I get the feeling I need to preface this commentary with an explanation of who I am.
In simple terms, I am just like you with personal feelings and commitments.
I enjoy life and love my wife and family and people. I like Jack Benny and George Burn’s television humor with newer humor being funny but sometimes crude and offensive.
I especially love 3 to 4 year old children who want to down-load their 3-4 years of learning and choose me as a recipient and the 6 to 7 year olds who talk through missing toofs. I am constantly amazed by new born babies especially human and also animal and the mothers drive to protect them at any cost.
I have a calling to write commentary on the Bible and so that is what I do. Some don’t like that and for that I am truly sorry but for the rest who are the called, who receive illumination, I am your friend and fellow sojourner, Human Being waiting for the Church Rapture or the end of my Mortality whichever comes first.
In the military we would call this T.A.D, temporary authorized duty as it is only the beginning, a time period where God is saving sinners and identifying and sorting out Evil. As God already knows who’s who, then it is being done for our benefit, Romans 8:18-23 and the gathering of evidence, Revelation 20:12, John 5:28-29 (the final resurrection) with 5 resurrections in all.
SO, Is the Bible God’s word? I know of no reasonable alternative! The many theories of evolution (EVIL-LUTION) are certainly not reasonable alternatives but they are laborious Idolatrous approaches attempting to explain away the easily understood using the unreasonable, Romans 1:18-20 and 25.
Many writings between testaments and post new testament writings are excluded as they contain errors meaning they disagree with revealed inspired scripture but they are available for scrutiny.
The God of Grace of the Bible and the God of Submission of the Koran are two separate and distinct personalities, 2Corinthians 6:14-18, Joshua 24:15.
The Bible whose meaning is in the context is the text book of the Holy Spirit, Acts 16:14. Lydia was an Old Testament worshiper of God, John 4:23-24.
The Christian Bible is right in details with the challenge being to correctly translate and understand its meaning, 2Peter 3:15-16.
I am dispensational meaning animal sacrifice, Galatians 3:24-25 and Apostolic gifts etc; were temporary and used for teaching and to fulfill prophecy and establish Apostolic authority. There are only 12 Apostles of the Lamb, Revelation 21:14.
Now abideth Faith, Hope and Love (agape) with the greatest being love (agape), 1Corinthians 13:8-13. Agape, sometimes translated Charity, loves people we don’t even know or even like, it’s object is the person in need, Luke 10:27-36, and can be as simple as a kind word or things more needful, James 2:15-17.
It is the same love we have for God who we don’t know but by spending some of our time in the study and meditation of His Word and keeping His commands we get our introduction to His person. Not for salvation but in our walk as Saints of God, 1John 5:1-5, Matthew 5:17.
You have the capability of understanding, 1Corinthians 2:14-16 and you have discernment and make choices just as I do always hoping our choices agree with chapter and verse as we are learning.
Humans who go to the Lake Of Fire will do so with their Sins paid for, 1John 2:1-2 from a negative volition and caviler attitude.
All of us begin at the sealing of the Holy Spirit, Ephesians 1:13-14 so the choice then becomes, do we walk as the world walks or as Saints of God who seek to be obedient to God in word and deed, 1John 5:1-5. Because we all fail, God has provided 1John 1:9 with cleansing being for attitude adjustment if necessary, Hebrews chapter 12.
Although we are currently children and servants of God, we are in training for Son-Ship both men and women to an inheritance of leadership and great wealth but first we must learn humility, Matthew 5:1-12, 1Peter chapter 1.
I am sending this commentary again as I have made a number of changes, mostly additions. I know that the Holy Spirit monitors my writings and brings to mind and leads me to many Bible passages but I also am required to Study, 2Timothy 2:15 and must learn as all do and SO, I can be challenged by chapter and verse only. Don’t be timid as you might be right. Nobody knows it all and sometimes we miss little nuances. Please let me know!
The Christians of Hebrews chapter 6 were rehearsing fundamental doctrines of the Faith over and over and needed to move on to the advanced doctrines of the faith for stability and reference, Ephesians 4:14-15, 1Peter 3:15.
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God bless you in your efforts as winners and children of God to walk the walk to the inheritance!
GOD’S ETERNAL PLAN
As implemented through
Jesus Christ:
God’s plan was and is to rule the creation through His anointed King Jesus Christ and His Redeemed Sons of God, men and women, Romans 8:18-23, Galatians 3:26-29.
Hebrews chapter one, see below, is an over view of God’s plan that existed before the ages, before the foundation of the world, before our created time and space ever existed, 1Peter 1:19-20, Hebrews 1:8-12, John 17:5.
The Son of God who is God, preexisted with God the Father, John 17:5 and He took the form of a Man, Philippians 2:5-8 which was the Baby Jesus, John 1:1-14 who was born of a virgin who was the seed of the woman, Genesis 3:15, Galatians 3:19, and predestined by God to be the Lord of Lords and King of Kings.
The obstructionist:
A simple understanding here is that Satan wants the position that was assigned, before time began to Jesus Christ. Satan is determined to get there by his own merit and efforts which are real and imagined.
At the end of Satan’s appeal for reinstatement as Lucifer, Isaiah 14:12-15, Revelation 12:7-10, Satan and his Angels will be cast out of Heaven and they will try to subvert, take control of Planet Earth in a final winner take all by War and Pestilence, probably Germ Warfare in a 3.5 year time period.
At the end of the 3.5 year Satan will be defeated at Armageddon and then put in prison for 1000 years. After the 1000 years which is also reserved for the Kingdom Of Heaven, Satan will be released for a short period of time and allowed to deceive those on the Earth who can be deceived by their love, preference for Evil and wanting to have control.
Satan is currently an active member in God’s Show and Tell program, Romans 8:18-23, Acts 2:22-36.
After his release and recapture, Satan will be cast into the Lake of Fire and remain there forever, Revelation, 20:7-10.
At that time our current planet Earth and our universe will dissolve in flaming fire and be reduced to nothing, 2Peter 3:7 and 10, Revelation 20:11, Hebrews 1:3 (the word of his power), Hebrews 1:10-12.
Following the Great White Throne judgment, Revelation 20:11-15 which is the last resurrection, the 5th in order but called the 2nd for the remainder of humanity, John 5:28-29, we will be transferred to the New Heaven and Earth for Eternity, Revelation 21:1.
SATAN’S PLAN:
Satan’s plan apparently was to force God to capitulate, change His mind concerning the ruler-ship of the Creation. Like other despots, Satan had become a legend in his own mind.
His methodology was to cause the fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden and subsequently the human race, Revelation 12:7-10. His argument is the weakness of the human race and the wasting of God’s Grace. After the fall of Adam and Eve in Eden, God informed Satan about the REDEEMER who would become his true adversary, Genesis 3:15.
The contest here is not to see who will win or lose but the objective is to demonstrate the infallibility, impeccability of God’s plan and His redeemer who is the Christ for the benefit of God’s elect Angels and elect Mankind, Revelation 22:11-21.
When God’s program of redemption is complete, Satan will go where he must go, the lake of fire, Matthew 25:41. When given opportunities to repent he refused to do so. See the following context!
Ezekiel chapter 28:
LUCIFER, THE CREATED:
11**And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
12**”Son of man, raise a lament over the king of Tyre, and you must say to him, ‘thus says the Lord Yahweh: “You WERE a perfect model of an example, full of wisdom and perfect of beauty.
At the time of this writing Satan is being addressed by the name of his New Identity which is the King of Tyre who Satan possessed. The King is addressed here also, Ezekiel 28:1-10 meaning that he like the serpent in Eden, Genesis 3:1, could have resisted Satan but did not, Luke 8:32-33, So, the King will also be judged. See Revelation 20:2 for a short list of Satan’s names.
Satan’s original identity was Lucifer, a morning star, the Anointed Cherub who covers.
Because of his unscrupulous dealings, Lucifer had been removed from Heaven by God and cast down to planet Earth. He was also given the name Satan meaning the enemy of God.
Those who worship Satan often do so by his former name Lucifer which was the name of his former Glory which he no longer possesses.
Satan’s objective is to recapture his former Glory and to REPLACE Jesus Christ. Unfortunately for him, he will accomplish neither goal.
Lucifer not only changed names, he also changed his form having lost the position that God had created him to fill. However, his given power is in his spirit and as a spirit he still retains the abilities that he was created with and uses them to promote destruction, Ephesians 2:2.
Satan used the POWER OF THE AIR and the SONS OF DISOBEDIENCE in an attempt to defeat Job, Job chapters 1. In Job chapter 2 he used pestilence, disease to defeat Job.
Satan caused Job a lot of Grief but he failed to defeat Job. Even Job’s 3 religious friends failed to defeat Job with their home spun religious tenants, Job 42:7-8.
Satan also works through other Demon possessed kings to establish his ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT. The kings of Daniel 10:13 and 20 had no fear of God’s Messenger as did Daniel meaning they are probably Demons perhaps in mortal bodies, Revelation 12:7-9. See also Revelation 1:17, Daniel 10:5-21 as they are reported to be powerful creatures.
Genesis 11:6-8 destroys the first attempt after the flood of Noah to form the headquarters of A ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT with the tower being a very high land mark, the technology of the day and not an attempt to get to Heaven.
Genesis 10:25 tells us that the EARTH was divided during the days of Peleg and probably is referring to what today is called Continental drift which further divided the people. Genesis 10:5and10:32 says the NATIONS were divided.
13**You were in Eden, the garden of God, 2Corinthians 12:1-4 and every precious stone was your adornment: carnelian, topaz and moonstone, turquoise, onyx and jasper, sapphire, malachite and emerald. And gold was the craftsmanship of your settings and your mountings in you; on the day when you were created they were prepared.
The magnificent body or covering of Lucifer, verse 13 was prepared by God before the spiritual aspect of Lucifer was created and then placed into his body or covering. Lucifer’s fundamental aspect is spiritual as is ours.
The body of Adam was formed first and then God breathed the breath of LIVES into it meaning mortal life and spiritual life, Genesis 2:7. The Hebrew word translated life is plural and means LIVES.
In a human body all the parts have different functions. If one part is defective then the whole body suffers. If a more critical part becomes defective the whole body becomes critically ill or dies. Each part is important, 1Corinthians 12:13-31 and 13:1-13, {the Church}.
A mortal body gives us the ability to function as men and women in this reality which is TIME AND SPACE.
When in fellowship believers, {1John 5:3 + 1John 1:9} die their spirit moves to residence with the Lord in God’s heaven, 2Corinthians 12:1-5, John 14:2-3, 2Corinthians 5:6-10.
When out of fellowship believers die they move to Limbo which is not purgatory, {1Corinthians 5:5 and Acts 2:20}, 2Corinthians 12:20-21. They will miss the Rapture and be resurrected with no inheritance at the first major resurrection that will follow Armageddon, 7 years after the Rapture and that is the 4th resurrection of 5 resurrections, Galatians 5:21.
The unredeemed move to a holding prison like Hades and remain in limbo awaiting judgment or redemption, 1Peter 3:18-20 and 4:6, John 5:28-29, the 5th and final resurrection called the 2nd resurrection.
14**You were an anointed guardian cherub, and I placed you on God’s HOLY MOUNTAIN; you walked in the midst of STONES OF FIRE.
15**”You were blameless in your ways From the day you were created until unrighteousness was found in you.
16**”By the abundance of your trade You were internally filled with violence, And you sinned; Therefore I have cast you as profane From the MOUNTAIN OF GOD. And I have destroyed you, O COVERING CHERUB, from the MIDST of the STONES OF FIRE.
Lucifer was feathering his nest so to speak using weighted, loaded dice so to speak. He turned his focus away from God and righteousness and pursued gathering and collecting of assets by Evil means. He forsook righteousness. He was created to have oversight, to be a manager of the creation but became useless for any Godly purpose. Instead of being an asset he became a liability.
COVERING CHERUB is a privileged position of authority and apparently an important cog in the intermeshing purposes of God who established authority and oversight for a righteous creation.
The ARK OF THE COVENANT has 2 Cherub Angels overlooking the mercy seat which is symbolic of their roll in Grace, Hebrews1:13-14 and chapter 9.
Eternal leaders will be fully qualified leaders for the benefit OF ALL and not incompetent as many are today who prefer Evil.
The MOUNTAIN OF GOD is the third, 3rd Heaven, 2Corinthians 12:1-4 also called Paradise and God’s Heaven. Mountain in the Bible sometimes means a kingdom; So, always refer to the context.
It is clear here that the STONES OF FIRE is a place or position of importance and is sometimes translated SPARKLING GEMS which were also Lucifer’s covering, see verse 13-14 above.
If the STONES OF FIRE are understood to be SPARKLING GEMS then they are creatures of God much like Lucifer who is the center piece, IN THE MIDST, verse 16 above, the greatest of them all and so then they are also called MORNING STARS as was Lucifer, Job 38:7.
Jesus Christ is the BRIGHT MORNING STAR, Revelation 22:16. Lucifer was a Morning Star as were/are others, Job 38:7.
Faithful believers, Revelation 3:10-11 will be given the Morning Star, Revelation 2:26 which is great authority and they will reign as brothers, Sons of God, male and female with Christ as they have the same Spiritual Father and they are conformed to the image of Jesus, Romans 8:29, Galatians 3:26-29.
17**”Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I cast you to the GROUND; I put you BEFORE KINGS, That they may see you.
God removed Lucifer’s beauty, his body and cast him to the Earth as a spirit meaning the cause of his sin was removed to restore his humility giving him opportunity to repent.
Lucifer’s humility and wisdom were compromised, overcome by his physical splendor and intellect and other assets. They overrode his position and responsibility toward his RIGHTEOUS CREATOR. This means that Satan made a choice from his volition, free will.
If God had created Robots and not beings of free will He could have avoided a lot of trouble. Robots, like computers have programmed responses and personalities.
Mankind was created in the image of God to be free agents and to have free will and intellect. Human decisions are not always rational making us unpredictable accept to God and unique.
Artificial intelligence will always be artificial and not human. God gave humans the ability to invent gadgets and we are very good at that.
Lucifer had already become Satan and apparently understood that God’s plan was to replace him and his followers with human beings who would be led by the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Luke 20:34-36 so he struck early and often. Satan unknowingly became a tool for God’s purpose, Acts 2:22-36. 1John 3:2 and Romans 8:29 work together. Sons of God, 1John3:2 KJV should be translated Children. We will be Sons and greater than Eternal Angels, Hebrews 1:13-14 at the Church Rapture, Romans 8:23.
GROUND here is planet Earth. One effect here is that God is making an example to the KINGS OF HEAVEN and PLANET EARTH of what not to do or be.
This should have been cause for Satan to repent but that never happened. His residence is no longer God’s Heaven but he still has access to God, Job 1:6, and Revelation 12:10 for the time being.
Satan’s decision not to repent is very irrational but then so are his followers who choose death over life.
SATAN’S DILEMMA
EZEKIEL 28:
18**”By the multitude of your iniquities, In the unrighteousness of your trade You profaned your SANCTUARIES. Therefore I have BROUGHT FIREFROM THE MIDST OF YOU; It has CONSUMED YOU, And I have turned you TO ASHES on the Earth In the eyes of ALL WHO SEE YOU.
TO means an objective that will be realized in the near term or later. It was the custom of ancient people, Daniel 9:3 to dress in humble clothing, sackcloth, burlap and ashes to express humility with prayer which is called supplication.
In the New Testament we have supplication also, Philippians 4:6 with supplication expressed in thanksgiving.
TO ASHES here I understand to mean that Lucifer lost his created form and was reduced to a Spirit and he is in a spiral to oblivion. TO means an objective, destination not necessarily having been achieved but may be yet future, context please.
FIRE FROM THE MIDST probably means that Satan will be consumed by or in his own iniquity.
It’s a high probability here that ASHES means that God has subjected Satan to humility by embarrassing him in the presence of his peers. But, instead of repentance, Satan presses on with the final objective being the Lake of Fire.
SO, does this mean that Satan prefers the Lake of Fire to obedience to God and Righteousness? 1000 years in prison won’t change him, Revelation 20:7-8. Many people today have this same caviler attitude.
Ego is a strong motivator but humility gets it done, Philippians 2:5-8. Dante almost got it right but Satan will not Rule in Hell, Revelation 20:10, Isaiah 14:9-12.
Who’s Who?
Beginning at Ezekiel 28:13 the person being addressed is the Fallen Lucifer who had become Satan.
The King of Tyre was human, Ezekiel 28:1-12 and possessed of Satan and part of Satan’s current identity.
This is not the king of Tyre that Solomon dealt with but it is the king who lived at the time of the Babylonian exile and the Prophets Ezekiel and Daniel.
ALL WHO SEE YOU would be Angelic and Human beings as Satan has taken the form of the King of Tyre here and previously and subsequently other losers of History, Isaiah 14:9-12.
Humans are body and spirit. The spirit animates, gives life to the body. When the spirit leaves, the body is dead and soon decays becoming what it was made from which is minerals and water. The body is mostly water but the minerals are the building blocks of the body and keep us from evaporating.
SANCTUARIES here are probably the past and current false Idolatrous religions of planet earth that worship Satan and Demons, 1Corinthians 10:18-21 in one form or another, 2Corinthians 6:14-18.
Lucifer had Face to Face contact with God, Revelation 21:22 so these are probably not Heavenly Sanctuaries.
Why does NASA and many Universities use the names of Greek gods and promote Evolution? Professing to be wise they became Pawns of Satan.
The worship of God is and always has been by means of His WRITTEN WORD and through the INDWELLING HOLY SPIRIT, John 4:21-24, Ephesians 5:18-21, Colossians 3:16-17.
Spirits can take different forms such as the reptile in Genesis 3:1 and the Earthly Kings of Babylon, Isaiah14:4 and the King of Tyre, Ezekiel 28:12.
While body’s of men die and decay, Satan lives on moving to a different body. It’s not really clear which king of Babylon this is but this probably started with Nimrod, Genesis 10:9 who is dead at this writing as are the other Kings here of no name who will be forgotten and not lamented, Isaiah 14:9-12.
BEFORE KINGS, sometimes translated PRINCE (KJV) OF THE EARTH, Isaiah 14:9-12 probably are Demon Kings, fallen Angels who possessed Kings such as Stalin and Hitler, etc; in our time, Daniel 10:13and20 as well as, NON POSSESSED KINGS. The USA and other nations have had both or they may just be Sons of Disobedience, Ephesians 2:2.
19**”All who know you among the peoples, (Heavenly Host) are appalled at you; You have come to (approaching) a dreadful end And you will CEASE TO BE forever.
CEASE TO BE here probably means cease to be of consequence or relevance as Satan will burn in torment in the Lake of Fire forever, Revelation 20:10.
ISAIAH 14:13-14
For thou Lucifer hast said in thine heart:
I WILL ASCEND INTO HEAVEN,
I will exalt my throne ABOVE THE STARS (Angels) of God:
I will SIT also upon the MOUNT OF THE CONGREGATION, Hebrews 1:13 in the SIDES OF THE NORTH, Psalm 48:1-2:
I will ascend above the HEIGHTS OF THE CLOUDS (planet Earth);
I will be COMPARED TO THE MOST HIGH.
These are Satan’s stated objective meaning he would return to his former Glory as Lucifer and take the place of Jesus Christ.
Hebrews chapter one, see below is God’s answer to Satan’s ridiculous assertions. This is all being allowed to demonstrate, prove to the elect Angels and elect Mankind the invincibility, implacability and foreknowledge of God and the consequences of Evil.
God has NOT denied salvation to any human but by His foreknowledge He knows who will repent, Luke 24:47 and those who still prefer Evil.
As I understand it: Those who are not righteous but would prefer to be righteous, hear and understand the Gospel of REPENTANCE TOWARD THE RIGHTEOUS GOD AND FAITH IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST and are given remission of sins as a gift and not as a reward, Acts 3:25-26 and 13:48.
Righteousness is the only way that the Creation can survive. The dog eat dog mentality of Evil would eventually consume itself and destroy the creation as it is doing today. This is not about the ecology of planet Earth which we should care about but ecology is being used as a ploy by Evil for control and destruction of the USA economy and as a World power.
Apparently, God has other plans. The USA has been used to stop the takeover of Europe in two world wars and the takeover of Asia in WW2.
Probably the depression and dust bowl as well as the Roaring Twenties and the Federal reserve were works of Satan, Ephesians 2:2 meant to destroy us as a world power but they were allowed by God who provided FDR, Romans 8:28 to prep us for WW2. We have been involved in many follies but the USA is still here and still Sovereign who’s God is the Father of the Lord Jesus Christ who is God in the flesh.
The objective of the last three USA administrations was to create a ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT but that ceased on 1-20-17. So, we shall see.
Hebrews chapter 1:
1**Although God spoke long ago in many parts and in many ways to the fathers by the prophets,
2**in these last days He has spoken to us by the Son, whom he appointed HEIR OF ALL THINGS, through whom also he made the world, John 1:1-15,
3**who is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, SUSTAINING ALL THINGS BY THE WORD OF His POWER. When he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
4**having become by so much better than the angels, by as much as he has INHERITED a more excellent name than theirs.
INHERITED here means to us that Jesus the God-Man was appointed by the God the Father and guaranteed success in all His trials as God never fails in word or deed, 2Timothy 3:16, 2Peter 1:20-21. In Titus 1:2 the Greek word translated hope is old English hope and means sure and certain hope or confidence.
5**FOR TO WHICH OF THE ANGELS DID HE EVER SAY, “You are my son, today I have begotten you,” and again, “I will be his father, and he will be my son”?
6**And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, “And let all the ANGELS OF GOD WORSHIP HIM.”
The Son preexisted with the father, John 17:5 and was begotten, born the Baby Jesus of the SEED OF THE WOMAN, Genesis 3:15 becoming the SON OF MAN meaning He is both humanity and Deity. The son of God is the Spirit that animates the body of Jesus and will do so forever.
God is currently ruling and judging through His humanity but in eternity He will rule by His Deity, 1Corinthians 15:24-25.
The fullness of Deity, Colossians 2:9 probably occurred at His water baptism or perhaps at His resurrection, returning Him to His original status, Philippians 2:5-11.
Verse 5 of Philippians 2 reminds us that we are in our humble state and have not yet been glorified, Romans 8:29-30, 1John 3:2, Romans 8:23.
7**And concerning the angels he says, “The one who makes his angels winds, and his servants a flame of fire,”
8**but CONCERNING THE SON, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and the scepter of righteous is the scepter of your kingdom.
9**You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; because of this God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy more than your companions, Romans 8:29-30.
10**AND, “YOU, LORD, LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE EARTH IN THE BEGINNING, AND THE HEAVENS ARE THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS, JOHN 1:1-14;
11**THEY WILL PERISH, BUT YOU CONTINUE, AND THEY WILL ALL BECOME OLD LIKE A GARMENT,
12**AND LIKE A ROBE YOU WILL ROLL THEM UP, AND LIKE A GARMENT THEY WILL BE CHANGED, 2PETER 3:10; BUT YOU ARE THE SAME, AND YOUR YEARS WILL NOT RUN OUT.”
13**BUT TO WHICH OF THE ANGELS HAS HE EVER SAID, “SIT DOWN AT MY RIGHT HAND, UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET.”
14**ARE THEY NOT ALL SPIRITS ENGAGED IN SPECIAL SERVICE, SENT ON ASSIGNMENT FOR THE SAKE OF THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO INHERIT SALVATION?
MOSES TO JESUS
MOSES TO JESUS