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THE BOOK OF JUDE
THE BOOK OF JUDE
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The Book of Jude
- Chuck Missler
Jude 23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the
Jude 1-4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOlqlr8beHc
· The smallest book of the New Testament was written
by one of the four brothers of Jesus Himself and is full of unique allusions
and insights from the Old Testament: lessons from Israel in the Wilderness; the
angels that sinned; the strange events in Sodom and Gomorrah; Michael and
Satan’s contention over the body of Moses; and other insights from Cain,
Balaam, Korah, as well as the mysterious person known as Enoch.
· Jude
is the “vestibule” to the book of Revelation. It includes the oldest prophecy
uttered by a prophet of the Second Coming of Christ, declared before the
flood of Noah. This unique epistle was written for us today: it is the only
book of the New Testament devoted entirely to apostasy. Full of surprises for
the diligent student, it is a unique pleasure as well as an essential
equipping.
Introduction:
Acts – The
Beginning of the Church Age
The Acts of
the Apostles
Jude – The End of
the Church Age
The Acts of the Apostates
Epistles:
- James — good works as
evidence of saving faith;
- Jude — evil works as
evidence of apostasy.
- Tragically
neglected ‘by students, commentaries have three pages on the book of
Jude,
· That said, it’s a book of substantial neglect etc.
· it is the only book devoted ENTIRELY to the Great
Apostacy. Before the Lord comes, in fact the Lord proposes A rhetorical
question, will he find faith on the earth?
· There is a specific heresy that is emerging
throughout the body of Christ, it's happening in the Charismatic movement, it's
happening in the Fundamentalist movement, it’s happening at the Apologetic
level, at the Grass Roots level. It is involving some of the most distinguished
leadership throughout America, and secretly.
· Many of the leaders in the so-called Christian
Church in America secretly espouse the doctrine that is not only a heresy but
maybe laying the very philosophical foundation for The Great Tribulation.
· Again, Jude is the only book devoted ENTIRELY to
the Great Apostacy.
Luke 18:8
I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he
find faith on the earth?
Apostosia:
The “Falling
Away”
· Apostasia is a word that gets kicked around a bit,
let's look add a few of these critical passages.
2 Thessalonians
2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there
come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of
perdition;
Antichrist is not his title:
·
And then it goes on to talk about the Antichrist in a lot of ways and I'm using
the term Antichrist
in a colloquial sense. You sophisticated students know that
it's not one of his titles he has 50 that’s not one them but it’s the
one everyone uses, so, you know who I mean.
· But
the main point is an apostasy precedes the end times, it sets the stage for
this leader to emerge, so, 2 Thessalonians 2 is a key passage, I won't be real our study into Jude to get
into that.
The “Departure from the Faith”
1 Timothy 4:1
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the
latter times some shall depart from the
faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
· False doctrine is not just superstition, it is not
just deviations from the truth, it is engineered deception by the host of
darkness himself.
“Unwillingness to Endure
Sound Doctrine”
2 Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after
their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
· And what's really fascinating is when someone
rejects the truth of Jesus Christ, the stuff they turn to the most bizarre
things.
“False teachers,
Damnable Heresies”
2 Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord
that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
“Where Is the Promise?”
2 Peter 3:3-4
Knowing this first, that there
shall come in the
last days scoffers, walking
after their own lusts, 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the
fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were
from the
beginning of the creation.
· By the way this may sound strange, because on the
one hand of the characteristics of these false teachers is that they are going
to cast doubt about the second coming of Jesus Christ. Part of the viewpoint or
doctrine of this is them saying, “Where is the promise of his coming?” It's a
skeptical rhetorical question about denying the second coming. The argument
here doesn’t seem linked at first blessed at all. He says, for since the father's first fell asleep all
things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.
· What's not obvious by the structure of that
sentence is there is a link here in a doubt of
creation with the second coming. What has the second coming to do with
evolution and so forth, it's this disparagement of the idea that there is a God,
who on the one hand created the universe in the first place, and secondly
intervenes in its history by returning and involving Himself. And one of the
fascinating links it's not obvious, but it’s worth you consideration to
recognize that a faith in the creation is linked to a faith in prophecy. It has
to do with Uniformitarianism, it has to do with the recognition that there is a
Creator who has a purpose and an involvement in your life as well as mine.
· That's whole idea behind, God's purpose in the
first place and His willingness and interest and involvement in interfering in
man’s history and intervening and in fact intruding none other than His Son on
a very special mission. And one in which He will again, intrude upon history by
returning and so forth.
· So,
the whole idea of the Second coming is related to …Genesis 1 is related to
Revelation 22, it’s all linked.
Jude
·
Parallels the
book of James
- James
— Good works as evidence of saving faith;
- Jude — Evil works as
evidence of apostasy.
· The apostles Jude and James were brothers.
·
Jude is the
vestibule of the book of Revelation.
Structurally it's very handy because it sets the
stage for the Book of Revelation.
· Jude will be fun for us because it gives us an
excuse to pick into the dark corners of the books in the Old Testament. Jude
makes all kinds of off hand references things he assumes you know, and that
causes us to scramble for our Concordances and whatever to find out what on
earth is he talking about?
·
Filled with
fascinating Old Testament references and allusions.
Structural
Outline:
· There are 11 parts to the
book of Jude but structurally, it's quite interesting. The first and the
last line is “Assurance for the Christian” it opens with “Assurance for
the Christian” and it closes with “Assurance for the Christian.” That’s no
surprise he's going to talk about apostasy but he's going to talk to you people
not the apostates. So, the one thing that he wants to do is give you is
assurance, both up front and at the end.
· The
Second section from the beginning is the same idea, as the second from
the end. “The Believer and the Faith.”
The second and the tenth.
· The
Third from the front end is “Apostates Described”, and the third
from the back is apostates described.
· The Fourth subject so to speak is “Apostasy in Old Testament History”, the
fourth from the end is, “Apostasy in Old Testament Prophecy.”
· The Fifth subject is “Apostasy in the Supernatural Realm”, the Fifth
from the end is “Apostasy in the Natural Realm.”
· And the Middle section is “An Ancient Trio of Apostates”
Assurance for the Christian
1-2
The
Believer and the Faith
3
Apostates Described 4
Apostasy in Old Testament History 5-8
Apostasy in the Supernatural Realm 9-10
An Ancient Trio of Apostates
11
Apostasy in the Natural Realm 12-13
Apostasy in Old Testament Prophecy 14-16
Apostates Described
17-19
The Believer and the Faith
20-23
Assurance for the Christian
24-25
· “Jude” in the Greek is, Judas here's a
book about apostasy, whose name happens to be synonymous with traitor. (i.e.,
“Apostasy,” “Traitor”!) It's interesting we call our kids Samuel, We call our
sons “Paul,” “Peter” John, Matthew. How many of you named your kids Judas? Jude
and Judas was a very common name in Christ’s day. It's four or five of them in
the New Testament alone. And yet because of one by the name of Iscariot, the
name has sort of gotten tainted it's not a popular name you know you name your dogs
“Nero,” “Caesar” you don't even name your dog Judas.
· The only pet that I know who has the name of
Judas, is at the meatpacking plant in South Dakota, there actually is a Judas
goat. He leads the cattle up the ramp, he turns right, and the cattle turns
left.
· The
Holy Spirit does in fact, more often than not, indulge in puns. Not for humor
but for a message. When we in the Old Testament read the Book of Joshua, the
name Yahoshua is the Hebrew name for Jesus. And when you realize there's a book in the Old
Testament whose name is a name sake for our Lord, it pauses our attention and
all kinds of things to surface and for us to look at that sort of thing.
·
Joshua
comes from the Hebrew name "Yehoshua," meaning "God is
deliverance."
· Here is a book about apostacy that happens to
carry the name Judas, is provocative.
1] Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by
God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
“Bondservant of Jesus Christ”: doulos. Is He your LORD,
too? Cf. Revelation 1:1, “to show His servants....”
· Jesus had four brothers.
· This is not the Jude listed with the 12
apostles, this is a different Jude.
· This is not the James listed with the 12
apostles, this is a different James.
· This Jude and James were brothers.
Revelation 1:1
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his
“Servants”
From, doulos (1401)” a slave.
doúlos (a masculine noun of uncertain derivation) – properly,
someone who belongs to another; a bond-slave, without any
ownership rights of their own. Ironically, 1401 /doúlos ("bond-slave")
is used with the highest dignity in the New Testament –
namely, of believers who willingly live under Christ's
authority as His devoted followers.
· “Brother of James”: James was Head of the
Church in Jerusalem; author of the Epistle of James; the “Lord’s brother” (Galatians
1:19); one of four “brothers” of Jesus (Mark 6:3; cf. Psalms
69:7,8).
The Family of Jesus:
Mark 6:2-3
And when the sabbath day was come, he
began to teach in the synagogue:
and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath
this man
these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works
are wrought by his hands? 3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
· Neither
James nor Jude were among the 12. They didn’t
believe it (at first); cf. John 7:5.
John 7:5
For even His own brothers did not believe in Him. (Berean
Study Bible)
· James and Jude both, became very active after His
resurrection.
Epistles:
·
James
— good works as evidence of saving faith;
·
Jude
— evil works as evidence of apostasy.
Let’s check our equipment before we plunge into the
book.
Jude 1:1b…to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ,
There are three concepts here.
· “Sanctified ... Preserved ... Called”:
Trinity:
Called, Beloved, Kept (Authorized Version).
· There
is a “calling”, there is a “loving”, and there is a “keeping.” Who called you?
The Father. Who loves you? Jesus. Who preserves or keeps you? The Holy Spirit.
“Called”
·
I have chosen
you (John 15:16; John 6:65)
·
God hath from
the beginning chosen you. (2 Thessalonians 2:13, 14)
·
Foreknew,
predestined, called, justified, glorified (Romans 8:28-30)
Romans 8:28-30
And we know that all things work together for good to them that
love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 9 For whom he did foreknow,
he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he
might be the firstborn among many brethren. 10 Moreover whom he did predestinate,
them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified,
5 Steps:
Foreknow, predestinate, called, justified, glorified.
· This happens to be the structure of the Book of
Genesis.
·
Abraham
(Was foreknown, and
predestinated)
·
Isaac
(His seed was called)
·
Jacob
(If He can justify Jacob,
He can justify anyone)
·
Joseph
(Was glorified) as a type of Christ
Paul has in mind here a structure, of the book of
Genesis.
“Beloved”
Who are the “Beloved”?
(John 14:23; John
16:27; John 17:20, 23). John
14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words:
and my Father will love him, and we
will come unto him, and make our
abode with him. John
16:27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
John
17 Is the Most Intimate Prayer in Scripture Between Jesus and the Father:
John 17:20, 23
Neither pray
I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on
me through their word; …23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect
in one; and that the
world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as
· The letter of Jude is not written to the
unbeliever, but to you and I.
“Kept”
· “Kept”, is the only salutation in any epistle in
the New Testament that has this word in the salutation, that uses this particular
verb “kept”.
· The word in the Greek implies, “Watchful care;
close attention; it is a present possession.”
Perfect tense:
It actually means, “Continually kept”
Example:
of the word “kept.” Peter and Paul’s imprisonment (Acts 12:5; Acts 25:4,
21); our heavenly inheritance (1 Peter 1:4).
Perfect tense:
“Continually kept.”
· He will keep us from the hour of trial (Revelation
3:10). We are to be kept blameless unto the coming
(1 Thessalonians 5:23). Caution: We need to “keep” ourselves (Jude
21)!
“Kept”
· It is used of the Fallen angels also, who “kept”
not (verse 6) as they kept not their first estate.
· So, whatever is binding them, they are kept.
· He will keep us from the hour of trial (Revelation
3:10).
· Caution:
We need to “keep” ourselves (Jude 21) in the love of God!
· We are to be kept blameless unto the coming (1
Thessalonians 5:23).
2] Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
· “ Mercy” rather than Grace?
·
Grace is getting
what we don’t deserve
- Unmerited
favor, what we are not entitled to.
·
Mercy, is not getting
what we do deserve
- Implies
failure
Why is it mercy rather than grace? Because mercy
suits the message (Hebrews 4:16).
Law = Death (Numbers
15:32-36), failure (James 2:10)
Works = Chamber of
horrors (Galatians 5:19-21)
Grace: Ephesians
2:4
· “Peace”: We have peace with God through our
Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 5:1). There is no peace for the wicked (Isaiah
57:20,21).
·
Worry about
nothing /
·
Pray about
everything | Philippians 4:6-7
·
Thank God for
anything /
Philippians 4:6-7
Be careful for
nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication
with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through
· Did you know that worry is a sin? I (Chuck
Missler) worry a lot, I’m a big sinner, I have a lot of anxieties, it’s all
unbelief. I pray a lot about that, I’m worrying less and less because He’s just
taking over more and more, and I wished I had learned that a long time ago. They
don’t pay me by the hour they pay be by the ulcer (Chuck Missler.) He sees us
through, never early but always at the last minute because He’s got to get us
to the point to where we finally give up and realize it’s all in His hands.
When we do that, He comes through and fixes things, and you’d wonder why don't
we ever learn to stop worrying and we pray about everything and whatever
happens we give thanks and so forth.
2] (Continued) Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
· “
Love”: This word appears in each of the first three verses: it must be important.
· It is our badge of identity.
John 13:34, 35
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one
another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one
another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye
are my disciples, if ye have love one to
another.
· Lack of love in the end times (Philadelphia is
followed by Laodicea).
· The Ephesians were very rigorous and steadfast in
their doctrine, but they lost their first love.
· Ephesian pitfall:
They lost their “first love...”
· Cf. In Jude 20,21; these same elements
appear.
Jude 20-21
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in
the Holy Ghost,
21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our
Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
· So, we have mercy, peace, and love.
Mercy is upward, Peace is inward, and Love is outward.
Mercy:
Upward Peace:
Inward Love:
Outward
Jude’s Objective:
·
This is written
to the Beloved
- This has very little meaning to those not born
into the family of God
1 Corinthians
2:14 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
·
1 Corinthians
2:14
“agapao”: totally given over to.
3] Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was
needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for
the faith which was once delivered unto the
saints.
· “Beloved”
From, “agapétos (27)” a verbal adjective, derived from 26 /agápē,
"love") – properly, divinely-loved; beloved ("loved by
God"), i.e. personally experiencing God's
"agapē-love."
· What
the language in the English doesn't get across is what he's really trying to
say here. “…when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation,…”
· That's
what he started to do, what he’s really saying is, “When I sat down in all
straightforwardness to write you a letter about our common salvation.” In other
words, we are believers and I sat down, and I was about to write you … I infer
that it’s probably like a letter that Paul would write. He’d be away on a trip,
and he’d write his church to encourage them and pray for them and give them and
write about our commonalities and sometimes include some theological tid bits,
but basically just want to encourage them.
· That’s
what Jude started to do.
· Jude’s objective for the epistle. To whom is the
epistle written? To the “Beloved.” It holds little meaning to those not born
into His family.
· There was “A Divine Compulsion”
— something changed his mind.
· Jude was divinely forced to write what he
wrote.
· The word in the Greek means, “to compress; to put
pressure on.”)
·
Christ:
“must needs” (Acts 17:3);
·
Paul: “necessity
is laid upon me...” (1 Corinthians 9:16).
·
Word precise (2 Peter 1:21).
Acts 17:3
Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again
from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
· That word, “must needs” is the same
compulsion.
· How urgent was it for Christ to suffer and die and
to be raised again from the dead? Pretty urgent, the word in the Greek is
pretty intense.
1 Corinthians 9:16
For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for
necessity is
laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
· Paul
says, “necessity is
laid upon me;”
2 Peter 1:21
For the
prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Exhortation:
First Exhortation: Earnestly
contend for the faith.
· “Exhort” in the Greek is a (verb)
= the (noun) is Paraclete: comforter, called alongside.
· Greek “contend” is to agonize upon; to “contend” strenuously
in defense of.
· “Contend” is an active military word.
How are YOU faithfully following this exhortation?
Examples:
• Do you strengthen the hands of faithful pastors
and tape ministries (Revelation 3:2)
• Are you an unflinching witness; diligent
preparation (verse 20)
• Do you withhold support and encouragement from
those who compromise or deny the whole counsel of God; speak out against the
preaching of “another Gospel” (Proverbs 19:27)
• Do you work with a sword at your side (Nehemiah
4:17, 18).
Nehemiah 4:17, 18
They which
builded on the wall, and
they that bare burdens, with
those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in
the work, and with the other hand held a weapon. 18 For the
builders, every one had his
sword girded by his side, and so
builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
· In whatever work you do it is appropriate to
have a sword, it is the word of God.
“That Ye Should Earnestly Contend For The Faith”
· “Epagónizomai (1864)” meaning, to
contend with or for. epagōnízomai (from 1909 /epí,
"focused on" and 73 /agṓn,
"a contest, competition")
– properly, to contend (literally,
"struggle upon, appropriately"), i.e. with skill and
commitment in opposing whatever is not of faith
Faith:
· Contend earnestly for the “Faith”
· The word “Faith” is a more inclusive term
than “salvation” or “gospel.”
· Eighteen
occurrences: There are eighteen references
·
Examine
yourselves (2 Corinthians 13:5)
2 Corinthians 13:5
Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the
faith; prove your
own
selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be
·
Mystery (1
Timothy 3:9)
1 Timothy 3:9
Holding the mystery of
the faith in a pure conscience.
· “Mystery” from, “musterion” is something that was
hidden, but now I’m revealing it.
· So, there's something about faith, it's not really
obvious it's not a glib easy thing.
· Faith
is more than “belief.” Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved,
you and your house great. I can believe that that chair will hold my weight, I
don't have faith in it until I rely on it.
· Faith has to do with
relying on that belief.
·
To be departed
in the last days (1 Timothy 4:1)
1 Timothy 4:1
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the
latter times some shall depart from the
faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
· Faith
is something, that is going to depart from the earth in the Last Days, in some
broad way.
· That's why the epistle to Jude is such a last
day's issue, apostasy is going to be something that not just happened in the
last days, it is going to characterize the last days.
·
Involves duty to
others (1 Timothy 5:8)
1 Timothy 5:8
But if any provide not for
his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the
faith, and is worse than an infidel.
· Hey guys did you know that you have an obligation
to provide for your families? You sort of knew that I mean you have read the
book of Proverbs and you wife sort of reminds you of that.
·
Faithful
teaching establishes the Church in faith (Acts 16:5)
Acts 16:5
And so were the churches established in
the faith, and increased in number
·
All believers
need exhortation to stand fast and to continue therein (1 Corinthians 16:13;
Acts 14:22)
1 Corinthians 16:13 Watch ye, stand fast in the
faith, quit you like men, be
strong.
Acts 14:22
Confirming the
souls of
the disciples, [and] exhorting them to continue in
the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
Apostasy:
· Any
claim of additional revelation outside of the Bible is evidence of apostasy (Deuteronomy
4:2; Revelation 22:18). There is great need for a “Combat Faith” (Ephesians
6)!
Deuteronomy 4:2
Ye shall not
add unto the
word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the
commandments of the LORD your God
· That's typical of many, many passages in the
scripture it occurs obviously in the Torah as I've mentioned just here. Let’s
go to the other end of the Book.
Revelation 22:18
For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of
the prophecy of
this book, If any man shall add unto these
things, God shall add unto him the plagues
that are
written in this book:
19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of
this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of
the holy city, and [from] the
things which are written in this book.
· Do
you want to add anything or subtract anything? I don't think so.
· All of this gives rise to, “Combat Faith.”
There is great need for “Combat Faith” (Ephesians 6)!
· The whole idea is that your faith is not just the
passive, private, invisible thing that you have around family night at the
family table.
· Faith isn't just something in the quiet morning hours
when you read your morning devotions.
·
There is great
need for “Combat Faith” (Ephesians 6)!
· Faith
is a combatant thing.
- Put on the whole armor of God
- Both defensive and offensive
- Active warrior for the faith
A Personal Side Note:
1 Thessalonians 2:19 put on the crown of
rejoicing before putting on the helmet of salvation.
1 Thessalonians 2:19
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye
in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
“Rejoicing” From, “kauchesis (2746)”
meaning, boasting, which can either be in the "achievements" of self (negatively)
or about God's grace (positively). From kauchaomai;
boasting (properly, the act; by implication, the object), in a good or a bad
sense -- boasting, whereof I may glory, glorying, rejoicing.
· We have to have rejoicing in this war that the
Lord has allowed us to partake in, joy in seeing Him move in us for His glory!
·
Why did Jude
have to write this letter?
· Because there are tares among the wheat.
4] For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of
old ordained to this
condemnation, ungodly
men, turning the
grace of our God into lasciviousness, and
denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Verse 4:
The Threat (contrast with 2 Peter).
Why did Jude write this letter? Because of verse 4
Why must we contend for the faith? Verse 4
• There are Tares among the Wheat (Matthew
1:24-30)
• False brethren have stolen into the Church (Galatians
2:4-5)
Galatians 2:4-5
And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: 5 To whom we gave
place by
subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
• Saints are in peril (2 Corinthians 11:26)
2 Corinthians 11:26
In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils
by mine
own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
· “Perils”
From, “kindunos (2794)” danger, peril, risk.
• Latter times: doctrines of demons (1 Timothy
4:1,6)
• Pre-written warnings: Enoch verses 14,15.
What Is an Apostate?
Parable of the sower, the seed, the soils:
• Rocky ground: In time of temptation (verb
form Apostosia) “receive”: dekomi (Luke 8:13) vs.
• Good ground: “receive”: Paradekomai
(Mark 4:20); “welcomed” it into their life.
· Apostates do not understand the Word
· They do not bring forth fruit (Matthew 13:23)
· “Without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by roots”
(verse 12)
What Is An Apostate?
·— it is not indifference, error, or involvement in
heresy alone:
— Deliberate rejection is involved
— They received light, but not life; written Word,
but not Living Word
— Examples: Judas, Cain, Balaam, Korah (verse
11)
· What manner of men are these? “Crept in privily” =
“have settled down alongside.” These are false teachers, privily shall bring in
damnable heresies (2 Peter 2:1).
Three Identifiers of Apostates:
— Ungodly
— perverts of grace
— denying our Lord and Master
·
Cain,
ungodliness
·
Balaam, perversion
of grace
·
Korah, denial of
God’s appointed leader
— “Ungodly” = Someone who is destitute of
reverential awe toward God
• Form, but denies the power thereof (2 Timothy
3:5)
• Denies the Gospel of Christ (Romans 1:16)
• Denies the transforming power, new life (Philippians
3:10)
• Heart vs. outward appearances is key (1 Samuel
16:7; Isaiah 66:2)
• Denies wrath against sin; God’s holiness and God’s
acceptance of the finished work of Jesus Christ on behalf of sinners;
• Universal Brotherhood of Man vs. John
8:44; John 1:12; Galatians 3:26 All men are not brothers,
some are in the family of God and others are not.
John 3:5-7
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water
and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That
which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is
spirit.
7 Marvel
not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
John 8:18 I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me. 19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye
neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father
· Here
they are calling Jesus a bastard, they are alluding to his assumed illegitimacy,
because of Joseph and Mary.
· Jesus eventually tells them who their father is.
John 8:44
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye
will do.
He was a murderer from the beginning
(Adam), and abode not in the truth, because
there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his
own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. …58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before
The European Union
(EU) is a supranational political and economic union of 27 member states
The National Anthem is:
Ode to Joy
by Schiller from Beethoven’s 9th
The poem "Ode
to Joy" expresses Schiller's idealistic vision
of the human race becoming brothers - a vision Beethoven shared. In
1972, the Council of Europe adopted Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" theme as
its anthem. In 1985, it was adopted by EU leaders as the official anthem of the
European Union.
Perverts of Grace:
“Perverts the grace of God into
lasciviousness”:
· Perversion
of Ephesians 2:8,9 vs. Titus 2:11-13; rejection of the Word of
God occurs whenever it is displaced by tradition, custom, creed, loyalty to an organization,
etc.
Titus 2:11-13
For the
grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should
live soberly,
righteously, and godly, in this present world; 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
· Rejection of the Word of God occurs whenever it is
displaced by tradition, custom, creed, loyalty to an organization, etc.
· When
these things displace, the primacy of the word of God in your life, that is
perverting the grace of God in your life.
Deny Our LORD:
“Denies our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ”
(2 Peter 2:1,2):
·
His Sovereignty:
Preexistent Creator of all things.
·
“Lord”:
of all true believers (Acts 10:36; Romans 14:9).
·
“Jesus”:
Jehovah the Saviour, our martyr-substitute.
·
“Christ”:
Messiah, the Anointed One of Old Testament Prophecy.
· If
we deny Him, He will deny us (Matthew 10:3; 2 Timothy 2:12; 1 John 2:22,23).
Homework: Numbers 14 (answered prayer); 1 Corinthians
10, Hebrews 3,4.
Jude 5
Jude Session 2 (Verse 5) - Chuck Missler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydzsAcSWh6Q
Review:
· Jude was the brother of James and Jesus.
· The
Book is subtitled, “The Acts of the Apostates”
· To whom was the Book of Jude written? To The
Beloved Believers, and the End of the Age.
· Jude's message affects our day.
· The
book of Jude contrasts with the book of James
· Why was it written? Exhort Believers to Contend
Earnestly for The Faith.
- By directly witnessing
- Supporting
those who teach the whole council of God
Three Examples of Apostasy:
Verses 5, 6, and 7
Three Examples (for our learning...) The three
different groups
Example: Group:
·
Israel
verse 5 “saved men”
·
Angels
that sinned verse 6 “angels”
·
Sodom &
Gomorrah verse 7 “unsaved
men”
5] I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
Remember:
·
Writing to
believers, calls to mind some history:
- Remember
Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
- Remember
how Israel was miraculously delivered
- Remember
how a world empire yielded to God's hand
- God
set things up to show His strength and power
·
God uses this
event for an example to the people
- Not
just minimum amount of power to do the job
- It
was a grand display of God's mighty power
• Pillar of fire by night and a pillar of cloud by
day
• Trapped between the Egyptian army and the Red Sea
- The
water part for them to go through on dry land
- The
Egyptians drowned in an attempt to follow them
·
It was an 11-day
journey from Horeb to Kadesh-Barnea
Deuteronomy 1:2 Berean
Study Bible It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of Mount Seir.
- It
took Israel 38 years to make an 11-day journey
• Over a million left Egypt. None returned
- Only
two Israelites over 20 years old who left Egypt ever reached Canaan
·
That's what Jude
is talking about here, in part
·
A million were
delivered from Egypt
·
Were those
million saved?
·
There was a
mixed multitude
- Those
that rebelled against Moses got theirs Korah, Dathan, Abiathar
·
The question is
were they saved?
Lessons from Israel’s Wilderness
Experience:
·
What is the
issue?
·
NOT:
I don't think Jude is focusing on the ability of the Lord to save these people
- God
being able and willing to save this is not the issue
Of all the other lessons that we're not
going to talk about is;
- Passover
Lamb (the blood on the doorpost)
- How
were they saved out of Egypt?
- Red
Sea Miracle?
- Tabernacle?
Priesthood? Offerings?
·
The issue is
APOSTASY:
- The
Falling Away
- And
destruction that falls upon them because of that
·
The lesson is:
· God reserves the right to destroy that people if
they become guilty of certain forms of unbelief, or other sins to which
unbelief leads.
· That's the sobering insight that we're going to
see dramatized by none other and Israel herself.
Important Reminders:
Assurance and Safekeeping:
·
“They shall never perish” (John 10:28)
John 10:28
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall
any man pluck them out of my hand.
29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater
than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
“...shall never thirst”
(John 4:14) Those in hell, always thirst.
John 4:14
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst;
but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a
well of water springing up into
·
There are no
conditions in the sense of being “losable.”
·
Don't confuse
eternal security with the idea that we can suffer destruction.
Acts 17:11
These were more noble than those
in Thessalonica, in
that they received the word with all readiness
of mind, and searched the
scriptures daily, whether those
things
Let’s Understand Verse 5:
1) Understand what
this salvation was
2) Understand what
this unbelief was
3) Understand what
this destruction was.
There are three examples in these three verses 5-6
and 7, the second two are tied up with eternal punishment. So, if you read this
casually you might imply that it applies to all three, it might apply to some
in verse 5.
·
Was Israel truly
saved?
- Absolutely
that was the reason for the blood on the doorpost
- “My people...” (Exodus 3:7; 5:1; Deuteronomy 33:29)
- Was
everyone saved? - No, some have some
very peculiar views
There was some that prayed in unusual prayer and God
answered it.
·
They were saved
in a deeper sense than just being delivered from bondage.
·
We see over a
million people rounded up and leaving Egypt how many returned? None returned
- Among
the multitude there were some that didn't make it
- In
Numbers 14:1, 2 — the people prayed a prayer?
- Verses
28, 29 — prayer answered!
- God
answered their prayer according to their wishes!
Numbers 14:1-2
And all the
congregation lifted
up their voice, and
cried; and the people
wept that night.
2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the
whole congregation said unto them,
Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this
wilderness!
· It wasn't that long ago that they were feeling the
sting of the taskmaster whip, it wasn't that long ago that they were abused
slaves.
· God through the most incredible theatrics delivers
them and how quickly they forget.
· And now they are murmuring, saying, “Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt!”
Numbers 14:3
And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this
land, to fall by the
sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not
better for
us to return into Egypt?
Numbers 14:26 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
27 How long shall I bear
with this evil congregation, which murmur against me?
I have heard the
murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me. 28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have
spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: 29 Your
carcases shall fall in this
wilderness; and all that were numbered of you,
according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,
30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the
land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son
of Nun.
31 But your little ones, which ye
said should be a prey, them
will I bring in, and they
shall know the land which ye
have despised. 32 But as for
you, your carcases, they shall
fall in this
wilderness.
· For 38 years day one until they die off, they got
their prayer answered.
Numbers 14:33
And your children shall wander in the
wilderness forty years, and
bear
your
whoredoms, until your
carcases be wasted in the
wilderness.
· There's a tendency for you and I to read these
quaint stories in the Bible, and think,
“They were under the law, and that was then, we’re under grace.”
Let's see what the apostle Paul says about this kind
of thinking.
Exposition of
1 Corinthians 10:1-14
11] Now all these
things happened unto them for
ensamples: and they are
written for
our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
·
ALL that’s
written in the Old Testament on Israel is for our example ... types!
Nothing is extraneous (irrelevant
or unrelated to the subject being dealt with.).
·
Names, numbers,
places, all of it is for our learning.
· I don't believe there's a name a number a place in
the scripture that's not there for our learning.
· The Kabbalistic rabbi’s say that when the Messiah
comes, He will interpret all things, He will even interpret the spaces between
the letters. They believe that the text is so mystical, numerical value up letters, every detail has meaning.
And they muster up some amazing insights from all of that.
· I lean that way, I may be a New Testament Kabbalist
I suppose, I think that they are on the right track.
1 Corinthians 10:1-4 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 2 And were
all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3 And did all eat the same spiritual
meat; 4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock
that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
·
Take the word “rock” or “stone” throughout the scripture from
beginning to end, and it is an amazing study. The rock that was struck, that
was smitten for you and I and brings forth water. The second time it was
supposed to give forth water and Moses didn't follow directions he wasn’t
supposed to hit the rock and that’s when he lost his commission.
· But again, it was lessons the Lord was stop
trying to teach in terms of that rock, the stone cut without hands. The stone
in Daniel 2 in Nebuchadnezzar’s vision, all the way through scripture, it’s a
study that you can take with your commentary. It all points to Yeshua
Hamashiach the Messiah of Israel.
·
And here this is not one of those places where this is some coincidental
happening, all himself indulges that pun right here. The rock that followed
them and that rock was Christ, Christ is intended to be visible in the Torah.
1
Corinthians
10:5-6 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. 6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
Types:
There
is some typology going on additional to the actual historical event of the
Egyptian Pharoah in Israel. The holy Spirit also used that typologically, Egypt
is a type or model of the world.
· True Faith vs. outward
relationship only:
· Egypt Type
of World
· Pharaoh Type of Devil & his armies
· Moses Type of Deliverer: Christ
· Red Sea Type of Baptism
· Pillar: cloud, fire Type of Holy Spirit
· Manna Type of Bread of Life
· Water from Smitten Rock Type of Living Water
· Carcasses fell in the wilderness, not Egypt:
- They were out of Egypt but short of Canaan.
They are probably where you and I are at, out of
Egypt. The very fact that you are called to his Bible study, implies that you
were called out of this world with some level of maturity. And yet, the
presumption that I am making is that we have not crossed over to the Jordan.
Misconceptions:
·
Some naive songs
give wrong typology.
· Crossing over the Jordan is NOT dying!
· Canaan the promised land is NOT heaven!
- There are battles in Canaan!
·
Crossing over
into the Promised Land is the idea of entering into what God has for us. Hebrews
3 & 4
· Recognize that while it's undesirable to wander in
the wilderness and desirable to cross over the Jordan into Canaan land.
- Don't
confuse that with dying and going to heaven.
- There is something that God desires for you to
enter into while you're here, in your walk and into His rest. Taking
advantage of His promises in a more comprehensive way.
Application
to the Church:
· Most of us make a 40-year wandering out of a 11-day
journey, that's what the apostle Paul is trying to tell us.
- Had Israel accepted God's word on faith they would
have entered into the land 38 years earlier. It was their unbelief that
prevented them from entering in.
- We need to appropriate all of what God has for us.
·
Leave behind the
wilderness of doubt, defeat, failures, and enter VICTORY! 1 Corinthians 10;
Hebrews 3&4; Revelation 3.
- When you think of Canaan don't think of heaven,
think of VICTORY!
- Is this a theme that applies to the church? Yes!
·
“Thou how hast
the name that thou livest, and art dead.” (The Church of Sardis, Revelation
3:1)
·
Cf. Lazarus:
Had three stages 1. Dead. 2. Defeated. 3. Dangerous.
1 Corinthians 10:6
Now these
things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they
also lusted. 7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them;
as it is
written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to
play.
Idolatry:
· Idolatry: When the Leader is no longer
visible, they began to indulge into idolatry => Golden Calf Exodus 32
An idol is anything we
place before the Lord ... “Little children, keep yourself
from idols” (1 John 5:21; 1 Corinthians 10:14).
1 Corinthians 10:14
Wherefore, my dearly
beloved, flee from idolatry.
1 John 5:21
Little
children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
What is an idol?
· An idol is anything we place before the Lord ...
- Something
we create, embrace, establish …
- Career
- Hobbies
- What
we pour our passion into
- Gets
between us and God
Jordan is NOT death. Leave behind the wilderness of
doubt, defeat, failures, and enter VICTORY!
· It was an 11-day journey from Horeb to
Kadesh-Barnea (Deuteronomy 1:2). It took Israel 38 years!! Over a million left
Egypt. None returned.
· But only two Israelites over 20 years old who left
Egypt ever reached Canaan!
8] Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day
[23,000: “one day” vs. Numbers 25:9
“24,000.”]
· 23,000 fell the first day, 2,000 the next.
·
Direct
fornication is obviously a gigantic problem in our society, there are
derivative aspects of it.
· Uncleanness: Novels, movies, cable TV,
modern music; “Ye have been called to liberty; only use not liberty for an
occasion to the flesh”
Galatians 5:13
For, brethren, ye have been
called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one
another.
· That
broadens the definition considerably,
9] Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of
Tempt Christ? “Can God furnish a table in the
wilderness?” Numbers 21:
Numbers 21:5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore
have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the
wilderness? for there is
no bread, neither is
there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
·
Neglect of manna
is tempting the Lord!
- They murmured against the manna! [Response to
ingratitude ... lessons as a parent...]
6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
· God doesn't mess around!
7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have
spoken
against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take
away the serpents
from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent (saraph), and set it upon a pole: and it shall
come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it,
shall live.
9 And Moses made a serpent (nachash) of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came
to pass, that if a serpent (nachash) had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent
·
Pole
- is traditionally considered to be a cross
·
Christ as
a Brazen Serpent? (John 3:14,15)
·
Brass =
Judgement; Serpent = Sin (2 Corinthians 5:21)
· That brass serpent is a type of Jesus Christ
John 3:14,15
And as Moses lifted up the serpent (snake/Satan)
in the
wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
- God set this up here technically to call it a pun,
He has set up a model of none other than the cross of Calvary.
- That brass serpent is a type of Jesus Christ.
- Jesus Christ would be raised up and put on a pole
so that whoever looks to him will be saved, over him the serpent would have no
power.
John 3:15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
2 Corinthians 5:21
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we
might be made the righteousness of God in him.
· The
holy one of God was made sin for us, that's why he could say, “My God, my God,
why have you forsaken me?” Psalms 22
[Aesculapius: son of Apollo; born in
Alexandria; the symbol of Aesculapius is a single serpent on a cross —
in Greek mythology the double serpent (medical profession’s symbol) is Hermes,
the symbol of commerce (trade)!]
· Some 690 years later the brazen serpent was still
in the hands of Israel, and it was being worshipped. (2 Kings 18)
· Maybe that's why Noah's Ark is still hidden
because we seek to put the creation ahead of the Creator every chance we get.
1 Corinthians 10:10
Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
· “Neither
murmur”
·
re: Korah,
Dathan, and Abiram
Numbers 16:3
And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too
much upon you,
seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them:
wherefore then lift ye up your -
selves above the congregation of the LORD? …
· After Moses tried reasoning with them and got
nowhere, he said, …
Numbers 16:30-33
But if the LORD make a new thing, and the
earth open her mouth,
and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye
shall understand that these
men have provoked the LORD.
Inserted Note (TWH):
This is the same place as Isaiah 5:14 and houses, their property, people,
their stuff are all in hell.
Isaiah 5:14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and
he that rejoiceth,
31 And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these
words, that the
ground clave asunder that was under them: 32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. 33 They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit,
and the
earth closed upon them:
and they perished from among the congregation.
·
“Pit” From the word, “sheol (7585)”
meaning, underworld (place to which people descend at death).
·
“Hell” From the word, “sheol (7585)”
meaning, underworld (place to which people descend at death).
· Why shouldn’t we murmur? Because God
gave us everything.
· “He that spared not his
own Son,...”
Romans 8:32
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
·
Never allow
ourselves to become self-confident. (verse 12 teaches us, “Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.”
“But the
fearful, and unbelieving”
Revelation 21:8
But the
fearful, and unbelieving, and the
abominable, and murderers,
and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
· “Fearful”
From the word, “deilos (1169)” deilós (an adjective
derived from deidō, "fear-driven") – properly, dreadful,
describing a person who loses their "moral gumption (fortitude)" that
is needed to follow the Lord. 1169 /deilós ("fearful
of losses") refers to an excessive fear (dread) of "losing,"
causing someone to be fainthearted (cowardly) – hence, to fall short in
following Christ as Lord. [1169 /deilós is
always used negatively in the New Testament and stands in contrast to the positive
fear which can be expressed by 5401 /phóbos.
· “ Unbelieving” From the
word, “ápistos (571)” unbelieving, incredulous,
unchristian; sometimes subst: unbeliever. (from 1 /A "not"
and 4103 /pistós, "faithful,"
see there) – properly, not faithful because unpersuaded,
i.e. not convinced
(persuaded by God). 571 /ápistos ("faithless,
unpersuaded") does not always refer to the unconverted
– see Jn 20:27. 571 (ápistos) describes someone
who rejects or refuses God's inbirthings of faith (note
the root, faith, 4102 /pístis).
“Fire”
From the word, “pur (4442)” fire; the heat of the sun, lightning;
fig: strife, trials; the eternal fire. pýr – fire.
In Scripture, fire is often used figuratively – like with the "fire of
God" which transforms all it touches into light and likeness
with itself God's Spirit,
like a holy fire, enlightens and purifies so that
believers can share more and more in His likeness. Indeed the fire
of God brings the uninterrupted privilege of
being transformed
which happens by experiencing faith from Him.
Our lives can become true offerings to Him as we obey this
imparted faith from God by His power.
[This is illustrated by God's fire burning
continuously at the entrance of the Tabernacle where the priests made
sweet-savor offerings. Compare Leviticus 6:12,13 with 1 Peter 2:5,9.]
11] Now all these
things happened unto them for
ensamples: and they are
written for
our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
“Admonition”
From, “nouthesía (3559)” a warning, admonition, counsel. (a
feminine noun derived from 3560 /nouthetéō)
– properly, setting (placing) the mind through
God-inspired warning ("admonition").
3559 /nouthesía ("warning
through teaching")
improves a person's reasoning so
they can reach God's solution – i.e. by going through
His thought-process. See 3560 (nouthetéō).
[Romans 12:1-3 likewise emphasizes the
importance of receiving God's thoughts in the renewed mind, through faith, to
reach God's solutions.]
12] Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
13] There
hath no temptation taken you but such
as is common to man: but God is
faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way
to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
THE KEY:
Hebrews 3 & 4
“Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation...”
(Hebrews 3:7-13; cf. Psalms 95).
The BRETHREN must beware of “an
evil heart of
unbelief, in departing from the
living
God.”
Hebrews 3:12
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief,
in departing from the living God.
Hebrews 4:1
Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest,
any of you should seem to come short of it.
Summary Warnings & Conclusion:
1 John 5:16-17
If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he
shall ask,
and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he
shall pray for it. 17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto
·
Sickness,
weakness, and death:
· Taking the Lord’s supper unworthily 1
Corinthians 11:29-30 For he that
eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh
damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
30 For this cause many are weak
and sickly among you, and many sleep.
·
Ananias and Sapphira
(Acts 5:1-11).
There Is Cleansing Available:
• Israel: There was a laver in the
Tabernacle.
• Ephesians: Washing of the water by the Word
(Ephesians 5:26).
• Christian’s
“Bar of Soap” (1 John 1:9).
A Final Lesson Forthcoming re: Israel:
Israel:
God’s Timepiece; Christ to take DAVID’s Throne; Israel to be trampled down by
the Gentiles UNTIL the time of the Gentiles be fulfilled... God’s promise to
Israel was NOT due to Israel’s faithfulness (cf. Ezekiel 36:21-23).
· Versus “Kingdom Now”/“Dominion”
Theology: Is the final apostasy becoming evident? Unbiblical heresy and the
anti-Semitic foundation for the “Time of Jacob’s Trouble.” This is a covert
movement, with closet leadership in both charismatic and fundamental camps.
Homework for next time: Read Isaiah 14; Ezekiel 28
(The origin, career and destiny of Satan) and Genesis 6 (“Sons of God and
Daughters of Men”).
Jude 6
Jude Session 3 (Verse 6)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPTBk12dlCI
I saw some of your questions on the Discussion
Board, I've been studying this subject for years.
Apparently, demons are the souls or spirits of the
Nephilim, they have the ability to know things that we
don't know, the future to a certain extent, mind
reading, etc., these are also the abilities that some of the Nephilim had.
The alien grays are basically "meat suits"
used by entities to put on as a solid material to inhabit and to do their evil
deeds dealing with alien abductions and insertions of eggs in human females.
After the women are impregnated the "fetus" is removed after 3 months
and reinserted into another type of carrier, the blood and tissue of a Bovin is
used in these hybrids. Because cow blood and human blood can be used
interchangeably, they obviously have more advanced technology than humans.
Job 38:4-7 tells us that these beings were here at the creation of the earth.
Before Adam and Eve were created.
Angels can have sex with women, that's why the
hybrids (Nephilim)
The KEY:
Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee
and the woman, and between thy seed (the nakash=the shining
one) and her seed (the coming of the Messiah); it shall bruise
thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
How
To War For Your Loved Ones:
Matthew
11:12 And
from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth
violence, and the violent take it by force.
Isaiah
49:25 But
thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away,
and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him
that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
Job
22:28 Thou
shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light
shall shine upon thy ways.
Ezekiel
22:30 And
I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the
gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
Job
was standing in the gap for his family
John
20:23 Whose
soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye
retain, they are retained.
Satan
even knows
Job
1:10 Hast
not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he
hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance
is increased in the land.
1
John 4:4 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
Thessalonians 3:12 And
the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward
all men, even as we do toward you: 13 To the end he may stablish
your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming
of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
Matthew
16:19 And
I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou
shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose
on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Matthew
18:18 Verily
I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and
whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Ephesians
3:6
That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of
his promise in Christ by the gospel:
Book of Enoch [Chapter 6]
https://www.ccel.org/c/charles/otpseudepig/enoch/ENOCH_1.HTM
1 And it
came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those days were
born unto 2 them beautiful and comely daughters. And the
angels, the children of the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one
another: 'Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men 3 and
beget us children.' And Semjaza, who was their leader, said unto them: 'I fear
ye will not 4 indeed agree to do this deed, and I alone
shall have to pay the penalty of a great sin.' And they all answered him and said:
'Let us all swear an oath, and all bind ourselves by mutual imprecations 5 not
to abandon this plan but to do this thing.' Then sware they all together and
bound themselves 6 by mutual imprecations upon it. And
they were in all two hundred; who descended in the days of Jared on the summit
of Mount Hermon, and they called it Mount Hermon, because they had sworn 7 and
bound themselves by mutual imprecations upon it. And these are the names of
their leaders: Samlazaz, their leader, Araklba, Rameel, Kokablel, Tamlel,
Ramlel, Danel, Ezeqeel, Baraqijal, 8 Asael, Armaros,
Batarel, Ananel, Zaqiel, Samsapeel, Satarel, Turel, Jomjael, Sariel. These are
their chiefs of tens.
[Chapter 7]
1 And all
the others together with them took unto themselves wives, and each chose for
himself one, and they began to go in unto them and to defile themselves with
them, and they taught them charms 2 and enchantments, and
the cutting of roots, and made them acquainted with plants. And they 3 became
pregnant, and they bare great giants,
Daniel 2:43 And
whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle
themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to
another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
Overview:
Verses 5,6,7 Three historical
examples of “Corporate Punishment.”
·
Three groups are
singled out by Jude to teach us some things
• Verse
5 deals with the Nation of Israel in the Wilderness
• Verse 6 deals with a Strange Series of
Events
• Verse 7 deals with Sodom & Gomorrah
which is more familiar with us and less controversial
God judged broad civilizations for his reasons
- What lesson does the Holy Spirit desire to convey
to the believer?
- Verse 6 has caused all kinds of strange
controversies, so what we would like to do is
examine verse 6 and figure out when did this take
place and what lessons are there for us?
· The
second of three historical examples of corporate punishment. What lessons does
the Holy Spirit desire to convey to the saved?
6] And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
• Proverbs 18:13
He
that answereth a matter before he
heareth it, it is
folly and shame
unto him. (To answer before listening-- that is
folly and shame.)
- And
if you're the average Bible student you come to this reading and say, “What on
earth is that all about?” Because Jude gives us this as if we remember this.
But before I venture into this with Dr. Missler, I would like to add some new
findings to complement his teachings.
E = MC2
(Energy equals Mass which is interconvertible
SCIENTISTS MANAGED TO TAKE PURE ENERGY
AND CREATE MATTER — AND NEW PHYSICS “We wanted to take
light and convert it into matter.” Wish fulfilled. BY
DANIELLE SEDBROOK MARCH 16, 2022
https://www.inverse.com/science/einstein-light-matter
Daniel Brandenburg,
a physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory, … Brandenburg is a member of
the STAR collaboration,
a group of more than 700 scientists from 15 countries who use BNL’s
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, or RHIC (pronounced “Rick”), to smash gold
nuclei together at 99.995 percent the speed-of-light.
A Quantum Collision Just Created Matter
From Light
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rGTz3Ck7jo
2
Corinthians 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an
angel
… the
angels which kept not their first
estate, but left their
own habitation, he hath reserved in
everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. …”
• These
angels obviously could interact back and forth between Heaven and Earth to
accomplish whatever they were assigned to do.
• Manoah,
the father of Samson saw an angelic being and he didn’t realize that he had
been speaking to one until it manifested supernatural abilities.
Judges
13:16 And the
angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though
thou detain me, I will
not eat of thy
bread: and if thou wilt
offer a burnt offering, thou
must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he
was an angel of the LORD.
The Angel Ascends In The Fire:
Judges 13:19 So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and
offered it upon a
rock
unto the LORD: and the
angel did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.
• “Wondrously” From, “pala (6381)”
meaning, to be surpassing or extraordinary. To do a hard or difficult
thing:
Judges 13:20 For it came
to pass, when the flame went
up toward
heaven from off the
altar, that the
angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the
altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell
on their faces to the
ground.
“Flame” From “lahab (3851)” meaning, flame,
blade. From an usused root meaning to gleam; a flash;
figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of a weapon -- blade, bright,
flame, glittering.
• To
call the word of God a lie, is blasphemy, many claim that angels cannot have
sex by twisting a quote Jesus made concerning the angels in heaven neither
marry or are given in marriage, He did not say that they are sexless. The
scripture from the very beginning asserts that they have that ability.
Isaiah
9:2 The people that
walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
• “Light”
From “Or (216)” meaning, a light. From “'owr
(215)” meaning (1),
illumines (1), kindle (1), light (5), lit (2), make a fire …
• So, we see that angels can interchange back and
forth from seemingly human forms to becoming what they truly are, light beings.
Genesis 6:2
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they
took them wives of all which
they chose.
• “They took them wives” of whom? “ of the daughters of men.”
• “They”
from this statement are obviously not of the seed of Mankind then. Reminding us
of what God said in Genesis 3:15. Either you believe that statement or
you don’t but do not twist scripture to fit your paradigm.
• This was not of the seed of Seth; this “they”
seed created a different species of entities that had never existed before
while the Sethites were making children. Remember, all of the Sethites died in
the flood.
Daniel 2:43
even speaks of “they” … they shall mingle themselves with the
seed of men
…
• There is another passage that may
be good to put into our minds.
2
Peter 2:4-5
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell,
and delivered them into
chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a
preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon
the world of
the ungodly;
“And”
From “kai (2532)” meaning, and, even, also, namely. (the most
common New Testament conjunction, used over 9,000 times) – and (also),
very often, moreover, even,
indeed (the context
determines the exact sense).
[After 2532 (kaí),
the most common word in the Greek New Testament is the definite
article ("the"). 2532 (kaí)
is never adversative, i.e., it never means "however"
("but") – unlike the principal conjunction (waw) in Old Testament
Hebrew (G. Archer).]
The Usage of “And”
in This Case:
Matthew 1:2 begat Judas and his
brethren; Matthew 1:3 begat Phares and Zara of; Matthew
1:23 shall be with child, and shall bring forth; … a
son, and they shall call; Matthew 2:4 the chief
priests and scribes; etc.
• So, the word, “and” ties these scriptures together
as one in explaining why the angels were cast down to Tartarus. By way of
saying, “And spared not the old world,”
Why Was the Old World
Not Spared?
• The Human Genome, the human D.N.A. had become
corrupted.
• A genome is the genetic material that makes
up a living organism. It is contained in chromosomes, which are the tiny
threadlike structures inside cells. Chromosomes are made from a chemical
substance called DNA, and DNA is a sequence of smaller units, called bases. The
DNA bases combine to form genes.
Only Noah, his wife, his three sons, and his three
daughters-in-laws were of pure blood.
·
Personal note
(TWH) “Hell”
here is used differently from where the ground opened up and swallowed Korah
and his crew. Here “hell” is Tartarus, a deeper darker place, and it is the
only time that it is used in scripture.
·
Strong's
Greek 5020 Only 1 Occurrence
(ταρταρώσας) tartaroó: to cast into hell
Definition: to
cast into hell
Usage: I thrust down to Tartarus or Gehenna.
· In Homers Illiad, he calls it the “Prison of the
Titans” and he states, “Tartaros as the great cosmic pit beneath the earth. It
is located "as far beneath the house of Haides as from earth the sky
lies." (See: https://www.theoi.com/Kosmos/Tartaros.html)
- The word in the Greek, carried that kind of
idea.
· “Hell” From the word,
“tartaroó (5020)”, properly, send to Tartarus ("Tartaros").
The New Testament uses 5020 (tartaróō) for the netherworld –
the place of punishment fit only for demons (I insert what
the scripture states…fallen angels
or the
angels that sinned).
Later, Tartaros came to represent eternal punishment for wicked
people.
"5020 (tartaróō)
is a Greek name for the under-world, especially the abode of
the
damned –
hence to cast into hell" (A-S); to send into the subterranean
abyss reserved for demons and the dead.
[In Greek mythology, Tartarus was a "place of
punishment under the earth, to which, for example, the Titans were sent"
(Souter).]
“Chains” From,
“seira (4577)” meaning, a chain. To fasten, bind together.
• Personal
note
(TWH) these beings were being “dragged” from the word, “suró (4951)” - This
is not the same binding of Matthew 18:18 Whatsoever ye shall
bind on earth shall be bound in heaven
…“deó (1210)” to tie, bind. I bind, tie, fasten; I impel, compel;
I declare to be prohibited and unlawful.)
John 21:8
And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land,
but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.
• “Dragging”
From, “suró (4951)” I draw, drag, force away.
- This same word is used in the Book of Acts
concerning Saul and the Church.
Acts 8:3
As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into {5734} every house,
and haling men and women committed them to prison.
• “Haling”
From, “suró (4951)” I draw, drag, force away.
Acts 14:19
And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who
persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing
Now, Paul who used to be Saul, is experiencing the
same thing that he did to the Church according
Acts 8:3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
• “Drew or haling”
From, “suró (4951)” I draw, drag, force away.
- It’s also used to describe Satan taking 1/3 of the
angels a.k.a. stars with him.
Revelation 12:4
And his tail drew the third
part of the stars of heaven, and did cast
them to the earth: and the dragon stood {5758} before the woman which was ready to be
delivered, for to
devour her child as soon as it
was born.
• “Drew or haling” From, “suró (4951)” I
draw, drag, force away.
-
So, we see that these angelic beings were dragged away in chains of darkness.
“Of Darkness”
From, “zóphos (2217) ” – murky, appalling gloom, referring to darkness so dense and foreboding it is "felt";
(figuratively) apocalyptic, gloomy darkness associated
with the nether world bringing its indescribable despair (incredible gloom).
- The
testimony of many people who have died and went to hell confirms “that the
darkness is so dense and foreboding it is "felt".
Jude 1:6
And the
angels which kept not their first
estate, but left their
own habitation, he hath reserved in
everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
2
Peter 2:4
For if God spared not the
angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell,
and delivered them into
chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
I noticed that no one answered Question Number 3, is
that a rebuke to the Established Church today not properly preparing the
Clergy/The Body of Christ?
Concerning B'nai Elohim and Nephilim:
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Josephus concerning Giants
"For many angels (11- This notion, that the fallen angels were, in
some sense, the fathers of the old giants, was the constant opinion of
antiquity.) of God accompanied with women, and begat sons that proved
unjust, and despisers of all that was good, on account of the confidence they
had in their own strength; for the tradition is, that these men did what
resembled the acts of those whom the Grecians call giants."
"These kings had laid waste all Syria and
overthrown the offspring of the giants. And when they were
come over against Sodom. . ."
"They told them also, that they found at Hebron
the posterity of the giants. Accordingly, these spies, who had seen
the land of Canaan, when they perceived that all these difficulties were
greater there than they had met with since they came out of Egypt, they were
aftrighted at them themselves, and endeavored to affright the multitude
also."
"For which reason they removed their camp to
Hebron; and when they had taken it, they slew all the inhabitants. There
were till then left the race of giants, who had bodies so large, and
countenances so entirely different from other men, that they were surprising to
the sight, and terrible to the hearing. The bones of these men are still
shown to this very day, unlike to any credible relations of other men.
Now they
gave this city to the Levites as an extraordinary reward. . "
"A little afterward the king made war against
the Philistines; and when he had joined battle with them, and put them to
flight, he was left alone, as he was in pursuit of them; and when he was quite
tired down, he was seen by one of the enemy, his name was Achmon, the son of
Araph, he was one of the sons of the giants. He had a spear,
the handle of which weighed three hundred shekels, and a breastplate of
chain-work, and a sword. He turned back and ran violently to slay [David] their
enemy's king, for he was quite tired out with labor; but Abishai, Joab's
brother, appeared on the sudden, and protected the king with his shield, as he
lay down, and slew the enemy. Now the multitude were very uneasy at these
dangers of the king, and that he was very near to be slain; and the rulers made
him swear that he would no more go out with them to battle, lest he should come
to some great misfortune by his courage and boldness, and thereby deprive the
people of the benefits they now enjoyed by his means, and of those that they
might hereafter enjoy by his living a long time among them. "
"When the king heard that the Philistines were
gathered together at the city Gazara, he sent an army against them, when
Sibbechai the Hittite, one of David's most courageous men, behaved himself so
as to deserve great commendation, for he slew many of those that bragged
they were the posterity of the giants, and vaunted themselves highly
on that account, and thereby was the occasion of victory to the Hebrews."
"They had a man who was six cubits tall
and had on each of his feet and hands one more toe and finger than men
naturally have. Now the person who was sent against them by David out of
his army was Jonathan, the son of Shimea, who fought this man in a single
combat, and slew him; and as he was the person who gave the turn to the battle,
he gained the greatest reputation for courage therein. This man also vaunted
himself to be of the sons of the giants. But after this fight
the Philistines made war no more against the Israelites."
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Amos 2:9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the
height of the
cedars, and he was
strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his
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Giants
In The Land And Og King Of Bashan, Had A Bed 13 Feet Long:
Deuteronomy 2:20 That
also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in
old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
21 A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:
Deuteronomy 3:11
For only Og king of Bashan remained of the
remnant of giants;
behold, his
bedstead was a
bedstead of iron; is it not in
Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after
the cubit of a man.
Verse 11 Holman Christian
Standard Bible Only Og king of Bashan was left of the remnant of
the Rephaim. His bed was made of iron. Isn’t it in Rabbah of the Ammonites? It is 13 feet six
inches long and six feet wide by a standard measure... … Deuteronomy
3:13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, [being] the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the
half tribe of Manasseh; all the
region of Argob, with all Bashan,
which was called the
land of giants.
Numbers 13:33
And there we
saw the giants, the sons of
Anak, which come of the giants: and we were
in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we
were in their sight.
Ezekiel 31:3
Behold, the
Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and
with a shadowing shroud, and of an
high stature; and
his top was
among the thick boughs.
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Pics That Prove Nephilim Giants Existed:
The Giant of Kandahar:
Here be giants — outlandish tales of the military & the Afghan colossi
The Giant of Kandahar, who was said to be
responsible for an entire patrol going missing, stood a towering 13 feet tall.
It sported a shock of flaming red hair, had six fingers on each hand and two
rows of teeth for gnashing, thrashing and showcasing a smile that was
undeniably dashing.
https://www.instagram.com/tales_from_the_gridsquare/?hl=en
The Angels That Sinned: Three Views:
·
Personal inserted
note
(TWH)
Matthew 22:30
For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but
are as the
angels of God in heaven.
- This scripture does not say that the angels are
sexless, or that they have no reproductive organs.
- Secondly, in heaven we will be married to Christ.
Revelation 19:7-9
Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage
of the Lamb is
come, and his wife hath
made herself ready.
8 And to her was granted
that she should be arrayed in
fine linen, clean and white: for the
fine linen is the righteousness of saints. 9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed [are] they
which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
Revelation 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God
out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Isaiah 54:5 For thy
Maker is
thine husband; the LORD of
hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole
earth shall he be called.
Ephesians 5:27
That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot,
or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without
blemish.
The Angels That Sinned: Three Views
(continued):
1) “The Cop Out View” is
the excuse to not dig further.
· We are not intended to know any more than what is
in this brief statement. The problem with this view is that it stands between
verses 5 and 7: all three verses draw upon the familiar Old Testament truths.
The Two Alternative Views Are Uncomfortable
For Most People:
2) These Angels that
sinned are angels that had to do with the fall of Lucifer who is a super angel.
·
A Cherub is not
an angel, it is a very high special category
- The term Angel is used in a very broad generic sense
- But I think we generally wouldn't be surprised if
you could prove that the scripture also used the term Angel in the sense of a
created being with some very, very substantial powers.
- But there's a particular Angel that causes us a
lot of problems in the scriptures, and there are two passages that give us some
understanding of who this creature is.
(Isaiah 14:12-17;
Ezekiel 28:12-19). These scriptures are multiples of seven.
· Remember that the chapters and verses were added
in the 15th century. I love to see these ancient documents that
people find the Acho volume and others, they quote scripture by chapter and
verse that proport to be in the 1st century. Well, this is kind of hard to
explain, because chapters and verses didn’t come until later.
• Both passages
have a strange attribute, in both cases the prophet is addressing a local real
live tangible king. In Isaiah’s case he's talking to and about the king of
Babylon. But as he gets wrapped up in that subject a place in the discourse
occurs where it is obvious that his actual target or subject goes far beyond a
human personage. And what he is obviously doing is addressing the spiritual
power behind the political king.
• Because when we
get to verse 12 in this passage without any real warning Isaiah is shifting
gears and he is suddenly talking about something quite different.
• And from verse
12 to verse 17 it is almost like an insert, what parenthesis in which the Holy
Spirit is speaking through Isaiah addressing the power behind the king of
Babylon.
Isaiah 14:12-17
How art thou
fallen from
heaven, O Lucifer, son of the
morning! how art thou cut down to the
ground, which didst weaken the nations!
• Lucifer,
this is where we get his original title.
• Personal
inserted note (TWH)
“Lucifer”
From, “helel (1966)” meaning, a shining one.
Strong's
Hebrew 1966 only 1 Occurrence
Phonetic Spelling: (hay-lale').
From halal (in the sense of brightness); the
morning-star -- lucifer.
• “Halal”
From, “halal (1984)”, meaning, to shine. Isaiah 13:10; — flash forth light,
of heavenly bodies, also of
crocodile עֲטִישֹׁתָיו תָּ֫הֶל אוֺר Job 41:10 his sneezings
flash forth light (shining water-drops). formula of worship; Syriac Pa`el
A primitive root; to be clear (orig. Of sound, but
usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be
(clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify --
(make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(- ish, -ly), glory,
give (light), be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, (sing, be
worthy of) praise, rage, renowned, shine.
Job 41:10
Berean
Study Bible No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?
• Kal-El (“Halal”),
the “Kryptonian” name of Superman a.k.a. Clark Kent. In Kryptonian, “El” means
“Child” and “Kal” means “star”. So, the name Kal-El means “Child of the
Stars” or “Star Child”
Isaiah 14:12-17
How art thou
fallen from
heaven, O Lucifer, son of the
morning! how art thou cut down to the
ground, which didst weaken the nations!
· Lucifer, a.k.a., helel is fallen from
heaven, something occurred to put him in disgrace.
· The source of his error is there are five “I will”
statements.
· Lucifer was the number one angelic being, he was
in charge.
13 For thou
hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into
heaven, I will exalt my throne
above the stars of God: I will sit also
upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the
north:
14 I will ascend above the
heights of the clouds; I will be like the most
High.
· The problem started in his heart, with him wanting
to be worshiped.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
· Now this is a forecast. The prophet Isaiah is
saying here, you Lucifer who fell through pride will be brought down.
· This verse is yet future verse 16
16 They that
see thee shall
narrowly look upon thee,
and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made
the earth to tremble, that did
shake kingdoms;
· Jeremiah 4:23 “the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void;”
17 That made the world as a
wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof;
that opened
not the
house of
his prisoners?
• Jeremiah 4:23
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without
form, and void; and
the heavens, and they had no light. 24 I beheld the
mountains, and, lo,
they trembled, and all the
hills moved lightly. 25 I beheld, and, lo,
there was no man, and all the
birds of
the heavens were fled. 26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a
wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the
presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
Revelation 18:13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine,
and oil, and fineflour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and
Why The Souls Of Men and Why Are They
Kept Prisoner And How?
• “Souls of Men” Souls from, “psuché (5590)” breath,
the soul. psyxḗ (from psyxō,
"to breathe, blow" which is the root of the English words
"psyche," "psychology") – soul
(psyche); a person's distinct
identity (unique personhood), i.e., individual
personality.
5590 (psyxē) corresponds exactly to the Old Testament 5315 /phágō ("soul").
The soul is the direct aftermath of God breathing (blowing)
His gift of life into a person, making them an ensouled
being.
• I have listened
to many testimonies over the years of Ex-Satanists, witches, warlocks,
sorcerers, S.R.A. (Satanic Ritual Abuse) victims, and others who state, that
the soul can be fragmented and taken to different prisons/places where they are
held. Places such as hate, guilt, traumas, bitterness, unforgiveness, fear, even
darker and more horrific places.
• So, Satan and
his emissaries fragment the human soul take those parts to different prisons,
so that the person cannot develop their full personality. They now have a print
on their life and now they take on a false personality, they also take on the
personality of the demons inhabiting that individual. And in turn these
fragmented personality soul parts never have the chance to be what the Lord
initially intended for that person to be, they never develop unless that person
is born-again and restored.
• Once you give your life
to Jesus, they state that you have to go through deliverance and healing for
the restoration of your soul.
Chuck Missler’s wife Nancy Missler explains this in such
a beautiful way.
Reflections of His Image Where Does Self
Life Come From? Nans Corner:
by Nancy Missler • October 1, 2007
https://www.khouse.org/articles/2007/739/
• Scripture tells
us that when we became “born again,” we not only received a new spirit
and a new heart, but also a new willpower. But
our soul and body are not changed,
not renewed
and not regenerated. In other words, they remain the same. So,
“self-life” comes from the hurts, the resentments, the doubts, the pride, the
bitterness and all the other things that we have never properly
dealt with, but have simply stuffed and buried in our secret, hidden chambers
which are still a part of our soul.
• “Self-life” is
triggered when we choose to follow what this buried debris is telling us to
do over what God is prompting us to do. Everything we think,
say, and do (good and bad) is stored in these secret, hidden chambers deep
within us. God designed the sanctification process to teach us
how to recognize this “self-life,” how to deal with it and then, how to allow
God’s Life from our hearts to come forth. Sanctification is simply the process
of restoring the image of Christ in us (Romans 8:29). Many of us, however, have never
learned the cleansing steps needed to be sanctified and, instead, have just
pushed down and buried much of our pain. Thus, we have given the enemy many
footholds in our soul.
• Our bodies are
the “vehicles” (or the carriers) for the expression of God’s Life. In other
words, we need a soul in order to express life and we need
a body in order to carry that soul. Thus, our souls and our
bodies really cannot be separated. Together they are known as “the flesh.”
• Therefore, we
can be Christians all of our lives, yet because we continue to make fleshly
choices (emotional choices to follow our hurts and pain), no one will
ever see Christ’s Life in us. His Life will be quenched in our hearts, and no
one will ever see the difference between our lives and our neighbors down the
street who don’t even know the Lord.
• This is exactly what a
“hypocrite” looks like. This is a Christian who “says” all the right things but
whose “actions” don’t match his words. He says he is a
Christian, and yet his life shows something totally different. He says that
Jesus is the answer, but his life doesn’t prove it. This is one of the reasons
why the Christian body is having such a difficult time these days. Many of us
have become hypocrites living two lives. Jesus’ Life is in our hearts, but
self-life is what is shown from our souls.
• This is what John
7:38 is referring to when it says, “He that believeth on Me, as the
Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall
flow rivers of living water.” Unfortunately, this outflowing is not a
one-time event. It’s a moment-by-moment choice to be filled with His Spirit and
to let it flow outward. Ephesians 5:17-18 expresses it this way: “Be ye
not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is...be filled with the
Spirit [all day long, every day].”….(There is more on this subject if you want
to read) …
• “Chariots”
Of Latin origin; a “rheda (4480)” i.e. Four-wheeled carriage (wagon for
riding) -- chariot. Mainly cars.
Abduction
Cases:
Alien Resistance:
http://www.alienresistance.org/ce4testimonies.htm
Over 100 Online Testimonies that Alien
Abductions
Can
Be Stopped and Can Be Terminated as a Life Pattern - In the Name and Authority
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Genesis 3:15
And I will
put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall
bruise thy head, and thou
shalt bruise his heel.
Episode 126: Taken - Interview with
Karin Wilkinson
https://bible-mysteries.captivate.fm/episode/episode-126-taken-interview-with-karin-wilkinson
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• These are the
Watchers taking souls and seeds of people.
• Karin Wilkinson
was recently featured in LA Marzulli’s latest film “The Coming UFO Invasion”:
Exposing the Dragon’s Dark Secrets: Karin is a saved believer in Christ
and has had the experience of being abducted multiple times since childhood.
She is a wife, mother, and grandmother who worked in the tech industry for many
years before retiring to raise her family. Today she has graciously agreed to
appear on “Bible Mysteries” to discuss with us her encounters with
extraterrestrial beings and what she believes their agenda might be.
• I have been
abducted since as early as I can remember, and hundreds of times. I have
experienced sleep paralysis, traveling through windows and walls, etc. When I
call on the name of Jesus, the abductions stop. When I was not born again, or
fallen away, the abductions continued.
• It is a very
isolating life. It’s not a club you want to be in, and there really is no
place for people to go to share, to learn how to stop it, or to just feel
accepted.
• I do not
subscribe to the ancient alien theory. We were not seeded by “these elder
races.” We are the creation of the one and only Yahweh. These are not
benevolent space brothers; these are demonic entities.
• I was part of a
breeding program I was taken aboard ships and to underground facilities.
I saw both humans and non-human entities during my abduction experiences
(Greys, tall blondes, insect looking creatures and a lizardy one, for example)
• I have had a near death experience. I
have had an angelic encounter. I have seen UAP/UFOs. I am Rh-negative O blood
type and have green eyes. My family were Masons, and I was inducted into
the “Rainbow Girls” in my teens. There is a lot of suspicious
family history – but that is a conversation for another day.
• I have
suffered emotional and physical ailments and have had surgeries due to the
things these evil entities did to me. A hysterectomy, removal of tumors,
and eight spinal reconstruction surgeries, to name a few.
UFO
Abductions Compared to Scripture:
UFO Abductions have all of the characteristics recorded
in scripture;
1. The
actual abductions have the same characteristics as Luke 4:5
Luke 4:5
And the devil, taking him up into an
high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
High Quality, Realistic Cgi Animation Of
An Alien Abduction s
The abductees are physically taken from their home,
car or from some obscure location, sometimes they are floated from inside of
their homes through a window onto a craft.
2. The
entities match the description of Revelation 16:13
Revelation 16:13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of
the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
“Three Unclean Spirits Like Frogs”
https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-4177771-aliens
• “Unclean” From the word, “akathartos (169)” unclean,
impure. (an adjective, derived from 1 /A "not"
and 2513 /katharós, "clean,
purged") – properly, not pure (because
mixed),
i.e. adulterated with "a wrong mix"
and hence "unclean" (because tainted by sin). The
antonym, 2508 /kathaírō ("clean"),
means "free from wrong mixture" (unadulterated, unmixed).
These beings are basically “hybrids” of frogs and human D.N.A.
• “Like” From the word, “homoios (3664)”
like, resembling, the same as. like, similar to, resembling, of equal rank.
From the base of homou;
similar (in appearance or character) -- like, + manner.
Why
Are They Doing This?
Revelation 16:14
Young's
Literal Translation for they
are spirits of demons, doing signs which go forth unto the kings of the earth, and of the whole world, to bring them together to the battle of that great day of God the Almighty;—
• Satan is
creating an army of humans (witches, warlocks, Satanists, sorcerers, etc., as
well as hybrid beings to gather them together to prepare them for the great
Armageddon War.
But
How Is He Going To Gather Them All To That One Spot?
Revelation 17:3
So he carried me away in the spirit into the
wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet
coloured beast, full of names of
blasphemy, having seven
heads and ten horns..
… 12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which
have
received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the
beast. 13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto
the beast.
• “One Mind” From the word, “gnómé (1106)” to
come to know, recognize, perceive.
A prolonged form of a primary verb; to
"know" (absolutely) in a great variety of applications
and with many implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly
expressed) -- allow, be aware (of), feel, (have) know(-ledge), perceived,
be resolved, can speak, be sure, understand.
• I’m certain that cell
phones, remote viewing, other means of communication, and extra-sensory
perception, such as telepathy, etc., are being used here. Many uninformed
Christians are blinded to this fact and don’t even believe in such demonic
phenomenon, but it is going on all around them, and they have no knowledge of
it.
• It seems to be
world-wide, and because born-again Christians have the mind of “Christ”, the
world has the mind of the “Beast.”
Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of
knowledge: because thou
hast rejected
knowledge, I will also
reject thee,
that thou shalt be no priest to me:
seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also
forget thy children.
• “Knowledge”
From the word, “death (1847)” concern, know, knowledge, premeditation,
skill, truth, unintentionally*, what. Daniel 12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and
knowledge
• Many Christians
have no answer for the question, “What are these aliens and where do they come
from?” They will tell you, “Shouldn’t we be telling them about Jesus?” My
response is yes, but be prepared to answer in every area, or they will think
that you are not very smart in other matters and will not seek you out for
answers. We need to be a source of answers for the or else there will be an
unanswered biased directed towards the Bible, proving in their minds that the
Bible has no relevant answers for todays society concerning this subject.
Matthew 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the
midst of wolves: be ye therefore
wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
“Wise” From, “phrónimos (5429)” (an
adjective, derived from 5424 /phrḗn,
"personal perspective regulating outward behavior," and the root of
the English term "diaphragm" which controls key body functions from
the inside out) – properly, "how we size things up,"
reflecting our personal ("visceral") opinions, i.e. what we consider
"savvy" (smart). This always roots to our personal
perspective ("inner outlook") which regulates our
definition of being "shrewd," i.e., reflects personal mind-set
(insight).
1. a. knowledge,
perception, Isaiah
1:3 The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's
manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.
of prophetic knowledge, especially
knowledge with moral quality, knowledge possessed by God,
2 especially in Wisdom Literature
= discernment, understanding, wisdom:
Look the word “Yada” up, it is really revealing. From yada';
knowledge -- cunning, (ig-)norantly, know(-ledge), (un-)awares (wittingly).
• The Occultists
and the false teachers who are embedded within the Churches (unbeknown to many
Christians) are spoon feeding many with dead, lifeless theology to continue to
push their own agenda of … wait for it …The Theory of Evolution!
• If the
supernatural occurrences that are recorded in the Biblical teaching were
excepted then theory of Evolution and many other theories would be debunked,
and many more souls would come into the kingdom of God.
Matthew 7:15
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but
inwardly they
are ravening wolves.
16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men
gather
grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
• The Roman
Catholic Church and her teachings have infiltrated most of so-called Christian
Churches today.
Revelation 17:14 These shall
make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall
overcome
them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that
are with him are called,
• The princes of
these kingdoms, and their subjects, become, in time, of one religion, and one
mind.
Ephesians 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning
craftiness,
whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
• I do believe
that the Remnant Church is maturing, and immaturity is falling off at a
phenomenal rate. But many who claim to be Christians and deny the clear
teaching of scripture and simply swallow everything that their pastors are feeding
them without searching the scriptures for themselves are at war with the word
of God and Spirit of God.
• They are more concerned
with how they feel rather than facts concerning clear Bible teachings.
Daniel 11:32
And such as do wickedly against the
covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries:
but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
• These are
believers who spend time in deep prayer in communion with the Lord and Bible
Study. They will be strengthened in their faith and the scriptures will be life
to them and their faith will be empowered by Holy Spirit.
3D Cgi Vfx Close-Up Of Three Classic
Roswell Style Grey Aliens On A Sepia
3. The abductees are basically raped and are not wedded
Alien Abductions
Woman
https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/161034562-abduction
Alien Abduction Of A Man
https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/227468381-alien-abduction-man
Daniel 2:43 And
whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the
seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron
•
“…
But They Shall Not Cleave One To Another
…”
• “Cleave”
From the word, “debeq (1693)” to cling Strong's Hebrew
1693 there is only 1 Occurrence
of this word
Original Word: דְבַק Part of Speech: Verb,
Transliteration: debeq, Phonetic Spelling:
(deb-ak'), Definition: to cling
a.
figurative of
loyalty, affection etc., sometimes with idea of physical proximity retained,
followed by בְּ Genesis 2:24 … (J; man to wife), etc. They are
not clinging together as man to wife matrimonially.
b.
Soul ties only.
Genesis 2:24
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
• “Cleave” From the word,
“dabaq (1692)” to cling, cleave, keep close. Definition: to
cling, cleave, keep close. A primitive root; properly, to impinge, i.e. Cling
or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit -- abide fast, cleave (fast
together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast),
overtake, pursue hard, stick, take.
Origin
and Fall of Lucifer:
• Between Genesis
1:1 and Genesis 1:2?
Genesis 1:1-2
In the beginning God created the
heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
“Was” From, “hayah (1961)”, meaning, to
fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root (compare hava');
to exist, i.e., Be or become, come to pass …
“Without Form” From, “tohu (8414)”,
meaning to be formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness. 1 formlessness,
of primaeval earth Genesis
1:2 (P),
of land reduced to primaeval chaos Jeremiah 4:23 ׳קַותֿֿ ("" אַבְנֵי
בֹהוּ), Isaiah 45:18 בְרָאָהּ ׳לֹא
ת ("" לָשֶׁבֶת
יְצָרָתּ); Isaiah 24:10 ׳קִרְיַתאתּ city
of chaos (of ruined city); = nothingness, empty
space, Job 26:7 תֹּלֶה
אֶרֶץ ׳עַלתּֿ; of empty, trackless waste Deuteronomy 32:10 ("" מִדְבָּר), Job
6:18; Job
12:24 = Psalm 107:40.
“Void”
From, “bohu (922)”, meaning emptiness.
always with תֹּהוּ q. v.; — תֹּהוּ
וָבֹהוּ Genesis 1:2 of primeval
earth; Jeremiah 4:23 of earth under judgment
of ׳י; קַותֿֿהֹוּ וְאַבְנֵי
בֹהוּ Isaiah 34:11, the line of wasteness and the stones of
emptiness, i.e. plummets, employed, not as usual for building, but for
destroying walls. From an
unused root (meaning to be empty); a vacuity, i.e. (superficially) an
undistinguishable ruin -- emptiness, void.
Verse 2 Should Read Like This:
Genesis 1:2
And the
earth became without formless, void and empty; and darkness was upon the
face of
the deep. And
the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the
waters.
· Many credible theologians believe that this event
occurred between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2.
- There's the possibility of an enormous interval of
time between verses 1:1 and 1:2 better known as the “Gap Theory”
Isaiah 45:18
For thus
saith the LORD that created the
heavens; God himself
that formed the earth and made it; he hath
established it, he
created it not in vain, he
formed it to be inhabited: I [am] the LORD; and [there is] none else.
Isaiah 45:18
Berean
Study Bible
For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens— He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.
Isaiah 45:18 New American Standard
Bible
For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens (He is the God who formed the
earth and made it, He established it and did not create it a waste place, but
formed it to be inhabited), "I am the LORD, and there is none else.
Job 38:4
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the
earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
5 Who hath
laid the measures thereof, if
thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon
are the foundations thereof
fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
7 When the
morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
• Two
Groups: Morning Stars
and Sons of God:
1. Job 1:6
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
2. Judges 5:20
They fought from
heaven; the stars in their
courses fought against Sisera.
A
Superior Evil Spirit Controls The King Of Tyrus:
Ezekiel 28:12-19
Son of man, take
up a
lamentation upon the
king of Tyrus, and say unto him,
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the
jasper, the
sapphire,
the emerald, and
the carbuncle, and gold: the
workmanship of thy
tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou
wast created.
This Magnificent Creature Was In The Garden Of
Eden Before Adam And Eve:
Proverbs 18:13
He
that answereth a matter before he
heareth it, it is
folly and shame
unto him. (To answer before listening-- that is
folly and shame.)
• Yeshua has made His Body Magnificent,
His Beautiful Church Living Stones:
1 Peter 2:5
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
• We are living, pulsating, vibrant
stones, of various shapes, colors, frequencies, and vibrations He
has caused us to possess “real life” that is found only in Him. Romans
9:33;
of Christians: as, living stones of which the temple of God is
built, 1 Peter 2:5; of the truths with which, as with
building materials, a teacher builds Christians up in wisdom, costly
stones, 1 Corinthians 3:12.
2 Corinthians 3:7
But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones,
was glorious, so that the
children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
• The stones
tablets containing the commandments were good stones, but they were fading
away, because a better corner stone was coming to take it’s place. Lifting the
death and condemnation from anyone who would turn to Him. And in receiving Him,
we become a portion of the kingdom of God, a building consisting of living
stones created anew.
14 Thou art the anointed cherub that
covereth; and I
have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou
hast walked up and down in the midst of the
stones of fire.
Human
Trafficking; Lucifer, the Whore, and the Beast Monday,
July 29, 2013
http://musingsofawinsomeheart.blogspot.com/2013/07/human-trafficking-lucifer-whore-and.html
When we look at chapter 28 of Ezekiel we see the
parallel of satan to the king of Tyre. The king of Tyre is probably a veiled
look at satan, and the first and second half of the chapter are very much the
same. While the king of Tyre may have been a person influenced by satan,
both the king and satan claim to be God, both are killed and thrown to hell and
both trafficked God’s people.
Ezek 28:5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick
[7404] hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of
thy riches:KJV
Ezek 28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise
[7404] they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned:
therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will
destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.KJV
Ezekiel 28:18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of
thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick [7404]; therefore will I
bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will
bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold
thee.KJV
Using human beings for profit is truly our world
system. Slavery, migrant workers, sexual prostitution, child workers,
corporate suits, blue collar, white collar, almost everyone is enslaved. But
this does not happen in commerce only, but also in churches. Lucifer’s
sanctuaries were defiled by trafficking. There are a small number of
oppressors, but they have designed the world system to serve themselves. While
satan did that to the sons of God and it sped up his downward spiral to want to
be God and sit in the place of God, people do this to humans today, and also
sit it the place of God, lording over the masses. While the creator did
not create us to be enslaved to overlords, we are in fact slaves in this world.
Another comparison from Ezekiel 27 of the king of Tyre and satan, is in the
root word of merchandising. … Ezek
27:1-3 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,2 Now, thou son of man,
take up a lamentation for Tyrus;3 And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate
at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant [7402] of the people for many
isles, Thus saith the Lord God; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect
beauty.KJV
OT:7402 rakal (raw-kal'); a primitive root; to
travel for trading: KJV - (spice) merchant.(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's
Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright ©
1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
I find it interesting that merchandising, or
trafficking, whether spices, foods, or people, makes one believe they are
perfectly beautiful. Their power is deceiving, as well as the material
adornment. This world system will be done away with in the future.
Rev 18:12-13
The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and
fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all
manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of
brass, and iron, and marble,13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and
frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and
sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.KJV
As we read from Revelation, the selling of slaves
and the souls of men are counted among Babylon’s merchandise. Not only are
people being physically sold, just like the Israelites were, people were
selling themselves. This tells us that Babylon is seducing people into selling
their souls, not just simply enslaving non willing participants, but deceiving
people into giving away their own soul to the devil. No one can take the
soul out of a person. No one can dissect it in a laboratory. Only
the word of God can divide soul and spirit. (Heb 4:12) While the devil
cannot have one’s spirit, the devil can be given one’s soul/life. This is
a conscious choice. Therefore the lure of riches and beauty sway people
to give their souls to the devil, for gain on earth. Yet that is such a
temporal thing.
15 Thou
wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou
wast created, till iniquity was
found in thee.
16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they
have filled the midst of
thee with violence,
and thou hast sinned: therefore I
will cast thee as profane out
of the mountain of God:
and I will
destroy thee, O
covering cherub, from the
midst of the stones of fire.
17 Thine heart was lifted
up because of
thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy
brightness: I will cast thee to the
ground, I
will lay thee before kings, that they
may behold thee.
18 Thou hast
defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity
of thy traffick; therefore
will I bring forth a fire from the
midst of thee, it
shall devour
thee,
and I will bring thee to
ashes upon the
earth in the sight of all them
that behold
19 All they
that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
What Does UFO’s, Cattle Mutilation, and
Hybrids Have In Common?:
Blood is congealed Light and Scientists create
matter directly from light.
At Scitechdaily:
Scientists Generate Matter Directly From
Light – Physics Phenomena Predicted More Than 80 Years Ago
What is the big deal in knowing that blood is
congealed light?
A. Over
50 million abortions is a lot of spiritual currency
in the kingdom of darkness
B. Let
your light so shine; ye are children of light; God is Light and there is no
darkness in Him … etc
C.
1. Bovine
blood can be used in humans
If bovine blood can be used to create human hybrids,
this changes the game, and the “Days of Noah” are upon us. Genesis 3:15, Daniel
2;43;
2. UFO
Abductions, women carrying after three months the fetus is gone
3. Women
claim to have seen their hybrid children who are without a soul and evil
4. Black
Eyed Children
· The Prince of Tyre = Ittiobalus (Josephus); The King
of Tyre was superhuman (in Eden?)!
· A Different death was predicted (“merchandise” =
to traffic; to slander).
A. Ezekiel 28:16 By the multitude of
thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast
sinned: … O covering cherub …
B. Ezekiel 28:18 Thou hast defiled thy
sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy
traffick; …
C. Isaiah 14:12 How art thou fallen
from heaven, O Lucifer,… which didst weaken the nations!
D. Isaiah 14:17 That made the world as
a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of
his prisoners?
E. Revelation 18:12 The merchandise
of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, … 13 … wine, and oil,
and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and
slaves, and souls of men.
• This is where
the 50 million plus abortions and other sacrifices can be added … (souls of
men) not just in America, but worldwide.
When We Fall, We Go Back To Our Old
Haunts/Way, So Do These Entities:
2 Peter 2:22
But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned
to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the
mire.
F. Matthew 12: 43 When
the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking
rest, and findeth none.
44 Then
he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is
come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
45 Then
goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself,
and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than
the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation
G. Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was
more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.
… 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: (See: Isaiah
14:17) He wants more prisoners.
The Death of Adam and Eve:
Genesis 3:7 And
the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were
naked;
The enemy of humanity sent mankind back to the dust
of the earth, instead of the enemy being under the feet of those who have the
birthright to subdue the earth; man is willingly giving his authority over to
the enemy.
He Was A Murderer From The Beginning:
John 8:40 But
now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I
have heard of God:
John 8:44 Ye
are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a
murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no
truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar,
and the father of it.
Goals (Revelation
12:1-6): One-third of the angels fell with him (Revelation 12:4).
The Answer To All Of This Is
Yeshua/Jesus:
Ephesians 3:17 That
Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in
love,
18 May
be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and
depth, and height;
19 And
to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled
with all the fulness of God.
Destiny
(Matthew 25:41; 12:24-27): Neither Satan’s demons nor angels are now
bound (Revelation 12:9; Matthew 10:8). Some are which Jude talks
about. Two governing bodies are to be punished (Isaiah 24:21).
3) Genesis 6:1-4:
LXX: B’nai Elohim = “Angels of God.” Mentioned four times in the Old Testament
(Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:7).
The Nephilim, The Book of Giants, The
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· Genesis 6 indicates that the “sons of God” (B’nai
Elohim) took wives of the “daughters of men,” which gave birth to the
“Nephilim.” What on earth was going on?
· The
B’nai Elohim is a term that refers to angels. It occurs four times in the Old
Testament and is rendered “Angels of God” in the ancient Septuagint
translation. The intrusion of certain angels into the human family resulted in
unnatural offspring termed Nephilim, which derives from the Hebrew naphal (to
fall), or the Fallen Ones.
· (The Greek Septuagint renders this term gigantes,
which actually means “earthborn.” This is often misunderstood to mean “giants” — which they also happen
to have been, incidentally.)
· The “Line of Seth?” The early church viewed
the B’nai Elohim as angels up through the late fourth century: Justin,
Athenagoras, Cyprian, Eusebius, et al. (also Josephus, Philo, Judeaus, and the
Apocrypha regard this traditional view). Celsus and Julian the Apostate exploited
the older common belief to attack Christianity. Cyril of Alexandria, in his
reply, repudiated the orthodox position. Julius Africanus (a contemporary of
Origen) intro- duced the theory that the “sons of God” simply referred to the
genealogical line of Seth, which was committed to preserving the true worship
of God. Seemingly more appealing, the “Sethite theory” prevailed into the
Medieval Church, and many still hold this view. This view, however, has several
serious problems. There is no indication that the Sethites were distinguished
for piety; they were not exempted from the charge of general wickedness which
brought on the flood. In fact, Seth’s son Enosh was the one who introduced
apostasy to that world. This is masked by a mistranslation of Genesis 4:25,
which should read “...then men began to profane the name of the Lord.”
Furthermore, when the faithful marry the unfaithful, they do not give birth to
unnatural offspring! And the “daughters of men” were not differentiated with
regard to the Flood. All were lost.
· (Incidentally, the Nephilim didn’t completely end
with the flood. Genesis 6:4 mentions, “...and also after that....” We find the
sons of Anak, the Anakim, later in the Old Testament.) Anakim.
· The bedstead of one of them was 13 feet long (Deuteronomy
3:11). Compared to them the men of Israel were “as grasshoppers.” (Numbers
13:3; Amos 2:9).
[Why does Israel refer to their second appearance as
Nephilim (fallen ones)?] Goliath and his four brothers were sons of Anak.
2 Peter 2:4
For if God spared not the
angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell,
and delivered them into
chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
2 Peter 2:5
And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a
preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon
the world of
the ungodly;
· Tartarus = A pit of darkness in the unseen world;
Greek term for dark abode of woe. Homer’s Iliad: “as far below Hades as the
earth is below heaven...”
• “And” From “kai (2532)” meaning, and,
even, also, namely. (the most common New Testament conjunction, used over
9,000 times) – and (also), very often, moreover, even,
indeed (the context
determines the exact sense).
[After 2532 (kaí),
the most common word in the Greek New Testament is the definite
article ("the"). 2532 (kaí)
is never adversative, i.e., it never means "however"
("but") – unlike the principal conjunction (waw) in Old
Testament Hebrew (G. Archer).]
The Usage of “And”
in This Case:
Matthew 1:2
begat Judas and his brethren; Matthew 1:3 begat
Phares and Zara of; Matthew 1:23 shall be with
child, and shall bring forth; … a son, and they
shall call; Matthew 2:4 the chief priests and scribes;
etc.
• So, the word, “and”
ties these scriptures together as one in explaining why the angels were cast
down to Tartarus. By way of saying, “And spared not the old world”
Why Was the Old World
Not Spared?
• The Human Genome, the human D.N.A. had become
corrupted.
• A
genome is the genetic material that makes up a living organism. It is
contained in chromosomes, which are the tiny threadlike structures inside
cells. Chromosomes are made from a chemical substance called DNA, and DNA is a
sequence of smaller units, called bases. The DNA bases combine to form genes.
Only Noah, his wife, his three sons, and his three
daughters-in-laws were of pure blood.
· In Homers Illiad, he calls it the “Prison of the
Titans” and he states, “Tartaros as the great cosmic pit beneath the earth. It
is located "as far beneath the house of Haides as from earth the sky
lies." (See: https://www.theoi.com/Kosmos/Tartaros.html)
- The word in the Greek, carried that kind of
idea.
· “Hell” From the word, “tartaroó
(5020)”, properly, send to Tartarus ("Tartaros").
The New Testament uses 5020 (tartaróō) for the netherworld –
the place of punishment fit only for demons (I insert what
the scripture states…fallen angels
or the
angels that sinned). Later, Tartaros came to
represent eternal punishment for wicked people.
"5020 (tartaróō)
is a Greek name for the under-world, especially the abode of
the
damned –
hence to cast into hell" (A-S); to send into the subterranean
abyss reserved for demons and the dead.
[In Greek mythology, Tartarus was a "place of punishment
under the earth, to which, for example, the Titans were sent" (Souter).]
- So, we see that these angelic beings were dragged
away in chains of darkness.
• “Of Darkness”
From, “zóphos (2217) ” – murky, appalling gloom, referring to
darkness so dense and foreboding it is "felt";
(figuratively) apocalyptic, gloomy darkness
associated with the nether world bringing its
indescribable despair (incredible gloom).
- The testimony of many people who have died and
went to hell confirms “that the darkness is so dense and foreboding it is
"felt".
“Hell”, From, “tartaroó (5020)” meaning,
to cast into hell. properly, send to Tartarus
("Tartaros"). The New Testament
uses 5020 (tartaróō) for the netherworld –
the place of
punishment fit only for demons.
Later, Tartaros came to represent eternal punishment
for wicked people.
"5020 (tartaróō)
is a Greek name for the under-world, especially the abode of
the
damned –
hence to cast them into hell"
(A-S); to send into the subterranean abyss
reserved for demons and the dead.
· In Greek mythology, Tartarus was a "place of
punishment under the earth, to which, for example, the Titans were sent"
The language of Jude 7 seems to require the same
view of Jude 6:
· “...strange flesh...”
meaning, another of a different kind.
“Strange”
From, “héteros (2087)” – another of a different kind. 2087 /héteros ("another
but distinct in kind") stands in
contrast to 243 /állos ("another of
the same kind"). 2087
/héteros ("another
of a different quality") emphasizes it is qualitatively different
from its counterpart (comparison).
[2087 (héteros) sometimes refers
to "another" of a different class group or type.]
Nature of
Angels:
· There is a great deal revealed in the Bible about
angels.
· They can appear in human form (Genesis 19:5, 10,
16), they spoke as men, took men by the hand, even ate men’s food (Genesis
18:8; 19:3, 16).
· They are capable of direct physical combat (death
of the firstborn in Exodus 12, Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 19, and the
185,000 troops slaughtered in 2 Kings 19:35), and some are the principal forces
behind the world powers (Daniel 10).
· Angels don’t marry, at least in heaven (Matthew
22:30), and are apparently capable of much mischief.
Are Demons Angels? (Acts 23:9; Revelation
9:1, 2,10)
· Not all are bound; not all are free. Demons tend
to seek embodiment.
· They are aware of their destiny (Luke 8:26). Two
thousand swine were involved in Mark 5:1-20; Matthew 8:28-34. Why did they seek
embodiment in a herd of swine? Why did the Lord acquiesce? Demons seem to be different
from angels—if this is so, then where did the demons come from?
Azazel:
Trent (Blurry
Creatures): His name was Azazel, he showed
me his beginnings and how his origins began and everything, so he said that his
job was to teach mankind how to do warfare. And then he said he's been bound
for the whole time. These are the fallen angels that have been imprisoned
underground. …
Leviticus 16:8 And
Aaron shall cast lots upon
the two goats; one lot for
the LORD, and
the other lot for the scapegoat (Azazel).… 10 But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall
be presented alive before the
LORD, to make an atonement with him, [and] to
let him go for a scapegoat (Azazel) into the wilderness.
“Scapegoat” From “azazel (5799)” meaning, entire
removal. From ez and 'azal; goat of departure; the scapegoat -- scapegoat.
אזֵל noun [masculine] entire removal (reduplicated intensive (Ges§ 30 n.
Sta§ 124 a), abstract, √ [עזל] =
Arabic
[a fallen angel, Leviticus
16:8ff. being late, according to CheZAW xv (1895),
153 ff., Ency. Bib., who derives from עזזאֿל; compare
BenzEncy. Bib.], as in Jewish angelology, where probably based on
interpret. of Leviticus
16:8ff.; name not elsewhere); — ׳ע Leviticus
16:8,10 (twice in
verse); Leviticus
16:26 in ritual of Day of
Atonement, = entire removal of sin and guilt from sacred
places into desert on back of goat, symbol of entire forgiveness.
Jude Session 3
(Verse 6 Continued) - Chuck Missler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPTBk12dlCI&t=655s
Overview:
• Verses 5, 6, 7 Three historical examples of
corporate punishment.
• Verse 5 deals with the Nation of Israel in the
Wilderness
• Verse 7 deals with Sodom and Gomorrah
• Verse 6 -
When did this take place?
- What lessons does the Holy Spirit desire to convey
to the believer?
Jude 1:6
And the
angels which kept not their first
estate, but left their
own habitation, he hath reserved in
everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
• And if you are the average Bible student you will
say what is that all about? Because Jude gives it the back of his hands as
though you remember this of course.
- There is another comparable passage in Second
Peter.
2 Peter 2:4
For if God spared not the
angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into
chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
• Peter also makes an allusion the same as Jude, to
an event that the writers in each case presumed that you know.
The Angels That Sinned: Three Views:
1) “The Cop Out View”
is the excuse to not dig further.
· We are not intended to know any more than what is
in this brief statement. The problem with this view is that it stands between
verses 5 and 7: all three verses draw upon the familiar Old Testament truths.
The Two Alternative Views Are
Uncomfortable For Most People:
2) These Angels that
sinned are angels that had to do with the fall of Lucifer who is a super angel.
- A Cherub is
not an angel, it is a very high special category
- The term Angel is used in a very broad generic
sense
- But I think we generally wouldn't be surprised if
you could prove that the scripture also used the term Angel in the sense of a
created being with some very, very substantial powers.
- But there's a particular Angel that causes us a
lot of attention in the scriptures, and there are two passages that give us
some understanding of who this creature is.
(Isaiah 14:12-17; Ezekiel 28:12-19).
These scriptures are multiples of seven.
· Remember that the chapters and verses were added
in the 15th century. I love to see these ancient documents that
people find the Acho volume and others, they quote scripture by chapter and
verse that proport to be in the 1st century. Well, this is kind of hard to
explain, because chapters and verses didn’t come until later.
• Both passages
have a strange attribute, in both cases the prophet is addressing a local real
live tangible king. In Isaiah’s case he's talking to and about the king of
Babylon. But as he gets wrapped up in that subject a place in the discourse
occurs where it is obvious that his actual target or subject goes far beyond a
human personage. And what he is obviously doing is addressing the spiritual
power behind the political king.
• Because when we
get to verse 12 in this passage without any real warning Isaiah is shifting
gears and he is suddenly talking about something quite different.
• And from verse
12 to verse 17 it is almost like an insert, what parenthesis in which the Holy
Spirit is speaking through Isaiah addressing the power behind the king of
Babylon.
Isaiah 14:12-17
How art thou
fallen from
heaven, O Lucifer, son of the
morning! how art thou cut down to the
ground, which didst weaken the nations!
• Lucifer,
this is where we get his original title.
- But he fell, he's fallen from heaven, and something
occurred to put him in disgrace, but then we get into verse 13 and 14 and we
find the source of this error there are five “I will” statements.
- This Lucifer was the number one angel, we’ll find
that in another passage, he was in
charge anyway verse 13.
Isaiah 14:13-14
For thou
hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into
heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also
upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the
north: 14 I will ascend above the
heights of the clouds; I will be like the most
• That's Satan’s
ambition to be worshipped, you get the message very powerful but still not #1. And
he aspired apparently in some strange time, in some strange way a rebellion
which we’ll look at shortly.
Isaiah 14:15
Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
• Now, this is
forecast Isaiah is saying here, “You Lucifer who failed through pride shall be
brought down. From 16 is an interesting one this is yet future.
Isaiah 14:16
They that
see thee shall
narrowly look upon thee,
and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made
the earth to tremble, that did
shake kingdoms; 17 That made
the world as a
wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof;
that opened not the
house
• Now as you could
probably guess behind each phrase there are acres of theological commentary of
what that might mean.
Origin and Fall of Lucifer:
• There are those
who believe that this whole event occurred sometime between Genesis 1:1 and
Genesis 1:2.
- Possibility of enormous interval. There is
linguistic reasons to recognize that an enormous interval of time may have
transpired between verse 1:1 and 1:2 this is called the
Gap Theory.
- And the earth was = (became) without form, and void; and
darkness was upon the face of the deep.
And the verb (was) here in the Hebrew is a transitive
verb implying action, and that the earth wasn't originally but became without
form and void. And this gets intensified because of Isaiah
45:18,
Isaiah 45:18
For thus
saith the LORD that created the
heavens; God himself
that formed
the earth and made it; he hath
established it, he
created it not in vain, he
formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
• Another
translation says that God did not create it to be empty, (tohuw = formless) (bohuw = void) but formed it to be inhabited.
Isaiah 45:18 Berean
Study Bible
For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens— He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.
• So, on this apparent
discrepancy occurs the possibility that there is an enormous interval between
verse 1:1 and 1:2 this is called the Gap Theory.
Gap
Theory:
• There are aspects of “Gap
Theory” that I think are correct but, if you subscribe to the Gap Theory
that also probably implies all kinds of things that you do not ascribe to so be
cautious about that. Many people through that small little crack drive trucks
through them and come up with all kinds of ideas but I don't want to get into
that tonight. We've covered that on the Genesis series you can listen to that
on the Genesis tapes.
That's Isaiah 14 and that's a pivotal passage that
you should be aware of.
• A comparable
passages Ezekiel 28:12-19. Ezekiel in his case is also a prophet dealing
with a particular king. I'll use the term prince here because it keeps it
straight.
- The Prince of Tyre = Ittiobalus (from
historian Flavious Josephus); Josephus tells us his name was Ittiobalus, here
spoken to as the Prince of Tyre. But as Ezekiel wraps up his message to the
Prince of Tyre, at about verse 11 or 12 he shifts gears.
• And the scope of what
he is saying clearly does not fit this human king.
- King of Tyre was superhuman (in Eden?)!
• If you study the
whole chapter, you'll find that the Prince of Tyre that is the human ruler gets
killed by being pierced through.
• But the king of Tyre is
going to be burned, so you recognize that there are two different people or
entities involved here. Linguistically here you can see that he's talking about
two different people using two different titles. And their destinies are
different.
- Different death predicted (“merchandise” = to
traffic; to slander).
Ezekiel 28:11
Moreover the word of
the LORD came unto me, saying,
12 Son of man,
take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord
GOD; Thou
sealest up the
sum, full of wisdom, and
perfect in beauty.
• Son of man here
is not a title it is a nickname of Ezekiel.
• Ezekiel was just
talking to the Prince of Tyre, now he's speaking to the king of Tyre.
“Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty”
• The person that
he is talking to is the epitome of Wisdom and Beauty, that's extreme language
in fact the expression in the Hebrew is that there can be no more extreme
language as this.
13 Thou
hast been in Eden the garden of God; every
precious stone was
thy covering,
the sardius, topaz, and
the diamond, the
beryl, the
onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire,
the
emerald, and the
carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and
of thy pipes was prepared in
thee in the day that thou wast created.
• “Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God”
• “I don't know of
any king of Babylon who goes back to Genesis 2.” So, suddenly we realize that
there has been a shift in the subject here. The person who is being addressed
has been in Eden, the garden of God.
• One thing that
should strike you is that the Eden described here doesn't seem to be the Eden
described in Genesis chapter 2. Because in Genesis chapter two we tend to
visualize it with trees and foliage and terrestrial kind of place.
• This Eden is
described in the same vocabulary that we use Post Millennially, of the New
Jerusalem and so forth. Part of what overlays this whole study, Acts 3 speaks
of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ as the time of the restitution of all
things. Restitution meaning, put back like it used to be. Put back like Eden
could be, maybe it's a different Eden than you and I think of a Pre-Fall Eden.
• And so, when we
read Revelation 22 and we talk about new Jerusalem, and foundations. The whole
hyperspace that you and I probably have no capacity to deal with precious
stones may be just their way vocabulary wise, of talking about light. Or
talking about a dimensionality that goes beyond our three-dimensional physics
as we think of it.
• But also, this
person was in Eden, and he was big news, “perfect” but, he was created another
side of this is don’t forget, he is not some kind of super god. He may be
superhuman, but he is created, as fantastic as he may be or was at one time, he
is still a created being. This is easy to forget there is a popular book in
demonology called, “Between Christ and Satan” by Kurt Koch, this is a tragic title
because it implies equality.
• Christ is not a
created being (John 1:1 In the
beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.)
Satan was created.
Ezekiel 28:14
Thou art the anointed cherub that
covereth; and I
have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou
hast walked up and down in the midst of the
stones of fire.
• “Thou art the
anointed cherub that covereth” that’s clumsy
language saying that he was appointed to office, what office? In other words he
was in charge of everything, we
would say it differently, but the King James
translators say, that “he is the anointed cherub that covereth.” Another way of
saying that he was in charge.
- Appointed to office that she was in charge!
- He is a cherub which is the …
- Most powerful kind of angel Isaiah 6 and Revelation
4
Inserted Note:
Isaiah 6 is describing Seraphs
Cherubs Are An Order of Angels and Described In
Ezekiel 10:14:
Cherubs
Have Four Faces Apiece And Four Wings:
Ezekiel 10:21 Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was
under their wings.
Cherubs Have the Form of a Man’s Hand
Under Their Wings:
Ezekiel 10:8 And there
appeared in the cherubims the form of a man's hand under
their wings.
Cherubs
are Full of Eyes:
Ezekiel 10:12 And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and
their wings,
and the
wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the
wheels that they four had.
Cherubs
have four faces:
- Face of a Cherub, and the second
face was the
- Face of a Man, and the third the
- Face of a Lion, and the fourth
the
- Face of an Eagle
Ezekiel 10:1 Then I
looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head
of the cherubims there
appeared over them as
it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
Ezekiel 10:2 Berean
Study Bible
And the LORD said to the man clothed in linen, “Go inside the wheelwork beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And as I watched, he went in. 3 Holman Christian
Standard Bible
Now the cherubim were standing to the south of the temple when the man went in,
and the cloud filled the inner court. 4 Then the glory of the LORD rose from above
the cherub to the threshold of
the temple. The temple was filled with
the cloud, and
the court was filled with the brightness of the LORD’s glory. …
Ezekiel 10:14 And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth
Seraphim Are Serpent Like
Beings:
Seraphs
have Six Wings:
Seraphs
have Four Different Faces:
- First beast was like a Lion
…
- Second beast like a Calf …
- Third beast had a face as a Man
…
- Fourth beast was like a Flying
Eagle …
Isaiah 6:2
Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
Revelation 4:7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and
the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were
full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty,
which was and is and is to
come
• Inserted note:
Did
Dr. Chuck Missler mean to say seraph instead of cherub?
You know four cherubim that are around the throne of
God we find them in Isaiah 6? And in Revelation 4, whenever we see the throne
of God, we see these four cherubim and they’re strange creatures. Apparently,
Satan was one of those.
15 Thou
wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou
wast created, till iniquity was
found in thee.
• What was the
iniquity well if you go back to Isaiah 14 t will tell you. God hates pride
that's how the whole thing started.
16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they
have filled the midst of
thee with violence,
and thou hast sinned: therefore I
will cast thee as profane out
of the mountain of God:
and I will
destroy thee, O
covering cherub, from the
midst of the stones of fire. 17 Thine heart was lifted
up because of
thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of
thy
brightness: I will cast thee to the
ground, I
will lay thee before kings, that they
may behold thee. 18 Thou hast
defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore
will I bring forth a fire from the
midst of thee, it
shall devour thee,
and I will bring thee to
ashes upon the
earth in the sight of all them
that behold thee. 19 All they
that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
• Merchandise
– Means to “go about” … Trafficking or Slander (Feminine passive participle
of rakal; trade (as peddled) -- merchandise,
traffic.)
- Satan = slanderer (rakal
[רָכַל] verb probably go
about, from one to another (for
trade or gossip)
(? connected with רגל; compare Arabic
trader, Late
Hebrew רְכִילוּת slander).
Satan’s Whole Strategy And Goal:
Revelation 12:1-6
And there
appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the
sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be
delivered. 3 And
there
appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having
seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4 And his tail drew the third
part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood
before the woman which was ready to be
delivered, for to
devour her child as soon as it
was born. 5 And she
brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6 And the woman fled
into the
wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her
there a thousand two hundred and
threescore days.
• Who
is the red dragon?
- Defined in verse 9, the devil, Satan
Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was cast
out, that old serpent, called the Devil,
and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast
out into the earth, and his
angels were cast
out with him.
- This is where we
understand where Satan rebelled, and he was thrown out.
- His angels rebelled and were cast out with him.
• Ezekiel 28,
Isaiah 14, and Revelation 12 these are the three key scriptures
there's obviously more.
• Satan clearly
was very powerful at one time, he was perfect at one time, he was in charge, he
rebelled a third of the angels apparently were alive with him who blew it and
they were thrown out.
• So, we know who
the red dragon is at this point.
• Who is the
woman?
- Not the church! the (Church is the virgin bride)
- Many commentators that are very competent
commentators would identify the woman as the church.
- Check Smith puts it if this woman is church, she’s
in trouble, because she’s pregnant.
- The Church is uniformly used in the New Testament
as a virgin bride, not a one to give birth.
- The woman is identified with the sun, moon, and 12
stars this is not the Zodiac.
• There is only
one place where the sun, moon, and 12 stars show up in the scriptures and your
principle in the Book of Revelation the entire thing is in code but every code
is deciphered somewhere in scripture, the Holy Spirit engineered the Book so it
will take you to every other passage within the Bible if you take it
exhaustively.
And the only place where you will find the sun,
moon, and 12 stars is …
- Joseph’s dreams Genesis 37:9-10 Jacob understood
the dream
Genesis 37:9-10
And he
dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said,
Behold, I
have dreamed a dream more; and,
behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made
obeisance to me. 10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren:
and his father rebuked him, and
said unto him,
What is this dream that thou
hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves
• Who is the woman?
- Israel – going back to Eve in the Garden. It's
Israel in the sense that she starts with Eve.
- The man child is the “seed of the woman” Genesis
3:15. What woman, Israel in the sense that she doesn’t start with Abraham,
Israel in the sense that she starts with the declared war.
- Starting when God declared war on Satan Genesis
3:15
• “I will put enmity between thee and the woman”
• What woman? The
woman in Chapter 12 of Revelation
• “and between thy seed and her seed”
• Two seeds
- Predicts The Virgin Birth – proper name Isaiah
7:14
Isaiah 7:14
Therefore
the Lord himself
shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall
conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
• Who is the man child?
- Jesus Christ
- Israel “gives birth” to Jesus Christ
• Israel was
ordained from Eve on
- God's plan was to present the Deliverer through
her
• His commitment
to Adam in the Garden of Eden
• Satan took a
third of the angels with him
- They stood before the woman to devour her child
Revelation 12:3-4
And there
appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great
red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4 And his tail drew the third
part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth:
and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be
delivered, for to
devour
her child as soon as it
was born.
• The whole
history in the Bible
- Satan’s plan to thwart the will of God
• It starts in Genesis
3:15 he goes after Eve
• Satan narrow fix
focus of attack
- Anti-Semitism is not just racial prejudice it goes
much deeper
• Satan’s objective is to
thwart the Messiah plan which he attempts to do by attacking Israel
• We have Cain and
Abel satanically that was an attempt to get rid of the seed, the seed was Seth.
As we go through the scriptures as God reveals more and more of His plan it
allows Satan to focus his attack.
• The call of Abraham occurs he doesn't have to mess
around with anybody else he can focus on Abraham. Isaac Jacob, as God confirms
his covenant. When you become the tribe of Judah all throughout the scripture you see again and again plot
and counter plot.
• You have several
occasions where all of the babies were killed, Moses and the infants? Was that pharaoh? No, it was Satan because he
has to thwart the Messianic thread. Go all the way through to Bethlehem, it
wasn't Herod slaying the babes it was Satanic, Herod was just an instrument. All
through the Kings you find the children who are heirs hidden by someone who
attempts to slaughter all the children but always misses one. The point is the
concept of anti-Semitism is not just noxious because of
racial prejudice, it goes much deeper.
Racial prejudice of any kind I'm sure is an offense
to God.
Anti-Semitic ties and trends and so forth go even
deeper, as you understand the scriptures you understand that Satan’s objective
is to thwart the Messiah plan which he attempts to do by attacking Israel.
Revelation 12:5
And she
brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
• Verse
5 appears
to be historical his - Ascension
• Verse
6 appears
to be future pointing to the - Tribulation
• Gap between
these virtues versus Church Age
- Appears in Daniel
9:26-27 and Revelation 12:5-6
- Some 1,900 years between verses 5 and 6 so far
- That gap appears 24 times
in Scriptures, the number of the church is 24.
- Those of you who have read Daniel 9 are not
uncomfortable to allow for the idea of a gap in the timeline.
We call it the Church Age that gap appears between Daniel
9:26-27 and Revelation 12:5-6. There are 1,900 years between
verses 5 and 6 so far.
• Used to view
that as the ascension of the Lord. But there was a guy by the name of Pember
who wrote a book about Genesis and the Earths Earliest Ages. Which blew me away
because he sees this differently and I don't know if he's wrong. He says that
child is the body of Christ.
• He says that
child is the body of Christ
- The Rapture
- It doesn't alter the text because from verse 6 on
is the Tribulation.
• The devil's
attack on Israel is part of prophecy
- And it climaxes with what the Old Testament calls
Jacob Time of Trouble
• Great
Tribulation – Daniel
- Jesus quotes from Daniel in the Olivet Discourse, it's
in Christ’s quote from the Book of Daniel that that period of time gets its
classical label among Bible scholars “The Great Tribulation.”
• Focus of the
Tribulation is in Israel
But in that we tend to forget the focus of the
tribulation is Israel.
- The more we know about the Holocaust the more we
understand their plea “never again.”
- What is coming in the future will make the
Holocaust look like a warmup to the real thing.
- Trouble such as the world has never seen until
then
• What made the Holocaust
possible?
- Philosophy of Nietzsche and others
• The
philosophical or religious rationale that Israel deserved punishment
- Fallacies of the church for over 1,900 years
• We will see
Christian teachers arguing a theology which main attribute is a prelude to
anti-Semitism
- A Sign of the time
• The battle
against Israel and Ezekiel 38 will not be won because of help from The
United States of America
• When the Soviets
invade Israel and 5/6 of them get wiped out, the Lord makes it very clear that
it happened by His Hands and not by the power of the United States.
- Sometime before then all nations will turn against
Israel
• God will use that
battle to show His Hand just as he did in Egypt.
- Israel will still be in unbelief when it happens
not observing God's intervention.
- God will keep His promises for His Name’s Sake
before the heathens.
Matthew 25:41
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
Destiny:
Isaiah 24:21
And it shall come to
pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the
host of
the high
ones that are on
high, and the
kings of the earth upon the
earth.
• Two governing bodies to
be punished
1. “Host of the High
Ones that are On
High”,
you see this punishment doesn't just come on people, but upon the High Ones
whoever they are.
• Neither Satan’s
demons nor angels are now bound Revelation 12:9; Matthew 10:8 they
may have to restrictions, but the point is they are not bound, yet.
• Some are, which
Jude is talking about.
• More than just
you and I are being redeemed
- Heaven and earth will be cleansed also Isaiah
65:17: Revelation 21:1 … Behold, I see a new heaven and a new earth
…
Are
Demons Angels?
Now let me point out to you that there are those
that make a big distinction between demons and angels.
• Angels
apparently have the capability of being embodied by themselves Genesis 19:5,
10, 16. We find angels in human form.
- They spoke as men
- Took people's hand
- Ate food with them
- No necessity to be embodied (there is a special
situation in which Satan entered Judas)
• In contrast to that,
the demons are a whole other story.
Acts 23:9
And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees' part
arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
• The concept that
that time was that Angels and Demons
- Were two different things
Luke 8:26-28
And they
arrived at the
country of the Gadarenes, which is over against
Galilee. 27 And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man,
which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any
house, but in the tombs. 28 When he saw Jesus, he
cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud
voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I
beseech
• That's a shocker
because up to this point in the gospels he had not acknowledged his role. So,
the personage that was inside of this man recognized something that was beyond
the knowledge of the people at that time.
So, this shows that the demons are knowledgeable,
this is not something that a cracked pot demented person would say, he has not
announced his real role the fact that they
recognized his deity, the Son of God Most High “I
beseech thee that thou torment me not.”
• Out of this we
know who is
• That they are
destined for torment
• And they know
that they have a very specific time
Luke 8:29-30
(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For
oftentimes it had caught him: and he
was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the
wilderness.) 30 And Jesus asked
him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered
• A Legion is not
1,000 by the away a Roman legion is 6,000 troops. So, when you say this the first legion, the 2nd,
3rd, and 4th legions are smaller, that’s the way the
Romans organized them. The point is a legion is a lot. The demons in this man
ultimately go into a herd of swine do you know how many swine there were? Mark
tells us 2,000! That's a large herd.
• I used to be bothered asking
myself, “What are they doing for raising swine in a kosher country?” the answer
is, it isn’t kosher it’s on the East of the Jordan. They are the Greek cities
of the Decapolis there are five cities that were Gentile so, economically
you can understand why there would be swine raised at all. You wouldn't expect
that in Judea they may have been there too to support the gentile contingency.
Luke 8:31-32
And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into
• “The Deep” From, “abussos (12)”
boundless, bottomless. The abyss, unfathomable depth, an especially
Jewish conception, the home of the dead and of evil spirits.
• This is one of
the passages of the Bible that I do not understand, they do beseech him don’t
send us back to the pit. Which is apparently one of the places that he would
normally do, he would cast them out and they would go back to the “abussos”
apparently for a long time.
Luke 8:32 And there was there an herd of
many swine feeding on the
mountain: and
they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
• What puzzles me
even more is that the Lord agreed to cast them into the herd of swine.
- Maybe to teach us that these things are not
psychiatric problems and so forth. People who say that have never attended an exorcism;
or they would know better.
Luke 8:33-34
Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked..
34 When they that
fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the
country.
• And he obviously
becomes unpopular because he upset their economy there.
Are
Demons Angels?
• Demons appear to
be quite different from angels.
• Where do demons
come from?
• Much
speculation, without Scriptural basis that are really built from the gaps from
what we do understand, there are those who believe that there was a Pre-Adamic
creation that was destroyed and judged and that the demons are the disembodies
spirits of those entities. There is no scriptural evidence for that, and they place
all of this hypothesis between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2 that’s
part of the Gap Theory that gets way out into the left field.
Now, actually I personally believe there appears to
be a hierarchy among the angels.
• Appears to be a hierarchy among the Angels, in the
Old Testament there are the …
• Shedim = “mighty ones” (Deuteronomy
32:17)
• Seirim = He-goats, satyrs, demonic
hairy creatures
• Lilith, Tsiim, Iim...
• These Hebrew words are all translated “demons.”
·
“Principalities,
Powers …” these are ranks, angels seem to come in different kinds.
- Are demons just “junior members” of that?
Three
Views:
1) Not intended to know any
more than what is here.
- Draws from familiar Old Testament truths
2) These angels that
sinned are angels that had to do with the fall of Lucifer Isaiah 14:12-17.
I believe that the fall of Satan and those angels in
Isaiah 14, number one are not bound.
- Not bound – yet … the ones that Jude is talking
about are bound, they are in chains of darkness reserved for the Day of
judgement.
- Satan not
bound - not till the end of tribulation
- Satan’s angels still free to do mischief
Then what on Earth are we talking about in Jude 7?
3) This leads us to a
passage in the Bible that is very strange in Genesis 6:1-4
• We all know about Noah's flood, but I don't think
one person in 100 knows the reason for Noah's flood, except in maybe a very broad sense. to
• Yes,
there was wickedness, and the wickedness was very widespread, and God chose to
wipe out the whole earth at that time. I don't think the flood was local.
But Genesis chapter six verse one and verse two has
a phrase that scholars wince, squirrel around and try to explain. You know it's
amazing how much trouble you can get into how much work you can put on to
yourself if you decide not to accept what the Bible tells you. There are people
who spend years trying to talk about first Isaiah
and 2nd Isaiah because they never read
John 12.
John 12:38 That
the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who
hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? 39 Therefore
they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, 40 He hath
blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with
their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should
heal them. 41 These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and
spake of him.
• Just like in Genesis 6:2 the libraries are filled
with speculations as to what it means but if you just take it at face value it
tells you would it means.
Genesis 6:1-2
And it came
to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the
earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they
took them wives of all which
they chose.
• Now,
“the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair”,
Two
Basic Views:
• The common, Church “acceptable” view …
- “Sons of
God” is reference to believers of the line Seth
- “Daughters of men” this is supposedly reference to
ungodly unbelievers
• Suggesting
intermarriage that was not appropriate
• There are problems with that first of all that is
not what it says,
1) B’nai Elohim =
“Angels of God.”
- 4 times in Scriptures Genesis 6:2; Job 1:6; Job
2:1; Job 38:7
- Always means “angels”
By proof of that is that when the Septuagint was
translated three centuries before Christ they translated it as angels.
- “Angels of God” in the ancient Septuagint
translation
A Side Note by Troy H:
Angels versus Sons of God:
Psalm 34:7
The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that
fear him, and
delivereth them.
Psalm 35:5 and 35:6
“Angel” from, “malak: וּמַלְאַ֖ךְ
“Angel” from, “malak: (4397)”meaning,
a messenger. From an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy; a
messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. An angel (also a prophet, priest or
teacher) -- ambassador, angel, king, messenger.
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?
Sons of God:
Genesis 6:2
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they
took them wives of all which
they chose.
“Sons” From, “ben (1121) ”meaning, son.
בֵּן
= (1121) ben: son
בְּנֵי (1121)
applied
to supernatural beings Genesis
6:2,4; Job
1:6; Job
2:1;
בְּנֵי
(1121)
heavenly beings Psalm 29:1
Berean Study Bible
בְּנִי (1121)
my son, as
term of kindliness or endearment, used by Eli to Samuel 1 Samuel 3:6, 16;
Psalm 29:1
{A
Psalm of David.} Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and
strength.
Psalm 29:1 Berean
Study Bible
A Psalm of David. Ascribe to the LORD, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the LORD
2) Daughters of men are
not limited to non-Sethites
3) when a believer and
an unbeliever get married …
The
Nephilim:
- They don't have “giant” offspring and what
these people give birth to are some strange creatures.
Genesis 6:3
And the LORD said, My
spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he
also is flesh: yet his days shall be an
hundred and twenty years.
Bear in mind that his longevity is decreasing to 120
years later becoming three score and 10 = 70 years. (Threescore used to be used
for sixty plus ten = 70 years)
Genesis 6:4
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came
in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became
mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
• So, whatever happened here the “sons of God” and
the “daughters of men” gave birth to something unnatural, not normal.
• What
on earth is going on
• Greek Septuagint renders this term “gigantis”
often misunderstood to mean giants
- Now the Greek word “gigantis” actually
means “earthborn.”
• The word Nephilim here it's from the Hebrew word
naphal meaning (to fall, the Fallen Ones)
• Offspring from the sons of God and the daughters
of men were the “Fallen Ones”
• Only makes sense if you view these as angels
- Which some have left their appropriate domain
• Took on the mode that allow intercourse with women
and they gave birth to the Nephilim
• Found before and after the flood Numbers 13
• Now the Nephilim happened to be very large, 13
feet tall and so forth. The Nephilim are strange so that suggests something
bizarre is going on here.
Line
of Seth?
• The early church viewed the B’nai Elohim as angels
up through the late 4th century:
• Justin, Athenagoras, Cyprian, Eusebius, et al.
- Also,
Josephus, Philo, Judeaus, and the Apocrypha regard this traditional view, so
this was the common belief up until the 4th century.
Julius Africanus
(a contemporary of Origen)
- Introduced the theory that the “sons of God”
simply refer to the genealogical line of Seth. Stating this isn't really
the angels these are from the line of Seth, they intermarried with the other
people.
There was an attack on the church …
• Celsus and Julian the Apostate
- Exploited the older common belief to attack
Christianity
• Cyril of Alexandria, in his reply, repudiated the
orthodox position of the angels
• Seemingly more appealing
- the “Sethite theory” prevailed into the Medieval
Church,
- Many still hold this view today
• This view has several serious problems
1) The Sethites were not
distinguished for piety;
- Seth’s son Enosh introduced apostasy to that
world.
- Masked by mistranslation of Genesis 4:26,
should read
“…then men began to profane the name of the Lord”
2) Not exempted from the
flood
- If they were believers they perished in the flood
3) When the faithful
married the unfaithful, they do not give birth to unnatural offspring!
The
Nephilim:
• Incidentally, the Nephilim didn't completely end
with the flood
• Genesis 6:4 mentions, “…and also after that….”
• We find the sons of Anak, the Anakim, later in the
Old Testament
- A very famous one was named Goliath
- David picked 5 stones from the brook, he only
needed one!
• David new Goliath had four brothers and he was
ready
The
Anakim:
• The bedstead of one of them was 13 feet long (Deuteronomy
3:11)
• Compared to them, the men of Israel were “as
grasshoppers” (Numbers 13:3; Amos 2:9) when the spies spied out
the land, they were terrified because they had seen something that they had
never experienced before. Joshua and Caleb said, “That's no problem, the Lord
is on our side he's bigger than them.” But the people didn't buy that so it
cost them about 38 years.
• Numbers 13:3 Why does Israel refer to their
second appearance as Nephilim (Fallen Ones)? There is something about them that
harks back to the days when the angels communed with the daughters of men. As
you can tell from this presentation, I hold to the view personally, that there
was something supernatural going on.
• Noah was “perfect in his generations” Genesis
6:9
- “He was a just man…he walked with God”
- His genealogy was clean, and untarnished
- This point makes no sense outside of Genesis
6:2
• This paints a bizarre picture of life before the
flood
- Life and Eden was quite different than we can
understand
- Adam walked with God, clothed with light
- Prior to sin, prior to the curse, a different
dimension
• The whole situation was so different that there is
no way to communicate it properly to us
After the fall, from Adam through Noah
- There was a whole different lifestyle
- People lived for hundreds of years
• “Sons of God and daughters of men” idea is
embodied it all of Greek Mythology
- Titans (large) partly heavenly, partly earthly
origins
- Rebelled against the “king of heaven” (Uranus)
- Defeated by Zeus after a prolonged conflict
- Thrown into a prison called Tartarus
• Greek Titan = Chaldean Shitan = Hebrew
Satan
- Even in the mythology of our classical, cultural
roots, there are veiled remembrances of a time when strange things were
happening on the earth, pre-flood.
• We play a part in that – Satan’s strategy
- Deliverance is from the “seed of the woman”
- Satan wants to contaminate the race so that there are
no pure humans to become heir to the title deed
- “No man was worthy to open the book…” Revelation 5
- Jesus Christ our deliverer had to be a “Man” he
had to be an heir of Adam
Genealogies
of Jesus:
• Two genealogies (Matthew and Luke)
• Luke was a doctor who goes from Adam to David
- From David to Mary
• Matthew, a Levite starts with Abraham and goes down
to David
- Through Solomon the royal life to Joseph
• Joseph has legal title to the throne of David
• In Jeconiah’s day God put a blood curse on
Jeconiah and all the rest of the royal line
- And Satan rejoiced
Because there was a blood curse on the royal line
• When we get down to Jesus Christ, we find that he
is the legal son but not flesh and blood son Joseph
- Joseph carried the blood curse
• The two genealogies divide at David
- Matthews follows the legal line that has heir to
the throne
- Luke goes through Nathan, another son of David to
Mary the mother of Jesus
• Jesus was of the “house and lineage of David”
- In a way that made him legally entitled but not
subject to the blood curse
- So again, and again as you study scripture you
find Satan plotting, and God outsmarting him every step of the way.
• But the more you study the scriptures the more you
become fascinated with God's methodology and how clever He is. But you also
recognize that every detail fits into a plan. Every number, every number, every
detail of these 66 books is woven tightly by a Super Engineer and it’s just
incredible.
2
Peter 2:4:
2 Peter
2:4 For if God spared not the
angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell,
and delivered them into
chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
• Satan
has all kinds of fallen angels
- Doing all kinds of things but are not bound
- But these angels broke some deeper rules, so they
were all cast down to Tartarus – the same place as in Greek mythology – Titans,
etc. Notice where Peter goes on …
2 Peter 2:4-5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a
preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon
the world of
the ungodly; 6 And
turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into
ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making [them] an ensample unto those
that after should live ungodly;
• Tartarus = pit of darkness in the unseen world;
- Greek term for dark abode of woe
- Homer’s Illiad: - “as far below Hades as
the earth is below heaven…”
• Peter presumes that his readers are as familiar
with all this as they are with the Flood of Noah and with Sodom and Gomorrah.
• Jude does the same thing in verse 7
- Referring to Sodom and Gomorrah’s lifestyle, that
the angels did the same thing engaging in unnatural sexual perversion and going
after strange flesh
- Angels did the same thing - unnatural sexual
perversion
• “Going
after strange flesh”
- The language appears to indicate that is the
nature of the sin of the angels in verse 6
Lessons:
• Warnings against meddling with the spirit world (the
scripture warns us)
- Throughout the Old Testament and New Testament – We
are to “Flee all occultic things”
- Party games, horoscopes, etc., these are entries
- Subtle, “innocent” things serve as entry points
• Can lead to an entanglement with the “spirit
world”
• Involvement that grows and deepens to an addiction
- The end of which is your own destruction
• Not dangerous just because they are “stupid” and
these are superstitions that the Bible doesn’t even comment on, but they are
still malevolent
- They are malevolent, and driven by demonic spirits
• Whose goal is to undo you and who command huge
resources
Jude’s point is …
• Punishment which overtook the angels that sinned
and emphasizes the serious nature of apostasy:
- Beings of a higher order than ours have been
hurled down into a dark place of confinement where they have remained for
thousands of years.
• God has not changed his attitude toward them;
- Time has not mitigated the seriousness of their
sin
• False teachers are pre-written into condemnation 1
Timothy 4:1
1 Timothy
4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the
latter times some shall depart from the
faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
• Ideas impacting your life that are not Biblically
sound have a very malevolent source
- Some are obviously anti-Biblical that they prey
primarily on the secular world
- New age - are old ideas repackaged in modern
technology
• Greater danger in pseudo-Christian doctrines
- That are just one degree off - that's all it takes.
If I'm aboard the ship as a spy and I'm trying to get this ship off course, my
shrewdest way is to get the autopilot 1° off. Because they won't notice it for
a while, until they are so off course there was no hope. That is exactly what
Satan has done throughout the ages.
• What's your protection against that?
- The whole council of God! Genesis 1:1 – Revelation
22.
• Try to absorb as the Holy Spirit gives you
opportunity the whole council of God
Ephesians 6:10-18
Finally, my brethren, be
strong in the Lord, and in the power of his
might.
11 Put
on the
whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
• You don't stand a chance by yourself
- Satan is smarter than you he has had centuries to
study
- He has enormous resources and focus
- He is bright, he was “perfect and wisdom”
- Sin has corrupted him for a very long time
- You make a gigantic mistake if you underestimate
him
- Never fool around in spiritual matters without
proper armament
12 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
• Spiritual warfare Daniel 10; 2 Kings
6
• Spiritual forces behind what happens on earth
• The “hints” become very explicit in Ephesians
- We do indeed, “wrestle not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, against powers, against of the darkness of this
world, against spiritual wickedness and high places.”
• Prince of Persia and Prince of Greece (Daniel 10)
- A ruler and his minions over each government
- 200 years between Persia and Greece, so their time
domain is a little different than ours because their physics are different than
ours.
• Is there a Prince of the United States? Yes!
• Who owns the media in this country?
Ephesians 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the
whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the
evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having
on the
breastplate of righteousness; 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel
of peace; 16 Above all, taking the shield of
faith, wherewith ye shall be able to
quench
all the fiery darts of
the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the
Spirit, which is the word of God:
18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication
in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
How do you put on the whole armor of God?
• Take Ephesians 6 and layout each article
- Really dig into them,
- Build yourself a preparation
Isaiah 52:7
How beautiful upon
the mountains are the feet of him that
bringeth good tidings, that
publisheth peace; that
bringeth good tidings of good, that
publisheth
salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
• We should be preparing for spiritual battles
- With a sense of urgency that is very, very high
• Bible studies, public and private
• Prayer and devotional life, the Holy Spirit will
lead
• God is getting ready to charge the earth again
- Some events will occur prior to that judgment
• For lots of reasons we know that time is near
• Events that happened prior to the Flood of Noah
- Are going to happen again
• Widespread
wickedness,
• Small minority in God's grace – in the since of
being taken care of
• We are headed for some strange times!
Jude 7-8
Jude Session 4 (Verses 7&8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1-lL6DNkTc
7] Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
• Jude
is writing to the church as a warning to you and I.
· It is a very solemn thing that Sodom and Gomorrah
are set forth as examples for instruction to the Church!
· What can believers learn from the record of the
old cities of the plain which God destroyed because of their terrible
wickedness?
It is prophetic of the apostasy within
Christendom in the last days:
• “turn the grace of our God into lasciviousness” verse
4
• “defile the flesh” verse 8
• “corrupt themselves as beasts” verse 10
• “walk after their own lusts” verse 16
• Apostasy begins with intellectual doubts; it’s
certain to end with physical degradation. • Sodom and Gomorrah are mentioned in
connection with apostasy,
- Therefore, they once had knowledge of the truth!
· It was only 450 years since the Flood;
• Shem (Noah’s son) still walked the earth, having
50 years left before him.
Sodom and Gomorrah:
· Its first mention is in Genesis 10:19
“...the border of the Canaanites...”
• Archaeological notes by Dr. Melvin Grove Kyle show
that at Jebel Usdum (on the southern shore of the Dead Sea) the Zoar
ruins were identified, with oil and bitumen (“slime” in Genesis 11:3; Genesis
14:10).
• The other cities are believed to be under the
southern part of the Dead Sea.
· The Dead Sea is 1,286 feet below sea level.
• It is the terminus of the Jordan River and is 40
miles long, 10 miles wide.
• Its northern segment is very deep — 1,400 feet in
places, there is no outlet;
• The southern segment (10 miles long) is only 10 - 20
feet deep. It now covers the “Vale of Siddim” (Genesis 14:3,8,10) in
which five cities existed:
• At the time of Abraham and Lot, it was a fertile
area in which five cities existed:
• Sodom, Gomorrah, Zoar, Admah, and Zeboim. They were
very prosperous cities; over one million tombs were discovered.
• The population of these cities was very
substantial.
• First mention was Genesis 10:19 on the border of
the Canaanites.
Abraham
and Lot:
• Abraham and his nephew Lot settled together
• They both had large herds that were growing very
large (Genesis 13)
• It was decided they needed to split up, conflicts
were rising between their herds
• Abraham may have been one of the wealthiest people
alive at that time
- He had 318 trained soldiers born in his tents to
go to battle
• To rescue Lot and his household from captivity
• He defeated an alliance of four kings
• Abraham was a very powerful man!
• Lot chose the Vale of Siddim
Lot’s Walk:
1) “Lifted up his eyes”
attractive to flesh sight rather than faith (Genesis 13:10);
2) “Chose him” all the
plain of Jordan, rather than having God direct him;
3) “Separated himself”
from Abraham (Genesis 13:11),
- Abraham chose the heights of Hebron meaning, “Communion”
- In spite of his mistakes Lot is described as a
righteous man 2 Peter 2
- God goes to great lengths to save Lot a second
time
4) Lot elects to “Dwell
in the cities of the plain”; We are pilgrims, passing through, our home is
heaven. We are not Democrats or Republicans, we are Monoarchists.
5) “Pitched his tent
toward Sodom” (Genesis 13:12);
- Abraham saves Lot the first time: (Genesis
14:11,12).
The
First War - Genesis 14:
• 4 kings from the sons of Shem make war on five
kings from the sons of Ham
• But the focus should be on Abram – he never took
sides
• This is the first recorded war in the Scriptures
• The five kings from the South or from the five
wicked cities
- Each has the name of a major demon god
- The five kings to the South lost
Genesis 14:10-16
And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and
Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
- The term for slide pits in the King James version,
is translated in the Hebrew as “bitumen” think of it in the term of oil.
Genesis 14:11 And
they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went
their way. 12 And they took
Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
• What
was Lot doing in Sodom in the first place?
• Lot, after being rescued, returned there to live.
• God changed the names for Abram and Sarai
• Abram, Sarai, and Ishmael
together = 961
- 961 = the square of 31; 169 =the square of 13
• Law of the Square – Hebrew Letters and words have
a numeric value
- 961 is said to be the signature of God
• The
opening stanzas of the Creation hymns in the book of Genesis and the closing
stanzas of the hymn in the book of Genesis add up to 961. So, they look for
that and they see that that's one of God's appointed seals, why? 31 is the
number of El, the name for God. 961 squared discovered all kinds of interesting
places, example. Why did I bring all of this up? Abram, Sarai, and Ishmael
together all add up to 961.
• Abraham, Sarah, and Ishmael do not = 961 … BUT! …
• Abraham,
Sarah, and Isaac do = 961
• When God changed the name of Abram to Abraham his
name was given breath, and
that breath was the “ruach” of the spirit. But this
event takes place prior to the name change.
Genesis 14:13 And
there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the
plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these
were confederate with Abram.
• This is the first time the word Hebrew is
used in scripture, it means “The one who has crossed over.”
Genesis 14:14 And
when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained
servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them
unto Dan.
• “Trained Servants” appears only once in the Bible.
- It also appears in some early Egyptian documents
- It is used for “trained mercenary soldiers”
- Practiced, expert at the art of war
• Abram is not a docile pacifist but a steward of
considerable resources
- Anticipated the need to bear arms
• 318 pros defeated a confederation of 4 kings
- Who had just defeated a 5-King alliance
Genesis 14:15 And
he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them,
and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
16 And
he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his
goods, and the women also, and the people.
• The “Mud Gate” of Laish a gate that
even Abraham might have gone through! A rare find, since mud structures rarely
survive.
• Abram comes home to a hero's welcome
• The king of Sodom offers a reward and he is
rebuffed
- Abram sees himself as senior to the King of Sodom
- But he does do obeisance to another king
• Melchizedek,
King of Salem blesses Abram
- Abram pays tithes to Melchizedek (Who is found in
the Psalms and the Book of Hebrews)
• Melchizedek is a King, Priest, and receives tithes
- In the scriptures he is presented as having no
beginning and no end
- Some people believe that this was the Old
Testament appearance of Jesus Christ
- Jesus Christ is a priest after the order of or the
similitude of Melchizedek
- Secondly, he is not some Angel he is a Man the
Book of Hebrews tells us
- Some believe he was Shem, but he was still alive
at this time and he had a genealogy
- When God anointed the Levitical priesthood, He
made it plain that they were priests and that kings were for kings, they were
separate
• The only other group of persons who are Kings and
Priests is Jesus and the Church
- The 144,000 don’t have that distinction
Genesis 18:1-6 And
the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the
tent door in the heat of the day;
2 And
he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he
saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the
ground,
3 And
said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I
pray
thee, from thy servant:
4 Let
a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves
under the tree:
5 And
I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall
pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as
thou hast said.
6 And
Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three
measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
Abraham’s
Visitors:
• Introduces in both the Jewish and Arab cultures 3
measures of meal as a Fellowship Offering – the meal is Unleavened
• In the Bedouin and Judaist traditions have roots back
to this event right here
• The Kingdom of Heaven is like a woman who hid
leaven in 3 measures of meal Matthew 13:33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like
unto leaven, which a woman took, and
hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was
• “Leaven”
From, “zumé (2219)”, meaning, leaven. 2219 zýmē –
leaven (yeast); (figuratively) the spreading influence of what
is typically concealed (but still very dramatic). Leaven is
generally a symbol of the spreading nature of evil but note the
exception at Luke 13:20,21 (parallel Matthew 13:32,33).
- 3 measures of meal = The Fellowship Offering
• Why is there leaven in this Fellowship Offering?
- Leaven is always a measure of sin because it
corrupts by puffing up and is used as a model of sin. It is quoted three times
in the Gospels and three times in the Pauline epistles.
- Jesus prophecy of heresy introduced into the
Church
- Here is a Rabbi talking to Jewish disciples - the
meaning is understood
• Abraham received these three men
- They look, feel, and talk like men and eat with
him
- Who are they? The Lord Jesus Christ and two angels
• This is a pre-incarnate presentation of our Lord
• Two
of these three have an appointment in Sodom and Gomorrah
Genesis 18:16-2
And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with
them to bring them on the way. 17 And the Lord said,
Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; 18 Seeing that
Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of
the earth shall be blessed in him? 19 For I know him, that he will
command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way
of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring
upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. 20 And
the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and
because their sin is very grievous; 21 I will go down now, and see
whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come
unto me; and if not, I will know. 22 And the men turned their faces
from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.
23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the
righteous with the wicked? 24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous
within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty
righteous that are therein? 25 That be far from thee to do after
this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous
should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the
earth do right? 26 And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom
fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their
sakes. 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken
upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes: 28 Peradventure
there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city
for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not
destroy it. 29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said,
Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it
for forty's sake. 30 And he said unto him, Oh let not
the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty
be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. 31 And
he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord:
Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy
it for twenty's sake. 32 And he said, Oh let not
the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure
ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. 33 And
the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham:
and Abraham returned unto his place.
• Abraham stopped at 10 - he backed off
• There was actually only one righteous (Genesis
19)
• We need to understand that God’s ways are not our
ways
• Jesus points to Lot in Luke 17 and makes a
prophetic analogy
- We are instructed to look at this situation in
terms of the coming judgment on the earth
- This is one of the reasons that I believe this
points to the rapture of the church preceding the wrath of God being poured out
on the earth (1 Thessalonians 5)
• God lays down the principle that Jesus uses later
Genesis 19:1
And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom:
and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face
toward the ground;
• Lot sat in the gate - He was one of the elders.
Now that’s just not a location it’s an office also.
• What was he doing there?
Genesis 19:2 And
he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house,
and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on
your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
• This would be like taking a stroll in Central Park
at night and that would be a very dangerous situation, there are places in
certain cities that visitors are warned to avoid for fear of their lives.
Genesis 19:3
And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into
his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they
did eat. 4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men
of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from
every quarter:
• That's
bizarre this is not just the young toughs but the old men too.
Genesis 19:5
And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to
thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
• The
population is broadly homosexual. We don't see any euphemism in the King James
version calling them gays or using polite terms, these guys are perverts. And
they have visitors in town, and they want to take advantage of them. They are
upset with Lot for not accommodating them.
Genesis 19:6-7
And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
7 And
said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. 8 Behold now, I
have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out
unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do
nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
• What
a bizarre proposal it's hard for you and I too imagine Lot offering that. There
is
another principle implied here if you are in an Arab
country, and you are the guest of
the host you need fear nothing from the host.
Genesis 19:9 And
they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn,
and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them.
And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
• They
are speaking to Lot who is sort of one of them but isn’t. And now that he is
obstructing them they are threatening him who was sort of a lynch mob.
Genesis 19:10
But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and
shut to the door. 11 And they smote the men that were at the door
of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied
themselves to find the door.
• So the angels indulged in a supernatural ability
and blinded this mob that was there.
Genesis 19:12 And
the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons,
and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this
place: 13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them
is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath
sent us to destroy it.
• What
was the mission of these two guys? It was to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, but
there is a pre-requisite condition before they can destroy the city.
Genesis 19:14 And
Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and
said, Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this
city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law. 15 And
when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy
wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the
iniquity of the city. 16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold
upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two
daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him
forth, and set him without the city.
• The angels physically took them by their hands and
dragged them out of the city, there was no coaxing, they took him by the hand
got them outside of the city limits.
Genesis 19:17 And
it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape
for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape
to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. 18 And Lot said unto them,
Oh, not so, my Lord:
• It's hard to visualize this you know we read these
stories and it seems so hard for us to picture, we in our life can picture this
kind of degradation because all you have to do is visit a big city. But Lot you
think he's a slow learner.
Genesis 19:19 Behold
now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy
mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to
the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: 20 Behold now,
this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape
thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. 21 And
he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I
will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
22 Haste
thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till
thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar
(which means little).
• The Angel tells us something here, the angels
hands are tied.
- The Angel can do nothing until Lot is gone.
- Big enough issue to concede on sparing the city of
Zoar if that's what it takes to get Lot out of the way.
- Zoar was not destroyed with the other four cities
Genesis 19:23 The
sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. 24 Then
the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from
the Lord out of heaven; 25 And he overthrew those cities,
and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew
upon the ground.
Lot’s
Wife:
• Lots wife had emotional roots in Sodom
• She apparently lingered, and straggled behind
- This was more than just a look over the shoulder
- She apparently had trouble letting go
• She was not clear of “Ground Zero”
- She was hit with “brimstone” and turned into a
pillar of salt
- We have to put the life of the flesh behind us
• It
was not safe with Lot and their daughters in Zoar
- Perhaps turn back to get something
• “No man having put his hand to the plow and
looking back is fit for the Kingdom” (Luke 9:62)
Sodom
and Gomorrah:
• God honors even one righteous person
• How can Lot be considered righteous?
• The deal he tried to make with the lynch mob is he
righteous?
• Lot
is recorded in Scripture as a righteous man 2 Peter 2:4-8
2 Peter 2:4-8
For if God spared not the
angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell,
and delivered them into
chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; 5 And
spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a
preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon
the world of
the ungodly; 6 And turning
the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into
ashes condemned them with an overthrow,
making them an ensample unto those
that after should live ungodly; 7 And delivered
just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the
wicked: 8 (For that righteous man
dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day
• “Vexed” From verse 7, from “kataponeó (2669)”
to wear down. Usage: I exhaust by labor or suffering, wear
out, overpower, oppress. From kata and
a derivative of ponos;
to labor down, i.e. Wear with toil (figuratively, harass) -- oppress, vex.
Daniel 7:25
And he shall
speak [great]
words against the most High, and
shall wear out
the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they
shall be given
into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
• “Vexed”
From verse 8, from “basanizó (928)” to torture. Usage: I
examine, as by torture; I torment; I buffet, as of waves. 5. Passive to
be harassed, distressed; of those who at sea are struggling with a head
wind, Mark
6:48;
of a ship tossed by the waves, Matthew
14:24.
• Just
= Justified, righteous
• Vexed – Life around him was in total conflict with
his soul.
Lot:
• In Sodom Lot had no pleasure
• Lot was not at peace
• Lot was not in the Lord’s rest
• Was Lot saved?
- Once by Abraham’s 318 troops
- By the angels that dragged him out of Sodom
• Intercessory prayer of Abraham may have played a
role in the second rescue
2 Peter 2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the
unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
• With all the adverse comment on his walk
- Lot is regarded in the New Testament as one who is
saved!
• He was saved literally in terms of being removed
from Sodom and Gomorrah for our learning
• Lot was saved by the Grace and Mercy of God
- Just like we are
• We can take enormous comfort from Lot
- Looking at the apostle Paul is humbling
- Looking at Lot gives us hope for our imperfect
walk
- This is a spiritual issue
- God is seeking to save even one (Genesis 19;
Ezekiel 22:30-31; Jeremiah 5:1)
Ezekiel 22:30-31 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge,
and stand in the gap before me for the
land, that I should not destroy it:
but I found
none. 31 Therefore
have I poured out mine
indignation upon them; I have consumed
them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have
I recompensed upon their heads,
Jeremiah 5:1
Run ye to and fro through
the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and
know, and seek in the broad places thereof,
if ye can find a man, if there be any that
executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I
will pardon it.
• God doesn't seem to require much!
• God's posture with Sodom and Gomorrah is not
unique at all
- He will spare the city for one righteous if there
is one
• This lends credence to the idea that the church
will not see the wrath of God but from a distance
Earth
Dwellers:
• The main scenario in the Book of Revelation is
about Earth Dwellers
• Earth Dwellers – They that dwell upon the earth
• Believers
are not Earh Dwellers
• The Earth Dwellers are blaspheming God
- The Old Testament punishment for blasphemy is
stoning
- Revelation predicts 200-pound hailstones will fall
- This is consistent from beginning to end
1 Corinthians 3:11-15
For other foundation can no man lay than that
is laid, which is
Jesus Christ. 12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones,
wood, hay, stubble;
13 Every
man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every
man's work of what sort it is. 14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon,
he shall receive a reward.
15 If any man's work shall
be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be
saved; yet so as by fire.
• Our works will be tested by the living God
• Depending on what foundation you built upon
- You will either be rewarded or suffer loss
- May suffer loss of our works for still be saved
• We work to please Him and to fulfill His call upon
our lives for his Kingdom anything else is dead works, dross.
• Lots daughters resort to incest and they give rise
to the Moabites and the Ammonites and it rather a grim story to the whole
scene.
Luke 17:22-32
And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see
one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it. 23 And
they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow
them. 24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part
under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son
of man be in his day. 25 But first must he suffer many things, and
be rejected of this generation. 26 And as it was in the days of
Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 27 They did
eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in
marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came,
and destroyed them all.
• He
is not saying that eating, and drinking, and having married wives, and being given
in marriage, is bad. He’s saying, it’s business as usual.
Luke 17:28 Likewise
also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they
sold, they planted, they builded; 29 But the same day that Lot went
out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 30 Even
thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. 31 In
that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let
him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him
likewise not return back. 32 Remember Lot's wife.
“…As
The Days Of Lot”
• “Remember Lot's wife” (Luke 17:32)
• She was
married to the world, and she couldn't let go
• Even with the Angel taking her by the hand
- She still didn't get the message to flee
- She was cleaning too tightly to the world, the
flesh, and to things
Luke 17:33 Whosoever
shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life
shall preserve it. 34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two
men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. 35 Two
women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 36 Two
men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
• You have night, morning, and day
and it all happens like that.
• Does the Lord know that the world is round
you bet. This is an interesting study in astronomy right here.
- This is no Ptolemy cosmology there this is
strictly Copernican cosmology.
• Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance polymath,
active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon, who formulated a
model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its
center. He determined that the earth was round.
Born: February
19, 1473, Toruń, Poland
• What was going on spiritually in Sodom and
Gomorrah? (Romans 1:18-32)
Romans 1:18-19 For
the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and
unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; 19 Because
that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto
them.
- They had two witnesses, Lot and the word of
God/the heavens.
• The heathen are accountable; “without excuse.” God’s
whole creation holds them accountable without excuse.
Romans
1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are
clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal
power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
Romans 1:21 Because
that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as
God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their
foolish heart was darkened.
• They once knew God, everyone does
- They knew God
- They glorified him not as God
- They were not thankful
- They became vain in their imaginations, and their
foolish heart was darkened
Romans 1:22 Professing
themselves to be wise, they became fools,
• “Fools” From, “mórainó (3471)” to be foolish. Usage: (a)
I make foolish, turn to foolishness, (b) I taint, and thus: I am tasteless,
make useless.
(Mōrós)
– dull, sluggish ("without an edge"); (figuratively)
acting "stupid or silly,"
"insipid, flat." . . . "to play the
fool" (WS, 30). See 3474 (mōros) ("moronic")lacking
a grip on reality (acting as though "brainless").
Romans 1:23 And
changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to
corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. 24 Wherefore
God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to
dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
• They
gave God up, so, God gave them up …to dishonor their own bodies between
themselves.
- Is there a link between sexual perversion and the
denial of the Living God … Yes!
Romans 1:25 Who
changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served
the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed
for ever. Amen. 26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile
affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is
against nature: 27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural
use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working
that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their
error which was meet.
28 And
even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over
to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; 29 Being
filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness,
maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 30 Backbiters,
haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things,
disobedient to parents, 31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers,
without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who
knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of
death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
“…As
The Days Of Lot”
• The most profound philosophical insights will not
preserve you from indulgences of the flesh
• Recognition is not a cure
• The highest goal of philosophy, ethics, or
morality in the philosophical sense at best can only give you a consciousness
of it, but not the power to overcome this
- It is only done by the Holy Spirit
• Every headline in America: Is a renewed outbreak
of ancient sins Romans 1:18-32
• They once knew God - failed to glorify Him – became
vain in their reasoning – their hearts darkened
• God gives them up to uncleanness, vile affections,
and a reprobate mind. (John 12:39, 40)
• Remember Lots wife this is the message of the day
Jude 1:8
Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and
• Three times: Used Old Testament examples (Genesis
14, 18, 19)
- defile the flesh “Walking after their own lusts” 2
Peter 3:3
- set at nought dominion
- rail at dignities
• Defile the flesh “Walking after their own lusts” 2
Peter 3:3
- Linked to a belief in Evolution
- Belief in prophecy is antithetical to belief in
Evolution
- Creation and The Second coming imply God
intervening in the history of mankind
- Today's commitment to evolution is attempting to
undermine any belief in the second coming of Jesus Christ
• Defiling the flesh list is found in (Galatians
5:19-20)
• “Out of the heart…defiles a man” (Matthew 15:19,
20)
“They
Set At Naught Dominion:”
• They deny authority:
• “Denying
our only Lord and Master” verse 4
• “No man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the
Holy Spirit” (1 Corinthians 12:3)
• “Every knee shall bow” (Philippians 2:10, 11)
• God sets up authorities •
“New” social order: Kingdom Now: not people of the world; “crept into”; Doctrines
of
Demons (1 Timothy 4:1)
Rail
at Dignities:
• “Rail” = speak evil, revile dignities verses 9,10
• Speaking in judgement of authorities…
Revelation 12:10
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength,
and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our
brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
• Satan
= “Accuser of the Brethren”
- Aren’t we doing his work each time we open our
mouths against the Lord's chosen vessels?
• The Ultimate Dignity: Our Lord Jesus Christ!
• The official state religion of the United States -
Secular Humanism - attacks Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior
Jude’s
Message:
• Remember Sodom
• Remember Lots wife
- Actual Historical event that the Holy Spirit calls
to our attention many times
- Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Jesus points us
to these truths so that we can learn some lessons for our spiritual walk
• Written for Believers
Jude 9-10
Jude Session 5 (Verses 9&10)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB4cmwwDUe0
Michael vs. Satan
Over the Body of Moses
9] Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a
railing accusation, but said, The Lord
• I
believe that the battle for the body of Moses had everything and something to
do with the “Battle Between the Gods.” Moses had bought the Israelites by the
Hand of God out of Egypt, by defeating all of the gods of Egypt in the form of
plagues that totally humiliated the System of the Egyptian gods. I’m sure that
if Satan could put Moses’s head on a pike the systems of this world could claim
that it is futile to stand with the God of Israel, because in the end you will ultimately
be defeated.
A. Remember, Balak the
king of Moab tried to have the prophet Balaam curse Israel, only to find the
LORD would only allow Balaam to bless Israel.
B. King Og of Bashan,
which we associate with the Golan Heights, God led the Israelites to kill
certain giants before entering the Promised Land.
C. The battle has always
been about kings and gods, and whether we trust the true God of the Torah or do
we trust the princes of this world system.
Genesis 3:1-5 Now
the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which
the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God
said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman
said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But
of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye
shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And
the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God
doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and
ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Luke 4:3 And
the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God…
D. Secondly, if there was any way
that the body of Moses could be re-animated, cloned, or duplicated, can you
imagine the chaos that could have ensued if the enemy could speak through the
mouth of a false Messiah/Moses. The Ten Commandments could be annulled or
revised to totally refuted what God originally told Moses.
I also believe what Dr. Chuck Missler stated, “Jude 1:9 tells us that Michael the
archangel fought with Satan over the body of Moses. Why? Nobody on earth knows
besides the Holy Spirit. Moses and Elijah (who never died) show up at the
Transfiguration in Matthew 17. I suspect that these are the Two
Witnesses of Revelation 11, partly because the Two Witnesses have abilities
that match miracles that were accomplished through Elijah and Moses. It is
possible that Moses’ ministry on earth is not finished.”
Blurry
Creatures Episode 203 The Bones of Moses with Dr. Joel Muddamalle
Dr. Joel Muddamalle returns to Blurry Creatures and
we delve into a peculiar story found in the book of Jude about a supernatural
fight over the body of Moses. Why would the location of the body of Moses
matter in cosmic space and time? What did the ancients believe about the
importance of where our bodies are buried? Join us for a fascinating
conversation about the unseen realm and one of the stranger stories in
scripture. Dr. Joel is currently the Director of Theology and Research
for Proverbs 31 Ministries and Lysa TerKeurst and is
passionate about teaching the brilliant truths in Scripture.
Guest: https://muddamalle.com
A curious
fact: It is almost impossible to find a sermon or article on this strange
dispute between the chief of the holy angels and the chief of the wicked
spirits.
“Speak evil of no man” (Titus 3:2).
Review verse 8: Three Outstanding Marks
of Apostasy
• Defiling the flesh
• Despising dominion
• Railing at dignities
Railing judgment is important enough to
merit further illustration!
Two mighty angels once disputed over the body of a
creature of a lower order than they:
• The angel who was faithful to his Creator said
nothing against his evil opponent...
• Even though he himself was doing the work of God
in obedience to a divine command, and...
• Even though the Devil who opposed him was seeking
to thwart God’s purposes!
Other “New” Revelations
Given by Allusion:
Jude: Prophecy of
Enoch verses 14,15
Peter: Noah as a
preacher of righteousness 2 Peter
2:5
Paul: Words of Christ
not in Gospels Acts
20:35
“More blessed to give than receive”
Names of the two magicians in Egypt 2 Timothy 3:8
James: Elijah prayed
to stop rain for 3 1/2 years
(1 Kings 17:1 & 18:1 do not link
long drought in
Ahab’s reign to the prayers of the prophet) James
5:17
Stephen: “another
Pharoah” heteros, not allos;
Moses learned wisdom of Egyptians Acts 7
Michael
Archangel:
“Chief Angel”; always in the singular: only one. Michael = “who is unto like
God?” (vs. Satan, which means “Adversary.”)
· First reference is in Daniel 10:13: After
three weeks of prayer and fasting, delay and assist (Ephesians 6:12).
Michael “one of the chief princes” = “the first of the Chief Princes.” He is
assigned to defeat Satan’s purpose against God’s people:
· Israel Daniel
10:13,21
· Time of Jacob’s
Trouble Daniel 12:1; Revelation 12:7-9
Summary:
Satan seeks to defeat God’s program; Michael is
God’s chosen instrument
for overcoming Satan’s
purpose.
Why Are They Both Interested in
Moses’ Body?
· There are over 500 Old Testament references to
Moses: Only one refers to his body: Deuteronomy 34:5,6.
Deuteronomy 34:5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the
land of Moab,
according to the word of the LORD. 6 And he
buried him in a
valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of
his sepulchre unto this day.
7 And Moses was an
hundred and twenty years old when he
died: his eye was not dim,
nor
his natural force abated.
8 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping [and]
mourning for Moses were ended.
Traditions:
• The Torah tells us that Moses was buried by God. (Deuteronomy
34:6)
• Targum
of Jonathan, on Deuteronomy 34:6:
- The grave of Moses was given into the special
custody of Michael.
- Ancient Jewish traditions speak of a contest about
Moses’ soul at the time of his burial.
- It is widely believed among Jewish scholars that
there was a contest
• Jude tells us about the contest
Questions:
• Why did God Himself bury Moses?
• Why is the place of the sepulcher kept secret?
• Why is Satan interested in the body of man...this
man?
• Why is Michael dispatched to oppose?
1)
Fetish
Risk? The potential of being worshipped (Josephus,
Antiquities of the Jews, IV:8:49).
- Satan’s goal is deception and false worship, we
find him doing that very thing (The Beast “wounded to death”
in Revelation 13:3,4); veneration of Prophet (Deuteronomy
18:15,19).
Revelation 13:3,4
And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his
deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the
beast. 4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto
the beast: and they worshipped the
beast, saying, Who is like unto
the beast? who is able to
make war with him?
• Veneration of Prophet
Deuteronomy 18:15,19
The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of
thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; 16 According
to all that thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb in the day of
the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my
God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. 17 And
the Lord said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have
spoken. 18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren,
like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto
them all that I shall command him. 19 And it shall come to pass,
that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name,
I will require it of him. 20 But the prophet, which shall presume
to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that
shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
• The Brazen Serpent and
King Hezekiah’s reform — 690 years later (2 Kings18:4).
2 Kings18:4
He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and
brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the
children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan (brazen).
• God sent a plague among the people (Numbers 21)
• The Brazen Serpent on a cross was the remedy
• Jesus made reference to that event
Fetishes:
• The Shroud of Turin
• Noah's Ark
Two Groups of Ideas:
2)
Future
Role? Future Roles: Moses and Elijah
• Two ministries in the Old Testament that were
interrupted, that were incomplete
John 1:19 And this is the
record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from
Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
• There
were three people they thought he might be, three were expected in John
1:20-21
John 1:20-21 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
21 And they
asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
• Not the Messiah – He told them right up front
• Elijah
– some confusion in Matthew 11:14; 17:10,11 (Jesus makes a
remark about the spirit of Elijah)
- John the Baptist
was NOT Elijah John 1:21; Matthew 17:11
• He was Not that prophet – Prophet of Moses Deuteronomy
18:15-18
• He was none of them
Promise
of Elijah:
Malachi 4:5-6
Behold, I
will send you Elijah the prophet before the
coming of the great
and dreadful day of the LORD: 6 And
he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest
I come and smite the earth
• John the Baptist came in the spirit of Elijah
• But there is a day that is coming, that Elijah
will come before the Great and Terrible Day of the Lord.
• If you observe Passover in a Jewish Orthodox home,
you will find that there is an empty chair for Elijah.
• Messiah
• Elijah (confusion in Matthew 11:14;
17:10,11);
John the
Baptist NOT Elijah (John 1:21; Matthew 17:11);
• Moses (Deuteronomy 18:15-18).
Numbers 20:7-12
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 8 Take the rod,
and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it
shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the
rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink. 9 And
Moses took the rod from before the Lord, as he commanded him. 10 And
Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said
unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you
water out of this rock?
• Moses was upset, God was not upset = false witness
• Who's taking credit for this?
Numbers 20:11 And
Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote
the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation
drank, and their beasts also.
Moses
Ministry:
• 180 degrees out of step with what God intended
• Moses is going to be placed into the “penalty
box”
• This is a heavy penalty, he is through, out of the
game
• Bring in the substitute!
Numbers 20:12 And
the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to
sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring
this congregation into the land which I have given them.
Deuteronomy 3:23 And
I besought the Lord at that time, saying, 24 O
Lord God, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy
mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according
to thy works, and according to thy might? 25 I pray thee, let me go
over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and
Lebanon. 26 But the Lord was wroth with me for your
sakes, and would not hear me: and the Lord said unto me, Let it
suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. 27 Get thee up
into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and
southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go
over this Jordan. 28 But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and
strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause
them to inherit the land which thou shalt see. 29 So we abode in
the valley over against Bethpeor.
• Moses blew it, and there was a price to pay.
• Moses
is superseded by Joshua (Numbers 20:7-12 vs. Exodus 17);
• Compare this to a similar event in Exodus 17
1 Kings 19:13-16
And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle,
and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came
a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah? 14 And he
said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: because the
children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and
slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek
my life, to take it away. 15 And the Lord said unto him,
Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest,
anoint Hazael to be king over Syria: 16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi
shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of
Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. 17 And it
shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay:
and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. 18 Yet
I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed
unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
2 Kings 2:1-
And it came to pass, when the Lord would take up Elijah into heaven
by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. 2 And
Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath
sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the Lord liveth, and
as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel. 3 And
the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said
unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from
thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. 4 And
Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for
the Lord hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As
the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So
they came to Jericho. 5 And the sons of the prophets that were at
Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that
the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he
answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. 6 And Elijah said
unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the Lord hath sent me to
Jordan. And he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I
will not leave thee. And they two went on. 7 And fifty men of the
sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by
Jordan. 8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and
smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two
went over on dry ground. 9 And it came to pass, when they were gone
over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be
taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy
spirit be upon me. 10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing:
nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto
thee; but if not, it shall not be so. 11 And it came to pass, as
they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire,
and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a
whirlwind into heaven. 12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My
father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw
him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. 13 He
took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood
by the bank of Jordan; 14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that
fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the Lord God
of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and
thither: and Elisha went over. 15 And when the sons of the prophets
which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth
rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground
before him.
• Elijah was superseded by Elisha (1
Kings 19:13-16 @ Horeb; 2 Kings 2:11).
[Elijah, had 8 miracles;
Elisha, had 16
miracles, he had a = double portion.]
Two Witnesses of
Revelation 11:
Revelation 11:3 And
I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two
hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. 4 These are the
two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth,
and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this
manner be killed. 6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain
not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to
blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast
that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall
overcome them, and kill them.
• Overcome = Prevail
• Jesus told Peter that the gates of hell will not
prevail against the church
• These two witnesses are not part of the church
- They are Jewish, Old Testament Saints
Revelation 11:8 And their dead bodies
shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom
and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. 9 And they of the
people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three
days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. 10 And
they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and
shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that
dwelt on the earth. 11 And after three days and an half the spirit
of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great
fear fell upon them which saw them. 12 And they heard a great voice
from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in
a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
Identified 4 Gifts:
Revelation 11:5-6
And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and
devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner
be killed.
6 These
have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and
have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all
plagues, as often as they will.
Elijah: • Fire from Heaven (1 Kings 18:36,37 @ Carmel); 2 Kings 1:10,12 (3 times total!);
•
Shut heaven from rain (1 Kings 17:1; James 5:17; cf. Luke 4:25);
Moses: • Water to blood (Exodus 7:19);
•
All manner of plagues (Exodus 8-12).
- Why not Enoch? [“Die but once?”]
- Hebrews 9:27
is a principle, a denial of reincarnation
- (Hebrews 9:27 vs. Lazarus, Jairus’ daughter,
widow of Nain’s son...]
• Enoch didn’t die but was a Gentile!
Matthew 17 “Staff
Meeting”:
Matthew 17:1-3
And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and
bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, 2 And was
transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment
was white as the light. 3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias
talking with him.
• Jesus,
Moses, and Elijah had a staff meeting!
• How
did they know that this was Moses and Elijah?
- Nothing tells us that we don't know how they
knew
- But they all recognized them somehow
Matthew 17:4-5
Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here:
if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for
Moses, and one for Elias. 5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright
cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This
is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
• Jesus spoke of His Crucifixion (Luke 9:31);
His Sufferings and Glory (1 Peter 1:10-12); and His Second Coming (2
Peter 1:15-18).
Luke 9:30-31
And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias:
31 Who
appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at
Jerusalem.
• It's a prophetic discussion between Jesus, Moses,
and Elijah
1 Peter 1:10-12
Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who
prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: 11 Searching
what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did
signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory
that should follow. 12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto
themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported
unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost
sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
• If you study this passage he is speaking about
that event between Jesus, Moses, and Elijah on the mount of transfiguration.
2 Peter 1:15-18
Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these
things always in remembrance. 16 For we have not followed cunningly
devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17 For he
received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to
him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well
pleased. 18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we
were with him in the holy mount.
• Not only did Moses and Elijah appear with
Christ
- But the discussion had to do with the Second
Coming of Christ
“Wetmore Hypothesis Mount Pisgah”:
Is this mountain the same location as Moses’ sepulchre
and Elijah’s departure?
• Elijah’s
translation across Jordan, east of Jericho taken up by a whirlwind in the
valley at the foot of Mount Pisgah (2 Kings 2:1-14);
• The Transfiguration was not in Galilee (Mark
9:30). Could it be the same Mount Pisgah? (cf. Matthew 17:20).
• Is it possible that this staff meeting with Jesus
took place on the very mountain which Moses saw last and where Elijah was there
last?
Matthew 17:20 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.
• They just come from the Mountain of
Transfiguration
- That's the mountain that he was pointing to
- What mountain was Jesus speaking of Mount
Pisgah?
• Everyone believes that the Mount of
Transfiguration was in Galilee
Mark 9:30 And
they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man
should know it.
• They had just come down from the Mount of Transfiguration
• They couldn't leave Galilee to go to Galilee
• They were NOT already in gallery
• They were east of the Jordan, in Moab, not in
Galilee
• Elijah’s translation was across the Jordan, east
of Jericho (2 Kings 2:1-14)
• Moses’ sepulcher at Beth-Peor, at the base of
Mount Nebo near the foot of Mount Pisgah (Deuteronomy 34:1,6)
Moses’ sepulcher is at Beth-Peor, at the base of
Mount Nebo near the foot of Mount Pisgah (Deuteronomy 34:1,6)
Jude’s
Point:
• Michael is on a mission for the Lord contesting
the body of Moses against Satan
• Even then Michael does not bring a railing
accusation against Satan
• This has to be the most extreme example Jude could
have presented
- Not really about Revelation 11 - the two witnesses
- Discussed Michael, Satan, and the Moses issue
- Link between Moses body and his future role
- Two witnesses will surface representing the Law
and the Prophets in a uniquely Jewish ministry
• Satan understands that, and he is doing all that
he can do to thwart that mission
• Michael was sent to hold the devil back
• There are these casual songs within the Christian
community that do not treat Satan as a dignity
• Michael dared not bring railing accusations
against him
- We shouldn’t make him bigger than he is,
- We shouldn't treat him trivially
• We also shouldn't fear him only because, “1 John
4:4 Greater is he who is in us than he that is in the world.”
Conclusion:
Example of Michael = This is a terrible warning
against “evil speaking.”
• Attacking
God’s people;
• Speaking accusations against institution which honor the Lord and are
honored by
Him
· These are acts which point to a falling away from
the teaching of the Bible rather than to a subjection to it.
• Contending for the faith is one thing (verse 3),
being contentious is another (Titus 3:9).
· In the mouth of two witnesses every word shall be
established:
“The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan...” (Zechariah 3:2).
• Michael’s words were restricted to his adversary
alone.
• If words are publicized, no one can tell how far
it will go, how twisted it will become, or what harm it will ultimately do.
Verse 10: Like Creatures Without Reason:
10] But these speak evil of
those things which they know not: but what they know
naturally, as brute beasts, in those
things they corrupt themselves.
• One thought linking verses 8,9 & 10: Railing
at Dignities.
· The archangel, although dealing with Satan
himself, and possessing a more perfect knowledge than ours, dared not to speak
in judgment.
· “But these rail at whatsoever thing they know
not.”
• An apostate does not hesitate to speak out in
condemnation concerning matters about which he does not know enough to make him
a judge over others.
“Rail” = Greek root, blasphemeo,
transliterates “blaspheme” means to
“vilify” “speak reproachfully” or
“calumniate.”
• What are the “things they know not” (cf. Revelation
13:6; 1 Peter 3:16; 2 Peter 2:12...). Two words for “knowing”:
· “Oida” = deeper knowledge;
· “epistao” = perception by animal senses and
faculties.
• Unreasoning beasts have knowledge of the natural
world, but only a superficial, if any, understanding.
- Marks of an apostasy, in verse 10, in reverse
order (vs. verse 8).
• verse 8: “defile” = to dye, or stain
• verse 10: “corrupted” = spoiled, or ruined
(cf. Ephesians 4:22)
· The apostate limits himself to mere natural
knowledge, rails at the truth, and finally perished eternally in his own
corruption.
Next Time:
Downward acceleration highlighted in verse 11, the heart of the epistle’s
structure:
• Midway
between illustrations from the supernatural realm (verse 9) and from the
natural realm (verses 12,13)
- preceded by apostasy in history, and followed by
apostasy in prophecy.
- It makes personal, individual examples to follow
those already set forth in corporate examples.
Homework: Read about
• Cain (Genesis 4)
- Why was Able a Shepherd?
- What made Abel’s offering acceptable over Cain’s
offering?
• Balaam
(Numbers 22-25,31)
- Balaam was a prophet, how much of A prophet? He
prophesied the Christmas Star
- Greedy, he prophecies for hire
- We have the error of Balaam, the doctrine of
Balaam, and so forth
- He shows up in the Book of Revelation in a letter
by our Lord to the churches
- Because Cain and Balaam do mistakes that you and I
are very likely to do also
• Korah
(Numbers 16)
Jude 11-13
Jude Session 6 (Verses 11-13)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDkVMRs1zSY
11] Woe unto them! for they
have gone in the way of
Cain, and ran
greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of
Core.
Overview:
• Some plain, blunt, tough details
• There is no hope for apostates to be found in all
of the book of Jude
• Their doom is sure
To them is reserved the blackness of darkness
forever Hebrews 6:4-6
• Words are in past tense, they have already
perished
• All of the amended ability of history can't be
changed
• Past
tense is intended to connotate its certainty
Prophetic apostates are still future, still to
happen
- Their doom is sure
2 Peter 2:20
For if after
they have escaped the pollutions of
the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and
overcome, the
latter end is worse with them than the
beginning. 21 For it had been
better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his
own
vomit again; and the sow that was
washed to her
wallowing in the mire.
• As a kid, seeing that when a dog gets upset throws
up, but to see him turn around and lap it up is disgusting.
• How do you think God feels after we knowing the
truth fall into error.
• Like this swine of 2 Peter 2:20-22, they
were never true sheep of the Good Shepherd
- The word “knowledge” here is “head trip” not
experiential trip
Three Men From
the Past:
· This verse is the heart of the epistle’s
structure. Midway between illustrations from the supernatural realm (v. 9) and
from the natural realm (verses 12,13).
· It is preceded by apostasy in history, and is
followed by apostasy in prophecy. This verse also supplements previous
corporate examples with personal, individual examples.
Apostasy is not confined to one class of
person:
• Cain a tiller of the soil
• Balaam a prophet
• Korah a prince in Israel
Individually, each speaks of a particular aspect of what
it means to fall away from
the truth; collectively, they present a complete
process:
First, they enter upon a wrong path;
they
run riotously down that path;
finally, they
perish at its end.
· There is no hope for apostates to be found in all
of Jude. Their doom is sure. To them is reserved the blackness of darkness
forever (Hebrews 6:4-6).
• Like the swine of Mark 5:13, they run
violently down a steep place into God’s wrath;
• Once they come under the power of the “doctrine of
demons” (1 Timothy 4:1)., they turn from the truth (John 14:6).
• These three men commit individual sins
- Jude rolls them all together to portray a process
that all apostates go through
• They knowingly choose the way of Cain for the way
of Christ;
• They choose the error of Balaam for the truth of
Christ;
• And
the perishing of Korah for the life of Christ.
Jude 1:11
Woe unto them! for they
have gone in the way of
Cain, and ran
greedily after
the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of
Core.
The Literal rendering of Jude 1:11:
“In the way of
Cain, they
went away,
and in the wandering of Balaam for reward they rushed headlong, and in the rebellion of
Korah they perished.”
Way
of Cain:
Proverbs 16:25
There is a way that
seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.
Proverbs 14:12
There is a way which
seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.
• Our natural judgment is not a reliable guide for
spiritual things
- The creation shows the Creator, and His handiwork
- The Heavens declare the glory of God
• From the creation we know there is a Designer, an
Architect, a personality behind all that we see
• The creation cannot communicate His redemptive
plan
• Redemption is God's greatest work; it
occupies the most space in all of the Bible
- Creation has maybe a handful of chapters in the
Bible
- Redemption, most of Genesis, Exodus, Ruth, the
Gospels, the whole New Testament, Revelation
• Which work cost God the most?
- God breathes into existence entire universes
• The creation we see is under the curse
• Redemption
is revealed supernaturally by his Word
Genesis 3:23 Therefore
the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the
ground from whence he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man; and he
placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and
a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Genesis 4:1-2 And
Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have
gotten a man from the Lord. 2 And she again bare his brother
Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
• Don’t
presume that one calling is above another, there are documents claiming that
shepherding was a higher call this is nonsense
Genesis 4:3 And
in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the
ground an offering unto the Lord.
• That seems natural enough he's a farmer, he’s
tilling the soil, he grows crops, and he brings the fruit of the ground as an
offering to the Lord
Genesis 4:4 And
Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof.
And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering: 5 But
unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and
his countenance fell.
• There's a concept in business that you ought to
know your market, if you are selling a product you ought to know what your
buyer prefers
Genesis 4:6 And
the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy
countenance fallen?
What
Was
Cain’s Mistake?
- He did not deny the existence of God; was he a
Believer? Yes! There is scholastic traditions with reasons to believe that in
this time the way offering was accepted by God was accepted literally. Not
through the pastor or through the Church or the priesthood. Fire came down from
heaven and consumed it!
- He did not refuse to worship Him;
- He was not in rebellion
- He simply failed to satisfy God by approaching Him
on the revealed basis of vicarious atonement.
• Cain: a sacrifice of works = a setting
aside of God’s Word.
Our “Way of Cain”
• “Christians” have those same qualities…
• How do we know God's attitude towards our approach
is any different than God's reaction to Cain’s?
The Hall of
Faith:
Hebrews
11:1-3 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good report. 3 Through
faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that
things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. 4 By
faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he
obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it
he being dead yet speaketh.
• What was there about Abel’s offering?
- Made by faith
- “Faith
comes by hearing...” Romans 10:17
• Abel had heard something not detailed in the
summary in Genesis
Abel’s offering was in response to a commandment
Genesis 4:1-7...Abel,
a sacrifice by faith
• These
insights are not open to the casual readers of the book of Genesis
Genesis 3:7
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew
that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves
together, and made themselves aprons.
• Adam
walked with God, Adam was perfect, from the Psalms and some other places in the
scripture we can draw the Biblical inference …
• They had been clothed with light before they
sinned
• After they sinned, they were no longer righteous,
they lost that covering, what they did caused them to realize that they had
lost that covering
• By being conscious of that they attempted to
clothed themselves
• So,
they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons
Genesis 3:20 And
Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. 21 Unto
Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and
clothed them.
• Adam and Eve had garments that were apparently
inadequate
• God made coats of skins and clothed them
• The fact that God personally did that should get
our attention
• If we just had Genesis 3:21, we would be
out on the limb
- But if we take the rest of the Torah, Exodus and
the Passover lamb, and Leviticus and wrap it all together
• We discover that from Genesis 3 through Revelation
19
- God consistently presents the principle that
without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin. “without the
shedding of blood there is no remission” (Hebrews 9:22).
• As we really understand the whole scripture
- We recognize a preoccupation with shed blood
• We miss the vivid object lessons of Judaism in the
Old Testament
- God, throughout Israel’s history ordained rituals
• The slaughtering of animals, shedding their blood
• The Tabernacle’s nickname is “The House of Blood “
• The Temple had special aqueducts for the blood to
flow
• All of the barbaric ritual is God's way of showing
us that sin is serious, that sin has to be paid for
- Not by the blood of sheep and goats, that's just
the model a tutorial
- It all points to the sacrifice on the cross
• I'm suggesting to you that the cross was preached
in Genesis 3:20-21
• Do you notice why Adam called Eve the mother of
all living? Because of these coats of skin
• Suggesting the cross was preached in Genesis
3:21
• Some believe the altar was at the gate
- They were outside the garden but instructed to
bring offerings to the altar
• God instituted the Levitical system in Genesis
3:21
- Elaboration is found in Genesis 22, (Gensis
22 is the most fascinating Prophecy Study in the Bible) when Abraham
offers Isaac, and 2,000 years later another Father would be offering His Son on
that hill and Abraham knew that. (Hebrews 3; Romans 4)
• This
presumes and amplifies a sacrifice long before Moses
• God instituted the concept of the faith offering
the blood sacrifice as prophetically pointing to Jesus Christ, as earliest Adam
and Eve. Now we can look at Cain with much more insight
- “Without the shedding of blood there is no
remission” (Hebrews 9:22).
• Cain was a tiller of the soil - no problems there
• Abel was a tender of the sheep - we have a problem
with that
- They didn't eat meat, not until after the flood,
meat was forbidden
• What are they doing raising sheep?
- Wool for clothing? Offerings?
• Able’s offering was by faith (Hebrews 11:4)
• What’s Cain doing then?
- He failed satisfy God by approaching Him on the
revealed basis of vicarious atonement
• God had ordained then and still does today tell us
that the only way we can approach God is by shed blood of Jesus Christ
• Cain didn't do that, he brought the works of his
own hands
• The way of Cain: to blaspheme God, declaring His
Salvation incomplete by trying to add to it
There's two ways to get to heaven
Plan A Is by works
Plan B Is, hey we
can't do it we need help
We can't make it by our own efforts
- “There is a way that seems right to a man, but the
end there are all the ways of
death” Proverbs 16:25
The basis for our approach to God is His completed
work on our behalf
Our attempts to add to that is blasphemy
- Good works are not an attempt to earn anything
- Attempting to earn a position with the Lord
declares the position you have by faith in Christ is inadequate
• Cain perished because of it; he was made an
example for us to avoid
• God wants offerings by faith, not works
That's what the way of Cain is all about
- The blasphemy of God by declaring His salvation is
incomplete through our attempts to add something to it
• We can't add anything to the completed work of
Jesus Christ on the cross-no matter what we do
• Faith versus works reverberates throughout all of
scripture
- It starts right here with Cain and Abel
- Both were believers; both brought offerings; one
was saved, one was not saved. One followed God's instructions, one chose his
own way, and it didn’t work
Error of
Balaam:
Greek Balaam - “ran riotously,” “have been poured forth,”
“rampage.”
• They are lovers of pleasures more than lovers of
God (2 Timothy 3:4).
Balaam:
A prophet greedy for gold, hired by the enemies of the people of God to curse
them; warned not to by God (Numbers 22:12).
- Balaam was a prophet, he was not a false prophet, he had a gift,
Numbers 24:15-17
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the
man whose eyes are open hath said: 16 He hath said, which heard the
words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of
the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 17 I
shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a
Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite
the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
• Some believe that this is the Christmas Star
• Balaam has some prophecies, some important
- He is best known for his major “screw ups”
- Greedy for gold, hired by the enemies of the
people of God to curse them; warned not to by God (Numbers 22:12)
Numbers 22:1-33
• Who is the Angel of the LORD?
- He allows himself to be worshipped
• Most believe that the Angel of the LORD is the
Lord Jesus Christ (Joshua 5)
- Old Testament
appearance, the pre-incarnate Jesus Christ
• Not
satisfied with this (sufficient) answer, he makes a further request to go, and
is given permission but not allowed to utter anything but blessings. Basically
he was a hireling.
- Moses’ summary (Deuteronomy 23:4,5).
Deuteronomy 23:1-5
He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not
enter into the congregation of the Lord.
2 A
bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his
tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord.
• Link verse 2 to Ruth 4:18-22
Deuteronomy 23:3 An
Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord;
even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of
the Lord for ever: 4 Because they met you not with bread
and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they
hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to
curse thee. 5 Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not
hearken unto Balaam; but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a
blessing unto thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee.
• Deprived of rewards promised by Balak, King of
Moab, Balaam’s covetous heart conceived an evil thought:
- As you recall, they were camped by the borders of
Moab.
• If he could counsel the women of Midian and Moab
to tempt the Israelites and cause them to sin,
• God
would have to punish His people:
- Balak’s purpose would be served, and Balaam would
be rich.
• The seduction worked (Numbers 25:2,3; 31:16)
- How did they get that insight? From Balaam’s
council.
Numbers 31:15-17
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
16 Behold,
these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit
trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague
among the congregation of the Lord. 17 Now
therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath
known man by lying with him.
The
Error of Balaam for Hire:
• “Error
of Balaam” Jude 11
- Natural reasoning = supposed a righteous God had
to curse the evident immorality in Israel
· Sacrificing of eternal riches for temporal gain.
Lust for the “pleasures of sin for a season”; greed for the “treasures of
Egypt” (Hebrews 11:25; Mark 8:36). Demas: “Having loved this
present world” (2 Timothy 4:10). Cf. “Error of Balaam” (Jude 11):
natural reasoning = supposed a righteous God had to curse the evident
immorality in Israel.
• “Way of Balaam” (2 Peter 2:15):
- A Hireling = making a “market” for his gift.
• “Doctrine of Balaam” (Revelation 2:14):
Revelation 2:14 But
I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the
doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the
children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit
fornication.
- Spiritual unchastity; marriage with the world.
• Balaam took the way of Cain,
- Lived riotously afterward, he got his reward from
Balak
- But perished miserably with the enemies of God at
last (Joshua 13:22).
• Sacrificing of eternal riches for temporal gain
• Lust for the “pleasures of sin for a season”
• Greed for the “treasures of Egypt” (Hebrews
11:25; Mark 8:36)
• Demas: “Having loved this present world” (2
Timothy 4:10)
• The passion for worldly enticements to interfere
with your eternal riches
• You know many times people say, “Well what's wrong
with doing X?”
• That’s not the question, what’s right about it?
• • The issue
is does it get in the way of your relationship with Jesus Christ? Things don't
have to be great momentous sins to separate you from God.
• A light touch on the things of this world, that’s
our challenge
Rebellion of Korah:
(Note: Not in chronological order...(Numbers
16)
- Chronologically it should have been Cain, Korah,
and Balaam
• Jude is illustrating a process that occurs
- The Way of Cain
- The Error of Balaam
- The Rebellion of Korah
• In your Bible it may say, the Gainsaying of Korah
• “Gainsaying”: Greek antilogia = “against the
word.”
• Korah was a Levite and a cousin to Moses (Exodus
6:18-21).
• Under his leadership, He and his associates,
Dathan and Abiram,
- Rejected God’s appointed mediator Moses... and
went down alive into the pit (Numbers 16:31-3).
• They rebelled against the type of Christ (Hebrews
3);
• They dared to think “all are holy” (Numbers
16:3):
Numbers 16:1-3
Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and
Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:
2 And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of
Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the
congregation, men of renown:
3 And
they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said
unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy,
every one of them, and the Lord is among them: wherefore then lift ye
up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord?
• Are all are sons of God? (Genesis 3:5)
- “Ye are of your father the devil…” (John 8:44)
• That was Jesus comment on the Brotherhood of Man
• Is a mediator needed? Moses was a type
- Jesus said, “I am the way the truth and the life,
no man comes to the father but by me” (John 14:6);
• Only
One Way
• Is
the Cross unnecessary? 3 times! (Matthew 26:36-44);
- Gethsemane means “The oil press”
- He took with Him Peter, James, and John. Judas was
gone to betray Him.
- How many were left behind? Eight, how many were
left in the Ark eight.
Matthew 26:36-44
Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the
disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. 37 And he took
with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very
heavy. 38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding
sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. 39 And
he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my
Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless,
not as I will, but as
thou wilt. 40 And he cometh unto the
disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not
watch with me one hour? 41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into
temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 42 He
went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if
this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
43 And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were
heavy. 44 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third
time, saying the same words.
- If there is any other way for anybody ever to get
into heaven other than the way of the cross, did Jesus Christ died in vain and
his prayer was not answered
• We like to think the way is much bigger than that
- “Narrow is the way and straight is the gate that
leads to salvation. But broad is the gate that leads to destruction.” (Matthew
7:13-14)
• Korah
and the guys that rebelled against Moses didn't feel that Moses had any special
ordination
- They are about to get a lesson on Moses ordination
Numbers 16:28-33
And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do
all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind. 29 If
these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the
visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me. 30 But
if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and
swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into
the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord. 31 And
it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the
ground clave asunder that was under them: 32 And the earth opened
her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that
appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
33 They,
and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth
closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.
• Jude places Korah third; by doing that Cain,
Balaam, and Korah describe a process
- They choose a way
- They rush headlong into that way
- They perish at the end
• The craftsmanship of the book of Jude
- The Holy Spirit skillfully picks every word and
has structured this precisely
Woe unto Apostates (Luke 10:1-16).
All three statements in Jude 11 are in
the past tense: those who go the way of Cain ... have
already perished.
The Coming Grand Apostasy (2 Thessalonians
2:10-12)
• All of what Jude is talking about is prophetic
2 Thessalonians 2:1-5
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by
our gathering together unto him, 2 That ye be not soon shaken in
mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us,
as that the day of Christ is at hand. 3 Let no man deceive you by
any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first,
and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4 Who
opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is
worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself
that he is God. 5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I
told you these things?
2 Thessalonians 2:8
And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the
spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
• This is a flash future
2 Thessalonians 2:9
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with
all power and signs and lying wonders,
• This
guy is not a phony, he’s not a charlatan, he is not pretending
- Some Greek words used of the miracles in the
Gospels
2 Thessalonians 2:10
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because
they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And
for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a
lie:
• Not just a lie, they will believe the lie
- The ultimate lie, this is a definite article
2 Thessalonians 2:12 That
they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in
unrighteousness.
• The only way to get through this is to be
supernaturally selected by God and empowered by the Holy Spirit
• There is an ultimate super apostasy coming
- We are very close, we are on the threshold of
seeing it happen
• All three statements in June 11 are past tense
- Those who go the way of Cain
- Run greedily after the error of Balaam
- Participate in the rebellion of Korah
• Have already perished
Jude 12
These are spots in your feasts of
charity, when they feast with you, feeding
themselves without
fear: clouds they are
without water, carried about of winds; trees
whose fruit withereth, without
fruit, twice dead, plucked up
by the roots;
Hidden Rocks:
“Spots”
From “spilas (4694)”, a
ledge of rock (over which the sea dashes), i.e. a reef.
• Greek: Reefs below the ocean, threatening
safe navigation
- Rocks that are known are less of a problem…! These
guys came to eat and to plunder. There are people hidden among us who are
really not of the Body of Christ
• Agape
feasts; abuses rebuked 1 Corinthians 11:21
- Some began to “pasture” themselves
Clouds
Without Water:
• Deceit and discouragement = thirsty (Proverbs
25:14)
- Opposite of Luke 12:54
• “Without water” = “dry places” where evil spirits
are said to wander (Matthew 12:43)
• “Carried aside by winds”; winds = ruach
(Old Testament) = pneuma (New Testament) John 3:8 (Same word for
Spirit)
- They are bondslaves to Satan
- Clouds never go where it pleases, it goes where
the winds carry it
Romans 6:16
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye
are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto
righteousness?
Jude 13
Raging waves of the sea, foaming
out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the
blackness of darkness for ever.
Autumn Trees:
• Greek “autumn” + “to wane” = Late Autumn Trees
(fruitless)
• Harvest
is ripe
- Believers are to be gathered into His barn (Matthew
13:30)
- Others are rooted up (Matthew 15:13)
- Transgressors are rooted out (Proverbs 2:22)
- Dead to the fruit of profession (1 Timothy 5:6)
- Dead to the fruit of possession = second death (Revelation
20:14)
Revelation 20:14
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second
• All of us have two deaths it's important in what
order they come, our second death was taken care of at the cross. So, the death
that remains has no fear for us.
• Tragic for those who’s got it in the wrong order, the
second death is final
• Contrasted to these trees are the trees planted by
the rivers of living waters Psalms 1:3; Jeremiah 17: 7,8
Wild
Waves:
• Sea = People who do not know God (Isaiah
57:20-21)
-Idiomatically the sea is always used of humanity it’s
crass, self-serving, unhappy, state
• God has imposed limits on the sea (Psalms 104:9)
• Nothing shall hurt you Luke 10:19
• All to account to His glory 1 Peter 2:12
• He
rules, stills, the sea Psalms 89:9
- He rebuked the sea Matthew 8:26 Who’s causing that
storm? Satan
- In the New World, New Heaven New Earth, “there was no more sea”
Revelation 21:1
- Speaking idiomatically, there’s something negative
consistently used about that idiom, in any case these apostates are raging
waves of the sea foaming out their own shame
Wandering
Stars:
The phrase implied here is …
• Meteorite:
Falling star
- Illumination derived
- Flashing brilliantly for a brief time
• Stars in orbits are ordained by their Creator
- Or destined for the blackness of (outer) darkness
forever Matthew 8:12
• Black holes
- Certain stars have no light because light can't
escape from it
- Draws all into it because of the intense
gravitational pull, even light can’t leave it
- It is believed that within them “Time does not
exist”
- “These are wandering stars not in orbit, without
ordination to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.“
- These guys spiritually speaking is destined for a
black hole
Five Word Pictures:
Selected and assembled in a definite order (e.g., craftsmanship!)
Graph Significance
Hidden rocks Unseen danger
Waterless clouds False promise
Autumnal trees Barren profession
Raging waves Wasted effort
Wandering stars Aimless
course
• These
five graphical ideas present the same downward degeneration as verse 11
Summary:
Five graphs present the same downward degeneration
as v. 11: Men present at Christian love-feasts...
...carried
away;
...fruitless,
uprooted, dead;
...shame,
outer darkness their territory.
Contrast
With Our Lord:
Hidden rock threatening shipwreck Rock of Our Salvation
Clouds with no blessing He who Comes
With Clouds
Trees of death Tree
of Life
Restless troubled sea Leads
Beside Still Waters
Wandering stars in darkness Bright and
Morning Star
Contrast With True Believers:
Dangerous Rocks Living Stones 1 Peter 2:5
Waterless Clouds Sources of Living Water John 7:38
Dead Trees Trees of Righteousness Isaiah 61:3
Raging Waves Peace like a River... Isaiah 48:18
Wandering Stars Shine as Stars forever Daniel 12:3
Observe the craftsmanship of the Holy
Spirit!
Homework for Next Time: “Methuselah was the oldest
man in the Bible; yet he died before his father...”? (Genesis 5). Enoch
Jude 14-16
Jude Session 7 (Verses 14-16)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFTIt4InnR0
14] And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of
these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
15] To execute judgment upon all, and to
convince all that
are ungodly among them of
all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard
speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Prophecy Before
the Flood:
• The earliest recorded prophecy by a prophet
- Genesis 3:15 is a prophecy uttered by the
LORD Himself as He declared war on Satan
• If it were not for Jude, we would know practically
nothing about prophecy before the flood.
• We know of cities, cattle raising, fine arts,
education, and manufacturing (Genesis 4:17-22).
- But prophecy doesn’t show up there
• Enoch is the only prophet whose words are
preserved for us
- [Words similar to Jude’s appear in the apocryphal
Book of Enoch, a patchwork of fanciful and unscriptural material.]
Review:
Examples of “New Revelations” by Way of Allusions
Jude: Michael’s
dispute over body of Moses Jude
9
Peter: Noah as a
preacher of righteousness 2
Peter 2:5
Paul: Names of the
two magicians in Egypt 2 Timothy
3:8
Words of Christ not in Gospels Acts 20:35
James: Elijah prayed
to stop rain for 3 1/2 years James
5:17
• Don’t
get uncomfortable with the idea that Holy Spirit has preserved this truth even
though the form of it is an allusion to something the writer presumes you
already know
Enoch:
Enoch: “Seventh from
Adam.”
- Adam, Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch
- vs. there was another Enoch, (bad apple) son of
Cain in Genesis 4:17
• Genesis 4:26 has
a misunderstanding in it
• Descendants of Cain Genesis 4:1-24
- Some names are used often, common names at the
time
• The birth of Seth found in Genesis 4:25
Genesis 4:26
And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name
Enos: then began
men to call upon the name of the LORD.
Call
on the Name of the LORD:
• Didn’t Abel and Adam, and others call on the Name
of the Lord?
• What happened in verse 26 with the son of Seth?
- It’s slightly mistranslated
“Then men began to profane the name of the Lord” (Genesis
4:26)
• Genesis 4:26 International Standard
Version Seth also fathered a son, whom he named
Enosh. At that time, profaning the name of the LORD began.
• “Then men began to profane the name of the Lord” (Genesis
4:26).
- 19 commentaries out of 20 don’t bring this out
• In the Hebrew text it reads - “Call something by
the name of the Lord...”
- They “Called something else the name of the Lord”
- They are profaning the name of the Lord
Ancient texts read as follows…
• Targum of Onkelos: “...desisted from
praying in the name...”
• Targum of Jonathan: “Surnamed their idols
in the name...”
• Kimchi, Rashi, & other ancient Jewish
commentators agree
• Jerome indicated this opinion of many Jews of his
day.
• Maimonides, Commentary on the Mishna (Is a
constituent part of the Talmud), A.D. 1168, ascribes the origin of idolatry to
the days of Enos.
Before
the
Flood:
• We have a very myopic, naïve view of the period
before Genesis 6
• We have many misconceptions about Adam & Eve
and their descendants
- Adam probably lived to see 5 million people, his
offspring
• Make a chart and lay out their life spans and
calculate how many children each person could possibly have
- Recognize that their long-life spans can be taken
literally
- Their life spans also overlapped by many years
- In the time of Noah there were 5-7 key people
still alive
- Shem, the son of Noah, lived 54 years after Abram
was born
• So, you get a whole different perspective of this
early era because of these extremely long-life longevities
• By the end of Genesis 4 we find
apostasy, rebellion against the Name of God
- Adam and Eve and there forebearers lived outside
of the Garden, but not far away.
• We jump to a lot of conclusions because the record
we have is such a summary.
Four Hebrew words for
“Man”:
Adam “origin” the “dust of the adamah” (ground)
Ish “sex” a male
Geber “strength” a mighty man
Enosh “infirmities” a physically mortal; character - incurable
a loser (used over 500 times)
Enos = frail, weak, sickly, incurable:
• In his days men began to profane the name of the
Lord, when you understand that, that gives rise to the raising of a prophet and
that’s where Enoch comes in
Enosh:
• Third from Adam: Enosh is the third from
Adam: Adam, Seth, Enosh, he’s Adams
grandson
• Third from Moses (grandson) Jonathan, was
the first idolatrous priest in Israel (Judges 18:30)
• Son of Seth: Destroys the “line of Seth”
theory of Genesis 6. If the line of Seth was so good, let’s take a look
at his first son. That was “Enosh”, you see that whole theory is based
on a misunderstanding of verse 4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was
born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name
of the Lord.
Genesis 5:21
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: 22 And
Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat
sons and daughters: 23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred
sixty and five years: 24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not;
for God took him.
Hebrews 11:5
By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found,
because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this
testimony, that he pleased God. 6 But without faith it is
impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is,
and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
• Enoch did not die, he was translated
• There are two people who did not see death
- Enoch was one of them Genesis 5:21-24; Hebrews
11:5-6
- Elijah is the other one 2 Kings 2:1-14
• Enoch was translated midway between Adam
and Abraham; Enoch was Gentile
• Elijah,
midway between Abraham and Christ; Elijah was Jewish
• Both of these men ministered in times of deep
apostasy.
• Enoch walked with God “by Faith” (Hebrews 11:5).
• This was not a casual stroll
- (verse 22 continues in verse 24: 300 years later!)
• That
walk involved several things
- Agreement; surrender, witness for 300 years (Amos
3:3)
- Enoch had to surrender to God every day
- That leads to a witness down through the millennia
of time
- This privilege is available today! (Colossians
2:6; Galatians 5:25; 2 Corinthians 5:7)
Colossians 2:6 As
ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
Galatians 5:25
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 5:7
(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
• Enoch’s earliest prophecy was not these words in
Jude,
- But the name of his son Methuselah (Noah’s
grandfather):
• Enoch had a revelation
• Enoch had a son
• Enoch then, walked with God, the result was then
this prophecy
• Methuselah:
“Muth (4191)” = “to die” (found 125 times in the Old Testament; 8 times
in Genesis 5 alone)
Shalak = “to send
forth” (used over 60 times in Old Testament: send judgment on the earth,
plagues of Egypt, famine, fire, pestilence of prophets, etc.)
• MuthShalak makes up the word, Methuselah
Names in the Bible have
meaning:
• Eve = life-giver; mother of all living (Genesis
3:20)
• Cain = acquired (Genesis 4:4)
• Seth = appointed (Genesis 4:25)
• Abraham = father of many nations (Genesis
17:5)
• Enoch = teaching; initiation; or commencement.
• Methuselah
= when he dies it shall be sent
· When Methuselah died, judgment was sent. Jewish tradition
says that he died seven days before the Flood.
• Methuselah’s life becomes a model of grace and
longsuffering:
- He is the oldest man in the Bible (969 years—Genesis
5:27). - Enoch “walked with God” after he begat Methuselah (Genesis
5:21-24).
- He received the revelation ... named his son ...
became a prophet.
- [Was his
incentive any different than ours?]
- God is not willing that any perish (2 Peter
3:8,9).
Four Facts Emphasized by Enoch’s
Prophecy:
• Enoch’s
prophecy is of the Lord’s Second Coming
1) We know the Lord’s
coming is sure;
2) We know who will
accompany the Lord;
3) We know the
purpose of His coming;
4) We know the result
of the Lord’s coming.
Jude 14
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the
Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
1) We Know the Lord’s
Coming is Sure:
- We have the assurance of this prophecy spoken in
the past tense (Cf. Revelation 19:11-14).
• Written as history, but written in advance
- Like history, nothing can change it.
• These prophecies are written the same way
• They are not contingent on anything
- He is “able to subdue all things to Himself” (Philippians
3:21)
2) We Know Who Will
Accompany the Lord:
• He will come “with His holy myriads”: “myriads”
found in other passages (Zechariah 14:5; Revelation 19:4; Daniel
7:10).
• Moses:
ten thousands of “holy ones” (Deuteronomy 33:2) = Angels (Acts 7:53;
Galatians 3:19)
• Christ’s return:
“All the holy angels” (Matthew 25:31);
- Believers also (Colossians 3:4; 1 Thessalonians
3:13);
- “we shall judge angels” (1 Corinthians 6:2,3)
3) We Know the
Purpose of His Coming:
- First and last prophecy (Revelation 22:20)
given through a man focuses on His Second Coming in judgment.
• First
prophecy came through Enoch
- He will come to bring judgment (krisis)
(Hebrews 9:26-28).
Hebrews 9:26-28
For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of
the world: but now once in the end of the world hath
he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27 And as
it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: 28 So
Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for
him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
• “krisis” is used of Sodom (Luke
10:14);
• “a certain fearful looking for krisis”
(Hebrews 10:27);
• “the
day of krisis ...of ungodly men” (2
Peter 3:7)
- The use of that word, is the judgement of the
unsaved
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.
• Word used is krisis
No believer will ever come into krisis
(John 5:24);
• A Believer before the Judgement Seat
of Christ uses a different word
• A different word is used: This is the Bema
Seat (Romans 14:10; 2 Corinthians 5:10) where the judge
sat to pass out the rewards at the end of the race
• There is a different kind of judgement for
believers
- Apocryphal “Book of Enoch” error: “
• “He comes with myriads of saints to execute
judgement on them.”
• Book of Enoch was written by a fraud, a false
prophet
• It was not written by Enoch
“ All”: Who will be judged?
• He cometh to judge the earth (Psalms 96:13).
• ...all nations (Joel 3:12; Matthew 25:32).
• ...with their cities (Matthew 11:22; 12:41).
• ...every man, living or dead (2 Timothy 4:1;
2 Thessalonians 1:7-9).
• ...fallen angels (verse 6) et al. (Isaiah 24:21).
• ...and
demons (Matthew 8:29).
Who will be this judge?
“The Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all
judgment to the Son” (John 5:22) • “...according to truth...deeds... my gospel”
(Romans 2:2,6,16).
Romans 2:2
But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against
them which commit such things. 6 Who will render to every man
according to his deeds: 16 In the day when God shall judge the
secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
4. We Know the Result of the Lord’s
Coming:
- All the ungodly will be convicted of all their
works of ungodliness...
• Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire (Matthew
25:31-46);
• books opened...according to their works (Revelation
20:11-15);
• heavens and earth reserved unto fire... (2 Peter
3:7)
- ...which they have ungodly wrought.
• He looks at the heart (1 Samuel 16:7)
- ...hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken
against Him
•...every idle word which men shall speak (Matthew
12:36).
• The description of the Anti-Christ in scripture is
a Big Mouth (Revelation 13; Daniel 8)
Enoch’s
Role In Prophecy:
• Much is said about Noah and the Ark
- Noah is called by God to build this barge, ark - 8
people are saved
- There is no reason to believe that Noah had only
three sons!
- Made the ark, miraculously preserved through the
flood
• Where would you have the Ark land after the flood?
- The Ark’s resting place was by God’s design
- It was placed on a geographically unstable
mountain, where it is too high to live
- God seems to have placed the ark in a place where
it is impossible to use it as timber, etc.
• 14,000 feet plus on Mount Ararat, with very
inhospitable conditions
- It is preserved in ice
• The Ark was sealed inside and outside with pitch
in Genesis 6:14
- It was built to be preserved; it was deposited to
be preserved
• Hypothesis – The Ark’s role is
prophetically not over
- It was a testimony to an unbelieving world of
coming judgment back when it was built, it will be again
- It implies A testimony to the reality of Genesis 6
and the reality of Noah
- God intervenes in the lives of men, and he holds
them accountable
• Pitch:
The word “pitch” within and without in Genesis 6, is used throughout
scripture, but it’s translated “pitch” only in that chapter
- Everywhere else in the Old Testament “pitch” is
translated = Atonement
- There is a gigantic “pun” here
• These eight people were preserved by Atonement
- The ark is a type of Christ preserving the chosen
through the judgment to become a new beginning at the end
- The ark when it comes to rest, when they leave the
ark, the Holy Spirit tells us it was the 17th day of the 7th
month. In the book of Exodus when the Passover is Instituted, He makes that
month, the first of the month. The Passover is on the 14th of Nissan,
which in Genesis is the seventh.
- If Jesus Christ is crucified on the 14th
of Nissan, what happens 3 days later? His resurrection. You mean to tell me
that God let Noah leave the ark on the third day after the 14th on
the Anniversary thousands of years in advance of the Resurrection of Jesus
Christ? Absolutely!
- It's mind blowing how the Lord orchestrates all of
this
• Is the ark a type of the believer?
- The ark is not removed from the judgment, it was
preserved through it
- There is a difference between it and the Church
• “not appointed unto wrath, but unto salvation” (1
Thessalonians 5:9)
• “I will keep you from the time of tribulation” (Revelation
3:20)
• The Ark is a type of Israel, preserved through
tribulation
• Where is the Church?
- The Church is non-Jewish – Enoch
- Enoch was removed from the scene before the
judgment
Note: Rapture Models in the Old
Testament
• Enoch’s translation before promised judgment (cf.
Noah’s Ark, preserved through judgment.
• Lot’s deliverance from Sodom prior to judgment.
• Nebuchadnezzar’s fiery furnace: WHERE WAS DANIEL?
(Daniel 3)
- When the music plays everyone was to bow down to
the image
- Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused to bow
down
• Nebuchadnezzar built
the image 66 cubits high and 6 cubits wide - he commanded everyone to bow down
- Nebuchadnezzar is a type of Anti-Christ
- Forces all to worship him at the pain of death
• Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego a type of Israel
- They are in the fiery furnace fire is an idiom of
the tribulation in the Old Testament, they are preserved through the fiery
furnace they are not kept out of the furnace
- Fire = Tribulation no harm came to them
• Where is Daniel?
- He was not around, for whatever reason, at that
time he was probably on an errand of the state, and his enemies used that time
to attack his second string
Enoch’s
Role In Prophecy Pre-Trib Rapture:
• Lot’s deliverance from Sodom prior to judgement
- It was clear as Abraham was interceding for Lot if
there was one righteous the judgement would have been stayed
- The two angels get Lot out of Sodom
• They could not carry out the mission until Lot was
gone!
• The Seventy Weeks Prophecy (Daniel 9)
• A period of time of 69 weeks; then 1 week after
that
- Scope verse, (Daniel 9:24)
- Detailed description of the 69 weeks (Daniel
9:25)
- Description of events between 69th and
70th week (Daniel 9:26)
- Description of the 70th week (Daniel 9:27)
• There is a gap between 69th ( ) 70th weeks
- That ( ) is paramount to understanding the 70
weeks prophecy of Daniel
- The same gap is in Revelation 12:5-6
“Dispensational
Breaks”
• Israel and the Church are “mutually exclusive” (Daniel
9). [See the list below for 24 dispensational “gaps” in Scripture.]
1) Genesis 1:1-2 2) Psalms 22:21-22 3) Psalms 118:22
4) Isaiah 9:6 5) Isaiah 53:10 6) Isaiah 61:2
7) Lam 4:21-22 8) Daniel 9:26-27 9) Daniel 11:20-21
10) Hosea 2:13-14 11)
Hosea 3:4-5 12) Amos 9:10-11
13) Micah 5:2-3 14) Hab 2:13-14 15) Zephaniah 3:7-8
16) Zech 10:9-10 17)
Matthew 10:23 18) Matthew 12:20
19) Luke 1:31-32 20)
Luke 4:18-20 21) Luke
21:24
22) John 1:5-6 23)
1 Peter 1:11 24) Revelation 12:5-6 In all of
those God's dealing with Israel and God's dealing with the Church are mutually
exclusive. 12 Israel 12 Church = 24
• When Israel rejects her Messiah the positioning of
the Church is established
- From then (Age of Grace) until the Rapture is
clearly a parenthesis in which God’s focus is on the Gentiles /Church
- Believers in the Old Testament and prior to the
Church; they are believers
- The apostles were sent to Israel, two by two a
specific mission set up there
- There is an era that we enjoy, we take it all for
granted, very peculiar things abound to us that were not true then and are just
unique to us …the Church
• There will come a time when that is over, God will
have accomplished His purpose
- God will again choose to deal with the world
through Israel
- The insight to unraveling the Book of Revelation
is to understand it’s Jewishness: Chapters 4 – to the end are Jewish;
Israel
- The 7 letters to the 7 Churches are a Gentile
parenthesis
Enoch’s
Role in Prophecy:
• Ruth and Boaz
- Naomi represents Israel
- Boaz is the kinsman redeemer
- Ruth is the Gentile Bride
• Where was Ruth during the Threshing floor scene?
- At the feet of Boaz (Ruth 3)
• There Are Two Models of the Rapture in
the Old Testament:
• Explicit
in Isaiah 26:19-21; Zephaniah 2:3
Isaiah 26:19-21
Thy dead men shall
live, together
with my dead body shall
they arise.
Awake and
sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the
dew of herbs, and the
earth shall cast
out the dead.
20 Come, my people, enter thou
into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about
thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the
indignation be overpast.
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh
out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also
shall disclose her blood, and shall no
more cover her slain.
Zephaniah 2:3
Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the
earth, which have
wrought his
judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye
shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.
Amos 8:9-10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will
cause the sun to go
down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
10 And I
will turn your feasts into
mourning, and all your
songs into
lamentation; and I
will bring up
sackcloth upon all
loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will
make it as the
mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a
bitter day.
• This is talking about crucifixion of Christ (Amos
8:9-10)
Jude 16
These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their
mouth speaketh great swelling words,
having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.
Occurrences of “Dispensational Breaks”
Book Gap Evident
1) Genesis 1 1, 2 *
2) Psalms 22 21, 22 *
3) Psalms 118 middle of verse 22 *
4) Isaiah 9:6 after first clause *
5) Isaiah 53 middle of verse 10 *
6) Isaiah 61 middle of verse 2 *
7) Lamentations 4 21, 22 *
8) Daniel 9 26, 27 *
9) Daniel 11 20, 21 *
10) Hosea 2 13, 14 *
11) Hosea 3 4, 5 *
12) Amos 9 10, 11 *
13) Micah 5 2, 3 *
14) Habakkuk 2 13, 14 *
15) Zephaniah 9 7, 8 *
16) Zechariah
10 9, 10 *
17) Matthew 10 middle of verse 23 ( )
18) Matthew 12 middle of verse 20 *
19) Luke 1 31, 32 *
20) Luke 4 18-20 (our Lord quoting
Isaiah 61:1,2)
21) Luke 21 middle of verse 24 *
22) John 1 5, 6 ?
23) 1 Peter 1 middle of verse 11 ?
24) Revelation
12 5, 6 *
Recognition
of An Apostate:
• This
is how you recognize an apostate!
- “These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts …
• Complainers – Angels’ dissatisfaction with their
assigned place
Walking after their own lusts – Sodom and Gomorrah
Jude 16-25
Recognition of an Apostate:
The Church will be without excuse if it fails to
recognize apostates when they appear (verses 8, 10, 12, 13...).
1) Murmurers
– Israel in the wilderness verse 5
2) complainers...
Angels’ dissatisfaction with their assigned place;
3) walking after their
own lusts... Sodom and Gomorrah.
Murmurers:
• The noun “murmurers” is found nowhere else
in the New Testament. The verb form is found in several passages:
• “Jews murmured at Him...Bread of Life (John
6:41).
• “Disciples murmured...walked no more... (John
6:61,66; Ephesians 2:2,3).
• Murmuring was a sin of no minor importance: it is
the hallmark of apostasy (Psalms 106:24-26; 1 Corinthians
10:10)
Complainers:
Again,
this noun is found nowhere else in the New Testament.
• Pharisees “found fault” ...traditions... (Mark
7:2,6,8).
- Making the Word of God of no effect through
tradition is a form of apostasy wherever it is found.
• Faultfinding may mark a professing Christian as
one who has turned his back upon the truth! Complainers may be apostates (verses
8,10; cf. 2 Corinthians 11:15; 1 Corinthians 5:11).
- “ ...displeased the Lord in the Days of Moses” (Numbers
11:1);
- “ ...displeased the Lord” (Mark 7);
- “ ...Today”? Compare “those dissatisfied with
their lot” (angels verse 6) with
- “whatsoever state we’re in” (Philippians 4:11).
Walking After Their Own Lusts:
• This is the same word as the Lord uses in the
Parable of the Sower (Mark 4:18,19). “
- ...scoffers, walking after their own lusts...” (2
Peter 3:3:5).
Trio in the Old Testament, mixed multitude (with
Israel, not of Israel):
• Murmurers (Numbers 14:2);
• Complainers (Numbers 11:1);
• “Fell a lusting” (Numbers 11:4).
Their Mouth Speaketh
Great Swelling Words:
• This is the same expression found in 2 Peter
2:15-21;
- the Doctrine of Demons (1 Timothy 4:1);
- Identified of the Last Leader Anti-Christ (2
Thessalonians 2:3, 11; Revelation 13:5,6). • Having Men’s Persons in
Admiration... - “Professionalism”
replacing the call of the Holy Spirit (cf. the Calvary Chapel history: read the
book Harvest by Chuck Smith).
Jude Session 8 (Verses 17-25)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbLAk_M7eYE
Jude 17-25
17] But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
• Remember
the word (Word)
• Jude
opened with quotes from the Old Testament
- He
closes with references to words spoken by the apostles
• Protection
against apostacy – To remember the words
- Remember
implies you know the words; it also implies you have read the words
• You
cling to the Word of God
-
Remember, cherish, and rejoice: HIS WORD (Proverbs 30:5)
- Rejoice …as those who find great spoil (Psalms 119:162)
18] How that they told you there should be mockers in the
last time, who
should walk
after their own ungodly lusts.
19] These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
Remember The Word:
• The
Doctrine of Inspiration is Paramount:
- Not in man’s wisdom, but by the Holy Spirit (1
Corinthians 2:13)
1 Corinthians 2:13
Which things also we speak, not in the words which
man's wisdom
teacheth, but which the
Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
2 Peter 1:21
For the
prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
• The Primary Mission of these Studies:
- To know’ love, understand, to be passionate about,
and to know the Supernatural origin and role of the Word of God
Apostolic
Warnings:
The apostle Paul warned of grievous wolves , not
sparing the flock (Acts 20:28-30)
Acts 20:28-30
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which
the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his
own blood.
29 For I know this, that after my departing shall
grievous
wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
30 Also of your own selves shall men
arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
• Paul was warning the Ephesian Church
- “Christian” cults go after members of the Body of
Christ
- They don’t bother with the unsaved
- Built around some extravagant truth
• Fail to embrace the whole council of God
• The Lord Jesus Christ authored “Seven Epistles”
Revelation chapter 2 and 3
Revelation 2:1-2 Unto
the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth
the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden
candlesticks; 2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience,
and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which
say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
Four
Levels of Meaning:
There appear to be at least four levels of
application to these letters:
- Local:
These were actual, historic churches, with valid needs. Archaeological
discoveries have confirmed this.
- Admonitory:
In each of the letters there appears the key phrase, "Hear what the
Spirit says to the churches". Note the plural, churches.
It turns out that each of the letters applies to all churches throughout
history. As we understand the sevenfold internal structure, the uniquely
tailored messages, and the specific admonitions in each of the letters, we
discover that any church can be "mapped" in terms of these seven
composite profiles.
- Homiletic:
Each of the letters also contains the phrase, "He that hath an ear
let him hear..." Doesn't each of us "have
an ear"? Each letter applies to each of us. There are
some elements of each of these seven "churches" in each of us.
Thus, this may be the most practical application of the entire Book of
Revelation.
- Prophetic:
The most amazing discovery, however, of these seven letters is their
apparent prophetic application. These letters describe, with remarkable
precision, the unfolding of all subsequent church history.
• These letters describe, with remarkable precision,
the unfolding of all subsequent church history. If these letters were in any
other order, this would not be true!
• These letters appear to fill the interval between
the 69th and 70th "weeks" of Daniel 9. The Book of Acts covers about
30 years; these two chapters of the Book of Revelation cover the next 1,900
years.
Revelation 2:3-5
And hast
borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because
thou hast left thy first love.
5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and
repent, and do the first works; or else I
will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy
candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
Epheses: |
Meaning - The
Desired One |
• Jesus: The Church at Ephesus, they were
doctrinally sound
- But they had lost their first love for Jesus
Christ (Revelation 2:1-7)
- They were so busy about the Lord’s business, that
they had no time for the King
2 Peter 3:1-3
This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up
your pure minds by way of remembrance: 2 That ye may be mindful of
the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment
of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: 3 Knowing this first,
that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4
And
saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep,
all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
• The Second Coming and the Creation are linked,
they both are based upon the premise that there is a God, who intervenes in
history. A disbelief in one leads to a disbelief in the other.
• Peter: Scoffers, after their own lusts (2
Peter 3:1-4)
- Willing ignorance; deliberate rejection
Jude 1:19
These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
• They who make separations verse 19
Martin Luther:
Translated this, “those who make factions”
- Those who bring about divisions because of
borderlines, or limits = sin, in the sense of the law
• Not just ecclesiastical doctrines
Obverse:
The reverse of this idea, the positive side is (1 Corinthians 11:19)
• Why
is it, that in general you find a minister who is right on just about
everything but one thing? But there is always something that you may stumble
on.
1 Corinthians 11:19
For there must be also heresies among you, that they
which are approved may be made manifest among you.
- This problem is not a local one, it’s not a
problem that’s just unique to Jude it is intrinsic in the whole gamut of
building the Body.
3 John 1:9-10 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
10 Wherefore, if I
come, I will remember
his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious
words: and not content
therewith, neither doth he himself receive the
brethren, and forbiddeth them that
would, and casteth them out of the church.
Who
Make Separations:
• Diotrephes caused division
in the Church;
- He refused to receive John; he loved his own
preeminence …
• Christ is to have the preeminence (Colossians
1:18)
• Let each esteem the other better…(Philippians
2:3)
• Diotrephes
was an apostate:
- Speaking evil of John, malicious words;
- Refusing to receive the brethren;
- Forbidding others who would have done so;
- Even casting brethren out of the church;
3 John 1:11 Beloved, follow not that which
is evil, but that which
is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he
that doeth evil hath not seen God.
Sensual:
• This is not lasciviousness verse 4
- Not walking after ungodly lusts verse 6
• The Greek word is “psychikos”
• It
is “soulish”, in the realm of the senses
Deuteronomy 6:4-5
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
5 And thou
shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Mark 12:29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
30 And thou shalt
love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and
with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
• Jesus added a phrase
• Tripartite Man: Spirit, Soul, and Body (1
Thessalonians 5:23)
1 Thessalonians 5:23
And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God
your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our
Blueprint of a Believer - Nan's Corner: by
Nancy Missler • August 1, 1997
https://www.khouse.org/articles/1997/21/
The
Temple of Solomon:
• I
believe Paul is making a correlation (in the two above Scriptures) between
Solomon's Temple, which used to be the dwelling place of God's
Spirit, and our bodies that are now the dwelling place of His
Spirit. I believe he is saying that in some mystical way, Solomon's
Temple was a model, a blueprint, or a type of the believer indwelt by the Holy
Spirit.
Now, the reason I refer to Solomon's Temple and not
the other temples is because Solomon's was very "special." 1) It was
the only Temple where all the detailed plans (not only the construction of the
Temple but also the furniture) were given to David by the Spirit of God (see 1
Chronicles 28:12,19). 2) It was also the only Temple in which God's Spirit
"dwelt permanently" until the Temple was destroyed. And lastly, 3) It
was the only Temple in which the Ark of the Covenant rested. None of the other
Temples contained the Ark.
Sensual:
• Getting
back to Jude 1:19 Sensual here is soulish, it is meant in a neutral sense, but
that makes it more telling
- The soul is self-consciousness, our personality,
our emotions, our will, psychology
- The spirit is God-consciousness, the highest element
of communication with Him
What is the best English equivalent for the soulish
man = natural man (1 Corinthians 2:14)
1 Corinthians 2:13-14
Which things also we speak, not in the words which
man's
wisdom teacheth, but which the
Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 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
Holography:
A Provocative
Analogy
Holographic Properties
(Fourier Transform)
• Useless in Natural light – it looks foggy
- Requires proper illumination
• What makes it dramatic is that it is 3 dimensional
- Move your eyes to look around things in the
picture
- The picture appears to have substance as you move
A Biblical
Analogy
When one examines a hologram in natural
(uncollimated, noncoherent) light, it has no apparent form nor attractiveness.
However, when one examines it with the laser with which it was formulated, a
three-dimensional image appears.
When one examines the Bible in unaided, natural
light, it ''has no form nor comeliness that we should desire it.''4 But
when we examine it illuminated by the Light that created it, the Spirit of God
that put it all together in the first place, we see an image: the
image of the One that every detail in it illuminates, the promised Messiah
Himself.
From Genesis to Revelation, Gods program for
the redemption of mankind is carefully distributed throughout
66 books,5 penned
by more than 40 different individuals span-ning over a thousand years! And,
indeed, this abused collection has survived the jamming and interference of its
enemies over many centuries without material damage! (However, if we illuminate
the hologram with a laser of a different frequency, it will yield a false or
distorted image. So, too, the Scriptures!)
How Do Holograms Work?
A hologram is a form of lensless photography in
which a laser simultaneously illuminates an object and a piece of film. The
film records the interference between the light waves hitting
it directly and the light waves reflected from the object. It is, in effect,
a frequency record rather than a spatial image.
Fourier Transforms
The hologram is one of the most remarkable examples
of a Fourier Transform. Holographic principles were first
formulated in 1947 by Dennis Gabor (who later won a Nobel Prize for his
efforts) as he was trying to improve the electron microscope, then a primitive
and imperfect device. His approach was a mathematical one, leaning on a type of
calculus invented by an 18th century Frenchman, Jean B. J. Fourier.
Fourier had developed a mathematical way of
converting any pattern, no matter how complex, into a language of simple waves.
He also showed that these wave forms could be converted back into the original
pattern, just as a television set converts those frequencies back into the
original images. Engineers frequently exploit Fourier Transforms to
change a time series into a frequency series. The use of
frequency response curves in the evaluation of audio equipment is a common
example.
Modern holographic images are derived from the work
of Emmet Leath at the University of Michigan. (I had the pleasure of exploring
computer-generated holograms with him in his laboratory in the early 60s.)
• There
is …No loss from dropouts or holes
- Information is spread over the entire bandwidth,
meaning, there is no chapter on “baptism”, there is no specific chapter on
“salvation”, there is no specific chapter on the “rapture”, etc. It is spread
over the entire Book of the Bible
- This anticipates hostile jamming
- It is resilient to specific interference
Isaiah 28:9
Whom shall
he teach knowledge? and whom
shall he make to understand
doctrine? them that are weaned from the
milk, and drawn from the breasts.
10 For
precept must be upon
precept, precept upon
precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a
little, and there a
little:
• It’s distributed, the same way that you would do
with a hologram, it’s the same properties…
• The Natural man cannot perceive the truth of God
- Without the light of the Holy Spirit (which put
the Word together in the first place)
- Intellectual debate won’t usually convert them
• Only the proper illumination of the Holy Spirit
- That’s how we came to God, it’s ok to use
apologetics, but the drawing to God is by the word and the Holy Spirit
• In Jude sensual means soulish
- Having not
the Spirit verse 19
Is
An Apostate Saved?
• Believers are normally spiritual, if they are
obedient to the Word of God (1 Corinthians 2:15)
• Although they may be carnal, or babes (1
Corinthians 3:1)
- They are never said to be sensual or natural men
• They are born of the Spirit
• No matter how noble or giving, doesn’t mean that
they are saved
- Only saved by Jesus Christ
- An apostate never became a child of God
• There is no passage of Scripture which could be
made the basis for the concept that
a natural man ever was anything else but an unsaved
man
• The unsaved are natural men, dominated by the
senses of the self
- Dominated by the psyche
- They receive not the things of the spirit for they
are “foolishness” (1 Corinthians 2)
• What is the foolishness of God?
• From beginning to end God goes out of His way…
• To do things in a way that we would never think of
- Saving eight people in a barge, using the jawbone
of an ass, Naaman bathing in a muddy river
- “The foolishness of God is wiser than men” (1
Corinthians 1:25)
• The ultimate foolishness, the most ridiculous idea
to us
- The entire universe is redeemed by the death of a
carpenter’s Son
• On a Roman Cross, in Judea over 1,900 years ago
• That event would be the pivotal fulcrum of all
history
• That’s Foolish!
- “The preaching of the Cross is to them that perish
foolishness, but unto us which are saved it is the power of God” (1
Corinthians 1:18; Romans 1:16)
• “If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is
none of His” (Romans 8:9)
• The apostate lacks the distinguishing mark of the
true believer: the seal until the day of redemption (Ephesians 1:13, 14)
A Christian Is:
• Baptized by the spirit into the body of Christ
• Sealed by the Spirit
• Indwelt by the Spirit
• Taught by the Spirit
• Led by the Spirit (Romans 8:14)
• Can cry … “Abba, Father…” (Galatians 4:6)
• An apostate knows nothing of these things
Building, Praying, Keeping, and Looking:
20] But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy
21] Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ
Building
Up Your Faith:
• We bear the responsibility for self-development
“Building” is a present participle and lifelong task
• Spiritual Building:
- The Church (Matthew 16:18)
- Foundation of apostles, prophets;
• Christ = Chief Cornerstone; (Ephesians 2:20)
- We = “living stones…spiritual house”; (1 Peter
2:5)
- Our works: stones versus stubble (1 Corinthians
3:10-15)
2 Peter 1:5-7
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue
knowledge;
6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to
patience godliness;
7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness
• There are Nine steps to building a spiritual house
• “Building Up Yourselves”
- How do we do that? (Acts 20:32)
- Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of
God (Romans 10:17)
- Cleansing from sin (Ephesians 5:26; John
17:17)
- Obedience brings blessings (James 1:25)
- When we desire it, we grow thereby (1 Peter 2:2)
- Whoso keepeth… in Him…love is perfected (1 John
2:5)
• “Praying in the Holy Spirit” (Ephesians 6:18;
Romans 8:26-27)
• “Keep yourself in the love of God”
- We are kept for Jesus Christ (1 Peter 1:5;
cf verse 1)
- Also, (cf. angels who “kept” in everlasting
bonds…) Verse 6
- This does not say – “Keep on loving God”
• It’s His Love, not our love that is in view (John
15:9)
• The Prodigal Son removed himself from the place
where he could enjoy the benefits of his father’s love to the fullest. He did
not keep himself in the love of his father…(Luke 15)
- Listen to His call for obedience (John 15:10;
1 John 3:23) also, draw close to God and He will draw close to you (James
4:8)
• Verse
21 “Looking for”
- “Looking for” in the Greek is translated = (4
times) “waiting for” (Luke 12:36) and “looking for” in (Titus 2:13)
- Awaiting, expecting, anticipating
• Progressive: faith = love = blessed hope
- Holy Spirit/Father/Son
22] And of some have compassion, making a difference:
23] And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment
Ex-Warlock
Reveals SHOCKING Truth About The Agenda Against Christians
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYeKBBlznzk&t=327s
James
Kawalya who was an Ex Satanist & High-Ranking African Warlock shares what
types of Christians he saw in the spiritual realm when he was in the Kingdom of
Darkness. This revelation will absolutely shock you and you will never want to
sin again after seeing this. James is a powerful man of God who the Lord is
using mightily in this hour to expose the things most churches won't even talk
about anymore.
Response = Sacred Duty:
• What’s
Our Response to all of the previous exhortations?
1) Compassionate understanding
- Some people have sincere doubts, it’s our mission
to deal with those doubts
• Mercy
- The first mention of “mercy” (compassion) is in Matthew
5:7; the last mention is here
• Doubt
- The first mention was when Peter was sinking (Matthew
14:31)
• Refute: In a punitive sense (Hebrews 12:5)
- “and some refute while they dispute with you” (cf.
verse 9)
- The Word of God can refute, punish, convict, and
convert
- Be ready to give every man an answer (1 Peter
3:15)
1 Peter 3:15
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that
asketh you a reason of the
hope that is in you with meekness
• Don’t
conclude form that that it is reason that causes a person to believe, on the
other hand you still have an obligation to defend, and the classical term is to
apologize. - Meaning to have apologetics by having the background by what you
believe sound enough that you can stand up and be counted in that way.
- You may say, well that sounds kind of tough to do.
James gives you a key tool
- Ask for wisdom (James 1:5)
James 1:5
If any of you lack wisdom, let
him ask of God, that giveth to all men
liberally,
and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
• This is a very specific kind of ask and you shall
receive promise from James, the Lord’s other brother
2) “Save with
fear, pulling them out of the fire;”
• Urgent Boldness: If they are to be snatched
from an eternity of fiery judgement;
- When you recognize that the unsaved person that
you are dealing with is in peril, and your diligence and effectiveness what God
may have called you to do at that opportunity may save them from an eternity of
punishment
• Eternal Fire: verse 7
- The first mention was the unquenchable fire (Matthew
3:10-12)
- The last mention (Revelation 21:8)
• The same idea is found throughout the Scriptures
- Lot and his daughters (Genesis 19:15, 16,
24) they were extracted from the fire
• Only
by intercession?! Lot was saved by the intercession of Abraham. Sometimes this
is our only option.
• How do you witness the family? It’s tough!
• What can you do best? Intercede! God is in the
miracle business, spouting off some Bible verse or arguing some Biblical point,
is not likely to yield a commitment to the Lord.
• The Lord can use those instruments, but usually
when dealing with family, He responds to prayer and have somebody else or some
event reach that person
- Firebrand plucked out of the burning (Amos 4:11)
Amos 4:11
I
have overthrown [some] of
you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
and ye were
as a firebrand plucked out of the
burning: yet
have ye not returned unto me,
saith the LORD.
- Even a high priest is snatched (Zechariah 3:1-2)
Zechariah 3:1-2
And he
shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right
hand to resist him.
2 And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath
chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not
this a brand plucked out of the fire?
• I don’t think anyone is ever saved without
intercession
3) Cautious
Compassion: Lest the soul winner himself be endangered with their sins
• Godly Fear
- We are at risk; mingle zeal with Godly fear (Proverbs
1:7; Proverbs 9:10; 14:16; 4:14-15)
- Don’t be tempted to “tone down” the Gospel (Proverbs
19:27; 28:4)
- “Hating even the garment spotted by the flesh” this
seems to point to the spotted garment in Joshua 7, remember Aiken?
• “Spotted garment”: Don’t covet that which is
denied us (Joshua 7)
• The desires of this world spotting the life, we
need to have a hatred of those things that interfere with the walk
Grand
Benediction/Doxology:
• Jude’s epistle is on apostacy
• But
he both “Began and ends the epistle with Assurance” to the believer
24] Now unto him that is able to
keep you from falling, and to present you
faultless
before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
Psalm
37:4-5 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and
he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. 5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him;
and he shall bring it to pass. …7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself
because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass..
…
23 The steps of a good
man are ordered by the LORD: and he
delighteth in his way. 24 Though he
fall, he shall not
be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
• My personal scripture from the Lord
2 Thessalonians 3:3
But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from
• We
may stumble and fall, but we are not cast aside
• The “Secrets of our walk” was penned long before (Proverbs
3:19-23) Proverbs
3:19-23 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by
understanding hath he
established the
heavens. 20 By his
knowledge the
depths are broken up, and the
clouds drop down the dew.
21 My son, let not them
depart from thine
eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: 22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall
not stumble.
• I have listed - Over 30 New Testament admonitions
concerning our walk…(1 Thessalonians 4:1)
• Paul said to “run”
Hebrews 12:1-2
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of
witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily
beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking
unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set
before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right
hand of the throne of God.
• Looking unto Jesus…
Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they
shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall
run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
• It’s in climactic order
- “They that wait upon the Lord”
- Shall “Renew their strength”
- They shall “mount up with wings as eagles”
- “they shall run and not be weary”
- “they shall walk and not faint”
Jude 1:24
Now unto him that is able to
keep you from falling, and to present you
faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
• “Faultless”
– (Greek “amomos (299)” – “…without blemish” blameless
Ephesians 5:25-27
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and
gave himself for it; 26 That he might sanctify and
cleanse it with
the washing of water
by the word, 27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot,
or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without
blemish.
• He
imputes to the Church, His righteousness, that’s His goal that’s His mission
1 John 3:2
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we
shall see
1 Peter 1:19
But with
the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without
blemish and
Hyperspace:
The History of Hyperspace Physics and the Bible:
by Lambert Dolphin • October 1, 1997
Lambert Dolphin, Physicist Website
https://khouse.org/articles/1997/29/
"Flatland"
In 1884 the Christian headmaster of the City of
London School, Edwin Abbott, wrote a wonderful novel about creatures who lived
in an imaginary world called "Flatland."2 It
was now immediately easy for ordinary people like you and me to imagine what it
would be like living in a two dimensional world-on a flat sheet of paper-with
occasional intrusions of "beings" from a higher three-dimensional
"hyperspace." Even more fantastic science fiction now unfolded into
being overnight and by the turn of the century the common man's perception of
his world would never be the same.
• If four dimensions are not only possible, but now
certain, why not 5 or 10 or 26 dimensions? Indeed, if we jump from Einstein to
the present time, that is precisely what has happened in modern physics. All
this has taken place because introducing (mathematically) additional dimensions
to the physical world "unifies" the laws, forces and fields of
physics, and leads (usually) to simpler and more "elegant" ways of
looking at the universe in which we live.
• Discussion of hyperspace rapidly became very
complex after Einstein-we must save that for another article. But let us note
several things: It is indeed quite likely that the physical, material world we
live in has many more than four dimensions.
Ten is a reasonable number to make our physics
simple. Discussion of hyperspace still leaves the issue of where God now lives,
since he was long ago excluded from the "fourth" dimension. Unfortunately,
some modern Christian apologists have implied that God is merely a
higher-dimensional being, a cosmic giant who pokes his fingers into our world
from time to time, alarming us with visions or miracles which we cannot fully
understand. Is God a super being from another dimension?
• I don't mean to imply that miracles, visions and
UFO intrusions from higher dimensions do not occur! They most certainly occur,
and I believe they are all real extra-dimensional happenings. The point is: God
is not made of matter; He is Spirit and spirit is something fundamentally
different from matter.
• There is an all-important point to keep in mind in
our discussions of modern physics and that is that "God is a Spirit and
those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth." (John
4:24) Spirit is not the same thing as matter!
• We can talk endlessly about matter/energy, space
and time in the created material world, but that still leaves a higher realm of
God and his angels. Who are they and where do they live? What are the unseen
worlds they inhabit? Beyond our amazing physical world is yet another realm
where different laws apply and where time flows at a different pace.
• To talk first of matter and now of spirit is also
to go beyond the scope of this short introductory article. Suffice it to say,
our knowledge and understanding of the physical world comes through the
scientific method, which is based both on observations and on mathematical
models that can be tested and verified by measurements and experiments.
• The spiritual world is something we know about by
personal revelation from our God.3 Most marvelous of all, God
has created man to live simultaneously in the material and in the spiritual
world. He wants us to be at home in two worlds-he wants us in His training
program designed to prepare us for an amazing greater world which is to come.
• The opening of doors for us to enter into other
worlds was accomplished by the sacrificial work of Jesus Christ on the Cross-we
live in a moral universe, and much more than physics is involved in the
superhyperspace the Bible calls the "heavens."
"Since we have the same spirit of
faith as he had who wrote, 'I believed, and so I spoke,' we too believe, and so
we speak, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with
Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. For it is all for your sake, so
that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to
the glory of God. So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting
away, our inner nature is being renewed every day. For this slight momentary affliction
is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, because
we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen; for
the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are
eternal."
2 Corinthians 4:13-18
25] To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both
• “God
our Savior “: (1 Timothy 2:5)
• Believing
in God is insufficient
- The Cross is essential! (John 14:6; Acts
4:12)
• Same
expression:
- New Testament (1 Timothy 1:1; 2:3; Titus
3:4-6)
- Old Testament (Psalms 106:21; Isaiah
60:16; Psalms 80:1-3)
Jude 1:24 Now unto him that is able to
keep you from falling, and to present you
faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, 25 To the only wise God
our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Glory, Majesty, Dominion and Power:
• The
only other New Testament verse where all four these is wrapped up in one verse is
(Hebrews 1:3)
Hebrews 1:3
Who being the
brightness of his glory, and the express image of his
person, 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;
• Glory: The Divine radiance that shines (Luke
2:9)
- Blinds (Acts 22:11)
- Protected by smoke (Revelation 15:8)
• Majesty: Only here and in Hebrews 1:3 and (Hebrews
8:1)
- Incomparable, ineffable regal presence of the
Ruler of the Universe
- Suggests the omniscience of God upon the throne
• Dominion: The infinite extent of His rule throughout
the Universe (Hebrews 1:3; Colossians 2)
- Suggests the omnipresence of His Majesty
throughout the universe (Psalms 103)
• Power: Irresistible divine authority and might;
omnipotence
- Omnipotence, omnipresence, omniscience
• One gets the feeling that Jude has run out of
words
• This
demonstrates the poverty of the human language (cf. David 1 Chronicles 29:11)
1 Chronicles 29:10-12
Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation:
and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. 11 Thine, O LORD, is the
greatness, and
the power, and
the glory, and the victory, and
the majesty: for
all that is in the heaven and in the
earth is thine; thine is the kingdom,
O LORD, and
thou art exalted as head above all. 12 Both riches and honour come of
thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and
might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
Some people pray A.C.T.S.
• Adoration
• Confession
• Thanksgiving
• Supplication
• When you pray take time and in your own wors just
adore Him
• Having comprehended the glorious brightness, the
unutterable regal Being of the One who sits on the throne, the limitless extent
of His rule, and the unlimited strength of His might
- Jude can write no more
• “before all time”
- Before the most distant stars were created
• “The Lord knew you, before the foundations of the
world…”
• That’s when you were saved, that’s when you were
foreordained, that’s when He had you on His mind, by name. That’s when He knew
how many hairs on your head, before the foundation of the world was laid
• “…and now” (the only epoch that we can impact) He
has given us a segment of time that we get to choose where we will spend
eternity, we are here to make a decision
• “and forever more”
Amen
How to become “Born-Again”
In Jesus Christ
The
Roman Road to Salvation
https://www.teenmissions.org/resources/roman-road-to-salvation/
New American Standard Bible
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life
When God created the first humans, they were holy and had no laws, except one,
and our first parents broke that with some help from the tempter Satan. Ever
since then mankind has been steeped in sin, and rebellion from God.
Since, the creator of the universe is HOLY.
1 John 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you,
that God is light,and in him is no darkness at all.
He has set laws in place for his creation to obey. What are these laws?
They begin with the 10 Commandments.
While you might consider yourself ‘good’ compared to most people, how do
you measure up against God’s law?
Romans 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
Have you ever told the smallest lie? Then you are a liar.
James 2:10 For whoever keeps the entire law, yet fails in one point, is guilty of breaking it
all.
Disobedience to God is sin, and not one person can keep the Law of God.
Steps down the Roman Road to Salvation… Read on!
I consider myself a ‘good person’… won’t that be enough?
Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Romans 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin;
and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
New American Standard Bible
Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin,
and so death spread to all men, because all sinned--
Is sin really THAT big of a deal? If it is… what HOPE is there?
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Disobedience to an infinite eternal God deserves an infinite eternal
consequence.
God shows us His character and his laws in his creation, the world around
us.
He has also written his laws in our hearts… on our conscience. He has
also given us his WORD the Bible.
No good judge would let the guilty go free, or will allow the criminal to go
unpunished. Neither can a holy righteous God allow sinful man to go unpunished…
but God LOVES man whom he has made in his image and He has provided a way of
escape by sending his only son to die in our place.
After what I’ve done to grieve God...HOW could He willingly
die in my place?
Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet
sinners, Christ died for us.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only
begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have
everlasting life.
While he died on the cross, he was mocked, spit upon, and cursed.
Yet Jesus cried out, “Father forgive them for they know not what they
do…”
Luke 23:34
With such love, Jesus died in your place… knowing every evil act, word, and
thought you would commit. What powerful love! He loves you unconditionally even
to the point of death when you are at your worst!
HOW can I be saved?
Romans 10:9-10
That if you confess with your mouth Jesus [as] Lord, and believe in your heart that God
raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; 10 For with the heart man believeth unto
righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
You can never be saved by trying to be a good person, nor can you be saved
through any amount of ‘good works’.
Ephesians 2:8,9
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
You and I can be saved only by confessing our sins and placing our faith
in God’s son, Jesus Christ who died and paid for our sins on the
cross. We must also surrender our life to His lordship… placing him in
charge of every area of our life because we now belong to him.
Both John the Baptist and Jesus himself began their preaching with the word,
‘Repent’.
Matthew 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
To repent means ‘change one’s mind’ or to turn — to go in another direction.
How can we be led to repentance?
The first step toward repentance is true sorrow for what we’ve done
wrong.
2 Corinthians 7:10
For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death.
Worldly sorrow is more like the regret of a criminal who’s just been caught
whereas godly sorrow is the deep remorse or conviction that produces
a change in direction. Have you ever felt convicted after doing something
wrong?
The Bible says that the Holy Spirit is the one that convicts us of our
sin.
John 16:7-8
Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not
away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and
of judgment:
Did God HEAR me? Did He accept me?
Romans 10:13
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
God promises that
John 1:12
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God,
even to them that believe on his name:”
Yes, God does hear and accept ALL who come to put their faith in Him.
There is no need to fear death any longer because Jesus BROKE the
power of sin and death on the cross with his own shed blood.
The price for your sin has been paid in full and it is God’s
promise to receive all who come to Him by placing their faith in Jesus Christ
as their Lord and Savior.
As a believer, you have a new life in Christ. Jesus did NOT remain in
the grave. He rose from the dead after three days.
Read: Mark 16
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things
have passed
away,
and look, new things have come.
• Our old "Spirit Man" was dead to the Life of Jesus Christ, we had
to be born-again according to John 3:7. So that we could be raised from
death to life in Jesus Christ.
John 3:7-8 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. 8 The wind bloweth
where it
listeth, and thou
hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
• The Lord says, The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear its sound, but you don’t know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born
of the Spirit.”
When I was Born-Again, I Died to Live In Jesus!:
Romans 6:8-11 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: 9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. 10 For in that he
died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. 11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
• We are dead to sin in our Spirit Man, and alive with God through Jesus Christ
our Lord. But, we still live in a Fallen Body, therefore we are at constant war
between following the will of the Father versus following the will of the
Flesh.
• That is why we are told to not allow sin to dominate over us in all that we
do.
Romans 6:12-14 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey
it in the lusts thereof. 13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that
are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. 14 For sin shall
not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
6:13, says,
this...And do not offer any parts of it to sin as weapons for unrighteousness.
But as those who are alive from the dead, offer yourselves to God, and all the parts
of yourselves to God as weapons for righteousness.
• as weapons for unrighteousness...This means, that we on occasions are able to use our
bodies as weapons against God's kingdom in unrighteousness, we become alliedin
a sense with the opposing forces.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3696: ὅπλον
ὅπλον (allied to ἐπω,
Latinsequor, socius, etc.; Curtius, § 621), ὅπλου, τό, as in classical Greek
from Homer down, any tool or implement for
preparing a thing (like the Latinarma); hence,
1. plural arms used
in warfare, weapons: John
18:3; 2
Corinthians 10:4; metaphorically,
τῆς δικαιοσύνης,
which ἡ δικαιοσύνη furnishes, 2
Corinthians 6:7; τοῦ φωτός,
adapted to the light, such as light demands, Romans13:12 (here L marginal
reading ἔργα).
2. an
instrument: ὅπλα ἀδικίας, for
committing unrighteousness, opposed to ὅπλα δικαιοσύνης, for
practicing righteousness, Romans
6:13.
• If we could live a perfectly “Sin Free Life” these verses
would not be needed, these verses remind us, that we are at war within
ourselves.
• If ever you meet any person who claims to live a sinless life, he or she is
a
liar.
• When we sin, we sever fellowship with God, we are still saved, but our
sin separates us from fellowship with God, so we have to confess our sins
to restore instant fellowship with the Father.
• If we say, “ We have fellowship with Him,” yet we walk in darkness, we are lying and are not practicing the truth.
1 John 1:6-10 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie,
and do not the truth: 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have
fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all
sin. 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If
we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and
his word is not in us.
What do I do now?
This is the work of God, believe in the one whom He has sent.
John 6:29
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him
Romans 10:17
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Your journey as a child of the King of Kings has just begun! You
must begin by spending time daily in prayer and in God’s Word, the
Bible.
Most of the Churches today are in apostasy, we need to read and
study the entire Old Testament and New Testament to get a
"grasp" in learning the entire Bible.
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