Bible Questions & Discussion PAGE 249

(Acts Part 6):

Acts 2:11 - Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.

The word "wonderful" comes from the Greek word MEGALEIA that means great, or greatness. From, or through these languages, they were speaking the great things of God.

Acts 2:13 - Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

The word "new" is the Greek word GLEUKOSE that means sweet wine. And so, the people who were mocking would actually be the Palestinian Jews who are there in town (the home town people), because to them, they wouldn't understand what they were saying.

Acts 2:17 - And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

It says, "And it shall come to pass." In the Greek text it says "And it will be." And in Verse 21, it says "And it shall come to pass," and it's literally, "And it will be!" Two platform verses!

Acts 2:18 - And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

He says even on my servants (DOULOUS) and on my handmaidens (DOULAS), meaning slaves, both male and female, I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: That is, speak the word of God!

Acts 2:24 - Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

The word "pains" is a Greek word used for the birth pains of a woman in labor.

Q&A " Predestination"

Q: "Both breath of God and the Spirit of Christ go into the making of a man So soul explains him "after our image" but what precisely makes him predestinated?

A: Let us take each according to the word given in the scripture. God formed man of the dust of the ground," and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." In terms of after our image the Son is the soul of God a Spirit. The body of man is from the earth, the world made to appear. The earth abides forever since the day is decreed for the Son. This brings the Law of the Spirit into it. The Law is life that explains the Father Son relationship. "but the Spirit is life because of righteousness." This is life the context in which the covenant was drawn up between the two. So what determines 'in the beginning' ? The Law which is God. The Word was with God and 'in the beginning' establishes the Logos aspect of Jesus Christ. "I and my Father are one" ( John 10:30;He.13:8) is established by the Law. By the same token in the fulness of time underpins the Law of the Spirit.

The Law of the Spirit is figuratively expressed as Ancient of days. Seven is the command number for Law with which the red dragon shall be judged/ The seven heads stamp him as the embodiment of the law of sin/ (Re.12:3) Ancient of days sets the judgment "And the books were opened."Dan.7:10). The book of life lists all who were chosen, "in him before the foundation of the world,."(Ep.1:4-6). Those who entered into the covenant by faith are new creation and abiding in Christ as the Lamb in Re.5:6 are shown having sen horns and seven eyes. The risen Jesus as the Son "he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost." Parallelism of the Father Son establishes that we are predestinated.

He has by death resurrection fulfilled the Law.

Stephanie,

I will pray for you. What an awful and hurtful this rape was for you. May you find healing. Being forgiving towards the one who assaulted you is a good thing. Being able to forget it does not always happen in this life, but it can come to that for some. I don't think that forgetting it happened is necessary. Everyone's journey from such trauma is their own journey. I hope that you do not have any form of contact with this person and that he will serve time for this crime.

I am glad you shared this request. There are many here who will pray for you.

Galatians 5:22-26 KJV

My Respond:

Philippians 2:13 AMPC

[Not in your own strength] for it is God Who is all the while effectually at work in you [energizing and creating in you the power and desire], both to will and to work for His good pleasure and satisfaction and delight.

My interpetation: God is effectually working in you as a evangelist and delight setting you free from sin.

Q&A "Abiding in Christ"

Q: "The breath of God made man a living soul and what does the Spirit of Christ signify for a believer?"

A: We shall consider the context first. "In the vision of John we read of the Lamb and we are examining him as existing in the divine Will. "And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth."(Re.5:6) How the world unseen shall be made to appear is what we shall see as the result of breaking open the seven seals. Compare with Prophet Zachariah whose vision is further in time and the apostasy of the nation of Israel has become established. Instead of the Lamb it is a stone we are looking at." behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branch./For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes." The seven horns indicate the Law of the Spirit and the seven eyes have set the entire earth under his watch.

God in making Adam is making every believer a living soul. Adam is created 'after our image" as well as "after our likeness" By the latter it is established the last Adam is after the likeness of the Word made flesh. First Adam is earthy while Jesus Christ is the Lord from heaven. Fall of the first Adam brought death upon the world,"and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned." It is to which Jesus alluded in his colloquy with Nicodemus. He to be born again. He used the analogy of wind. "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth."( John 3:8). In order to make the Spirit of Christ as personal faith is crucial. "For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."(Ro.10:9-10). Without abiding in Christ the wind is no man's land.Ro.8:9-10

You're welcome Momsage.

I left Nashville yesterday and went to Clarksville, now I'm on my way to Cordova and then Memphis.

35 It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.

Praise the LORD GOD from whom all blessings flow!

May we be faithful to our SAVIOR and glorify HIM in all things as we pray for the peace in Jerusalem.

Titus 2:11-14

October 3, 2024 Thursday

Q&A "The stone" (2 of 2)

We read the same associated with the wrath of the Lamb mentioned in the Isaiah ch.2. "And the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day./For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low" and "And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth."(2:11-19) The reference is to the people of Israel in distress,"then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits."(1 Sa.13:6). For those who trust in the covenant and abide in him he is the rock of salvation. (Ps.118:21-23)

Thanks again brother Jesse for those interesting & useful comments. Indeed, as we read any Scripture, it would be such a great thing if we could truly understand the working of the Jewish or Greek mind when references such as to the wind & spirit (as you mentioned) are given. Those of us who don't have those languages nor the cultures that go along with them, can quite easily miss out on the finer points of the message (such as Jesus talking with Nicodemus or the extraordinary things occurring at Pentecost) & just gloss over them or apply our own interpretation. Though having said that, I'm sure the Lord understands how His Word would be read decades and centuries after the events, & forgives us our ignorance of such things, yet expects that the application of the Truths contained in His Word are clearly understood by the help of His Spirit & adhered to. Many thanks again & blessings brother.

Q&A "The stone" (1 of 2)

Q:How does the everlasting covenant between God and his Son become a decree for a believer?

A:God established man in terms of the Law of the Spirit by breathing into his nostrils. He became a living soul. St Paul calls it "Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart."(2 Co.3:3) Adam represented all as his sin affected by the same token all man. God established the Law of the Spirit as he set the stone in Zion (Is.28:16 to symbolize the Spirit of Christ. Zion and Jerusalem are consequently spoken with reference to the heavenly places which shall be same in the last days as was founded before the foundation of the world. "And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it."(Is.2:2)

The Advent of his Son is foretold by Prophet Zechariah here, "for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branch." The stone mentioned refers to him. " For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes." (Ze.3: 8-9). Joshua (the Hebrew variant name for Jesus) signifies the OldTestament of the stone tables while the Law of the Spirit has already established on Zion from which the Law was to go forth. Coming back to the Isaiah quote 'that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills.' one is as far apart as the throne is from the footstool. (Is.66:1). The hills are what the earthly Jerusalem represent. In this context when the Lamb brakes open the sixth seal we have the people cry, "And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb."(Re.6:16)

Stephanie,

I will pray for you. What an awful and hurtful this rape was for you. May you find healing. Being forgiving towards the one who assaulted you is a good thing. Being able to forget it does not always happen in this life, but it can come to that for some. I don't think that forgetting it happened is necessary. Everyone's journey from such trauma is their own journey. I hope that you do not have any form of contact with this person and that he will serve time for this crime.

I am glad you shared this request. There are many here who will pray for you.

Momsage,

Glad to hear that you are o.k. after the hurricane. I hope all is going well with you. I keep you in my prayers as I do others from this site.

What do you think of religions? Is every religion right or is there only one religion that is truly correct?

What do you think?

Brother Chris,

I believe your application of the Greek word HOSEI used in Both Acts 2:3 and Matthew 3:16 is correct. There was a point early on in my walk with the Lord where I used to envision a pure white dove descending from heaven upon Jesus at His baptism. It seems so easy to miss some of those little catch phrases in our study of the word.

In Acts 2:3, it's interesting because they could see an appearance of these languages dividing up and it sat upon each one of them. What they actually saw I'm not sure, but I can't help but wonder why it would happen like this for them.

I also find it interesting that both fire and wind to a Jewish person represents the very Spirit and presence of God. We see the wind in Acts 2:2. As you're probably aware, the word wind and the word Spirit, both in Hebrew and in Greek is the same word.

I look back at John Chapter 3, where Jesus told Nicodemus that he needed to be born from above (experience a spiritual birth from heaven). And in John 3:8, Jesus says that it's like the wind, you don't know where it's coming from or where it's going to go afterwards.

It seems to me that He's interchanging wind with spirit, and the sound of the wind was to a Jewish person, the coming of the Holy Spirit. So, in Acts Chapter 2, here are Jewish people, in the upper room, they hear the sound of wind, and they have seen languages sitting upon each one of them (as of) fire sitting upon each one of them. Fascinating!

Blessings to you also!

Q&A "The Spirit of Antichrist"

Q: Devil also believes that God is one and trembles. What makes the spirit of antichrist different?

A:St Paul defines the spirit of Christ which is of God. "Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God."(1 Co.2:12). The spirit of the world runs under the law of sin. The devil may believe God is one but in following his own will he resists the Word. So are those who say they believe Jesus Christ came in flesh of God. But in denying the power thereof they quench the spirit that is freely given of God."And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world./Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world." ( 1 John 4:3-4)

The Bible sets the fulness of God in Jesus Christ. By denying the covenant between God and his Son what do imposter churches teach? Blessings of God to Abraham as the basis renders the entire scripture out of focus. God blessed man who is created after our image and after our likeness. Ep.1:3-4. "That we may know" requires understanding which is the knowledge of the holy.

Tim

I hope you are feeling better today.

Shalom fam! I have a question, in Luke 17 Jesus is teaching the disciples* about forgiveness. He later addresses the disciples as apostles. Why did they apostles say, "Lord increase our faith" after hearing that they should forgive 7x a day to a brother (or sister)?

(17) One day Jesus said to his disciples, "There will always be temptations to sin, but what sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting! 2 It would be better to be thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around your neck than to cause one of these little ones to fall into sin. 3 So watch yourselves!

"If another believer[a] sins, rebuke that person; then if there is repentance, forgive. 4 Even if that person wrongs you seven times a day and each time turns again and asks forgiveness, you must forgive."

5 The apostles said to the Lord, "Show us how to increase our faith."

Dear Gary, I will pray for God to clear up your vision either through the doctor's care or a miracle.

I just had double eye cataract surgery with lens replacement. I can now see without my glasses after 57 years of wearing them. I hope that you will soon be able to see clearly.

Ruben,

I have prayed for you.

Marcus,

I have prayed for your financial needs. May God swiftly provide for your needs.

Melissa,

I will be praying for your requests today.

Felicia, I have prayed for you and your loved ones.

Please know that God is always with you whether you sense Him near you and your requests. Know that God is faithful to what He promised in His Word. Jesus said that he is always with us and will never forsake us. be comforted in knowing that what Jesus said is true and that He will do as He has said. Rest in Him as His child.

Hello Donna, I have prayed for you and your son.

Hello Dana,

I have prayed for Rick and his family.

Hello Ryan

I am sorry your mama is so ill. I will be praying for her. Please keep us posted

Tpry,

I will pray for your healing and for your daughter in her studies and in how she performs on her tests.

Chrstian,

I continue to pray for you and the requests you have made.

Thanks again brother Jesse for these ongoing clarifications & teaching of biblical texts; and now looking forward to learning more from the Acts of the Apostles.

I noted your Acts 2:3, "And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them"; where you've explained the "as of" denoting a similarity or appearance of fire, but not actually fire. Also, I found interesting that you have seen 'glossai' as pertaining to languages (i.e. the appearance of divided languages coming upon them, and presumably the apostles then spoke accordingly to those languages). I have always imagined that the 'tongues' here (glossai) spoke of the similarity or appearance to the human tongue, not referring specifically to language(s), but to its appearance as of a flickering flame resembling a tongue. So, your explanation is something quite new to me & worth bearing in mind.

And back to the "as of" fire phrase; as you wrote this was not an actual fire, but resembled it. This could be the same word (hosei) used in Matthew 3:16, "And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending LIKE (hosei) A dove, and lighting upon him". We see the illustration so often of a dove descending upon the Lord, that many Christians now believe that an actual dove, the shape of which the Holy Spirit assumed to come upon Jesus. Which of course is sacrilege according to the commandment ( Exodus 20:4,5; Deuteronomy 4:16-19). Rather, it seems that 'hosei' is used here as well, to show that the Holy Spirit's descent upon Jesus was seen just 'as a dove would flutter & glide towards the ground' and had nothing at all to do with an actual bird. I hope I'm using 'hosei' correctly in both Acts 2:3 & Matthew 3:16. Blessings.

Psalm 18:2

"The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold."

2 Samuel 22:33

"It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure."

Matthew 11:28

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."

Psalm 118:14

"The Lord is my strength and my defense; He has become my salvation.

Deuteronomy 31:8

"The Lord Himself goes before you and will be with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged."

Jeremiah 32:17

"Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you."

Psalm 28:7

"The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him."

Thessalonians 5:11

"Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

Psalm 121:1-2

"I lift up my eyes to the mountains-where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth."

Isaiah 41:10

"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Exodus 15:2

"The Lord is my strength and my song; he has given me victory. This is my God, and I will praise him-my father's God, and I will exalt him."

Joshua 1:9

"Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."

Isaiah 40:29

"He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless."

"Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord, is my strength and my song; he has become my

salvation."ened and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go

COME THY LORD JESUS

"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it."

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