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1 And [kai] I stood [histemi] upon [epi] the sand [ammos] of the sea, [thalassa] and [kai] saw [eido] a beast [therion] rise up [anabaino] out of [ek] the sea, [thalassa] having [echo] seven [hepta] heads [kephale] and [kai] ten [deka] horns, [keras] and [kai] upon [epi] his [autos] horns [keras] ten [deka] crowns, [diadema] and [kai] upon [epi] his [autos] heads [kephale] the name [onoma] of blasphemy. [blasphemia] KJV-Interlinear
1 And he stood on the sand of the seashore. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten diadems, and on his heads were blasphemous names. NASB
The original biblical introduction to the anti-christ comes from in Dan. 7, wherein the anti-christ rises up out of a ten nation confederacy, defeating three of the nations and solidifying his power over the remaining seven nations and throughout the entire world.
These ten nations rise up out of the last empire of Rome, and are typically known as the revived Rome. However the revived Rome will give rulership over the entire world to the anti-christ. The rest of the world will be in awe (for a time) of the anti-christ.
Here, John describes the source of the anti-christ, the beast, as coming from the dragon, who is Satan. Satan is the source and sponsor of the anti-christ.
Note one quick point. The power of Satan has been severely restricted, in that he has to work through humanity in order to accomplish his purpose.
God works His will through doctrine and truth, while Satan tries to work his will through lies and deception.
He, is a reference to the dragon from the previous chapter, Satan.
Sand, is a reference to the nations of the world.
The sea is a reference to human history or the attempts of evil to drive history as the winds drive the seas.
The beast is the last of many beast leaders in history, the last being the anti-christ, rising up out of history, out from the nations of the world.
The seven heads, represent the seven empires which have risen (six from the past, which we have already studied), and the seventh which will rise up out of history in the future (the revived Rome).
The ten horns identify the seventh empire made up of ten horns, referencing the ten nation confederation that will become the basis for the rule of the anti-christ.
Upon the horns (not on the heads), are ten crowns, which refers also to the heads, which simply means that it is Satan who is the one behind the evil rule of all of the empires past and future, as well as the leaders of the ten nations that will make up the revived Rome.
So, with all of the heads and horns and crowns, and such, the point of this verse is that, Satan is behind them all. They are his plan, his structure, and his appointments.
The name of blasphemy, is a title of Satan.
Blasphemy mans sacrilege, profanity, wickedness and all that sits in opposition to God and truth.
Satan is the father of lies and the basis for all blasphemy. He has tried to drive history since ancient times and has failed repeatedly, and his ultimate leader, the anti-christ will be his final attempt to rule the world, under one ruler.
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Friday, September 10, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Revelation 12:17
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17 And [kai] the dragon [drakon] was wroth [orgizo] with [epi] the woman, [gune] and [kai] went [aperchomai] to make [poieo] war [polemos] with [meta] the remnant [loipoy] of her [autos] seed, [sperma] which [ho] keep [tereo] the commandments [entole] of God, [theos] and [kai] have [echo] the testimony [marturia] of Jesus [Iesous] Christ. [Christos] KJV-Interlinear
17 And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. NASB
The dragon is Satan. He became enraged, ‘orgizo,’ which means to be incensed, fuming, angry, infuriated, furious.
Satan’s failure to capture and kill the Jewish believers that he was pursuing, will drive him to uncontrollable rage. He will have a tantrum of which there is no comparison.
Failing to capture Jewish believers on the run or in hiding, Satan will turn his attention to others which the verse describes as the rest of her offspring, and of whom keep the commandments of God.
Other offspring, is a general term which can include Jewish unbelievers, as well as gentile unbelievers, but also, the phrase, who keep the commandments, includes believers which are not Jewish. That makes them gentile believers. Jewish believers were already being pursued and therefore other believers means gentile believers.
So, Satan is going to get his followers to turn on everyone, including themselves. This will lead the human race toward accomplishing its own annihilation.
At the beginning of the Tribulation, the peoples of the world will all worship the anti-christ. Sometime during the seven year period, people will begin to turn against him, and each other. And at the end, the battle of Armageddon will become the climax of an all out attempted destruction of everyone and everything.
Satan is trying his best to cause a flaw in Gods plan. He fails at every turn.
And as his time is running out, for he knows full well that the seven year period will conclude with the Second Advent of Christ, therefore Satan will become more and more and more frustrated, and agitated, and furious at his seemingly impotent effort to accomplish his own plan.
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17 And [kai] the dragon [drakon] was wroth [orgizo] with [epi] the woman, [gune] and [kai] went [aperchomai] to make [poieo] war [polemos] with [meta] the remnant [loipoy] of her [autos] seed, [sperma] which [ho] keep [tereo] the commandments [entole] of God, [theos] and [kai] have [echo] the testimony [marturia] of Jesus [Iesous] Christ. [Christos] KJV-Interlinear
17 And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. NASB
The dragon is Satan. He became enraged, ‘orgizo,’ which means to be incensed, fuming, angry, infuriated, furious.
Satan’s failure to capture and kill the Jewish believers that he was pursuing, will drive him to uncontrollable rage. He will have a tantrum of which there is no comparison.
Failing to capture Jewish believers on the run or in hiding, Satan will turn his attention to others which the verse describes as the rest of her offspring, and of whom keep the commandments of God.
Other offspring, is a general term which can include Jewish unbelievers, as well as gentile unbelievers, but also, the phrase, who keep the commandments, includes believers which are not Jewish. That makes them gentile believers. Jewish believers were already being pursued and therefore other believers means gentile believers.
So, Satan is going to get his followers to turn on everyone, including themselves. This will lead the human race toward accomplishing its own annihilation.
At the beginning of the Tribulation, the peoples of the world will all worship the anti-christ. Sometime during the seven year period, people will begin to turn against him, and each other. And at the end, the battle of Armageddon will become the climax of an all out attempted destruction of everyone and everything.
Satan is trying his best to cause a flaw in Gods plan. He fails at every turn.
And as his time is running out, for he knows full well that the seven year period will conclude with the Second Advent of Christ, therefore Satan will become more and more and more frustrated, and agitated, and furious at his seemingly impotent effort to accomplish his own plan.
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Revelation 12:16
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16 And [kai] the earth [ge] helped [boetheo] the woman, [gune] and [kai] the earth [ge] opened [anoigo] her [autos] mouth, [stoma] and [kai] swallowed up [katapino] the flood [potamos] which [hos] the dragon [drakon] cast [ballo] out of [ek] his [autos] mouth. [stoma] KJV-Interlinear
16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon poured out of his mouth. NASB
In the time when the Israelites were brought out of Egypt, God caused several miracles that aided them in their exodus. The most dramatic was probably the parting of the sea, which destroyed the entire Egyptian army, thus ending their reign as a power forever, Ex. 15:19.
There is also the story of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, Num 16:28-33, where God opened up the ground only under their specific tents and belongings and the earth swallowed them up, leaving everything else around them, alone.
In those days, all things were occupying space on the ground, people, tents, chariots, and so forth.
In the future, however, the forces of Satan will be flying as well as traveling on the ground. There will certainly be helicopters or military jets and such things, that will participate in the pursuit of the Jews.
The word for earth, ‘ge,’ is a broad and general term which applies not only to the ground, or to the land, but also to a country or even to the world conceptually.
When the earth opens itself up and swallows the forces of Satan, that will include the weather in the skies.
Remember that Satan is desperate, and his intent is to murder all Jewish peoples. He is not going to use only limited forces, but everything at his disposal.
God will block those forces using the powers of natural phenomena. So certainly earthquakes will occur, but too, thunderstorms, lightning, and whatever other forces are necessary to disrupt the pursuit of Satan’s forces, will be brought to bear, in order to interfere with visual sightings, electronic communication, targeting, and all of the efforts of Satan’s attempt to capture and kill the Jewish people that are trying desperately themselves, to escape.
People may be so caught up in their running, that they may or may not see the disruptions that are going on behind them, but certainly to an onlooker, it will be apparent and very obvious that the forces of God, using nature only, will be quite successful and miraculous against the forces of Satan, who possesses all of the worlds military might, and yet Satan will fail miserably.
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16 And [kai] the earth [ge] helped [boetheo] the woman, [gune] and [kai] the earth [ge] opened [anoigo] her [autos] mouth, [stoma] and [kai] swallowed up [katapino] the flood [potamos] which [hos] the dragon [drakon] cast [ballo] out of [ek] his [autos] mouth. [stoma] KJV-Interlinear
16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon poured out of his mouth. NASB
In the time when the Israelites were brought out of Egypt, God caused several miracles that aided them in their exodus. The most dramatic was probably the parting of the sea, which destroyed the entire Egyptian army, thus ending their reign as a power forever, Ex. 15:19.
There is also the story of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, Num 16:28-33, where God opened up the ground only under their specific tents and belongings and the earth swallowed them up, leaving everything else around them, alone.
In those days, all things were occupying space on the ground, people, tents, chariots, and so forth.
In the future, however, the forces of Satan will be flying as well as traveling on the ground. There will certainly be helicopters or military jets and such things, that will participate in the pursuit of the Jews.
The word for earth, ‘ge,’ is a broad and general term which applies not only to the ground, or to the land, but also to a country or even to the world conceptually.
When the earth opens itself up and swallows the forces of Satan, that will include the weather in the skies.
Remember that Satan is desperate, and his intent is to murder all Jewish peoples. He is not going to use only limited forces, but everything at his disposal.
God will block those forces using the powers of natural phenomena. So certainly earthquakes will occur, but too, thunderstorms, lightning, and whatever other forces are necessary to disrupt the pursuit of Satan’s forces, will be brought to bear, in order to interfere with visual sightings, electronic communication, targeting, and all of the efforts of Satan’s attempt to capture and kill the Jewish people that are trying desperately themselves, to escape.
People may be so caught up in their running, that they may or may not see the disruptions that are going on behind them, but certainly to an onlooker, it will be apparent and very obvious that the forces of God, using nature only, will be quite successful and miraculous against the forces of Satan, who possesses all of the worlds military might, and yet Satan will fail miserably.
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Revelation 12:15
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15 And [kai] the serpent [ophis] cast [ballo] out of [ek] his [autos] mouth [stoma] water [hudor] as [hos] a flood [potamos] after [opiso] the woman, [gune] that [hina] he might cause [poieo] her [taute] to be carried away of the flood. [potamophoretos] KJV-Interlinear
15 And the serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood. NASB
The serpent is Satan. The woman is the nation of Israel, or the Jewish people in general, but more particularly those Jewish people who have believed in Christ, and are either running and/or hiding from Satan, the anti-christ, and their forces.
When the temple is blasphemed, that is the signal for getting out of Dodge, and fast. People certainly will have ample warning and opportunity to leave for the mountains earlier than that temple event, but most will ignore the many warnings of the prior three years, and as a result, many will pay the ultimate price.
The river out of the mouth as a flood, is symbolism for Satan’s phenomenal onslaught against the Jews.
Floods symbolize trouble in general, 2 Sam 22:17; Job 27:20; Ps 18:16; 32:6; 69:1-2,13-14; 124:2-5; 144:7, and an invading or destroying army, Jer 46:8; 47:2; Dan 11:26.
This imagery represents a massive flood, or attack against the Jews. This is not a flood of water, but a flood of military or police or whatever forces that Satan has at his disposal, unbelievers who are loyal to the anti-christ.
In massive and flash floods, people caught up in them are swept away, drowned, killed. They die in total helplessness. They are pulled under, tossed and tumbled and thrown against whatever debris is in the water, they are caused to struggle with little or no hope for escape.
And this is the picture of the massive attack launched against the Jews. It will be fast and furious and violent.
Satan has been thrown out of heaven, and is in a total desperation mode for his own survival. He is not going to take any prisoners, but intends to kill off every Jew he can find.
Many will fall and die, because they did not listen to nor take heed to the warnings and commands from God.
But then again, that is the case for everyone throughout history. It is your warning too.
Ignore God and pay the ultimate price of loss in every respect.
But in the middle of the Tribulation, the warning will determine life or death for those who listen or not.
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15 And [kai] the serpent [ophis] cast [ballo] out of [ek] his [autos] mouth [stoma] water [hudor] as [hos] a flood [potamos] after [opiso] the woman, [gune] that [hina] he might cause [poieo] her [taute] to be carried away of the flood. [potamophoretos] KJV-Interlinear
15 And the serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood. NASB
The serpent is Satan. The woman is the nation of Israel, or the Jewish people in general, but more particularly those Jewish people who have believed in Christ, and are either running and/or hiding from Satan, the anti-christ, and their forces.
When the temple is blasphemed, that is the signal for getting out of Dodge, and fast. People certainly will have ample warning and opportunity to leave for the mountains earlier than that temple event, but most will ignore the many warnings of the prior three years, and as a result, many will pay the ultimate price.
The river out of the mouth as a flood, is symbolism for Satan’s phenomenal onslaught against the Jews.
Floods symbolize trouble in general, 2 Sam 22:17; Job 27:20; Ps 18:16; 32:6; 69:1-2,13-14; 124:2-5; 144:7, and an invading or destroying army, Jer 46:8; 47:2; Dan 11:26.
This imagery represents a massive flood, or attack against the Jews. This is not a flood of water, but a flood of military or police or whatever forces that Satan has at his disposal, unbelievers who are loyal to the anti-christ.
In massive and flash floods, people caught up in them are swept away, drowned, killed. They die in total helplessness. They are pulled under, tossed and tumbled and thrown against whatever debris is in the water, they are caused to struggle with little or no hope for escape.
And this is the picture of the massive attack launched against the Jews. It will be fast and furious and violent.
Satan has been thrown out of heaven, and is in a total desperation mode for his own survival. He is not going to take any prisoners, but intends to kill off every Jew he can find.
Many will fall and die, because they did not listen to nor take heed to the warnings and commands from God.
But then again, that is the case for everyone throughout history. It is your warning too.
Ignore God and pay the ultimate price of loss in every respect.
But in the middle of the Tribulation, the warning will determine life or death for those who listen or not.
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Monday, September 6, 2010
Revelation 12:14
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14 And [kai] to the woman [gune] were given [didomi] two [duo] wings [pterux] of a great [megas] eagle, [aetos] that [hina] she might fly [petomai] into [eis] the wilderness, [eremos] into [eis] her [autos] place, [topos] where [hopou] she is nourished [trepho] for a time [ekei], [kairos] and [kai] times, [kairos] and [kai] half [hemisu] a time, [kairos] from [apo] the face [prosopon] of the serpent. [ophis] KJV-Interlinear
14 And the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, in order that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. NASB
The two wings of a great eagle is symbolism for the logistics which God will provide in order to help the Jewish people to escape from the anti-christ, and survive in the wilderness for three-and-a-half-years.
Remember that the woman is symbolic for the nation of Israel, or more specifically, the Jews who have or will believe in Christ.
There are not going to be millions of eagles swopping down to snatch up people and carry them off into the mountains. Although that would be kind of a neat scene.
The imagery of the eagle and its wings comes from the Ex. 19:4, whereby God tells of the rescue of the people from Pharaoh. It is God who delivers the nation, not a bird. The eagle is a symbol for speed, flight, far sightedness, and protection, Isa 40:31, 2 Sam 22:11; Ps 18:10; 104:3, 32:9-11, Psa 17:8, 36:7, 57:1, 61:4, 63:7, 91:4.
Other than the reference to their destination in Dan. 11:41, the exact place that the Jews are to run to, is not revealed. When the time comes, they will simply know where to go. And God will provide for some miraculous event or method for their escape.
Likewise, since their escape will be into the mountains, thus separating them from the economies of the world, God will also provide some form of supplies for nourishing them during their hiding out period in the mountains during the three-and-a-half-years.
For anyone, that would be a very long time to hide out with absolutely no supplies. But somehow they will be able to gather or collect, or find food and water to keep them alive as well as hidden from the anti-christ and his forces.
The phrase, time and times and half a time reinforces the time table already mentioned in scripture, Dan. 7:25, Rev. 12:7, Matt. 24:21, Rev. 12:6, 11:2, 3, 13:5. This is a reference to a period of three-and-a-half-years and does not refer to 2500 years, or 3500 years, or some combination of days and nights or any number of other weird interpretations that have been made by others. The Bible is very clear and concise, and guessing or speculating is not necessary.
This further indicates that when the timing gets close to the vest, so to speak, and when there is absolutely no time at all to even think or plan, God has already made provision for those folks who will have to follow His command, by faith alone. They will have to go and go quickly, without anything but the clothes on their backs. God will provide for their needs for the next years to come, and despite their being under the most horrible conditions possible.
Remember our place here in the Tribulation. This is a future seven year period. At the mid-point Satan will be evicted from Heaven, and the anti-christ will bring an abomination to the temple. This will initiate the round up and killing of all Jews.
The signal to the Jewish peoples, is the abomination in the Temple. They are to run and run right now. Getting out of town without looking back, without going home first, without going to the store or whatever. The timing will be such that events will be unfolding rapidly and the forces of Satan will be racing furiously to gather up the Jews.
And this sets the stage for our study tomorrow.
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14 And [kai] to the woman [gune] were given [didomi] two [duo] wings [pterux] of a great [megas] eagle, [aetos] that [hina] she might fly [petomai] into [eis] the wilderness, [eremos] into [eis] her [autos] place, [topos] where [hopou] she is nourished [trepho] for a time [ekei], [kairos] and [kai] times, [kairos] and [kai] half [hemisu] a time, [kairos] from [apo] the face [prosopon] of the serpent. [ophis] KJV-Interlinear
14 And the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, in order that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. NASB
The two wings of a great eagle is symbolism for the logistics which God will provide in order to help the Jewish people to escape from the anti-christ, and survive in the wilderness for three-and-a-half-years.
Remember that the woman is symbolic for the nation of Israel, or more specifically, the Jews who have or will believe in Christ.
There are not going to be millions of eagles swopping down to snatch up people and carry them off into the mountains. Although that would be kind of a neat scene.
The imagery of the eagle and its wings comes from the Ex. 19:4, whereby God tells of the rescue of the people from Pharaoh. It is God who delivers the nation, not a bird. The eagle is a symbol for speed, flight, far sightedness, and protection, Isa 40:31, 2 Sam 22:11; Ps 18:10; 104:3, 32:9-11, Psa 17:8, 36:7, 57:1, 61:4, 63:7, 91:4.
Other than the reference to their destination in Dan. 11:41, the exact place that the Jews are to run to, is not revealed. When the time comes, they will simply know where to go. And God will provide for some miraculous event or method for their escape.
Likewise, since their escape will be into the mountains, thus separating them from the economies of the world, God will also provide some form of supplies for nourishing them during their hiding out period in the mountains during the three-and-a-half-years.
For anyone, that would be a very long time to hide out with absolutely no supplies. But somehow they will be able to gather or collect, or find food and water to keep them alive as well as hidden from the anti-christ and his forces.
The phrase, time and times and half a time reinforces the time table already mentioned in scripture, Dan. 7:25, Rev. 12:7, Matt. 24:21, Rev. 12:6, 11:2, 3, 13:5. This is a reference to a period of three-and-a-half-years and does not refer to 2500 years, or 3500 years, or some combination of days and nights or any number of other weird interpretations that have been made by others. The Bible is very clear and concise, and guessing or speculating is not necessary.
This further indicates that when the timing gets close to the vest, so to speak, and when there is absolutely no time at all to even think or plan, God has already made provision for those folks who will have to follow His command, by faith alone. They will have to go and go quickly, without anything but the clothes on their backs. God will provide for their needs for the next years to come, and despite their being under the most horrible conditions possible.
Remember our place here in the Tribulation. This is a future seven year period. At the mid-point Satan will be evicted from Heaven, and the anti-christ will bring an abomination to the temple. This will initiate the round up and killing of all Jews.
The signal to the Jewish peoples, is the abomination in the Temple. They are to run and run right now. Getting out of town without looking back, without going home first, without going to the store or whatever. The timing will be such that events will be unfolding rapidly and the forces of Satan will be racing furiously to gather up the Jews.
And this sets the stage for our study tomorrow.
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Sunday, September 5, 2010
Psalms 3:8
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8 Salvation [yashuw`ah] belongeth unto the LORD: [Yahovah] thy blessing [Barakah] is upon thy people. [`am] Selah. [celah] KJV-Interlinear
8 Salvation belongs to the Lord; Thy blessing be upon Thy people! Selah. NASB
Salvation is generally associated with faith in Christ. But it really means deliverance, rescue, being saved, health, welfare, security, delivered, victory and so forth.
This is in the feminine gender and encumbers all of these concepts, and is not limited to meaning being snatched out of the fires of hell, but a complete plan of deliverance (from eternal condemnation) and preservation and growth for blessings forever.
This destiny and plan belong to Christ, in the sense that He is the one who brings all of the details of the plan together.
The Father authored the plan, the Son executes it, and the Spirit reveals and supports and sustains the plan.
There is no other plan in existence that is valid. The world offers nothing but temporary enticement and eventual and certain destruction.
All blessings, all happiness's, all good things in life, come from Christ, or perhaps more correctly from the Father, through Christ and by means of the Holy Spirit.
People who pursue the good principles of life, reap the rewards of good. Good decisions bring more opportunities.
People who pursue the improper and wrongs things of life, reap the rewards of evil. Bad decisions cause loss in opportunities.
Selah, means a pause, a rest, the band plays on. Therefore regardless of how you choose to conduct your life, Gods plan rolls right along without even so much as a hiccup.
Your choice for God, means that you will adopt His will and purpose, and then enjoy phenomenal happiness's and far more.
Your choice against God, in whatever form, means that you will not change God or anything about His plan, but you will only destroy yourself, losing out on phenomenal happiness, wealth, prosperity, and opportunity for a completeness of your life all lost forever.
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8 Salvation [yashuw`ah] belongeth unto the LORD: [Yahovah] thy blessing [Barakah] is upon thy people. [`am] Selah. [celah] KJV-Interlinear
8 Salvation belongs to the Lord; Thy blessing be upon Thy people! Selah. NASB
Salvation is generally associated with faith in Christ. But it really means deliverance, rescue, being saved, health, welfare, security, delivered, victory and so forth.
This is in the feminine gender and encumbers all of these concepts, and is not limited to meaning being snatched out of the fires of hell, but a complete plan of deliverance (from eternal condemnation) and preservation and growth for blessings forever.
This destiny and plan belong to Christ, in the sense that He is the one who brings all of the details of the plan together.
The Father authored the plan, the Son executes it, and the Spirit reveals and supports and sustains the plan.
There is no other plan in existence that is valid. The world offers nothing but temporary enticement and eventual and certain destruction.
All blessings, all happiness's, all good things in life, come from Christ, or perhaps more correctly from the Father, through Christ and by means of the Holy Spirit.
People who pursue the good principles of life, reap the rewards of good. Good decisions bring more opportunities.
People who pursue the improper and wrongs things of life, reap the rewards of evil. Bad decisions cause loss in opportunities.
Selah, means a pause, a rest, the band plays on. Therefore regardless of how you choose to conduct your life, Gods plan rolls right along without even so much as a hiccup.
Your choice for God, means that you will adopt His will and purpose, and then enjoy phenomenal happiness's and far more.
Your choice against God, in whatever form, means that you will not change God or anything about His plan, but you will only destroy yourself, losing out on phenomenal happiness, wealth, prosperity, and opportunity for a completeness of your life all lost forever.
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Saturday, September 4, 2010
Psalms 3:7
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7 Arise, [quwm] O LORD; [Yahovah] save [yasha`] me, O my God: ['elohiym] for thou hast smitten [nakah] all mine enemies ['oyeb] upon the cheek bone; [lachiy] thou hast broken [shabar] the teeth [shen] of the ungodly. [rasha`] KJV-Interlinear
7 Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God! For Thou hast smitten all my enemies on the cheek; Thou hast shattered the teeth of the wicked. NASB
A call to action.
This is a phrase taken from typical human behavior. We can sit and lay down, and then when we have to do something, we get up and do it. Therefore, arise, or get up and do something.
God of course does not sit or lay down and being omnipresent, is everywhere simultaneously. God does not have to change His posture in order to do something.
This is a call to action, from the one and only source whereby help can be obtained.
As God is omnipresent, so to, doctrine in the soul is ever present and ready to confront difficulties when they occur.
Smitten enemies, is a phrase used for fighting off wild ferocious animals, such as a crocodile or lion.
The world is very much like a wild animal in its activity and behavior. Animals in the wild have very few and limited goals which all relate to survival in one form or another.
And as animals, this speaks to the predators of life who try to destroy anything that gets in their way, and anything that is needed in order to survive.
But when fighting a wild animal, when you strike the cheek, this illustrates the action of rendering the animal impotent.
Break the cheek bone, break the teeth and the animal becomes harmless.
Of course animals have claws and such, but this is an illustrative example for defeating an attack by disabling the attacker.
When evil attacks, strike it and break its jaw, break its teeth, render is harmless and therefore useless.
God arising, is doctrine in the soul being elevated in the mind and then used in ones daily life in order to deal with the problems of life that face us daily and throughout our lives.
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7 Arise, [quwm] O LORD; [Yahovah] save [yasha`] me, O my God: ['elohiym] for thou hast smitten [nakah] all mine enemies ['oyeb] upon the cheek bone; [lachiy] thou hast broken [shabar] the teeth [shen] of the ungodly. [rasha`] KJV-Interlinear
7 Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God! For Thou hast smitten all my enemies on the cheek; Thou hast shattered the teeth of the wicked. NASB
A call to action.
This is a phrase taken from typical human behavior. We can sit and lay down, and then when we have to do something, we get up and do it. Therefore, arise, or get up and do something.
God of course does not sit or lay down and being omnipresent, is everywhere simultaneously. God does not have to change His posture in order to do something.
This is a call to action, from the one and only source whereby help can be obtained.
As God is omnipresent, so to, doctrine in the soul is ever present and ready to confront difficulties when they occur.
Smitten enemies, is a phrase used for fighting off wild ferocious animals, such as a crocodile or lion.
The world is very much like a wild animal in its activity and behavior. Animals in the wild have very few and limited goals which all relate to survival in one form or another.
And as animals, this speaks to the predators of life who try to destroy anything that gets in their way, and anything that is needed in order to survive.
But when fighting a wild animal, when you strike the cheek, this illustrates the action of rendering the animal impotent.
Break the cheek bone, break the teeth and the animal becomes harmless.
Of course animals have claws and such, but this is an illustrative example for defeating an attack by disabling the attacker.
When evil attacks, strike it and break its jaw, break its teeth, render is harmless and therefore useless.
God arising, is doctrine in the soul being elevated in the mind and then used in ones daily life in order to deal with the problems of life that face us daily and throughout our lives.
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Friday, September 3, 2010
Revelation 12:13
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13 And [kai] when [hote] the dragon [drakon] saw [eido] that [hoti] he was cast [ballo] unto [eis] the earth, [ge] he persecuted [dioko] the woman [gune] which [hostis] brought forth [tikto] the man [arrhen] child. KJV-Interlinear
13 And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child. NASB
The dragon as we have already been told, is Satan. The woman is the symbolic representation of the nation of Israel. The male child is of course Jesus Christ who is the Son of God, the humanity of Jesus was born the son of a carpenter through the miracle pregnancy of Mary, both Jews, and descendants of David and descendants of Abraham.
Of all of the cultures and peoples in history, the Israelites have been the most persecuted group of people in all of human history.
Since the time of Pharaoh, they have been persecuted with ruthlessness and death, even of new born infants.
The nation was divided due to unbelief, and the Northern nation of Israel was destroyed, followed by the Southern nation of Judah, and then Rome destroyed them again in 70 A.D.
They were persecuted during the crusades in 1095 A.D. and following. They were persecuted across Europe circa 1100 A.D. King Edward I, banished all Jews from England in 1290. France persecuted them in 1306, followed by Spain in the 1490’s. The Jews were blamed for the Black Death, 1348-50. The Jews were blamed for the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, 1881. Millions of Jews died during Stalin’s reign. Millions more died during World War 2. And since 1948 they have been under constant persecution and pressure from their neighbors on every side in the Middle East.
But the worst of times is still future, when Satan is evicted out from heaven, and thus turns on Gods chosen people, specifically the Jewish people, during the last half of the Tribulation. Jeremiah calls this time, the time of Jacob's distress, Jer 30:7, and Jesus calls this time, the great tribulation, Matt. 24:21.
The word for persecute, ‘dioko,’ means to hunt with a passion and vengeance with murderous intent.
So, you can take all of human history past, and collect all of the atrocities that have occurred and throw them out the window as childs play, and start anew with even more brutal and horrendous atrocities yet to come. And that is the picture that is painted here in this verse.
God will be judging all unbelievers for their unbelief, in order to get them to turn to Christ. This includes Jews who are unbelievers. But too, Satan will be persecuting all Jewish peoples out of pure hate, and desperation. Satan’s entire eternal future depends on his destruction of the Jews.
He will fail, but many will suffer.
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13 And [kai] when [hote] the dragon [drakon] saw [eido] that [hoti] he was cast [ballo] unto [eis] the earth, [ge] he persecuted [dioko] the woman [gune] which [hostis] brought forth [tikto] the man [arrhen] child. KJV-Interlinear
13 And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child. NASB
The dragon as we have already been told, is Satan. The woman is the symbolic representation of the nation of Israel. The male child is of course Jesus Christ who is the Son of God, the humanity of Jesus was born the son of a carpenter through the miracle pregnancy of Mary, both Jews, and descendants of David and descendants of Abraham.
Of all of the cultures and peoples in history, the Israelites have been the most persecuted group of people in all of human history.
Since the time of Pharaoh, they have been persecuted with ruthlessness and death, even of new born infants.
The nation was divided due to unbelief, and the Northern nation of Israel was destroyed, followed by the Southern nation of Judah, and then Rome destroyed them again in 70 A.D.
They were persecuted during the crusades in 1095 A.D. and following. They were persecuted across Europe circa 1100 A.D. King Edward I, banished all Jews from England in 1290. France persecuted them in 1306, followed by Spain in the 1490’s. The Jews were blamed for the Black Death, 1348-50. The Jews were blamed for the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, 1881. Millions of Jews died during Stalin’s reign. Millions more died during World War 2. And since 1948 they have been under constant persecution and pressure from their neighbors on every side in the Middle East.
But the worst of times is still future, when Satan is evicted out from heaven, and thus turns on Gods chosen people, specifically the Jewish people, during the last half of the Tribulation. Jeremiah calls this time, the time of Jacob's distress, Jer 30:7, and Jesus calls this time, the great tribulation, Matt. 24:21.
The word for persecute, ‘dioko,’ means to hunt with a passion and vengeance with murderous intent.
So, you can take all of human history past, and collect all of the atrocities that have occurred and throw them out the window as childs play, and start anew with even more brutal and horrendous atrocities yet to come. And that is the picture that is painted here in this verse.
God will be judging all unbelievers for their unbelief, in order to get them to turn to Christ. This includes Jews who are unbelievers. But too, Satan will be persecuting all Jewish peoples out of pure hate, and desperation. Satan’s entire eternal future depends on his destruction of the Jews.
He will fail, but many will suffer.
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Thursday, September 2, 2010
Revelation 12:12
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12 Therefore [dia] [touto] rejoice, [euphraino] ye heavens, [ouranos] and [kai] ye that dwell [skenoo] in [en] them. [autos] Woe [ouai] to the inhabiters [katoikeo] of the earth [ge] and [kai] of the sea [thalassa]! for [hoti] the devil [diabolos] is come down [katabaino] unto [pros] you, [humas] having [echo] great [megas] wrath, [thumos] because he knoweth [eido] that [hoti] he hath [echo] but a short [oligos] time. [kairos] KJV-Interlinear
12 "For this reason, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only a short time." NASB
Rejoice, ‘euphraino,’ means to be glad, very glad, to celebrate, to make merry as in bubbly or bubbling over with uncontrollable celebration.
Have you ever been to a sporting event where your favorite team is playing?
The game has been hard fought, with the score going back and forth, the end always in question. Then in the last period, with but minutes to go, no time outs left for anyone, your team scores and goes in to the lead, the clock is ticking and the crowd begins to swarm down to the sidelines to rush onto the field when the game finally ends.
The opponent is still fighting hard in the last few minutes, but to no avail, and everyone in the stadium now knows the outcome. The celebration begins on the sideline as the crowd cannot wait of the final signal for the game to be over.
That is the excitement in this verse. Rejoice, O heavens.
The home team is the entire universe and all believers and elect angels everywhere and throughout history. The excitement. The anticipation. All of the joy of being witness to the end of Satan’s role in history. No other event in history could possibly match this as Christ begins His final crush of evil and all that goes along with it.
But on the other hand, there still remains seconds on the clock of history, and Satan knows it. His millennia, his centuries, his decades, his years, his months, are all but gone, and Satan is in a full panic.
To win he must kill off humanity so that there is no one to rescue, no one to go into the Millennium.
Therefore, woe to those who remain alive in the world, for that last half of the Tribulation will be like no other time in all of human history.
To witness would bring tears to your eyes, as God squeezes out the very last person who will believe and be saved, and as the very last of humanity refuses to believe and brings upon themselves judgment and total annihilation, at their own hands.
But knowing the end result, knowing the final score, knowing that your team has now taken the lead and will hold on to it until the final buzzer, brings an unbelievable anticipation of rejoicing that you and everyone will be hard presses to control.
This verse portrays the teams on the field locked in a ferocious battle during the final seconds, with the crowd on the sidelines shouting, jumping up and down, with a deafening roar of victory.
Go to bed tonight and bring this picture, this scene, into your dreams. It is an event that is going to occur, and you will be there, if you are a believer in Christ, and you will see it all.
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12 Therefore [dia] [touto] rejoice, [euphraino] ye heavens, [ouranos] and [kai] ye that dwell [skenoo] in [en] them. [autos] Woe [ouai] to the inhabiters [katoikeo] of the earth [ge] and [kai] of the sea [thalassa]! for [hoti] the devil [diabolos] is come down [katabaino] unto [pros] you, [humas] having [echo] great [megas] wrath, [thumos] because he knoweth [eido] that [hoti] he hath [echo] but a short [oligos] time. [kairos] KJV-Interlinear
12 "For this reason, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only a short time." NASB
Rejoice, ‘euphraino,’ means to be glad, very glad, to celebrate, to make merry as in bubbly or bubbling over with uncontrollable celebration.
Have you ever been to a sporting event where your favorite team is playing?
The game has been hard fought, with the score going back and forth, the end always in question. Then in the last period, with but minutes to go, no time outs left for anyone, your team scores and goes in to the lead, the clock is ticking and the crowd begins to swarm down to the sidelines to rush onto the field when the game finally ends.
The opponent is still fighting hard in the last few minutes, but to no avail, and everyone in the stadium now knows the outcome. The celebration begins on the sideline as the crowd cannot wait of the final signal for the game to be over.
That is the excitement in this verse. Rejoice, O heavens.
The home team is the entire universe and all believers and elect angels everywhere and throughout history. The excitement. The anticipation. All of the joy of being witness to the end of Satan’s role in history. No other event in history could possibly match this as Christ begins His final crush of evil and all that goes along with it.
But on the other hand, there still remains seconds on the clock of history, and Satan knows it. His millennia, his centuries, his decades, his years, his months, are all but gone, and Satan is in a full panic.
To win he must kill off humanity so that there is no one to rescue, no one to go into the Millennium.
Therefore, woe to those who remain alive in the world, for that last half of the Tribulation will be like no other time in all of human history.
To witness would bring tears to your eyes, as God squeezes out the very last person who will believe and be saved, and as the very last of humanity refuses to believe and brings upon themselves judgment and total annihilation, at their own hands.
But knowing the end result, knowing the final score, knowing that your team has now taken the lead and will hold on to it until the final buzzer, brings an unbelievable anticipation of rejoicing that you and everyone will be hard presses to control.
This verse portrays the teams on the field locked in a ferocious battle during the final seconds, with the crowd on the sidelines shouting, jumping up and down, with a deafening roar of victory.
Go to bed tonight and bring this picture, this scene, into your dreams. It is an event that is going to occur, and you will be there, if you are a believer in Christ, and you will see it all.
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Revelation 12:11
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11 And [kai] they [autos] overcame [nikao] him [autos] by [dia] the blood [haima] of the Lamb, [arnion] and [kai] by [dia] the word [logos] of their [autos] testimony; [marturia] and [kai] they loved [agapao] not [ou] their [autos] lives [psuche] unto [achri] the death. [thanatos] KJV-Interlinear
11 "And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even to death. NASB
Overcame, ‘nikao,’ means to subdue, to overcome, to prevail, to conquer, to be victorious.
And they, here, is a general reference to believers throughout history, and specifically to believers who will come out of the Tribulation.
Far too many folks believe that they have to do something in order to fight or defeat Satan. They try incantations, or squinting their eyes, exorcisms, rituals, magic formulas, or simply rebuking or yelling at Satan, or believing really, really hard that their intent is more powerful than Satan. And of course these things are utter nonsense.
Satan is far more powerful than any human who ever lived, with one exception of course, which is Jesus Christ. But as for you or I, none of us have any concept of the power of Satan, nor can we ever match it on a physical level.
However, on the spiritual level, we do have access to the means of defeating Satan, but that too is Gods doing and not ours. We are merely the beneficiary of Gods power and ability in the fight against Satan, and not the means.
Three methods are specified in accomplishing our prevailing over Satan, ‘the blood of the Lamb,’ ‘the word of their testimony,’ and ‘loving not their lives unto death.’
And if you think about each of these categories really carefully, then you will see that they refer to the Cross and salvation, bible doctrine and spiritual growth, and finally the perseverance of living the spiritual life to maturity while in fellowship throughout ones life and not pursuing the carnal aspects of life.
This is your daily bible study as pursued with a passion of desire for learning the things of God and of life, while in fellowship.
Not too many folks have this correct passion. They prefer their own carnal passion of emotion, conveniently ignoring Gods method for the spiritual life, and substituting their own preferences and lifestyle (works), in its place. The carnal over the spiritual is the preference of loving ones life over that which Gods prescribes.
Note, that victory over Satan means faith in Christ, for salvation (blood of Christ) over that of eternal condemnation.
Victory over Satan means daily bible study (word of their testimony) for learning and growing up in the spiritual life, for you cannot speak that which you do not know, and you cannot know that which you have not learned.
Victory over Satan means loving not ones own life, or living in the carnal world, but rather living in fellowship and therefore by the word of Gods power, not by the enticements or adulations of the world.
Note, that nowhere in here is there room for ones own energy or effort. There is no room for ones arrogance of sincerity or purpose. There is no room for the energy or perceived power of human activity of any kind.
Neither you nor I have any power over Satan, except through the defense that God provides us through bible doctrine.
You can learn kung fu and karate and lots of other words. You can learn to shoot weapons of all kinds. You can learn magic tricks and cute little rhymes of incantations even in Latin. And none of these will gain you even an inch in the battle against Satan, who will laugh at you for being naïve.
Do not, however go overboard the other way and believe that you can solve your life’s problems by prayer alone. Fools can go to the extremes in both directions.
Life’s problems are not a fight against Satan, but require the application of responsibility as well as doctrine.
Therefore, even though Satan has his hands in everything in life, to its ruin, we defeat him through doctrine, which is training for life, for responsibility, for a relationship with God through Christ, and much more.
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11 And [kai] they [autos] overcame [nikao] him [autos] by [dia] the blood [haima] of the Lamb, [arnion] and [kai] by [dia] the word [logos] of their [autos] testimony; [marturia] and [kai] they loved [agapao] not [ou] their [autos] lives [psuche] unto [achri] the death. [thanatos] KJV-Interlinear
11 "And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even to death. NASB
Overcame, ‘nikao,’ means to subdue, to overcome, to prevail, to conquer, to be victorious.
And they, here, is a general reference to believers throughout history, and specifically to believers who will come out of the Tribulation.
Far too many folks believe that they have to do something in order to fight or defeat Satan. They try incantations, or squinting their eyes, exorcisms, rituals, magic formulas, or simply rebuking or yelling at Satan, or believing really, really hard that their intent is more powerful than Satan. And of course these things are utter nonsense.
Satan is far more powerful than any human who ever lived, with one exception of course, which is Jesus Christ. But as for you or I, none of us have any concept of the power of Satan, nor can we ever match it on a physical level.
However, on the spiritual level, we do have access to the means of defeating Satan, but that too is Gods doing and not ours. We are merely the beneficiary of Gods power and ability in the fight against Satan, and not the means.
Three methods are specified in accomplishing our prevailing over Satan, ‘the blood of the Lamb,’ ‘the word of their testimony,’ and ‘loving not their lives unto death.’
And if you think about each of these categories really carefully, then you will see that they refer to the Cross and salvation, bible doctrine and spiritual growth, and finally the perseverance of living the spiritual life to maturity while in fellowship throughout ones life and not pursuing the carnal aspects of life.
This is your daily bible study as pursued with a passion of desire for learning the things of God and of life, while in fellowship.
Not too many folks have this correct passion. They prefer their own carnal passion of emotion, conveniently ignoring Gods method for the spiritual life, and substituting their own preferences and lifestyle (works), in its place. The carnal over the spiritual is the preference of loving ones life over that which Gods prescribes.
Note, that victory over Satan means faith in Christ, for salvation (blood of Christ) over that of eternal condemnation.
Victory over Satan means daily bible study (word of their testimony) for learning and growing up in the spiritual life, for you cannot speak that which you do not know, and you cannot know that which you have not learned.
Victory over Satan means loving not ones own life, or living in the carnal world, but rather living in fellowship and therefore by the word of Gods power, not by the enticements or adulations of the world.
Note, that nowhere in here is there room for ones own energy or effort. There is no room for ones arrogance of sincerity or purpose. There is no room for the energy or perceived power of human activity of any kind.
Neither you nor I have any power over Satan, except through the defense that God provides us through bible doctrine.
You can learn kung fu and karate and lots of other words. You can learn to shoot weapons of all kinds. You can learn magic tricks and cute little rhymes of incantations even in Latin. And none of these will gain you even an inch in the battle against Satan, who will laugh at you for being naïve.
Do not, however go overboard the other way and believe that you can solve your life’s problems by prayer alone. Fools can go to the extremes in both directions.
Life’s problems are not a fight against Satan, but require the application of responsibility as well as doctrine.
Therefore, even though Satan has his hands in everything in life, to its ruin, we defeat him through doctrine, which is training for life, for responsibility, for a relationship with God through Christ, and much more.
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