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Sunday, December 31, 2023

WeeKly BooK oF Revelation 19 9-16

      a paraphrased study

9 - And the angel said to me (John) “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb” (Mt.25:1-13, “behold a white horse and he riding it, and the armies of heaven following” -> going to the wedding/union and “the” millennium/the supper that follows). And the angel said to me, “These are the true words of God.” 10 Then I fell at his feet to worship, but he said, “You must not do that! To God only give your worship! I am but a fellow servant with you and your brethren who hold to the testimony of Jesus. For the testimony of Jesus” (we all share) “is the spirit of prophecy” (of how all shall be! He as King of kings and Lord of lords, “the” kingdom.) 11 Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and the one sitting on it is called faithful and true, and in righteousness/justice does he judge and do battle. 12 His eyes are like flaming fire. On his head are his many crowns. And he has a name written that only he himself knows. 13 Having been clothed in a robe dipped [bapto] in blood, the name by which he is called is The Word of God. 14 And the armies of “the” heaven, were following him on white horses, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure. 15 From his mouth comes a sharp sWord (“thy Word is Truth”) with which to strike [patassรณ - to beat/of the heart, to strike, from paiรณ - knock, strike, sting, and tuptรณ - beat, hit, wound] the nations - AND - he will shepherd them (hello?) [poimainรณ - act as a shepherd] with a (measuring) rod of iron (which rod/measure is unbreakable Truth). He will tread the winepress of the fury of  (2Pet.3:10,13, “elements melting in a fury of fire) the wrath of God the Almighty. (Metaphor/riddle for the inevitable, cause and effect, culmination of the wayward way, of history, of mankind’s doings, a lake of fire, go figure, Rev.6:12-17, ๐Ÿ—️described as all its effects first to last->but after the first->Rev.7:1,3. [13:13 being the first which pinpointed an oFFice] Rev.16:13-16, Mt.13:30-notice! please, the order. “The earth will shake to and fro” Is.24:20.) 16 And on his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.

                         ~*~

๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿ’ซ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ.. โ„“ฮนั•ั‚ั”ฮท  ๐’ป๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐’พ๐’น ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ธ๐’ฝ๐“Š๐“‡๐’ธ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“ˆ...

The vision is told 3 times: 6:1-2 to 11:19; chap.12 w/ Mt.23:39; and 13:1 to 19:11.

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Tuesday, December 19, 2023

WeeKly BooK oF Revelation 19 1-8

       a paraphrased study

1 - After these things, I (John) heard what sounded like loud voices of a multitude in the heavens saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God! 2 For his judgments are true and just. And he has judged the great prostitute [porne] who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and he has avenged upon her the blood of his servants.” 3 And a second time they cried out, saying “Hallelujah. And the smoke of her rises up forever.” (Because of Rev.21:1-5, a universal regenesis, this rising of the smoke forever, must be in all memories.) 4 Then the twenty-four elders and the four living beings fell down and worshiped God, who was sitting on the throne. And they cried out, “Amen! Hallelujah!” 5 And from the throne came a voice saying, “Praise our God, all his servants, all who revere him, from the least to the greatest.” 6 Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters, and like loud peals of thunder shouting, “Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns. 7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him. 8 For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready (“made her preparation”).

                         ~*~

๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿ’ซ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ.. โ„“ฮนั•ั‚ั”ฮท  ๐’ป๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐’พ๐’น ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ธ๐’ฝ๐“Š๐“‡๐’ธ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“ˆ...

The vision is told 3 times: 6:1-2 to 11:19; chap.12 w/ Mt.23:39; and 13:1 to 19:11.

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Monday, December 11, 2023

REVELATION STUDY 18 9-24

     a paraphrased study

         ~~  18:9-24  ~~

A key to the revelation vision is 13:1 - does a literal beastly creature with seven heads rise out of the sea of humanity? I’m highly doubting it. But! Does it have a literal meaning? Or is it written for entertainment purposes only? Rev.1:3 - Blessed is the reading [anaginรณskรณ - knowing certainly, knowing again, to read] and (blessed is) the hearing [akouรณ - to hear and listen, root of acoustic surely?] (to) the words [logos - reasoning expressed in words, from lego - speaking to a conclusion] the prophecy [prophรฉteia] and (the) keeping [tรฉreรณ - watching over, guarding, observing, keeping intact] what is written [graphรณ] for the season [kairos - season, opportune time] is near [eggus - near in place or time]. — So, the opportune time is always near, and the images used are not always literal, but their meaning is. 

18:9 - And the KINGS of earth, who committed sexual immorality (were in bed with $ity Babylon) and lived in luxury with her, will weep and mourn when they see the smoke of her burning. 10 They will stand afar off, in fear of ‘her’ torment, saying, “Alas! You great city! Mighty city! Babylon! Woe! In a single hour your judgment has come!” 11 And the MERCHANTS of the earth weep and lament, for no one buys their cargo anymore, 12 the cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple cloths, silk and scarlet cloths, all sorts of scented woods, all articles of ivory, of costly wood, bronze, iron and marble, 13 cinnamon, spices, incense, myrrh, frankincense, oil, wine, fine flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and the bodies and souls [psuchรฉ - breath, souls] (lives? of) man/anthropos/persons. 14 “The delicacies [opรณra - late summer, ripe fruit] for which your soul longed has gone from you, and all your luxuries and your splendors are lost to you, not to be found again.” 15 The merchants of these wares, who profited from her, will stand afar off, in fear of her torment, weeping and lamenting aloud, 16 “Woe, woe, for the Great City that was clothed in the finest linen. In purple and scarlet, and gilded with gold. And with precious stones, and pearls! 17 But in a single hour, all this wealth, has been laid waste” (Rev.17:12,16,18). And all pilots, all sailors, all voyaging/traveling, and all who trade, stood afar off 18 and cried out as they saw the smoke of her burning, “Oh what city was like this great city!?” 19 And they threw dust and ashes on their heads as they wept and lamented, “Woe! woe! The great city! In which were made rich through her costliness, all those having ships to sea.” (When the vision was given, big business was done by sea). “For, in one hour, has come the desolation.” (Rev.17:12,16). 20 Be of good cheer over her, O heaven, saints, apostles and prophets, for God has decided judgment for you against [ek or ex - from, from out of, from the interior outward] (of) her.” 21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great miller’s stone and threw it into the sea, saying, “So will you Babylon the great city be thrown down! With [hormรฉma - a rush, impulse, violence]. And you will be found no more. 22 The sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will not be heard in you any more. Not a craftsman of any sort will be found in you any more, nor the sound of the mill/factory/industry. 23 The light of a lamp will not shine in you any more, and the voice of bridegroom and bride will not be heard in you. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth. And by your sorcery [pharmakeia - the use of medicine, drugs or spells, sorcery, enchantment, magic; from pharmakeuรณ - to administer drugs, drug related sorcery, magical arts (by which)] all nations were deceived. (Including by a false prophecy, which is implied by there being a “false prophet”.)

                         ~*~

The vision is told 3 times: 6:1-2 to 11:19; chap.12 w/ Mt.23:39; and 13:1 to 19:11.

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Monday, December 4, 2023

W๐•–๐•–๐•œ๐•๐•ช B๐• ๐• ๐•œ ๐• ๐•— R๐•–๐•ง๐•–๐•๐•’๐•ฅ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ 18 1-8

    ๐š‚๐š˜๐š–๐šŽ๐š ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐™ฟ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŠ๐š™๐š‘๐š›๐šŠ๐šœ๐šŽ๐š

               

When putting this schedule together, I had no idea of how prophecy (and afterlife theory) is impacted by the #8, but eight comes up a lot in this reading schedule, at least lately. ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿผ‍♀️There are no coincidences? Also of note - to me anyway - is the number thirteen.

     Rev.18:1 - After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority. And the earth was made bright with his glory. 2 He called out in a mighty voice, “Fallen! ..Fallen! Is Babylon the Great! For she has become a dwelling place for demons! ..A haunt for every unclean spirit! ..A haunt for every unclean bird! ..A haunt for every unclean and detestable beast! 3 All nations have drank down the wine/intoxication of her waywardness, the kings of earth (are in bed with ‘her’) have committed immorality with her (17:2) and *the merchants* of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.” 4 Then I heard another loud voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people! Lest you take part in her sins! Lest you share in her plagues! 5 For her sins are heaped high as heaven. And God has remembered her iniquities.” (This verse gives me the image of her/it shaking ‘her’ fist at heaven.) 6 “Pay her what she has paid to others! And repay her double for her deeds. Yes mix a double portion for her in the cup she herself mixed. 7 As she glorified herself and lived in (ill gotten? greedy?) luxury, so give her the same measure of torment and mourning, since in her heart she says, ‘I sit as a queen! I am no widow. I will never see mourning.’ 8 For this reason her plagues will come in a single day! Death, mourning, famine. And she will be burned with fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.” (She - the false way, her forehead/psyche being all confusion.. responsible for “all” slain upon Earth. The false way is judged by its own crash and fall. Surely far more logical than thinking judgment is like a Thor throwing lightning bolts? That has never sounded logical to me. But it could happen that way. That enough becomes enough! As God’s full foreknowledge can also be considered. But I think God is letting things run their course to the last, bitter(?) drop, so that all persons that can be born, will be born. Not that he hAs to do it that way, but that he wants to.. what with having his perfect foreknowledge of all things, knows where every thing leads and goes. So knows all persons that can be born. I think his having created a cause and effect/consequences universe is what he calls ‘his wrath’. Remember, his communication has to reach all, from the ‘best’ peacemaker to the cruelest, most merciless despot or killer - great and small. And I think God loves a good riddle! Writing in codes and mysteries, to hide things in plain sight. And surely God is Life, itself, the breath, spirit and force of, and so, as life he lives through all that ever occurs.๐Ÿ˜ณ Why would he put himself through all that? I don’t think it’s so much “what he has created” as what it is he iS creating. Laleo signing off.✌๐Ÿผ Laleo is a greek word meaning talkative.)

                         ~*~

๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿ’ซ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ.. โ„“ฮนั•ั‚ั”ฮท  ๐’ป๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐’พ๐’น ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ธ๐’ฝ๐“Š๐“‡๐’ธ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“ˆ...

The vision is told 3 times: 6:1-2 to 11:19; chap.12 w/ Mt.23:39; and 13:1 to 19:11.

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Thursday, November 30, 2023

W๐•–๐•–๐•œ๐•๐•ช B๐• ๐• ๐•œ ๐• ๐•— R๐•–๐•ง๐•–๐•๐•’๐•ฅ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ 17 11-18

   ๐š‚๐š˜๐š–๐šŽ๐š ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐™ฟ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŠ๐š™๐š‘๐š›๐šŠ๐šœ๐šŽ๐š             

11 - The angel continues: “And the” (many headed geopolitical) “beast that was, then is not” (in that day, Roman Empire and Holy Roman Empire) “but then is again” (and it is another angel/manifestation of false light - in the culmination of all earth’s ages - an entity/institution of man, which was, then wasn’t, then after rev.13:13 was again) “is itself an eighth and is of the seven, and it goes to destruction. 12 And the ten horns you saw, are ten kings” (and toes of Dn.2) “who have not yet received a rule and dominion, but will receive authority for one ‘hour’ along with the (huge, over) beast (of Last Hours, who “will exercise authority for forty two months”). 13 The ten have one mind and purpose, so they hand over their authority to the large beast. 14 They will make war against the Lord. And the Lord will conquer and prevail [nikaรณ - from nรญkฤ“ - (have) victory] against them for he is Lord of lords and King of kings.” 15 And the angel said to me, “the waters that you saw, that the prostitute sits upon, are peoples and multitudes, nations and tongues.” (And she also sits on the beast and upon seven hills/continents.. so the beast will, surely? be also upon the seven.) 16 “And the ten horns and the beast will hate the pro$titute [greek pornea] and will make her desolate and poorly clothed, and will eat the flesh” (substance) “of her, and will burn her down. 17 For God has put in their hearts to do his will, to give their kingdoms to the beast until his words are fulfilled. 18 And the woman you saw is the great $ity that has the kingship over the kings of Earth.” (Remember? They are, for now, in bed together - in bible speak, fornicating - God’s will because it was “by her enchantments that she was destroying the Earth” by destroying family thus culture - and they will consume/use her up, leaving ‘her’ desolate and poorly clad. The ten horned beast of Daniel 7:7 and 19, with its “iron teeth” (columns) “and bronze claws that tear up what the iron doesn’t crush” see also Dn.2:26-45, the iron/bronze foundations of the modern day overbeast.)

                         ~*~

๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿ’ซ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ.. โ„“ฮนั•ั‚ั”ฮท  ๐’ป๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐’พ๐’น ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ธ๐’ฝ๐“Š๐“‡๐’ธ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“ˆ..

The vision is told 3 times: 6:1-2 to 11:19; chap.12 w/ Mt.23:39; and 13:1 to 19:11.

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Friday, November 24, 2023

PROPHETS - Isaiah 1-5

                  Part 5 

  The ‘great ones’ sowed, now reap. 

  Disclaimer - The Prophets May Not Be For The Timid

     2:6 Lord, you have abandoned your people.. ..They are full of superstitions from the east, and practice divination ..they embrace pagan customs. 7 The land is full of silver and gold ..there’s no end to their treasures ..no end to their chariots. 8 The land is full of idols.. 9 So people will be brought low ..everyone humbled.. 10 Go into the rocks (Rev.6) hide in the ground from the fearful presence of the Lord and the splendor of his majesty! (Code for fiery capabilities of war, element of revelation’s seal six. Is there anything that truly humbles? Other than ones own consequences? ..Both individual and collective.) 11 The eyes of the arrogant will be humbled and human pride brought low, the Lord alone will be exalted in that day. 12 The Lord Almighty has a day in store for the proud and lofty, and all who are exalted ..every lofty tower and every fortified wall, 16 for every trading ship and every stately vessel. (Trade. $ity and Tower Babble “on seven hills”/continents.) 17 The arrogance of man will be brought low and human pride humbled 18 ..and the idols will totally disappear [chalaph: to pass on or away ..Idols - ๐Ÿ“ž abolished, altered, changed, cut off, gone forward, grown up, be over, pass away.] 19 People will flee to caves in the rocks and to holes in the earth ..when he rises to shake the earth. 20 In that day people will throw away their idols of silver and gold, made to worship. 21  They will flee to caverns in the rocks and to the overhanging cliffs.. when he rises to shake the earth. 22 Stop trusting in mere humans, who have but a breath in their nose. Why hold them in esteem?

     CROSS REFERENCES - Revelation 6 — 12. I (John) watched as he OPENED the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the full moon turned blood red, 13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth, like figs from a fig tree, when, shaken (thus blown) by a mighty wind. 14 The heavens receded [apochรณrizรณ - separated, parted, swept aside) like a scroll being rolled. And every mountain and island moved. 15 Then the kings of earth, the great ones, and generals, the rich, and the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of mountains. 16 They called to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us! Hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?!” (The seals of Revelation are described at their first occurrence, as their FULL effects - first to last, veiling what they are, especially the sixth seal.)

    (Back to Isaiah) 3:9 they parade their sin (the ‘great ones’ setting the trends?) 9 .. They have brought disaster upon themselves. 10 Tell the righteous - it will be well with them - for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds. 11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them! They will be paid back for what theiR hands have done. 12 Youths oppress my people, women rule over them. My people, your guides lead you astray, they turn you from the path. 4:5 Then the Lord will create over all of Mount Zion, and over those who assemble there, a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night, over everything the glory will be a canopy.  (Mt. Zion is often a spiritual ‘place’. Whereas Mt. of Olives, the literal Earthly place.) 6 The canopy will be a shelter and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding place from the (fiery?) storm and (acid?) rain (Is.24:20). Rev.7:16.

     5:8 Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until you live alone in (and own all) the land. 9 Surely the great houses will become desolate, the fine mansions left empty. 17 Sheep will graze there, as in their own pasture. Lambs will feed among the ruins of the rich. 20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil ..23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice to the innocent ..30 if one looks at the land, there is only darkness and distress, even the sun will be overshadowed by clouds. (Prophet Joel’s smoky day? Revelation’s sun covered, red moon/moon reflecting red?) (In shorthand? The mighty of Earth will indeed ignite Armageddon battle. Which will turn out to be their, and the world’s, and the wrong way’s judgment/reaping what you sow. Other bible speak, drinking a cup.. Rev.16:13-16, Mt.13:30, Is.24:20.)

             Part 4

1:31 - “The mighty will be as tinder and their works a spark which no person can put out. (Verse 15 - Even if you offer prayers, I will not listen, your hands are full of blood. — Micah 3:6,7 - “The day will go dark for them, they will cover their faces because there is no answer from elohim [the]gods.”)

     2:1 This is what Isaiah, son of Amoz has seen concerning Jerusalem and Judah. 2 It shall come to pass, in latter days [acharith - the after-part, end] the mountain of the house of Yahweh will be established in the highest mountains and exalted above the hills, and all nations will flow to it. 3 Many people will come and say, “Come! Let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us his way, and we’ll walk in his paths, for out of Zion will go forth his law [torah - direction, instruction, law, from yara (or Yarah) to throw, shoot (at a target?)] and will go forth the word [dabar - speech, word] of Yahweh from Jerusalem. 4 He will judge between nations, and settle disputes. They will beat their swords into plowshares (the V plows of old) and their spears into gardening tools. 5 Come let us walk in the light of Yahweh.

Part 3

1:21 - How the faithful city has become a prostitute. Her streets used to be full of righteousness and justice, but now murderers lodge in her. (So tell me history doesn’t repeat, thus prophecy. Story of every city.)  [Think of prophecy as prophecy. Not a curse being proclaimed.]  22 The value of your silver/money has fallen away.. 25 But I will turn my hand upon you and purge away your dross. 28 The crashing [sheber - breaking, fracturing, breaching, crushing (or) crashing] of the rebels and sinners [chatta - from chata - to miss, go wrong] will be together. Those who forsake Yahweh shall be consumed. (Cross reference - 2Pet.3:10, 2Thes.1:7-8, a first mention of a lake of fire. ๐Ÿค”Order, crash, fiery event, a seal six event, but what the seal is, is veiled by its description as its entire effects, first to very last.) 30 You will be like an oak tree whose leaves have faded, like a garden with no water.. [In the prophets, usually the order is, the path of destruction pointed out, that the city, the people are on, and what will occur if the way isn’t changed - prophecy, cause and effect, not a curse - followed by verses about restoration, reconciliation and blessing. Rescue! Through a Messiah, and “savior of the world”.] (God’s other option? To avoid such calamity? A robotic ant farm?)

                  Part 2

1:3 The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger/trough, but Israel (and humanity) does not know, my people do not understand.” (And any nation, especially its leaders, though separated (“set apart”) to birth the Messiah/Savior would have also rejected him when he showed up humble, homeless, and threatening of their worldly status.) 4 ..They have forsaken ..turned their backs.. and (thus?) sinful they are. 5 ..The whole head is sick and the whole heart is faint. 6 From the sole of your foot to the top of your head there is no soundness/battered from head to foot— only bruises, wounds, and sores, not cleansed, bandaged or soothed with olive oil. 7 Your country lies in ruins, and your towns are burned. Foreigners plunder your fields before your eyes as overthrown by strangers. 8 Beautiful Jerusalem stands abandoned.. 9 Unless the LORD Almighty had left us some survivors.. 11 ..I take no pleasure in your sacrifices.. 12 who asked you to trample my courts? 13 ..wickedness in the sacred meeting.. 14 the new moon feasts, the holy day festivals.. a burden to me.. 15 Your hands are full of blood, I do not hear your prayers though they become many. 16 ..Stop doing wrong.. 17 Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow. 18 “Come now, let’s settle this,” says the LORD. “Though your sins [chet - wrongs, from chata - to miss, go wrong, wrongs] are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow.. as white as wool. 19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land. 1:20 But if you turn away and refuse to listen, the sword devours. And accordingly has spoken the LORD. _____________________

Isaiah Part 1

1:1 These are the visions that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem during the years of four kings. (Listed in the verse.) 2 The LORD (God) has said, "Listen, oh heaven and earth! The children I raised have turned against me. (Israel is the micro, global is the macro.)

                     ~*~

(The Order is w/ Largest For Winter)

4 - SPRING -- after restoration / 536-400 -- Haggai Zechariah Malachi

1 - SUMMER -- pre-assyria / 9-800 BC -- (Elijah Elisha) Jonah Joel Amos Hosea

2 - FALL --assyria / 900-625 -- Isaiah Micah Nahum Zephaniah

3 - WINTER -- babylon / 625-536 --  Jeremiah Habakkuk Ezekiel Obadiah Daniel


Wednesday, November 22, 2023

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       ๐š‚๐š˜๐š–๐šŽ๐š ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐™ฟ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŠ๐š™๐š‘๐š›๐šŠ๐šœ๐šŽ๐š           

1 - One of the seven angels which had the bowls, came and spoke with me (John) saying, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute/unfaithful [greek pornes] sitting upon many waters. (Key to vs-9.) 2 The kings of earth are in bed with her. And the inhabitants of earth are drunk upon the wine of her indecency.” 3 And he carried me off in the Spirit to a solitary place, where I saw a woman sitting on a red beast that was full of the names of blasphemy. It had seven heads and ten horns (Dn.7:7,19; 2:39,40). 4 And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and was adorned with gold, precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations [the greek word includes odorous] and impurities [akathartos - unclean, impure, a - cathartos, contaminations] of her sexual immoralities [porneias]. [Ps.45:8 - “A cup of foaming wine, in the hand of Yahweh (Yhvh) is mixed with spices, and he pours it and the wicked of earth will drink it down to the dregs of it.” God made a cause and effect reality. The foam is the - side effects,  and consequences of ‘her’ murders, perversions, the selling of the bodies and lives of man (anthropos/people).] 5 And on her forehead was a mysterious name written “Babylon the Great [megas] the Mother of the Prostitutions and Abominations of the Earth”  (‘mystery babble’/all confusion?) 6 (Six is thought to be the # of man/anthropos) - And I saw the woman ($ity Babble?) was drunk with the blood of the set apart ones and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And I marveled with great wonder. 7 And the angel said to me, “Why do you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast carrying her, having the seven heads and ten horns (Dn.7:7,19; 2:39,40 and history repeats?) 8 The beast you saw (Roman Empire) then was not, but then is again (Holy Roman Empire) is about to come up out of the abyss (of potential of the straying way/imperfection) and into destruction, and all those dwelling on the earth whose names are not (yet) written in the Book of Life that is from the foundation of the world [kosmos] when they see the beast that was (a modern version, the adversary being a - changing - angel of light) and then wasn’t. Then was again. (Especially when it is given breath by the horn/seat/office pinpointed by the 13:13 event? It was, wasn’t, then after 13:13, was again.) 9 Here is the understanding of wisdom - the seven heads are seven mountains (continents? i.e. global?) the woman sits upon. 10 And there are seven kings, five are fallen, one is and one is not yet come. And when he does come, it will be for a little while.

                         ~*~

๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿ’ซ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ.. โ„“ฮนั•ั‚ั”ฮท  ๐’ป๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“Ž๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”..

The vision is told 3 times: 6:1-2 to 11:19; chap.12 w/ Mt.23:39; and 13:1 to 19:11.

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Monday, November 20, 2023

War In Heaven

 War! There was war in heaven, the dragon and his angels (one third stars fallen) fought against archangel Michael a captain of angels. The dragon was hurled out of the heavens, from then on denied access there. In great anger the dragon fell upon the earth and he inquisitioned the faith..  time passes.. released a flood.. has ravaged the land (has ravaged the faith) and begins to turn his attention more fully upon the rest of the faith’s children, who increasingly (and by then) have the testimony of Jesus and the commandments of God (Mt.23:39).

From Revelation Chapter Twelve, an insert.

Meanwhile.. A call goes out.. many sons and daughters, too many to count - Rev.7:9 and 4, while verses 1 and 3 still hold.. “Wait! Hold back the winds! Until we seal the foreheads of the servants of our God! A hundred and forty four thousand of Israel and a crowd too many to number from every tribe and nation and tongue..


Thursday, November 16, 2023

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17 When the seventh angel poured his bowl out upon the air, I (John) heard a loud voice from inside the (heavenly) temple, from God’s Throne, saying “It’s done!” 18 And there was lightning flashes, sounds, thunders, and an earthquaking greater than there has ever been since man has been upon Earth. So great and large was the earthquake 19 the ‘great’ city ($ity that spread to 7 continents) split into three parts, and all the cities of Earth fell. Yet Babylon had not yet drank all of the cup of God’s wrath. (A cup Babylon holds in its hands, the cup of dissolution, cup of cause and effect, called God’s cup of wrath and fury, because it is He who created a cause and effect universe. And it is he who is letting it all run its course - ‘parable’ of the decomposing ‘apple’ and its worm that does not, can not quit? So he takes responsibility, saying “I, the LORD created light and dark, good and evil” [calamity](when he endowed thinking ability) ..”And I have put/subjected all to disobedience, that I may have mercy upon all”.. That none may boast? Saying “I will. I will ascend!” God’s will is the perfect, 100% Genius Will, there can be no other will that is not in union with that, because God is Life, surely?! And he “is perfect” Mt.5:48 — So what happens when one strays, from Him, becoming imperfect? Opposite of Life, and on the way to it is the inner outside of the light darkness, the shaft to an abyss of potential.. An abyss already proven by history. But it sounds like it’s not over yet.

     Isaiah 24:20 - “The earth reels to and fro like a drunkard and sways and totters like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls..” 2 Pet.3:10 - “But will come the day of the LORD, like a thief, in which the heavens with a roar [rhoizรฉdon - with a rushing sound] the elements burning with heat are dissolved and earth’s works are no longer found” ..“everything upon earth revealed and laid bare” Lk.12:2.)

     20 And every Island fled away and the mountains could not be found. 21 And a great hail fell upon man (huge hail occurs, the faster and higher moisture rises, the larger and greater the hail). And they blasphemed God because the  plague of hail was so extreme.

                        ~*~

๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿ’ซ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ.. โ„“ฮนั•ั‚ั”ฮท  ๐’ป๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“Ž๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”..

The vision is told 3 times: 6:1-2 to 11:19; chap.12 w/ Mt.23:39; and 13:1 to 19:11.

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Sunday, November 12, 2023

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8 Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl upon the sun, and it burned people with its heat. 9 People were scorched and cursed the name of God who had [greek “echo” - holds] the power [epi - on, upon] the plagues [plรฉgรฉ - blow(s), wound(s)]. But they did not change their minds, nor give God glory. [Change mind - metanoรฉล - from metรก - changed after being with, and noiรฉล - think; repent, think differently afterwards.] 10 And the fifth angel poured out his bowl upon the seat [thronos] of the beast (of the large many headed geopolitical beast of its time, as history does repeat). And his kingdom was plunged into darkness, and they gnawed their tongues in distress. (I had to consult a commentary for this phrase “gnawed their tongues” and “Barnes” Commentary said this — The word rendered here "gnawed" does not occur elsewhere in the New Testament, nor is the expression elsewhere used in the Bible, but its meaning is plain - it indicates deep anguish. And elsewhere -  “Take heed,” Jesus said, “that the light that is in you isn’t darkness.”) 11 And they cursed the God of heaven because of their distress, and their sores. But they did not repent of their works [ergon - work, task, employment, deeds, actions, that which is wrought or made, from ergo - to work, accomplish, รฉrgon ("work") is a deed (action) that carries out (completes) an inner desire, intention, purpose].

     12 And the sixth angel poured out his bowl upon the great river Euphrates, and it was completely dried up, making way for the kings from the rising of the sun. 13 And coming out of the mouth of the dragon (the adversary, first named Lucifer, then Satan) and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet (white robed magician with a getting old “strong” concoction/“delusion” who has “miracles” and modern wonders, and a prophecy it puts forth) what I [John] saw, was three unclean spirits like frogs (very distasteful? but intoxicating? “Coming out of their mouths.”) 14 They are the spirits of demons performing [poieรณ - making, doing, manufacturing, constructing] signs [sรฉmeion - miracles, indications, marks, tokens, signs] which spirits go forth to the kings of earth to gather them together to the battle of the great day of God the Almighty. (Great Day of the LORD? — which proceeds from 2Pet.3:10 to 2Pet.3:12-13?/1Cor.15:24,28.)

     15 ..(Rev.1:1 - “This vision is what God showed to Jesus, so he could tell his servants what must happen. And Jesus sent his angel with the message to his servant John.”) Back to (16:)15 - “Behold I am coming like a thief does, happy are those watching and keeping their garments, lest they walk unclothed and the shame of them be seen.” 16 And they were gathered together to the place which in Hebrew, is called Armageddon. (And Is.24:20? 2Pet.3:10, 2Thes.1:7,8 — two thousand years before Rev.21:1-5, 2Pet.3:12-13, Is.11:7.)

                         ~*~

๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿ’ซ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ.. โ„“ฮนั•ั‚ั”ฮท  ๐’ป๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“Ž๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”..

The vision is told 3 times: 6:1-2 to 11:19; chap.12 w/ Mt.23:39; and 13:1 to 19:11.

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Friday, November 3, 2023

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1 - I (John) heard a loud voice coming out of the temple, “Say to the seven angels - Go and pour out the seven bowls [phialรฉ - shallow bowls, vials, cups] of God’s anger [thumos - passion] (the cup of consequences, cause and effect) upon the earth.” (Surely? These are seal 6 thermonuclear effects. But the seal is veiled by its description.) 2 The first angel went and poured out his bowl upon the earth, and grievous sores came upon those who had the mark of the beast and lauded its image. (And thus what it does?) 3 And the second angel poured out his bowl upon the seas and they became as blood as from a corpse and every living creature in the sea died. 4 The third angel poured out his bowl upon the rivers and streams, and they became as blood. 5 And I heard the angel of the waters saying, “You are righteous, Oh holy one, who is and has been, the holy one, for so you have judged. 6 Because THEY poured out the blood of believers and prophets, now they have become worthy to drink blood. 7 And I heard a voice from the altar speaking, “Yes, LORD God, Al-mighty, true and just are your judgments.”

                         ~*~

๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿ’ซ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ.. โ„“ฮนั•ั‚ั”ฮท  ๐’ป๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“Ž๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”..

The vision is told 3 times: 6:1-2 to 11:19; chap.12 w/ Mt.23:39; and 13:1 to 19:11.

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Thursday, October 26, 2023

PROPHETS - Isaiah Parts 1-4

  Part 4

1:31 - “The mighty will be as tinder and their works a spark which no person can put out. (Verse 15 - Even if you offer prayers, I will not listen, your hands are full of blood. Micah 3:6,7 - “The day will go dark for them, they will cover their faces because there is no answer from elohim [the]gods.”)

     2:1 This is what Isaiah, son of Amoz has seen concerning Jerusalem and Judah. 2 It shall come to pass, in latter days [acharith - the after-part, end] the mountain of the house of Yahweh will be established in the highest mountains and exalted above the hills, and all nations will flow to it. 3 Many people will come and say, “Come! Let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us his way, and we’ll walk in his paths, for out of Zion will go forth his law [torah - direction, instruction, law, from yara (or Yarah) to throw, shoot (at a target?)] and will go forth the word [dabar - speech, word] of Yahweh from Jerusalem. 4 He will judge between nations, and settle disputes. They will beat their swords into plowshares (the V plows that are pulled by horses) and their spears into gardening tools. [This is repeated in Micah 4:3.] 5 House of Jacob [Yaaqob - a son of Isaac, from “aqeb - heel, footprint” (named because Jacob during birth grabbed his twin brother Esau’s ankle)]. Come let us walk in the light of Yahweh.

     6 ..They are full of superstition from the East, they practice divination like the Philistines. They strike a bargain with foreigners. 7 Their land is full of silver and gold, with no end to their treasures. The land is full of horses ..and chariots. 8 The land is full of idols, they bow to the work of their own hands. 9 So man will be brought low and humbled. [From] 10-22 Go into the rocks, hide underground, from fear of Yahweh and the splendor of his majesty.  ..arrogance..pride.. brought low.  For the day of Yahweh comes upon all that is proud, lofty and lifted up, and it will brought low..  All the high hills, every lofty tower, every fortified wall, every trading ship, every stately vessel. The arrogance of man will be brought low, and the pride of man humbled. The LORD alone will be exalted.. the idols will disappear. Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground from fear and dread of the glory of his majesty when he arises to shake mightily the Earth. (When things go terribly bad. GOD created a cause and effect universe.) …Cease to trust in man who’s breath is in his nostrils..

Part 3

1:21 - How the faithful city has become a prostitute. Her streets used to be full of righteousness and justice, but now murderers lodge in her. (So tell me history doesn’t repeat, thus prophecy. Story of every city.)  [Think of prophecy as prophecy. Not a curse being proclaimed.]  22 The value of your silver/money has fallen away.. 25 But I will turn my hand upon you and purge away your dross. 28 The crashing [sheber - breaking, fracturing, breaching, crushing (or) crashing] of the rebels and sinners [chatta - from chata - to miss, go wrong] will be together. Those who forsake Yahweh shall be consumed. (Cross reference - 2Pet.3:10, 2Thes.1:7-8, a first mention of a lake of fire. ๐Ÿค”Order, crash, fiery event, a seal six event, but what the seal is, is veiled by its description as its entire effects, first to very last.) 30 You will be like an oak tree whose leaves have faded, like a garden with no water.. [In the prophets, usually the order is, the path of destruction pointed out, that the city, the people are on, and what will occur if the way isn’t changed - prophecy, cause and effect, not a curse - followed by verses about restoration, reconciliation and blessing. Rescue! Through a Messiah, and “savior of the world”.] (God’s other option? To avoid such calamity? A robotic ant farm?)

Part 2

1:3 The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger/trough, but Israel (and humanity) does not know, my people do not understand.” (And any nation, especially its leaders, though separated (“set apart”) to birth the Messiah/Savior would have also rejected him when he showed up humble, homeless, and threatening of their worldly status.) 4 ..They have forsaken ..turned their backs.. and (thus?) sinful they are. 5 ..The whole head is sick and the whole heart is faint. 6 From the sole of your foot to the top of your head there is no soundness/battered from head to foot— only bruises, wounds, and sores, not cleansed, bandaged or soothed with olive oil. 7 Your country lies in ruins, and your towns are burned. Foreigners plunder your fields before your eyes as overthrown by strangers. 8 Beautiful Jerusalem stands abandoned.. 9 Unless the LORD Almighty had left us some survivors.. 11 ..I take no pleasure in your sacrifices.. 12 who asked you to trample my courts? 13 ..wickedness in the sacred meeting.. 14 the new moon feasts, the holy day festivals.. a burden to me.. 15 Your hands are full of blood, I do not hear your prayers though they become many. 16 ..Stop doing wrong.. 17 Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow. 18 “Come now, let’s settle this,” says the LORD. “Though your sins [chet - wrongs, from chata - to miss, go wrong, wrongs] are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow.. as white as wool. 19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land. 1:20 But if you turn away and refuse to listen, the sword devours. And accordingly has spoken the LORD. 

Part 1

1:1 These are the visions that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem during the years of four kings. (Listed in the verse.) 2 The LORD (God) has said, "Listen, oh heaven and earth! The children I raised have turned against me. (Israel is the micro, global is the macro.)

                     ~*~

(The Order is w/ Largest For Winter)

4 - SPRING -- after restoration / 536-400 -- Haggai Zechariah Malachi

1 - SUMMER -- pre-assyria / 9-800 BC -- (Elijah Elisha) Jonah Joel Amos Hosea

2 - FALL --assyria / 900-625 -- Isaiah Micah Nahum Zephaniah

3 - WINTER -- babylon / 625-536 --  Jeremiah Habakkuk Ezekiel Obadiah Daniel


Wednesday, October 25, 2023

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1 - Then I, John, saw another happening in the heavens that struck me with wonder. I saw seven angels [arrayed in pure white, vs.5] - I soon found out, they had the seven final afflictions [plรฉgรฉ - blows, wounds, strikes] - the “last” - for with them the wrath [thymos - passion] of God (cause and effect) is spent [teleos - to finish, complete, fulfill, the root tel means reaching the end (aim). It is well-illustrated with the old pirate's telescope, unfolding, extending out, one stage at a time to function at full-strength/capacity and effectiveness]. (The telescope “aims” - tel, the end-aim, cause, effect. Imo:) (An all important lesson “all in heaven and Earth” must learn right down to every molecule of the universe? So to speak.. Must fully understand? Vs. being an ant farm?) (Both prophecy and the kingdom->within and without, individually and collectively - extend from smaller scope to larger scope.)

     2 I saw something like a sea of glass - mingled with fire - and those who had prevailed over the beast and its image [eikรณn - image, statue, mirror-like representation, projection] and over the number of its name, were standing upon the sea of glass, each with a harp [kithara - lyre, harp, stringed instrument] of God. 3 And they were singing the song of Moses, the servant of God. And the song of the Lamb, saying “great and marvelous are your works oh Lord God the Almighty! Your ways are righteous and true oh King of the nations! 4 Who will not fear/revere you oh Lord! And glory in your name/reputation/character! You alone are holy! “All” nations will come and worship before you! Because the righteousness, and justice, of your acts has been revealed!”

     5 After this I looked, and in heaven, the temple of the tabernacle/tent (of) testimony was opened 6 and out came the seven angels with the seven afflictions. [The “LAST” afflictions.] They wore linen, pure and bright, with wide gold sashes at their chests [stethos]. 7 Then the four living creatures gave to the seven angels, seven gold bowls full of the wrath of God who lives from age to age. 8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and his power, and no one could enter the temple (God is grieving) until the seven afflictions of the seven angels were (was) finished. [Cross reference with verse 5, 11:19 - first and last of the seven thunders?๐Ÿคท๐Ÿผ‍♀️]


                         ~*~

๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿ’ซ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ.. โ„“ฮนั•ั‚ั”ฮท  ๐’ป๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“Ž๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”..

The vision is told 3 times: 6:1-2 to 11:19; chap.12 w/ Mt.23:39; and 13:1 to 19:11.

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023

A Doubled Edged sWord?

     Mt.24:9 - “..you will be hated by all nations because of my name.” Spoken to Israel? But also, were they “believers”? Parallelism? History repeats, thus prophecy.. Even the word sword, a double! As in sword or sWord; sword of the world or of God.. which sword will we listen to? So important, yes? to “submit ourselves to the LORD” freely by our belief in all that happened with and to the Son. “Declared righteous” and innocent. Now his fruit growing in us.. Doesn’t hurt to put our heart into it. Jn.15,17; Rev.7:9,4 oR? Rev.17:5.๐Ÿคท๐Ÿผ‍♀️ The kingdom progresses in peace. The violence.. and the cause and effect is on the part of mankind, Ps.2. (His ‘wrath’/“passion”, the bowls of Revelation, and some of the trumpets are obviously thermonuclear effects, Is.24:20.)

    Progresses in peace, leaven, not sword. Yet surely? That does not mean we should shrug our shoulders over great evils carried out and committed. But there’s this! We’re used to listening to the world! But it’s a whole matrix of genuine misinformation. Jesus said “take heed no one deceives you, they will even come in my name saying (acknowledging?) I am he..” So it’s not just one sort of voice coming at us. God’s voice is in the inner Quietness. Usually. Take care what we hear? We may not even want to take sides.. Be careful who we do align ourselves with? …What irony should we turn the sword upon ourselves.. Only one reason we would do that? Our guilty conscience has not really been appeased? ..So we sabotage ourselves.. and others.. Do you feel it? The pressure? What to say and not say. It penetrates? What to believe and not believe? Fruit or weed, it’s the nature of all things to grow.


Monday, October 23, 2023

FROM Isaiah 1

1:21 - How the faithful city has become a prostitute. Her streets used to be full of righteousness and justice, but now murderers lodge in her. (So tell me history doesn’t repeat, thus prophecy. Story of every city.)  [Think of prophecy as prophecy. Not a curse being proclaimed.]  22 The value of your silver/money has fallen away.. 25 But I will turn my hand upon you and purge away your dross. 28 The crashing [sheber - breaking, fracturing, breaching, crushing (or) crashing] of the rebels and sinners [chatta - from chata - to miss, go wrong] will be together. Those who forsake Yahweh shall be consumed. (Cross reference - 2Pet.3:10, 2Thes.1:7-8, a first mention of a lake of fire. ๐Ÿค”Order, crash, fiery event, a seal six event, but what the seal is, is veiled by its description as its entire effects, first to very last.) 30 You will be like an oak tree whose leaves have faded, like a garden with no water.. [In the prophets, usually the order is, the path of destruction pointed out, that the city, the people are on, and what will occur if the way isn’t changed - prophecy, cause and effect, not a curse - followed by verses about restoration, reconciliation and blessing. Rescue! Through a Messiah, and “savior of the world”.] (God’s other option? To avoid such calamity? A robotic ant farm?)

                  Part 2

1:3 The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger/trough, but Israel (and humanity) does not know, my people do not understand.” (And any nation, especially its leaders, though separated (“set apart”) to birth the Messiah/Savior would have also rejected him when he showed up humble, homeless, and threatening of their worldly status.) 4 ..They have forsaken ..turned their backs.. and (thus?) sinful they are. 5 ..The whole head is sick and the whole heart is faint. 6 From the sole of your foot to the top of your head there is no soundness/battered from head to foot— only bruises, wounds, and sores, not cleansed, bandaged or soothed with olive oil. 7 Your country lies in ruins, and your towns are burned. Foreigners plunder your fields before your eyes as overthrown by strangers. 8 Beautiful Jerusalem stands abandoned.. 9 Unless the LORD Almighty had left us some survivors.. 11 ..I take no pleasure in your sacrifices.. 12 who asked you to trample my courts? 13 ..wickedness in the sacred meeting.. 14 the new moon feasts, the holy day festivals.. a burden to me.. 15 Your hands are full of blood, I do not hear your prayers though they become many. 16 ..Stop doing wrong.. 17 Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow. 18 “Come now, let’s settle this,” says the LORD. “Though your sins [chet - wrongs, from chata - to miss, go wrong, wrongs] are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow.. as white as wool. 19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land. 1:20 But if you turn away and refuse to listen, the sword devours. And accordingly has spoken the LORD. 

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Isaiah Part 1

1:1 These are the visions that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem during the years of four kings. (Listed in the verse.) 2 The LORD (God) has said, "Listen, oh heaven and earth! The children I raised have turned against me. (Israel is the micro, global is the macro.)

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(The Order is w/ Largest For Winter)

4 - SPRING -- after restoration / 536-400 -- Haggai Zechariah Malachi

1 - SUMMER -- pre-assyria / 9-800 BC -- (Elijah Elisha) Jonah Joel Amos Hosea

2 - FALL --assyria / 900-625 -- Isaiah Micah Nahum Zephaniah

3 - WINTER -- babylon / 625-536 --  Jeremiah Habakkuk Ezekiel Obadiah Daniel


Sunday, October 22, 2023

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14 I (John) looked and behold, a white cloud and one sitting upon it that looked like the Son of man (the manchild of chapter twelve, a stand alone history insert). On his head, a gold crown and in his hand a sickle (a harvest). 15 An angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he cried out in a loud voice to the one sitting on the cloud, “Put in your sickle and reap! For the harvest crop has ripened!” 16 And the one upon the cloud swing his sickle and the Earth was harvested. 17 And another angel came out of the temple in heaven, having a sharp sickle as well. 18 And another angel from the altar, who has power over *fire* called in a loud voice to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Put in your sharp sickle and gather the cluster from the vine of Earth, for the grapes of it have fully ripened. 19 And the angel put in his sickle and harvested the grapes snd cast them into the great winepress of God’s wrath (cause and effect, the Armageddon Valley battle). 20 Then the press was trampled *outside the city* and blood (oil?) flowed out of the press up to the horses’ bridles for about 180 miles.

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๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿ’ซ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ.. โ„“ฮนั•ั‚ั”ฮท  ๐’ป๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰/๐’ซ๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“Ž๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”..

The vision is told 3 times: 6:1-2 to 11:19; chap.12 w/ Mt.23:39; and 13:1 to 19:11.

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Saturday, October 14, 2023

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Review - an outline and order (esp. vs.8,9) ..an angel flying in midair ..”stand in awe of God ..worship him who made the Heavens and the Earth and the Sea and the springs of water.”

8 A second angel followed saying, “’Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,’ which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her immoralities.” 9 Then a third angel followed them, shouting, “Anyone who worships the beast and his statue or who accepts his mark (Dn.12:12?) on the forehead or on the hand 10 will have to drink the full cup of God’s “passion” [greek thumos] mixed undiluted. (See? he is letting things run their full course. Otherwise, for creation there’s two other options? Total Ant Farm - which I always want to capitalize๐Ÿคท๐Ÿผ‍♀️? Or sooner or later, each one, sometime, being bound to think, say, or do something that is less than Perfect, thus becoming imperfect opposite of God who is Life and “is perfect”. Each one straying in their own time. How to convince every thinking being that it can never work, than to let it run its full course? “The smoke of it will rise forever” - in every heart and psyche! Because Rev.21 shows a whole new universe.. A (fieRy) universal ReGenesis occurs. The smoke rising from the impossible way therefore has to be spiritual, in the forever memories. A forever “abhorring” of the carnal, self first way. You think God pronounced a curse over Eve? For instance. No he was prophesying. This is the war of good and evil. God’s kingdom progresses in peace (Mt.13:33) but on mankind’s part, is the violence, Ps.2. It’s not all flowers and daisies (like the coming afterwards Kingdom) but is a harsh and unavoidable truth and lesson. Truth is an iron (measuring) rod. Uh oh, I totally mixed up my parenthesis.) Rest of the verse “All the world is a stage” (Shakespeare, not the bible, lol.) 10b “and will be tormented in fire and brimstone before the holy angels and the Lamb.” (The “full cup not diluted” - obviously is the Revelation bowls. Which bowls, and some of the trumpets, are obviously thermonuclear effects! The root word of logic, is logos!) 11 “And the smoke of the torment of them to ages of ages goes up, and not do they have [echรณ - to have, hold] peace day and night, those worshiping the beast and the image of it, and if anyone receives the mark of its name." 12 Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus. [Another version - “This means that God’s holy people must endure persecution patiently, obeying his commands and maintaining their faith in Jesus.”] 13 And I heard a voice out of heaven, saying "Write, 'Blessed are the dead dying in the Lord from now on.'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "so that they may rest from their labors, for their works follow with them." (After Babylon which sits on seven hills/continents - a final modern global $ity and system, riding/partnered with the beast - falls, comes the mark {Dn.12:11-12 with Lk.19:41,44, a math problem-and on that 1,335th day comes Mt.13:30, which is Rev.16:13-16 and 2Thes.1:7,8. And then Zech.14:4.}

                         ~*~

๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿ’ซ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ.. โ„“ฮนั•ั‚ั”ฮท  ๐’ป๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰/๐’ซ๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“Ž๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”..

The vision is told 3 times: 6:1-2 to 11:19; chap.12 w/ Mt.23:39; and 13:1 to 19:11.

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Saturday, October 7, 2023

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Remember the book is symbols representing literals.

 1 -  And I looked, and behold, the Lamb was standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred forty-four thousand who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a sound [phonen - voice or sound] from heaven as the sound of many waters, and as the sound of loud thunder. And the sound I heard was like many harpists on their harps. 3 And they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who had been purchased from the earth. 4 These are the ones who have not been defiled [molรฝnล - literally - besmeared with mud] (making murky?) with woman (goddess plus evolution spirit?) for they are (truth) virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been purchased from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb. 5 No lie [pseudos] is found in their mouths, they are blameless. 6 Then I saw another angel flying in midheaven (where the larger birds fly?) and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language and people. 7 And he said with a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and worship the One who made the heaven and the earth, and sea and springs of water.”

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๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿ’ซ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ.. โ„“ฮนั•ั‚ั”ฮท  ๐’ป๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰/๐’ซ๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“Ž๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”..

The vision is told 3 times: 6:1-2 to 11:19; chap.12 w/ Mt.23:39; and 13:1 to 19:11.

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Friday, September 29, 2023

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         ๐“‚๐“Ž ๐‘œ๐“Œ๐“ƒ ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐“Š๐’น๐“Ž

(Prophecy repeats, from a ‘smaller’ fulfillment to full scale fulfillment.)

14 This second beast fooled people on earth by working (modern? like ai? and so much more) miracles for the first beast (the huge many headed geopolitical entity, who’s in partnership with $ity babble, an oligarchy, sitting on seven hills/continents). Then the second, smaller beast talked them into making an idol in the form of the beast that did not die after being wounded by a sword. (Was reborn after expiring when its head/originator did not sign on after all?) 15 He was then permitted to give life to this statue. So that it could speak. And then the statue of the beast commanded that anyone refusing to worship it must die. [Another version - And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not worship [proskynรฉล - to do reverence to, the basic meaning in the opinion of most scholars, is to kiss, from prรณs -towards, and kyneo - to kiss, properly, to kiss the ground when prostrating before a superior] the image of the beast, to be slain. Or - The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refuse to worship it to be killed. (This is an escalation from “cannot buy or sell without”. Reversing order is sometimes used to help veil?) 16 And it makes everyone small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to be given a mark on [epi - on, upon] their right hand or on their forehead. 17 And no one could buy or sell without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name. [Or - so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name.] 18 Here is a call for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and that number is 666. (“A” man is not necessarily originally in the verse. Triple 6 as the number of man? It’s all man’s doing? All this chaos and its effects portrayed in bible prophecy, that is. Prophecy like salvation repeats like widening ripples of a pond. From micro (Israel) to macro (world, and full pond ripple). Cross reference to the triple 6? Daniel 12:11-12 with Mt.24:1-2, Mk.13:1-2.

      Mt.24:1-2 - “As Jesus was leaving the Temple ground, his disciples pointed out to him the various Temple buildings. But he answered them, “Do you see all this? Truly, I tell you, there will not be one stone upon another, that will not be thrown down.” And Dn.12:11-12 - “From the time the perpetual sacrifice is taken away” (abolished, no more stone atop another at the Western Wall? Current holy place to Israel) and the abomination that desolates is set up, there will be 1,290 days.” (This time upon the human temple meant for God’s Spirit/Presence?)

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๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿ’ซ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ.. โ„“ฮนั•ั‚ั”ฮท  ๐’ป๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰/๐’ซ๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“Ž๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”..

The vision is told 3 times: 6:1-2 to 11:19; chap.12 w/ Mt.23:39; and 13:1 to 19:11.

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

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9 Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand. 10 If anyone is taken prisoner, he must go to prison. If anyone is killed with a sword, with a sword he must be killed. In all this God's holy people need endurance and confidence.

     11 Then I saw another beast come up out of the earth. [Not like the huge many headed beast that came up out of the sea.] This one had two horns like those of a lamb. But he spoke with the voice of a dragon. 12 And this beast exercised all the authority of the first (many headed geopolitical?) beast and he caused the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the (huge) first beast, whose mortal wound had been healed, 13 and did great signs, so that he even made fire to come down from the heavens upon the earth in the sight of men. (Hello?) (This event, the first seal six occurrence, pinpoints an office, not [yet] an individual.)

The revelation vision is told three times, all meeting and concluding at the seventh trumpet. (1)6:1-2 to 11:19 (2)chapter 12, vs 17 with mt.23:39, and (3)13:1 to 19:11.

                         ~*~

๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿ’ซ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ.. ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰/๐’ซ๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“Ž๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”..

Rev/Apoc Cast of Characters & Events ~ is pinned๐Ÿ“Œ in the side column.

Acts and Revelation were late this week, I’ve been sick, as has the household.


Thursday, September 14, 2023

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1 - The dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast rising out of the sea (of humanity, an institution). It had ten horns (divisions? toes of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream statue of Daniel, chapter 2) and seven heads, with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head, a name that insults God. [“Ten horns” ->Daniel 7:7,19 and 2:32,33!] 2 This beast looked like a leopard, but it had the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave the beast his own power and throne and great authority. 3 One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound. (The finaL form of satanic empire? It was, then wasn’t, when its ‘head’/originator didn’t sign on after all?) But the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world marveled after (admired?) and followed the beast. 4 They worshiped the dragon for giving the beast such power. And they worshiped the beast. “Who is as great as the beast?” they said. “Who is able to make war with him?” 5 And a mouth was given to it. And it spoke great things and blasphemy, and was given authority to act forty and two months (3.5 hebrew years, 1,260 days). 6 And he spoke terrible words against God, slandering his name and his dwelling, and those who dwell in heaven. 7 And the beast was allowed to wage war against God’s people and to conquer (oppress) them. And he was (will be - after Rev.7:1,3 is interrupted? the winds that are held back (7:1,3) are veiled by the seals of chapter 6 being described as their fuLL effects and not just first or opening/beginning effects) [he is] given authority to rule over every tribe and people and language and nation. 8 The inhabitants of earth will worship [proskynรฉล - from prรณs - towards, and kyneo - to kiss – properly, to kiss the ground when prostrating before a superior, harnessed “god of forces”] the beast, all whose names have not (yet) been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation (blueprint) of the world.

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๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿ’ซ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ.. ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰/๐’ซ๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“Ž๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”..

Rev/Apoc Cast of Characters & Events ~ is pinned๐Ÿ“Œ in the side column.


Saturday, September 9, 2023

W๐•–๐•–๐•œ๐•๐•ช B๐• ๐• ๐•œ ๐• ๐•— R๐•–๐•ง๐•–๐•๐•’๐•ฅ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ 12 13-17

{Notes & Review: This chapter is a stand alone insert. Believers are the bride of the manchild/Son of man. Non Hebrew people once they are united to Jesus become a part of Israel, they are “grafted into the commonwealth” - Review: a great sign - a virgin conceived. The dragon, via Herod the Great, tried to destroy the manchild, but instead He is at the right hand of God. The adversary was angered->70 CE, a first migration (in the age of our Lord, A.D.) of the faith->white horse gone/going forth. Then there’s a battle in heaven and the dragon is cast out, and no longer allowed access to heaven.}

     13 When the dragon saw that he was cast to earth, he persecuted (inquisitioned) the woman (the faith) which had brought forth the man child. 14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly (sail via the wind) into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time (a 3.5 measure of time, 1620+350?) AWAY from the face (cruel inquisitions) of the serpent. (Eagle wings - a good beginning - not perfect - but like most things goes into decline and decomposing/corruption. Most often getting hijacked and infiltrated. I know I repeat myself over and over. But how can I not mention the ever popular, world’s “false prophet” [“the field is the world”] who’s “strong delusion” of “seating man/anthropos as in the temple as God”/highest power, caused a great “falling away”.)

     15 And the serpent (guise of the dragon) poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood (washed off of the earth). 16 But the earth helped her and swallowed the flood that had come from the dragon's mouth. (Widespread drought coming? $ity Babble on 7hills/continents, falls/crashes?) [From the dragon’s mouth - Rev.16:13? The flood becomes part of the gathering to Armageddon battle?-Mt.13:30. Unholy ‘trinity’ (rev.16:13) - the dragon, the beast (many headed geopolitical) and the false prophet who will greatly expound on what came out of the mouth of the dragon? Note: The false prophet enabled Rev.13:13, but is not the “little horn”/beast. The 13:13 event pinpointed an OFFICE, not (yet) an individual.]

     [Cross Reference: Mt.23:39 - “I tell you [Jerusalem] you will not see me (Jesus) again UNTIL you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD!”] 17 And the dragon was angry against the woman, and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God, and (by now) have the testimony of Jesus Christ. (Rev.7:4, which in most part follows vs.9.) And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea..

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[Language and verse notes]

(Thoughts)

๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿ’ซ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ.. ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰/๐’ซ๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“Ž๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”..

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Monday, September 4, 2023

P S A L M 9 1

 ✨๐Ÿ’ซ ๐“•๐“ป๐“ธ๐“ถ ๐“Ÿ๐“ผ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ถ๐“ผ ๐ŸŽถ

[๐“ณ๐“ช๐“ท 1-20, ๐“ฏ๐“ฎ๐“ซ 20’๐“ผ, ๐“ถ๐“ช๐“ป 30’๐“ผ, ๐“ช๐“น๐“ป 40’๐“ผ, ๐“ฎ๐“ฝ๐“ฌ. ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“ญ๐“ฎ๐“ฌ 120-150]            

1 Live under the protection of God Most High and stay in the shadow of God all powerful. 2 Then you will say to the LORD, "You are my fortress, my place of safety. You are my God, and I trust you." 3 The Lord will keep you safe from secret traps and deadly diseases. 4 He will spread his wings over you and keep you secure. His faithfulness is like a shield or a strong wall. [Stay in the shadow of God all powerful.] 5 You won't need to worry about dangers at night or arrows during the day. 6 Do not fear the disease that stalks in darkness, nor the disaster that strikes at midday! 7 Though a thousand fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, no harm will come near you. 8 You will only see with your eyes the recompense (wage) of the wicked. 9 The LORD Most High is your fortress. Run to him for safety. 10 No evil will happen to you, nor will any plague come near your tent. 11 God will command his angels to protect you wherever you go. 12 They will carry you in their arms, you will not strike your foot against a stone. 13 You will trample upon lions and cobras, you will crush fierce lions and serpents under your feet! 14 The LORD says, "If you love me and truly know who I am, I will rescue you and keep you safe. 15 When you are in trouble, call out to me. I will answer and be there to protect and honor you. 16 You will live a long life and see my saving power” (at work).

[Mostly from the Contemporary English Version with some consultation with biblehub dot com’s language tools.]


Saturday, September 2, 2023

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      Chapter 12, a Stand Alone Insert

(After the 70 CE, first migration of the faith) - 7 Then there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels warred against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels warred back. 8  But the dragon was defeated, and he and his angels were not allowed in heaven any longer. 9 The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. 10 Then I heard a loud voice shouting across the heavens (the throwing out of the old ‘gods’ and their systems) “Our God has shown his saving power, and his kingdom has come! God's own chosen one [the Son] has shown his authority. Satan accused our people in the presence of God day and night. Now he has been thrown out! 11 They won the victory over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the truth which they proclaimed, for they did not cling to their lives even in the face of death. 12 Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, knowing that he has little time.”

                         ~*~

๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿ’ซ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ.. ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰/๐’ซ๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“Ž๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”..

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Wednesday, August 23, 2023

W๐•–๐•–๐•œ๐•๐•ช B๐• ๐• ๐•œ ๐• ๐•— R๐•–๐•ง๐•–๐•๐•’๐•ฅ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ 12 1-6

[Possibly there is two applications of this chapter: as in line with the rest of Revelation, or as a stand alone insert. My understanding is as a stand alone insert.]

1 - And a great sign, seen in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. (A great sign, a virgin conceived.) 2 She (Israel/the faith/preserved by strict law) was with child and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth. 3 And another sign appeared in heaven, behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns. 4 His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. [Rev.1:20 “..the stars are angels..”] And the dragon (via Herod the Great) stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born. 5 And she brought forth a male son, who is about to shepherd all the nations with a (measuring) rod of iron (unbreakable Truth) and her child (instead of devoured) was caught up to God, and to His throne. 6 And the woman fled (70 A.D.) into the wilderness, where she has a place having been prepared there by God, so that they should nourish her there one thousand two hundred sixty days (likely - in THIS case - years). (70 A.D. more or less +1,260 = 1,330, rise of humanism?)

                         ~*~

๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿ’ซ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ.. ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰/๐’ซ๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“Ž๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”..

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15 The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign for ever and ever.” 16 And the twenty-four elders sitting on their thrones before God fell upon their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying, “We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and have begun to reign. 18 The nations were angry (Ps.2) and your wrath (cause and effect, imo) has come. The time has come for judging the dead, and for rewarding your servants the prophets and your people who revere your name, both great and small (stretched out over the next two millenniums!) — and for bringing to ruin those who are ruining the earth.” 19 Then - God’s temple in heaven was opened (this always brings to mind, mine anyway, the word split) and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant (? this reverberates with me..). And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a severe hailstorm. (The faster and higher moisture rises, the greater the hail.)

                         ~*~

๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿ’ซ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ.. ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰/๐’ซ๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“Ž๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”..

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W๐•–๐•–๐•œ๐•๐•ช B๐• ๐• ๐•œ ๐• ๐•— R๐•–๐•ง๐•–๐•๐•’๐•ฅ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ 11 1-14

1 - Then I was given a measuring stick/rod, and I was told, “Go and measure the Temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers. 2 But do not measure the outer courtyard, for it has been turned over to the nations. They will trample the holy city for 42 months. (And Truth will be trampled?) 3 And I will appoint my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” (In pressing difficulty.) 4 They are “the two olive trees” and the two lampstands, and “they stand before the Lord of the earth.” (Yet they are upon earth. Rev.7:9 and 4?) 5 Any enemy who tries to harm them will be destroyed/ruined by the fire that comes out of their mouths. (Truth?) 6 These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish. (๐Ÿ˜ฎ) 7 Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will declare war against them, and he will conquer and kill them. 8 Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified. (Some think Jesus was executed in Jerusalem but he wasn’t, “..so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood. Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore” - Heb.13:12-13.)

     9 For three and a half days some from every people, tribe, language and nation will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial. 10 The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth. 11 But after the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. 12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” And they went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies looked on. 13 At that very hour there was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. 14 The second woe has passed (same point that’s after troops and what look like lions which shoot fire from their mouth, and a great war after the Euphrates has dried up) the third woe is coming soon.

                         ~*~

๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿ’ซ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ.. ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰/๐’ซ๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“Ž๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”..

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Thursday, August 3, 2023

W๐•–๐•–๐•œ๐•๐•ช B๐• ๐• ๐•œ ๐• ๐•— R๐•–๐•ง๐•–๐•๐•’๐•ฅ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ 10:8-11

8 Then the voice from heaven spoke to me (John) again, “Go and take the open scroll from the hand of the angel who is standing on sea and land.” 9 When I went over to ask the angel for the little scroll, the angel said, "Take the scroll and eat it! Your stomach will turn sour, but the taste in your mouth will be sweet as honey." (From a commentary - when this ‘little’ book of prophecy is fully digested, it’s troubling.) 10 I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it. It tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour. 11 Then I was told, “You must prophesy, again, about many peoples, nations, languages, and kings.” (The revelation vision concerning this world, as is, is actually told three times, from different angles. Chapter 10 is an insert, as 12 is, and perhaps 11 — The Three Tellings: 6:1-2 to 11:19 - ch.12 w/ mt.23:39 - 13:1 to 19:11.)

                          ~*~

๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿ’ซ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ.. ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰/๐’ซ๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“Ž๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”..

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023

W๐•–๐•–๐•œ๐•๐•ช B๐• ๐• ๐•œ ๐• ๐•— R๐•–๐•ง๐•–๐•๐•’๐•ฅ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ 10 1-7

1 - Then I (John) saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire. 2 He was holding a little scroll, which lay open in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, 3 and gave a great shout like the roar of a lion! And when he shouted, the seven thunders answered. 4 When the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders said, and do not write it down.” 5 Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand toward heaven. 6 He swore an oath in the name of the one who lives forever and ever, who created the heavens and everything in them, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it, and said, “There will be no more delay! 7 When the seventh angel is about to blow his trumpet, God’s mysterious plan will be fulfilled just as proclaimed by his servants the prophets.”

                          ~*~

๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿ’ซ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ.. ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰/๐’ซ๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“Ž๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”..

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Sunday, July 23, 2023

Earth is His Temple

 The universe is his temple. The earth is his temple. He shall dwell (tabernacle๐Ÿ—️) in his temple. There will be no wars. No hatred, no greed (klepto-mania, a greek word).

     How do you create genuinely able to think and reason beings, aNd, keep paradise/perfection intact? Seeing as reasoning includes at least some power of choice. Consider the paradox of God being Life (of course) itself, and he “is perfect”. Once said thinking being chooses anything in thought, word or deed that differs with what He chooses, they become imperfect. Which ends up as the exact opposite of Life. And in the meanwhile, is an abyss of potential. (Should we ignore history? Should we discount cause and effect? Nicknamed God’s ‘wrath’.)

     God is unlimited Genius, and is truthful and honest. Though he does hide everything in plain sight and in riddles.

     He created the universe as is but as a clock not running, then, set it in motion.

     HE is Love. Love never fails.

As a final piece of the cosmic puzzle (imo) making everything settle into place, is that lake of fire is not a ‘place’, certainly not never ending. The three mentions of lake of fire are at large fiery events.. He is letting cause and effect occur to those not repenting of their sorceries [phรกrmakos] or of their sexual immorality [porneia - properly, a selling off (surrendering) of sexual purity - key word selling?] or of their thefts [klemma - from klepto] (greed).

     What was the other option God had with creation? A mere ant farm? Somehow I don’t think that is what he’s after. Is creating. This all important contrast is writing his will/Truth on the hearts and minds.

     The kingdom and prophecy, both, progress like widening ripples of a pond. The Lord’s long second advent will be a longer, wider version of his first brief one. He will do the same works he did before. But with helpers, serving, called reigning. For to do his works, surely(?) is to reign.

     The final mention of lake of fire is at the fiery, universal ReGenesis. Do you like a good riddle?

     A lesson of 3’s —

Mt.13:33, key word 3, w/ 1Cor.15:22-24,28 -> three harvests, barley, wheat, grape. Two resurrections. Two vivifications, first one concurrent with the first resurrection, second (imo) is five hundred years after its partner resurrection.

     The revelation vision is told 3 times: 6:1-2 to 11:19; ch.12, but vs.17 w/ mt.23:39; and, 13:1 to 19:11.

     The Lord fulfilled three Spring holy days by his first advent. And the three Fall holy days (surely!?) will be fulfilled by his long second advent.. and beyond.

     The three sixes are the number of man, greek word anthropos, not just ‘a man’. Though we do have his number. (Old cliche.)

     “Morning, noon and night, I will call upon Thee” Ps.17:55.

     There are three parts of the second advent, [1]THE millennium, a 7th and a Sabbath from the adversary, [2]the adversary gathers (again) the ends of earth (people who survived the apocalypse mortally, have multiplied) for war against Jerusalem, God’s city - greek word “salem” means “of Peace”. A second mention of a lake of fire, is here at his fiery, final defeat. And [3]“the judgment”. Elsewhere called an “aionion kolasin/correction”.

     ๐Ÿ—️On the “8th” ‘day’ the “last great day” (Lev.23:36, Jn.7:37) all carnality and self first will be (totally) circumcised from off of mankind. Some few will initially experience inner outside of the Light, darkness.. gnashing of teeth.. (think rich man and Lazarus parable, and the outside of the vision narrative of Rev.22) but which condition will give way to self condemnation, perhaps beating oneself, spiritually, with many stripes.. weeping.. remorse.. and reconciliation. “Christ Crucified” being an image and message strong enough to appease eveRy conscience.

     “The lion will eat straw like the ox, the bear will graze with the cow and their young will lie down together” Is.11:7. “All manner of fruit for the twelve months..”Rev.22:2. “Of the increase of peace there will be no end” Is.9:7. The Father himself “will tabernacle with mankind” Rev.21:3/three. As will the Son, the “the seed” implanted in all, the “first/proto” (and prototype). The Spirit of God is God’s Presence (with us) which shall be totally and literally “all in all”. Love will Rule. “Perfect” makes no mistakes, leaves no loose ends.. Cannot lose anything. The ‘end’ result (the greek means “end-aim”) can only be the best one possible. ⛲️There is every reason for deep, heartfelt peace and joy. A ‘message’ seemed to drift through my mind recently, “try not to worry”. I’m thinking that means “about anything”!

✌๐Ÿผ☮️๐Ÿ•Š️


Saturday, July 22, 2023

W๐•–๐•–๐•œ๐•๐•ช B๐• ๐• ๐•œ ๐• ๐•— R๐•–๐•ง๐•–๐•๐•’๐•ฅ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ 9 13-21

13 Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice speaking from the four horns of the gold altar that stands in the presence of God. 14 It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” [The Euphrates is the ancient boundary between Israel and Babylon and Assyria, her main enemies, and captivities to.] 15 The four angels had been prepared for this-very hour, and day, and month, and year, that they might slay a third of mankind. 16 The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number. 17 And in my vision, I saw the horses and the riders sitting on them. The riders wore armor that was fiery red and dark blue and yellow. The horses had heads like lions, and fire and smoke and burning sulfur billowed from their mouths. 18 A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths. 19 Their power was in their mouths and in their tails. For their tails had heads like snakes, with the power to injure people. 20 But the people who did not die in these plagues still refused to repent of their evil deeds and turn to God. They continued to worship demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood—idols that can neither see nor hear nor walk. 21 Nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries [phรกrmakos] or of their sexual immorality [porneia - properly, a selling off (surrendering) of sexual purity] or of their thefts [klemma - from klepto].

                         ~*~

๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿ’ซ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ.. ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰/๐’ซ๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“Ž๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”..

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Saturday, July 15, 2023

W๐•–๐•–๐•œ๐•๐•ช B๐• ๐• ๐•œ ๐• ๐•— R๐•–๐•ง๐•–๐•๐•’๐•ฅ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ 9:1-12

1 - The fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I (John) saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. 2 When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like smoke from a great furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke of it. 3 And out of the smoke locusts came down on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions (to sting). 4 They were told not to harm the grass or plants or trees, but only the people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 They were told not to kill them but to torment them for five months with pain like the pain of a scorpion sting. 6 During those days people will seek death but will not find it, they will long to die, but death will elude them. 7 The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. 8 They had hair like women’s hair and teeth like the teeth of a lion. 9 They wore armor made of iron, and their wings roared like an army of chariots rushing into battle. 10 They had tails that stung like scorpions, and for five months they had the power to torment people. 11 They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon - Destroyer. 12 The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come. [From 7:15-17 - “..He who sits on the throne will shelter.. with his presence.. The sun will not beat down on them..nor any scorching heat.. the lamb will lead them to springs of living water..”]

                         ~*~

๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿ’ซ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ.. ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰/๐’ซ๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“Ž๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”..

Rev/Apoc Cast of Characters & Events ~ is pinned๐Ÿ“Œ in the side column.


WEEKLY FROM the REVELATION VISION 8:7-13

I have the crazy idea that in chapter eight we have four of the seven thunders. Previously in verse 5 - “Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it onto the earth. And there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.”

     And previous to that - had been chapter 7, verses one and three - “four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of earth, that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree.. ‘Wait! Don’t harm the land or the sea or the trees until we have placed the seal of God on the foreheads of his servants.’”

     …“Then — the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it onto the earth. And there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.” (Verse 8:5, an interruption in the holding of the winds. Then we’ll have 13:5-7?)

     (Quick note - the Rev. vision is told three times, {1}6:12->11:19; {2}12 w/mt.23:39; and {3}13:1->19:11. And the previous seals in chapter 6 are described as their effects first to last, veiling what seal 6 is, the one with the “number of man”. The first event/opening of the seal having been 13:13 which event pinpoints an office..)

     I have the crazy idea the “seven thunders” of Rev.10, are thermonuclear events. Until finally with enough chain reaction to make “the earth shake to and fro” Is.24:20. (Yes please tell me how a prophetic vision is metaphor and is onLy a process within the human psyche.)

     I will only add that there is lightning in that particular kind of fire.. And later when it talks about “great” hail, the thing is the higher and faster moisture rises, the greater and larger the hail it becomes.

     8:7-13

7 The 1ST angel sounded his trumpet and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down on the land [gรฉ]. A third of the land was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.

     8 The 2ND angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became as blood. (With this one a great power falls? Into the sea? With much repercussion in the sea of humanity.) 9 A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and destroyed was a third of the ships. (Trade?)

     10 Then the 3RD angel blew his trumpet. A large star, burning like a torch, dropped from the sky and fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. 11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many died from the water, because it was made bitter. 12 Then the 4th angel blew his trumpet. A third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that their light lost a third of its brightness. And they shone for one third less of the day. (Joel’s cloudy/smokey day?) 13 As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in (smokey?) midair call out in a loud voice: “Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!”

                         ~*~

๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿ’ซ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ.. ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰/๐’ซ๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“Ž๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”..

Rev/Apoc Keys Characters & Events ~ is pinned๐Ÿ“Œ to side column.

Friday, June 30, 2023

WEEKLY FROM the REVELATION VISION 8:1-6

1 - When the Lamb broke the seventh seal on the scroll, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

     2 Then I (disciple John) saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. 3 Then another angel with a gold incense burner came and stood at the altar. And a great amount of incense was given to him to mix with the prayers of God’s people as an offering on the golden altar before the throne.

     4 And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God’s people, went up before God from the altar.

     5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it upon the earth! And there was peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake. (Interruption in the Rev.7:1,3’s holding back any crises of “the winds” from harming earth, trees or seas.) 6 And the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to sound them. (Which are the seventh seal.)

                         ~*~

๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿ’ซ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ.. ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰/๐’ซ๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“Ž๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”..

Monday, June 26, 2023

WEEKLY FROM the REVELATION VISION 7:1-17

1 - After these things I saw four angels standing upon the four corners (north, south, east, west) of earth, holding the four winds, that no wind would blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. (Imo, this is the winds of “Seal 6” - thermonuclear in 1945. But the seal is described as its total effects, first to very last, 6:12-17 ..when “the earth shakes to and fro” — If you haven’t guessed, I’m very much a literalist. BUT! Every literal has its metaphor, and.. every metaphor has its literal. This whole process from Adam to the (fiery) ReGenesis, logically - root word logos - is both individual and collective. Surely?

     You might want to say the four winds, are winds of destruction. Surely not thermonuclear! Of course not. Man is very rational, and content with little and with the status quo. Surely they would never release such destructive winds.. I think the four is merely four because, well, where else are you going to station angels to hold winds back? If not at the four ‘corners’ of Earth?

     2 And I saw another angel coming up from the east, carrying the seal of the living God. And he shouted to those four angels, who had been given power to harm land and sea, 3 “Wait! Don’t harm the land, or the sea, or the trees, until we have placed the seal of God on the foreheads of his servants!” (From the east.. like when Jesus returns/comes the second time.. This is obviously before then.) 4 And I heard how many were marked with the seal of God (a seal protects, seals) —144,000 were sealed from all the tribes of Israel:

  Verses 5 through 8, lists the 12 tribes, 12,000 from each. 9 After this, I looked and I saw a great crowd - too many to count - from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands. (I believe - this - is metaphor. Yet also a preview of the future when ALL is said and done. The standing at the throne. Representing a step forward, a step up! The call to be closer to God.. Full of his praise! Knowing who he is. And how he is. A seal of clarity?

     These verses are where we are now - the winds are still being held back, after the first release in 1945 - Rev.13:13. The verse pinpoints an office, not yet(?) an individual. And yes notice those numbers, 13:13. But take heart! We haven’t gotten to the last verses of the chapter. We’re in “his rest” remember? Paradise is coming. Perfection. It’s worth everything. And don’t forget this, God iS life. He lives through, suffers and experiences all things that ever occur. Yet he created thinking, reasoning beings, able to make choices, anyway! ..So in that crowd, also, is the 144,000 counted of earthly nation, Israel. (See Mt.23:39.)

     10 And they were shouting with a great roar, “Salvation comes from our God who sits on the throne and from the Lamb!” 11 And all the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living celestial creatures, and they fell upon their faces before the throne and worshipped God, 12 saying: “Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!” (We ALL in heaven and Earth owe God everything!)

     13 One of the elders asked me, "Do you know who these people are that are dressed in white robes? Do you know where they come from?" 14 I answered, “Sir, you know.” And he said, “These are they who come out of great tribulation having washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 They are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple, and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence. 16 No more shall they hunger or thirst. The heat of the sun will not harm them, nor any scorching heat. 17 For the Lamb on the throne will be their Shepherd. He will lead them to springs of living (and fresh) waters. And God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”

                         ~*~

๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿ’ซ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ.. ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐“…๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰/๐’ซ๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“Ž๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”..

Friday, June 23, 2023

Arrow That Flies By Night

 Ps.60:4 - You give a signal to those who worship you, so they can escape from enemy arrows. [Signal - nes: a standard, ensign, signal, sign, from nasas - to be high or conspicuous] [Escape - nus: to flee, escape] — You give a signal to those who worship you, so they can escape from enemy arrows.

     Dn.12:11,12 - From the time that is taken away [sur: turned aside, removed] the continuous [tamid: continuous, perpetual] and is set up [nathan: to give, put, set] the abomination (this time upon the human temple meant for God’s Spirit/Presence?) that desolates, shall be 1,290 days. (3.5 hebrew years, plus 30 days. A hebrew leap year?) 12 Blessed are they who wait and come to [naga: reach] the 1,335 days - (something is set up and given about 3.5 years, plus 30 days, after Israel’s continual is taken away - Mt.24:1,2 - As Jesus was leaving the temple grounds, his disciples came up to Him to point out its buildings. 2 And He said to them, “Do you see all [pas - all] this [houtos, hautรฉ, touto: this]? I tell you not one stone will remain atop another, that will not be thrown down [kataluรณ: to destroy, overthrow, loosen thoroughly, from kata - down, and luรณ - to loose, release, dissolve].

     Rev.2:10 - “…you shall have tribulation ten days..”

     [Desolate - A primitive root; to stun, grow numb, i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy, make amazed, desolate, be destitute, destroy, waste, wonder] ?? - 1,290 days after the West Wall is taken away/destroyed(?) will be set up the notorious (lauded?) triple six desolating abomination.. Happy are those who reach 45 days later, the last “ten days” escalating from “cannot buy or sell” to “will be killed”? Rev.13:15-17.