Thessalonians part 21

Mans religion, is in division, derangement and demoniacal control by way of a strong delusional influence and the world at large resistance to and even the denying of these things, as it remains under the veil of evil that separates. Separates man from God's restored kingdom within those who would otherwise be receptive of Him.


I must exercise much restraint and care to keep from doing what always has been done by men of the flesh or those who focus on purely the literalism of the text. You see, Paul as in all of his Epistles is addressing those who have received of the Spirit of the LORD and are therefore partakers of His second coming in Spirit form, as found in Acts 2. This is the restoration as first promised man in Genesis 3:15. At first as the Holy Spirit, as our deposit and promise of better things of inheritance, yet to come. And then after we have progressed according to God's plan through Redemption. Wherein we come face to face with our own undoneness and total bankruptcy of sin and are faced again with a crisis of choice. We can choose Life and the better things or remain dead to God, our choice. The way we choose will determine our own destination or will determine our progression into His Salvation and resurrection Life with the companing power of Truth or to be spued out of His mouth as being lukewarm or cold. Our very life then depends on His Life within, a Life of continued revelation of the LORD, as we learn of Christ.


It is through this study that I will in the LORD attempt to remove or lift this veil from understanding as this has been my goal from the get go.

Our first call will be on the antichrists.These people will reflect the following charactistics by having the nature of the “Man of Sin,” discribed in 2Thessalonians 2:3, the “Son of Perdition” in 2Thessalonians 2:3-4, the “Wicked one,” described in 2Thessalonians 2:8-12, the “Antichrist” in 1John 2:18-23 and the “Beast” described in Revelation 11:7.

Then as “the Lawless” in 2Thessalonians 2:3-12, “Opposing Christ” in 2Thessalonians 2:4, “Working lying signs and wonders” in 2Thessalonians 2:9, “Deceiving the world” in 2John 7 and Revelation 19:20, “Persecuting Christians” in Revelation 13:7, being “Satan inspired” in 2Thessalonians 2:9, “Denying Christ's incarnation” in 1John 4:3, 2John 7, “One of Many” in 1John 2:18-22, “a Person and a System” in 2Thessalonians 2:3 and 7, “Seeks man's worship” in 2Thessalonians 2:4.

Then we will look at “his coming foretold” in 2Thessalonians 2:5-12, “in the last time” in 1John 2:18, “now hinders” in 2Thessalonians 2:6, “follows the removal of his hinderence” in 2Thessalonians 2:7-8, “before Christ's retrun” in 2Tessalonians 2:8, “Satan's deception” in 2Tessalonians 2:9-10.

Lastly the Destruction of, “at Christ's return” 2Thessalonians 2:8 and Revelation 19:20, “Eternal Hell” in Revelation 20:10. You will notice that many of these chacteristics are described within the framework of the same passages of chapter 2:3-12 and may even seem to overlap in many cases, this I'll leave as is to allow the Spirit of Truth within you to reveal how, who and why it is so.

 

The Man of Sin

2Thessalonians 2:1-2 “Now we (the LORD'S ontological essense within Paul) beseech you, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (His restoration or incarnation within those receptive of Him in Spiritual form), and by our gathering together unto him, that you be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.”

I'll begin in 2Thessalonians 2 verses 1-2: “Now we beseech you, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (Paul as in all of his Epistles is addressing those who have received of the ontological Spirit of the LORD and are therefore partakers of His second coming in Spirit form, to which the Lord Jesus Himself spoke of in veiled language during His ministery to Israel in which He could speak in no other language being under the rule of Commandment and the Prophets), and our gathering together to Him (we have already in figurative language been gathered to Him, where we become One with Him just as Jesus prayed, as recorded by John in chapter 17 of his synoptic gospel. And are now awaiting our being saved from destruction and wrath, for we find this in the Hebrew letter at 9:28: “Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; for them that look for Him shall He appear the second time (for those counted among those) without sin for salvation.” To the addressing of yet a second day Peter states in 2Peter 3:10-13 about the firey trail or vengence in wrath that is to be the day of the LORD. When the LORD makes a physical appearance just after His saints have been removed by Him in a calling upward. In verse 14 we find a word of warning, “The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Then all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting to the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwells righteousness.
 

Wherefore, beloved, seeing that you look for such things, be diligent that you may be found of Him in peace, without spot, and blameless.”), that you be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.” There had been some who spoke as if this day had already taken place because they had no knowledge of Christ and the spiritual meaning and purpose of scripture. As many of our own day and times still do not, for they deny the spirituallity of all things now spirit. If we remain as an outsider of the spiritual kingdom of heaven and of God we will like them stand the wrath and judgment of God in Christ Jesus.

Thessalonians part 20

Moving on to Mark 7:1-8, 9-13, 14-16 where it states the following: “Then came together to Him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem (I might point out that these men all had alien religious and political asperations of vering degrees, as did the Sadducees. This was the undercurrent of the times). When they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. Because the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands often, eat not, holding to strickly to the tradition of the elders. And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold tightly too, such as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables (I have also seen many Hebrews when purchasing a home, having two compleat kitchens in them because of the ancients traditions on TV). Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, Why walk not Your disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands? Jesus answered them, Well has Esaias (Isaiah) prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with lips, but their heart is far from me. Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, as with the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things you do.


He further said to them, Full well have you rejected the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition. For Moses said, Honor your father and your mother; and, Whoso curses father or mother, let him die the death: But to this you say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatever you might be profited by me; he shall be free. And you suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which you have delivered: and many such like things do you.


And when He had called all the people, He said to them, Hearken to Me every one, and understand: There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but only those things which come out of him, these are they that defile the man. If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.”

Can you hear Jesus with a voice of authority and divine correction correcting the falseness of those scribes and Priests that were standing around Him? If that was true then, how much more now after Jesus' execution and ascesnion and then retrun as the Holy Spirit? Why in the world would anyone cling to mans traditions so tightly? This reaches far beyond me and my comprehension to understanding. The dissolution of the Priesthood from Aaron on is recorded in Hebrews chapter 9:7.


It will be from this status that all false christs, false prophets and antiChrist's will spring. Which will give them a form of validation and a false sence of security through a blindness and hardness of heart much like that which Israel as a nation had been given over to long before. It will become clear that all forms of mans religion are so governed as they have roots dating before Noah's flood and the Satanic realm that meets it appointed end in that flood. However as is witnessed to in the synoptic gosples this has not hindered Satan, or his sidekick who is second in command and the legions from their appointed work to destroy man. And make this Gospel of no value through the wasting of it in mans religion and political realms. In an attempt to defame God and thereby over through Him. And more aggressively those of God's own Family, with emphasis on the young and often naive who have just entered Redeption by way of heartfelt declaration of remorse and true repentance. A move of God within the heart of man causing him to declare himself guilty of sins death to God which restrains Light from flowing into the darkness of mans soul, surrounded as it were a shell of hardness and often resentment in bitterness against God. God pricks mans conscience, which has been labled “kicking against the goads,” look at Acts 9 and then 26:9-26. And for the shell look also to Acts 16:14 to see how the LORD of the harvest works in the opening up of this shell.

Back to mans hardness and the working of Satan to hinder through what can be called mans religion, this religion began before Noah's flood. And moved to or was resurrected through Nimrod and his mother/wife in Babylon where it resurfaced and to which John also speaks of in Revelation as a mystery. Hidden in a woman with demonic powers to influence through mental persuasion on men. Because of the fall of man and mans subsequently receiving a hardened heart or soul nature being in darkness by deaths [this is not a physical death but rather a spiritual dying to God in] separation from God. This enhanced mans receptiveness to the influence of evil, iniquity, wickedness and lawlessness which was greatly increased by ten fold. It is only when we enter God's venue of Salvation that our mind and heart receive the circumsion and we are also increased by ten fold in receptivity of Graces giving activity through Faith's receptiveness of God's activities through sancification within us as spoken of in John 17. In what can be called the LORD prayer, for the “all” that will become His enheritance of Psalm 2:6-8 and spoken of by Paul in Galatians 3:18. And then more elaborately in Ephesians 1 and it is even found in Hebrews. This is designed to restore us to a Genesis 2 nature, the image of Christ within, which God through Adam lost. The shadowed power of the CROSS.

Thessalonians part 19

Returning to Immanuel (to “hide” is the root of this particular title, to be equal with or more correctly to be in equality with, as in to over shadow and then again more correctly the Almighty, as in being rolled together with) is GOD with us, and Matthew 27:51a, we have the following statement, “Behold the veil of the Temple was rent in twain from top to the bottom,” this veil of the Temple was restored by the Priesthood enabling them to hind and then deny the fact of its being torn by the hand of God from the top down ward. Through the action of God, God revealed His disqualification and dissatifaction with Israel's Priesthood bound up by its many traditions and its assumed status quoe...which to this every day it has saught to maintain before man. In so doing it has created more anti-Christ's and false prophets upon which much of mans religions are all based and even draw strength form. And I might add it has caused Israel though scattered abroad into the nations where it should have died out, like all others. But has maintained by its own resilience hung onto the old forms and false standards in their traditions, rites, rituals, ceremonies, customs, holidays and yes even their heavy burden of Law, a yoke that Jesus broke in death.

This is first revealed when Jesus confronts death of a close friend named Lazarus [meaning God helps] as recorded in John's synoptic gospel chapter 11:1-44, 45-46, I wont to pick up the flow at verses 24-27 first and then move on to verses 38-44, it is verse 44 that I wont to say more on. Verses 24-27, “Martha said to Jesus, I know that he [Lazarus] shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. To this Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believes Me, though he were dead [mans spiritual condition], yet shall he live [mans spiritual condition after Jesus' retrun to His place at the Fathers righthand and from which He returns as the Holy Spirit while also being at His place of Power and all Authority]: And whoever lives and believes Me shall never die. Believe you this? She said to Him, Yes, Lord: I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.” From here now look at verses 38-44, 45, “Jesus therefore again groaning (sternly charging death to depart) in Himself coming to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, said to Him, Lord, by this time he stinks: for he has been dead four days. Jesus asked her, Said I not to you, that, if you would believe, you should see the glory of God? Then they took away the stone from where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank You that You have heard (answered, understood) Me. And I knew that You hear Me always: it is because of the people which stand by I said, that they may believe that You have sent Me. And when He thus had spoken, He cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes (symbolizing mans religion and mans deadness in being separated from God by these rags, which also Isaiah spoke of in 64:6): and his face was bound (symbolizing the veil that covers mans true reasoning ability and the hinderance of mans own religious forms) about with a napkin. Jesus said, Loose him, and let him go. (this I contend is the true meaning of 2Corinthians 6:11-7:4, as the “coming out from among them” is a two edged sword in meaning and purpose, one the world and the other the religion of man also of the world which hinders and will destroy because of mans traditions, look to Matthew 15:2-3, 6 this is married up with Mark 7:3-13.)

Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, had seen these things which Jesus did, believed Him.”

Looking more closely at Matthew 15:2-3 and 6 and then Mark 7:1-13 to gleen from them their revelation. Matthew 15:1-11 (with emphasis on 2-3, 6): “Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. To which Jesus answered them, Why do you also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother: and, he that curses father or mother, let him die the death (eternal separation from God). But you say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatever you might be profited by me; they honor not his father or his mother, neither shall he be free. Thus have you made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. You hypocrites (fasle prophets, false christs who feign what they are not, one who has the form of godliness without the power, or who assumes an appearance of piety and virtue, when he is destitute of true righteousness.), well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draws nigh to me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips; but their heart is far from me (Isaiah is speaking from God's perspective as reflected in the “me” of this passage). But in vain (empty is their) they do worship Me, teaching doctrines the commandments of men. He called the multitude, and said, Hear, and understand: It is not that which goes into the mouth that defiles man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”

Thessalonians part 18

Before I continue I must again interrupt with this thought, man is not to live on mans bread (wisdom and knowledge on which mans religion depends) alone but rather on the revelation of the hidden manna of GOD's word spoken within him. Now what to me is so interesting and is also so very intriguing is this, not all of humanity well gather together as in being in harmony with GOD in Christ. Jesus you see paid the price in full for all humanity from Adam to the last son/daughter of Adam as required by the Supreme Court of the universe. This was done through His Love sacrifice of Himself as GOD housed in mans flesh as an earthen vessel worthly only of dishonor and the sentence of death. The thing that frustrates me is the fact that the devil ie. Satan has through mans ignorance caused so much havic in this world from the day of Jesus' vacarious death to this by both ignorance, denial and religion of old seemingly dead traditions. These traditions have hidden within them all the pagan worthship forms that were carried on before the flood of Noah and then resurrected in ancient Babylon by Nimrod and his mother/wife, the harlot of Revelation. Form this point now I will continue on with Colossians chapter 1.


From here I'll move to Colossians 1:9-14, 15-20, 21-23, 24-29 “For this cause we also, since the day we heard, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that you might be filled with the knowledge of His Will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; That you might walk worthy of the Lord to all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, always increasing in the knowledge of God; Strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, to all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; Giving thanks to the Father of Light, who having made us meet (fit) to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who having delivered us from the power of darkness, and has translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son: In (through) Whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins (this is Redemptions work).


Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn (Adams [mans] first state in Genesis 2) of every creature: For by (through) Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, dominions, principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him: And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist. And He is the head of the Body, the Church: Who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things (refering to the secret things of Deuteronomy 29:29 and Matthew 13:11, 35 and Luke 8:10) He might have the preeminence. For it pleased the Father that in Him should all fulness dwell; And, having made peace through the blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things to Himself; by Him, whether things in earth, or things in heaven.


And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in mind by wicked works, yet now has He reconciled In the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in His (the Fathers) sight: If you continue (stand and fold fast in steadfaastness as an anchor) in the faith grounded and settled, not moved away from the hope of the (this) gospel, which you have heard, which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister.


Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for His Body's sake, which is the Church (the temple of the Living God, the true Israel of GOD): Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation (administration or stewardship given me) of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; the mystery (secret things) which had been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to His saints: To whom God would make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: Whereto I also labor, striving according to His working, which works in me mightily (this agrees with Galatians 2:19-20 which states: “I through the law am dead to the law, that I might alive in God. For I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, Who loves me, and gave Himself for me).”

Thessalonians part 17

Ephesians 4:1-6, 7-16, 17-24, 25 “I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation (what ever our current occupation is at the moment) wherewith you are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. For there is only one Body (or NO divisions No denominations or demonizations), and one Spirit, even as you are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above (LORD of) all, and through all, and in you all.


To every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore He said that, When He ascended up on high, He led captivity captive, and gave [spiritual] gifts to men. (Now that He ascended, what is it but that He also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that He might fill all things.) And He gave some (as gifts to be), apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: That we be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of (falseness of mans) doctrine, by the sleight of men, in cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive (these are further called false christs, false prophets, anti-Christs, which this study will look at more closely as we move on); But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into Him in all things, which is the Head, Christ: From Whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplies, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, makes the increase of the body to the edifying of itself in love. (there is to be NO delusions of demonization in divisions, or denominations among those where the LORD is HEAD.)


This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity (vain imaginations) of their mind, having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: Who being past feeling have given themselves over to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. But you have not so learned Christ (in this way); If so be that you have heard Him, and have been taught by Him, as the Truth (and Grace) is in Jesus: That you put off concerning the former conversation (manor of living) the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed (restored to the former Life that was in Adam as known in Genesis 2) in the spirit of your mind; And that you put on the new man (having passed through death darkness by the circumcision of the heart and sanctification by that death), which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.”

Thessalonians part 16

After what has been transpiring on the world scene and listening to what many of the Muslim faith have stated, it appears to me that they like so many others caught up in the worlds religion have no knowledge of what transpired through the love sacrifice of Jesus. This we must keep in mind is GOD's Love offering to restore man to Himself. The world as a whole does not acknowledge man as being a spiritual being housed within a body of earth and it is because of this that they do not acknowledge a spiritual being. They donot hear what is so plannly stated in the scriptures because of blindness and unbelief all of which is unacceptance of man having a futher state of being. The same state that man had in Genesis 1:26-27 where man as a spirit was with GOD before GOD rested in Genesis 2:1-3. This area does not tell us how long it was that man and GOD were one in the heavens while He waited for the earth to take its form in verses 4-6. In verse 6-7 is where GOD takes of the earth and fashions a body for the spirit of man into which He breaths the soul or life on man into this lump of clay. The clay then takes on the look of reddness as blood and water flow through it. This is the meaning of 2Corinthians 4:3-4 “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world has 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 in them.” It is for each of us to come to acquiring the knowledge of the LORD on our own merits but this is only done after we have heard the revelation of Christ as the written word of the sword of the spirit. This word is the written word held within a Redeemed soul who has passed from darkness into His Life and Light by faiths receptivity of Grace's giving. This is why the Bible is a radical book unlike all others be they the Torah, Quran or some other book. The particular translation does not seem to matter as long as it contains the written word that was first spoken by the breath of GOD.


Before I get into the next passage allow me to state that the Jewish day was broken up in watches which started at sunset (6PM in the evening counted as the day), this being the first watch of three hours duration. To first show it as it appears looking at Matthew 27:45-54 where it reads: “Now from the sixth hour (midnight to 3 AM) there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour (3-6 AM). And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Some of them that stood there, when they heard said, He calls for Elias. And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave Him to drink. The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save Him. Jesus, when He had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; [51b] and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.”


This is where His first ascension is revealed in Matthew 27:51b, to clearly see this as His first ascension we must understand the use of this punctuation sign as used as a symbol indicating a time break (this happens in other areas of scripture as well, such as Psalm 2 verse 7 for one). The verse should be read as follows, “and the earth did quake, and the rocks were broken and graves were opened and many bodies of the saints which slept arose and came out of the graves after His resurrection and went throughout the city and appeared to many,” this also repeated in 28:2-4 though worded somewhat differently. When Jesus ascended into Abrahms bosom which held the ancients or saints who were awaiting Him. He proclaimed the hidden gospel to them who waited for Him, He Whom they only saw as a dim light at some distance. These then He took as captivity captive and ascended with them into the holiest of all. This is spoken of in Ephesians 4:1-25, with our emphasis on 7-16 and Colossians 1:12-20, with emphasis on 18-20.

Thessalonians part 15

And now Luke 8, in which we find the parallel passages beginning at verse 4 through 18 and like the passages of Matthew listen closely to what is stated here, in this manner 4-10, 11-15, 16-18; “When much people were gathered together, and were come to Him out of every city, He spoke by a parable: A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when He had said these things, He cried, He that has ears to hear, let him hear. And His disciples asked Him, saying, What might this parable be? He said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.


Now the parable is this: The seed is the word (Ephesians 6:17 figured here as a small double edged sword) of God. Those by the way side are they that hear; then comes the devil, and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, received the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.


No man, when he has lighted a candle, covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a bed; but sets it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light. For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither is there any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad. Take heed therefore how you hear: for whoever has, to him shall be given; and whoever has not, from him shall be taken even that which he seems to have.”


Now I am going to do something that I have done only once before and that is to show the parallel passages related to what is here. Beginning at verse 4-8 we have not only Matthews account but that of Marks in Mark 4:1-9, then in verses 9-10 also in Mark 4:10-12, then in verses 11-15 there is Mark 4:13-20, then in verses 16-18 where we find the light that is hidden, this is repeated in Mark 4:21-25.


This as stated, is in Radical language and as such is very restrictive and selective in nature as is 2Corinthians 5:14-15 and John 10:14-28. It is from these examples that I progress on with what is revealed in the Thessalonian letters and indeed elsewhere in the form of sturn warnings not to slip backwards from Grace and Faith's receptivity.


All things are to be revealed as to what the LORD has stated and so they are for His hiers by way of spiritual revelation of Him. This He has posed in question form (the very way that the Priesthood argued with each other and indeed all lawyers still do), in Matthew 11:29 where we find this stated; “Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls.” Here is the question, “Are you ready to take My yoke upon you and learn of (from) Me?” So unlike the men and women of the various forms of mans religions who hold close to the chest the secrets of that religion, these they keep hidden within there particular ideology of theology. Whereas God's people are in a purely relational status with Him, Who is Father, through the LORD. And are required to show themselves approved of God through the working out of their own Salvation in the ability of Jesus to speak with all due authority as Jesus and then Paul did. For me this all hinges on these words, "It is written."

Thessalonians part 14

“The Bible is a radical book!” The person who made that statement did not do so in a pleasent manner or meaning, but rather as in a derrogatory manner. But I am here to say this, it is and once more it is ment to be just that, selective and radical in its selection of who is and who is not among those predestinated for Salvation. After all it was Jesus, Who said, “that man is not to live by bread alone but rather by every word that proceeds from the mouth of GOD!” This one statement is radical and very restrictive in nature by itslef. Why? Because not everyone will receive what Grace gives as it is only received by Faith's receptivity. As proof look with me at first Matthew 13 and then Luke 8 as these two passages are saying the samething by Jesus Christ. Matthew 13, where it is revealed why Jesus spoke in parabolic form, this took place after Jesus was met by His mother and brothers at the end of chapter 12.

Beginning at verse 1 through 35 in the following mannor 1-2, 3-9, 10-17, 18-23, 24-30,31-32, 33, 34-35; “The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. And great multitudes were gathered together to Him, so that He went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.

Then the disciples came, and said to Him, Why speak You to them in parables? He answered them, Because it is given to you to know the mysteries (secrets of Deuteronomy 29:29, Romans 16:25) of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whoever has not, from him shall be taken away even that which he has. Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias (Isaiah), which said, By hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you shall see, and shall not perceive: For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal (to bring about one's Salvation, to make whole) them. But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. For verily (of a Truth) I say to you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which you see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which you hear, and have not heard them (they only saw them as a shadow or as a light dimly seen far off through a darken tunnel, in Judges 9:15 and elsewhere).

Hear therefore the parable of the sower. When any one hears the word of the kingdom, and understands it not, then comes the wicked one, and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that hears the word, and anon (straightway) with joy receives it; Yet has he not root in himself, but dures (remains but) for a while: for when tribulation or persecution arise because of the word, by and by he is offended. He also that received seed among the thorns is he that hears the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. But he that receives seed into the good ground is he that hears the word, and understands; which also bears fruit, and brings forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

Another parable put He forth to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is liken a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder came and said to him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in thy field? from whence then has it these tares? He said to them, An enemy has done this. The servants said to him, Will you then that we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while you gather up the tares, you root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

Another parable put He forth to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

Another parable spake He to them; The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

All these things spoke Jesus to the multitude in parables; and without a parable spoke He not to them: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.”

Thessalonians part 13

I must point out that with the corruption of Judaism, which happened when it became a form of mans religion and religious system. Judaism you see had only a form of its former glory which it held while God's Glory was present. But this Glory faded away as did the Glory that was on the face of Moses after he returned from being with the LORD on the moutain top with Him. Remember that Moses covered his face with a veil to hide this Glorious light. This same Light would be restored to man at the change of venue where all mankind is Redeemed from darkness, chaos, strife of all kinds and sins deadness which causes separation from God. This is figuratively seen in the tearing of the Temple veil from its top downward. The veil that separtes the holy from the most holiplace behind this veil, when the body of Jesus' housing gave up the breath of God, or the Ghost. This breath of God, Jesus had received at the moment of His washing or Baptism and witnessed to by the figure of the dove which descended and rested on Him. This witnessing was done by John the Baptizer, who came in the spirit and power of Elijah. This also brought his appointed ministry to its due close, with the transfer of his Priesthood to the LORD by the laying on of hands and washing. John being the first born son and quite possibly the only child of two parents both stricken in years, which were hiers of Aaron. Just as our LORD was the first born of a virign girl (aged somewhere between 14 and 18) who was an hier of king David and Jesus' foster father Joseph. Who was also of the same line of heritage. Who was somewhere around 30-35 years old at the time of betrothal to the virgin who would later be found with child. Being divinely impregnanted as prophesied, by Isaiah in chapter 7:14, 9:6, 1Timothy 3:16 all speaking of Immanuel-Messiah-Christ.


This brings up what can be labeled as “the name game” as many call God by many names to which I have this to say about that. I have asked God to reveal to me His true name.....and the only thing I receive is Father. Now over the course of the past 50 or so years I have studied the names located within the context of scripture and have found this. Most are actually only titles of His revealed character as the fulfillment of what was needed of the righteous man or woman at the moment. I even have a book which lists as many as 101 or so titles with passages where they can be located, they are all only a title not a proper name as such. This brings me to another thing about God and mans religion, I have already stated that God has NO part in it. Now from that stand point allow me to say this, it matters not the label or denomination, cult, title, or whatever may be placed by man on his ideology or church assemblage. And this includes those of the Hebrews (who remain in Judaism), Buddhists, Hindus, Monks of any sort, Christians, Muslims, Athesists and there are many others, of this I am sure. All claim to worship a God of some sort and also claim to know His name but is it? Within each group are found a priest, monk, cleric, pastor (of all brands and labels) who have knowledge of the secrets of that brand or religion and ideology. Here is where there is a division or separation from those in mans religions and those who are In Christ. Each person have revealed within them all that is spoken of in Deuteronomy 29:29 as secert things of God. From being to end the Bible is a revelation of the LORD, Christ. And it is this same secret. That all things are based upon which are God's Church, Family, House or Body built as revealed to and then through Paul within the context of each Epistle. To which Jesus Himself also spoke in Matthew 13:11 and then throughout the New Covenant text, with the use of such words as mystery, mysteries, secret, secrets and hidden things. I should also add these passages found in Luke 4 verse 30 beginning at verse 24 through 32 which states this: “He, Jesus said, Verily I say to you, No prophet is accepted in his own country. But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land (this was the true spiritual condition in Israel at the time of John the Baptist and Jesus); But to none of them was Elias sent, save to Sarepta, of Sidon, to a woman a widow (this is figurative of Israel as a nation). And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. And all in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up, and thrust Him out of the city, and led Him to the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast Him down headlong. But He passing through the midst of them went His way, and came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days. And they were astonished at His teaching: for His word was with power.” The next is also in Luke at 24:16 this you should remember took place after the LORD'S first ascesnion and return to the area of the Galilee, it states this beginning at verse 13 through 27: “Behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem threescore furlongs. And they talked together of all these things which had happened. It came to pass, that, while they communed and reasoned together, Jesus Himself drew near, and went with them. But their eyes were holden that they should not know Him. He said to them, What manner of communications are these that you have one to another, as you walk, and why are sad? One of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said to Him, Are you only a stranger in Jerusalem, and have you not known the things which are come to pass there in these days? He said to them, What things? They said Him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a Prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to be condemned to death, and have crucified Him. But we trusted that it had been He which should have redeemed all of Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done. Yes, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early (before dawn) at the sepulchre; And when they found not His body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that He is alive. And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even as the women had said: but Him they saw not. Then Jesus said to them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into His glory? And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, He expounded (revealed) to them in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself.” This explaining of the ancient meanings hidden (veiled from our understanding and) from our view He is all about doing within us who have become His, by placing all of our trust in Him.

Thessalonians part 12

Before moving on I must reveal why so many are now classified as being among the wicked, the lawless, the anitchrist, falseprophets and the falsechrists. To begin with how many remember the old song of the slaves which asks this question, “Were you there when they crucified my LORD?” The answer for all of humanity is, YES! I was there. In fact as a son or child of Adam and woman I placed HIM there through my own ignorance. That answer sounds correct but is it? NO! Love placed Jesus on the cross because He went willingly, as the only begotten son. It was for that purpose that He came also willingly. As He was with the Father before the foundation of the world was ever laid and it was then that in their council, now this council was and is a counsel for in this it was, that all things were planned. In Adam and woman, we were all yoked by deaths separation from GOD ie..Christ, and hidden from HIM in sins cloak. This cloak requires a lifting or removal through a reversal of the first sin, disobedience of rebellion which severed our first relationship of right standing, intimacy with GOD our original Father. At the prearranged period of time Jesus came through the proper door into this world of darkness where sin rules mankind. He came by an unusal means that of a virgins accepting the revelation of the written word spoken to her and she then conceived by the Holy Spirit this word housed in mans flesh without, or out side of as in being separated from, sins yoke. The very yoke that henders all of mankind from seeing and hearing clearly the words of the Spirit. Jesus as the lamb without blemish or spot of any kind, this is what His unlawful arrest and interagation proved. What was the motive of Judas...greed, and the Preisthood of Israel...jelliousy, then Pilot...fear and cowardous, how about the soldier who did the deed....obedience, and it is in all of these that humanity shared. But the greatest of these does not compare to the Love of God for His Son and for Us, because it was Us that was lost to HIM. So what is the work of the CROSS that is at the heart of the worlds problem. The answer can be found in Proverbs 22:7 which states this, “The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.” To this what did Jesus state as found in Luke 12:15, “He said to them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consists not in the abundance of the things which he possesses.” Many indeed there are who will tell you otherwise for their gospel is often called a health, wealth and prosparity gospel but that is not all that it is. It is also a more practical one meaning that I'll get there my way, as this is to be covetous. These people fail to reconnise that they are in fact carring the yoke of sin because of deaths separation from GOD. Jesus came as our second Adam to reverse this on the tree from which the cross was made, for on this tree He was nailed. Being nailed there He accomplished the following which NO mere human can do of himself. Because we cannot nail ourelves to a tree. Here is what was there nailed for us all,
1. atonment..ie. Satisfying justice through LOVE. GOD is Just and requires justice be expressed equally to all.
2. Redemption..ie. Our being bought back, thusly freeing Us from the yoke of sins stain or blemish, 3. Justification..ie. Being now clothed in Christ (the blood and water of the cross) garments of Righteousness, and
4. Reconciliation..ie. having now right standing before GOD or having Peace with our Father.
From this standpoint we are now ready to look at warth from GOD's perspective. Because to do otherwise would mean we can only see from mans side in blindness caused by sin. GOD's Warth is consantly predictable because it always is against evil only...ie. Sin. Whereas Grace and Faith are inseparable because faith receives that which Grace gives. And John in his synoptic gospel reveals that both Grace and Truth are in Jesus as His character and image and this fact coupled with the Truth just revealed of Faith's receiving what Grace gives tells Us that the blood and water shed by our LORD on the cross is our atonment. All of this restores our intimacy with the Father of spirits wherein we can again with Jesus call HIM “Abah” Father. No longer intiminated by fear of His justice.