08-06 - From 1Jn-1 Mk-5

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

1John 1:5-10  Mark 5:1-20

            ☀️ A.M. 1John 1:5-10

5 - This is the message we’ve heard from him and that we proclaim to you - that God is light, and in him is no darkness. No darkness at all.

     6 If we say we have friendship with him while we walk in darkness, we’re deceiving our self and others, and not living the truth. 7 But if we walk in the Light, as he’s in the Light, we have friendship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us {releases} [katharizó - root of catharsis] from all sin [hamartia - missing the mark].

     8 If we say we have no sin {imperfection, falling short, having made mistakes, bad choices, etc} we deceive ourselves, and the truth isn’t in us. 9 If we confess our sins {agree we’re imperfect/miss the mark of perfection} he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us [katharizó] from all unrighteousness {all un-rightness! Which is entropy that “doesn’t quit”. So this is a rescue.}. 10 If we say we’ve never fallen short, we make him a liar, and his word {message, truth, logos-logic, reasoning} isn’t in us.

            🌙 P.M. MARK 5:1-20

1 - When they came to the other side of the sea of Galilee, to the country of the Gerasenes, 2 Jesus stepped out of the boat, and immediately, a man came out from among the tombs and met him. 3 He had an unclean spirit and lived there among the tombs. No one could keep him bound, not even with a chain. 4 For he had often been shackled and chained, but he broke the chains apart, and tore the shackles in pieces. There was no one strong enough to subdue him. 5 And night and day he wandered among the tombs and among the hills, crying out and cutting himself with stones.

     6 When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell down before him. 7 And crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What have you to do with me?! Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I beg you by God, don’t torment me!” 8 For Jesus was saying to him, “Come out of the man! You unclean spirit!” 9 And he asked him, “What is your name?” And he replied, “My name is Legion! For we are many!” 10 Then he begged him not to send them out of the country. 11 On the nearby hillside, a large herd of pigs was feeding, 12 and they begged him, “Send us to the pigs, and let us enter them.”

     13 So he gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came rushing out and entered the pigs, and the herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned.

     14 The herdsmen ran and told what had happened to the people in the city and the surrounding countryside. And people came to see. 15 And when they came to Jesus and saw the demon possessed man who had had the legion, sitting there, clothed, and in his right mind, they were afraid. 16 Those who had seen it repeated to them what had occurred to the man and to the pigs.

     17 Then because they were afraid, the people asked Jesus to go away and leave the region. 18 As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed with demons asked him if he might go with him. 19 But Jesus said, “Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you. And how he has had kindness upon you.” 20 And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis, the “land of the ten cities” how much Jesus had done for him. And they all marveled.

     [Mark wrote unclean spirit - “pneuma akathartos“  pneuma - wind, spirit, and akathartos, which is “a” without kathartos, root of catharsis - in verses 3 and 8. But demon possessed - “daimonizomai” in vs.18.

     Luke called the man demon possessed - “echó daimonion” Lk.8:27. And having many demons/daimonion, vs.30.] {From Rev.12:3,4,9 - “..a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven (“the stars are angels” Rev.1:20) and cast them to the earth ..the great dragon.. that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world“.

     Rev.13:1, the beast with seven heads and ten horns is his world empires used against the faith “five are fallen, one is (Roman Empire at the time) and one is to come” (after Western Civilization having blocked it is fully overcome) “but it will only remain for a little while - Dan.7:27 and 12:11-12 with Lk.19:41,44 and 1Cor.3:16. A math riddle.

   Revelation chapter 12 is the 2nd of 3 tellings of the revelation vision. Vs.17 with Mt.23:39. Posting a Rev.12 study soon. These are my own studies.}

           

Tomorrows verses, 08/07

1John 2:1-5  Mark 5:21-43 and ACTS 7:17-37

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

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

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05-31 - From 2Tim-2,3 Jn-19

N.Testament & Prophecy Advanced CU Study, verses paraphrased  [ ] references { } thots

 2 Timothy 2:22-3:7  John 19:23-27

            ☀️ A.M. 2 Timothy 2:22-3:7

22 - So flee youthful passions. Pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a genuine and pure heart. 23 Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies. You know that they breed quarrels. 24 And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach patiently, 25 correcting opponents with gentleness. That God may grant them repentance leading to knowing the truth, 26 and they come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.

     3:1 - But understand this, in the last days there will be times of difficulty. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving of good, 4 treacherous, reckless, full of conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having the appearance of godliness {!? ..puts on sheep’s clothing? talks a good talk?} but denying its power. {Which is God.} Avoid such. 6 For among them are those who creep into households and capture the weak, burdened with sins [hamartia - (of) missing the mark, with flaws, weaknesses] and led astray by various passions, 7 always learning and never able to arrive at an understanding of the truth. {The world’s ways, and life as we presently know it, this contrast, imperfection, an abyss of potential, is - so to speak - a very powerful delusion.}

            🌙 P.M. John 19:23-27

23 - When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier. But the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom, 24 so they said, “Let’s not tear it, but we’ll cast lots to see whose it’ll be.” This fulfilled the Scripture which says, “They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.” For indeed the soldiers did these things.

     25 Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and her sister, and Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved (John referred to himself this way) standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.” 27 Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his household.

           

Tomorrows verses, 06/01

2 Timothy 3:8-17  Matthew 27:50-61

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

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

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04-16 - Phil-3 Mt-21

N.Testament & Prophecy Advanced CU Study, verses paraphrased [ ] references { } thots

 • Philippians 3:15-21 Matthew 21:33-46 and ACTS 21:1-25 separately

            ☀️ Philippians 3:15-21

15 - Let those of us who are mature remember these things.

     {It’s not easy to stay anchored in the solid, onward Truth. There are many distractions, many doctrines, teachings and attitudes. But! 2Tim.3:16 says “all scripture is for training”. Training for what? Do we want to miss it.. be a trainee later? When we could’ve served during the Lord’s long (glorious, at times dramatic) second advent.. also somewhat during this life if possible. (“All scripture” is one of the times the word all wasn’t changed to all things.) What if that advent is a longer, full scope version of his first so brief one? Isn’t that more logical? Sure, initial conditions during GWT judgment ‘day’ for some (few?) may be as portrayed in the rich man and Lazarus parable, and the outside of the vision narrative of Revelation 22 ..as inner conditions, tongue parched for the water of life, gnashing of teeth.. Why not? Progresses to weeping, beating self up with many stripes.. But Jesus “will draw all” Jn.12:32, even the Hitlers, the Idi Ahmins, serial killers, child sex traffickers... But logically, they won’t get off easy. Not by a long shot. Can we imagine eventually, and for a long time, the totally. gut. wrenching. remorse?? Which is exactly how it should be. And does anything work upon the heart as well as heartfelt remorse?

     So how do we stay on course? The course set by God our Father? Should we wash our minds with the words of the world? Do we think the world cannot put on sheep’s clothing, and speak out of both sides of its mouth? Speaking like the wolf out of one side seems to be overlooked..

     What is the “washing of the word”? Some believers scoff at that idea.. so be it. Won’t last forever. ..Paul says hang onto what you learned, the message of and about Christ.}

    If in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal it to you. 16 Only let us hold true to what we have attained.

      17 Brothers and sisters, join in imitating me (Paul) and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us. 18 For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 Their end is ruin, their god is their passions and they take pride in their shame. Their minds are set on the world. 20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior. The Lord Jesus, 21 who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him to subject all to himself. [Pas - all, in this verse and many others, is usually changed to read “all things”.]

            🌙 Matthew 21:33-46

33 - “Listen to another parable,” Jesus said. “There was a master/mister of a house who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a winepress, and built a tower. Then he leased it to caretaker tenants, and went to a faraway land. 34 And when the season for fruit drew near, he sent messengers to the tenants to get his share of the profits.

     35 But the tenants took his messengers and beat one, killed another, and stoned yet another. 36 A little later he sent other messengers, more than the first. But they did the same thing. 37 Finally he sent his son, saying, ‘They’ll respect my son!’ 38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and we’ll keep this inheritance.’ 39 So they took him, threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

     40 So when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”

     41 The leaders (Pharisees, and chief priests) said to him, “He will put those wretches to a miserable end! And will let out the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him the profits in their season.”

     42 And he said, “Have you never read in the Scriptures - ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the chief stone. This was the LORD’s doing, and it’s marvelous in our eyes’?

     43 Therefore I’m telling you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and given to a people producing its fruits. 44 And whoever falls upon this stone will be broken, but when it falls upon someone, it will crush them.” {70 CE. judgment, cause and effect, the shield of God’s Presence having faded.}

     45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them. 46 And although they were seeking to arrest him, they feared the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet. {Afraid the crowd would stone them, Lk.20:6. They had powerful seats, and sought to retain those seats, but they couldn’t get too out of hand/iron fisted. Why Jesus’ arrest would be under cover of night and away from the crowds that gathered around him.}

           

Tomorrows verses, 04/17

Philippians 4:1-7  Matthew 22:1-10

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

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

have a great day! ☀️🕊️

04-01- Eph-5 Jn-11

N.Testament & Prophecy Advanced CU Study, verses paraphrased  [ ] references { } thots

 • Ephesians 5:9-16  John 11:38-54

            ☀️ Ephesians 5:9-16

9 - The fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true. 10 Try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. 11 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead shine the {gentle} light of Truth on them. 12 It’s shameful even to speak of things that are done in secret. 13 But the light when shone, brings understanding. 14 And when something is understood, it becomes known.

     That’s why the scripture says, “Awake, O sleeper! Arise from the dead! And Christ will shine upon you!” {Golden wheat.. or still a weed in God’s garden? As we all were, and still are to a degree.. Until total overcoming at resurrection.. if in the first one. The second one has GWT Judgment/discernment/review/closure for all ‘Day’ between the rising and when Father God says, “Behold, I make all new” Rev.21:5, Greek word “pas” - “all, every, the whole”.}

     15 So don’t be reckless and unwise in how you walk, but wise, 16 making the best use of the time, because the days are quickly past.

     {Mt.13:30 is Rev.16:14-15-16, not an afterlife ‘hell’ and, or is Mt.25:1-13, notice the word “first”?}

            🌙 John 11:38-54

38 - Then Jesus, deeply moved, came to the tomb, which was a cave. A stone lay against it, 39 so Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”

     Martha, the sister of Lazarus, the dead man, said, “Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days.”

     40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believe you will see the glory of God?”

     41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus looking upward said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 I know you always hear me. But I say this on account of the people standing here, that they may believe that you have sent me.”

     43 And then he cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” 44 And Lazarus, who had died, came out. His hands and feet were bound with linen strips, and his face was wrapped in a head cloth. Jesus said, “Unbind him. Set him free.”

     45 Many of the Judeans therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen this, believed in him. 46 But some went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

     47 So the leaders, the chief priests and the Pharisees, gathered as a council {☠️} and said, “What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. 48 If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our seats and our nation.”

     49 But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said, “You know nothing! 50 Nor do you understand! It’s better one man die! Than the whole nation perish!” 51 He didn’t even say this of his own accord! But being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation. 52 And not for the nation [ethnos - people, nation] {Hebrews} only.

     {Separated to separate God Most High in our understanding, from ‘the gods’ of the nations that had developed over ancient centuries.}

     BUT aLso to gather [synagagē] into one, the children of God {humanity} who are scattered abroad. {From Babel Tower.}

     53 And from that day on they made plans to have him executed. 54 So Jesus no longer walked openly among them. And he went to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and there he stayed for a while with the disciples.

           

Tomorrows verses, 04/02

Ephesians 5:17-27  Matthew 20:17-28 and ACTS 20:1-16 separately

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

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

have a great day! ☀️🕊️

03-28 - Eph-4 Lk-11

N.Testament & Prophecy Advanced CU Study, verses paraphrased  [ ] references { } thots

 • Ephesians 4:11-16  Luke 11:5-13

            ☀️ Ephesians 4:11-16

11 - And he gave some to be apostles, some prophets, or evangelists. And some shepherds and teachers. 12 This is to equip believers for the work of service [diakonia - service, ministry, office, relief, support] for the building up of the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, in the knowledge [epignósis] of the Son of God, to completion, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ!

     14 That we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by waves and different winds of doctrine. Or by human schemes of craftiness, 15 but speaking the truth in love, bringing increase in every way, into Christ, who is the head of us, the body of believers.

     16 From him the whole body, is joined and fitted together by every joint with which it’s equipped, so that when each part is working properly, the body grows, building itself up in love. (2Tim.3:16.)

            🌙 Luke 11:5-13

5 - (His disciples had said, “Lord teach us to pray..) So Jesus said, “Which of you who has a friend will go to them at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves! 6 Someone has arrived on a long journey, and I have nothing to set before them’. 7 Won’t the friend answer, ‘Don’t bother me! The door is shut, my children are in bed with us and I cannot get up and give you anything’.

     8 I tell you, though they will not get up and give you anything, because they’re your friend, if you insist, they will rise and give you whatever you need. 9 And so I tell you, ask. And it will be given to you. Seek. And you’ll find. Knock. And it’ll be opened to you!

     10 For whoever will ask, will receive. Whoever seeks will find. And to whoever knocks, it will be opened.

     11 What parent among you, if your child asks for a fish, will instead give them a serpent? 12 Or if they ask for an egg, will give them a scorpion? 13 If you then, who’re evil [ponéros - evil, bad, wicked, malicious (or) slothful; from pónos - pain, laborious trouble] {if you who are troublesome} know how to give good gifts to your children - how much more, will your heavenly Father give {his} Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” {The answer to all things.} {“The” is prevalent in scripture. Somewhat like La and Le of the French and Spanish? But it is not before Holy Spirit here but says “how much more the Father who is in heaven will give Spirit [pneuma - spirit, wind, breath] Holy..” holy is hagios, which includes sacred. Most high, Most sacred.}

           

Tomorrows verses, 03/29 

Ephesians 4:17-24  John 11:1-16  Rev. 19:17-21

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

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

have a great day! ☀️🕊️

01-05 - 2 Cor-10 Jn-2

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

 • 2 Corinthians 10:7-18  John 2:13-25

            ☀️ 2 Corinthians 10:7-18

7 - Remember what I (Paul) told you before, whatever’s evident and obvious. {Logical.} If anyone is confident that they are Christ's, let them be reminded that just as they are Christ's, so also are we. {So also are aLL, those who believe (are called to that role) now, are now manifestly his. Those who believe (are called for that role) later, are manifestly his, as well, later.}

     8 For I’m not ashamed! Even if I boast a bit too much about our authority. Which authority the Lord gave for building you up! Not for tearing you down. 9 I don’t want to appear to be frightening you with my letters. 10 For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak. And his speech is of no account.” 11 Let such a one understand that what we say by letter when absent, we also represent when present. 12 Not that we dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who are commending theirselves. But when they measure theirselves by one another and compare theirselves with one another, they are without understanding.

     {Competing.. putting down Paul and others to build themselves up is not a fruit of the Spirit, but of the lower and mortal, self first, human nature. Creating levels and assigning self to the higher than others level is no sign of maturity. Satan “the accuser” was at work.. His fingers are in every pie, working all angles and sides of all things. And the rotten fruit is division, accusation.. aggressions, riots, wars.. The carnal (human, imperfect) nature is too easy.}

     13 But! We won’t boast without limit, but only in regard to the area of influence God assigned to us! In order to reach you. 14 For we’re not over reaching, as if we were not the first to come all the way to you [there in a region of Greece] with the gospel (good news) of Christ. 15 We would never boast in the labors of others, as though they were our labors. But the hope we have, is that your faith will increase, and our influence among you become greater, 16 so we can move on to preach the good news in lands beyond you. Without boasting of work already done by others.

     17 “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord!” 18 For it’s not the one who commends their own self who’s approved, but the one whom the Lord commends [sunistémi and sunistanó - to commend, establish, demonstrate, prove, hold together; from sýn - union, together with, and hístēmi - to stand, stand together, referring to facts lining up with each other to support or commend]. {He builds upon what He teaches.. And truth builds upon itself.}

            🌙 John 2:13-25

13 - It was now Passover and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers doing business there. 15 So making a whip of ropes, he drove them out of the temple, along with the sheep and oxen. And he dumped out the coins of the money-changers and overturned the tables. 16 And he said, “Take these things away! Stop making my Father's house a house of merchandise!” 17 And his disciples remembered that it’s written, “He (messiah) will have zeal for Your house.” [Also, Passover being a time of cleansing - from Endicott’s Commentary, and likely others?]

     18 So the leaders said to him, “What sign do you show us that you have authority to do these things?!” 19 Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple! And in three days I’ll raise it up!”

     20 The leaders then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?” 21 But he was talking about the temple of his body. 22 When he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this. And they believed the Scripture even more, and the message Jesus had spoken. [Like, “believe in God and believe in me.. and come and follow me.. Father I pray they be one as we are one.. The work of God is this, to believe in the one he has sent.. And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded..”]

     23 Now when he was in Jerusalem during Passover (week) many believed when they saw the signs (miracles) he was doing. 24 But Jesus on his part didn’t trust himself to anyone, because he knows all people 25 and doesn’t need anyone to tell him what is in man. {Imperfection, which can be an abyss of potential. It’s why we lock our doors at night? An interesting note, we have man’s number? We are made up largely of carbon, which has six protons, six neutrons and six electrons. I think where in prophecy the triple six number turns up, strongly suggests apocalypse is all manmade and done. ..But it’s still better than creation as an Ant Farm. This is a one&done unavoidable contrast being let to run its course. Which is evident, yes?}

           

Tomorrows verses, 01/06 

2 Corinthians 11:1-9  John 3:1-12

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

have a great day! ☀️🕊️