Can you hear the voice of Wisdom? or only the voice of Inanity? Inanity means lack of good judgment; foolishness; childishness; silliness; absurdity
Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled
Can you hear the voice of Wisdom? — or only the voice of Inanity?
Inanity is usually defined as spiritual or intellectual emptiness; lack of good judgment; lack of substance; shallowness; foolishness; childishness; silliness; absurdity; asininity; or insanity.
PROVERBS 1:20-24
1:20 Wisdom cries without; she utters her voice in the streets:
1:21 She cries in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she utters her words, saying,
1:22 How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
1:23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
1:24 Because I have called, and you refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
PROVERBS 1:30-33
1:30 They refused my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
1:31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
1:32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
1:33 But whoso hearkens unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
JOHN 14:27
14:27 Peace I leave with you. My peace I give unto you—not as the World gives—give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
LUKE 13:34
13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which kills the prophets, and stones them that are sent unto you; how often would I [as the Angel of the LORD] have gathered your children together, as a [mother]hen does gather her brood under her wings, and you would not [respond]!
PSALMS 91:1-12
91:1 He that dwells in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
91:2 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
91:3 Surely he shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler[bird trapper], and from the dangerous pestilence.
91:4 He shall cover you with his feathers, and under his wings shall you trust: his truth shall be your shield and buckler.
91:5 You shall not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flies by day;
91:6 Nor for the pestilence that walks in darkness; nor for the destruction that wastes at noonday.
91:7 A thousand shall fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you.
91:8 Only with your eyes shall you behold and see the reward of the wicked.
91:9 Because you have made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the Most High, your habitation;
91:10 There shall no evil befall you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.
91:11 For He shall give his angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.
91:12 They shall bear you up in their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone.
Never assume you have supernatural protection, or a "guardian angel"—even if someone quotes "scripture" that seems to promise it to you. The "promise" of protection may have been "overstated" by the "scripture" writer—or you may not yet be included among those to whom a genuine promise has been given. Listen to the voice of Wisdom.
MATTHEW 4:5-6
4:5 Then the Devil [the Archangel Lucifer] takes him [literally carries Yahshua from the wilderness near Megiddo, on "eagle's wings"] up into the Holy City [Jerusalem], and sets him on a pinnacle of the Temple,
4:6 And says unto him, If you be the Son of GOD, cast yourself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning you: and in their hands they shall bear you up, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone.
EXODUS 19:2-5
19:2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.
19:3 And Moses went up unto God, and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shall you say to the House of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
19:4 You have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bore you on "eagles' wings" [rapidly transported them, as if on a high-speed conveyor walkway], and brought you unto myself.
19:5 Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then you shall be an exclusive treasure unto me above all people: for all the Earth is mine.
ACTS 8:37-40
8:37 And Philip said, If you believe with your heart, you may. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of GOD.
8:38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
8:39 And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the LORD caught away Philip [rapidly transported him supernaturally], that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
8:40 But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.
MATTHEW 4:5-7
4:5 Then the Devil takes him up into the Holy City, and sets him on a pinnacle of the Temple,
4:6And says unto him, If you be the Son of GOD, cast yourself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning you: and in their hands they shall bear you up, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone.
4:7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, You shall not tempt [or test] the LORD your GOD [because GOD prevents no one from suffering the automatic consequences of irresponsible recklessness].
EXODUS 17:1-7
17:1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
17:2 Wherefore the people did contend with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why contend you with me? why do you tempt the Lord?
17:3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Why is it that you have brought us up out of Egypt—to kill us, and our children, and our cattle with thirst?
17:4 And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
17:5 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with you of the elders of Israel; and your rod, wherewith you smote the river, take in your hand, and go.
17:6 Behold, I will stand before you there upon the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
17:7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they tempted [challenged] the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?
DEUTERONOMY 6:10-18
6:10 And it shall be, when the Lord your God shall have brought you into the land which he swore unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you great and goodly cities, which you built not,
6:11 And houses full of all good things, which you filled not, and wells dug, which you dug not, vineyards and olive trees, which you planted not; when you shall have eaten and be full;
6:12 Then beware lest you forget the Lord, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
6:13 You shall fear the Lord your God, and serve him, and shall swear by his name.
6:14 You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;
6:15 (For the Lord your God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the Lord your God be kindled against you, and destroy you from off the face of the Earth.
6:16 You shall not tempt the Lord your God, as you tempted him in Massah.
6:17 You shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you.
6:18 And you shall do that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord: that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which the Lord swore unto your fathers.
LUKE 13:35
13:35 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and truly I say unto you, You shall not see me, until the time come when you shall say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of [with the authority of] the LORD.
MALACHI 4:5
4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful Day of the Lord:
JOHN 1:19-23
1:19 And this is the record of John [the baptizer], when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who are you?
1:20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
1:21 And they asked him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he says, I am not. Are you that prophet? And he answered, No.
1:22 Then said they unto him, Who are you? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What say you of yourself?
1:23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah.
MALACHI 4:2
4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings...
Can you hear the "Elijah voice" of a "cock crowing" that it is time to "wake up" and begin preparing for the soon-coming appearance of the Sun, of righteousness—or do you only listen to the squawking voice of a "cocky crow" apparently scared by every "straw man" "scare-crow" he views as a threat to his survival—fanatically cautioning his fellow frightened "flockers" to fear everything he fears; though there is no reason to do so—broadcasting "caws", or cries of alarm without cause.
PHILIPPIANS 4:5-9
4:5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
4:6 Be careful [full of "care" or anxious concern] for nothing [except for those things that do require careful concern—because "they won't take care of themselves"] [That's advice from the apostle Paul—not an order from GOD]; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto GOD.
4:7 And the peace of GOD, which passes all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
4:9 Those things, which you have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the GOD of Peace shall be with you.
JOHN 14:27
14:27 Peace I leave with you. My peace I give unto you—not as the World gives—give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
When Yahshua spoke those words of wisdom in 30 A.D., what did he mean? He knew that his own prophesied execution was imminent—a highly detailed and symbolic plan that was designed long before the manifestation and activation of our "human World" on the re-created surface of the "ages-old" planet Earth, during a six day period, six thousand years ago.
1 PETER 1:18-20
1:18 Forasmuch as you know that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, or from your vain conduct [unnecessary religious ritualism] received by tradition from your [fore]fathers;
1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as if of a Lamb without blemish and without spot:
1:20 Who truly was foreordained, before the foundation of the [human] World [not before the creation of the planet Earth], but was manifested in these last times for you,
Throughout the written, or "scriptural" eye-witness history of our "human World", from the time of Adam and Eve, and throughout the mostly negative recorded history of the nation of Israel—all of the influence of the Lord God of Israel was directed toward preparing Israel, as a collective historical entity, for the events which would occur just outside the city of Jerusalem on Passover in 30 A.D.—the day on which he—formerly known as the Angel of the LORD, but transformed by the LORD, GOD the Unlimited into a mortal human—would be executed, or "slain", to begin the fulfillment of his responsibilities as the eternal "Lamb of GOD".
The progression of almost unendurable atrocities experienced by Yahshua of Nazareth, during the last day of his mortal life, had been designed by GOD, his Father in Heaven, to enable the fulfillment of a vital requirement for his Son's qualification to receive supernatural power, from GOD, to be the future Judge of all humans who have lived, and will live throughout the rest of human history.
JOHN 5:22
5:22 For the Father judges no man[no human], but has committed all judgment unto the Son:
ACTS 17:30-31
17:30 And the times of this ignorance GOD winced [grimaced] at [not "winked" at]; but now commands all men everywhere to repent:
17:31 Because He has appointed a day, in the which He will judge the World in righteousness by that man whom He has ordained; whereof He has given assurance unto all men, in that He has raised him from the dead [We can be assured that GOD can raise any of us from the dead and transform us, just as he raised His "firstborn" human Son from the dead, and gave, or restored to him, a glorified spirit body and mind capable of enjoying every aspect of eternal life].
The LORD, GOD required His representative Angel to be supernaturally transformed into a normal, mortal, flesh and blood human—at the time of the birth of the physical body created for him by GOD, his Father—so that he could, at the end of his mortal human life, personally experience a fully representative equivalent of the level of punishment GOD the Father will require him to impose on any person who, after a full face-to-face, personal judgment by him, adamantly rejects his offer of salvation from eternal annihilation, and the terrifying form of punishment that will precede and cause it.
HEBREWS 1:5-6
1:5For unto which of the[other]angels said he at any time, You are my Son. This day have I begotten you?[authorized His Spirit to begin the DNA-based generation of the physical human body in which His Angel would live until death at the age of about thirty-three]And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son[at the time his Son's new human body was born and the former superlative state of His Angel's spirit was "emptied" or reduced to the minimal state appropriate for an infant].
1:6And again, when He brought His Firstborn into the World, He said, And let all the angels of GOD[Himself]worship him.
PHILLIPIANS 2:5-9
2:5Let this mind[a "humanized" version of the Father's Spirit]be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
2:6Who, being in the form of GOD[representing GOD as a singular personality—the Angel of the LORD], thought it not robbery to be "equal"[equated]with GOD:
2:7But made himself of no reputation and took upon himself the form of a servant, and was made[by GOD]in the likeness of men.
2:8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death; even the death of the cross.
2:9Wherefore GOD also has highly exalted him, and given him a Name which is above every name[the Messiah/Christ]:
HEBREWS 5:5-9
5:5So also Christ glorified not himself to be made a High Priest; but He[GOD]that said unto him, You are my Son. Today have I begotten you.
5:6As He says also in another place, You are a Priest forever after the order of Melchisedec.
5:7Who, in the days of his flesh[as Yahshua], when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto Him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
5:8Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
5:9And being made "perfect"[in being faithful and obedient to GOD until death], he became the author[agent of the beginning]of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him.
JOHN 14:27-29
14:27Peace I leave with you. My peace I give unto you—not as the World gives—give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled; neither let it be afraid.
14:28You have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If you loved me, you would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father; for my Father is greater than I[Yahshua, as the human "Son of Man", and the firstborn "Son of GOD", never represented himself as being equal to GOD—or that he was "one-third" of GOD—but only that he had been authorized by GOD to represent himself as the "Lord God" when existing in his GOD-given "Presence" as the Angel of the LORD, GOD the Unlimited.]
14:29And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it has come to pass, you might believe.
When Yahshua told his disciples not to let their "hearts" be troubled; he was not implying that his disciples should never let their "hearts", or "minds" be troubled, or afraid—especially when the time would come for them to be martyred. The Lord, Yahshua was, at the time he said that, beginning to be very troubled in his own "spirit"—which is the controlling force which manifests itself as one's emotional "heart".
JOHN 13:19-21
13:19Now I tell you before it come, that, when it has come to pass, you may believe that I am he.
13:20Truly, truly, I say unto you, He that receives whomsoever I send, receives me; and he that receives me receives Him that sent me.
13:21When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Truly, truly, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
While a person's "spirit" is exactly that—the spirit component generated and monitored by GOD's central Spirit, which controls every aspect of the physicality of each human—and every other conscious creature—and connects each individual to GOD the Unlimited—a person's "heart" is the physical manifestation of emotionality that is produced, and felt, and often observed by others, when a person is experiencing an "emotion" in his "spirit".
A person's "spirit" can produce a sense of instantaneous change between one emotion and another—even completely opposite emotions, such as fearful retreat turning to angry aggression when an animal attempting to escape from a predator is caught by that predator and must literally fight for its life. Or when a husband with "amorous" intentions is denied "access" by his wife, and his "love" and "elevated" anticipation turns to "hate" and an angry "let down" in about a split second.
The term "heart" can be thought of as a "poetic" or non-technical term for the cerebral parts of the physical human brain which are essential in the process of "thinking", but are also strongly influenced by body chemistry in the form of hormones, or countless other chemicals ingested or produced by a physical body. The emotional transitions in a person's "spirit" generally precede the production of, or alteration of brain chemistry which then causes the manifestation of appropriate physical sensations, or "feelings" to accompany the "spirit" emotion, which is normally not dependent on physical body chemistry.
However, the deliberate ingestion of natural or artificial chemicals, such as those found in food, or "drink", or drugs, can cause a person's body to begin manifesting the physical attributes or "feeling" of an "emotion", which one's spirit would not have been able to generate on its own because of the limitations of "normality" defined by GOD. But when a person has added "chemistry" that is "recognized" by one's automated human spirit, the spirit can usually generate appropriate "mental" emotions that will be congruent with the body sensations, or feelings already in progress.
The above statements will make more sense when you are able to read future publications that will contain elaborations of the basis of those assertions.
Yahshua knew he was only a few hours away from having to endure many hours of excruciating torture leading to the miserable end of his mortal life. Yet he was able to suppress the building anxiety in his "troubled spirit" in order to portray a sense of "confidence", (which he was not feeling), so that he could attempt to provide some comforting assurance to his disciples that none of them would be included as victims of the horrible martyrdom he was about to experience—which they would personally witness. He was fulfilling his last day of being a visible "Comforter" to the eleven who had been chosen for spiritual conversion by GOD the Father, and who were not in jeopardy of losing their lives—then.
JOHN 17:12
17:12While I was with them in the World, I kept them in your name: those that you gave me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the "son of perdition"; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
LUKE 22:31-34
22:31And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold; Satan has desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
22:32But I have prayed for you, that your faith fail not: and when you are converted, strengthen your brethren.
22:33And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with you; both into prison, and to death.
22:34And he said, I tell you, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before you shall three times deny that you know me.
JOHN 14:15-18
14:15If you love me, keep my commandments.
14:16And I will pray to the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He[the Father]may abide with you forever;
14:17Even the[Father's]Spirit of Truth[which was being exhibited by Yahshua]; "whom" the World cannot receive, because it sees "him" not, neither knows "him"; but you know "him"; for "he" dwells with you[personified by Yahshua], and shall be in you[in their minds (spirits), so that it could be personified by each of them, as it had been by Yahshua while he was human].
14:18I will not leave you comfortless. I[Yahshua; by utilizing the Holy Spirit of the Father]will come to you[in another form—as "another Comforter"].
JOHN 14:24-27
14:24He that loves me not keeps not my sayings: and the word which you hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
14:25These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
14:26But the Comforter which is the Holy Spirit, "whom" the Father will send in my name,[which was first experienced by those who were chosen to receive it first on Pentecost Day, in 30 A.D.]"he" shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you[the disciples—not to all "Church-goers" throughout the last 2,000 years who have thought they could, by their own efforts, "get", or "bring down" the Holy Spirit by being baptized, or repeating the "right words", or allowing their mouths and tongues to babble incoherent gibberish].
14:27Peace I leave with you. My peace I give unto you—not as the World gives—give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
ACTS 2:1-18
2:1And when the[annual "Jewish" Feast]Day of Pentecost was fully come, they[the original disciples and many others]were all with one accord in one place[near the Jerusalem Temple].
2:2And suddenly there came a sound from heaven[the sky]as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
2:3And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
2:4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
2:5And there were dwelling at Jerusalem, Jews, devout men["observing" the Feast], out of every nation under heaven.
2:6Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language[as if all of them were speaking in the favored language of whoever was hearing them].
2:7And they were all amazed and marveled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galileans?
2:8And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
2:9Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
2:10Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
2:11Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of GOD[not unintelligible babbling].
2:12And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What means this?
2:13Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine[It probably did sound like babbling to those who were not given "ears" to supernaturally "hear" the messages as if they were being spoken in their favorite language and regional dialect].
2:14But Peter, standing up with the eleven[Judas Iscariot had just been replaced by Matthias], lifted up his voice, and said unto them, You men of Judaea, and all you that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words;
2:15For these are not drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day[9:00 am].
2:16But this is[an example of]that which was spoken by the prophet Joel[JOEL 2:28];
2:17And it shall come to pass in the Last Days, says GOD, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
2:18And on my[male]servants, and on my handmaidens, I will pour out, in those days, of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy
The "last days", have not yet begun, notwithstanding the understanding of the Church of GOD between 30 A.D. and approximately 66 A.D. based on the Revelation of Jesus Christ given to the apostle John in 60 A.D.
REVELATION 1:1-3
1:1The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which GOD gave unto him, to show unto His servants things which must shortly come to pass; and He sent and signified it by His Angel[Yahshua, Messiah]unto His servant John[the apostle];
1:2Who bore record of the word of GOD, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
1:3Blessed is he that reads, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein; for the time is at hand.
Did GOD deceive His Angel, Yahshua, about the imminence of the beginning of the End Time, thus causing John to transmit false prophecy to the seven Churches of GOD in Asia Minor (now Turkey), and to all who have believed the Revelation throughout the last two millennia? Or did GOD postpone the scheduled End Time to fulfill His original and preferred plan, enabling an outcome immeasurably greater than what could have resulted from a shortened schedule?
MARK 13:19-27
13:19For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which GOD created unto this time; neither shall be.
13:20And except that the LORD[GOD]had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved; but for the Elect's sake, whom He has chosen, He has shortened the days[but later decided to return to His original plan symbolized by the "seven day week"].
13:21And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:
13:22For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the Elect[They will still be living on Earth accomplishing the "preaching" of the Gospel of the Kingdom of GOD after it will no longer be possible to "publish" it—in the modern sense of the word.].
13:23But take you heed; behold, I have foretold you all things.
13:24But in those days, after that tribulation, the Sun shall be darkened, and the Moon shall not give her light,
13:25And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in Heaven shall be shaken.
13:26And then shall they see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
13:27And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his Elect from "the four winds", from the uttermost part of the Earth, to the uttermost part of Heaven[because there will be a short period in which those who have been martyred on Earth during the final months will have conscious, but not bodily existence in Heaven, while being prepared to be given positions of rulership in the millennial Kingdom of GOD on Earth].
Early in Yahshua's ministry, an incident had occurred during which several of the disciples were understandably terrified by an unexpected violent storm which surrounded them as they were attempting to cross the Sea of Galilee during the night—because the Lord told them to do it.
MARK 4:35-41
4:35And the same day, when the evening was come, he says unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.
4:36And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships.
4:37And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
4:38And he was in the hind part of the ship[the "poop deck"], asleep on a pillow: and they awoke him, and say unto him, Master, care you not that we perish?
4:39And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
4:40And he said unto them, Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?
4:41And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
It was apparent the Yahshua still had a lot to learn about how to be a "Comforter" to his disciples. He alone knew that none of his original disciples were in danger of losing their lives that night, because he had probably been given a preview vision, or dream (while he was sleeping), from his Father, GOD, demonstrating how he should use the supernatural authority he would be given that night—authority to command wind to stop; making it appear that he alone was controlling what was probably a supernaturally manifested storm generated by GOD the Father as a prelude to another confirmation of His Son's trustworthiness—and the set-up of a lesson to be learned later by His Angel regarding the impartiality of his own judgment.
JOHN 5:19-23
5:19Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Truly, truly, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing[supernatural]of himself, but what he sees the Father do[in preview visions]: for what things whatsoever He does, these also does the Son likewise.
5:20For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all things that He himself does: and He will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel.
5:21For as the Father raises up the dead, and replenishes life to them; even so the Son gives life to whom he will.
5:22For the Father judges no man, but has committed all[future]judgment unto the Son:
5:23That all men[all humans]should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son, honors not the Father which has sent him.
JOHN 5:30
5:30I can of my own self do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father which has sent me.
JOHN 10:14-16
10:14I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
10:15As the Father knows me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
10:16And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold. Them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
That was a reference to all "Gentiles" who would believe in him when given their future opportunity. During the short human ministry of Yahshua; GOD the Father required him to limit his revelations to those of the "house of Israel"—known then, as "the Jews". Yet Yahshua knew very well that the Father had always intended that every human who has ever lived be given an opportunity to see and hear him, "in person", offering eternal life to them—even if they must be resurrected for the "introduction"—after having been dead, and oblivious to passing time for thousands of years.
1 TIMOTHY 2:3-8
2:3For this is good and acceptable in the sight of GOD our[ultimate]Savior;
2:4Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of "the Truth"[Yahshua said that he is "the Truth"].
2:5For there is one GOD, and one mediator between GOD and men, the man Christ Jesus;
2:6Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time[to all humans].
2:7Unto which I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
2:8I will therefore that men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands[if you want to do that—but not making a "show" of your faith], without wrath and doubting.
MATTHEW 6:5
6:5And when you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites are; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Truly I say unto you, They have their reward.
6:6But you, when you pray, enter into your closet, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father which is in secret; and your Father which sees in secret shall reward you openly.
6:7But when you pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do; for they think that they shall be heard for their abundant speaking.
6:8Be not you therefore like unto them; for your Father knows what things you have need of before you ask Him.
MATTHEW 15:21-28
15:21Then Jesus went from that place, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
15:22And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, you son of David. My daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
15:23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and implored him, saying, Send her away; for she cries after us[what a bunch of nice guys].
15:24But he answered[knowing where it would lead because the Father had given him a "preview" of it]and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
15:25Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
15:26But he answered and said[facetiously], It is not proper to take the children's "bread", and to cast it to "dogs"[teasing her with the insulting term commonly used by "the Jews" for "the Gentiles"—knowing that she was aware that he was doing that].
15:27And she said, Truth, Lord. Yet the "dogs" eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
15:28Then Jesus answered[with a big grin]and said unto her, O woman, great is your faith. Be it unto you even as you will. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
LUKE 15:1-7
15:1Then drew near unto him all the publicans[who had a reputation for being selfish tax collectors—in "contrast" to those ultra-rich Republicans who have become selfish tax rejecters]and sinners in order to hear him.
15:2And the Pharisees and scribes[who also preferred to steal from the poor, and give to the rich—themselves]murmured, saying, This man receives sinners, and eats with them.
15:3And he spoke this parable unto them, saying,
15:4What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
15:5And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
15:6And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
15:7I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in Heaven over one sinner that repents, more than over ninety and nine[self]-justified persons, which[think they]need no repentance.
Even though Yahshua attempted to give "the Jews" the first opportunity to qualify for rulership positions in the millennial Kingdom of God; and that policy was extended for twenty years after the beginning of the Church of GOD on Pentecost in 30 A.D.; it finally became clear that it was time to begin to welcome the "other sheep" into the "fold", or "hallowed/halo'd" inner circle—from the old English "cirice" which has been transmogrified into "church", "circuit", and "circus"—which is too often apropos (appropriate) because some "churches" put on "the biggest shows on Earth".
MATTHEW 10:5-6
10:5These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter you not:
10:6But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
ACTS 13:45-49
13:45But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spoke against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
13:46Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said[with scornfulness], It was necessary that the word of GOD should first have been spoken to you; but seeing you put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
13:47For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set you to be a light of the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation unto the ends of the Earth.
13:48And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
13:49And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region.
JOHN 5:17-23
10:17Therefore does my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
10:18No man takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
10:19There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
10:20And many of them said, He has a devil, and is mad; why hear you him?
10:21Others said, These are not the words of him that has a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
10:22And it was at Jerusalem the Feast of the Dedication[now the Festival of Lights, or Hanukkah], and it was Winter.
10:23And Jesus walked in the Temple in Solomon's Porch.
10:24Then came the "Jews"[hostile Temple authorities]round about him, and said unto him, How long do you make us to doubt? If you be the Christ, tell us plainly.
10:25Jesus answered them, I told you, and you believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
10:26But you believe not, because you are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
10:27My sheep[believers who were, at the time, almost exclusively Jewish]hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
10:28And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
10:29My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
10:30I and my Father are one[of one "mind" or Holy Spirit].
10:31Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
10:32Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from my Father; for which of those works do you stone me?
10:33The[hostile, authoritarian]"Jews" answered him, saying, For a good work we stone you not; but for blasphemy; and because that you, being a man, make yourself GOD.
10:34Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your Law, I said, You are gods?
PSALMS 82:1-8
82:1God[the Angel of the LORD; the God of Israel]stands in the congregation of the mighty; he judges among the "gods"[the lower-level judges of Israel].
82:2How long will you judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? "Selah"[stop and think].
82:3Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
82:4Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
82:5They[the human "god" judges]know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the Earth are out of course.
82:6I have said, You are "gods"; and you are "children"["sons" and "daughters"]of the Most High.
82:7But you shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
82:8Arise, O God[Angel of the LORD]. Judge the Earth; for you shall inherit all nations.
JOHN 5:35-38
10:35If he called them "gods", unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken[supposedly];
10:36Say you of him, whom the Father has sanctified, and sent into the World, You blaspheme; because I said, I am the Son of GOD?
10:37If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
10:38But if I do, though you believe not me, believe the works: that you may know, and believe, that the Father is in me[in Yahshua's mind], and I in him[in GOD the Father's mind, by means of the Holy Spirit].
The Father is the originator of all powers of "judgment" and His Spirit is constantly monitoring, recording, and automatically analyzing the thoughts and behavior of all humans. But the Father does not usually generate any emotional concern about any information that is made available by His Spirit. And though His Angel will be given power to appear in countless simultaneous Final Judgment visions, the Angel of the LORD has no reason to waste any of his singular stream of consciousness judging individuals during their lives.
JOHN 17:1-6
17:1These words spoke Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to Heaven, and said, Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son, that your Son also may glorify you:
17:2As you have given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as you have given him.
17:3And this is life eternal, that they might know you the only true GOD, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
17:4I have glorified you on the Earth: I have finished the work which you gave me to do.
17:5And now, O Father, glorify you me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the World was.
17:6I have manifested your name unto the men which you gave me out of the World: yours they were, and you gave them to me; and they have kept your word.
JOHN 5:24-29
5:24Truly, truly, I say unto you, He that hears my word, and believes on him that sent me, has everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
5:25Truly, truly, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of GOD: and they that hear shall live.
5:26For as the Father has life in himself; so has He given to the Son to have life in himself;
5:27And has given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of Man[he personally experienced the severity of the worst execution of judgment he will have to impose].
5:28Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
5:29And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation[unless they accept the Lord's personal, face-to-face offer of forgiveness and salvation from condemnation , or "damnation"].
The resurrection of " damnation", or condemnation, will be the ultimate, global, Final Judgment, "in the Spirit", during which most of the humans who have ever lived on Earth, will begin the judgment of their original life with an unresolved determination of qualification for continuation of spirit life after that resurrection to judgment. If any individual being Judged privately, and face-to-face, obstinately rejects all offers of salvation by the Judge—the Angel of the LORD, in the form of the glorified Yahshua, the Messiah—such a person will suffer a punitive and permanent annihilation of his "spirit".
The Lord knew the specific day he was destined to die, and he was probably given power to heal his own health problems as easily as he healed his friends and other believers with the power given to him by GOD the Father during his preaching ministry That was why he could be so nonchalant and unconcerned about anyone killing or injuring him before that specific day—and why he could assure his disciples that they could share that sense of invulnerability as long as he was still able to help them with the supernatural healing power given to him to validate and authenticate his claims about his identity.
MATTHEW 10:28-31
10:28And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the "soul"[the emotional personality that others interact with, in contrast to the "heart"—the emotional "mind" that is mostly experienced inwardly by the "owner" of the "heart"—and sometimes not revealed in a positive manner causing others to say one has no "heart", or has a "cold (dead) heart", or a "hard heart"]: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul[emotional personality]and[material]body in "hell"[the punitive annihilation of body and "soul" by a second, and forever final death by incineration].
10:29Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father _____[without your Father what? It is reasonable to assume from the context that this incomplete sentence was a reference to the Father's access to all data automatically recorded and analyzed by His Spirit for every individual of every life form generated and requiring maintenance by His Spirit.].
10:30But the very hairs of your head are all numbered[This is a reference to the DNA identifiers used and replicated as necessary by the automated Spirit of GOD as it builds, and then maintains, any living physical body throughout its life. GOD doesn't care how "hairy" or "hairless" any specific individual creature is at any point in its life.].
10:31Fear you not therefore, you are of more value than many sparrows.[That's not exactly reassuring. How many sparrows is "many"? Four? Nevertheless, since two sacrificial "sparrows", or small birds could be bought for a farthing; and you are worth more than four sparrows; you should easily qualify to put in your "two cents worth" to GOD].
Nevertheless, all of us, who have no idea when or how we will die, or how much suffering we might have to endure before we do, should not feel we are acting contrary to the Lord's will , or "advice" when actual life-threatening events occur and natural, instinctive fear begins to control us. We have been designed by GOD the Father—who controls all aspects of our instinctive behavior—to respond to serious threats to our lives in the manner that He considered appropriate, whenever it was that He designed the basic fear instincts appropriate for our individual appearance and personality types.
Amazingly, scripture reveals that Yahshua himself apparently had still not learned the meaning of instinctive "fear" on a personal level until shortly before it began to control his body, and influence his mind—diminishing his own faith in "his GOD", the Father, until he actually made a public statement that he thought his GOD, had abandoned him.
MARK 15:33-37
15:33And when the sixth hour[12:00 noon]was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour[3:00 pm].
15:34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
15:35And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calls Elijah.
15:36And one ran and filled a sponge full of "vinegar"[soured wine], and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.
15:37And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the spirit.
Yahshua was not just quoting King David's own recorded public statement regarding his loss of faith in God's willingness to help him endure the misery of the progressive "wasting" disease which caused the bones in his hands and feet to become so fragile that they would break as "compound fractures" and poke through, or "pierce" what was left of his flesh.
PSALMS 22:16-17
22:16For dogs have compassed me[checking to see if he was dead]: the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me:
22:17I may tell all my bones: they pierced my hands and my feet. They look and stare upon me.
PSALMS 31:9-10
31:9Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yes, my soul and my belly.
31:10For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
PSALMS 88:1-18
88:1O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you:
88:2Let my prayer come before you: incline your ear unto my cry;
88:3For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draws nigh unto the grave.
88:4I am counted with them that go down into the pit[the grave]: I am as a man that has no strength:
88:5Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom you remember no more: and they are cut off from your hand.
88:6You have laid me in the low pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
88:7Your wrath lies hard upon me, and you have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.
88:8You have put away my acquaintance far from me; you have made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
88:9My eye mourns by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon you, I have stretched out my hands unto you.
88:10Will you show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise you? Selah.
88:11Shall your loving kindness be declared in the grave? or your faithfulness in destruction?
88:12Shall your wonders be known in the dark? and your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
88:13But unto you have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent you.
88:14Lord, why cast you off my soul? why hide you your face from me?
88:15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer your terrors I am distracted.
88:16Your fierce wrath goes over me; your terrors have cut me off.
88:17They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
88:18Lover and friend have you put far from me, and my acquaintance into darkness.
The Angel of the LORD was always able to enjoy supreme confidence in the supernatural invulnerability he had always experienced, including the supernatural protection he had throughout his human life as Yahshua, of Nazareth. But that "fearlessness" began to melt away as his human "spirit" began to focus on the type of death he would soon experience. And during the closing minutes of Yahshua's miserable death, he was finally forced by GOD, to feel what most humans experience in similar, or worse circumstances.
All of the infinite variations of "fear" that GOD the Unlimited has designed and determined to be necessary as protective instincts for every creature, have been tested and "perfected" by the twenty-four Elder Elohim angels under the direction of the Angel of the LORD. But the Lord must maintain a detached level of awareness of any of the "specie-specific" emotions and associated sensations being tested by the twenty-four Elohim Elders.
JOHN 1:1-3
1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with GOD, and the Word was God.
1:2The same was in the beginning with GOD.
1:3All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
REVELATION 4:10-11
4:10The four and twenty[Elohim]Elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that lives for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
4:11You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for you have created all things, and for your pleasure they are and were created.[The Lord is not required to experience the testing of the potentials for suffering programmed by GOD into the "minds" and bodies of each specie.]
From the moment GOD the Unlimited gave consciousness to the supreme singular personality who would become known as the Angel of the LORD, there was never any reason for GOD's Angel to personally experience any of the vast range of emotions and bodily sensations related to what we know as "fear". But the Angel of the LORD was designed primarily to represent his "Maker" as the supreme Judge of all other creatures—especially humans. And he could not have been given power to punish any human until he himself had fully experienced the level of fear and terror that will accompany the execution of the those who continue to willfully reject him and refuse his offer of eternal life after a lengthy, and private, face-to-face judgment.
Except for his participation in the supernatural experiences which occurred during the period of his ministry, Yahshua lived a relatively normal, and one could say, protected human life for thirty-three years—which some of us who are sixty-six or older may think of as the "easy" half of life. Should GOD the Father have required His Angel to also live the "difficult" half of human life, so that he could personally understand, from actual experience, how it feels to become "old" and gradually accumulate so many unresolved health problems that it has caused many to reconsider the reputation of death as an "enemy"? Perhaps He has.
But the reality is, that no single life, of even a thousand years in length, would enable any human, or even the Angel of the LORD, after his life as Yahshua, to have any realistic concept of what billions of other humans may have suffered or endured until death ended their growing list of chronic miseries. Uncountable millions of young men, and sometimes women, have suffered the repeated anguish of anticipating probable loss of "life and limb" while attempting to kill or incapacitate (maim) other young men, and sometimes women, sent into battle by "arm-chair" "remote control" "ivory-tower" "commanders" who can find nothing better to do than "mind" everyone else's business—with everyone else's money.
Countless soldiers have been required to suppress, or "deal with" their fear of imminent combat and risk of horrible injury, day after day, and year after year, thanks to the senseless wars perpetuated by their warmongering "commanders". Yet it seems that the one human who should have been most able to exemplify the "fearlessness" he was always "preaching", is portrayed as almost having a "nervous breakdown" during an "anxiety attack" before any Roman soldier had laid a hand on him.
He even attempted to convince GOD to terminate the ongoing fulfillment of the main reason he was born—to experience the fullness of the horror of anticipation of, and suffering of, torturous punitive death at the unimaginable level it will be experienced by those who deliberately reject the offer of salvation which will be given to them during their future Final Judgment after resurrection.
JOHN 12:27-30
12:27Now is my soul[his whole body]troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
12:28Father, glorify your name. Then came there a voice from Heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
12:29The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spoke to him.
12:30Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes[so that Yahshua could continue to be assured, and continue to assure his disciples that GOD the Father was still planning to glorify His own name by protecting them and sending them out as missionaries in the future].
JOHN 17:18-21
17:18As you have sent me into the World, even so have I also sent them into the World.
17:19And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
17:20Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
17:21That they all may be one; as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us: that the World may believe that you have sent me.
MARK 14:32-36
14:32And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he says to his disciples, Sit you here, while I shall pray.
14:33And he took with him Peter, and James, and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;
14:34And said unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry you here, and watch.
14:35And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.
14:36And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto you; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what you will.
The experience was so intense, and so far beyond anything most humans have ever experienced, that the Father allowed the Archangel Michael to stand by him and provide encouragement as he attempted to restrain his instinctive desire to escape or defend himself by surrounding himself with legions of angels. He was forbidden to do either.
LUKE 22:39-46
22:39And he came out, and went, as he was known to do, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him.
22:40And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that you enter not into temptation.
22:41And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,
22:42Saying, Father, if you be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but yours, be done.
22:43And there appeared an angel unto him from Heaven, strengthening him.
22:44And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
22:45And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,
22:46And said unto them, Why sleep you? Rise and pray, lest you enter into temptation!
MATTHEW 26:50-54
26:50And Jesus said unto him, Friend, why are you come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus and took him.
26:51And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, and struck off his ear.
26:52Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again your sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
26:53Think you that I cannot now pray to my Father, and He shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
26:54But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
That is the essence of this presentation. Most who trust in arsenals of man-made weapons to "protect" themselves against "intruders", would probably be so terrified if actually intruded upon that they wouldn't be able to hit the "broad side of a barn" with their beloved, and idolized "firearms", no matter how much time, money, and hearing acuity they wasted on target practice.
And extending that logic to a global scale—when a nation's rulers send young male and female soldiers into other nations as militant intruders, in the name of "national defense", those soldiers are no longer able to defend their own nation against intrusion, but have become literal intruders themselves and targets of those who haven't left their own homeland, or their own homes, and are willing to do almost anything to repel militant intrusion from other nations .
Don't expect GOD to provide legions of angels, or even one so-called "guardian angel" to help protect you during a time of life-threatening danger, if your trust is in your own lethal weapons. In fact, don't even expect any angels to be sent to stand by you and encourage you when you are about to die—even if you've never touched a man-made weapon. Though it could happen, it should not be necessary. You will never have to endure the intensifying horrors of an imminent "second death" if you believe that GOD wants all humans to be saved, and to be able to avoid that ultimate punishment.
1 TIMOTHY 2:3-6
2:3For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior;
2:4Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
2:5For there is one GOD, and one mediator between GOD and men, the man Christ Jesus;
2:6Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
GOD the Father decided that His Angel—who He has authorized to eventually judge all humans—must be as reluctant to order the ultimate punishment as He is. GOD the Father has designed and "programmed" every "instinctive" emotion that can be generated by a human spirit—or any other spirit. He also monitors, by means of His "automated" Spirit, the internal and external effects of every "emotion" He has designed and "programmed" into the spirits of every creature capable of consciousness.
The Father understands every aspect of every form of emotion and related "feeling" He has determined to be appropriate for every creature He has authorized His Spirit to generate. However, the Angel of the LORD—who has never been required to personally experience the true internal emotions and related physical feelings of every specie of creature—is on record throughout the historical scriptures as having been almost too willing to unleash horrible punishments on those who knowingly resisted him.
Because GOD required His Angel to experience a true equivalent of the emotions and feelings of the ultimate judgment and punishment, as a true flesh and blood mortal human, with his instinctive, human, hormone-based fear symptoms "struggling" with his "spirit" for control of his destiny, the Lord, Yahshua, is now more capable of understanding why some will continue to resist him due to fear of him, because he will not be the "God" they thought they knew all of their lives. In fact he might be the "God" they deliberately rejected all of their lives—or ignorantly ridiculed all of their lives.
Every offensive opinion anyone may have had regarding Yahshua, the Messiah; and even every evil form of behavior that anyone may have perpetrated because of a lack of belief in any "God", or "on behalf" of any "God"; can be forgiven if a person accepts the future offer of salvation from eternal annihilation which will be made during the person's Final Judgment by GOD's Holy Spirit (His unlimited, central, conscious "mind") through His Angel. But anyone who hatefully rejects GOD's offer, will never receive forgiveness—unless he finally accepts it in the last conscious minutes of his horrible punitive annihilation.
MARK 3:28-29
3:28Truly I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith whatsoever they shall blaspheme:
3:29But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit has no forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.
Even after Yahshua was able to get his emotions under control, after resigning his fate to whatever his GOD the Father would allow, he was not through having to learn yet another lesson about the consistency of his judgments. As noted above, he apparently directed scornful criticism toward his disciples who were doing their best to survive during a sudden, severe, night-time storm as they attempted to transport him on the Sea of Galilee to his next speaking engagement—while he slept.
But when the "tables were turned", and it was him who was terrified by the threat of imminent death, in the middle of the night; and it was the disciples who were sleeping; he directed scornful criticism at them for not caring enough about his problems. In fact he was about to do it twice before realizing he was caught in a loop of judgment that still makes him look hypocritical two-thousand years later, thanks to the eye-witness reporting of those who weren't as unconcerned as he accused them of being.
MATTHEW 26:36-47
26:36Then comes Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and says unto the disciples, Sit you here, while I go and pray yonder.
26:37And he took with him Peter, and the two sons of Zebedee[his cousins, James, and John], and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.
26:38Then says he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry you here, and watch with me.
26:39And 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 you will.
26:40And he comes unto the disciples, and finds them asleep, and says unto Peter, What? Could you not watch with me one hour?
26:41Watch and pray, that you enter not into temptation! The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
26:42He 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, your will be done.
26:43And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
26:44And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.
26:45Then comes he to his disciples, and says unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
26:46Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that does betray me.
26:47And while he yet spoke, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.
Unlike certain well-known, self-anointed "paragons of virtue" who think they exemplify righteousness and humility, Yahshua knew very well that he was not perfect, and not even "good" by his personal standards of behavior. And he had not been "perfected" in any demonstrable way even during his last hours of human life. In fact, his human imperfection and sometimes questionable judgment was on display more than ever.
MARK 10:17-18
10:17And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
10:18And Jesus said unto him, Why call you me good? There is none good but One, that is, GOD.
MATTHEW 5:46-48
5:46For if you love them which love you, what reward have you? do not even the publicans the same?
5:47And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more than others? do not even the publicans so?
5:48Be you therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in Heaven is perfect.
If Yahshua could not be "perfect", who do the professional blowhards on television and radio think they are, as they continuously criticize and condemn every human and humane effort to help more people survive life, while venerating and "honorizing" all inhuman and inhumane efforts to invade other nations and "utilize" weapons of mass destruction in the pursuit of "straw man" adversaries who terrorize them.
Other than being another term for "scare-crow"; a "straw man" is a deliberate misrepresentation of a person, or a person's positions or beliefs, with the intent of making the person, or his beliefs look absurdly illogical or unrealistic so they can be ridiculed as being worthless. It doesn't take any "brains" to argue against one's own absurdly illogical and unrealistic, self-made "straw man" caricature of an opponent who isn't being allowed to speak for himself to defend his ideas or actions.
There is no shortage of humans whose positions or beliefs deserve to be ridiculed as being illogical, self-contradictory, and worthless. But the actual, on the record, or on video, or "in person" statements of a person should be the basis of the deserved ridicule—not concocted, simple-minded, hostile misrepresentations of a person's actual statements and positions. Many of the statements and positions of politicians are like "scare-crows" with a face and "front" on both sides—leaving no room for anything but the phony facades designed to appeal to those who don't realize they are looking at a real, live "straw man" with no "heart".
Far too many of the "talking heads" seen on television seem to live in such "intellectually" restricted little "bubble worlds" that are being obscured by their own "snow-jobbing", that they can't distinguish between the weak "straw men" opponents they have created so they can pretend to be strong, and the "strong" "straw men" they have created in their imaginations, which make them appear weak.
Yahshua may not have been "perfect", or even "good" by his own personal standards, but he had no equal in his human understanding of the Septuagint "Bible" he virtually "lived in" throughout his early years—in more ways than one. After King Herod died in the early part of the year 4 B.C., his youngest son Herod Archelaus was allowed by Rome to attain rulership over the southern part of his father's kingdom, which included the city of Jerusalem. It was Herod Archelaus who ordered the murder of all infants in Bethlehem under the age of two in an effort to eliminate any future threat to the undeserved political power he hoped to maintain the rest of his life.
But Archelaus' life would only last until Yahshua was finished with his early education in the World-famous libraries of Alexandria, having been taken as a toddler to Egypt, from Nazareth, by his mother Mary and step-father Joseph. He was undoubtedly raised in Alexandria, within its large Jewish population, and had access to its extensive libraries of religious and secular knowledge written in Greek, Hebrew, and Latin. He also undoubtedly sharpened his wit and wisdom by discussing his latest "discoveries" with others in the libraries who were scholarly and inquisitive.
With the substantial amount of gold that had been entrusted to Mary and Joseph as a first "birthday" gift to Yahshua by the wealthy "wise men", or theological scholars who had traveled to Jerusalem from Aramaic-speaking Jewish population centers in Mesopotamia—as other devout Jews did later for Pentecost in 30 A.D.—Mary and Joseph were able to live safely and comfortably in Alexandria. It would have been very likely that the very young Yahshua would have insisted on being allowed to buy a copy of the Septuagint for continual study at home in Alexandria.
ACTS 2:4-11
2:4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
2:5And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
2:6Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
2:7And they were all amazed and marveled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galileans?
2:8And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
2:9Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
2:10Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
2:11Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of GOD.
Though the Aramaic-speaking apostle Peter fulfilled most of his missionary responsibilities within Asia Minor (modern Turkey), as did many of the other apostles—at the time he wrote "1 Peter" to the elders he normally supervised, he had been sent to prepare the mostly Jewish members of the Church of God in the area of Mesopotamia for the fulfillment of the ominous prophecies predicting the rapid construction of the "end-time" city of Babylon mentioned in the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which was given to the apostle John around 60 A.D.
1 PETER 1:1-2
1:1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
1:2Elect according to the foreknowledge of GOD the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
1 PETER 5:13
5:13The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, salutes you; and so does Marcus my son.
LUKE 2:39-40
2:39And when they[Mary and Joseph]had performed all things according to the Law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
2:40And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
MATTHEW 2:1-18
2:1Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod[Archelaus]the king[ethnarch], behold, there came wise men from the East to Jerusalem,
2:2Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his "star" in the East, and are come to worship him.
2:3When Herod[Archelaus]the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all[of the religious authorities in]Jerusalem with him.
2:4And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
2:5And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
2:6And you Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, are not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of you shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
2:7Then Herod, when he had privately called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the "star" appeared.
2:8And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when you have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
2:9When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the "star", which they saw in the East, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young[one year old]child was[the "star" was obviously an angel—probably the Archangel Michael].
2:10When they saw the "star", they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
2:11And when they were come into the house[in Nazareth, on which the "star" Archangel was standing], they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh.
2:12And being warned of GOD in a dream that they should not return to Herod[Archelaus], they departed into their own country[Mesopotamia, in the East]another way.
2:13And when they were departed, behold, an angel of the LORD[the one who was the "star"]appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be you there until I bring you word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
2:14When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
2:15And was there until the death of Herod[Archelaus]: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
2:16Then Herod[Archelaus], when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding angry, and sent forth, and slew all the children[including girls]that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts[neighboring villages]thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
2:17Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
2:18In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
About eight years after Mary and Joseph had fled to Egypt to avoid the murderous objectives of Herod Archelaus, he was mysteriously "eliminated" in 6 A.D. after an ominous dream. Joseph was told by that "star" angel in a dream, that he should return to Nazareth with his growing family. But when someone told him that Archelaus was still in power, Joseph's great fear of him almost caused him to refuse to return—until GOD threatened to punish him if he didn't.
MATTHEW 2:19-23
2:19But when Herod[Archelaus] was dead[eliminated by that angel], behold, an angel of the LORD appeared in a dream[always in a dream] to Joseph in Egypt,
2:20Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead [not only Archelaus] which sought the young child's life.
2:21And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
2:22But when he heard that Archelaus did[still]reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod[the "great"], he was afraid to go there: notwithstanding, being warned of GOD in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
2:23And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
So Joseph and Mary and Yahshua, were able to return to Nazareth when Yahshua was about nine years old and was still young enough to develop natural fluency in Aramaic, adding to his acquired ability to communicate easily in Greek, Hebrew, and Latin with anyone, at any level—as long as he avoided spiritual references to himself. No human language is adequate to convey spiritual understanding that can only be discerned if GOD allows it.
1 CORINTHIANS 2:1-16
2:1And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of GOD.
2:2For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
2:3And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
2:4And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power[Paul was highly educated and multi-lingual, but he was trying to make the point that some points can't be made unless the "hearing", or understanding is as "inspired" as the speaking.]:
2:5That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of GOD.
2:6Nevertheless we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nothing:
2:7But we speak the wisdom of GOD in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which GOD ordained before the World unto our glory:
2:8Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
2:9But as it is written, Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which GOD has prepared for them that love him.
2:10But GOD has revealed them unto us by His Spirit: for the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of GOD.
2:11For what man knows the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of GOD knows no man, but the Spirit of GOD.
2:12Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of GOD; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of GOD.
2:13Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
2:14But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of GOD: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
2:15But he that is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
2:16For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
LUKE 2:41-52
2:41Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover[after moving back to Nazareth from Egypt].
2:42And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the Feast.
2:43And when they had fulfilled the Days[of Unleavened Bread], as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it.
2:44But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.
2:45And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.
2:46And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the Temple, sitting in the midst of the "doctors", both hearing them, and asking them questions.
2:47And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers[because he had not made himself known before that day. His first year was lived in Nazareth, until he was taken to Egypt where he lived until Herod Archelaus was removed, at which time he returned to Nazareth with his parents, and began mastering Aramaic over the next couple of years so he could easily converse with the "doctors of theology" in the Temple when he was twelve].
2:48And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why have you thus dealt with us? behold, your father and I have sought you sorrowing.
2:49And he said unto them, How is it that you sought me? know you not that I must be about my Father's business?[He couldn't understand why they were so concerned about his safety. He knew his true Father was protecting him.]
2:50And they understood not the saying which he spoke unto them.
2:51And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
2:52And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.
Sharing in the wealth of "worldly" blessings being provided by GOD to give His Son every advantage, Joseph established a successful and influential building construction business in Nazareth. Don't believe those who think Yahshua only knew how to build bird houses and milking stools. As Mary and Joseph's natural family continued to expand, the sons and daughters were taught the skills of the business enabling them to take financial advantage of the ongoing nearby urban redevelopment of the sophisticated and wealthy city of Sepphoris, about an hour's walk from Nazareth.
LUKE 2:41-52
2:52And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.
During his late "teens" and throughout his "twenties", Yahshua was highly regarded as the primary manager of his "father" Joseph's construction company in Nazareth, though he undoubtedly lived independently in his own home there, or remained in the city of Sepphoris during lengthy construction projects. It is apparent that he also maintained a personal home in Capernaum near his cousins James and John, and near a lake-side cabin used by Peter and his brother Andrew, though they were from Bethsaida.
JOHN 1:44
1:44Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
When Joseph died shortly before Yahshua began to allow himself to become "known" publicly at his baptism by his cousin, John, the baptizer; Yahshua got a "taste" of acting as a "father figure" for his four younger brothers and sisters. Though his true identity as the prophesied "Son of Man" was never a secret to himself—he wisely kept it a secret from everyone else. Even his closest family thought he had gone crazy when he began to fully reveal himself as the Son of GOD, in Heaven. And though he continued to increase in favor with GOD—he began to decrease in favor with those who had known him all of his life.
JOHN 2:12
2:12After this[the wedding of one of his sisters in Cana]he went down to[his home in]Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brothers, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.[before he traveled to Bethabara where he was baptized in the Jordan river by his cousin John, "the baptizer"].
LUKE 4:1-2
4:1And Jesus being full of the Holy Spirit returned from the Jordan river, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness[near Megiddo],
4:2Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered[and returned to his home in Capernaum to recover and begin his ministry, which was now being validated by GOD with healing miracles].
LUKE 4:16-23
4:16And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up in order to read.
4:17And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
4:18The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, because He has anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor; He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
4:19To preach the acceptable year of the LORD.
4:20And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
4:21And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
4:22And all bore him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
4:23And he said unto them, You will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal yourself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in your country.
Yahshua was about six-feet tall and had weighed about a hundred and eighty pounds when he began the forty day fast in the wilderness. He had lost about forty pounds and was looking emaciated when he spoke in the Nazareth synagogue. It was his "effort" to quickly regain his normal weight that was the basis of his enemies accusing him of being a glutton and an imbiber of excessive wine—a drunk.
LUKE 4:24-32
4:24And he said, Truly I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
4:25But I tell you truthfully, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
4:26But unto none of them was Elijah sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
4:27And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
4:28And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,
4:29And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
4:30But he passing through the midst of them went his way,
4:31And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee[where he lived], and taught them on the Sabbath days.
4:32And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.
MATTHEW 4:13-25
4:13And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt[in his home]in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
4:14That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying,
4:15The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
4:16The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
4:17From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.
4:18And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
4:19And he says unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
4:20And they immediately left their nets, and followed him.
4:21And going on from that place, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
4:22And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
4:23And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
4:24And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with diverse diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
4:25And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.
MARK 1:21-45
1:21And they went into Capernaum; and immediately on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.
1:22And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.
1:23And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,
1:24Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with you, you Jesus of Nazareth? are you come to destroy us? I know you who you are, the Holy One of GOD.
1:25And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold your peace, and come out of him.
1:26And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.
1:27And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commands he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.
1:28And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee.
1:29And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
1:30But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and soon they tell him of her.
1:31And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.
1:32And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils.
1:33And all the city was gathered together at the door.
1:34And he healed many that were sick of diverse diseases, and cast out many devils; and allowed not the devils to speak, because they knew him.
1:35And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
1:36And Simon and they that were with him followed after him.
1:37And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for you.
1:38And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth.
1:39And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils.
1:40And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If you will, you can make me clean.
1:41And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and says unto him, I will; be you clean.
1:42And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.
1:43And he strictly charged him, and forthwith sent him away;
1:44And says unto him, See you say nothing to any man: but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
1:45But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.
MARK 2:1-2
2:1And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house.
2:2And immediately many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.
MARK 9:33-35
9:33And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that you disputed among yourselves by the way?
9:34But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.
9:35And he sat down, and called the twelve, and says unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
MATTHEW 11:20-24
11:20Then began he to reproach the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:
11:21Woe unto you, Chorazin! woe unto you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
11:22But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.
11:23And you, Capernaum, which are exalted unto Heaven, shall be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in you, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
11:24But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you.
PROVERBS 1:20-24
1:20Wisdom cries without; she utters her voice in the streets:
1:21She cries in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she utters her words, saying,
1:22How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
1:23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
1:24Because I have called, and you refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
PROVERBS 1:30-33
1:30They refused my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
1:31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
1:32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
1:33But whoso hearkens unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
MARK 9:30-37
9:30And they departed from that place, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it.
9:31For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.
9:32But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
9:33And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that you disputed among yourselves by the way?
9:34But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.
9:35And he sat down, and called the twelve, and says unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
9:36And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them,
9:37Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receives me: and whosoever shall receive me, receives not me, but him that sent me.
Though Yahshua was supposed to be the human personification of the "voice of wisdom", and he was supposed to be a human "comforter" to his disciples, he was often unsuccessful in being either because his disciples couldn't understand what he was talking about most of the time—and they were usually afraid to ask him to explain his strange parables
MARK 4:11-12
4:11And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the Kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
4:12That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
It has never been necessary, since the time of the creation of Adam and Eve, that anyone understand enough of GOD's plan of salvation to become qualified for salvation during their original and only lifetime. In fact the Lord clearly stated that he didn't state things clearly so that most wouldn't begin a qualification for salvation which would require them to be faithful to the end of their lives to sustain that qualification. Those who do find and understand "the Way" can qualify for levels of future authority vastly beyond anything the majority of humans will even know about. If all knew about the plan, the nations of the millennial Kingdom of God on Earth might be populated entirely by kings and queens, and no one else.
JOHN 14:1-6
14:1Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in GOD, believe also in me.
14:2In my "Father's House"[His ultimate home in Heaven represented by the Jerusalem Temple]are many "mansions"[prestigious offices of authority, as there were in the Temple]: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
14:3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
14:4And where I go you know, and the way you know.
14:5Thomas says unto him, Lord, we know not where you go; and how can we know the way?
14:6Jesus says unto him, I am "the way", the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me.
REVELATION 3:6-10
3:6He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches.
3:7And to the "angel"[spirit representation]of the church[membership]in Philadelphia,[the city in Asia Minor around 60 A.D.—now Alaşehir in modern Turkey]write; These things says he that is holy, he that is true, he that has the key of David, he that opens, and no man shuts; and shuts, and no man opens[Yahshua, Messiah];
3:8I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, and no man can shut it: for you havea little strength, and have kept my word, and have not denied my name.
3:9Behold, I will make them of the "synagogue of Satan", which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet[implying that those being referred to historically, or "typically" in the present and future, will be given God-level authority and the veneration they will be due in the millennial Kingdom of God], and to know that I have loved you.
3:10Because you have kept the word of my patience, I also will keep you from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the World, to try them that dwell upon the Earth.
DANIEL 7:18
7:18But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
REVELATION 5:8-10
5:8And when he had taken the book, the four "Beasts"[multi-specie administrators]and four and twenty Elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odors, which are[representative of]the prayers of saints.
5:9And they[the saints in their prayers]sung a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for you were slain, and have redeemed us to GOD by your blood, out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
5:10And have made us unto our GOD, kings and priests; and we shall reign on the Earth.
Though the "voice of wisdom", Yahshua, often attempted to provide comforting words to his disciples, the effect was often not comforting because the disciples often had no idea what he was talking about. Two thousand years later, we can see that what was spoken was directed specifically to his disciples and was meant to be applied only that night and through the next few days.
The timely advice of Yahshua was not meant to be mindlessly parroted by the squawking voice of inanity as a distorted, pseudo-religious mantra of false assurance. "L.N.Y.H.B.T."—as long as no restrictions are placed on the production and use of humanly devised weapons, even if the obscene cost of the production and use of destructive human weapons "requires" minimizing, or eliminating the funding of programs that provide for the needs of individuals, young and old, who could not adequately support themselves if they tried.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:14-15
5:14Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly; comfort the feebleminded; support the weak; be patient toward all men.
5:15See that no one renders evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
ACTS 20:27-35
20:27For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of GOD.
20:28Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to feed the Church of GOD, which he has purchased with his own blood.
20:29For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
20:30Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
20:31Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
20:32And now, brethren, I commend you to GOD, and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
20:33I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
20:34Yes, you yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
20:35I have showed you all things, how that so laboring you ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Beware of individuals, religious or irreligious, who inanely parrot scripture to advance their own agendas, which is to control the minds of as many humans as possible. Remember Satan's misappropriation of the words of God to manipulate the naïve minds of Adam and Eve. Lucifer enticed Eve, and Adam, who stood by silently, to take more than God thought they needed. He then played with their instinctive fear of sudden death, advising them to devote their time to designing cover-ups, manufacturing protection, and hiding behind the bushes if they felt threatened—by God.
2 CORINTHIANS 11:12-15
11:12But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
11:13For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
11:14And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an "angel of light".
11:15Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
The term "bloviation" refers to overblown, exaggerated, long-winded oration from pretentious, egotistical blowhards. Many in the realm of government and politics, and many who support them seem to think that is their job to bloviate about the "evils" of "taking money from the rich" and "giving it to the poor" regardless of the "circumstances" of the poor.
Apparently they forget that the foundation of traditional family life is acceptance of the principle that it is primarily a father's responsibility to earn most of a family's income (to get "rich"), and then to share those "riches" with the mother, who is "jobless" except for all of the hard work she does at home trying to raise their "jobless" children, teaching them that they will have to one day get "real jobs" and support others who rightfully depend on them for shared support.
Pity the family with a "head of household" who thinks he deserves to keep most of what he "earns" and is entitled to spend his earnings any way he wants to spend them, while allowing his family to have access to as little as possible. Is it not ironic that many who have been able to "earn" millions of dollars performing bloviation jobs in public, often bloviate about how others should find "real jobs" so they'll stop annoying the bloviators?
Though most won't be able to get a good bloviation job on TV or radio, countless millions of opinionated individuals are now able to "publish" proof of their existence on the endless supply of "blogs" available on the Internet. Though some claim that "blog" is a contraction for "web log", the reality is that it is more appropriately defined as a contraction for "bloviation bog"—a trap in which dead ideas become like "peat-bog mummies" or "bog bodies", preserved for all to stare at in disbelief forever.
Like epitaphs engraved in granite tomb-stones, countless bloggers have publicized epithets aimed at political or religious enemies or spouses, which could be taken to court as proof of who is actually the person who should be blamed. If you want your "thinking" to live forever, for all to see, so that they can be "blinded by your brilliance—or baffled by your bullsh*t"—take advantage of the phenomenal opportunity to personally create and control your own website, such as Xrayzr Revelations, at very little cost.
I still recommend 1&1 as the website hosting company providing the best opportunity to literally reveal yourself to the World. Just make sure that what you write isn't vulnerable to unauthorized revision, unbeknownst to yourself. That is one of the main themes in this presentation—be aware that words of focused wisdom—such as "Let not your heart be troubled"—can be transmogrified into words of senseless inanity, giving the impression that the originator of the words of wisdom didn't understand what he was saying or writing, rather than the unauthorized transmogrifier.
If you've already had too many of your "choice" opinions become irretrievable, but ever on display to the World in the bloviation "bogosphere"—you have some "excellent company". The Angel of the LORD has provided one of the most enduring, and most extensive examples of what can happen when a person chooses to publically "vent" his wrath toward a spouse, or a political, or religious foe, or toward almost everything in this world that he "hates". Vast amounts of Hebrew scripture consists of the Angel the LORD revealing his hatred toward his "wife"—Israel—and his detailed plans to punish, or even destroy her.
Most of the World's population still judges the Lord God of Israel by what he dictated to many prophets over a period of many hundreds of years. Many are repulsed by what he apparently said and want nothing to do with anyone, or any God who could generate such malicious threats. Yet many use what they see in "scripture" as an excuse, or justification for acting the same way—spewing venomous threats toward current descendants of Israel who would not have been targets of the Lord's wrath at that earlier time—at least for the same reasons.
Many think it is their job—not GOD's job—to preserve every "jot and tittle" of every "scripture"; even those with very questionable origins and detrimental influence that should have been lost in history to prevent them from being used as "excuses" or "justification" for current religious and political evil. Remember that scripture inspired by GOD is profitable for instruction in righteousness—not instruction in evilness. If you try to use scripture as a means of destroying freedom—you don't know "beans" about scripture—or freedom.
JOHN 1:17
1:17For the Law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
MATTHEW 5:16-18
5:16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven.
5:17Think not that I am come to destroy the Law, or the Prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.
5:18For truly I say unto you, Till Heaven and Earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the Law, till all be fulfilled.
JOHN 14:6
14:6Jesus says unto him, I am "the Way", "the Truth", and "the Life": no man comes unto the Father, but by me.
JOHN 15:26
15:26But when "the Comforter" has come, "whom" I will send unto you from the Father; even the Spirit of "the Truth"[the same Holy Spirit which Yahshua was personifying as he presented "the Truth" which had been revealed to him], which proceeds from the Father—"he"[those of you who will also receive that same level of association with GOD's Holy Spirit]shall testify of me.
Yahshua was revealing to his disciples that he would be given supernatural power to continue to perform the role of "Comforter" in the minds of those who would be literally given a measure of the Father's Holy Spirit in the future; but he would no longer be limited as a singular human personality who could only be in one place at a time—and only communicate with other minds at the limited human level the Father had allowed him utilize. But after Yahshua returned to Heaven, GOD the Father fulfilled His promise to His Angel that He would enable him to utilize multiple streams of consciousness and directly access the minds (or spirits) of all who will be participating in a vital fulfillment of End Time prophecy.
MATTHEW 10:16-20
10:16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be you therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
10:17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
10:18And you shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them, and the Gentiles[only those "Gentiles" with a personal history of bigoted "hatred" toward anything "Jewish"].
10:19But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what you shall speak; for it shall be given you in that same hour what you shall speak.
10:20For it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaks in you.
MARK 13:10-11
13:10And the Gospel[of the millennial Kingdom of God]must first be published among all nations.
13:11But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what you shall speak, neither should you premeditate; but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak you; for it is not you that speak, but the Holy Spirit[of the Father].
LUKE 21:12-15
21:12But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
21:13And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
21:14Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what you shall answer;
21:15For I[after he returned to Heaven and received from GOD the Father, a vastly enhanced level of supernatural mind-power, which he had been unable to display while he was human, judging from the scriptural eye-witness accounts of his ministry]will give you a "mouth" and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay[refute], nor resist[an enabling of those given that level of Holy Spirit during the End Time, to speak fluently with wisdom and authority that no ordinary human will be able to emulate—or "parrot"].
JOHN 16:13-14
16:13Nevertheless, when "he", the Spirit of "the Truth"[the Holy Spirit of Yahshua—who was "the Truth"], has come[into the spirits, or minds of those to whom it will be given, by GOD], "he"[the Holy Spirit, which is GOD the Father's collective "mind"]will guide you into all truth[by inspiring those who can become "guides"]: for "he"[the "mind" of GOD]shall not speak of "himself"[since "he" is not a singular "person" separate from the Father, needing to publicize "himself" as one of a so-called "Trinity" of three "God persons"; or a "person" who sees some entertainment value in causing humans to "pray" in babbling gibberish to "himself"]; but whatsoever "he"[any individualized unit of GOD's Holy Spirit that GOD has personally added to any human "spirit"]shall "hear"[receive, as a "silent" communication from GOD's Spirit, as if it had been spoken by Yahshua, the Angel of the LORD], that shall "he" speak[cause the individual to speak in his or her own natural voice]: and "he" will show you things to come[either directly, or through those who will be enabled to guide others "into all truth"—or almost everything that will be necessary truth during the "last days"].
16:14"He"[each personalized unit of GOD's Holy Spirit being exhibited by individual persons]shall glorify me[Yahshua, the Messiah/Christ], for "he"[the supernatural component connecting a human mind with GOD's mind]shall receive[information]of mine, and shall show it unto you.
The Lord, Yahshua, revealed to the prophet Amos a foundational promise that he will be fulfilling continually during the End Time through use of the phenomenon described above.
AMOS 3:7
3:7Surely the Lord, God[of Israel]will do nothing, but he reveals his secret unto his servants the prophets.
The "personification" of the Father's Holy Spirit by the use of the pronoun "he" is appropriate, because GOD the Father will be the originator of the situation-specific "words of wisdom" which will be spoken with the authority of His Angel, Yahshua, the Lord—though in the natural voices of the men and women who will be chosen to fulfill the responsibility.
MATTHEW 24:14
24:14And this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the World for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the End come.
That phenomenon will not begin until our current (powered) "modern World" has come to an abrupt "end"—which won't be caused by any human activity. And that final period will not begin until—with no political ideology deserving any credit—an identifiable period of apparent "World peace and prosperity" begins, progresses for several years, and then ends—abruptly; as typified by an ancient historical precedent written as an eye-witness account by the famous human individual assigned to control its intended outcome.
Is the preceding paragraph incomprehensible nonsense—or is it a cryptic introduction to a survival guide that can provide individual and national security that un-countable, and un-accounted for, trillions of American and borrowed "foreign" dollars have not been able to "buy"?
LUKE 12:16-21
12:16And he spoke a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
12:17And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
12:18And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
12:19And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
12:20But GOD said unto him, You fool—this night your soul shall be required of you. Then whose shall those things be, which you have provided?
12:21So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward GOD.
MATTHEW 5:9
5:9Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the children of GOD.
PROVERBS 3:21-35
3:21My son, let not them depart from your eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
3:22So shall they be life unto your soul, and grace to your neck.
3:23Then shall you walk in your way safely, and your foot shall not stumble.
3:24When you lie down, you shall not be afraid. Yes, you shall lie down, and your sleep shall be sweet.
3:25Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes.
3:26For the Lord shall be your confidence, and shall keep your foot from being taken.
3:27Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
3:28Say not unto your neighbor, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it by you.
3:29Devise not evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells securely by you.
3:30Strive not with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.
3:31Envy you not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
PROVERBS 1:1-16
1:1The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, King of Israel;
1:2To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
1:3To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
1:4To give subtlety to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
1:5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
1:6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
1:7The "fear of the Lord" is the beginning of knowledge:[seePROVERBS 8:13below]but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
1:8My son, hear the instruction of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother:
1:9For they shall be an ornament of grace unto your head, and chains about your neck.
1:10My son, if sinners entice you, consent you not.
1:11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood; let us lurk privately for the innocent without cause:
1:12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
1:13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
1:14Cast in your lot among us; let us all have one purse:
1:15My son, walk not you in the way with them; refrain your foot from their path:
1:16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
PROVERBS 8:12-13
8:12I, Wisdom, dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
8:13The "fear of the Lord" is to hate evil, pride, and arrogance, and the evil way; and the perverse mouth, do I hate.
Even when "words of wisdom" are spoken or written directly by the "wise man" who originates them, they can be ineffectual if they are presented to someone who cannot understand their deeper meaning, in spite of extensive additional explanation. But more futile than that is the superficial "parroting" of "words of wisdom" by someone who has no understanding of what he is "parroting".
Then, when misapplications of genuine "words of wisdom" are heard by someone incapable of perceiving the misapplication, it becomes a classic case of "the blind leading the blind". Just because a person may be a "sayer" of "words of wisdom", it does not mean he has the "vision" of the "seer" who originated them.
LUKE 6:25-42
6:25Woe unto you that are full! for you shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for you shall mourn and weep.
6:26Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
6:27But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
6:28Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
6:29And unto him that strikes you on the one cheek; offer also the other; and him that takes away your cloak; forbid not to take your coat also.
6:30Give to every man that asks of you; and of him that takes away your goods, ask them not again.
6:31And as you would that men should do to you—do you also to them likewise.
6:32For if you love them which love you, what thanks have you? For sinners also love those that love them.
6:33And if you do good to them which do good to you; what thanks have you? For sinners also do even the same.
6:34And if you lend to them of whom you hope to receive, what thanks have you? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
6:35But love you your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be the children of the Highest: for He is kind unto the unthankful, and to the evil.
6:36Be you therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
6:37Judge not, and you shall not be judged; condemn not, and you shall not be condemned: forgive, and you shall be forgiven:
6:38Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you dole, likewise it shall be measured to you again.
6:39And he spoke a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? Shall they not both fall into the ditch?
6:40The disciple is not above his master; but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
6:41And why behold you the splinter that is in your brother's eye, but perceive not the beam that is in your own eye?
6:42Also, how can you say to your brother, Brother, let me pull out the splinter that is in your eye, when you yourself behold not the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of your own eye, and then shall you see clearly to pull out the splinter that is in your brother's eye.
The Angel of the LORD—the Supreme Angelic Being created by GOD, and authorized to represent GOD the Unlimited as a singular "personality"—was, and still is, a "work in progress", as GOD the Father continues to perfect His personal Angel, who represents Him, so that His Angel will finally agree with, and not just yield to, all decisions the Father makes and reveals through His Angel.
JOHN 4:31-34
4:31In the meanwhile his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
4:32But he said unto them, I have food to eat that you know not of.
4:33Therefore said the disciples one to another, Has any man brought him anything to eat?
4:34Jesus says unto them, My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
JOHN 6:37-40
6:37All that the Father gives me shall come to me; and him that comes to me I will in no wise cast out.
6:38For I came down from Heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of Him that sent me.
6:39And this is the Father's will which has sent me, that of all which He has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
6:40And this is the will of Him that sent me, that every one which sees the Son, and believes on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
LUKE 22:41-42
22:41And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,
22:42Saying, Father, if you be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but yours, be done.
The infinite number of simultaneous and often "automated" judgments which are continuously being recorded by the Spirit of GOD the Unlimited, are not based on a framework of instinctive emotional or vindictive reactions to "unrighteousness", such as the more isolated, and sometimes recorded judgments which are made by His Angel, who has a singular and emotional "mind of his own" which he freely exercises during the time when GOD the Unlimited is not speaking through him.
Please read that carefully. It is the key to understanding the apparent "dichotomy", or seemingly irreconcilable differences between "portrayals" of the LORD, GOD, and the Angel of the LORD throughout the traditional Messianic or Christian "scriptures".
The Angel of the LORD exhibits reactions which are sometimes considered "over-the-top" when he allows himself to be "on record" judging something he "hates". He may appear to have a personality that is "too heavy" on "judgmentalism" simply because that is the "aptitude" which will be most necessary as a character trait for the personality of the One who will eventually, by authority of GOD the Father, judge all humans on a face-to-face basis.
Judgmentalism is a potentially dangerous, and even deadly character trait—not only as it has been exhibited during the rare times the Angel of the LORD has exercised his authority to not only give life, but to take life—but throughout history, as a relatively small number of humans have decided that they deserve to have power to control or condemn anyone who opposes their undeserved claims to as many "ivory-tower entitlements" as they can give themselves.
In today's "America" there are an amazing number of individuals who couldn't possibly tell you how many millions of dollars they have accumulated in nontaxable "assets" from day to day because they have no idea how their investment money seems to be multiplying, with very little effort or input from them. Some seem to "attract" wealth at a rate far beyond their ability to decide for themselves how to spend it on luxurious homes and self-indulgent entertainment. Thus, some ultra-rich individuals do actually create jobs for those who can tell them how to "burn" money in new ways.
Are all rich individuals like that? Of course not. Whether it was difficult or relatively easy to do so, some who have acquired fortunes realize that the "world" they could buy for themselves is not the "world" they should buy for themselves. In fact, some believe they should spend a good share of their time and "their" money helping others in the real World.
Nevertheless, some continue to sit around studio microphones self-righteously bloviating about how lazy and demanding everyone else is—apparently assuming that everyone else in the nation could become as rich as they are, if they too could deliver stellar bloviating job performances in front of a television camera. GOD help the "non-working" wives, or children, or pets of such selfish blowhards. But lest we be unnecessarily critical—perhaps they do share a miniscule portion of their riches with their wives, and children, and pets. Is that the extent of their understanding of "charity"?
GOD is unarguably the richest entity in the Universe, and the Owner of the Universe. He owns everything that exists because He has designed it, and causes His Spirit to generate or manifest "all that is made". Does GOD selfishly proclaim that no one but Himself should have access to, and be able to enjoy the fruits of His labor? And it is labor, because nothing is created by "speaking it into existence".
The most valuable entity that has ever been created within the universe is Wisdom. "Wisdom" is just as much a description of GOD as "Love" is. GOD is Love—meaning willingness to share almost all that He has created. GOD is also Wisdom—meaning capability of determining and choosing the best of all choices in any situation.
PROVERBS 8:12-36
8:12I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
8:13The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.
8:14Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
8:15By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
8:16By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the Earth.
8:17I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
8:18Riches and honor are with me; yes, durable riches and righteousness.
8:19My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
8:20I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
8:21That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
8:22The LORD possessed me in the beginning of His way, before His works of old.
8:23I was set up from everlasting, from "The Beginning", before even the Earth was.
8:24When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
8:25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
8:26While yet He had not made the Earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the World.
8:27When He prepared the heavens, I was there; when He set a compass upon the face of the depth:
8:28When He established the clouds above; when He strengthened the fountains of the deep;
8:29When He gave to the sea His decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment; when He appointed the foundations of the Earth;
8:30Then I was by Him, as one brought up with Him; and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him;
8:31Rejoicing in the habitable part of His Earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
8:32Now therefore hearken unto me, O you children; for blessed are they that keep my ways.
8:33Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
8:34Blessed is the man that hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
8:35For whoso finds me finds life, and shall obtain favor of the LORD.
8:36But he that sins against me wrongs his own soul. All they that hate me, love death.
As the Spirit of GOD, in its original form, began to define and centralize control of all potential powers that were available to it, the organizational choices that were made began to reveal the "sensibility" that is known now as "Wisdom". Thus, GOD the Unlimited began to exercise "wisdom" in choosing how He would organize and "perfect" His own Spirit existence during the incomprehensible "ages" before it became necessary that He create a Supreme Angel to characterize and represent Him, as "God"—the Angel of the LORD—in the presence of all angels who would be created subsequently—including the twenty-four Elder Elohim Angels.
GOD the Unlimited could have represented Himself in any form He was able to imagine and manifest—and the countless, fully "perfected" species, and variations within species, that have lived, and do live on Earth, represent the unlimited array of choices He had, and still has. However, it became necessary to select a bodily appearance and persona that all subsequent created individuals would be able to easily accept as GOD "in person". The limited, singular "personality" the LORD, GOD chose to personify Himself, became known as the Angel of the LORD, GOD.
Yet, the Angel of the LORD is on record throughout the "scriptural" history of the human World, as being far from anyone's concept of perfection—especially in his ability to "win friends and influence people". Why? Because perfection cannot exist within the limitations of a single personality. Almost everyone has a different opinion of what a "perfect" person would be—or should be. Yahshua did not even think he was good enough to be called a "good" man—and many who knew him personally thought that also.
Yahshua directed others to his GOD—the only true GOD—his Father in Heaven—as the standard of perfection. And what were the criterions of "perfection"? The only true GOD refrains from judging and condemning those who live in this World, which He owns and "loves", while He makes life-sustaining provisions available to virtually all creatures, whether they are working or not.
MATTHEW 5:44-48
5:44But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
5:45That you may be the children of your Father which is in Heaven; for He makes His Sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
5:46For if you love them which love you, what reward have you? Do not even the publicans the same?
5:47And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more than others? Do not even the publicans so?
5:48Be you therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in Heaven is perfect.
Regrettably, far too much of the provision and potential pleasure that could be shared and enjoyed by millions, is often amassed or squandered by a few who actually believe they have earned all of the riches they acquire. And what is far worse—some who never have enough wealth to satisfy their desires, are willing to squander hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes from those who aren't ultra-rich, on foreign wars to provide a little sense of security—for themselves.
Wisdom is very rare—but one can begin to become wise by taking advantage of the widely available guidelines which reveal how to begin acquiring wisdom from its original and primary source—GOD. The Bible, for example, is filled with "words of wisdom". The Bible is also filled with unbelievable *#@%!
Do not naïvely believe that all scripture in your Bible is inspired by God and is profitable for doctrine, or instruction in righteousness. You can randomly pick almost any "passage" in your Bible and prove to yourself that many "passages" aren't profitable for anything. But if you do find scripture that seems profitable for doctrine, or instruction in righteousness—even after you have studied it with an informed mind—it may be safe to conclude that GOD did inspire a human write it .
2 TIMOTHY 3:14-16
3:14But continue you in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing of whom you have learned them;
3:15And that from[the time you were]a child you have known the holy scriptures[most likely the widely available Septuagint form of the traditional "Old Testament" in Greek—not the "New Testament" scriptures, which were still a "work in progress"], which are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
3:16All scripture[that]is given by inspiration of GOD, is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness[though numerous questions remain about the value of much of what the Angel of the LORD had recorded, as scripture.]
The traditional Messianic and Christian scriptures are the best resource for understanding the emotional "heart" or mind of GOD, which is also known as His "Holy Spirit"; in contrast to the unholy spirits of virtually everyone else—not necessarily "evil" spirits—but "unholy" spirits; that is, not worthy of being hallowed or honored for "greatness"—or for being "great, great".
The next time you hear the grating voice of an ungracious, and arrogant cocky "crow" exposing his paranoid fear of "straw men" half-way around the real World, who he imagines to be capable of destroying his "little local world", and the "little worlds" of the others in his flock—don't believe the inanity. If you believe in the only true GOD, believe in His Angel—Yahshua, the Messiah. And the only true GOD may enable you to become associated with the only true Comforter—His own infinite conscious mind—the Holy Spirit.
You might begin to understand the "peace" which usually passes, or eludes all understanding. The "peace " Yahshua referred to as he was about to suffer through the mental anguish and excruciating physical torture preceding his own horrific death under the control of Roman executioners. It is a "peace" that will be provided to those who participate in the fulfillment of the prophecies regarding publishing and preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of GOD in the not too distant future.
Will that "peace" make you fearless when you are faced with imminent death, even before you begin to suffer the actual misery that precedes most deaths? No. Only someone who is not "normal" has no instinctive fear of death, or fear of the misery that often precedes it. And Yahshua finally learned how "normal" GOD the Father had made him.
1 JOHN 4:14-21
4:14And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the World.
4:15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of GOD—GOD dwells in him[in his "mind", or spirit], and he in GOD[in GOD's "mind"—the Holy Spirit].
4:16And we have known and believed the love that GOD has to us. GOD is love; and he that dwells in love dwells in GOD, and GOD in him.
4:17Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the Day of Judgment; because as He is, so are we in this World.
4:18There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear; because fear has torment. He that fears is not made perfect in love.
4:19We love Him, because He first loved us.
4:20If a man says, I love GOD, and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen; how can he love GOD whom he has not seen?
4:21And this commandment have we from Him, That he who loves GOD love his brother also.
Don't worry. The "love" being referred to is not the demonstrating of "emotional love"—it is refraining from doing evil to all men—all humans everywhere in the World—especially those of the "household of faith"—your brethren, and your "sistern". That is the first step each human can take toward World Peace.
GALATIANS 6:9-10
6:9And let us not be weary in well doing; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
6:10As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
HEBREWS 12:14
12:14Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:14-15
5:14Now we exhort you, brethren; warn them that are unruly; comfort the feebleminded; support the weak; be patient toward all men.
5:15See that no one renders evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good; both among yourselves, and to all men.
ROMANS 12:16-21
12:16Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
12:17Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
12:18If it be possible; as much as lies in you, live peaceably with all men.
12:19Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath; for it is written, Vengeance is mine. I will repay, says the Lord.
12:20Therefore if your enemy hungers; feed him; if he thirsts; give him drink; for in so doing you shall "heap coals of fire on his head"[make him troubled by his own bigoted, intolerant hatred].
12:21Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
JAMES 3:8-18
3:8But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
3:9Therewith bless we GOD, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the[image of]embodiment of GOD[which is the Angel of the LORD, GOD].
3:10Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
3:11Does a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
3:12Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? So can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
3:13Who is a wise man and imbued with knowledge among you? Let him show out of a good conversation his works with unpretentiousness of wisdom.
3:14But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
3:15This wisdom descends not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
3:16For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
3:17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be implored, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
3:18And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace, of them that make peace.
The only "fearlessness" a person can realistically hope to acquire while still human, is removal of all "fear of GOD". Especially the fear that He will "curse" you if you don't strictly obey your preacher's concept of "righteousness"—or don't pray enough—or pay enough to the preacher's "building fund". Remember the Lord's opinion of King David's "house for God" building fund.
1 CHRONICLES 22:7-10
22:7And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a House unto the name of the Lord, my God.
22:8But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, You have shed blood abundantly, and have made great wars. You shall not build a House unto my name, because you have shed much blood upon the Earth in my sight.
22:9Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
22:10He shall build a House for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his "father"; and I will establish the Throne of his Kingdom over Israel forever.
2 TIMOTHY 1:2-7
1:2To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from GOD the Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.
1:3Ithank GOD, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of you in my prayers night and day;
1:4Greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I may be filled with joy;
1:5When I call to remembrance the sincere faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that it is in you also.
1:6Wherefore I put you in remembrance that you stir up the gift of GOD, which is in you by the putting on of my hands.
1:7For GOD has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Let not your "heart" (emotional mind) be troubled by the foolish inanity and baseless fear-mongering of purveyors of imaginary doom and gloom. Neither let it be afraid of the unsubstantiated "power" of "straw-man enemies" to invade and terrorize "America". Who is it that has been invading and disrupting nations "foreign" to America with the illogical and ludicrous "strategy" that creating wars of retaliation "over there" will prevent invasion and disruption by "foreign retaliators" "over here"? How has that "stradgedy" been working out, those of you who believe it?
Don't be afraid of the false "prophetic" warnings of self-anointed "straw-man saviors" who think they are saving "America" by continually "alerting" the nation about every imagined threat they can concoct. Imagine the fear such "straw-man saviors" experience when they look into a mirror in the their dressing room, or at themselves in the studio TV monitor in front of the camera—not recognizing that the "straw-man" glaring back is their own reflection.
LEVITICUS 19:16-18
19:16 You shall not go up and down as a [fox]tale-bearer among your people [like a FOX convincing the chickens in a henhouse that it is only concerned about their safety as it continually keeps them in a state of ALERT with "NEWS" about every potential danger in the World that a chicken could ever have, while causing more fear-driven instability and drops in "nest-egg" production than any genuine threat would ever be likely to cause]; neither shall you stand against the blood of your neighbor. I am the Lord.
19:17 You shall not hate your brother in your heart. If you shall in any way rebuke your neighbor, do not suffer sin upon him.
19:18 You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.
LUKE 13:31-35
13:31 The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get you out, and depart behind; for Herod [Antipas—son of Herod, the "great"] will kill you.
13:32 And he said unto them [disregarding their "fox" alert], Go you, and tell that "fox", Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.
13:33 Nevertheless I must walk today, and tomorrow, and the day following; for it cannot be[allowed by GOD]that a prophet perish outside of Jerusalem[before he has delivered his warning of impending punishment from GOD to the rulers of Israel in Jerusalem. Several prophets sent by the Lord, God to rulers in Jerusalem to deliver warnings of impending punishment to Israel, were murdered by evil rulers in Jerusalem wanting to eliminate any threat to their ungodly control, even as they disregarded GOD's threats to their ungodly control.].
13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which kills the prophets, and stones them that are sent unto you; how often would I [as the Angel of the LORD]have gathered your children together, as a [mother]hen does gather her brood under her wings, and you would not [respond]!
13:35 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate; and truly I say unto you, You shall not see me, until the time come when you shall say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of[with the authority of] the Lord.
Let not your heart be troubled by "high-visibility" rabble-rousers with no "vision" who profit from shoveling their fear and despair over every sign of progress and recovery in America. Their previous choice of "skipper" allowed the American "gold-painted battle-ship of state" to hit an economic "iceberg", and he couldn't begin to repair the titanic damage before apparently vanishing into the fog to avoid being questioned.
The aspiring young "commander" who then grabbed the battle-ship's wheel, hoped to change courses in the middle of the scheme to bail out the sinking ship while keeping as many of the ship's workers and service personnel on their former jobs as possible, under the circumstances—the rest being "under water"— so that the fully-loaded luxury-class sight-seers would not be inconvenienced or disturbed in any way.
Regrettably, the "wet-behind-the-ears" second "commander" could do no more than simply continue the first skipper's scheme of trying to plug the gaping hole in the "battle-ship of state" with hundreds of billions of bales of borrowed "mystery-money" before any more of the vessel's former massive work force was swept out of the cavernous hole.
Though the "mystery-money plugs" are at least insuring that the luxury-class sight-seers are not suffering any inconvenience— and are allowing the battle-ship's big guns to be refinished with 24-Karat gold paint so they won't look so worn out—the workers at the bottom, who served in the formerly intact "gold-painted battle-ship of state", have either "disappeared", much like the first skipper; or their former jobs have disappeared and can't be recovered, because the sight-seers now riding even higher on the battle-ship's rear-end "poop deck", aren't willing to pay for any additional desperate workers to serve them and make them more comfortable while they sit around bloviating about how unappreciated they are.
ECCLESIASTES 9:13-18
9:13 This wisdom have I seen also under the Sun, and it seemed great unto me:
9:14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
9:15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
9:16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
9:17 [Yet, it may be that] the words of wise men are being heard in quiet more than the cry of him that rules among fools.
9:18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner can destroy much good.
Can you hear the voice of Wisdom? — or only the voice of Inanity?
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