Peace in Christ.
The stork knows her appointed times and the turtle/dove and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming. These things are internal for them. They are hard-wired into them by the Lord. They do not need exterior handwritings to let them know when to do these things.
Jer 8:7-9 KJV
(7) Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
And the Lord writes His laws in our inner parts….in our minds and hearts. We know them inside us. We know His judgment. His government/kingdom is within us and does not come from the observation of external writings.
Yet, the pen of the church scribes have engraved their “images”…their church handwritings of ordinances…. for their congregations to follow after/worship rather than the internal writings of God.
The pen of the scribes is in “vain”…meaning “untrue”. The church scribes’ handwritings...their lying pens... are untruths. They appear to be “wise”…they have a show of wisdom. Colossians 2:22-23 . They can do nothing to save us though.
How can they say they are “wise” and that the law of the LORD is with them when their lying pens have changed it into a lie?
(8) How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
What wisdom is in the church scribes’ ….the “wise”…handwritings? They reject His word in order to keep their handwritings of ordinances.
(9) The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
Professing themselves as “wise”, they became fools and changed the glory of the unperishable God into an image (church handwritings of ordinances) which are made like perishable man’s….patterned like the outside world’s handwritings (such as constitutions, statutes, bylaws, etc) by which they self-govern and judge themselves by rather than having God rule them through their hearts and minds.
Rom 1:22-24 KJV
(22) Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
(23) And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
(24) Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
Professing themselves to be “wise,” they became fools.
The LORD has poured unto them the spirit of “deep sleep” as they cannot understand the gospel nor the Scriptures. The truth of the gospel is hid from our “prophets” and church rulers and the seers (all of the “learned”). The “eyes” of their understanding has been closed in the spirit of deep sleep poured out from the LORD.
Isa 29:10-12 KJV
(10) For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
One cannot understand the Bible as it has been sealed to our church rulers eyes so that they cannot truly understand it. The revelation of all is become unto us all as the words of a book that is sealed. They cannot understand the Scriptures of which they wrest to their own mortal destruction. 2 Peter 3:16
If they (the “learned” church rulers) can’t understand it, then how are those who they preach to (the “unlearned”) going to understand it?
(11) And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
(12) And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
The “wisdom” of fleshly-minded men is put down in their codified handwritings of ordinances/dogmas….and what wisdom is in them? There is no wisdom in them. The fear of the Lord is taught by the precept of men…contained in their handwritings.
Isa 29:13-14 KJV
(13) Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
(14) Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
Man’s wisdom ….that he puts down in his handwritings comes to nothing. The wisdom of the "wise men" shall perish. The wisdom of God is hidden to them…to the princes of this age who come to nothing.
1Co 2:4-8
(4) And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
(5) That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
(6) Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world (age), that come to nought:
(7) But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
None of the princes of this age (the church rulers, prophets, seers) know the wisdom of God…for if they had known it, they would not crucify (NOW) the Lord of glory….who has already been raised up to glory so that we may have His life now. Yet, they are cutting off the age-lasting life….the manifest life of Jesus…in those who they are “preaching” to without knowledge. Their congregations (the flock of the slaughter) are mortally perishing….while they feed themselves only. The Lord of glory is already raised from the dead so that we might have His life now in this mortal body.
(8) Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not crucify the Lord of glory.
If the gospel is hid, it is hid to them that are “lost”…that is, perishing. They are mortally perishing because of the lack of knowledge of the true gospel. No mortal flesh is being saved.
2Co 4:3-5 KJV
(3) But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost (PERISHING) :
The “god of this world/age” blinds their minds as they only serve for their own belly…their “god”. They are earthly-minded and are only "preaching themselves" for their own earthly necessities.
(4) In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
(5) For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
The “god of this age”…their belly…is what they are serving for. Their end is destruction….destruction of the mortal body.
Php 3:18-19 KJV
(18) (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
(19) Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
The false prophet comes up “out of the earth”…indicating that they are earthly-minded only. They may have the form of godliness but deny its power to mortally save us in their preaching (as they speak as a dragon).
Rev 13:11 KJV
(11) And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
The “princes of this age” hearts are “nourished”…fattened…as in a day of slaughter. Their hearts are “waxed gross”…fattened. Matthew 13:15.
They rejoice in their hearts as they live in pleasure on the earth as they are getting their earthly needs met in abundance. The drum beat of the rejoicing of their own hearts drown out the cries of their congregations that are experiencing troubles. But God hears their cries....and will help them out.
Jas 5:5-6 KJV
(5) Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
They condemn and kill the Just One….the Lord of glory…as they are not preaching the truth of the gospel which would manifest the life of Jesus in their congregations. Their congregations are not being mortally saved because of the lack of knowledge of the truth of the gospel. They are all perishing…perishing sheep. No mortal flesh is being saved in the "flock of the slaughter" that they are "pastoring".
(6) Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
“Hurt not the oil and wine”….their rejoicing has not ceased while there is a severe famine of hearing the words of God as there is no understanding (the black horse) among them. Their foolish heart is darkened as there is no understanding in them.
Rev 6:5-6 KJV
(5) And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
(6) And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Hurt not the oil and the wine….hurt not their rejoicing while there is a severe famine going on .
Psa 104:15 KJV
(15) And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
They rejoice in their hearts as in a day of slaughter as the “sheep” that they are supposed to be feeding with the Word of Truth are being “killed” as no flesh is being saved in their “pastoring” of them…the pastoring of the flock of the slaughter.
“let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die”. They do not understand the truth of the gospel. They missed the point of the gospel completely so as to not share in the prize of an age-lasting life (aka "eternal life"). We don’t mortally die when we keep the “daily” sacrifice of our Lord. They who only feed themselves have no knowledge of God.
Isa 22:13-14 KJV
(13) And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
(14) And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
For the “rich man”…..the rich pastors that rule us….fare “sumptuously” (that is, REJOICE BRILLIANTLY) every day. They are getting their earthly daily needs met…they are living in pleasure on the earth. They delight in living luxuriously.
Luk 16:19-21 KJV
(19) There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Yet, their congregations are as Lazarus which laid at his gate, full of sores. Their congregations are at the “gate” of their mouths desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fall from the rich man’s table (where he is only feeding himself). “Lazarus” is hungry for spiritual food and is only receiving “crumbs”.
They are being “fed” with very little knowledge in this current famine of hearing the true sayings of God. Their congregations are “full of sores” ….full of troubles. The dogs come and lick the sores….they dress the wounds of their congregations lightly by saying “peace, peace” when there is no peace among them. Jeremiah 6:14 .
(20) And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
(21) And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
But our Lord comes to deliver us from them. He comes to feed us with the Bread of Heaven. He feeds us who are starving (in this “famine” of hearing the words of God) by the preaching of the true sayings of God (in contrast with the preaching of earthly-minded men).
The “beggar” dies. Notice the wording. It was not “Lazarus” who died but his status of being a “beggar” that ceases.
“Lazarus” means “God helps”. In His mercy, He sends us His “angels”…that is, His messengers of His true sayings of life and spirit…which carry them into Abraham’s bosom. They are carried away from those who are oppressing them by the belief of what they hear Him saying.
They believe what they hear unto righteousness (as Abraham who believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness). They inherit the promises of Abraham. They inherit good things now while the rich ceases from the rich men. The rich died….as his rejoicing in riches ceases.
Luke 16:22
(22) And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich also died, and was buried;
The rich men….the rich pastors…who once had rejoiced in their earthly necessities being met, will now have miseries come upon them.
Jas 5:1-2 KJV
(1) Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
(2) Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
Woe unto them that are rich now….for they have already received their consolation. Woe unto them that are full now for they shall hunger. Woe unto them that laugh now for they shall mourn and weep.
Luk 6:24-26 KJV
(24) But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
(25) Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
(26) Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
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The stork knows her appointed times and the turtle/dove and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming. These things are internal for them. They are hard-wired into them by the Lord. They do not need exterior handwritings to let them know when to do these things.
Jer 8:7-9 KJV
(7) Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
And the Lord writes His laws in our inner parts….in our minds and hearts. We know them inside us. We know His judgment. His government/kingdom is within us and does not come from the observation of external writings.
Yet, the pen of the church scribes have engraved their “images”…their church handwritings of ordinances…. for their congregations to follow after/worship rather than the internal writings of God.
The pen of the scribes is in “vain”…meaning “untrue”. The church scribes’ handwritings...their lying pens... are untruths. They appear to be “wise”…they have a show of wisdom. Colossians 2:22-23 . They can do nothing to save us though.
How can they say they are “wise” and that the law of the LORD is with them when their lying pens have changed it into a lie?
(8) How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
What wisdom is in the church scribes’ ….the “wise”…handwritings? They reject His word in order to keep their handwritings of ordinances.
(9) The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
Professing themselves as “wise”, they became fools and changed the glory of the unperishable God into an image (church handwritings of ordinances) which are made like perishable man’s….patterned like the outside world’s handwritings (such as constitutions, statutes, bylaws, etc) by which they self-govern and judge themselves by rather than having God rule them through their hearts and minds.
Rom 1:22-24 KJV
(22) Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
(23) And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
(24) Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
Professing themselves to be “wise,” they became fools.
The LORD has poured unto them the spirit of “deep sleep” as they cannot understand the gospel nor the Scriptures. The truth of the gospel is hid from our “prophets” and church rulers and the seers (all of the “learned”). The “eyes” of their understanding has been closed in the spirit of deep sleep poured out from the LORD.
Isa 29:10-12 KJV
(10) For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
One cannot understand the Bible as it has been sealed to our church rulers eyes so that they cannot truly understand it. The revelation of all is become unto us all as the words of a book that is sealed. They cannot understand the Scriptures of which they wrest to their own mortal destruction. 2 Peter 3:16
If they (the “learned” church rulers) can’t understand it, then how are those who they preach to (the “unlearned”) going to understand it?
(11) And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
(12) And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
The “wisdom” of fleshly-minded men is put down in their codified handwritings of ordinances/dogmas….and what wisdom is in them? There is no wisdom in them. The fear of the Lord is taught by the precept of men…contained in their handwritings.
Isa 29:13-14 KJV
(13) Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
(14) Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
Man’s wisdom ….that he puts down in his handwritings comes to nothing. The wisdom of the "wise men" shall perish. The wisdom of God is hidden to them…to the princes of this age who come to nothing.
1Co 2:4-8
(4) And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
(5) That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
(6) Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world (age), that come to nought:
(7) But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
None of the princes of this age (the church rulers, prophets, seers) know the wisdom of God…for if they had known it, they would not crucify (NOW) the Lord of glory….who has already been raised up to glory so that we may have His life now. Yet, they are cutting off the age-lasting life….the manifest life of Jesus…in those who they are “preaching” to without knowledge. Their congregations (the flock of the slaughter) are mortally perishing….while they feed themselves only. The Lord of glory is already raised from the dead so that we might have His life now in this mortal body.
(8) Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not crucify the Lord of glory.
If the gospel is hid, it is hid to them that are “lost”…that is, perishing. They are mortally perishing because of the lack of knowledge of the true gospel. No mortal flesh is being saved.
2Co 4:3-5 KJV
(3) But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost (PERISHING) :
The “god of this world/age” blinds their minds as they only serve for their own belly…their “god”. They are earthly-minded and are only "preaching themselves" for their own earthly necessities.
(4) In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
(5) For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
The “god of this age”…their belly…is what they are serving for. Their end is destruction….destruction of the mortal body.
Php 3:18-19 KJV
(18) (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
(19) Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
The false prophet comes up “out of the earth”…indicating that they are earthly-minded only. They may have the form of godliness but deny its power to mortally save us in their preaching (as they speak as a dragon).
Rev 13:11 KJV
(11) And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
The “princes of this age” hearts are “nourished”…fattened…as in a day of slaughter. Their hearts are “waxed gross”…fattened. Matthew 13:15.
They rejoice in their hearts as they live in pleasure on the earth as they are getting their earthly needs met in abundance. The drum beat of the rejoicing of their own hearts drown out the cries of their congregations that are experiencing troubles. But God hears their cries....and will help them out.
Jas 5:5-6 KJV
(5) Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
They condemn and kill the Just One….the Lord of glory…as they are not preaching the truth of the gospel which would manifest the life of Jesus in their congregations. Their congregations are not being mortally saved because of the lack of knowledge of the truth of the gospel. They are all perishing…perishing sheep. No mortal flesh is being saved in the "flock of the slaughter" that they are "pastoring".
(6) Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
“Hurt not the oil and wine”….their rejoicing has not ceased while there is a severe famine of hearing the words of God as there is no understanding (the black horse) among them. Their foolish heart is darkened as there is no understanding in them.
Rev 6:5-6 KJV
(5) And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
(6) And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Hurt not the oil and the wine….hurt not their rejoicing while there is a severe famine going on .
Psa 104:15 KJV
(15) And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
They rejoice in their hearts as in a day of slaughter as the “sheep” that they are supposed to be feeding with the Word of Truth are being “killed” as no flesh is being saved in their “pastoring” of them…the pastoring of the flock of the slaughter.
“let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die”. They do not understand the truth of the gospel. They missed the point of the gospel completely so as to not share in the prize of an age-lasting life (aka "eternal life"). We don’t mortally die when we keep the “daily” sacrifice of our Lord. They who only feed themselves have no knowledge of God.
Isa 22:13-14 KJV
(13) And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
(14) And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
For the “rich man”…..the rich pastors that rule us….fare “sumptuously” (that is, REJOICE BRILLIANTLY) every day. They are getting their earthly daily needs met…they are living in pleasure on the earth. They delight in living luxuriously.
Luk 16:19-21 KJV
(19) There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Yet, their congregations are as Lazarus which laid at his gate, full of sores. Their congregations are at the “gate” of their mouths desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fall from the rich man’s table (where he is only feeding himself). “Lazarus” is hungry for spiritual food and is only receiving “crumbs”.
They are being “fed” with very little knowledge in this current famine of hearing the true sayings of God. Their congregations are “full of sores” ….full of troubles. The dogs come and lick the sores….they dress the wounds of their congregations lightly by saying “peace, peace” when there is no peace among them. Jeremiah 6:14 .
(20) And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
(21) And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
But our Lord comes to deliver us from them. He comes to feed us with the Bread of Heaven. He feeds us who are starving (in this “famine” of hearing the words of God) by the preaching of the true sayings of God (in contrast with the preaching of earthly-minded men).
The “beggar” dies. Notice the wording. It was not “Lazarus” who died but his status of being a “beggar” that ceases.
“Lazarus” means “God helps”. In His mercy, He sends us His “angels”…that is, His messengers of His true sayings of life and spirit…which carry them into Abraham’s bosom. They are carried away from those who are oppressing them by the belief of what they hear Him saying.
They believe what they hear unto righteousness (as Abraham who believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness). They inherit the promises of Abraham. They inherit good things now while the rich ceases from the rich men. The rich died….as his rejoicing in riches ceases.
Luke 16:22
(22) And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich also died, and was buried;
The rich men….the rich pastors…who once had rejoiced in their earthly necessities being met, will now have miseries come upon them.
Jas 5:1-2 KJV
(1) Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
(2) Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
Woe unto them that are rich now….for they have already received their consolation. Woe unto them that are full now for they shall hunger. Woe unto them that laugh now for they shall mourn and weep.
Luk 6:24-26 KJV
(24) But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
(25) Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
(26) Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
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