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My own understanding: is that Jesus was instructing His disciples of what would be a foretaste of the coming Kingdom of God. Soon after (within a week or so), three of Jesus' disciples saw Jesus transfigured (or, transformed) revealing His Glory ( Matthew 17:1,2; Luke 9:28,29); that Glory which He would receive back after laying it aside for humanity's sake ( Philippians 2:5-9). That would have been the first taste given to His disciples of the coming Kingdom of God.
Then of course, through His Death, Resurrection & Ascension into Heaven, the disciples had further confirmation of both the Truth of Jesus' Words (while He taught them) and the institution of God's Kingdom. It is true, that what we would normally understand and expect of the Kingdom of God (i.e. when Jesus returns to the World in His second Coming) didn't happen then as it hasn't happened till now, we can still see that His disciples were given a foretaste of that coming Kingdom which would never end until Christ comes - and beyond.
They saw His Glory at the mount, they were witnesses of His resurrection ( Luke 24:24-40), and they were witnesses of His Ascension ( Luke 24:50-53). And the disciples (and also to all those who love the Lord Jesus & would serve Him), would receive power to live the Christ-centered, Christ-crucified life, declaring to all that truly God had now visited sinful man & offered him so great salvation through His Son. Yes, the Kingdom of God is potentially within all mankind ( Luke 17:20,21), where, even if those unbelieving Pharisees would only put their faith in Jesus, the reality of the God's Kingdom could also be theirs when God would do a new work in them ( Ezekiel 11:19,20). GBU.
John 3:3 "Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
John 20:22"And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:"
Luke 17:21"Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you."
This seemingly insignificant tale of Peter finding a fish with a coin in it to pay for his and Jesus' expected tax (other versions say 4 Drachma coin; so it covers for 2 each due) surely has some meaning. The point Jesus brings up is for the children to make others pay tribute; in some "token" if I can use the pun true children of God shouldn't be subject to others but others subject to them.
Christ shows in His humanity that insulting someone should be avoided at all costs so greater good can be accomplished.
Matthew 22:15-22 discusses rendering to Caesar what is owed and to God the same. This shows again the same theme that we can also extend to Romans 13:7 for the church. This isn't a subject I will go into in great length here; I will say in short it is the exception rather than the rule when situations arise which we must take a stand for God and against the rules of men; particularly as Acts 5:29 illustrates when told to keep our mouths shut about Christ.
From here on several things are apparent. The miracles Christ was doing are shut down; except for the healing of the blind mentioned in Matthew 20:29-34. Secondly Jesus spoke almost exclusively in Parables at this point and third His greatest excoriation of the Pharisees was about to commence and this takes up the entire chapter 23 of Matthew.
Jesus was basically in his last weeks at this point which takes up about a third of the Gospels as far as I know (my estimate).
It reminds me in a strange way of Revelation as the final judgments seem to take the same space or more than the first but encompass weeks or maybe a few months at most. Our Lord had to focus on the Disciples knowing they would abandon Him and need to have strength to continue until Pentecost after the shock of the death of Christ who they had communed with and been shepherded by for several years. Surely Jesus didn't minimalize their grief but showed them it was for their greater good to die
Old English isn't exactly subtle in its verbage; but it fills the bill; so to speak. Jesus gives a rebuke in verse 17 which reads starting from verse 16
16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
The context here vaguely suggests the overall faithlessness of this man or perhaps the fact that others by this time weren't doing deliverance; or possibly a slightly stronger indication that Israel as a whole was still faithless and full of wicked unbelief.
It seems directed to the Disciples as we see in verse 19-21
19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?
20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
It must have been stunning to be accused of unbelief; but at this point long after their initial experiences with the Lord (whether or not they were part of the 70 going out 2 by 2 doing deliverance and healing); perhaps they were too used to being around the Lord or too comortable to go out themselves to do this work on a consistent basis. Lack of faith certainly could be tied into lack of prayer as I once again remind the readers that other than the discussion on how to pray ( Matthew 6) there are NO verses which show ANY prayer among the Apostles before the Resurrection; ZERO. Such preparatory prayer also would have kept them sensitive to the exhortations in verse 21 about fasting; at least on a routine basis. Sober words for us all.
Once again in verse 22 Christ warns of His imminent death and again great sorrow as a reaction
Jesus met with Moses and Elijah who discussed His coming death (see Luke 9:31). Peter, James and John were the three that came up with Him as I mentioned earlier ( Matthew 17:1). Verse 12 indicates that Elijah had come already as a type of forerunner in the spirit or likeness as it were of John the Baptist (verse 13).
Elijah must come first before Christ returns the second time (verses 10-11; see Malachi 4:5-6). This seems to make certain that he is one of the two prophets mentioned in Revelation 11. I would argue strongly against Moses since scripture indicates he died ( Deut. 34:7) and personally my view is that the verse Hebrews 9:27 that would indicate to me that Enoch is the second prophet.
Restoring all things in the middle of the Tribulation would tie in with Romans 14 in that "all Israel will be saved". ( Romans 11:26). In one sense it is hard to fathom the invincibility and power of the two prophets that end up being killed but makes sense in light of the claim of the Beast in Revelation 13; in that those who tormented the whole earth will be killed; and this will make Antichrist seem to be superior along with his apparent resurrection. I won't get further into that for now.
Matthew 16:27-28 seems to indicate the transfiguration; but full Preterists seem to think that means Christ would return by 70 AD and somehow is here physically but hidden in plain sight. Again I won't go in length on that but will say if He is here physically it makes His claims of returning as lightning from the east to the west ( Matt. 24:27) and Revelation 19 seem to be rather insignificant not to mention the control on the insanity in the world at present would be questionable.
His countenance as the sun reminds us of John's vision in Revelation 1. We can ponder on His humanity in verse 7 when He says do not be afraid. Again this revelation He wanted kept from public domain (verse 9). Nothing was to stop His upcoming death
Where are they? or has the "coming" already taken place and if so when?
Hebrews 3:4 - For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
What he's saying is that Christ Jesus built the house, and Moses served in the house. So, the builder is of more glory than the one who works in the house. And by the way, the one who builds the house is God. That's a deity thing that just slipped in there.
Hebrews 3:5 - And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant. If you're into note taking like me, you should circle the word "in," and "as a servant" should be circled. There's a contrast coming in Verse 6 that I would like to share.
For a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; That is, Moses was faithful to participate in things that were just a shadow of the truth that is to come.
Hebrews 3:1 Continued:
There are people in large churches just "fitting in" with the crowd. They just get lost in the people. And if you missed church nobody would know that you missed church. And they probably wouldn't care either. They don't even know you're gone. There's nobody to be accountable to. But hey, you're a Christian, right? But there's not much of a relationship.
It's easier to compromise and follow a religious system of Christianity than it is to be a disciple of Jesus Christ, which is what He called us to be, all of us individually. And so, once you surrender to Christ, and this relationship begins to develop between you and Jesus Christ, then persecution starts. Friends, and family, and relatives look at you and say, "You're a fanatic."
But you see, if you stay at home on Sunday and watch the Super Bowl, you're a football fan. But if you follow Jesus Christ, you're a fanatic. You're overboard! But that's what it means to be a Christian. It's not just somebody who intellectually understands and agrees with the truth, but someone who has surrendered their life to Christ. And you surrender by God's Spirit coming in and taking over.
Hebrews 3:1 Continued:
Secondly: Consider Him as our high priest, the one who intercedes for us to God. The Apostle and High Priest of our profession, which is literally the word confession, so I'll be using confession instead of profession because it will have a special meaning for us later in this chapter.
And then he gives the name again. Only this time it's Christ Jesus, not just Jesus, but Christ Jesus. As we read through this, he is putting together information for us. Remember, we're talking about a Hebrew or a Jewish person who's suffering hardship and persecution just for identifying with believers.
You haven't even surrendered your life to Christ yet and your fellow Jewish countrymen are already persecuting you. So, you're thinking of going back into the old religious system. Forget this Christianity thing. You suffer too much for it. It's too hard!
As we accumulate all these pieces of information, he is going to come back to them and say, are you sure that you want to go back to the religious system where they have human beings as apostles? They can't save you. You're going to leave the apostle of God? You're going to leave Jesus Christ as your apostle? You're going to leave Him behind and put all your trust in humans? How about the high priest? How about the priest that serves in your temple?
Are you going to leave Jesus Christ as your High Priest, and go and put your trust in him that somehow, he's going to do something that's going to save you? It won't happen. You're leaving the superior, to go back into the inferior.
But you see, for years in history, we human beings have had that challenge to us between a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and religion. It is easier to be a religious Christian, to be a church member and participate with the church and get lost in the crowd than it is to follow Jesus Christ and have a personal relationship with Him.
Hebrews 2:18 - For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
In that He Himself has suffered having been tempted, He is able to succor (or help) them that are tempted. You see, this is what completed Christ. Those who are tempted and tested can come to Him for help. And He has already suffered in likeness as we have, as a man, as a human being. But He is able to help us because He has suffered in likeness that we have.
Hebrews 3:1 - Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
Please notice the two things that he is addressing believers with. First of all, he says holy brethren. In the Greek text, that's that word set apart. Secondly, partakers of the heavenly calling. Later he will say partakers of the heavenly calling belonged to Christ.
He says consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus. What a statement! The word consider is an educational term, and it means to set your mind on something, to focus on something. So, when he says consider what I'm about to tell you, that's a command. I want you to set your mind on this. I want you to focus on it for a moment. I want you to focus on Christ Jesus, but notice His titles, the apostle, and high priest.
The word apostle (APOSTOLOS) means to send out with a commission. You're representing someone who has sent you out with a message, or an errand. But you represent whoever sent you on the mission that that person sends you. Jesus Christ is said to be the apostle of God because He's the only one that God has sent to us to represent God.
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I did not think your posts were directed at me. I,, too, thought that you were simply commenting on what you were studying, which I appreciate.
I agree; "That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him."
I also agree that Scripture is the word of God, and His Spirit is our guide to truth.
Philippians 2:9-11 God the Father has exalted Jesus above all, and we are to worship Jesus as Lord for the glory of God the Father.
God bless,
RLW
At that time it seems there was a great canopy of water surrounding the earth in the atmosphere. In verse 6, God separated the waters from above to make the seas. But there was still water left above the earth. These waters are what brought the torrential rain of the flood.
the windshield is way bigger, then the rear view mirror
because what is coming
is way more important
than whats behind
Begotten is used that way with Issac.
Blessings Brother.
Welcome back.
Yes it's for real, I ran across this several years ago. first by Chuck missler and then a few Rabbi's online.
That is the way the Hebrew language is designed.
Amazing isn't it.
Blessings
I have not studied it to see if it is verified, though.
It is good to hear from you again, brother.
I give you this verse to consider for part 8
John 5:23
"That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him."
Thanks again, Ronald. These are good things to study as long as we accept the authority of Scripture as that which determines our belief. Blessings to you tonight and always.
Revelation 13:7-8 is saying that all who dwell upon the earth will worship (the Beast) not God, for they are all those whose names are not written in the Book of Life. Perhaps this is not what you meant to convey.
Later I will go through those verses in this part on the topic you highlight.
I am so glad that God will supply for us in Christ through the Holy Spirit the power to endure to the end and cause us to persevere in faith throughout our life. We, ourselves would not be able to do this. Our salvation is of God from start to finish! Praise the Lord!
Let us pray that we come to unity of faith with sound doctrine taught in Scripture concerning all matters of our God, our salvation, our future. I remember reading that we have eternal life now and in the future. Let me pull up that verse.
John 5:24
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life."
John 11:25
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live"
John 6:47
"Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life."
Eternal life is both a present and future possession of believers. How amazing and comforting that is. We who are in Christ are already raised to life while alive now, but will also be resurrected bodily at Jesus' return to have our salvation become complete and eternal.
Hebrews 2:11 - For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
The word sanctify means to set apart. It is the verb form of the word holy. It's the word holy and the word saints. We are called saints. We are the set apart people. When the Holy Spirit comes into my spirit and saves me, I am then set apart and I belong to Christ. That whole process, once it's finished, it's called sanctification. It is the word HAGIADZO. So, you have the adjective that describes saint or holy, and then you have the verb that describes the action that takes place to arrive at that condition. And so, the one who sanctifies, and they who are sanctified, are all from one source. It's all from God.
Hebrews 2:17 - Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
This is not the normal word for reconciliation in the scriptures. This is the word propitiation (HILASKESTHAI) which means satisfaction. It's the same word for mercy seat in the Old Testament. The priest would go into the holy of holies once a year and sprinkle blood on the mercy seat for the sins of the people and for the nation Israel.
Jesus Christ is our mercy seat. He is our sacrifice. It is His blood that is sprinkled on the mercy seat to make satisfaction for the sins of the people. He was a merciful and faithful high priest in the things pertaining to God. That is, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 2:4 - God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts, or more literally, distributions of the Holy Ghost. It is distributions (MERISMOIS), not gifts. This word is never used for gifts in the scriptures. The translators meant to say that the Holy Spirit was given as a gift to people. If you say the gifts of the Holy Spirit, people start thinking about what we know of in the church as the gifts of the Holy Spirit. But these are distributions of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will?
Now the word own is not in the Greek text. The translators put it there in order to attribute according to His will to be to the Holy Spirit. But in the Greek text, according to His will is a prepositional phrase connected to the first line, God also bearing them witness. And these gifts (if you want to call them that), signs and wonders, and miracles, and distributions of the Holy Spirit, were given according to God's will.
So, the signs and wonders, and miracles and distributions, were to authenticate the gospel message. That's why the word confirmed up in Verse 3 and confirmed to us by them that heard Him. The message of the gospel of Jesus Christ was confirmed by the provision of physical miracles for people to see.
Hebrews 2:6 - But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
This is a quote from Psalm 8, and it's a reference to human beings. Don't let the term "the son of man throw you off." There is no definite article with the term son of man in the Greek text. It's making reference to human beings. So, what is man, that you are mindful of him? Or son of man, that thou visiteth him? I mean who are we? We're nothing. We're fallen creatures!
Hebrews 1:8 - But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
But unto the Son he says ( Psalm 45:6-7), Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: Jesus is being called God!
Hebrews 2:1 - Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
The word ought is the word necessary. So, it is necessary to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. I'd just like to share a few technical points about the text. First of all, the text itself, where it says the more earnest heed, that means to pay attention. It is a special word. It is a navigational and specific nautical term for ship terminology. The more earnest heed means to bring a ship into the harbor. It means to guide the ship into the harbor where it's going to be stationed.
The King James says lest at any time we should let them slip. Notice the word them is in italics. It's not let them slip, but that we should slip. It is literally lest at any time, we should slip past. It is a nautical term that means to drift past the harbor. So, in one instance, the helmsman is steering the ship into the harbor to its docking station. In another instance, the helmsman is just letting the ship drift past where he's supposed to go in.
He's saying that if you don't have a response to what you're hearing, that's your "take to earnest heed." If you don't make a responsible response, you can be shipwrecked. That's basically what it's all about. Just listening is not enough. We must take the earnest heed, the more special attention to the things that we have heard, lest at any time, we should slip past them like a ship that misses the harbor. He's talking about securing. Make sure you've made that last step, not just listening, but your response is very important!
Hebrews 1:5 - For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
For to which of the angels said he at any time (and this is Psalm 2:7): Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? Some say that begotten means give birth. It's like, how do we get out of this one? It sounds like it contradicts everything I previously shared about the word Son. Well, Psalm 2 is what is called a Coronation Psalm. It is the day in which the Father passes the throne to His Son.
And that's why He's called a Son. He didn't become a Son that day by birth. He became the inheritor of His Father's throne. And His Son is now the King. He became King on that day, His coronation. The word begotten, its root word is also used for creation, which is where we get the term birth. But also, it's used for creating the world. Anything that is generated out is represented by this word. So, when a person becomes King, this word is used.
Hebrews 1:6 - And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
What is interesting is that this phrase "brings the first begotten into the world" is making reference to His second coming. And the command is let all the angels of God worship Him. You don't worship somebody that's not God. Even Jesus said that in Matthew Chapter 4 when the devil says bow down and worship me and I will give you all the kingdoms of the world. And Jesus said you don't bow down and worship anybody but God. This is the superiority of the preeminence of the Son. He is to be worshipped.
I think you are conflating God's plan and Jesus as both being ideas in the mind of God prior to creation. But this is not a true analysis. Scripture is very clear that God decreed all that would occur in creation and history according to His wisdom and good purpose and His decree was made once which immediately began to occur just as He ordained because of His sovereignty and power.
But there is nothing in Scripture that says that Jesus was in the mind of God before creation. Again, you say this because you do not want to believe that Jesus is God and therefore exists eternally as the Father does.
Also, I don't think that foreknowledge necessarily means that He sees all that will happen in advance and then ordains it. I think it is true that God ordains all that occurs in creation and history, but this ordaining is not due to what he foresees. This would make Him dependent upon what is done by others, not Himself. This would make these "others" sovereign over God (which is not true).
It is true that God knows all things, all that actually come to be, all that is done, said, thought, or willed by creatures, all that happens in nature, etc. And He knows all that could possibly be, all possible worlds, possible situations, decisions made by creatures. However, in ordaining all things that actually do occur, He chooses that which is perfect for the accomplishing of HIs purpose and plan for all time and creation. Therefore, foreknowledge is God knowing all reality before it becomes real. But Scripture says that all He ordained was according to His pleasure and divine and perfect will, not by His foreknowledge.
"Man appointed mortal sorrow. The blessed God must come down teaching. His death shall bring the despairing rest."
Has anyone heard of this before and do you think this is real?
It says this, speaking of the wisdom of God, not about Jesus being only an idea in God's mind before creation.
"But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:"
You deny the preexistence of Jesus as God because you refuse to believe all the verses in Scripture that indicate that He is God and therefore is eternal.
John 17:5 clearly speaks of Jesus having shared glory with the Father eternally before creation, but this does not fit your theology of God being only one person. But these Scriptures refute this view.
I agree with everything in this post-Part 4.
Pt. 2
To deny Jesus' divine nature and present Him as only human who needed the Holy Spirit to tell Him what the Father wanted Him to do or to know the Father or to perform miracles is untruthful as it denies what Scripture does teach about Jesus' divine nature and His unity with the Father and the Holy Spirit and His divine ability to do all that He does through His own power and authority as God in the flesh.
It is true that Jesus only did what the Father willed (speaking to His human nature) as His divine will was the same as the Father's and that He said only what the Father spoke to Him ( John 12:49), because He is the divine Word ( John 1:1).
Your portrayal of Jesus in your post is consistent with your belief that Jesus is not God. And I ma sure you most likely thought I would comment on your post because I believe Scriptures say that He is God in the flesh, and the Father is God, and the Holy Spirit is God--Three divine Persons in one divine Being.
I believe it is important to correctly reflect what Scriptures do teach about Jesus, and you made errors in this post. What one promotes about being true of Jesus is of cardinal importance in matters of doctrine and faith. That is why I speak up.