ACTS 2 22-41

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

     Book of the Acts of the First Believers

(Review - At Pentecost that year, seven weeks after resurrection, the Holy Spirit(/Presence of God) was poured out upon the believers. It came as a wild and rushing wind which caused quite a stir and confusion among those in Jerusalem for Pentecost, so Peter stood up to speak, and concluded with) 22 - “Fellow Israelites, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man, was shown to you by God with many mighty works, wonders, and signs, that God did through him among you — as you yourselves know. 23 This Jesus, was delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, when you crucified and killed him by the hands of lawless men.” {The gone astray, lawless world.} 24 “But God raised him up, loosing the anguish of death, because it wasn’t possible for death to hold him. 25 For David [known to be a prophetical ‘type’ of Jesus]  says concerning it, ‘I saw the LORD always before me, for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken, 26 therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced! My flesh/body also will abide in expectation. 27 For you will not abandon my soul to hades” [verse 27 is a - word for word - quote of Ps.16:10, only replacing “sheol, where there’s no doing nor knowing/awareness” Eccles.9:10, with the Greek hades - not seen (aka gone)] “nor will you let your holy one see corruption. 28 You make known to me the path of Life! You make me full of gladness with your Presence!’” [Soul is nephesh - soul/psyche, life, self, person, heart, creature, mind, living being. “You will not abandon me ..to (the) sheol.”}

     29 “Brethren! I may say to you with confidence, about the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried. His tomb is with us to this day. 30 Being therefore a prophet, he knew God had sworn with an oath (Ps.45:23) to him that he would set one of his descendants upon his throne (Ps.132:11). 31 And he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to sheol, nor did his flesh see corruption” (Ps.16:10, according to original word use).

     32 “This Jesus, God raised up. And of that - we’re all witnesses. 33 Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of His Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing.” {Father and Son are so close, both administer God’s Spirit/Presence, same as will saturate and seal” all creation and humanity.}

     34 For David didn’t ascend into the heavens! But he prophesied - ‘The LORD said to my Lord, sit at my right hand, 35 until I make your enemies your footstool.’” [1Cor.15:22-28 w/ Mt.13:33, key word 3, barley, wheat, grape. Whereas Mt.13:30 is Rev.16:14-15-16 and, or Mt.25:1-13(10) — Much later completing JN.5:28,29].

     36 “Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”

     37 Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers! What shall we do!?”

     38 And Peter said, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins [hamartia - missing the mark] and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, all whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” {Exodus 33:14 - “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”}

     40 And with many other words he bore witness (testified) saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation/what was generated!” {This imperfection/entropy, that “doesn’t quit”. Purposely generated/allowed, because an Ant Farm is no paradise.} 41 So those who received his message were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.

Next - 2:42-47

09-16 - LUKE 12:13-21

paraphrased ‘enter the story’

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13 - Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher! Tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me!” 14 But Jesus said, “Who made me the judge or executor between you?” 15 And to the crowd, “Take care, and be on your guard against covetousness, for one's life doesn’t consist in the abundance of possessions.”

     16 So he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced a great harvest, 17 and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? For I haven’t room to store my crops.’ 18 So he said to himself, ‘I will do this, I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones! And so I shall store all my grain and goods. 19 And I’ll say to myself, ‘Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years. Relax, eat, drink, and be merry.’ 20 But then God said to him, ‘Foolish one, this very night your life [psuche - soul, life, self, personhood, inner being] is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ 21 So are all who lay up treasure for theirself, and are noT rich toward God.” {Futility, dust thou art.}

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Tomorrow - Luke 12:22-40

My own studies, had to paraphrase to post..

Start the day with a Psalm (jan 1-20, feb-20’s, mar-30’s, apr-40’s, etc. dec-120-150)

Hebrews 10 35-39

 a paraphrased ‘enter the story’

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07/18 ~ From New Testament Letters

   (In the Order Believed Written)

35 - Therefore don’t throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. 36 For we have need of endurance, so that when we have done the will [theléma - will, desire, purpose] of God we may receive what is promised. 37 For, “Yet a little while, and the coming one will come and will not delay. 38 But the righteous lives by faith, and if they shrink back, my soul cannot be happy in them.”

     39 But we’re not of those who shrink back and are ruined, but of those who have faith and are gaining their souls. [Gaining - peripoíēsis - possession, acquisition, preservation; from perí - all around, and poiéō - make, properly, make one's own, completely obtain, i.e. as a full possession (to real advantage) – literally - for abundant, all-around gain.]

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Tomorrows verses - Hebrews 11:1-6

My own studies, had to paraphrase to post..

Start the day with a Psalm (jan 1-20, feb-20’s, mar-30’s, apr-40’s, etc. dec-120-150)

Oct-16 From Lk-20 Gal-5

 🕊️ A paraphrased NT scripture study

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Today’s GospeL Verses ~ Luke 20:27-40

27 - There also came to Jesus some Sadducees, who deny there is a resurrection. (And deny also spirits/souls or angels, so were total materialists, the other extreme of human inherent immortality, aka immortal soul/greek psyche - we have a psyche but “there is only One who is immortal”. Enduring life is through the Son into reconciliation with the Father/Life who “is Perfect” and Incorrupt. Full union at one of two vivifications, will mean no more entropy/slow gehenna fade/crucible. Vivification either at Mt.13:30 as Rev.16:13-16; oR at Rev.21:5 when “death dies”.) 28 And they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses gave us a law that if a man dies, leaving a wife but no children, his brother should marry the widow and have a child who will carry on the brother’s name. 29 Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died without children. 30 And the second, 31 and the third wed her, and likewise all seven left no children and died. 32 Afterward the woman also died. 33 In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wife.”

       34 And Jesus said to them, “The sons and daughters of this age marry and are given in marriage. 35 But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage, 36 for they cannot die anymore, because they are equal to angels and are sons and daughters of God, and of the resurrection. 37 But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 38 Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him.” 39 Then some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, you have spoken well.” 40 For they no longer dared to ask him any question. [Rev.20:5 - “This is the first resurrection. The rest of the dead do not come back-to-life until the thousand years are ended.”]

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                ~ Galatians 5:16-21 ~

16 - So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t gratify the lower desires.17 For the desires of the flesh/carnality are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against carnality, for these are opposed to each other, so we cannot do what the lower nature may want. 18 But if we are “led by” the Spirit (of God), we do not need to be “under” the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy, drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I have before, that those who do such things are not able to inherit/enter the kingdom of God. (While in that state.)

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Mark 12:28-34

Galatians 5:22-26

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!

Humanity and creation will be sealed with God’s Spirit/Presence. This is logic, for is anything else possible? For surely(?) God is Life.

Sept-16 From Lk-12 Ja-5

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  [and original language insight]

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Today’s GospeL Verses ~ Luke 12:13-21

13 - Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” 14 But Jesus said, “Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?” 15 And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life doesn’t consist in the abundance of his possessions.” 16 So he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced a great harvest, 17 and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? For I have nowhere to store my crops.’ 18 And he said to himself, ‘I will do this, I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones! And so shall I store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to myself, ‘Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years. Relax, eat, drink, and be merry.’ 20 But then God said to him, ‘Fool! This very night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ 21 So is anyone who lays up treasure for theirself but is not rich toward God.”

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                ~ James 5:9-20 ~

9 - Don’t grumble against one another, brethren, (brothers and sisters) so you may not be judged, for behold! The Judge is standing at the door. 10 As an example of suffering and patience think of the prophets who spoke in the name of the LORD. 11 And we consider those blessed who steadfastly endured. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

     12 But above all, my brethren, don’t swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your “yes” be yes and your “no” be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.

     13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let them pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let them sing praises. 14 Is any among you sick? Let them call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise them up. And if they have committed sins, they will be forgiven.16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power. 17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain upon the earth. (A 3.5) 18 Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore fruit.

     19 My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings them back, 20 know that whoever brings back a sinner from their wandering, will save their souL from-death, and covers a multitude of sins.

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Luke 12:22-40

1 Thessalonians 1:1-7

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!⛲️

May-12 From Jn-13 1Pet-2

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a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ John 13:21-38

21 - Then Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and said, “Truly, I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.” 22 The disciples looked at one another, not knowing what to think. 23 One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved (this is John, it’s how he sometimes referred to himself) was at the table by Jesus, 24 so Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus of whom he was speaking. 25 So that disciple, leaning close to Jesus said, “Lord, who is it?” 26 Jesus answered, “It is he to whom I will give this morsel of bread when I have dipped it.” So when he had dipped the morsel, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. 27 Then after Judas had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him, and Jesus said to him, “What you’re going to do, do quickly.” 28 Now no one at the table knew why he said this. 29 Some thought because Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him to go buy what they would need for the feast or that he should give something to the poor.

     30 And so it was, that after receiving the morsel of bread, Judas went out into the night.

     31 And when he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in him (first advent?) also God will glorify him in himself (second advent?) and at once. 33 Little children, it’s only a short while that I am with you. You will seek me, and just as I said to the other of your countrymen, ‘Where I am going you cannot go.’ 34 And now a new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all will know you are my disciples, if you have love (true affection) for one another.” 36 Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered, “Where I’m going you cannot follow me now, but you’ll follow me afterward.” 37 Peter said to him, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you!” 38 Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, I tell you Peter,  the rooster will not crow till you have denied me three times.”

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                ~ 1 Peter 2:17-25 ~

17 - Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor. 18 Servants/workers (in a work for a loan of money or land system) be subject to your masters/misters/boss with respect. And not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust. 19 For this is a mindful thing, when conscious of God, if one endures sorrow while suffering unjustly. 20 For what credit is it, if you sin and when suffering for it, you endure? But if when you do good, you suffer for it with quiet endurance, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God. 21 Indeed to this you’ve been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so you might follow in his steps. 22 He committed no sin, neither did any falsehood cross his lips. 23 When he was insulted, he didn’t insult in return. And when he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but continued entrusting himself to he who judges justly. 24 And he suffered for us, bearing our sins in his body on the tree. That we might die to sin and live to all that is right. It is by his wounds you have been healed. 25 For like sheep, you were straying, but you have now returned (a pleasant sacrifice, a whole burnt offering) to the shepherd and bishop [episkopos - superintendent, bishop, from epí - upon, a fitting contact, which intensifies skopós - look intently, keep an eye on (you have returned to the) overseer, manager] of your soul.

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

John 14:1-11

1 Peter 3:1-6

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And currently Zechariah.. recently Daniel

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

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Ragged Soul

An ode to lost loved ones..

In a piece of my heart,
There is a hole.

Too many friends and loved ones
Have left the fold.

They've passed away.
My spirit's cold.

But I have listened..
On the wind it's been told,
The first gene pool,
It shaped us all..
A shining perfection,
   .....A silent call.

Perfect makes no mistakes,
Loses nothing at all.

"The lion will eat straw like the ox,
The bear, will be seen grazing with the cow."

My heart is at peace.

But I miss them anyhow.

[Verse is Isaiah 11:7]