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Tuesday, May 23, 2023

God's Blessings: PENTECOST DAY

God's Blessings: PENTECOST DAY: IN THE O.T. PENTECOST DAY OR THE "FEAST OF WEEKS" WAS SEVEN WEEKS AFTER PASSOVER. Leviticus 23:4 These are the feasts of the LO...

Sunday, May 21, 2023

THE BOOK OF ROMANS (CHAPTER 4)

IN CHAPTER 4, PAUL TALKS ABOUT ABRAHAM'S FAITH.

ABRAHAM'S FAITH RECKONED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS. NOT BY WORKS, BUT ACCORDING TO GRACE.

BLESSINGS TO ALL WHO HAVE FAITH LIKE ABRAHAM. NOT THROUGH THE LAW, BUT ACCORDING TO GRACE.

Romans 4:1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?

4:2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.

GOD PROMISED AND ABRAHAM BELIEVED THROUGH FAITH.

WORKS WILL GIVE YOU BLESSINGS AND REWARDS BUT THEY WON'T SAVE YOU; FAITH DOES.

4:3 For what saith the Scripture? "Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness."

ABRAHAM'S FAITH RECKONED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

4:4 Now to him that worketh, is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on Him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

IF YOU BELIEVE IN CHRIST AND REACH UP TO HIM, HE WILL REACH UP TO YOU.

4:6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works.

BLESSING TO ALL WHO HAVE LIKE FAITH.

4:7 Saying, "Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered (COVERED BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST).

4:8 Blessed is the man to whom the LORD will not impute sin."

QUOTED PSALMS 32:1-2.

A SIN IS A TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN THEN THAT YOU ARE SAVED BY GRACE NOT BY LAW?

IT MEANS THAT GOD'S GRACE (UNMERITED FAVOR) SAVED YOU (AFTER REPENTANCE) FROM BEING BLOTTED OUT FROM THE BOOK OF LIFE.

IN OTHER WORDS, THE LAW ALONE CANNOT SAVE YOU BECAUSE EACH ONE OF US WILL BREAK THE LAW IN OUR LIFETIME. BY REPENTING THROUGH CHRIST EVERY TIME YOU BREAK THE LAW YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE HOLY OF HOLLIES.

YOU CAN ONLY ACCESS THE HOLY OF HOLLIES THROUGH YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST.

4:9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.

ABRAHAM AND SARAH WERE OLD TO CONCEIVE CHILDREN. FOURTEEN YEARS LATER ABRAHAM WAS CIRCUMCISED.

THE POINT IS, CIRCUMCISION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FORGIVENESS.

CIRCUMCISION IS OF THE HEART NOT THE FLESH.

4:10 How was it them reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision?

4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:

CIRCUMCISION IS OF THE SPIRIT NOT THE FLESH.

4:12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.

FAITH IS RIGHTEOUSNESS IN GOD'S EYES.

4:13 For the promise (THE GREEK READS, "FOR NOT THROUGH LAW WAS THE PROMISE"), that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

THE LAW WILL NOT SAVE YOU; YOU HAVE TO HAVE FAITH.

ISAIAH 43:26 SAYS, "REMIND ME MY PROMISES".

4:14 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:

4:15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.

A SIN IS A TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW. BUT WITHOUT FAITH THERE IS NO FORGIVENESS. WE ALL FALL SHORT NO MATTER HOW HARD WE TRY.

4:16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all (ABRAHAM= FATHER OF MANY NATIONS),

WE ARE SAVED THROUGH GOD'S GRACE (UNMERITED FAVOR).

THIS DOES NOT MEAN WE CAN BREAK THE LAW; IT MEANS WE CAN HAVE FORGIVENESS UPON REPENTACE EVERY TIME WE BREAK THE LAW. BUT FIRST WE MUST HAVE FAITH TO THE ONE WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR US.

HE USES ABRAHAM AS AN EXAMPLE HERE.

HE HAD FAITH IN GOD AND GOD COUNTED THIS AS PERFECTION.

4:17 (As it is written, "I have made thee a father of many nations") before Him Who he believed, even God, Who quickeneth (MAKE ALIVE ETERNALLY) the dead, and calleth those things which be not, as though they were.

GOD CAN CALL THE FUTURE WITHOUT EVEN COMING TO PASS YET.

4:18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, "so shall thy seed be."

THE MESSIAH CAME THROUGH ABRAHAM'S SEED.

4:19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb:

4:20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;

GOD SAID IT AND ABRAHAM BELIEVED IT ANF THANKED HIM FOR THAT GIFT.

4:21 And being fully persuaded that, what He had promised, He was able also to perform.

WHEN GOD TELLS YOU TO DO SOMETHING DO YOU HAVE THE FAITH TO BELIEVE IT? ABRAHAM DID.

4:22 And therefore it was imputed (COUNTED) to him for righteousness.

ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD IF YOU BELIEVE.

4:23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;

4:24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on Him That raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead,

4:25 Who was delivered for our offences (NOT HIS OWN), and was raised again for our justification (JUSTIFYING=IT IS A LEGAL TERM IN GOD'S WORD).

GOD BLESS

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Friday, May 19, 2023

THE BOOK OF ROMANS (CHAPTER 3)

THE BOOK OF ROMANS SHOWS US HOW TO LIVE OUR LIFE ACCORDING TO GOD'S PURPOSE. IT IS A DOCTRINAL BOOK AND EVERY CHRISTIAN SHOULD TAKE ITS COUNSEL AND APPLY IT TO EVERYDAY LIFE.

Romans 3:1 What advantage then hath the Jew (ISRAELITE)? or what profit is there of circumcision?

3:2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God (THE PROMISES OF GOD).

ACCORDING TO EVERY WAY THEY WERE ENTRUSTED WITH GOD'S PROMISES.

3:3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?

3:4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, "That Thou mightest be justified in Thy sayings, and mightest overcome when Thou art judged."

QUOTED PSALMS 62:9.

IF YOU DO THINGS HIS WAY.

GOD IS FAIR AND JUST.

3:5 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous Who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man).

GOD CHASTISES BELIEVERS AS WELL AS UNBELIEVERS.

3:6 God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

GOD DISCIPLINES.

3:7 For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie (SIN) unto His glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

3:8 And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) "Let us do evil, that good may come?" whose damnation is just.

IN OTHER WORDS, SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT AS LONG AS THEY ARE SAVED THEY DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER IF THEY SIN.

A BIG MISTAKE! WE ALL HAVE TO ANSWER FOR SINS WE HAVEN'T REPENTED OF.

3:9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved (BEFORE CONVICTED) both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

3:10 As it is written, "there is none righteous, no, not one:

THE QUOTATION (10-18) IS FROM SEVERAL PASSES OF O.T. ALL REFER TO THE SAME SUBJECT. VERSES 10-12 (GENERAL) ARE FROM ECC. 7:20, PSALMS 14:2-3, 53:2-3 (VERSES 3-4); VERSES 13-18 ARE FROM PSALMS 5:9-10, 140:3, 10:7, ISAIAH 59:7-8, PSALMS 36:1-2. VERIFICATION OF THESE REFS, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF PAUL'S ARGUMENT, THROWS MUCH LIGHT UPON THE O.T. PASSES IN WHICH THEY OCCUR.

3:11 There is none that understandeth, there in none that seeketh after God.

TO SEE AFTER GOD YOU MUST SEARCH OUT THE ORIGIN. HOW? YOU MUST GO TO THE 1ST EARTH AGE AND FIND OUT THE REASON WHY WE ARE HERE.

WE MUST UNDERSTAND HIS ORACLES THROUGH HIS WORD.

3:12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

3:13 Their throat is an open sepulchre (GRAVE); with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

THIS REFERS TO THE BOASTERS AND WORKERS OF INIQUITY OF VERSE 5.

3:14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

3:15 Their feet are swift to shed blood:

THE ONES WHO DISGRACE GOD ARE FAKES. ANYONE WHO FOLLOWS THEM IS ALSO A FAKE.

3:16 Destruction and misery are in their ways:

THEY BRING DESTRUCTION AND MISERY UPON THEMSELVES AND OTHERS.

3:17 And the way of peace have they not known:

PEACE IS CHRIST. HE IS THE PRINCE OF PEACE.

3:18 There is no fear (REVERENCE OR FEAR IN THE HEBREW) of God before their eyes."

THE ONES WITH NO FAITH DO NOT FEAR OR LOVE GOD.

3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

IN OTHER WORDS, THE LAW KEEPS US OUT OF TROUBLE AND REMINDS US OF OUR SINS.

3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in His sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

THE LAW IS OUR SCHOOL MASTER. IT POINTS OUT OUR SINS.

3:21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

IT BRINGS US TO FORGIVENESS AND WE HAVE A PEACE OF MIND.

3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

HE DOES NOT LEAVE ANYONE OUT....SALVATION IS FOR ALL.

3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

3:24 Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation (THE MERCY SEAT=GOD'S MERCY) through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness for the REMISSION OF SINS THAT ARE PAST, through the forbearance of God;

HE SAYS PAST SINS NOT FUTURE.

WE WILL ALL FALL SHORT IN THE FUTURE. WE CANNOT REPENT FOR FUTURE SINS, ONLY FOR PAST. WHAT THIS MEAN? IT MEANS WE WILL HAVE TO REPENT EVERY TIME WE SIN.

THE MERCY SEAT WAS ALWAYS THERE FROM THE 1ST EARTH AGE.

3:26 To declare, I say, at this time His righteousness: that He might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

3:27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? or works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

HE RIPPED THAT VEIL FROM TOP TO BOTTOM SO WE CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THE FATHER THROUGH THE SON. BUT...FIRST YOU HAVE TO HAVE FAITH.

3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without (APART) the deeds of the law.

IN OTHER WORDS, THE LAW DOES NOT GIVE US SALVATION BUT WE STILL HAVE TO OBEY THE LAW. A SIN IS A TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW AND WE WILL SIN IN OUR LIFETIME. SALVATION DOES NOT GIVE US AN EXCUSE TO SIN.

A SIN IS NOT ERASED FROM THE BOOKS UNLESS WE REPENT.

3:29 Is He the God of the Jews (ISRAELITES) only? Is He not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

HE HAS CREATED ALL PEOPLE.

3:30 Seeing it is one God, Which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

HE JUSTIFIES AN ISRAELITE AND A GENTILE IF THEY BELIEVE.

3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

OUR SALVATION COMES APART FROM THE LAW BUT THE LAW REMINDS US OF OUR SINS.

GOD'S WISDOM BRINGS US ETERNAL LIFE AND SUCCESS (PROVERBS 1:7).

GOD BLESS

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Thursday, May 18, 2023

THE BOOK OF ROMANS (CHAPTER 2)

THE BOOK OF ROMANS IS THE ABC'S OF THE GOSPEL.

The prominent feature of the epistle is the long doctrinal portion from 1:16 to 8:39. This shows that doctrinal instruction is the important part and dominates the whole. It reveals what God has done with "sins" and with "sin"; and how the saved sinner, taken out of the deepest degradation, is justified by faith, and united to Christ in His death, burial, and life. It teaches him that though his "old Adam" nature continues with him till the end, in ever-present hostility to God, yet that those in Christ there is no judgment (after repentance) and, consequently, no separation "from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Being saved is not a ticket to go on sinning. If you continue to sin, you are no longer in Christ unless you repent. Everyone will be chastised by God if they continue to sin after salvation and do not repent.

Romans 2:1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man (NO GENDER), whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

IT'S INEXCUSABLE TO JUDGE SOMEONE WHEN YOU ARE A SINNER YOURSELF.

2:2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.

GOD DOES NOT LIKE IT WHEN SOMEONE IS TRYING TO BE ABOVE GOD AND JUDGE OTHERS. HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO JUDGES BECAUSE HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN SEE YOUR HEART.

2:3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

EVERYONE IS GOING TO ANSWER FOR THEIR OWN SINS. THERE IS NO ONE WHO GETS EXTRA POINTS BY POINTING OUT SOMEONE ELSE'S FAULTS.

2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

GOD HAS A LOT OF PATIENCE (NUMBERS 14:18, EXODUS 34:6, NEHEMIAH 9:16-17).

HE WANTS YOU TO REPENT WHEN YOU GO ASTRAY FROM HIM.

2:5 But after thy hardness and impenitent (UNREPENTANCE) heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

THE 7 VIALS OF REVELATION WILL BE POURED UPON THE UNGODLY.

UNREPENTANT CHRISTIANS ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE 7 VIALS.

2:6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds:

GOD JUDGES YOU BY YOUR OWN ACTIONS...YOUR OWN DEEDS SET YOUR SENTENCE.

2:7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life:

YOU FOLLOW GOD'S RULES PATIENTLY.

2:8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

THIS INCLUDES CHRISTIANS WHO HAVE GONE AWAY FROM GOD. EVERY TIME YOU SIN AND DON'T REPENT YOU WILL BE CHASTISED.

2:9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew (ISRAEL IN THE GREEK) first, and also of the Gentile;

THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ISRAELITE AND A GENTILE.

GOD IS NOT A RESPECTER OF PERSONS. EVERYONE IS TREATED THE SAME.

2:10 But glory, honor, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:

2:11 For there is no respect of persons with God.

EVERYONE IS JUDGED BY THEIR DEEDS EVEN IF YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN.

2:12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;

THE LAW DOES NOT SAVE YOU BUT IT KEEPS YOU OUT OF TROUBLE.

2:13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

IN OTHER WORDS, YOU ARE JUDGED BY YOUR WORKS NOT BY GOING TO CHURCH.

2:14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:

NATURE ITSELF DOCUMENTS WHAT IS WRONG.

2:15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)

GOD'S LAW IS WRITTEN TO EVERYONE'S MIND.

2:16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

2:17 Behold, thou art called a Jew (ISRAELITE) and restest in the law (BUT IF YOU REST UPON GOD'S LAW IN THE GREEK), and makest thy boast of God.

2:18 And knowest His will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;

YOU KNOW WHAT GOD EXPECTS.

2:19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,

2:20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form (MORPH) of knowledge and of the truth in the law.

IN OTHER WORDS, YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A TEACHER OR A LEADER BUT YOU CAN'T EVEN LEAD YOURSELF.

YOU ARE PRETENDING TO BE A TEACHER.

2:21 Thou therefore which teachest another teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?

YOU ARE GOING TO HURT PEOPLE IF YOU ARE A BABE IN THE WORD.

EDUCATE YOURSELF FIRST BEFORE YOU TEACH OTHERS.

DO NOT HOLD THE TRUTH FROM THEM.

2:22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege (TO ROB THE TEMPLE BY NOT TEACHING THE TRUTH).

IF YOU TEACH YOUR OWN THINGS AND SAY IT'S FROM GOD YOU ARE ROBBING THE TEMPLE SPIRITUALLY.

2:23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonorest thou God?

IF YOU BRAKE THE LAW DO YOU DISHONOR GOD?

2:24 "For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you," as it is written.

YOU ARE NO BETTER THAN A GENTILE IF YOU BRAKE THE LAW.

2:25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.

2:26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not this uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

2:27 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?

THEY BRING GOD'S WRATH ON THEM WHEN THEY BREAK NATURE. GOD CREATED NATURE AND IT LET'S YOU KNOW WHEN YOU MESS UP.

2:28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

2:29 But he is a Jew (ISRAELITE), which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

CIRCUMCISION IS NOT OF THE FLESH ANYMORE BUT OF THE HEART.

DO NOT JUDGE MEN. LEAVE JUDGMENT TO GOD.

GOD BLESS

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Tuesday, May 16, 2023

THE BOOK OF ROMANS (CHAPTER 1)

THE BOOK OF ROMANS (CHAPTER 1).

The book of Romans is the ABCs of the gospel. It's all about "God's doctrine and Instruction".

The great subject is the revelation of God's wrath against sin, and of the ground upon which alone the sinner can stand in righteousness before Him. Jew and Gentile alike fall short of the standard of God's glory. All alike sinners, shut up under sin, and needing a Divine righteousness.

This book tells you how to walk in your faith and live a Christian life.

Romans 1:1 PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle (ONE SENT FORTH IN THE GREEK), separated (SET APART= APHORIZO IN THE GREEK. NOTE THE THREE STAGES IN PAUL'S "SEPARATION" FOR GOD'S PURPOSE: BIRTH (GAL. 1:15-16); CONVERSION (ACTS 9:15); WORK (ACTS 13:2) unto the gospel of God (THE GOSPEL OF THE GRACE OF GOD (ACTS 20:24, NOT THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM),

1:2 (Which He had promised afore by His prophets in the holy scriptures,)

1:3 Concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, Which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh,

HE WAS OF DAVID'S LINE, BUT ENDING SPECIFICALLY IN MARY, WHO WAS HERE THE "SEED" OF DAVID. AND CHRIST WAS THE "SEED" OF THE WOMAN (GEN.3:15, ISAIAH 7:14, MATT. 1:23).

MAKE A NOTE OF ISAIAH 53.

1:4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

HIS DIVINE SPIRITUAL NATURE IN RESURRECTION IS HERE SET IN CONTRAST WITH HIS HUMAN FLESH AS THE SEED OF DAVID.

1:5 By Whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith, among all nations, for His name:

ALL GIFTS OF GOD COME FROM HIM.

1:6 Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:

1:7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

PAUL NEVER BEEN IN ROME BUT HE WANTED TO GO.

1:8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world (KOSMOS IN THE GREEK=THE NATURAL EARTH AS GOD CREATED).

1:9 For God is my witness, Whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers,

1:10 Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you,

HIS WISH WAS TO GO TO ROME.

1:11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

FOR THE CHURCH TO BE ESTABLISHED THERE.

1:12 That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.

WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER ON THAT RESPECT.

1:13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto=SOMETHING ALWAYS GOT IN THE WAY) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.

1:14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.

PAUL TAUGHT IN ALL THREE LEVELS (ACTS 9) AND HE SPOKE ROMAN, HEBREW, GREEK.

1:15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.

1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ (I COUNT IT MY HIGHEST HONOR AND GLORY TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL): for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth; to the Jew (ISRAEL IN THE GREEK) first, and also to the Greek.

1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written "The just shall live by faith"(QUOTED FROM HAB. 2:4).

FAITH IS A POWERFUL THING. GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS IS REVEALED ON THE GROUND OF FAITH (FAITH-PRINCIPLE), AS THE ABSOLUTE CONDITION OF SALVATION, AND IS OPERATIVE ONLY FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE.

1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed (IN THE GOSPEL NOT ONLY IS GOD'S SALVATION REVEALED, BUT GOD'S WRATH ALSO, AND BOTH ARE THE REVELATION OF GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS) from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

HE KNOWS HOW TO HANDLE THE ONES WHO MOCK HIS WORD.

1:19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.

HE HAS SHOWN IT TO THEM THROUGH NATURE.

IN OTHER WORDS, YOU KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG BY NATURE ITSELF.

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:

YOU LEARN FROM GOD'S CREATION.

1:21 Because that when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations (VOID OF GOD'S THOUGHT), and their foolish heart was darkened (SATAN IS THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS).

1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

1:23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four footed beasts, and creeping things.

THE IMAGE WAS SHAPED AS A GOD AND THEY STARTED TO WORSHIP THE CREATION INSTEAD OF THE CREATOR.

1:24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves:

CEASING TO KNOW GOD RESULTS IN IDOLATRY, AND IDOLATRY ENDS IN "FILTHINESS OF THE FLESH AND SPIRIT" (II COR. 7:1).

1:25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, Who is blessed forever. Amen.

THEY LOVE SATAN'S WAYS.

1:26 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:

HOMOSEXUALITY IS AGAINST NATURE.

1:27 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.

BY DOING THIS YOU SEPARATE YOURSELF FROM GOD.

HOMOSEXUALITY IS AN ABOMINATION TO THE LORD (LEV. 20:13, 18:22).

1:28 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:

AS THEY REJECTED GOD, GOD REJECTED THEM.

1:29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

1:30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

1:31 Without understanding (THEY DON'T WANT TO UNDERSTAND), covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

GOD WILL NOT BLESS A COUNTRY THAT FOLLOWS ABOMINATIONS.

1:32 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.

THE ONES WHO COMMIT THESE ABOMINATIONS WILL NOT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.

GOD BLESS

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Monday, May 23, 2022

THE BOOK OF DANIEL (CHAPTER TWELVE)

IN TODAYS STUDY WE ARE GOING TO CONCLUDE THE BOOK OF DANIEL.

THE SUBJECT OF THIS CHAPTER IS TRIBULATION AND THE MILLENNIUM SANCTUARY.

Daniel 12:1 And at that time (THE TIME OF TRIBULATION. NOTE THE THREE SUBJECTS THUS CONNECTED WITH :THE TIME OF THE END") Michael (MICHAEL IS THE ANGEL OF OUR PEOPLE) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy People: and there shall be a time of trouble (JACOB'S TROUBLE), such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy People shall be delivered, everyone that shall be found written in the book.

GOD'S ELECT WILL BE DELIVERED UP TO SATAN'S HEADQUARTERS.

GOD WIL SPEAK THROUGH HIS ELECT AND HIS MESSAGE WILL BE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

THE SUBJECT HERE IS THE ONES THAT HAVE DIED DURING THAT TRIBULATION, NOT THE ONES WHO HAVE PASSED ON.

IT HAS A DUAL MEANING: THERE ARE SOME THAT FOLLOWED THE TRUTH AND OTHERS THAT FOLLOWED FALSE TEACHERS.

THE ONES WHO WERE MISLED WILL BE ASHAMED TO FACE THE TRUE MESSIAH WHEN HE RETURNS (REV. 6:15-17). THEY WILL LEARN IN THE MILLENNIUM BUT THEY WILL BE CHASTISED. THEY WILL HAVE TO BE TESTED AGAIN BY SATAN WHEN HE IS RELEASED FOR A SHORT TIME (REV. 20).

THE ONES WHO WERE NOT MISLED WILL BE PRIESTS WITH CHRIST IN THE MILLENNIUM. THEY OVERCAME SATAN'S DECEPTION.

12:3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.

THE ONES, GOD'S ELECT WILL TEACH AND THEY WILL TURN MANY RIGHT WITH GOD AGAIN.

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 (APOSTATIZE IN THE HEB), and knowledge shall be increased.

IN OTHER WORDS, SEAL THE BOOK DANIEL (BECAUSE IT WAS NOT MEANT FOR HIS TIME). MANY WILL APOSTATIZE, FALL INTO SATAN'S LIES.

12:5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on his side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river (TIGRIS=BETWEEN IRAN AND IRAQ).

12:6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, 'How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?

HOW LONG THOSE MARVELOUS WORKS LAST ? HOW LONG SATAN WILL HAVE ?

12:7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters (STAND UPON THE WATERS) of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by Him That liveth forever that it shall be a time, times, and a half; and when he shall accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.

HE SAID THAT SATAN WILL BE HERE 3 1/2 YEARS. HOWEVER, CHRIST SHORTENED THAT TIME TO 5 MONTHS FOR THE ELECT'S SAKE (MARK 13:20, REV. 9:10-11).

WHY CHRIST DID THAT? BECAUSE SATAN IS SUPERNATURAL AND THERE WOULD BE A POSIBILITY THAT EVEN THE ELECT COULD BE DECEIVED IF HE WAS HERE 3 1/2 YEARS.

AFTER THAT HE WILL SMASH THEIR HEADS, OR SCATTER IN A SMASHING WAY.

12:8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O MY Lord, what shall be the end of these things?'

12:9 And he said, 'Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.

THE WORDS WERE SEALED FOR DANIEL; BUT UNSEALED FOR US.

12:10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.

THE ONES THAT GOD'S ELECT TEACH IN THE MILLENNIUM WILL BE MADE PURE AND WHITE.

12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away (JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED IN 27 A.D.), and the abomination that maketh desolate (DESOLATOR IN THE HEB.=AN ENTITY=SATAN) set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.

12:12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand and three hundred and five and thirty days.

ISRAEL BECAME A NATION MAY 14, 1948. THIS IS THE LAST GENERATION.

12:13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.' "

THE HEBREW ACCENT SUGGESTS THE RENDERING: "BLESSED IS HE THAT EXPECTETH AND SHALL REACH (THE GOAL: HE SHALL REACH) TODAY, 1335."

DANIEL WILL BE WITH MICHAEL AND THE ANGELS AT THAT TIME.

GOD BLESS

THE TIMES, AND NUMBERED DAYS OF DANIEL (BY DR. BULLINGER).

There are five specific periods of "time" and "days" mentioned in the book of Daniel (7:25; 8:14; 12:7, 11, 12). In addition to these five, we have the great period of the "seventy sevens" (or weeks) of years in chapter nine.

Sixty-nine of these were completed at the "cutting off" of the Messiah; the last or "seventieth seven" is yet to come. All the other five periods of time in the book are to be referred to, and are standardized, so to speak, by this last "seven".

"The prince that shall come" (Satan=Antichrist) "will make a covenant with many for one week" (seven years, 9:27).

After 3 1/2 years, he breaks his covenant (or league, 11:23), the daily sacrifice is "taken away", the "abomination" set up, and "Jacob's trouble" (Jer. 30:7) commences and continues for the remainder of the "seven": viz. for the 1,260 days or 3 1/2 years.

In 8:14 it is stated, "then shall the Sanctuary be cleansed." When this will happen? "From the time (that) the daily (sacrifice) shall be taken away (there shall be a thousand, two hundred and ninety days." Daniel 12:11.

"Blessed is he that waiteth (=steadfast) and cometh to the thousand, three hundred and five and thirty days." Daniel 12:12.

The time of verses 11 & 12,are extended and prolonged beyond the close of 1,260 days by two significant periods of days, viz. 30 days and 75 days, respectively.

The first of these, 1,290 days is 1,260 + 30. And the 30 days here maybe taken as an intercalary month of 30 days of "cleansing" following directly after the destruction of the false Messiah, and the break up of his confederacy. These 30 days may possibly be the period allotted for the construction of the new and glorious "Sanctuary" of Ezekiel 40-43, which is to be erected after the destruction and removal of the Jewish temple (The Dome on the Rock).

With regard to the 1,335 days of 12:12: This is 1,260 days with an excess of 75 days. This again being an excess of 45 days beyond the 1.290 of 12:11. 1,335 is, therefore, 1,260 + 30 +45.

If the 30 days are occupied with the "cleansing", for example with the "justifying" a new and glorious "Sanctuary", then it maybe that the further 45 days, over and above the 1.290, will cover the preparation time for the fulfilment of the 45th psalm, in order that the nuptials of the king maybe celebrated as described in such wonderful and minute detail in that psalm.

The time of Daniel 12:1 is a time of trouble (Jacob's trouble), and it will be closed be a time or year of acutest tribulation.

NOTE: CHRIST HAS SHORTENED THE TIME TO FIVE MONTHS FOR THE ELECT'S SAKE (MARK 13:20, REV. 9:10-11).

GOD BLESS

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