A "host" was given to the power of darkness to take away the daily sacrifice by the increase of wickedness...."host" meaning "a mass of persons"......the "tares" that were planted among the wheat in the kingdom of heaven....the wolves that would come to scatter the flock as Paul told it.
(Dan 8:12 KJV) And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practiced, and prospered.
Judas was also given a "host".....a "band" of men and officers...."band" meaning figuratively "a mass of men." They came to take the "daily sacrifice".....Jesus Christ the Lamb of God. Judas, a disciple chosen by Jesus, was taken by betrayl.....by "reason of transgression."
(John 18:3 KJV) Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
The "band of men and officers" came with "lanterns and torches"......signifiying stars and truth. "Lanterns" is the Greek word ".phanos" which means a "lightener"....."to shine"....which stars do. And the word "torches" is " lampas" which means "lamp"....which the truth is like a lamp. When Jesus answered Judas and the band of men and officers, they went backward and "fell to the ground:"
(John 18:6 KJV) As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
Satan and his messengers also successfully cast the stars of heaven and the truth to the "ground."...in the church....the "sanctuary was cast down:"
(Dan 8:10 KJV) And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
12 And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practiced, and prospered.
Satan and his messengers took away the "daily sacrifice" of the church.....the commandment of Jesus to love one another:
John 13: 34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Without love for one another, the daily sacrifice, there would not be unity of the church.....for many have betrayed and hated each other.....the increase of wickedness in the church has resulted in divisions. They betrayed each other....just as Judas betrayed Jesus.....with feigned love. Just as the disciples were scattered after the Judas and the multitude took away Jesus (the daily sacrifice), the church has been divided up because of the lack of love for one another.
Mark 14: 50 And they all forsook him, and fled.
The righteousness of the church (the linen cloth) was taken away.....the sheep were sheared by the wolves.
51 And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him:
52 And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
Without peace in the church, there are divisions....the "great sword".....divisions:
(Rev 6:4 KJV) And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
Envying and strife.....a lack of love for one another....divisions:
(1 Cor 3:3 KJV) For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
Not following the "doctrine of Christ".....the important teaching of Christ....to love one another.
Envy and strife go hand-in-hand. There are many Scriptures that pair the two....for where there is envy and strife is confusion and EVERY evil work:
(James 3:16 KJV) For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
Envy and strife is how the brothers have betrayed one another:
(Mat 24:10 KJV) And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
The betrayers have taken the daily sacrifice of loving one another away by their increased iniquity (envy and strife) this has already happened to the church a long time ago the daily sacrifice has been taken away. They have successfully taken peace and unity from the church. They have betrayed the body of Christ .they were chosen by the Lord just as Judas ..they sit with him at the table just as Judas did:
(Luke 22:21 KJV) But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table.
22 And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!
After Jesus tells the disciples about the Son of man to be betrayed by someone close to him, strife arises among the disciples ..showing by example that the betrayal of the church is the strife that arises out of envy about who should be accounted the greatest:
23 And they began to inquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing.
24 And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.
There are many church leaders who exercise overbearing authority over the sheep .they are called benefactors ..or a worker of good. They do not seek to serve those underneath them but to serve themselves under the guise of workers of good.
25 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
Envy and strife is what caused the church to fall into war and divide .to scatter. Who is the right church? Who is approved by God? The Baptists, the Methodists, the Catholics, the Lutherans, etc, etc .. Who is the greatest? Envy and strife have caused these divisions and maintains them.
For envy is what betrayed the Lord Jesus. The word delivered is paradidomi which also is used for the word betrayed elsewhere:
(Mat 27:18 KJV) For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
(Mark 15:10 KJV) For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.
Just as Cain murdered his brother out of envy. Just as Joseph was envied and betrayed by his brothers:
(Acts 7:9 KJV) And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
For Jesus forewarned us of the transgressors.....that he was to be reckoned among them....that his body....the church... would be full of transgressors. And yet he is the perfect one...without sin...who will take away the transgressions of the church in the redemption.
(Luke 22:36 KJV) Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
37 For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.
The 2 swords of envy and strife:
38 And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough.
For envy and strife are as the "pestilence".....the word "pestilence" is "deber" which is from "dabar" which interestingly means "to speak"....it is with words..."strifes of words"... that strife and envy come about.
(1 Tim 6:4 KJV) He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
Even Paul was called a "pestilence" by Tertullus in Acts because he considered him a troublemaker....a contentious person....stirring up trouble among the people:
(Acts 24:5 KJV) For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
We find the church today in the famine of hearing the Word of God, in the pestilence of envy and strife....hating and betraying each other....the great sword that divides us and the church is under the care of those who do not feed the church nor care for it. They have taken away the "daily sacrifice" .....the commandment of Jesus to love one another. Let us keep the daily sacrifice of loving one another.
(Dan 8:12 KJV) And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practiced, and prospered.
Judas was also given a "host".....a "band" of men and officers...."band" meaning figuratively "a mass of men." They came to take the "daily sacrifice".....Jesus Christ the Lamb of God. Judas, a disciple chosen by Jesus, was taken by betrayl.....by "reason of transgression."
(John 18:3 KJV) Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
The "band of men and officers" came with "lanterns and torches"......signifiying stars and truth. "Lanterns" is the Greek word ".phanos" which means a "lightener"....."to shine"....which stars do. And the word "torches" is " lampas" which means "lamp"....which the truth is like a lamp. When Jesus answered Judas and the band of men and officers, they went backward and "fell to the ground:"
(John 18:6 KJV) As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
Satan and his messengers also successfully cast the stars of heaven and the truth to the "ground."...in the church....the "sanctuary was cast down:"
(Dan 8:10 KJV) And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
12 And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practiced, and prospered.
Satan and his messengers took away the "daily sacrifice" of the church.....the commandment of Jesus to love one another:
John 13: 34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Without love for one another, the daily sacrifice, there would not be unity of the church.....for many have betrayed and hated each other.....the increase of wickedness in the church has resulted in divisions. They betrayed each other....just as Judas betrayed Jesus.....with feigned love. Just as the disciples were scattered after the Judas and the multitude took away Jesus (the daily sacrifice), the church has been divided up because of the lack of love for one another.
Mark 14: 50 And they all forsook him, and fled.
The righteousness of the church (the linen cloth) was taken away.....the sheep were sheared by the wolves.
51 And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him:
52 And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
Without peace in the church, there are divisions....the "great sword".....divisions:
(Rev 6:4 KJV) And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
Envying and strife.....a lack of love for one another....divisions:
(1 Cor 3:3 KJV) For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
Not following the "doctrine of Christ".....the important teaching of Christ....to love one another.
Envy and strife go hand-in-hand. There are many Scriptures that pair the two....for where there is envy and strife is confusion and EVERY evil work:
(James 3:16 KJV) For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
Envy and strife is how the brothers have betrayed one another:
(Mat 24:10 KJV) And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
The betrayers have taken the daily sacrifice of loving one another away by their increased iniquity (envy and strife) this has already happened to the church a long time ago the daily sacrifice has been taken away. They have successfully taken peace and unity from the church. They have betrayed the body of Christ .they were chosen by the Lord just as Judas ..they sit with him at the table just as Judas did:
(Luke 22:21 KJV) But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table.
22 And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!
After Jesus tells the disciples about the Son of man to be betrayed by someone close to him, strife arises among the disciples ..showing by example that the betrayal of the church is the strife that arises out of envy about who should be accounted the greatest:
23 And they began to inquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing.
24 And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.
There are many church leaders who exercise overbearing authority over the sheep .they are called benefactors ..or a worker of good. They do not seek to serve those underneath them but to serve themselves under the guise of workers of good.
25 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
Envy and strife is what caused the church to fall into war and divide .to scatter. Who is the right church? Who is approved by God? The Baptists, the Methodists, the Catholics, the Lutherans, etc, etc .. Who is the greatest? Envy and strife have caused these divisions and maintains them.
For envy is what betrayed the Lord Jesus. The word delivered is paradidomi which also is used for the word betrayed elsewhere:
(Mat 27:18 KJV) For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
(Mark 15:10 KJV) For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.
Just as Cain murdered his brother out of envy. Just as Joseph was envied and betrayed by his brothers:
(Acts 7:9 KJV) And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
For Jesus forewarned us of the transgressors.....that he was to be reckoned among them....that his body....the church... would be full of transgressors. And yet he is the perfect one...without sin...who will take away the transgressions of the church in the redemption.
(Luke 22:36 KJV) Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
37 For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.
The 2 swords of envy and strife:
38 And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough.
For envy and strife are as the "pestilence".....the word "pestilence" is "deber" which is from "dabar" which interestingly means "to speak"....it is with words..."strifes of words"... that strife and envy come about.
(1 Tim 6:4 KJV) He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
Even Paul was called a "pestilence" by Tertullus in Acts because he considered him a troublemaker....a contentious person....stirring up trouble among the people:
(Acts 24:5 KJV) For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
We find the church today in the famine of hearing the Word of God, in the pestilence of envy and strife....hating and betraying each other....the great sword that divides us and the church is under the care of those who do not feed the church nor care for it. They have taken away the "daily sacrifice" .....the commandment of Jesus to love one another. Let us keep the daily sacrifice of loving one another.