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Ju.7:16-25 "The three companies" (1 of 2)

"Arise; for theLordhath delivered into your hand the host of Midian./And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers".

God revealed through a dream that two Midian soldiers shared, what Gideon needed to know. It was not for him to enquire how God shall deliver the enemy into his hands but trust Him totally. This new confidence he imparts to the three hundred. He tells them,"Arise; for theLordhath delivered into your hand the host of Midian"

Their victory was the victory of Israel. The host of Israel at first comprised of 22,000. According to the will ('as thou hast said') Gideon was left with the three hundred. The Spirit uses this as representation for the whole. The trumpet in every man's hand represented the entire host of Israel. Thus did the empty pitcher with lamps therein signified his fellowmen.

The three hundred were to do exactly as Gideon did and cry,'The sword of theLord, and of Gideon'.

This is what they did. "And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of theLord, and of Gideon (v.20)." The trumpet is the Gospel of God and in their obedience they were preaching the same gospel ('as thou hast said') and the Spirit sets the Father Son relationship where the word of God shall prosper and no weapon shall prevail against children of God. The three companies signify body spirit and soul. Body of each by law of Gradation carries the whole and it was meant to be broken as Jesus did. Broken pitcher symbolizes that of the Son,('A body hast thou prepared.). Light concealed therein represents the Spirit of Christ that could give voice to, The Sword of the Lord & etc.,

Ju.7:13-15 "Interpreting a dream" (2 of 2)

" For I have sent them(Ac.10:19-20)". When St Peter obeyed the Spirit he realized the significance of his vision.

Visions or dreams in whichever case, are from God."And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I theLordwill make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream(Nu.12:6)". Thus God multitasks in this department one tells a dream and another interprets for him. Let us go back to the story of Joseph in Egypt. Alone in a strange country his misery had just begun. In the prison where Joseph is thrown, he is an undesirable alien and God uses it according to His will. A dream comes to his help and it serves God just as well. Butler and Baker of the royal household see dreams and Joseph in interpreting their dreams successfully would by and by bring him to the presence of the Pharaoh.

God had foreseen Joseph in terms of his Son and in setting Joseph as redeemer of a nation he is setting the course of the church in eternity. Joseph telling his dreams to his parents much to the chagrin of his brethren, belongs to the world of the flesh. It is sibling rivalry that bellows into a hurricane and throws the dreamer into a dungeon in Egypt. The famine in Israel was God's way of bringing out the sin of his brethren into open. By the same token the king's dream sets the stage for Daniel to predict the catastrophic end of nations when the stone cut not with hands smashes them so not a speck of dust shall remain, works from the spiritual space that every heart envelops. King Nebuchadnezzar and Daniel have right of way as the baker and the butler. Thus God sets dreams along the royal highway of heart. The Midian soldier was not simply telling his dream to his comrade but for the benefit of Gideon in a manner of speaking.

Ju.7:13-15 "Interpreting a dream" (1 of 2)

And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.

14And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.

15And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel,

Visions take place in the centre of immensities of 'mind' to which interpretation is left to another. One way is described in the Acts of the Apostles. St Peter went up to the terrace of the house he was lodged in, and fell into a trance.(Ac.10:10). This was experienced by none other than Peter. Trance is not sleep. That was a vision unlike a dream as narrated by the Midian soldier here.

Dream is nevertheless a vision but with eyes closed. Eyes move while asleep, and REM explains precisely that rapid movement that lasts some 20 minutes are physical activities. Explaining it at length is not worth the while but we need understand sleep means a royal highway is opened in the inward parts where truth is written so King Nebuchadnezzar having seen a dream shall forget but Daniel supplies it and its significance. God a Spirit helped Daniel the Seer where truth makes the king worship him. "The great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure./ Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel(Dan.2:45-46)",In the case of Simon Peter who interpreted his vision but the men sent by the centurion? "While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee./Arise therefore, and get thee down,

Ju.7:1-9 The Three Hundred (2 of 2)

'For multitude' and 'as the sand by the seaside', and such like expressions are not hyperbole but to indicate there are bad actors,- spiritual wickedness arrayed against children of God."For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places(Ep.6:12)". By the same token the three hundred(3x100) in which 3 is a command number to highlight the glory of the Son, logos principle personalized by Gideon's words 'as thou has said'. His word is yea in his Son so promises of God are met in Christ. "For all the promises of God in himareyea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us(2 Co.1:20)".

Ju.7:1-9 The Three Hundred (1 of 2)

When the Spirit of the Lord came as we read in the preceding chapter Gideon did not waste time,"And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them(6:35)" . Against him were the host of Amalekites and of the Midianites 'and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude(7:12).

3Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.

4And theLordsaid unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee.

When God chooses a hero of faith He also takes care to build up his faith. There was a formidable opposition and God would yet limit the number who would fight alongside Gideon."And theLordsaid unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me(v.2).

The Spirit uses exceptionally large numbers that ought to give us a clue about the nature of our struggle. The host of the enemy was 'like grasshoppers for multitude,'and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude'. 'For multitude' and 'as the sand by the seaside', and such like expressions are not hyperbole but to indicate there are bad actors,- spiritual wickedness arrayed against children of God."For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, "

Ju.6:36-40 (2 of 2)

"The dew as a Sign"

"Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."(2 Co.12:9)irit that worked with Samson to do mighty works, explains this verse,'But the Spirit of theLordcame upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet;(v.34)" Gideon was empowered to lead Israel as a result.

Secondary meaning is about spiritual bodies which were yet to come. The parallel narrative of Christ as the Head and the church his body shall transform in the latter days and it is because of their citizenship is of heaven. This Power or the grace of his Word is intended to build up the church by the same glory of the Son." Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself."(Phi.3:21). Dew on all the ground consequently points to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and it was fulfilled on the day of Pentecost.

Mode of inversion points to the emphasis we place on the flesh shall change places in the world of the Spirit. This shift in emphasis takes our attention from heaven and the earth to the new heaven and new earth. For this reason in the vision of John New Jerusalem comes down from heaven as a bride. "And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband(Re.21:1-5)".

The Spirit structured this narrative as two streams on tracing the heaven and earth from God the Father and that of new heaven and new earth from the Son who testifies in v.5: "And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful".

Ju.6:36- 40 "The dew on the ground" (1 of 2)

Gideon uses 'As thou hast said,' in such a manner to bring revelation of the word, which is theophany user-friendly and Gideon asks further proof which God is willing to allow. When Abraham similarly draws God with hypothetical questions God let him speak on."And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto theLord, which am but dust and ashes:/Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five?(Ge.18:27-28)" Where God had foreknown heroes of faith like Abraham and Gideon (He.11:8,32) their common ground is trust. Enoch walked with God is one way of empowering man to lift further than possible. Gideon by nature timid and who knew his place, ("Behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house"-v.15) however was not a quitter. When his winepress was unviable he would convert it as threshing floor in order to support his family. In the face of adversities wine was no longer the means to 'make glad the hearts of men' but he had the word of God to fall back upon. The providential God gave His creation 'meat in due season' as He preserved him as matter of course (Ps.104:15a, 27).

In the sign Gideon sought from God the Spirit instructs us at different level. The floor is the world of Gideon as against the ground. Which metaphorically teaches with the illustration of an island brings in its wake the sea though it is unsaid. Or in a face-vase image where you fix your attention is only your subjective. God looks at body soul and spirit as glory of God and Power. Gestalt psychology of divine Mind thus empowers body of some so they may rely on God and trust Him to supply the shortfall in other areas. St Paul could understand this so he would say"And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness." (2 Co.12:9)

Ju.6:31-34 (2 of 2)

2Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.

33Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.

34But the Spirit of theLordcame upon Gideon,

Ju.6:31-34 (1 of 2)

"Jerubbaal"

And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar(v.31."

Here we have the kind of sophistry which Gideon's father adopts when he discovers a wrong word could put his son's life in danger. Apostasy of Israel metaphorically is in degrading 'the tree of righteousness' as a grove for pagan gods. "The trees of theLordare full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted(Ps.104:16)." Ge.1:11-12. God commanded Gideon to offer his burnt offering,'with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down(v.26)'.

The Spirit holds symbols of tongues of fire and also mist significance of which is determined by the context. .Cutting down the grove of his father and using the idols of wood in fire signify jealousy of the Lord God. Gideon was to be created anew into a heroic mold and jealousy for his Holiness had to match as Jesus cleansed the temple of of the merchandise that had crept therein.In the Gospel we have this verse from the Psalms cited,"The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up( John 2:17)".

The Spirit uses the mode of inversion which in vv.36-40 serves a guide to the life of an overcomer where heroic mold of a Christian has nothing in himself to rely upon but the full armor of God holds everything. In denying oneself as Christ did redeems a saint from the earth which Gideon had to learn/ This is a far cry from the most useless bramble sending out fire to consume the olive tree in the fable of Jotham( Ch.9)

Then we have this v.34 pointing to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit this creates a parallel narrative using people(Moses Joshua Gideon) and consistently it taking further the Fellowship of God with Man (in which Seth would be in the image of his Son(Ge.5:3), and thus shall continue)

Ju.6:25-35 (2 of 2)

"At the ordered place"

'And theLorddelivered them into the hand of Midian seven years(6:1b)'.

Gideon was a new creation and he had to build up his life as mighty man of valor in complete trust and it is signified by God's command,'And build an altar unto theLordthy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place,' The Spirit clues us in its significance: Christ is the rock and foundation on which he had to grow unto the measure God had in mind.

And it came to pass the same night, that theLordsaid unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:

26And build an altar unto theLordthy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.

27Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as theLordhad said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.

Ju.6:25-35 (1 of 2)

"At the ordered place"

Theophany of God was in the glory of the word, which is encapsulated by the name Jehovahshalom, God our peace. At a time of great depredations from the Midianites and of strife in the land what prompted Gideon to think of peace unless it was from God? The angel of the Lord had greeted him by 'TheLordis with thee, thou mighty man of valour.' In short God's word brought it in so many words that he found peace, unlike anything he had known before and it was a covenant as it were when the angel accepted his offering. 'Can two walk together unless agreed upon?' The angel of the Lord visited him as a mighty man of valor and now he had to grow into the stature God desired of him. This is what we find in vv.25-35.

Gideon was a new creation and where he was nervous of the Midianites coming down to rob him of his crop he had 'threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites'. Now he was demanded of God to cut down the grove 'and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath', God was now leading him to a point of no return. No more he could continue his former life going against his grain, while putting up with the practice of Baal-worship of his father's household he was cultivating a defeatist attitude of taking the line of least resistance. No more of that. The word of God had planted the light of the knowledge of the word, and he had to be heroic for God. This reminds the words of Jesus," If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.( Luke 14:26)".

He had to choose bullock one for himself as a peace offering and the second bullock of seven years old as a token of cutting himself loose from vain traditions of his father. The bullock of seven years holds another significance and it signaled that the threat of Midian was coming to an end and unknown to him he was spearheading the revolt.

Chris, glad to have you back.

So great to have had such a memorable vactaion.

Ju.6:11-24 (2 of 2) Body Spirit Soul

Gideon was to pour out broth as libation which reminds us of the messianic prophecy of Isaiah. The broth represents soul,'Because He poured out His soul unto death (Is.53:12)' while unleavened cakes for the body and the kid stands for the spirit. These were placed on the rock which represents Christ. Altogether it refers to our reasonable service where we are to offer our bodies as living sacrifice.

The angel specifies the rock which is unlike Jacob erecting an altar of the pillow."And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it(Ge.28:18)".

The expression, "unto this day" refers to the Son. "which are called Havothjair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead."(10:4)

Ju.6:11-24 Body, Spirit Soul (1 of 2)

"Then Gideon built an altar there unto theLord, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites"(v.24).

This altar is especial because as the Spirit tells it is to be found in Ophrah of the Abiezrites 'unto this day.'

Jehovah shalom the name of the place and it translates as 'God my peace', which passes all understanding, and is unto this day.('And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus-'Phi.4:7)

The angel of the Lord tells Gideon in what manner he was to make his presentation."Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so./ Then the angel of theLordput forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes".

Three articles are mentioned,"And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it(v.19)'.

Fire was from God."Then the angel of theLordput forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes." It made Gideon realize what it was to see God 'face to face'.

In vv.22-23 an example of Theophany and the word of God is represented by the Angel of the Lord. Gideon has the assurance that his life became entirely new'. If any man is in Christ he is a new creation' is the idea the Spirit wants us to know."Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new(2 Co.5:17)".

The Spirit sets the rock symbolically with which every article also acquire appropriate spiritual significance.

Ju.10:6

'And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of theLord'(v.6)

This led the Lord to chastise them. 'And the anger of theLordwas hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon(v.7). God having overlooked their erring way warns them: 'Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more(v.13). The Lord however cannot deny His divine nature. When they sought Him earnestly we read in vv.15-16 that his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. 'Deliver us only, we pray thee, this day./And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served theLord: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

He grieved for Israel in a manner of speaking brought to His mind his Son 'slain before the foundation of the world.' We shall examine the role of soul.

Jesus the Lover of my Soul (1 Sa.20:17)

The Spirit speaks of the soul of God grieving for Israel, which recalls the manner Jonathan grieved for David because of his Father. "For he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame(1 Sa.20:34)." The Spirit uses the number tag 3 to refer the Son, The mystery of the three arrows explains the nature of Love in the FatherSon relationship. It goes beyond what body of a carnal man (as in the case of Israel) is capable of. The love God correspondingly had for the world, explains it in the verse . John 3:16 "But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter(1 Sa.20:39)".While we speak of the number 3 let us consider the significance of Thirty (3x10) in these verses, vv.3-4

"And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years./ And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead. Thirty ass colts invite us to set him in frame of reference with the Son who rode to the city of David.

I am requesting prayer for not understanding His word, it was simple now I feel it all Hid from me. My health as well, and I gotta be ready to go anytime. Like everyone else should be, no one is guarantied tomorrow. I will keep from sin, I will keep praying and seeking Him with what time I got left, but my days are numbered. I shall cease from commenting, because I don't know the word like I thought I did. I never looked to a man over God.

ABOUT DOGS, Lord GOD said:Is.56:7-12

7...MINE HOUSE shall be called an house of prayer for all people.

8The Lord GOD,which gathers the outcasts of Israel says,Yet will I gather others to him,beside those that are gathered unto him.

9All ye BEASTS OF THE FIELD,COME TO DEVOUR,yea,all ye beasts in the forest-(((beasts in FOREST?Ps.37:15)))-->

((( Revelation 19:17-18 say:-->17And I saw an angel((archangel?))standing in the SUN((Rev.12:1-2&5));and he cried with a loud voice,saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven,Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great GOD;18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings,and the flesh of captains,and the flesh of mighty men,and the flesh of horses,and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men,both free and bond,both small and great-(((Rev.6:14-17)))

10His watchmen are blind:they are all ignorant,they are all DUMB DOGS,they cannot bark;sleeping,lying down,loving to slumber.

11Yea,they are GREEDY DOGS which can never have enough,and THEY ARE SHEPHERDS that cannot understand:they all look to their own way,every one for his gain,from his quarter.

12Come ye,say they,I will fetch wine,and we will fill ourselves with strong drink;and to morrow shall be as this day,and much more abundant(greater,much more).

Rev.22:15-For without are DOGS,and sorcerers,and whoremongers,and murderers,and idolaters,and whosoever loves and makes a lie.

Ph.3:2-Beware of DOGS...

2Cor.11:12-15

12But what I do,that I will do,that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion;that wherein they glory,they may be found even as we.

13For such are false apostles,deceitful workers,transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.

14And no marvel;for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

15Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers(MINISTERS OF SATAN)also be transformed as ministers of righteousness (preachers of the Word of GOD);whose end shall be according to their works.

Be careful or then get ready

Wkrimes

Greetings in Christ JESUS

In fact GOD created the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd heavens(the 3rd is the heaven where Paul Apostle was caught up- 2Corinthians 12:2), and created the heaven of the heavens- 1Kings 8:27.

Genesis is a GOD's Plan to restore or of restitution of all things: Acts 3:19-21. The earth(not the Planet) was created when GOD said: "Let the WATERS under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the DRY LAND(THE CLAY) appear: and it was so". This LITERALLY fulfilled when GOD SEPARATED the seed of Abraham from thee reign of Pharaoh in Egypt and placed them in the Promised Land.

10 And God called the dry land earth(Israel); and the gathering together of the waters called He Seas(peoples, and nations, and multitudes of all tongues in the time of Moses - Gentile peoples): and GOD saw that it was good.

Hebrews 1:1-3

1 GOD, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom GOD hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also GOD made the worlds;

3 Who being the brightness of His glory, and the EXPRESS IMAGE of GOD's Person(GOD is Spirit), and upholding all things by the Word of His power, when He had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.

My Lord JESUS - the Greater Light, Genesis 1:16- the Word made flesh, came here in the fourth Day, around 4000 years after Adam, around 2000 years ago, and He said : My Father worketh hitherto(fourth Day), and I work - Jphn 5:17.

1 Corinthians 2:14&16 :

14 - But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of GOD: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.



GOD bless

Please pray for me. I struggle a lot with being single and I truly desire a joyful marriage to a Christian lady who is beautiful to me. I fear that I will never get married. Please pray that Jesus Christ will show me mercy and grace and help me find and marry a wife who is beautiful to me, the helpmeet ( Genesis 2) who is right and best for me. Please pray that Jesus Christ will help me be a good husband. Thank you. May God bless you and keep you.

Romans 14:5.. One man esteems one day above another; another esteems everyday alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.... I for one feel it is in a sense, lending "credibility" to the catholic powers that be, the "holidays" as it were, were implemented by them, either directly or indirectly. As for me, I try to esteem those days with lower regard for that reason.

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unwarranted mercy, unwarranted forgiveness, fatherless father, unchanging duality, split oneness, etc.

In the ego's mind or dualistic world, oxymorons, which oppose each other and have myriads of degrees in between, appear to be reality as we perceive it. The only thing one can rely on is that change will not change, unless of course we change our mind about opposites coexisting in the the changeless, pure non dualistic , consistent mind of God. God means consistency. It is a solid foundation His Creation can depend on without any confusion as to Who and What He is. He cannot be affected by our split mind and so called "sins", which we dream in deep sleep. He knows nothing of illusions.

We have literally boiled God's character and way of thinking down to an oxymoron, and then when we attempt to justify it we write it off as some kind of "paradox" or "anomaly".

In all due respect to God's Children, this is why after 2000 years we still can't agree on much of anything, which should be obviously evident to onlookers and participators on this site.

My friends, God is Perfect and Eternal, and His Creation is the extension of His Mind, and therefore must also be perfect and eternal. He created us in His Own image, meaning His Own Thought. He created us in His Own likeness, meaning as of like quality. We cannot usurp the power of God. What God creates has no alternative (opposite), the Truth arises from what He knows.

How EFFICIENT and PERSUASIVE and SKILLFUL is the ego. How convenient for us to project onto the God of Perfect Love OUR opposing egocentric thoughts and OUR perceived qualities; for now we can justify our and the ego's (not God's!) wrath, anger, hate, evil, condemnation, judgments, etc.

We can count on one thing from the ego: It will always cite truth in order to keep his lies. This is the epitome of the source of a split mind, causing us to believe fear is Love and Love is fear.

God loves you eternally,

Peace

Once his creational intention was fulfilled, he ceased creating. We can understand this cessation of work as "rest," as long as it is not abstracted from his work that was previously underway. Furthermore, God's rest is not rest from all work, but rest from the particular work of creation.

The Hebrew word translated "rested" in Genesis 2:2 includes other ideas than that of being tired. One of the main definitions of the Hebrew word Shabbat is "to cease or stop." In Genesis 2:2 the understanding is that God "stopped" His work; He "ceased" creating on the seventh day. All that He had created was good, and His work was finished.

Blessings to all,

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Definition of oxymoron:1. A figure of speech that juxtaposes concepts with opposite meanings within a word or in a phrase that is a self-contradiction.

2. In rhetoric , a figure consisting in adding to a word an epithet or qualification apparently contradictory; in general, close connection of two words seemingly opposed to each other; an expression made epigrammatic or pointed by seeming self-contradictory.

Definition of epithet:A term used to characterize a person or thing.

Definition of rhetoric: The art, study, or skill of using language EFFECTIVELY and PERSUASIVELY.

Examples of oxymorons effectively and PERSUASIVELY used by the ego in regards to spiritual matters, in order to convince that they are real, i.e can coexist in TRUTH or be reality: healthy fear, loving hate, hateful love, genuine hate, real hate, fearful love, changing love, conditional love, imperfect love, murderous love, loving ego, wrathful love, loving vengeance, loving crucifixion, righteous anger, holy war, peaceful chaos, patient wrath, longsuffering vengeance, guilty innocence, just injustice, special equality, united division, excluding inclusion, excluding oneness, divided oneness, opposing oneness, fresh impurity, pure saltwater, new old, imprisoned release, unconditional "ifs", enslaved freedom, spiritual slavery, eternal death, life ending, united division, making creation, godly evil, good evil, evil good, evil-making God, physical spirit, spiritual flesh, false god, eternal time, limited compassion, weakened power, man woman, mindful brain, sleeping awareness, awakened sleep, dark light, restful death, ungodly existence, extended hate, projected love, perceptual knowledge, faithful sin, past present, future present, spiritual warfare, limited grace, corrective punishment, changing constants, changing consistency, truthful lies, dual oneness, real ego, omnipresent time, killing salvation, solid sand, sinking foundation,

see p. 2

Why does it say in Genesis 1:1 that God created the Heaven and the Earth? but in my older Bible, it says, In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth. I think we need to pay attention to what is being taken out of the scripture and what is being added to the scripture, why would it say Heaven in Genesis 1:1 but then it says Heavens in Genesis 2:1. Somebody is messing with the scripture to which will lead to confusion...

Stewart:

The word says man will believe man, but want believe God, the WORD.

Man is looking for the Great Tribulation to come.

The word says it was the Great Tribulation, the WRATH of God, that was poured out on Christ.

All this is recorded in the word if one studies, instead of not studying, and believing the traditions of man.

But, God's WORD SAYS, that man will believe man, before he will believe God, and GOD SAYS his words WILL NOT return into him VOID.

God BLESS YOU!

Glory to God!

Isaiah 19:24-25

24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land: 25 Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance

Ju.9 "Conclusion" (2 of 2)

Having made a disastrous step Abimelech had to dig deep on his father's example without the spiritual revelation that carried therein. God lets the curse of Jotham take effect. Abimelech speaks to his men whom he divided into three companies(v.43), "What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done./And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women(vv.38-49).

The Spirit narrates the end of Abimelech where the symbol of millstone is the rock of offense. Similarly when God wants to make an end of Babylon,'And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone'(Re.18:21)

And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire./And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull (vv.52-53)"

Ju.9 "Conclusion" (1 of 2)

When the heart has departed from sound advice what man does is setting himself into a perilous slope. Abimelch usurped to the seat of honor he was not entitled. He troubled his own house and he inherited the wind(Pr.11:29).

"Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech(v.23)" His base had tainted the whole length and breadth of the land. It was a divided house reminiscent of our times. In such climate of hate do we not in the politicians of our times the boast of Gaal, the son of Ebed and treachery of Zebul invite comparison? Gaal knew how to grandstand before the base of Abimelech. "And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech(v.29a)"Such bragging as Gaal delivered is not the last of its kind. Abimelech, Gaal in their intrigue by Law of Gradation connect with the beast whose power came from the dragon."And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months./And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven./And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations(Re.13:5-8). These men of straw belong to the brambles in the fable spoken by Jotham. There is a long list of names that shall not be found in the book of life 'of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world'.

Abimelech sets the battle plan and it is similar to what Gideon had spoken to the three hundred,

First Gideon's words, "And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do(7:17)".

Ju.9;22-26 "Mischief" (2 of 2)

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The Spirit in the case of Judas gives us a clue how evil spirit connects with man. Judas knew there was a demand for his master 'And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him;' and he had the know-how how to meet their demand. 'Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve( Luke 22:2-3).' Unclean spirits or Satan gain entry only when the heart of man is 'without borders'. Judas was only particular about his wages and the chief priests and scribes, their position and praise of men what the seat of Moses gave them. Similarly when the Spirit writes, "Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem the latter justified their banditry as their due for keeping an Usurper in power.

In our times when we hear of White Evangelicalism or Replacement Theory what it boils down to is a heart that has replaced simplicity which is in Christ, with brambles and thistles of heresies. Churches thus set up do not serve God but will-worship from which wages are collected by some like men of Shechem to justify their banditry.

Ju.9:9-22 "Mischief" (1 of 2)

"When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,/Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:24That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren."

The Spirit uses Number Three in order to emphasize the reign of the bramble over the trees of righteousness. The number indicates righteousness of the trees by Law of Gradation is drawn from the Son,("He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him"- Is.53:2-NIV)".

"And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech./ And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him".

What are 70 pieces of silver paid out to silence the men of Shechem into compliance? It is of the same kind as the wages Judas received for betraying Jesus."And saidunto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.(Matt.26:15; Ze.11:12)"In our time can politics thrive without lobbyists getting into the act? Wikipedia has this:In politics it is the act of lawfully attempting to influence the actions, policies, or decisions of government officials, legislators or members of regulatory agencies. They come between like men of Shechem who believed they owed to themselves to get back their investment with profits.