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Not so much, but did get a reminiscence of a passage in revelation.What does it mean to you? Do you see a connection to this?
He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather
with Me scatters abroad.
I went on to quote in #5So are you saying God's people have stopped gathering? That seems to be your implication here... so I'm curious.
So the implications of what Jesus is saying is that the generation that belongs to Him are theyWhat does it mean to you? Do you see a connection to this?
John 4:
35 Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes the harvest’?
Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already
white for harvest!
36 And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both
he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.
37 For in this the saying is true: ‘One sows and another reaps.’
38 I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored,
and you have entered into their labors.*
Have you entered into that labor? There is one generation that gathers. (Psalm 22:30 in the OP)
I went on to quote in #5
So the implications of what Jesus is saying is that the generation that belongs to Him are they
that are committed to gathering(completing the work of others)*, sowing and reaping as well.
The exhortation is certainly to continue in whatever capacity you are able, as you have said. IfSo again, what point are you trying to make? Just that we should? You seemed a bit condemning of God's people in your post (as if they aren't actively working to gather) so I'm curious...
Proverbs 30:
11 A generation curses its father, and does not bless its mother.
12 A generation that is pure in its own eyes,but is not washed from its filthiness.
13 A generation—oh, how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
14 A generation whose teeth are swords, and whose fangs knives,
To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
This implication was never made. I would say that the church overall has not lost focus on the missionSo are you saying God's people have stopped gathering? That seems to be your implication here... so I'm curious.
. I simply would call this a Bible study,
Many miss the implication of the Messianic Psalm 22:30, that in Christ there is one seed, oneOkay... that's fine. It didn't come across that way when you made this accusatory statement in the OP:
"This is the generation the Lord has cursed by The Law."
But it's likely I just read it wrong... I took "this" to mean the generation we are now in. My mistake then...
I changed the wording in the OP in reference to the Deuteronomy curses in response to your comment.Okay... that's fine. It didn't come across that way when you made this accusatory statement in the OP:
"This is the generation the Lord has cursed by The Law."
But it's likely I just read it wrong... I took "this" to mean the generation we are now in. My mistake then...
I changed the wording in the OP in reference to the Deuteronomy curses in response to your comment.
Many miss the implication of the Messianic Psalm 22:30, that in Christ there is one seed, one
generation.
30 "A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation".
We have always been the generation called to gather, to bear much fruit, so in that regard, the word generation is distinct from how it would normally have been used in the OT, and its genealogies.
An exception here?*
Psalm 24:
3 Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord?
Or who may stand in His holy place?
4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol,
Nor sworn deceitfully.
5 He shall receive blessing from the Lord,
And righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6 This is Jacob, the generation* of those who seek Him,
Who seek Your face. Selah
7 Lift up your heads, O you gates!
And be lifted up, you everlasting doors!
And the King of glory shall come in.
8 Who is this King of glory?
The Lord strong and mighty,
The Lord mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, O you gates!
Lift up, you everlasting doors!
And the King of glory shall come in.
10 Who is this King of glory?
The Lord of hosts,
He is the King of glory. Selah
Halleluyah!
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