse, both individual and collective) and death (not being). So straying/imperfection is really only utterly futile, and this sometimes sad, and even perilous, journey/lesson is unavoidable.

     And, there’s this - because God is Life, He lives through, and experiences, all sufferings and sorrows that ever occur. Along with every battle of every war.. every horror ..every murder.. every affront. Why would He put Himself through all that!? So we (angel and man/woman) can have genuine thinking, reasoning, pondering and dreaming ability..?

A Line

𐂕 There was a line.. a thought, many (many) years ago, which drifted across a very blue sky.. and hit me in the head. After which, my life was never the same. I was never the same.
     What was this thought? "You've been learning about the forces in the universe" - I'd been reading up on world religions, and then astrology (spiritual) - "and what about the force that created the universe, and what if that force has consciousness?"

     Today while watching the last episode of one of the best shows I've ever watched, I heard this line - which sounded awfully familiar. I'll begin it midstream, where it struck me as familiar, "...about the forces that bind the universe, but what binds humans? Love.."*

     It's the same answer for both questions - "God is Love" - 1 John 4:8. ("Love never fails" - 1 Corinthians 13:8.)

"...until the time comes for the restoration of all things (pas - every, all, the whole)"... Acts 3:21

"..made known to us the mystery of His will.. at the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven, and on earth, together in Christ." Ephesians 9:10

"...through Jesus, to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven.." Colossians 1:20

And Revelation 21:5,4 - "Behold I will make all things new.. and death will be no more nor mourning nor crying nor pain; they will be no more.." None, anywhere!

God is love. ...Love never, ever, fails.

(*Last episode of "Numbers".)

Eternal Heaven and Hell Myth Leaves Christians Rootless?

I don't have to write a post because I fit it all in the title. (Lol!)

[Note: aion, aionian, aionias - (eon, age) etc. have all been translated as eternal, everlasting and forever.]

But don't you think so? First off, of course Father is seen as being rather powerless and impotent. His whole program of rescuing from death (or 'eternal' torment!) can only be accomplished within a very limited set time. After that all hope is lost. It is out of God's hands.

We overlook God's pristine character! And His flawless (pristine) attributes!

And so, not only that, but the belief is in an eternal torment place, one will end up in. Or an eternal heaven place where there is no space, time or matter. (I think that's how many see it, that is...?) That may sound appealing to some.. But right now thinking about it, I'm actually feeling a little queasy. The belief, to me, is so up in the air! No roots, can't git yer teeth into it..

Imo, we overlook God's pristine creation! It was "all good"... And it will be again!
Yes! I think there will still be rough bark on the trees.. And an Earth with no seas..

HAGD! (God bless!)

No More Death Nor Graves

COLOSSIANS 1:20 - "..through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven.."

JOHN 12:32 - (Jesus said) "If I be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all to myself.."

1 TIMOTHY 4:10 - "God is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe."

1 CORINTHIANS 15:22 - "..as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive."

REVELATION 21:4,5 - "..God will wipe away all tears.. there shall be no more death.. Behold, I make all things new.."

God's Awesome Plan

For some reason I ended up reading about rebellion under Moses, in Numbers, and rebellion against David, in Chronicles, all in one day. I'm struck with how the message was 'if you rebel against my King, you cannot live' and how that is ultimate reality! (Psalm 2)
- God is life itself, the life force. To rebel against Him, to wander from Him, (surely?) is to wander from life and living. After both resurrections and the long day of 'judgment' (of all human history, etc) perhaps there might be some hold out, who says 'no, I choose not to believe, keep my name out of that book of life!'
- Maybe someone will have hardened their heart so hard against God, and hate Him enough to choose non-existence for their self. And all the crowd that does live, both heavenly and earthly, would mourn deeply. And no one would mourn more than the Father and the Son.. But wait! There's the Lake Of Fire! Put him in the lake of fire for an age and even another age if need be.. for cleansing by God's spiritual fire. For our God is a consuming fire.

Prophecies of Christ and Their Fulfillment

Prophecies of Christ and Their Fulfillment
This will be a work in progress. These (prophecies of Messiah) form a thread through the Bible.
Genesis 3:15 - Luke 22:53 (hour of darkness), Hebrews 2:14, 1 John 3:8
Genesis 12:3 - Acts 3:25-26, Gal 3:8 (all earth blessed through "the seed" Jesus)

Is The Bible And Bible Prophecy Literal?

2 Timothy 2:15
Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Ephesians 6:17
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Hebrews 11:3
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
2 Peter 3:5
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
1 John 2:14
I have written to you... ..because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.
Revelation 6:4 (NKJ) "..a fiery red horse.. granted to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword" (Greek word "mega" sword, and fiery-red, Greek word "purros", from root word "pur").

Clackity Clack, Watch Your Back

The Bible prophecies socialism will devour capitalism.. and the crash of her will be great.. "Rejoice O heavens and Earth".. But it also prophecies what replaces her will be horrific.. "brother will betray brother".. and the knitting needles will go clackity clack..
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Rev 17:16; 18:9,11,20; 20:4; Mark 13:12,13  

Will God Lose Lucifer?

~ Colossians 1:20, New King James Version (NKJV)
"..by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross."
 ~ Colossians 1:20, Contemporary English Version (CEV)
"And God was pleased for him to make peace by sacrificing his blood on the cross, so that all beings in heaven and on earth would be brought back to God."
~ Isaiah 14:12,11, New King James Version (NKJV)
“How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, you who weakened the nations! Your pomp is brought down to Sheol" (translation="the grave") "And the sound of your stringed instruments; The maggot is spread under you, And worms cover you."
~ All the people were born after Adam and Eve and inherited their imperfect nature. (To turn from God in any teeny, tiny way is to turn from Perfection - which is God - and away from Life, which too is God.- So God sent "the Firstborn of all creation" to rescue us with His 'paid in full for all of us, death upon the cross'. His totally innocent death overcoming death.
~ Therefor we get to thank God for His rescuing us from death. Yet also (for a time) we get to thank Him for death (as an impersonal thing that is) because if it hadn't come to be, it would mean we had all been created as robots or (perhaps?) as forever very small children.
- - Perfection makes no mistakes.

Root of All Evil

Any philosophy or thinking that makes the claim one group, party, or race of people is more to 'blame' for earth's woes (or a nation's woes) is a bigotry. When we hear it we need to see it as the propaganda it is, and as the (true) root of most wars. It's the oldest 'game' of all, the blame game and the human race falls for it over and over.. and over..
- And we should despise it any time we see it.