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I agree, "Somethin' ain't right here with the logic." Many have tried to calculate how close we are and only God the Father knows. My understanding of a generation is the average life from birth to death. The 120 years in Genesis was the warning God gave, they had 120 years to repent until the flood came and wiped them all out except the 8.
I assume the generation you are referencing is the one in Matt. 24 Mark 13 Luke 21. My understanding is they have a dual meaning some things are for the future and many things were for then. Jesus said that generation vipers, evil, adulterous, wicked, sinful, faithless, perverse, and "That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation" Matt.23:33-39.
"This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled" is where the division of understanding comes. What did Jesus mean when He said till all be fulfilled? Was it all prophesied up to the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple we see in Daniel 9? Was it all until He returns? Was it part of both? We must remember at the time Jesus told them this they did not even know He was going to be crucified, Mark 16:14 Luke 9:44-45 Luke 18:31-34 Luke 24:6-8 Luke 24:44-45.
Jesus said when you see the abomination of desolation spoken by Daniel, flee Judea. History tells us all the believers in Jesus got that warning and fled to Pella a region across the Jordan river and were saved. Many today place this with saying the antichrist is the he in Dan.9:27, 7-year tribulation, and the rapture of the Church.
Has the 70-week prophecy been fulfilled? How would that change the rapture theory as taught? If we are looking to be taken out before the tribulation and that does not happen, would that be the hour of temptation and the falling away? The seven-year cleanup, could they be the first seven years of the millennium?
God bless,
RLW
Mr. B said, "I'm not here to prove the bible, I'm not here to defend the bible & Charles Spurgen said it best, "I would no more defend the Bible then I would defend a Lion. You don't defend a Lion, You just let him loose, he'll defend himself.!! *"The Bible is a Reliable Collection of Historical Documents. Written by eye witness, 'during the life time of other eye witnesses' that report 'supernatural events'-'that took place in fulfilment of specific prophecies' & claim that their writings are devine rather than human in origin*". Here are some verses...
......Peter asked what shall we there fore receive for we have left all to follow you...Jesus replied there is no man that has left all to follow me that shall not receive manifold more in this life and in the life to come ....Them that will follow me in the regeneration will sit on 12 thrones etc...Lemme go, too tired to continue...But Jesus did say to count the cost b/f you follow me.
Welcome and it is wonderful that you are setting your mind, heart, and spirit to studying Scripture. I love the Psalms and Psalm one is my favorite. I have a poster with these words and a picture of a stream with little waterfalls as a background.
I think that the more you read and re-read passages of Scripture your mind stores it away to be brought forward by the Holy spirit at times you need it most.
It may be helpful to select out verses that speak to you and write them in a notebook so you can go back and re-read a verse and work on memorizing it. This is a way to meditate on the word. Another way that works for me is to take a select verse and try to make it into a melody to sing to yourself. This helps with recall.
Luke 6:30 is part of a section ( Luke 6:27-38) that deals with the conduct of life, our attitude toward other people. There are 13 things that are mentioned in this section and Verse 30 is one of those things.
Here is what I see in Verse 30:
It says give to everyone that asks you, everyone! And of him that takes away thy goods do not ask them back again.
Now wait a minute! If you take my things, where does that leave me? I mean that makes me a little angry. Well, if they take away my things, what have I lost? My things!
It's interesting how the Lord helps us work things out when we accumulate too much of the world, and He allows the world to take it away through the various means. Please don't ask for it back. Don't fight for it. It was taken away for a reason!
Just like Acts 2:38 speaks on. Amen
Water baptism is the NT circumcision.
Colossians 2 "In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
"Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead".
you will know this truth when you have truly received the Holy Ghost and not in a carnal mind
Chaff: Seed
The Hardest part of this chapter is the meditating part. I feel too comfortable with just trying my best to do the right thing and leaning on my own understanding of what the right thing to is.
Also, doing things my way. There is no prosperity doing it my way.
Today is the first day i am studying your word. I choose Psalms because i want my heart to be a heart after God and give the same unconditional love that he gave me.
Hopefully these are helpful
It is generally understood that this expression of 'placing one's hand under the thigh' is an euphemism that required the subordinate (in these instances, a servant & a son), to place their hand near the procreative organ of the one initiating an oath. Therefore, this was no ordinary promise to do something, but signified making an unbroken pledge of obedience, come what may. With Eliezer, he had to find a spouse for Isaac, but if she or her family refused to release her, then the servant would be freed from his oath. And with Joseph, he was placed under oath not to bury his father Jacob (Israel) in Egypt but in Canaan.
Though we might find that such an act of placing ones hand under the thigh amusing or uncalled for, it signified to both the one requiring the oath & the one making the oath, before God, that what was promised will not be reneged on.
Part 19.
One example of this truth is recorded in the eighth chapter of Acts. It tells about the Ethiopian who was riding across the desert, having been to Jerusalem, the capital city for religion in the world. He was reading the prophecy of Isaiah without any notion of its meaning, but because he was sincere, God brought him help. God said to Philip something like this, "Give up this evangelistic campaign that you are carrying on, and get down to the desert to speak to this man." Philip obeyed God and actually hitched a ride in the Ethiopian's chariot. He climbed in and said to the man, "Do you understand what you are reading?" The Ethiopian very honestly said, "No, sir, to tell the truth I have no idea what I am reading. What in the world is Isaiah talking about? Is he referring to himself or to some other man?" Then Philip began at this Scripture and preached unto him Jesus - he could not have had a better text than the fifty-third chapter of Isaiah from which to preach Jesus. Philip explained that the One about whom Isaiah was writing was the Lord Jesus Christ who died on a cross just a few short years before the Ethiopian came to Jerusalem. Philip further expounded that the One depicted by Isaiah died a substitutionary death for the sins of the world, was buried outside Jerusalem, and arose from the dead right there. Philip told him that there were witnesses still living who had seen Him after His resurrection. The Ethiopian probably said, "I've been coming to Jerusalem every year and have never heard that before."
He understood. He received the seed into good ground.
See Part 20.
The final.
Part 18.
Good Soil
Finally we come to some seed!
But he that received seed in the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it, who also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. ( Matthew 13:23)
Now these are believers - and there are different types of believers: hundredfold, sixtyfold, thirtyfold. Remember that our Lord, speaking to His own men in the Upper Room, said, "I am the vine, ye are the branches" ( John 15:5), and then went on to say that His whole point was that they might bring forth fruitmore fruit much fruit - thirtyfold, sixtyfold, and hundredfold. These are the three classes of real believers today.
There are two marks that identify genuine believers. The first mark is this: They receive the Word and they understand it. God has given to every believer the Holy Spirit who will interpret the Word of God and will give an understanding of it. Let me insert a word of warning here. It does not mean that you will understand everything that is in it, nor does it mean that you will not have to study the Word. It does mean that you will be given an aid that the unbeliever does not have. If you have a sincere desire to know, He will see that you understand.
See Part 19.
and maybe one more.
Part 17.
Thorny Soil
There is a third group:
He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. ( Matthew 13:22)
At the extreme ends of the economic ladder we see those with the cares of the world - the poor and the wealthy. The grimness of poverty and the gaiety of riches are the thorns of this life. Folk who fall into these two categories are the hardest to reach with the gospel.
These that fall among thorns I like to call the Model T Ford hearers. Do you remember the old Model T Ford? Have you ever heard one at night trying to get up a muddy hill? Oh, how it would struggle. There are a lot of professing Christians like that today. They struggle and strive, tears will come, and finally they give it up.
When I first came to Southern California, a man became quite excited about my Bible-teaching ministry, but he was always insisting that I become more and more evangelistic. In fact, one summer he wanted me to put up a tent for which he was willing to pay. Before long he left this area. After a time his wife returned alone. She had left him - had to leave him. He had become wealthy, was living with another woman, and had lost all interest in spiritual things. I asked her, "He seemed so zealous - what happened to him?" She said, "Making money made a fool out of him."
The devil gets some, the flesh gets some, and the world gets some. The world, the flesh, and the devil are ready to take the seed that is sown. These are not different types of believers, they are not believers at all. They have only professed to believe the Word. Actually all three groups will read a message like this, but it will have no lasting effect.
See Part 18.
Good soil.
Part 16.
Rocky Soil
The second type is rocky ground. Notice this:
But he that received the seed in stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and immediately with joy receiveth it; yet hath he not root in himself, but endureth for a while; for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, immediately he is offended. ( Matthew 13:20, 21)
These are the rocky-ground hearers. The devil got the first type, the flesh gets these. These folk are opposite from deep-freeze folk. These are the emotional type - with joy they receive the Word. How excited they become! They are greatly moved, they shed tears, they have strong feelings. I call these the Alka-Seltzer type. They are effervescent; they bubble up when they hear the Word. But, believe me, after it is all gone they are dead.
Years ago, while sitting in the observation coach of a train coming out of Fort Worth, Texas, I saw somebody drop off a newspaper. When the rear of the train went by, that paper fluttered up and, oh, how it kicked up a fuss. As we moved on down the track I saw it settling down and finally going dead. As I looked at it, the thought came to me that it is like a lot of church members I know. When something special comes along they become excited and enthusiastic. But when it comes down to the real study of the Word of God they are dead. They are rocky-ground hearers.
See Part 17.
Thorny soil.