BooK oF Revelation 21 23 - 22 2

    €XpLa!ning ReVeLaTion        

           paraphrased study

23 - And the city [the New Jerusalem] doesn’t need the sun or the moon, for the glory of God is its radiance, and the lamp of it is the Lamb. 24 And by its light the nations will walk, and the kings of earth will bring their glory into it, 25 and its gates will not be shut by day—there will be no night there. 26 They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. 27 And never shall anything unclean enter into it, nor what is detestable or false, but only those written in the Lamb's book of life.

     22:1 - Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, clear as crystal flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 And through the middle of the street of the city, and on either side of the river, is the tree of life bearing twelve kinds of fruit, each for its month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing [therapeia] of the nations.

                         ~*~

📜🗞️ The revelation vision is told 3 times: 6:1-2 to 11:19; chap.12 w/ Mt.23:39; and 13:1 to 19:11, the three meeting at the 7th trumpet’s sounding.

Jesus’ brief first advent perfectly fulfilled the ancient Spring Holy Days, more perfectly than is easily seen. So logically his long second advent will fulfill the Autumn Holy Days, their names and pattern:

  TRUMPETS (of Rev, return at 7th during the concurrent bowls) - 10days/1000yrs - to ‘DAY’ oF ATONEMENT - 5days/500yrs - to TABERNACLES — a fiery regenesis, “All new.. God will now tabernacle with mankind” Rev.21:1-5.

Rev/Apoc Cast of Characters & Events ~ is pinned📌 in the side column.

Feb-15 From Mt-13 Ro-9

    Enter The Story Daily

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GospeL Verses ~ Matthew 13:31-44

31 - He told the people another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed taken and planted in a field. 32 It’s the smallest of all the seeds, but when it grows it is larger than all the other plants and becomes like a tree, so birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.” 33 And he told them another parable, “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and worked into three measures of meal, untiL it was all leavened.”

     34 All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables. He didn’t say anything to them except by parable. 35 And this fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet, “I will open my mouth in parables. I will speak what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”

     36 Then he left the crowd of people and went back into the house. And his disciples said, “Explain to us the meaning of the parable of the weeds of the field.” 37 He said, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, and the good seed are children of the kingdom. The weeds are the children of evil, 39 and the enemy [echthros - hostile, enemy, someone openly hostile, having deep-rooted enmity.] who sowed [speiró - sowed, scattered] them is the devil [diabolos - in secular Greek means backbiter, an accuser, slanderer, i.e. making charges that bring down]. The harvest is at the end of the age, the reapers are angels, 40 and as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so shall it be at the end of the age. 41 The Son of Man will send forth his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom the causes of sin and the practicing of lawlessness, 42 and cast them into the fiery furnace. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear. 44 For the kingdom of heaven is like treasure which is hidden in a field, and when someone finds it, they joyfully go and sell all they have. And they buy that field.”

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                  ~ Romans 9:27-33 ~

27 - Isaiah cried out concerning Israel, “Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved [during this lifetime, for - “all Israel will be saved..” Ro.11:26]. 28 For the Lord will carry out his sentence - upon the earth - fully and without delay.” 29 And also as Isaiah prophesied, “If the LORD of hosts had not left us sons and daughters, we would have become like Sodom and Gomorrah.” 30 What then can we say? For Gentiles who didn’t pursue righteousness have attained righteousness (right standing) that is, righteousness that is by faith. 31 But Israel who pursued a law for righteousness, didn’t succeed. 32 Why? Because they didn’t pursue it by faith (as a gift given and received) but as though it was based on (their own) works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone. 33 Like it’s written - “Behold! I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, a rock of offense [skándalon - snare, a negative cause and effect, skándalon is the native rock rising up through the earth, which trips up the traveler]. (“Native rock” - the natural, the carnal nature.) But the one believing upon him will not be disappointed [kataischuno - shamed, disgraced, put to confusion].”

     “Will not be disappointed” ..kind of a big understatement..

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Matthew 13:44-58

Romans 10:1-10

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

Feb-14 From Mt-13 Ro-9

     Enter The Story Daily

  a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Matthew 13:18-30

(Jesus continues) — 18 - “Hear then the parable of the sower, 19 when someone hears the message of the kingdom and doesn’t understand it, evil comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path. 20 As for what was sown on rocky ground, is when someone hears the message, and they receive it with joy, 21 yet they have no root in their self, and endure for a while, but when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the message, the fall away. 22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the message, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke it out, and it proves to be unfruitful. 23 As for what was sown on good soil, this is one who hears the word and understands it. They indeed bear fruit and yield, some a hundredfold, another sixtyfold, and another thirtyfold.”

     24 Then he said another parable [parabole: - a parable, comparison, from pará - close beside, with, and bállō - to cast – a teaching aid cast alongside the truth being taught] “The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a farmer who sowed good seed in his field, 25 but while the workers were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and then went away. 26 So when the plants came up and bore grain, the weeds appeared also. 27 And the workers came and said, ‘Master/mister, did you not sow good seed in your field? Why then does it bear weeds?’ 28 He answered, ‘An enemy has done this!’ So the workers said, ‘Do you want us to go and gather out the weeds?’ 29 ‘No ‘ he said, ‘lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat also. 30 But let both grow until harvest, and then I will tell the reapers, ‘Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned’ (imo, to armageddon battle, as what other bonfire will there be? Especially simultaneously to the wheat gathered, 1Cor.15:23) ‘but gather the wheat into my barn.’” (Mt.13:33 key word 3, w/ 1Cor.15:22-24,28 - 3 harvests, barley, wheat, and then “at the ‘end’ the overflowing grape harvest.)

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                  ~ Romans 9:19-26 ~

19 - You will doubtless say to me, “Why then does God still find fault?[Since it’s HE who assigns the roles.] For who can resist his will?” 20 But who are you, O man, to argue with God?! Will what is molded say to its maker, “Why have you made me thus?” 21 Has the potter no right over the clay? (The director over the cast?) to make out of the same lump (humanity) one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable? (The ‘good’ guys and the ‘bad’ guys? And all degrees in between.) 22 What if God, desiring to show his wrath (cause and effect, truth) and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for ruin, 23 in order to make known the riches of his glory! (This all important contrast will totally prove Truth.) And vessels of mercy prepared for glory— (at the culmination of the drama) 24 even us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles? 25 As indeed he says in Hosea, “Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’ and her (the nations) who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’” 26 “And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’” (And like prophecy - expands and works out, from smaller pond ripple to full pond ripple. Obviously, since “God is savior of all” 1Tim.4:10.)

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Matthew 13:31-44

Romans 9:27-33

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And currently Daniel

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

WeekLy BooK oF Acts - 22 22-30

         a paraphrased study

1 - Up until then the crowd had been listening to him (Paul). But now they said loudly, “Away with such a fellow! He should not be allowed to live!”  (Wow, a little extreme.) 23 And as they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and flinging dust into the air, 24 the military tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, saying he should be examined by flogging, to find out why they were shouting against him like this. (Surely thAt will get to the truth!🤯) 25 But when they had strapped him up for the whips, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, “Is it lawful for you to flog a man who is a Roman citizen and untried?” 26 When the centurion heard this, he went to the tribune and said to him, “Should you do this? This man is a Roman citizen!” 27 So the tribune came and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” And Paul said, “Yes.” 28 The tribune answered, “I bought into this citizenship for a large sum of money.” And Paul answered, “But I am a citizen by birth.” 29 So those who were about to flog him withdrew, and the tribune was also afraid, for he had been the one to have him bound, and realizing he was a Roman citizen, he unbound him. 30 Then on the next day, wanting to know the real reason why he was being accused, he commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and he brought Paul down and set him before them..

Feb-13 From Mt-13 Ro-9

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GospeL Verses ~ Matthew 13:1-17

1 - Later that same day Jesus went out of the house and sat down beside the sea. 2 And a great crowd gathered around him, so he got into a boat and sat down while the whole crowd was on the beach. 3 And then he told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow seed. 4 And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it quickly sprang up 6 but when the sun rose it was scorched, for it had no depth of soil, and so it withered away. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it. 8 But other seed fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 9 Whoever has ears, let them hear.”

     10 Then the disciples came and said, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” 11 And he answered, “To you it has been - given - to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12 For to the one who has, more will be given, and they will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what they (seem to) have will be taken away. 13 This is why I speak in parables, because seeing they don’t see, and hearing they don’t hear, nor do they understand. 14 Indeed, the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says, ‘You will hear but not understand, and you will see but not perceive. (Describing the human condition of all ..until God calls.) 15 For the people's heart has grown dull, their ears can barely hear, and they’ve closed their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them.’ 16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. 17 For truly, I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and didn’t see it, and to hear what you hear, and didn’t hear it.” (And so what faith they had! We have the gospel testimonies, the letters written so early on, plus the prophets, the history.. What they had was the promise. It’s God who enables.)

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                  ~ Romans 9:9-18 ~

9 - For the promise (to Abraham) was - “About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son.” 10 And not only that, but when Rebekah had her children by the one man, our forefather Isaac, 11 though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good nor bad—in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of he who calls (and chooses when to call/wake one up). [Eklogé - a choosing out, selecting, from eklegó - to select. (Casting lots is mentioned seventy times in the Old Testament and seven times in the New. We did nothing to be selected/chosen. Imperfect is an abyss of potential within every imperfect being.)] 12 Rebekah was told, “The older one will serve the younger one.” 13 As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I loved less”. [Miseó - on a comparative basis, one choice in favor of another, from love less to detest (The logic, God iS love, 1Jn.4:8.)] 14 What then can we say? Is there injustice on God's part? Of course not! 15 For he told Moses, (regarding thiS life) “I will have mercy on whomever I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I have compassion.” 16 In conclusion then - it depends not on human will or exertion, but it depends upon God, who has mercy. (We don’t earn life, as though God would owe us.) 17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose, I, have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” 18 So then HE has mercy on whom HE wills, and HE hardens whom HE wills.

      ..All the world is a stage - Shakespeare. ..”

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Matthew 13:18-30

Romans 9:19-26

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Daniel

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

Feb-12 From Mt-12 Ro-9

    Enter The Story Daily

a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Matthew 12:46-50

46 - While he was still teaching and talking to the people, his mother and brothers came and were outside, asking to speak to him. 48 When someone told him this he said, “Who is my mother, and my brothers?” 49 And with his arm stretched toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven, is my brother and sister and mother.”

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                  ~ Romans 9:1-8 ~

1 - What I (Paul) am saying is the truth in Christ. I am not lying. My conscience bears witness with me, along with the Holy Spirit, 2 that I have great sorrow and continuing anguish in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers! My kinsmen according to the flesh.  (After all, it couldn’t be ‘forever’! But a switch in roles.) 4 They are Israelites! And to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises! 5 To them belong the patriarchs, and from them is the lineage of Christ, and the God over all, the blessed forever. Amen. 6 But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For all descended from Israel are not of Israel, 7 for not all are children of Abraham because they are descended, as an example “through Isaac shall your descendants be named.” 8 This means that it is not the natural descendants of Abraham who are considered children of God, but those who receive the promise (hebrew and non hebrew alike) are those counted as the children.

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Matthew 13:1-17

Romans 9:9-18

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Daniel

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

Feb-11 From Mt-12 Ro-8

    Enter The Story Daily

 a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Matthew 12:38-45

38 - Some scribes (professionals) and Pharisees (authorities) said, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” 39 But he answered them, “It’s an evil [ponéros - toilsome, bad] and unfaithful generation that seeks [epizéteó - asks for, inquires, seeks (demands?)] a sign, but no sign will be given except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh will rise up in (during) the judgment and give judgment against this generation, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and see, something greater than Jonah is here. 42 The queen of the South will rise up in (during) the judgment and give judgment against this generation, for she came from the ends of earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here. 43 “When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it goes through dry places seeking rest, but finds none. 44 Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came out.’ And when it returns, it finds the house empty, swept, and put in order. (What shall we fill our house with? 📜🍞➕🍷🕊️) 45 Then the spirit goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and abide there. And the person is worse off than before. So also will it be with this generation.” (Murdered many Christ-ians. History - of all - is a very sad commentary.)

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                  ~ Romans 8:34-39 ~

34 - Who [tis - who, which, what] is there to condemn? Christ Jesus died - more than that, was raised - is at the right hand of God interceding [entugchanó - conferring] on our behalf. 35 Who [tis - who, which, what] separates us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger, or sword? 36 As it is written! “On account of you we are being killed all the day long.” (Ps.2, Rev.6:4) We are regarded as sheep for slaughter.” 37 But in all these things we are more than conquerors through he who loves us. 38 For I know that neither death nor life, angels nor rulers, things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all of creation, is able to separate us from the love of God (displayed) in Christ Jesus our Lord.

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Matthew 12:46-50

Romans 9:1-8

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Daniel

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

Feb-10 From Mt-12 Ro-8

    Enter The Story Daily

 a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Matthew 12:22-37

22 - Just then a demon oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to him, and he healed him. Then the man could both speak and see, 23 and the people were amazed. They said, “Can this be the Son of David?” (The prophesied messiah/savior.) 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “It is only by Beelzebaal, the prince of the demons, that he can cast out demons!” (🤔 Always a tactic of untruth to be condescending.. to ridicule, insult or call names, directly or indirectly. Glaring evidence of things not true, oR, sometimes fallen back upon by our not having gathered the facts and supporting verses.) 25 Knowing their thoughts, he said, “A kingdom that is divided against itself is laid waste [erémoó - (is) brought to desolation] and no city or house divided against itself will remain standing. (Divide and conquer.) 26 And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom not fall? (Iron and clay/dove and vulture will partnership.. but only for so long, Rev.17:12,16 and 16:13-16.) 27 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebaal, by who do your sons (followers, students) cast them out? Therefore they will judge. 28 But if it is by the Spirit/Presence of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come to you. 29 Or how can someone enter a strong man's house and run off with his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? Then indeed he may rob his house. 30 Whoever is not with me is against me. Whoever does not gather with me, scatters. 31 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy  will-be-forgiven [aphiémi - sent away, left alone, released, forgiven] but the blasphemy [blasphémia - slander] against the Spirit/Presence not forgiven [aphiémi - sent away, left alone, released, forgiven]. 32 And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, not forgiven, neither in this age or in the age to come. (“This age” - years of our Lord, A.D., “age to come” - “the” millennium, after that “the Judgment Aionion” - aionion is the adjective of aion - a duration of time, root of eon, Mt.25:46 - aionios-kolasin/korrection, translated into neverending-punishment, and as handed down, a baal-molech fav fantasy if ever I heard one.🤢) 33 “Either make the tree Good and its fruit Good, or you make the tree bad and its fruit bad! For a tree (and idea) is known (identified, summed up) by its fruit. 34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil! For it is out of the heart that the mouth speaks! 35 The good person out of his good storehouse (heart) brings forth good, and the evil (notGood) out of his evil storehouse (heart) brings forth notGood. 36 I tell you! Every careless word that men [anthropoi, male and female] speak they will give [apodidómi - give up, give back, return, restore] concerning it reasoning [logos - reasoning in words] in the day [hémera - day, time] of judgment. (Translated “will give account”.) 37 For by your logos will you be justified [dikaioó - regarded innocent] and by your logos will you be judged [katadikazo - from kata - down from, díkē – properly, right, a just finding, and azo - fit, fits]. (Judged, assessed, discerned - of course. And Jesus “will draw all” Jn.12:32, so logically, and obviously, all will be kolasis/korrected/corrected. Which hAs to involve discernment/judgment, yes?)

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                  ~ Romans 8:26-33 ~

26 - Likewise the Spirit of God (his Presence with us) helps us in our weakness. For we don’t know what to pray, but the Spirit (Presence of God) himself intercedes - for us - with groanings of the heart which are too complex for words. 27 For by searching the hearts, and according to the will of God, does his Spirit (Presence with us) pray for us. 28 And besides that (sort of word for word) - we know (for) the loving God, all works God for good, the down from purpose [prothesis - set forth, proposal, predetermination, purpose, from pró - before, and títhēmi - purposefully set forth] called [klétos - called, summoned] to be [eimi] - for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. 29 For those whom God foreknew [proegno] he also predestines to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, in order that the (Firstborn) Son might be the firstborn among many brothers [and sisters! Adelphos - brethren, from alpha - same, and delphus - womb, kinsperson, descended from the same.] 30 And those he predestines [proorizó - foreordains, predetermines, marks out beforehand] he also calls [kaleó - to call, summon, name, invite]. And those he calls he also justifies, and those he justifies he also will glorify. (With His likeness.) 31 What can we possibly say to these things! If God is for us, who [tis - who, which, what] can be against us? 32 He who indeed spared not his own Son but for us all, gave him up - how will he not also through him graciously give us all things?! 33 Who [tis - who, which, what] can bring an acccusation against the elect of God? Who is the justifier. [1Tim.4:10 - “God is the savior of all.”]

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Matthew 12:38-45 

Romans 8:34-39

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Daniel

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

Feb-09 From Mt-12 Ro-8

  🕊️Enter The Story Daily

 a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Matthew 12:14-21

14 - But! The Pharisees went out and were plotting how they might kill Jesus. 15 Aware of this, Jesus went away from there, and a large crowd followed after him, and he healed everyone who was ill among them. 16 He told them not to tell others about him. 17 This fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah - 18 “Here is my servant I have chosen, the one I love, and in whom I delight. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations. 19 He won’t quarrel nor cry out, and they will not hear his voice in the streets. 20 He will not break a crushed reed and he will not snuff out a barely lit wick, but will lead justice to victory. 21 In his name the nations will put their hope [elpizo - expectation].” (In him, the people will put their hope and their expectation.)

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                  ~ Romans 8:17-25 ~

17 - Now if we are God’s children, then we are his heirs, and we are co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings (troubles, persecutions, insults, and some much more) in order that we may also share in his glory. (Note, “sharing his glory” - able to heal, etc, has to be after entering the ‘door’ into “the” millennium, Mt.25:1-13, and before “behold! I make all new”. 18 I (Paul) consider that our present sufferings and troubles are not at all comparable with the glory that will be revealed in us. 19 For the creation waits in eager anticipation for the coming to light of the children of God. 20 For the creation (too) was subjected to futility, corruption, fading, not by its own will, but by the choice of the one who subjected it, in expectation 21 — that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay — and brought into the freedom [eleutheria - liberty, freedom] and glory [doxa - praise, honor, glory] of the children of God. 22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as if in the pains of childbirth from the beginning right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit (“love, joy, peace” etc.) groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies [apolutrósis - a release effected by payment of ransom]. 24 Indeed it is in this expectation that we are saved. But expectation that is seen is not expectation at all. Because who is expecting what has already arrived? 25 But if we expect what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Matthew 12:22-37

Romans 8:26-33

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Daniel

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

€XpLa!ning ReVeLaTion 21 10-22

        WeeKly BooK oF Revelation

                paraphrased study

10 - And he (an angel) carried me (John) in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. 11 It shone with the glory of God, and its radiance was like a stone most precious, 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. (All believers are “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. (Side 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 is not true.) 16 The city was square, 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.

                         ~*~

📜🗞️ The revelation vision is told 3 times: 6:1-2 to 11:19; chap.12 w/ Mt.23:39; and 13:1 to 19:11, the three meeting at the 7th trumpet’s sounding.

Jesus’ brief first advent perfectly fulfilled the ancient Spring Holy Days, more perfectly than is easily seen. So logically his long second advent will fulfill the Autumn Holy Days, their names and pattern:

  TRUMPETS (of Rev, return at 7th during the concurrent bowls) - 1Odays/1OOOyrs - to ‘DAY’ oF ATONEMENT - 5days/5OOyrs - to TABERNACLES — a fiery regenesis, “All new.. God will now tabernacle with mankind” Rev.21:1-5.

Rev/Apoc Cast of Characters & Events ~ is pinned📌 in the side colum.

Feb-08 From Mt-12 Ro-8

 🕊️Enter The Story Daily

a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Matthew 12:1-13

1 - At that time Jesus walked through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck and eat the heads of grain. 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!” 3 But he said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he was hungry? And those who were with him? 4 How he went into the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which isn’t lawful for him or those with him to eat, but is only for the priests? 5 Or have you read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests of the temple work in the temple on the Sabbath and are guiltless? 6 I say to you, something greater than the temple is here. 7 And if you had known what this scripture means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not condemn the guiltless. 8 The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

     9 Then he walked on and entered the synagogue. 10 A man was there with a withered hand, and they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—They asked this so they might accuse him. 11 He said, “Which one of you who has a lamb, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, won’t take and lift it out? 12 And of how much more value is a man than a lamb! So truly, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” 13 Then he said to the man with the withered hand, “Stretch out your hand.” And the man stretched it out, and it was restored, whole and healthy like the other.

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                  ~ Romans 8:11-16 ~

11 - If the Spirit of he who raised Jesus from the dead dwells within you, he will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit/Presence whhich dwells in you. 12 So then, brothers and sisters, we are in debt, not to carnal matters, to live according to the lower selfish nature. 13 For if you live according to carnality you are upon the way of death, but if by the Spirit you put to death the carnal (me first) nature, you will live. 14 For all who are led by the Spirit/Presence of God are sons and daughters of God.  (Who “is Love, 1Jn.4:8.) 15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage to fall back into fear and foreboding, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons and daughters, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” 16 The Spirit in us bears witness with our spirit - that we are children of God.

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Matthew 12:14-21

Romans 8:17-25

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Daniel

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

Feb-07 From Jn-5 Ro-8

   Enter The Story Daily

a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ John 5:30-47

(Jesus responds to the Pharisees’ accusation - “why do you eat with tax collectors and sinners”!?) - “I can do nothing on my own. But as I hear, that is how I judge. My judgment is just, because I don’tseek my will but the will of he who sent me. 31 If only I bear witness of myself, then my testimony isn’t trustworthy. 32 But there is another who bears witness of me, and I know that the testimony that he bears concerning me is true. 33 You looked to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. 34 Not that the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved [sózó - saved, healed, preserved, rescued, delivered out of danger, rescued from destruction into divine safety]. (Saved from “death, sin/hamartia-missing the mark’s wage” - result because God iS life and “is perfect” mt.5:48, making imperfect/missing the mark to result in life’s opposite.) 35 He was a kindled fire and shining lamp, and you rejoiced for a while in his light. 36 But my testimony is greater than John’s. For the works the Father has given to me to accomplish, these very works that I am doing, bear witness about me that the Father has sent me. 37 And the Father who sent me has himself bore witness about me. His voice you have not heard, his form you have not seen, 38 and you don’t have his word abiding in you. If you did you would believe the one he has sent. 39 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have unfading life. But they bear witness concerning me, 40 and you refuse to come to me that you may have life. 41 I receive no glory from man. 42 But I know you do not have the love of God in you. 43 I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, him you will receive. 44 How are you able to believe, when you receive glory from one another? And you do not seek glory that comes from the only God? 45 Don’t think I will accuse you to the Father. The one who accuses you is Moses, the one on whom you have set your hope. 46 For if you really believed Moses, you would believe me, for it was me he wrote of. 47 And if you don’t believe his words, how will you believe mine?”

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                  ~ Romans 8:3-10 ~

3 - For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh [sarks - generally negative, referring to decisions and actions according to self, self first, and misleading passions] could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful carnality and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous fulfillment of the law might be in us, who walk not in carnality but in the Spirit. 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. 6 For to set the mind on the things of carnality (inordinate self indulgence) is death, but to set the mind upon the Spirit is life and peace. 7 For the mind that is set upon carnality is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law, and indeed, it cannot. 8 Those who are pursuing carnality cannot please God. 9 You, however, are not walking in carnality, but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit(/Presence) of God abides in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. 10 But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life due to righteousness. (God’s righteousness - as there really is no other. Perhaps because it is HE who has “subjected all to disobedience” Ro.11:32 “that He may show mercy to all”.)

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Matthew 12:1-13

Romans 8:11-16

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Daniel

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

Life As We Presently Know It

 12/23 - The world of seekers is like a huge school of fish all swimming hither and yon and every which a way. Lol, and God bless us all. Don’t worry, life as we presently know it is an all important contrast, with eternal purpose.

02/24 - Life as we presently know it is the crucible and laver of purification, correction, and naturally occurring punishment. It continues during the Judgment (aion) for those who “died still in their sins” (hamartia - missing the mark) and rise in the second resurrection. Those who (by a lucky shake of the heavenly dice) believed and followed and rose in the “first resurrection” (Mt.25:1-13, the door to “the” millennium) will serve, called reigning during the Lord’s long second advent of the millennium and the judgment (surprise, TRUMPETS and DAY OF ATONEMENT) followed by “behold! I make all new!” and “God will now TABERNACLE with mankind.. The lion will eat straw like the ox” Rev.21:1-5, Is.11:7 -> At the fiery universal regenesis, is the last mention of a lake of fire. All three mentions are at huge fiery events. They are earthly prophecy like any other. Ps.22:1 - “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?! Why are you so far from me..?” - The human condition - “Since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity..” Heb.2:14. (Took a swimm in the lake of fire.)

Feb-06 From Jn-5 Ro-7,8

   Enter The Story Daily

a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ John 5:18-29

18 - So the leaders sought all the more to have him executed, because He not only broke the Sabbath (verse 17, “my Father works all this while, therefor so do I”) but also said that God was His Father, making Himself to be equal with God. 19 But Jesus answered them, “Most truly I tell you, the Son cannot do anything on his own. But only what he sees the Father do/doing. So whatever the Father does, the Son does in the same way. 20 For the Father loves the Son, and shows to him all things that he himself does. And truly, he is going to show him even greater works than these, that you may marvel. 21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives to them life” (who were dead/did not have life) “in the same way, the Son gives life to whom He wills.

     22 Indeed the Father judges no one! But has committed all judgment to the Son, 23 so that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever doesn’t honor the Son, also doesn’t honor the Father who sent Him.

     24 Most truly, I say to you, he who hears my words/message [logos] and believes in Him who sent me has nonfading life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed - from death, into life. 25 Most truly, I tell you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself. 27 And has also  given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of man. 28 Don’t marvel at this, for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear his voice 29 and will come forth” (from the graves) “those who have done the good, in the resurrection of life, and those who have done the evil, in the resurrection of judgment.” 

(Judgment - 📽️ 🎬 great review, judgment/final discernment.. And “the Ancient of Days took his seat..” ..All of life is a stage, Shakespeare.)

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                  ~ Romans 7:11-8:2 ~

11 - For sin [hamartia - missing the mark, being flawed, imperfection, wrongness] seizing an opportunity, through the commandment, deceived me! And killed me! 12 So the law itself is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good. 13 Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? Of course not! It was sin [missing the mark, wrongness] producing death in me. (Death to the ‘me first’ carnal nature.) Through the agency of what is good, sin is shown to be sin. And through the commandment might be thoroughly proven to be sinful. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual. But I am of the carnal, and am in bondage under sin/imperfection. (In captivity due to being imperfect/flawed, because flawed cannot make itself perfect.) 15 For I don’t understand myself. For often I don’t do what I want (think trying to diet or quit a habit) but I do what I don’t want! 16 But if I do what I don’t want to, I still agree with the law (the ideal) that it is good. 17 So now it is no longer I who fall short, but sin [missing the mark] that dwells in me. 18 For I know that nothing good originates in me, that is, in my carnality. For I have the desire to do (be) what is right, but I am not able to carry it out! (Attain to it.) 19 For I do not do the good I want, but the not ideal I do not want, is what I keep on doing! 20 So if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin [imperfection, an abyss of potential!) that dwells in me. 21 So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. 22 For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, 23 but I (Paul) see in myself another law waging war! War against the law of my mind, making me instead captive to the law of sin (imperfection) that dwells in me. 24 Oh wretched person that I am! Who will deliver me from this body (and state) of death?! 25 Thanks are due to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind (heart, psyche) but in my carnal nature I struggle, and so I am serving the law of sin and death. (The logic/law of imperfection.) 8 But there is therefore now - no condemnation - for those who are in Christ Jesus! 2 For The Law - of the Spirit oF Life - has set us free in Jesus, from the law of sin, to death. (God is Life. And “is Perfect” making imperfect to result in? Ro.6:23 - “THE wage/result of sin is death/nonlife. But the GIFT of God is nonfading/enduring/radiant Life in our Lord Jesus.” Because we are redeemed and set free from imperfection, though not yet fully, Heb.11:40, but progressing.)

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

John 5:30-47

Romans 8:3-10

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Daniel

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

Feb-05 From Jn-5 Ro-7

    Enter The Story Daily

 a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ John 5:1-17

1 - Afterwards there was an annual feast of Judea, and so Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 And in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there’s a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, with five roofed colonnades. 3 In these, a number of blind, lame, and paralyzed people would lay. 5 One was a man who had been disabled for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him and knew he had been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?” 7 The man answered, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water ripples, and while I’m going another steps down before me.” 8 Jesus said to him, “Get up, take up your bed, and walk.” 9 And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked. It was a Sabbath, 10 and the leaders said to the man who had been healed, “It’s the Sabbath, and it’s not lawful for you to take up your bed!” 11 But the man answered, “The man who healed me told me to, take up my bed, and walk.” 12 So they asked him, “Who is this man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?” 13 But he didn’t know who it was, because Jesus had left for there had been a crowd there. 14 Later Jesus found him in the temple and said, “See, you are well! Sin [hamartanó - miss the mark, do wrong, sin] no more, so nothing worse comes upon you.” 15 The man left and went and informed the leaders that it was Jesus who had healed him. 16 And this is why they were persecuting Jesus, because he would do these things on the Sabbath. 17 But Jesus answered them saying, “My Father is working all this while. And so I too am working.”

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                  ~ Romans 7:5-10 ~

5 - For while we were living undisciplined and worldly, wayward and self indulgent passions were actually aroused by the law, and at work in us bearing the fruit of death. 6 But now we are set at liberty from the law, because we have died to that which held us back and in bondage. And now we serve in the new (testament) way of the Spirit and not in the old (testament) way of the written code. (Some folks think this means we can be “lawless”😳. That the gospel sets us free to miss the mark. The root word of logic, is logos.) 7 What then shall we say? That the law is sin? (That the law misses the mark?) Not at all! For if it had not been for the law, I would not have known what misses the mark. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “Don’t covet.” 8 But sin (hamartia, missing the mark, imperfection, this all important contrast) seizing an opportunity through the commandment! Produced in me all kinds of covetousness! Without law, we don’t know we miss the mark. 9 But when I saw the law (understood it) I saw my falling short, wrong doings, selfish motives, and wayward passions. 10 And the commandment that promised life, proved to be death to me! (A dagger! Key, verse six. The law pounds the gavel! But life in Christ declares us innocent and sets us upon the way of no longer missing the mark. You see, had the option to stray been missing from Eden ..what else would have had to be left out? All thinking and reasoning ability? For it includes at least some power of choice. Other side of the coin , as Life, God lives through all things that ever occur.)

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

John 5:18-29

Romans 7:11-8:2

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Daniel

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

Feb-04 From Mt-11 Ro-7

     Enter The Story Daily

a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Matthew 11:20-30

20 - Then he (Jesus) began to scold the cities where most of his mighty works were being done, because they did not repent. [Metanoeó - to turn, change one's mind or purpose, change the inner person to acceptance of the will of God. (Instead of being “seated as though in the temple as God”/highest power deciding good from not good, 2Thes.2:3,4,11. Verse (2Thes.2) 9 is the individual, the a.c., the one pinpointed by Rev.13:13, but who also not yet at the time pinpointing an individual, but an office was pinpointed by 13:13, the first seal 6 event - which seal is described as its fuLL effects first to very last - the first seal 6 event carried out by a triple six, imagine that. Six being the number of man. But! 2Thes.3,4,11 is noT due to the 13:13 office so much as another entity, one with modern wonders and “miracles to mislead” and whose “strong delusion” of “seating man/anthropos as in the temple as God”/highest power has caused western civilization once called Christendom, to “fall away”. Which power also of course puts forth a prophecy.)] 21 “Woe Chorazin! Woe Bethsaida! If the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have long ago repented in sackcloth and ashes! 22 But I tell you, it will be easier in the day of judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you. 23 And you, Capernaum, will you be honored as though up to heaven? You will be brought down to Hades. (The grave. Cities do not go to a hazy, dark dungeon of languishing for millennia. They either are, or they are not.) For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, that city would have remained to this day. 24 But I tell you, it will be easier in the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you.” 25 Then Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and outstanding (privileged?) and you reveal them to children. 26 Yes, Father, for such is your will. 27 All have been given over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and whomever the Son chooses to reveal him to. 28 Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am humble and gentle, and your heart will find rest. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” 

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                  ~ Romans 7:1-4 ~

1 - Do you not know, brethren, for I speak now to those who know the law, that the law is binding on a person only as long as they live? 2 For a married woman, if her husband dies, is released from the law of marriage. 3 But if she lives with another man while her husband is alive, she will be called an adulteress. Yet if her husband dies, she is free from the law and contract of marriage to him, and if then she marries another man she is not an adulteress. 4 In the same way, my friends, you have died to the contract of the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another contract (grace to fulfil the law above the minimum of self effort’s ability) and are now married to he who has been raised from the dead. So that we we may bear fruit for God. (For a good tree bears good fruit, Mt.7:17. And “the fruit of the Spirit/Presence (of God with us) is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such there is no law” Gal.5:22-23.)

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

John 5:1-17

Romans 7:5-10

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Daniel

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

Feb-03 From Mt-11 Ro-6

   Enter The Story Daily 

a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Matthew 11:11-19

11 - “Truly, I tell you, among those born of woman there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has been taken hold of with enthusiasm, and the eager in pursuit take it! 13 All (which) indeed the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John, 14 and, if willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is to come. (The Spirit of Elijah also released at the first Pentecost following the crucifixion and resurrection?)15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear. 16 “But to what shall I compare this generation? [Genea - race, family, generation, if repeated twice or with another time word, practically indicates infinity of time (all humanity?)] It is like children sitting and calling to their playmates, 17 ‘We played the flute for you, and you didn’t dance, we sang a dirge, and you didn’t mourn.’ 18 For John came not eating or drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’ 19 The Son of Man comes eating, and drinking, and they say, ‘Look! A glutton and a drunkard! A friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by the fruit it yields.”

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                  ~ Romans 6:17-23 ~

17 - But thanks be to God, that you (we) who were slaves to error have become obedient from the heart to the teaching. 18 And having been set free, have become slaves of all that is right. 19 I am speaking in human terms, because of the natural human limitations. For just as you once presented your self as a slave to impurity [akatharsia - from A - not and katharós - clean, pure – (so) contamination] and lawlessness, ever leading to more lawlessness, now present your self as a slave to righteousness leading to sanctification [hagiasmos - from hágios - holy - the process of advancing in holiness, the believer being progressively transformed by the Lord into His likeness]. 20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free from righteousness. 21 But what fruit were you getting then? From the things of which you are now ashamed? And those things result ultimately in death. 22 But now that you have been set free from all that, and have become bonded to God, the fruit you reap leads to sanctification and its result, nonfading life. 23 For the wage of sin is death, but the free gift of God - is enduring [aiṓnios - does not focus on the future per se, but rather on the quality of the particular age (so nonfading)] life in Christ Jesus our Lord. [“He alone is immortal” 1Tim.6:16.]

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Matthew 11:20-30

Romans 7:1-4

Acts & Rev - weekly

And currently Daniel       

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

Feb-02 From Mt-11 Ro-6

   Enter The Story Daily

a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Matthew 11:1-10

1 - When Jesus had finished giving instructions to his twelve disciples (and sent them out two by two) he went on from there to teach and preach in the surrounding cities. 2 When John heard in prison about all that Jesus had been doing, he sent word to Jesus by his disciples 3 and they said to him, “Are you the one who is expected, or should we wait for another?” 4 Jesus answered, “Go and tell John what you hear and see, 5 how the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the good news preached to them. 6 Blessed is the one who does not stumble over me.” 7 As they were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John. “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? 8 What did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothing? Look, those who wear fine clothing are in kings' houses. 9 So what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, a prophet, and more than a prophet. 10 This is he of whom it is written,

‘Behold, I send my messenger, who will prepare the way before you.’”

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                  ~ Romans 6:8-16 ~

8 - Now if we have died with Christ (reckoned our carnal self first, etc, nature as crucified with him) we believe that we shall also live with him. 9 We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again. Death no longer has dominion over him. 10 For dying he died to sin, once and for all. And the life he lives he is living unto God. 11 So you also, consider yourself as dead to sin and alive to God in Jesus. 12 If you let sin rule, it will reign in your body, and it will make you obey it. 13 Don’t hand yourself over to error as tools for error, but give yourself to God. As one who has been plucked up from death and planted into life. So give your very self to God as a tool for righteousness. 14 For no sin [no missing the mark] will have dominion over you, since you are not under law but you are living in grace. (God’s soft energy that carries along and enables? And in favor.) 15 What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Of course not! 16 Don’t you know to whatever you present yourself to as an obedient slave, you are a slave of what you obey. Which is either of sin [missing the mark] which leads to and results in death. Or obedience, which leads to righteousness? [Dikaiosuné - righteousness, justice, from dikaios - correct, righteous, innocent.]

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Matthew 11:11-19

Romans 6:17-23

Acts & Rev - weekly      

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

€XpLa!ning ReVeLaTion 21 4-9

          WeeKly BooK oF Revelation

                paraphrased study                       

[A loud voice from the throne continues] - 4 - He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no longer, nor mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former has passed away.” 5 And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all new.” [All - pas - every, all]. And he said, “Write, for these words are trustworthy and true.” 6 And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the one thirsting, I will give from the spring [pégé - fountain, spring, well, issue, flow] of the water of life freely. 7 The one who overcomes will inherit all and I will be his God and he will be my son [hyiós - descendant, “son” equally refers to female believers—Gal 3:28]. (Do you think God cursed wo-man? Or man? He was prophesying.) 8 But (John) as for the cowardly, the faithless, the having become abominable, and murderers, and the sexually immoral, and sorcerers, idolaters, and the liars, their portion [meros - a part, share, portion, a part due or assigned to one, to appoint one his lot, lot, destiny assigned to one] (Imo, part to play, role) is in the lake [limné - a lake, from limen - through the idea of nearness of shore, a pond large or small] burning [kaió - to kindle, burn, set fire to, light, in figurative discourse a light, torch showing the way] with fire and sulfur [theion - neuter of theios - divine, in its original sense of flashing, brimstone, sulphur] which is the second death.”

     9 Then came to me one of the seven angels having the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues [plégé - a blow, stripe, wound; an affliction, plague] and he said to me, “Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

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📜🗞️ The revelation vision is told 3 times: 6:1-2 to 11:19; chap.12 w/ Mt.23:39; and 13:1 to 19:11.

Jesus’ brief first advent perfectly fulfilled the ancient Spring Holy Days, more perfectly than is easily seen. So logically his long second advent will fulfill the Autumn Holy Days, their names and pattern:

  TRUMPETS (of Rev, return at 7th during the concurrent bowls) - 10days/1000yrs - to ‘DAY’ oF ATONEMENT - 5days/500yrs - to TABERNACLES — a fiery regenesis, “All new.. God will now tabernacle with mankind” Rev.21:1-5.

Rev/Apoc Cast of Characters & Events ~ is pinned📌

Feb-01 From Mt-10 Ro-6

    Enter The Story Daily

 a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Matthew 10:27-42

   Jesus continues instructing the twelve disciples before sending them out two by two - 27 - “What I tell you in the dark, tell in the light, and what you hear whispered (what you hear in the Quietness) proclaim upon the housetop. 28 And don’t fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul [psuché - psyche, breath, the soul, from psyxō - to breathe, blow, root psyche and psychology,, a person's distinct identity (unique personhood), i.e. individual personality]. Rather fear he who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.” [Translated ‘hell’ - geenna - Gehenna, a valley W. and South of Jerusalem, also a symbolic name for the final place of punishment of the ungodly (Um, who says? The valley - there is prophesied - earthly prophecy like any other - to be a lake of fire in that valley. Hello? What day are we living in? As in.. hello?! Well here’s some more running with the word meaning) — géenna, a transliteration of the Hebrew term, Gêhinnōm, "the valley of Hinnom" – Gehenna, i.e. hell also referred to as the "lake of fire" in Revelation, the place of post-resurrection torment-judgment, refers strictly to the everlasting abode of the unredeemed where they experience divine judgment in their individual resurrection-bodies. Each of the unredeemed receives one at the Great White Throne Judgment, Rev 20:11-15, i.e. a body that "matches" their capacity for torment relating to their unique judgment.”] — (Where in the world did they read thAt!?)

     But this is interesting - Quoted from biblehub dot com - “Gehenna, the name of a valley on the south and east of Jerusalem (Winer's Grammar, cf. Joshua 15:8; Pressel in Herzog), which was so called from the cries of the little children who were thrown into the fiery arms of Moloch i. e. of an idol having the form of a bull. The Jews so abhorred the place after these horrible sacrifices - (copied from nations around them, so who’s fantasy of burning people alive in fire?) - had been abolished by king Josiah (2 Kings 23:10) that they cast into it not only all manner of refuse, but even the dead bodies of animals and of unburied criminals who had been executed. And since fires were always needed to consume the dead bodies, that the air might not become tainted by the putrefaction, it came to pass that the place was so called.. found in Rabbi David Kimchi (circa A.D. 1200) on Psalm 27:13. Some suppose the genitive to refer not to purifying fires but to the fires of Moloch; others regard it as the natural symbol of penalty. (In the day of the translators there was widespread belief in an afterlife of punishment or reward. Of immortal soul, and going to places of reward and glory or of punishment and torment. It saturated and permeated the cultures, being very ancient. With right, wrong and the standard for obedience handed down from on high from human leaders. Some say as Christendom has “fallen away” the old ways are returning. But! “Don’t fear them! Nothing is hidden that won’t be revealed” only one to in any case fear, is He, the only one who cAn destroy life and individuality - he can, but he doesn’t. “This is the decree! Jesus the Son - who wiLL draw aLL to himself - JN.12.32.)]

     29 “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father’s knowing. 30 But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Fear noT, therefore. YOU are of more value than many sparrows.

     32 Anyone who acknowledges me before others, I will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, 33 but whoever denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven. 34 “Don’t think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. (The red horse and horseman follows the white horse and horseman, Rev.6, Ps.2.) 35 For I come calling a son away from his father, a daughter away from her mother, a daughter in law against her mother in law. 36 And a person's opponents will be those of his own household. 37 Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 And whoever does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 40 “Whoever is receptive to you is receptive of me, and whoever is receptive to me is receptive to he who sent me. (Even if they don’t know it yet! Jesus “is an exact representation of his person/character”.) 41 The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet, will receive a prophet's reward. And whoever receives a good person because he is a good person will receive a good person's reward. 42 And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is my disciple, truly, I tell you, he will by no means lose his reward for doing so.”

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                  ~ Romans 6:1-7 ~

1 - What shall we conclude then? Are we to continue sinning so grace may abound? 2 Of course not! How can we who died to sin, live still in it? 3 Don’t we know that all of us having been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were buried therefore with him - by baptism into death. So that, just as Christ was raised from the dead, gloriously by the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

5 Without death, there can be no resurrection (or even newness of life!) 6 We know that our old self was, with him, crucified. This is so the body of sin [of hamartia - missing the mark] might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved. 7 For one who has died has been set free!

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Matthew 11:1-10

Romans 6:8-16

Acts & Rev - weekly          

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

WeekLy BooK oF Acts 21 26-40

      a paraphrased study

1 - Then Paul joined the men who had taken a vow, and the next day purified himself along with them and they went into the temple, giving notice when the days of the vow would be fulfilled and the offering made for each one. 27 When the seven days were almost completed, the Judean from Asia, seeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and laid hold of him, 28 crying out, “Men of Israel! This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against us and against the law and against this temple! Moreover, he even brought Greeks (unbelievers not adhering to the society preserving laws of Moses) into the temple and has desolated this holy place!” 29 For they had previously seen Trophimus the Gentile Ephesian with him in the city, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple. 30 Then all the city was stirred up, and the people ran as one and seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple. And at once the gates were shut. 31 And as they were planning to kill him, word came to the tribune of the centurions that all Jerusalem was in confusion. 32 So he took soldiers and centurions and ran to the uproar. When the people saw the tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul. 33 Then the tribune arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. And he asked who he was and what he had done. 34 Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, some another. And as he could not learn the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks. 35 And when he came to the steps, he was actually carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd, 36 for the mob of people were following crying out, “Away with him!” 37 But as Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the tribune, “May I say something to you?” And the tribune said, “Do you know Greek? 38 Aren’tyou the Egyptian who recently stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand Assassins out into the wilderness?” 39 Paul replied, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a (Roman) citizen of no obscure city. I beg you, allow me to speak to the people.” 40 And when he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the steps, motioned with his hand to the people. And when they quieted, he addressed them in the Hebrew language, saying - (Continued next week, and in our bibles, lol..)

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     Very Brief Outline of Acts:

Jesus returns to where he was with the Father before his advent/visit (his brief first one).

The Holy Spirit/Presence of God is poured out on the believers who were in Jerusalem on the late Spring holy day of Pentecost. Peter speaks, there are 3000 new believers that day.

The good news message spreads, Peter is invited and goes to a Roman’s house and all believe. The first record of non Hebrew believers (besides likely some on Pentecost).

     Persecution breaks out.. jail. stoning. Pharisee Saul leads the persecution, but on his way to Damascus with papers for arrests, Jesus makes himself seen but is so bright Paul falls to the ground and is blinded. After two days he is healed and is a believer, and soon is called Paul. He wrote many (to most) of the New Testament letters, but spent a few years (it seems to me) exclusively listening to the Lord. He established many ‘churches’ in what’s called three missionary journeys, and met and worked with Mark and Luke, and quite a few others. (Luke wrote this Book of Acts.) His fourth journey is to Rome to trial as a prisoner. There’s a shipwreck on the way.. He wrote many of his letters while in prison and under ‘house’ arrest. ..And yes he was executed because of what he taught, as were all the original disciples turned apostles, except for probably John, who in his later years wrote three short letters and the vision and book of Revelation.

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Jan-31 From Mt-10 Ro-5

   Enter The Story Daily

 a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Matthew 10:16-26

16 - “Behold” Jesus told his disciples, “I am sending you out as sheep into the very midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. 17 But be warned, they’ll deliver you over to courts. They’ll scourge you in their halls. 18 You’ll be dragged before governors and kings because of me, to bear witness to them and to the nations. 19 When they deliver you over, don’t be anxious about what you will say, for it will be given to you in that hour. (It will come to you in that hour, from him) what you should say and how you should say it. 20 For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. 21 Brother will even deliver brother over to death, and the father his child. Children will testify against parents and have them put to death, 22 You will be hated because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. 23 When they persecute you in one town, go away to the next, for I tell you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man returns. 24 A disciple isn’t above his teacher, nor is a servant above his master. 25 It’s enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebaal, how much more will they abuse those of his household.

26 But have no fear of them. For there is nothing covered that won’t be revealed, or hidden that will not be made known.

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                    ~ Romans 5:16-21 ~

16 - The free gift, through Jesus, is not the same as the fall through Adam. There’s a big difference between Adam's sin and God's gift. That one trespass led to penalty. But God's gift even though it followed many trespasses, is unto justification/acquittal. 17 For if, because of the one man, Adam’s trespass, death ruled - much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of justification reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ. 18 Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all, so also one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all. 19 For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners [hamartians - missing the mark] so also by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous. 20 Now the law came in to make known the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, 21 so that, as sin rules (results) in death, grace also might reign (result) in righteousness leading to lasting life through Jesus our Lord.

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Matthew 10:27-42

Romans 6:1-7