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One might understand better, the presence of the bridegroom, when we consider the faces that are in the bridle party. There are distinct features of both. Everyone dressed the same, looking the same, acting the same, yet there is something peculiar about the bridegroom!
He has an aura that precedes Him, an expression of hope and love, that He will soon be with the one, the one He loves, this one He will spend the rest of His life with!
This of course is what Jesus is speaking of, when we see Him as the bridegroom coming for His church!
His preeminence that goes before, whom we know, we will see Him. We will see before and as He arrives. We who know His promises. He has told us, we will share and see, at the hope of His coming!
How absolutely lovely He is, dressed for us, waiting to take us where He has promised!
As their was, marriages have a time of courtship. A time, being with Him, and times we would be without Him.
Times of uncertainty, and times of joy! Times of wonder, and times of thankfulness.
Even so our love would grow, in the face of all these, a faith that He would be all we would hope He would be!
If you belong to Christ, then you are living in this courtship, you are living in the hope that He is coming for you and me! As with all courtships their is a time and times of uncertainty! These things must come to pass, and certainly your love will grow as you wait for Him! Forsake Him not, even as you forsake not those around you! This is the love that He speaks of, a love that will move mountains. Repent and be Baptized
I am supposing this be Elijah and it example of Malachi 4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: which convinces me of him geing one of the two witnessess. What do you think , maybe?
.....In Isaiah 11:1 Which was approx. 250 yrs after Jesse David and Solomon had all died...Isaiah is using these 3 men as symbolic of a kingdom coming in the last days... Isaiah 11:11 is saying that this Jesse David and Solomon is coming again a 2 nd time which is symbolic of the Father Son and H.G. Which is Father Son and Granson...Thats y Jesus is saying he is the root and the offspring of DAVID...Impling the Davidic Kingdom was a type of the heavenly Kingdom..Father Son and Granson.
Some piece of information. You have written about the Book of Acts "but many Greek scholars hold that Luke and Acts are the highest quality of Greek in all ancient literature!". Sorry but this is not true really, not at all. The Greek language that people were speaking during Jesus' time was very simple and poor in many aspects compared to the rhetoric Greek of classical Athens, that is 4-5 centuaries earlier. Most of the masterpieces of ancient Greek literature come from that period, even earlier on like Homer's "Iliad and Odyssey" from the 8th centuary BC. But Luke's Greek is perfect that is why many scholars consider that he was probably a Greek himself. But his gospel is not written as a literature text (like the KJV translation is). It is written in everyday's language of people at that time. But his greek is perfect and also show a well educated man. The writtings of the other 3 evangelists who were Hebrew, and Greek was not their native language, show a limited vocabularly (lke mine in English!), and are simpler in the structure of the language compared to that of Luke. They contain many Hebraisms, that is Hebrew expressions that are not said in Greek (or in English) and may sometimes confuse people, like "son of man" which simply means "man", and "son of God" which simple means "God", or call as a "father" any ancestor, or as a "son" any decendant and so on. They also contain linguistic errors, like e.g. the "sea of Galilee" (or Gennesaret or Tiberias). Which is not a sea, but it is a lake. Luke is the only one who calls it a lake. Why? Because in Hebrew all waters are sea, the Hebrew language (at that time) does not distinguish between sea and lake. Everything is called "sea", whether a sea or a lake. So the other 3 evangelists just said in Greek what they would have said in Hebrew, but it is not right. And some other as well...
Have a blessed weekend. GBU
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The eternality of the sacrifice of Jesus reminds us of the gravity of sin, lest we think that it is but a small, insignificant matter to us or to God.
The sight and smell of the burnt offering day and night for the Israelites would ever make them conscious of the need to obey His commands and to make use of God's means for the forgiveness of their sins when they fall into transgressing His law. It is always an appeal to God to be merciful to them. They cannot rest on their own laurels. They must rest in God His way.
The peace offering (fat, oil, incense, and salt) was to be placed on top of the burnt offering. Peace with God only comes from atonement through a redeeming action of a substitute. The death of the sacrifice replaces the death of the sinner every time he sins. There must be redemption first before peace can be realized between God and His chosen ones. There is no true peace without God's acceptance, favor, mercy, and grace. He provided the way for us to be reconciled and have peace. It was not of our doing. We could never make our own way to God. He came to us. He reached down to us. He made Himself one of us to be the perfect substitute to die in our places. He humbled Himself. He set aside His glory to be vulnerable and able to suffer for us. He provided all that is needed for our salvation. We are just to believe this and receive salvation from Him. Before creation, God had all things worked out for our good despite knowing we would be sinful and corrupted. In all this God displays His glory in exercising His love, grace, mercy, and justice through redemptive creation and history.
All dominion, power and authority is God's. He alone is above all things. He alone is sovereign over all things. He alone is the sole decider of what is right and good and pure as well as what is evil, wicked, and unholy. He decides the rules for His universe. All creation bows to Him. All creation answers to Him. He alone is God.
This part of the chapter is God's directions to Moses for the sacrifices the priest will be making to God.
It starts with the command for the burnt offering being offered in the evening and burning on the altar of sacrifice all night long without the fire ever going out.
God commands that priests to put on his linen garment and trousers and then take up the ashes from the altar and place them beside the altar.
Then he will remove his linen garments and put on another set of garments and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place.
The fire on the altar in the tent of meeting is to be kept burning and in the morning wood is put on the altar to renew the fuel for the fire and lay a new burnt offering upon the wood on the altar to burn all day long along with the fat of the peace offering.
This constant burning of the fire and the continual presence of an offering upon the fire represents several things:
The constant worship of God by the Israelites
The need for continuous efficacy of the perfect life of Jesus that allows the Israelites to be reconciled to God by His perfect sacrifice once and for all.
The ongoing acceptance and favor of God upon the Israelites chosen by God through grace bestowed to bring remission of sins allowing fellowship to continue between God and the Israelites.
That the work of Jesus for salvation is for all time. It never ceases to in actuality, save people from their sins. His blood forever is the means of propitiation for the sins of mankind. There is no one turned away from reception of this redemption who comes to Him in faith by grace.
The constant presence of a sacrificial substitute burning on the altar assures us that there is never a nanosecond of time that forgiveness is not available to us in Jesus. His blood avails for us at every moment of every day forever. Father eternally accepts the sacrifice of His Son as the means by which He accepts us as His own, holy children.
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we should believe and trust that our sins are forgiven
we are to make restitution to those we have sinned against
we are to seek God's help in changing our ways in this area of our life.
It is in obeying God that we love Him ( 1 John 4:21, 5: 2-3) and love our brother, as well.
In doing so we look out for the best interests of others and not just our own.
In doing so we glorify God and show Him to be worthy of our devotion and the giving of ourselves as a living sacrifice to Him.
In doing so, we establish a just social order that brings blessing to others instead of evil.
It is in doing so that we show ourselves to be children of God.
And in doing so we rightly exercise our calling as kings and priests unto God, being wise as serpents and innocent as doves, demonstrating that we are a holy people set apart for God's work and will to be done on earth as it is in heaven.
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God has ordained that people have a right to be owners of property, goods, businesses, etc. Any government that takes away this right or one's possessions is at odds with what God has decreed. This is one of the evils of government systems, that confiscates an individuals possessions, paycheck, etc. for ownership by the state. This is why it is wrong for any government to take from the "rich" or "privileged" and distribute these to the "poor" or "disenfranchised". We are not to demand anyone to give us of their possessions no matter our need. We do not have a claim on anything that belongs to someone else. To do so is to covet and also is avaricious and greedy.
We are also to stand up against oppressive practices in government or business. We are to voluntarily give to those in needs as the Spirit leads us to do so. We are to voluntarily look out for the best interests of others and not just for our own interests. But being forced to do so by others is wrong.
The priests are representatives of Jesus, Who is High Priest for all men. He not only is the sacrifice, but also the offerer-the priest who presents the sacrifice to the Father. He never had need to be the one seeking forgiveness because he was completely sinless, but as the sacrifice, He took our sins upon Himself and removed them from us so that we can be reconciled back to God and to the community of Christ.
So, these verses speak lying, fraud, deceit, robbery, violence or social wrong involving conscious trespass of the rights of our neighbor. It is knowing what is wrong and choosing to do it. It is willful sinning, not inadvertent or of ignorance. God has spelled out what these trespasses entail. We have no excuse.
We should;
heed the lead of the Holy Spirit when He convicts us of sin
repent from this sin and confess it to God and to the one we have sinned against
bring the required sacrifice ordained by God to obtain the remission of sins
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Jesus' sacrifice is for all time. His sacrifice makes the animal sacrifice an appropriate substitute for the sinner because the animal sacrifice reaches forward in time to appropriate the sacrifice of Jesus to the Israelites who lived before Jesus came. God has ordained this and it is true.
I was reading commentary on these verses from: Homilies by W. Clarkston, who made the following points to consider:
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SIN IS A GERM AS WELL AS A FRUIT
...dishonest thought goes beyond fraud to falsehood and when necessary, from falsehood to perjury (swearing falsely). This is true of life. Sin is not only the consequence of the evil that came before it, but it is cause of the more sin that is to follow-it is not only the child but also the parent of wrong. Learn that-
I. NO MAN WHO SINS CAN TELL HOW FAR SIN WILL TAKE THEM (think David looking upon Bathsheba bathing on the rooftop).
II.IT IS IN THE NATURE OF SIN TO TEMPT TO FURTHER SIN
III. IT IS A PART OF THE PENALTY OF SIN THAT IT SHOULD DO SO. (We sometimes think that sin carries no penalty....(yet) it results in certain, immediate, spiritual injury).
IV. THIS FACT OF THE DIFFUSIVENESS OF SIN HELPS TO EXPLAIN GTHE EXCEEDING EVIL IT IS IN THE SIGHT OF GOD.
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So, in Chapter 6:1-6 we have: lying, fraud, deceit, violence, or social wrong involving conscious trespass of the rights of our neighbor. God has determined that individuals are to have possessions that they own-things they can call "mine". So, in the spirit of the law we should uphold all civil governance that protects rightful ownership of possessions, property, earnings. We should oppose governance that steals these things from an individual.....
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As an employer, we pay one's workers fairly and promptly. As an employee, we do not steal from our employer, either in goods or in wasting time "on the clock" or not completing tasks asked of us or required of us in our job agreement. If we have a business partner, we are to be honest and fair in the distribution of the share of the profits and expenses of the business. If we do business with other businesses we are not to be deceptive, or deal falsely, or not fulfill the agreement in full with other businesses. We are not to be greedy and lust after riches or success in business at the expense of others.
This explanation refers back to the commandments written on the tablets of stone: though shall not steal, bear false witness, covet concerning what belongs to one's neighbor. Verses 1-6 identifies all of these things as sinful and the one who does these things is determined by God to be guilty. God expects that the one who is guilty to return or repay the one he sinned against the total value of the item plus adding on 20% on top of its value for having offended against another. The one guilty of these trespasses are to offer a trespass offering with the help of the priest, offering a pure, unblemished, wholesome ram for the burnt offering. He is not to offer the sacrifice first and then repay whom he sinned against or delay repayment.
The text says that when a guilty person does as God has commanded, atonement would have been made and forgiveness is given to the sinner by God.
This process speaks to:
1. the sinner is convicted of his sin
2. the sinner is repentant for his sin
3. the sinner confesses his sin
4. the sacrifice makes satisfaction for his sin
5. the sinner is absolved of his sin.
and, it is in this order that one comes to have his sins removed before God.
In reference to Jesus, He is the sinless, spotless, wholesome, acceptable sacrifice that brings the remission of anyone's sin, from Adam up to the last person.
Verses 1-6 are a continuation of explaining the trespass offering from Chapter 5. From 7 on is a knew subject.
In this post I will address verses 1-6. The trespass referred to here is the stealing or defrauding another person of his/her belongings/fruits of his labors, starting out with lying to his neighbor about what he had possession of still or not. Perhaps one says that the belonging of his neighbor was never delivered to him (but it was) or perhaps one says that he returned it to the owner (but he never did). He was expected to safe keep the belonging for his neighbor, perhaps in the neighbor's absence or as a surety for a business arrangement, or maybe borrowed from the neighbor. If we say that we will keep another person's possession safe and sound, we are to do so. We are not to lie about having it already having been returned to the neighbor when we in reality kept it or sold it. We are not to be careless with the possession and lose it or damage it. We are to return what we borrow or repay what is lent to us. We are not to deceitfully appropriate to ourselves what belongs to another.
If we promise to keep something safe to be returned to the owner and then do not keep this promise, we not only sin against our neighbor, but we sin against God by swearing before Him fraudulently. If we rob our neighbor of something he owns by force or violence or stealth, we have not only stolen from him, but also have harmed him physically. We are not to extort anything from our neighbor through threats, blackmail, or abuse of power or position.
If we find something that does not belong to us, we are to make every effort to return it to the owner. We are not to lie or swear falsely about how this belonging came into one's possession. We are to deal honestly with our neighbor concerning what he owns and what we have acquired. We are to be trustworthy with others. We are to employ fair business practices, whether an employer or employee.
I know from experience that people often assume "begotten" means created, but seem to be misinterpreting it. Link You can look up the original word meaning in strongs. Heb 1:5 for example.
To believe Jesus is created would involve ignoring scripture that clearly debunks that: for example John 1:1-3.
But that's not the only scripture that debunks the "Jesus created" theory. Psalms 2:7 was written maybe 1,000 years or more before Jesus became a man, but it also says Jesus is begotten there in Psalms 2:7. And if you read verse 8 it further explains what it means about Jesus being sent to earth.
Phil 2:5-11. Paraphrased interpretation: Jesus was the form of God but didn't consider it a prize, but chose to temporarily take the form of a servant (a man) and to die for our sins.
Verse 4 contrasts this attitude with not being involved with those sacrificing to idols. Such practices among confessing believers today may not be seen (although they certainly go on behind the scenes in the cult world). We need to remember Solomon; David's son forgot what God Himself warned him of when he multiplied foreign wives; who led his heart astray. He may not have done these practices himself; but was involved with those who would do sacrificial rites of children to Molech; worship idols of metal and wood; and have all sorts of abominable sexual rituals (as all 3 actions were tied together).
Verses 5-6 remind us of the opposite fate in Psalm 28:7 for the lost in hell. Wisdom such as is found in James 1:8 is sort of in line with the counsel mentioned in verse 7. Christ sits at the right hand of God much as verse 8 mentions.
Verse 10 can be partly applied to David himself (his soul not being left forever in hell); but only to Christ Himself as the "Holy One" who will not see corruption who rises from the grave 3 days later.
There are pleasurers for evermore with the Lord in eternity. The Psalm certainly ends in a joyous note as do many other Psalms (with the noteable exception of Psalm 88.) Let us rejoice and be glad in Him. (Pssalm 118:24).
I do this at work a lot with my crew mates
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While it is true that the Son of God never had a beginning nor will have an end, He is eternal, as is the Father and Spirit. But the humanity that the Son took on did have a beginning when He was conceived in Mary. His deity was from everlasting to everlasting.
On another note, eternity is not a realm that God exists in. Eternity is in the very essence of God. Otherwise, if eternity is a separate realm than God then, something other than God existed in eternity past and He is dependent on this realm to exist. But this is not true. Before creation, only God existed and He eternally exists without constraints of any kind-neither time nor space. He is self-existing and self-sufficient (not needing anything outside of Himself to exist or be completely satisfied or forced to act. So it would be as correct to say that God is Eternal Life as it is to say God is Love