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I don't understand this verse. Jah asks man to command him
I know that the angels have spiritual or celestial bodies, but man was made with a physical body and that is what Jesus took upon Himself as God the Son, and He did rise bodily. He ate and drank with the apostles and could be physically touched. Scripture does not say that He divested Himself of this physical body that was raised and glorified. So, I think that our resurrection and glorification is perhaps something we must wait till it happens to truly know.
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But then Satan wanted permission to attack his health. And his body broke out in boils. And he wound up sitting out in the garbage dump scraping these boils with pieces of pottery that was out at the garbage dump.
And his friends were walking by and shaking their heads saying "Wow, the richest man in the area, so blessed. Now look at him." In fact, Job's wife yelled through the fence "Just curse God and die." Get it over with, you know? And some people think this is why Satan didn't attack his wife, because she was a good tool, saying just curse God and die.
You see, Satan thinks that we are too attached to too many things in this world, and if he gets permission to touch those things, that we're going to get mad at God.
So be careful. We're being scouted. And Satan only wants to attack us in the areas that he knows that we have problems with. "Oh, that person means a lot to you? That car means a lot to you? That house means a lot to you? Well, let's see what we can do about that!"
And he tries to get you to curse God to His face because of your loss of worldly goods.
Hopefully this is of some help!
Revelation Chapter 12 tells us that when Satan rebelled against God, that he took a third of the angels with him. And those are the demonic spirits that we hear of and know of today.
From the book of Revelation, we know that Satan himself is standing before the throne of God. Satan is the accuser of the brethren. He is not omnipotent, omniscient, nor omnipresent. He's in one place. And the angels that rebelled with him are coming and giving him information. We get that from Job Chapter 1, how Job was scouted by Satan.
And the messengers come and give Satan the information, and then Satan accuses the brethren before God. If you want to know what he accuses, you can read Job Chapters 1 and 2. It's very interesting because Satan's one principle and purpose for what he's doing is permission to attack God's people in a certain way so as to get them to speak against God. He has to get permission. That's all he can do.
So, everything that happens to us, well, we trust the Lord for a while. And then something else happens and it's like "Oh no, well Lord, you can handle this too." And as time goes on, we become bitter and tired. And all Satan wants us to do is speak against God, shake our fist at Him, and tell Him we're not going to cooperate anymore because we don't serve a God that's going to allow this to happen.
That's his purpose. That's what he accuses. He says just let me touch his life and I'll show you that he will curse you to your face. That's what he said about Job. So, it's to turn us away from the Lord. What can happen? In Job's life, his family members were killed, his cattle were stolen, and he still praised the Lord.
This is what I can offer on 2 Peter 2:4:
(Part 1)
If God did this, then He's not slumbering, and He's not delaying about His judgment. And this is interesting because it shows a past tense. God did not spare angels that sinned but cast them down to hell. The word for hell is TARTARUS. And it is the Greek version of the term for Hades, where the unseen spirits go, in a compartment waiting for judgment. It's the only place where it's found in the bible.
And so, he says that God in past, He cast these angels who sinned into TARTARUS, and delivered them into chains of darkness.
Now it's the darkness that is the chains. How do you take spirits and put chains on them? It's a phrase that associates locking someone up so that they cannot escape.
And to be reserved for judgment. So, if God did not spare the angels that sinned, how's He going to spare these that sinned?
We will find out more about these angels when we get into Jude Verse 6. It's a one-chapter book. Both Jude and Peter run along the same lines and minister the same thing. And the evidence provides for us that Peter used some of Jude's warnings in order to have a unanimous unifying warning to all the churches.
It's interesting, but in Jude Verse 6, when he talks about these same angels, he says these angels which kept not their first estate, that is, the angels that rebelled against God with Satan, but left their own habitation, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
So, these are angels who had sinned and had left their first estate. Many believe that these are the angels that brought on the evil that forced God to bring the flood, the demonic forces that are mentioned in Genesis Chapter 6.
But it is interesting that it is well known amongst the apostles and amongst the early church that there were angels who had sinned.
Ill pray that u all understand what i try to say in Jesus name. Belive for your own good that Jesus Christ is Gods Son. Amen.
Love u all in Christ.
IG,
He says to give your money to the exchangers, and then at my coming, I should have received mine own with interest. That is what usury means, with interest.
Here is what I believe to be the moral of the story in Matthew 25:28-30:
God has left the Jews with the greatest commission that He could ever give. He left His word. The Jews should be out preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ to whole world. But instead, Paul says in Romans Chapters 9 through 11 that the Gentiles have been grafted in. The Jews rejected their Messiah. So that's why we were brought in, and we are now preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
But it says, so that they can be jealous because we have their Messiah. And eventually, at His second coming, all the Jews that are alive will be saved. And so basically what He is saying is, I left you with a commission, with an assignment. What did you do with it? I dug a hole and buried it. You will be cast in to outer darkness. That is hell.
That is an interesting way of looking at it. Please allow me to share my thoughts with you on this parable. I notice that these three servants were each given talents (money), one five talents, another two talents, and the third, one talent. You might already know this, but a talent was a lot of money. It is equal to 6,000 drachmas. I know that might not mean anything, but 6,000 drachmas, which is 20 years wages, it equals 1 TALENTA.
In our money, one talent would be worth $600,000. So, we are going to deal with somebody that gave back 10 talents. So now we've got a $6 million investment here. That is a lot of money.
We see in Matthew 25:18 that it says he that had received one went and digged in the earth and hid his lord's money. As you know, he is the only one who buried what was given to him. So, the one who had one talent, he comes up to the Lord, and he says I knew you that you are a hard man. And here is what are called Modal Participles in the Greek.
This is what He means by a hard man. He says, you reap where you haven't sown. I mean, you don't even put seed in the ground, and you expect something to be there? You are a hard man!
And you gather where thou hast not strawed. Now the word strawed is a good word, isn't it? It means to scatter. It is the word DIASPORA. You gather together where you haven't even scattered anything. That is a hard man!
Matthew 25:25 tells us that this man was afraid. He hid the talent in the earth, and then later comes back with it and says "here you go, here's your talent back!" He didn't lose it, right? I would have said you are fired, but the Lord had some harsher words in Verses 26 and 27.
I mean if you know He is a hard guy, you better get out there and do something with it, right? You don't go hide it and say well, He is a hard man. Yeah, well guess what, the hard man is coming back, and he wants to talk to you.
I need a little more space so I will send a part 2.
Jesus says to us come and buy gold from Me. Revelation 3:18 Now we know this that the gold we buy is the gateway to the kingdom of God. For eternity. The others who have not settled with lamp oil or with interest. Is not Fit for Gods Kingdom.
It would be nice if more ppl here on the web have some thoughts about this. He died for all, but not evrybody is called. Because they are against Him. Dont want to belive in Him. Ohh i wish that i have bought some gold and white cloth from Lord Jesus.
God bless us all and give us wisdom and understanding in His word. Love u all in Christ.
Jimbob,
In Acts 1:10-11, when the Lord ascended up into Heaven, the angel said why do you disciples look up into heaven? Why are you gazing up there? This same Jesus will come in like manner. He will come in the clouds. The actual event recorded is in Revelation 19:11-16, the second coming of Christ. He comes with power and great glory. Revelation 24:31 tells us that when He does come, He shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet.
I am going to get technical for a moment, just to show how good this passage really is. He is going to send His angels out with a great sound of a Shofar. It's a ram's horn. In the Greek text, the word "sound" is in brackets, which means it has been added to the text by some unseen person who doesn't understand the fact that the word "great" modifies the trumpet. It is called a great Shofar. The prophecy is in Isaiah 27:12-13. It says the great Shofar will blow, and the Lord will gather His people from the four corners of the earth.
So that is very important because that's a prophecy that the Jews looked for. It says He is going to gather them together, (his elect), that would be the Jews, from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other, north, south, east, and west.
This is my understanding of this section of Matthew.
As you asked, here is what I can share on Matthew 24:29-31. I will need more than one post to give you, my understanding.
(Part 1)
These verses speak of the promise of Jesus' second coming. Understanding the 7-steps of a Jewish wedding helps give a better understanding of Christ's second coming, and also some of the Jewish views about when Christ is coming back. If you would like for me to send you what the 7-steps are, I will do so. It is very interesting, I promise! They are literal steps of a Jewish wedding, and they parallel the things spoken of in Matthew's gospel.
So, reading through Matthew 24:29-30, it says that immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give any light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn.
Now the word "tribes" is very important. That tells us that we are talking about Jewish people. It is a Jewish term. All the tribes of the earth shall mourn. And they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. All the tribes! Again, that would be Jews.
In Revelation 1:7, it tells us that every eye will see Him, even those who have pierced Him. Zechariah 12:10 is a prophecy that the Jews hold to, only they don't understand its application. It says that when Messiah comes, they will look upon Him whom they have pierced.
So, at this time when Christ comes (at His second coming), the Jews who are left on the earth, they are going to mourn, and they are going to look and go "Oh no, we crucified our Messiah, and here He is!" They are going to recognize Him. And we see in Verse 31 that the Lord's going to round them all up. It says in this verse that He's going to come upon the clouds of heaven. That's given to us in Daniel 7:13.
To be continued...
Good thoughts here.
My only response is that I know that when Jesus resurrected, He did so bodily, and He returned to the Father to be glorified and then He appeared to the apostles and many other disciples before ascending into heaven on the very body that was resurrected, one of flesh and bones, as He said to Thomas. So I believe that our glorified bodies will be physical, like Jesus' body is, yet glorified with properties that we do not currently possess. He became man, which includes a physical body, and He will always be both God and man. So, I believe that He will forever have a human nature and divine nature in a physical body. A full human nature includes a physical body. I think we will see Him as He truly is, God in perfect humanity. And, I think that we will be like Him in His perfect humanity only, as we will then possess perfect humanity forever. That is our glorification. Our bodies will not be exactly like our earthly bodies, because we have put on immortality and incorruption, but we will be resurrected in our earthly body which is then glorified as Jesus' body was glorified. A truly spiritual body does not have flesh and bones, as Jesus said to Thomas. God has determined that mankind will always have a physical body, both in this earthly life and in the life to come.
Jimbob, your post gave me many things to think about, but this aspect of it really stuck out to me. Be blessed.
I'm sorry, but I cannot agree with you that the term elect is referring to the church. We are the bride of Christ. I agree to that. But we are not the elect. Going all the way back to the OT, the term elect is a title referring to the Jews. The church was not in existence when the Jews were given this title. They are God's elect, His chosen people. Looking at Matthew 24:22 which says "And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened."
If God did not have a time period when He says okay, I am going to stop, everybody would be wiped out. But for the sake of the elect, which again is special word brought over from the Old Testament as a title for the Jewish people. They are His elect people. It does not mean they are all saved. They are His chosen people, His idea, and He has chosen them out. And He realizes there are 144,000 of them out there, plus all the others who believed, and this is something that is going to happen at the last part of the tribulation period. Those days will be shortened for the 144,000 Jews. The church will not be here.
In Revelation Chapter 11, John says that at the second coming of Christ, all of Israel will be saved. That is what that verse makes reference to. At His second coming, all of the Jews at that time will be saved. So, God shortened the days, 3 years, just so His own people (His elect) could survive.
You are asking for my understanding of Matthew 24:29-31, so I will share that with you in a separate post as there is not enough space here to do so.
I agree. From what I've learned, it is a compound Greek word, HUPO meaning under, and MENO meaning to dwell, to remain or to abide. MENO is found in many places throughout the NT and denotes a permanency of something or someone dwelling or abiding. In the case of the believer who has been born of God's Spirit, His Spirit permanently abides in the life of the believer.
I've been doing some research on the word HUPOMENO. The verse in question is Hebrews 10:36. The KJV says "For ye have need of patience." When I look at other English translations, some use the word patience while others say "For ye have need of endurance."
This causes me to question my own understanding of the word. When I said that it meant endurance, this comes from what I remember being taught by a Greek Professor whose ministry I sat under for some years. What he taught was not modern Greek but Koine Greek. I know there are differences between the two.
I'm questioning why some translations use the word patience while others use endurance? The NAS Exhaustive Concordance defines it as a remaining behind, a patient enduring. It also lists endurance, patient enduring, perseverance, and steadfastness. Thayer's Greek Lexicon gives the definition as: steadfastness, constancy, endurance, a patient, steadfast waiting for, a patient enduring, sustaining. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance defines it as endurance, constancy enduring, patience, patient continuance. The Greek Interlinear Bible says endurance.
As of now, I am going to stand by what I said. But I am going to do some more homework as to whether it should only say patience, endurance, or if either would be correct.
To rephrase my question, when Jesus was here, He had a large following of Jewish/Hebrew people. Many of them left Judaism to follow Him. What would be the consequences for a Jewish person for following Jesus? I've read accounts which help me to better understand some of the things written in the book of Hebrews.