1 Kings 11: 26
Then Solomon’s servant, Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite from Zareda, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow, also rebelled against the king.
1 Kings 12: 19-20
So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day. Now it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel. There was none who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
1 Kings 14: 20
The period that (1) Jeroboam reigned was twenty-two years. So he rested with his fathers. Then Nadab his son reigned in his place.
1 Kings 15: 25, 27
Now Nadab the son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and (2) he reigned over Israel two years. Then Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him. And Baasha killed him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
1 Kings 15: 33
In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah became king over all Israel in Tirzah, and (3) reigned twenty-four years.
1 Kings 16: 6
So Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah. Then Elah his son reigned in his place.
1 Kings 16: 8
In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha became king over Israel, and (4) reigned two years in Tirzah.
1 Kings 16: 9a, 10
Now his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. . . And Zimri went in and struck him and killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.
1 kings 16: 16-18
Now the people who were encamped heard it said, “Zimri has conspired and also killed the king.” So all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over all Israel that day in the camp. Then Omri and all Israel with him went up from Gibbethon, and they besieged Tirzah. And it happened, when Zimri saw the city was taken, that he went into the citadel of the king’s house and burned the king’s house down upon himself with fire, and he died.
1 Kings 16: 23-24, 28
In the twenty-first year of Asa king of Judah,(5)Omri became king over Israel, and
he reigned twelve years. Six years he reigned in Tirzah. And he bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; then he built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, Samaria [Shomeron], after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill. So Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria. Then Ahab his son reigned in his place.
1 Kings 16: 29
In the thirty-eight year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri became king of Israel; and (6) Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.
*Joshua 6: 26*
Then Joshua charged them saying, “Cursed be the man before the LORD who rises up and builds this city Jericho; he shall lay its foundation with [the life of] his firstborn, and with his youngest he will set up its gates.”
FULFILLMENT:
* 1 Kings 16: 34*
In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundation at the cost of the life of Abiram his firstborn, and with his youngest son Segub he set up its gates, according to the word of the LORD, which he had spoken through Joshua the son of Nun.
1 Kings 19: 15-16a
Then the LORD said to him [Elijah]; “Go, return on your way to the Wilderness of Damascus; and when you arrive, anoint Hazael as king over Syria. “Also you shall anoint Jehu as king over Israel.”
NOTE: Syria was part of the territory of the land of Israel.
1 Kings 22: 40, 51
So Ahab rested with his fathers. Then Ahaziah his son reigned in his place. Ahaziah the son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and (7) reigned two years over Judah.
NOTE: Baal-Zebub [lord of the flies] first occurs here in 2 Kings 2: 2; also mentioned in the gospel of Matthew 10: 25 and Mark 3: 22.
2 Kings 1: 17a
So Ahaziah died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. Because he had no son, Jehoram became king in his place.
2 Kings 3: 1
Now Jehoram the son of Ahab became king over Israel at Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, (8) and reigned twelve years.
*2 Kings 8: 7a, 8, 15*
Then Elisha went to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad king of Syria was sick. And the king said to Hazael, “Take a present in your hand, and go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this disease?’ ” But it happened on the next day that he took a thick cloth and dipped it in water, and spread it over his face so that he died; and Hazael reigned in his place.
*2 Kings 13: 24a*
Now Hazael king of Syria died. Then Ben-Hadad his son reigned in his place.
NOTE: There seems to be some confusion on whether Ben-Hadad was Hazael’s father or was it the other way around?
2 Kings 9: 1-3
And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, “Get yourself ready, take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead. “Now when you arrive at that place, look there for Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, and go in and make him rise up from among his associates, and take him to an inner room. “Then take the flask of oil, and pour it on his head and say, ‘Thus says the LORD: “I have anointed you king over Israel.” ’
NOTE: In 1 Kings 19: 16 the LORD commanded the prophet Elijah to anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi as king over Israel. Elijah is taken to heaven in 2 Kings 2: 1.
2 Kings 10: 35-36
So Jehu rested with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. Then Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place. And the period that (9) Jehu reigned over Samaria was twenty-eight years.
NOTE: So far, 9 kings ruled in Israel for a total of 126 years.
2 Kings 13: 1
In the twenty-third year of Jehoahaz [Joash] the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz became king over Israel in Samaria, and (10) reigned seventeen years.
2 Kings 13: 9
So Jehoahaz rested with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. Then Jehoash [Joash] his son reigned in his place. In the thirty-seventh year of Jehoahaz king of Judah, Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz became king over Israel and (11) he reigned sixteen years.
2 Kings 14: 16
So Jehoash rested with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. Then Jeroboam his son reigned in his place.
*2 Kings 14: 23, 25*
In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Jehoash, king of Israel, became king in Samaria, and (12) reigned forty-one years. He restored the territory of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the Sea of the Arabah [border of the Dead Sea], according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which He had spoken through His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet who was from Gath Hepher (Cp. Jonah 1: 1).
NOTE: There is no record in Scripture about the prophet Jonah mentioning anything about the life of King Jeroboam II of Israel.
2 Kings 14: 29
So Jeroboam rested with his fathers, the kings of Israel. Then Zechariah his son reigned in his place.
2 Kings 15: 8-9a, 10, 12
In the thirty-eight year of Azariah king of Judah, (13) Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria six months. And he did evil in the sight of God as his fathers had done. Then Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and struck and killed him in front of the people; and he reigned in his place. This was the word of the LORD which He spoke to Jehu, saying, “Your sons shall sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation (Cp. 2 Kings 10: 30).”
NOTE: In this particular instance, the fourth generation from King Jehu consisted of 4 descendants, spanning a total of 74 1/2 years of reigning.
2 Kings 15: 13-14
Shallum the son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah [Azariah] king of Judah; and (14) he reigned a full month in Samaria. For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, came to Samaria, and struck Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria and killed him; and he reigned in his place.
2 Kings 15: 17, 22
In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah [Uzziah] king of Judah, (15) Menahem the son of Gadi became king over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria. So Menahem rested with his fathers. Then Pekahiah his son reigned in his place.
2 Kings 15: 23, 25
In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem became king over Israel in Samaria, and (16) reigned two years. Then Pekah the son of Remaliah, an officer of his, conspired against him and killed him in Samaria, in the citadel of the king’s house, along with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of Gilead. He killed and reigned in his place.
2 Kings 15: 27
In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, (17) Pekah the son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.
2 Kings 15: 30
Then Hoshea the son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck and killed him; so he reigned in his place in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah [Azariah].
2 Kings 17: 1
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, (18) Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned nine years.
2 Kings 18: 9-11
Now it came to pass in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it. And at the end of three years they took it. In the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is, the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. Then the king of Assyria carried Israel away captive to Assyria, and put them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
COMMENTARY: The united confederation and monarchy that was established under King David, continuing through his son Solomon and his son Rehoboam fell apart, becoming the separate kingdom of Judah and Benjamin in the South and Israel [the remaining ten tribes] in the North. Eighteen kings ruled in Israel for a total of 241 years before King Hoshea and the people were taken captive to Assyria and resettled among the cities of the Medes [Persians or Iranians]. It is sad that in the entire nearly quarter of a millennia timeframe, not a single king followed the LORD with his whole heart and the whole lot of them were ungodly. The king who seemed to have achieved the greatest reform and the executer of God’s justice was Jehu, but even he wasn’t righteous, for it is said of him in 2 Kings 10: 31: But Jehu took no heed to walk in the Law [Torah] of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart; for he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, who had made Israel to sin. Interestingly, 241 [2+4+1] equals the sacred number of 7, which is completion or fulfillment. Also, the number of Israelite kings [18=1+8] is a 9, which in the study of “Numerology” means: endings, change, or transformation.
Robert Randle
776 Commerce St. #B-11
Tacoma, WA 98402
May 25, 2011
robertrandle51@yahoo.com
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Another End of the World prophesy fails to happen
Pastor Harold Camping’s prediction about the world ending at 6PM EST on May 21, 2011, seems to be the latest installment in a string of failed Doom’s Day prophecies stretching back as far as the middle of the First Century AD. The Jewish separatist religious sect called the Essenes might have believed the countdown to the final apocalyptic battle between the Sons of Light and the Sons of Darkness occurred when the Roman legion under the command of Titus destroyed the Jewish Temple in 70 AD.
There have been many others, such as in the following from a GOOGLE search:
2nd Century
The Montanists believed that Christ would come again within their lifetimes and establish a new Jerusalem at Pepuza, in the land of Phrygia. Montanism was perhaps the first bona fide Christian doomsday cult.
247
Rome celebrated its thousandth anniversary this year. At the same time, the Roman government dramatically increased its persecution of Christians, so much so that many Christians believed that the End had arrived.
365
Hilary of Poitiers predicted the world would end in 365.
380
The Donatists, a North African Christian sect headed by Tyconius, looked forward to the world ending in 380.
Late 4th Century
St. Martin of Tours (ca. 316-397) wrote, "There is no doubt that the Antichrist has already been born. Firmly established already in his early years, he will, after reaching maturity, achieve supreme power."
500
Roman theologian Sextus Julius Africanus (ca. 160-240) claimed that the End would occur 6000 years after the Creation. He assumed that there were 5531 years between the Creation and the Resurrection, and thus expected the Second Coming to take place no later than 500 AD. (Kyle p.37, McIver #21)
Hippolytus (died ca. 236), believing that Christ would return 6000 years after the Creation, anticipated the Parousia in 500 AD. (Abanes p.283)
The theologian Irenaeus, influenced by Hippolytus's writings, also saw 500 as
the year of the Second Coming. (Abanes p.283, McIver #15)
Apr 6, 793
Elipandus, bishop of Toledo, described a brief bout of end-time panic that happened on Easter Eve, 793. According to Elipandus, the Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana prophesied the end of the world that day in the presence a crowd of people.
Mar 25, 970
Lotharingian computists foresaw the End on Friday, March 25, 970
Sep 23, 1186
John of Toledo, after calculating that a planetary alignment would occur in Libra on September 23, 1186 (Julian calendar), circulated a letter (known as the "Letter of Toledo") warning that the world was to going to be destroyed on this date, and that only a few people would survive.
Feb 14, 1420
Czech Doomsday prophet Martinek Hausha (Martin Huska) of the radical Taborite movement warned that the world would end in February 1420, February 14 at the latest. The Taborites were an offshoot of the Hussite movement of Bohemia.
Feb 1, 1524
The End would occur by a flood starting in London on February 1 (Julian), according to calculations some London astrologers made the previous June. Around 20,000 people abandoned their homes, and a clergyman stockpiled food and water in a fortress he built. As it happened, it didn't even rain in London on that date.
Feb 20, 1524
A planetary alignment in Pisces was seen as a sign of the Millennium by astrologer Johannes Stoeffler. The world was to be destroyed by a flood on this date (Julian), Pisces being a water sign.
May 27, 1528
Reformer Hans Hut predicted the end would occur on Pentecost.
Oct 19, 1533
Mathematician Michael Stifel calculated that the Day of Judgement would begin at 8:00am on this day.
Apr 5, 1534
Jan Matthys predicted that the Apocalypse would take place on Easter Day (April 5, Julian calendar).
Jul 22, 1556
In 1556, a rumor was circulating that the world would end on Magdalene's Day, as recorded by Swiss medical student Felix Platter.
Apr 28, 1583
The Second Coming of Christ would take place at noon, according to astrologer Richard Harvey. This was the date of a conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, and numerous astrologers in London predicted the world would end then.
The Millerites [William Miller], a North American religious group [Seventh day Adventists], predicted that the Second Coming would take place in 1833, but when nothing happened they rescheduled the event for 1844.
Back in 1844 a preacher named Samuel Snow, based on a prophecy in the Book of Daniel, predicted the world would end on October 22.
In Chicago, a housewife named Dorothy Martin, said she came in contact with beings from the planet Clarion who told her the world would be destroyed on Dec. 21, 1954 by flood and that the faithful would be rescued at midnight by flying saucers. But there was no flood. No saucers.
Since 1970, Hal Lindsay, the Christian Science Monitor reports, has been predicting the end of the world. His book that year was titled “The Late, Great Planet Earth.” He wrote another book 26 years later titled “Planet Earth 2000 A.D.: Will Mankind Survive?” He said Christians should not make any plans after 2000.
Pat Robertson, the famed evangelist, said in 1980: “I guarantee you by the end of 1982 there is going to be a judgment on the world.”
COMMENTARY: Of course, one cannot forget the panic or anxiety regarding Y2K [the year 2000] and now we have, May 21, 2011. Some people might have thought that September 11, 2001 [911] as the Beginning of the End, but as it turns out it is rather a new normal for American national identity which seems to be a gradual erosion of First Amendment Rights and Privacy issues for the sake of National Security. Interestingly, Pastor Camping made an earlier prediction about the End Time or Rapture but it failed to come to pass, also. Camping uses what he says are the holy numbers 5, 10, and 17 to arrive at a countdown of 722, 500 days starting from 33 AD on April 1st [April Fool’s Day??]. The thing is, none of these secret numbers that he has supplied are considered sacred or special as mentioned in the Biblical canon like the numbers 7, 12, 4, or possibly even 3. Consider the words of Jesus in which He says:
Matthew 24: 11, 36 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.
Jeremiah 23: 18 Thus says the LORD of Hosts: Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They make you worthless; They speak a vision of their own heart, not from the mouth of the LORD.
Deuteronomy 18: 22 When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD has not spoken; that prophet has spoken it presumptuously [falsely]; you shall not be afraid of him [give heed to him].
Robert Randle 776 Commerce St. #B-11 Tacoma, WA 98402 May 21, 2011 robertrandle51@yahoo.com
There have been many others, such as in the following from a GOOGLE search:
2nd Century
The Montanists believed that Christ would come again within their lifetimes and establish a new Jerusalem at Pepuza, in the land of Phrygia. Montanism was perhaps the first bona fide Christian doomsday cult.
247
Rome celebrated its thousandth anniversary this year. At the same time, the Roman government dramatically increased its persecution of Christians, so much so that many Christians believed that the End had arrived.
365
Hilary of Poitiers predicted the world would end in 365.
380
The Donatists, a North African Christian sect headed by Tyconius, looked forward to the world ending in 380.
Late 4th Century
St. Martin of Tours (ca. 316-397) wrote, "There is no doubt that the Antichrist has already been born. Firmly established already in his early years, he will, after reaching maturity, achieve supreme power."
500
Roman theologian Sextus Julius Africanus (ca. 160-240) claimed that the End would occur 6000 years after the Creation. He assumed that there were 5531 years between the Creation and the Resurrection, and thus expected the Second Coming to take place no later than 500 AD. (Kyle p.37, McIver #21)
Hippolytus (died ca. 236), believing that Christ would return 6000 years after the Creation, anticipated the Parousia in 500 AD. (Abanes p.283)
The theologian Irenaeus, influenced by Hippolytus's writings, also saw 500 as
the year of the Second Coming. (Abanes p.283, McIver #15)
Apr 6, 793
Elipandus, bishop of Toledo, described a brief bout of end-time panic that happened on Easter Eve, 793. According to Elipandus, the Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana prophesied the end of the world that day in the presence a crowd of people.
Mar 25, 970
Lotharingian computists foresaw the End on Friday, March 25, 970
Sep 23, 1186
John of Toledo, after calculating that a planetary alignment would occur in Libra on September 23, 1186 (Julian calendar), circulated a letter (known as the "Letter of Toledo") warning that the world was to going to be destroyed on this date, and that only a few people would survive.
Feb 14, 1420
Czech Doomsday prophet Martinek Hausha (Martin Huska) of the radical Taborite movement warned that the world would end in February 1420, February 14 at the latest. The Taborites were an offshoot of the Hussite movement of Bohemia.
Feb 1, 1524
The End would occur by a flood starting in London on February 1 (Julian), according to calculations some London astrologers made the previous June. Around 20,000 people abandoned their homes, and a clergyman stockpiled food and water in a fortress he built. As it happened, it didn't even rain in London on that date.
Feb 20, 1524
A planetary alignment in Pisces was seen as a sign of the Millennium by astrologer Johannes Stoeffler. The world was to be destroyed by a flood on this date (Julian), Pisces being a water sign.
May 27, 1528
Reformer Hans Hut predicted the end would occur on Pentecost.
Oct 19, 1533
Mathematician Michael Stifel calculated that the Day of Judgement would begin at 8:00am on this day.
Apr 5, 1534
Jan Matthys predicted that the Apocalypse would take place on Easter Day (April 5, Julian calendar).
Jul 22, 1556
In 1556, a rumor was circulating that the world would end on Magdalene's Day, as recorded by Swiss medical student Felix Platter.
Apr 28, 1583
The Second Coming of Christ would take place at noon, according to astrologer Richard Harvey. This was the date of a conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, and numerous astrologers in London predicted the world would end then.
The Millerites [William Miller], a North American religious group [Seventh day Adventists], predicted that the Second Coming would take place in 1833, but when nothing happened they rescheduled the event for 1844.
Back in 1844 a preacher named Samuel Snow, based on a prophecy in the Book of Daniel, predicted the world would end on October 22.
In Chicago, a housewife named Dorothy Martin, said she came in contact with beings from the planet Clarion who told her the world would be destroyed on Dec. 21, 1954 by flood and that the faithful would be rescued at midnight by flying saucers. But there was no flood. No saucers.
Since 1970, Hal Lindsay, the Christian Science Monitor reports, has been predicting the end of the world. His book that year was titled “The Late, Great Planet Earth.” He wrote another book 26 years later titled “Planet Earth 2000 A.D.: Will Mankind Survive?” He said Christians should not make any plans after 2000.
Pat Robertson, the famed evangelist, said in 1980: “I guarantee you by the end of 1982 there is going to be a judgment on the world.”
COMMENTARY: Of course, one cannot forget the panic or anxiety regarding Y2K [the year 2000] and now we have, May 21, 2011. Some people might have thought that September 11, 2001 [911] as the Beginning of the End, but as it turns out it is rather a new normal for American national identity which seems to be a gradual erosion of First Amendment Rights and Privacy issues for the sake of National Security. Interestingly, Pastor Camping made an earlier prediction about the End Time or Rapture but it failed to come to pass, also. Camping uses what he says are the holy numbers 5, 10, and 17 to arrive at a countdown of 722, 500 days starting from 33 AD on April 1st [April Fool’s Day??]. The thing is, none of these secret numbers that he has supplied are considered sacred or special as mentioned in the Biblical canon like the numbers 7, 12, 4, or possibly even 3. Consider the words of Jesus in which He says:
Matthew 24: 11, 36 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.
Jeremiah 23: 18 Thus says the LORD of Hosts: Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They make you worthless; They speak a vision of their own heart, not from the mouth of the LORD.
Deuteronomy 18: 22 When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD has not spoken; that prophet has spoken it presumptuously [falsely]; you shall not be afraid of him [give heed to him].
Robert Randle 776 Commerce St. #B-11 Tacoma, WA 98402 May 21, 2011 robertrandle51@yahoo.com
Friday, May 6, 2011
The glory of the LORD
In Christian worship services there is nothing more spiritually or emotionally stirring, whether in singing praises or listening to sermons wherein God’s glory is referenced, but is it really understood? Many of us the body of Christ has heard the account of Moses asking God to reveal his glory as recorded in the Old Testament book of Exodus, and there are probably various interpretations as well as meanings behind what this event means for each individual. To be sure, if God were to manifest the fullness of His glory, this would be beyond our ability to experience or comprehend it.
Exodus 16: 10
Now it came to pass, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
Exodus 24: 16a, 17-18a
Now the glory of the LORD rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel. So Moses went into the midst of the cloud and went up into the mountain.
Exodus 33: 9, 11a, 13a, 17-20
And it came to pass, when Moses entered the tabernacle that the pillar of cloud descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses. So the LORD spoke to Moses face to face; as a man speaks to his friend. SO the LORD said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight; and I know you by name.” And he [Moses] said, “Please, show me Your glory.” Then He [God] said, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”
Exodus 34: 6-7a
And the LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty. . .
John 1: 1, 14
In the beginning was the WORD, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 17: 5, 22, 24
And now, O Father, glorify Me together alongside Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. And the glory which You gave Me I have given them [the disciples], that they may be one just as We are one. Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be one with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved me before the foundation of the world.
Luke 9: 29, 32
As He [Jesus] prayed, the appearance of His face was altered, and His robe became white and glistening. But Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep; and when they were fully awake, they saw His glory and the two men who stood with Him.
Colossians 1: 19, 2: 9
For it pleased the Father that in Him [Jesus] all the fullness should dwell. For in Him all the fullness of the God head bodily.
John 5: 37
And the Father Himself, who sent Me, has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form.
John 6: 46
Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He who is from God; He has seen the Father.
John 18: 17-18
For the Law [Torah] was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ [Yeshua Moshiach]. No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared [revealed] Him [revealed His glory].
NOTE: These are curious statements [John’s gospel] because in Numbers 12: 8a, God says: “I speak with him [Moses] face to face, even plainly, and not in dark sayings. And he sees the form of the LORD.”
COMMENT: Although the many patriarchs, including the great Lawgiver Moses saw God, or at least what is called ‘Theophany,’ a supernatural appearance or manifestation, whether as the Angel of the LORD or the Shekhinah cloud, those who experienced this phenomena thought they actually did see God; and who wouldn’t? The thing is, though, Jesus Himself said that not a single human being has had that exalted privilege to see God as He really is, with the possible exception of Adam and Eve, at first. The main thought behind the word “glory” is goodness or magnificence as it pertains to a divine being, as the revelation of His essential nature.
It is in the person of Jesus Christ that the transcendent God is made fully known to humanity without any lessening of His eternal qualities or character. In John’s gospel, Thomas asked Jesus to show them the Father, to which Jesus replied, “He that has seen Me has seen the Father (Cp. John 6: 46). As Moses was said to speak face to Face with God, the disciples of Jesus experienced something greater than that in the time they spent with Jesus. For the believers of today, the Apostle Paul sums it up for us this way in 1 Corinthians 13: 12a: “For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face [before the LORD]. Also in Revelation 22: 4, it reads: They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads.
Robert Randle
776 Commerce St. #B-11
Tacoma, WA 98402
May 1, 2011
robertrandle51@yahoo.com
Exodus 16: 10
Now it came to pass, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
Exodus 24: 16a, 17-18a
Now the glory of the LORD rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel. So Moses went into the midst of the cloud and went up into the mountain.
Exodus 33: 9, 11a, 13a, 17-20
And it came to pass, when Moses entered the tabernacle that the pillar of cloud descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses. So the LORD spoke to Moses face to face; as a man speaks to his friend. SO the LORD said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight; and I know you by name.” And he [Moses] said, “Please, show me Your glory.” Then He [God] said, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”
Exodus 34: 6-7a
And the LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty. . .
John 1: 1, 14
In the beginning was the WORD, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 17: 5, 22, 24
And now, O Father, glorify Me together alongside Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. And the glory which You gave Me I have given them [the disciples], that they may be one just as We are one. Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be one with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved me before the foundation of the world.
Luke 9: 29, 32
As He [Jesus] prayed, the appearance of His face was altered, and His robe became white and glistening. But Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep; and when they were fully awake, they saw His glory and the two men who stood with Him.
Colossians 1: 19, 2: 9
For it pleased the Father that in Him [Jesus] all the fullness should dwell. For in Him all the fullness of the God head bodily.
John 5: 37
And the Father Himself, who sent Me, has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form.
John 6: 46
Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He who is from God; He has seen the Father.
John 18: 17-18
For the Law [Torah] was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ [Yeshua Moshiach]. No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared [revealed] Him [revealed His glory].
NOTE: These are curious statements [John’s gospel] because in Numbers 12: 8a, God says: “I speak with him [Moses] face to face, even plainly, and not in dark sayings. And he sees the form of the LORD.”
COMMENT: Although the many patriarchs, including the great Lawgiver Moses saw God, or at least what is called ‘Theophany,’ a supernatural appearance or manifestation, whether as the Angel of the LORD or the Shekhinah cloud, those who experienced this phenomena thought they actually did see God; and who wouldn’t? The thing is, though, Jesus Himself said that not a single human being has had that exalted privilege to see God as He really is, with the possible exception of Adam and Eve, at first. The main thought behind the word “glory” is goodness or magnificence as it pertains to a divine being, as the revelation of His essential nature.
It is in the person of Jesus Christ that the transcendent God is made fully known to humanity without any lessening of His eternal qualities or character. In John’s gospel, Thomas asked Jesus to show them the Father, to which Jesus replied, “He that has seen Me has seen the Father (Cp. John 6: 46). As Moses was said to speak face to Face with God, the disciples of Jesus experienced something greater than that in the time they spent with Jesus. For the believers of today, the Apostle Paul sums it up for us this way in 1 Corinthians 13: 12a: “For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face [before the LORD]. Also in Revelation 22: 4, it reads: They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads.
Robert Randle
776 Commerce St. #B-11
Tacoma, WA 98402
May 1, 2011
robertrandle51@yahoo.com
Monday, May 2, 2011
The Law of Moses was given by angels
It is commonly believed that the Law [Torah], which is the foundation stone of Judaism and indirectly, Christianity, was given to Moses on fiery, Mount Sinai came from God; but in actuality it came through the administration of the angels of God. Of course, it is believed that these commandments, statutes and ordinances were directed by God Himself and therefore were obligatory for the children of Israel to observe and practice in the worship of their LORD.
Acts 7: 30, 52a, 53
And when forty years had passed, an Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush (Cp. Exodus 3: 2-5), in the wilderness of Mount Sinai. Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute; who received the Law [Torah] by the direction of angels and have not kept it.
Colossians 2: 8, 15, 18a, 20
Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the principalities [angelic powers or administrations] of the world, and not according to Christ [Messiah], having disarmed principalities and powers, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them. Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of [from] angels. Therefore, if you have died with Christ from the basic elements [angelic powers or rulers] of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourself to regulations [ordinances, statutes]. . .
Ephesians 6: 12
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Galatians 3: 19
What purpose does the Law [Torah] serve? It was added because of transgressions, until the Seed [Jesus Christ] should come to whom the promise was made; and it [the Law] was appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator.
NOTE: The phrase, “it was added” would seem to indicate that it was attached to something already previously in place. If it were something entirely new, the wording might go something like this: “it was given” because of transgressions.
Galatians 4: 3
Even so we, when we were children, were [held] in bondage under the elements of the world [angelic powers or administrations].
Hebrews 2: 2
For if the word [is the Law under consideration here?] spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense [punishment].
Exodus 23: 20-21
Behold, I send an Angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the place that I have prepared. Beware of Him and obey His voice; do not provoke Him, for He will not pardon your transgressions; for My name [YHWH] is in Him.
Genesis 32: 30
So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel (‘face of God’): “For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
John 5: 37
And the Father Himself, who sent Me, has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form.
John 6: 46
Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He who is from God; He has seen the Father.
John 18: 17-18
For the Law [Torah] was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ [Yeshua Moshiach]. No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared [revealed] Him.
Jeremiah 7: 21a, 22-23
Thus says the LORD of Hosts [YHWH Sabaoth], the God of Israel: “For I did not speak to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices. “But this is what I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you that it may be well with you.” ’
COMMENT: This study is not to minimize the importance or significance of the Law [Torah] but rather to show that it came about from the interaction or administration of angels. The attitude of the Apostle Paul toward the Law [Torah] is that it is holy, good, and spiritual (Cp. Romans 7: 12, 14a), and the psalmist says, “The Law [Torah] of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul (Cp. Psalms 19: 7).” Be that as it may, the Apostle Paul sums it up in this manner: Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by “faith” apart from the deeds of the Law [Torah]. Christ is the end of the law [Torah] for righteousness to everyone who believes [demonstrates ‘faith’] (Cp. Romans 3: 28; 10: 4).
Robert Randle
776 Commerce St. #B-11
Tacoma, WA 98402
May 2, 2011
robertrandle51@yahoo.com
Acts 7: 30, 52a, 53
And when forty years had passed, an Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush (Cp. Exodus 3: 2-5), in the wilderness of Mount Sinai. Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute; who received the Law [Torah] by the direction of angels and have not kept it.
Colossians 2: 8, 15, 18a, 20
Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the principalities [angelic powers or administrations] of the world, and not according to Christ [Messiah], having disarmed principalities and powers, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them. Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of [from] angels. Therefore, if you have died with Christ from the basic elements [angelic powers or rulers] of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourself to regulations [ordinances, statutes]. . .
Ephesians 6: 12
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Galatians 3: 19
What purpose does the Law [Torah] serve? It was added because of transgressions, until the Seed [Jesus Christ] should come to whom the promise was made; and it [the Law] was appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator.
NOTE: The phrase, “it was added” would seem to indicate that it was attached to something already previously in place. If it were something entirely new, the wording might go something like this: “it was given” because of transgressions.
Galatians 4: 3
Even so we, when we were children, were [held] in bondage under the elements of the world [angelic powers or administrations].
Hebrews 2: 2
For if the word [is the Law under consideration here?] spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense [punishment].
Exodus 23: 20-21
Behold, I send an Angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the place that I have prepared. Beware of Him and obey His voice; do not provoke Him, for He will not pardon your transgressions; for My name [YHWH] is in Him.
Genesis 32: 30
So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel (‘face of God’): “For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
John 5: 37
And the Father Himself, who sent Me, has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form.
John 6: 46
Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He who is from God; He has seen the Father.
John 18: 17-18
For the Law [Torah] was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ [Yeshua Moshiach]. No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared [revealed] Him.
Jeremiah 7: 21a, 22-23
Thus says the LORD of Hosts [YHWH Sabaoth], the God of Israel: “For I did not speak to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices. “But this is what I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you that it may be well with you.” ’
COMMENT: This study is not to minimize the importance or significance of the Law [Torah] but rather to show that it came about from the interaction or administration of angels. The attitude of the Apostle Paul toward the Law [Torah] is that it is holy, good, and spiritual (Cp. Romans 7: 12, 14a), and the psalmist says, “The Law [Torah] of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul (Cp. Psalms 19: 7).” Be that as it may, the Apostle Paul sums it up in this manner: Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by “faith” apart from the deeds of the Law [Torah]. Christ is the end of the law [Torah] for righteousness to everyone who believes [demonstrates ‘faith’] (Cp. Romans 3: 28; 10: 4).
Robert Randle
776 Commerce St. #B-11
Tacoma, WA 98402
May 2, 2011
robertrandle51@yahoo.com
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