July 13, 2023
“Revelation 10
New King James Version
The Mighty Angel with the Little Book
10 I saw still another mighty angel coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud. And a rainbow was on his head, his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire. 2 He had a little book open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, 3 and cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars. When he cried out, seven thunders uttered their voices. 4 Now when the seven thunders [a]uttered their voices, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven saying [b]to me, “Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them.”
5 The angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised up his [c]hand to heaven 6 and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there should be delay no longer, 7 but in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, the mystery of God would be finished, as He declared to His servants the prophets.
John Eats the Little Book
8 Then the voice which I heard from heaven spoke to me again and said, “Go, take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the earth.”
9 So I went to the angel and said to him, “Give me the little book.”
And he said to me, “Take and eat it; and it will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.”
10 Then I took the little book out of the angel’s hand and ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. But when I had eaten it, my stomach became bitter. 11 And [d]he said to me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, tongues, and kings.”
Footnotes
- Revelation 10:4 NU, M sounded,
- Revelation 10:4 NU, M omit to me
- Revelation 10:5 NU, M right hand
- Revelation 10:11 NU, M they
New King James Version (NKJV)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.” (BibleGateway.com)
“DISPENSATIONAL INTERPRETATION: The mystery of God would be finished: V. 7 correlates with Dan. 9:24, the finishing of God’s final purpose concerning national Israel and the city of Jerusalem. Even though national Israel is promised deliverance, she must first experience suffering and judgment (see Jer. 15:10; 20:14-18). See also the note on Dan. 9:24, 26.” (NEW SPIRIT FILLED LIFE Bible—Jack W. Hayford, Litt.D.—New King James Version—THOMAS NELSON—Since 1798)
‘. . . “Daniel 9:24
New King James Version
24 “Seventy [a]weeks are determined
For your people and for your holy city,
To finish the transgression,
[b]To make an end of sins,
To make reconciliation for iniquity,
To bring in everlasting righteousness,
To seal up vision and prophecy,
And to anoint [c]the Most Holy.
Footnotes
- Daniel 9:24 Lit. sevens, and so throughout the chapter
- Daniel 9:24 So with Qr., LXX, Syr., Vg.; Kt., Theodotion To seal up
- Daniel 9:24 The Most Holy Place
Daniel 9:24 in all English translations”
“Daniel 9:26
New King James Version
26 “And after the sixty-two weeks
Messiah shall [a]be cut off, but not for Himself;
And the people of the prince who is to come
Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.
The end of it shall be with a flood,
And till the end of the war desolations are determined.
Footnotes
- Daniel 9:26 Suffer the death penalty
Daniel 9:26 in all English translations
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“9:24, 26 The time frame of the seventy weeks or “Seventy Sevens of Years” is associated with Daniel’s people, the Jews, and the holy city, Jerusalem. The fact that the weeks of years (490 years) are 360-day years is established by a comparison of 7:25 with Rev. 11:2, 3; 12:6, 14; and 13:5. The weeks of years began with the commandment by Artaxerxes in 445 B.C. to restore Jerusalem. Chronologically, they are divided as:
Seven sevens 49 years—445 to 396 B.C.
(From Artaxerxes’ decree to the arrival of Nehemiah and the covenant renewal celebration at Jerusalem)
Sixty-two sevens 434 years—396 B.C. to A.D. 32
(From the dedication of the second temple to the
crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ)
One seven 7 years—Unfulfilled. See note on vv. 26, 27.” (NEW SPIRIT FILLED LIFE Bible—Jack W. Hayford, Litt.D.—New King James Version—THOMAS NELSON—Since 1798)
‘. . . “Daniel 9:26
New King James Version
26 “And after the sixty-two weeks
Messiah shall [a]be cut off, but not for Himself;
And the people of the prince who is to come
Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.
The end of it shall be with a flood,
And till the end of the war desolations are determined.
Footnotes
- Daniel 9:26 Suffer the death penalty
Daniel 9:26 in all English translations”
“Daniel 9:27
New King James Version
27 Then he shall confirm a [a]covenant with many for one week;
But in the middle of the week
He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.
And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate,
Even until the consummation, which is determined,
Is poured out on the [b]desolate.”
Footnotes
- Daniel 9:27 Or treaty
- Daniel 9:27 Or desolator
Daniel 9:27 in all English translations
New King James Version (NKJV)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.” (BibleGateway.com)
“9:26, 27 One who makes desolate: National Israel will enter into a covenant with the future little horn, the Roman prince (7:8; 11:36) or Antichrist for seven years (Daniel’s final or Seventieth Week). In the middle of the week, the Antichrist will break the covenant and demand that the blood sacrifices, restored by Israel in the last days, must cease. He will then set up his image in the Jewish temple and require worship (Matt. 24:15; 2 Thess. 2:3, 4).
CLASSICAL INTERPRETATION: The classical approach to 9:24-27 differs, seeing such numerical computation as arbitrary. It views the 490 as representing not a literal period but a lifetime punishment seven times over (Jer. 25:11; Lev. 26:28). In other words, to this viewpoint, in some form or other Israel’s desolation will last for centuries, the postexilic return not marking that end; but an end will come.
This view also confines this prophecy to the second century B.C., that time when Jerusalem would suffer greatly at the hands of Antiochus Epiphanes (one who makes desolate). His “abominations” included setting up a heathen altar in the temple, the time of the “cutting off” of Onias III, God’s anointed high priest of that time. (“Messiah” [vv. 25, 26], which can be translated “anointed one,” is thus seen by the classical school as not necessarily referring to Christ but to the high priest.) The prophesied consummation is interpreted as Antiochus’s overthrow at the time of the Maccabean revolt.
The classical approach does not, however, rule out antitype fulfilment of the broader principles in Jesus Christ, in the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70, nor in the last days rampages of the Antichrist. Daniel’s language is clearly eschatological at points, denoting a multilevel prophetic fulfillment. See note on Obad. 15.” (NEW SPIRIT FILLED LIFE Bible—Jack W. Hayford, Litt.D.—New King James Version—THOMAS NELSON—Since 1798)
“Obadiah 15
New King James Version
15 “For the day of the Lord upon all the nations is near;
As you have done, it shall be done to you;
Your [a]reprisal shall return upon your own head.
Footnotes
- Obadiah 1:15 Or reward
Obadiah 15 in all English translations
New King James Version (NKJV)
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“15 The word day occurs 11 times in vv. 8-14. Now it becomes the day of the Lord, a season of judgment and divine justice upon all the nations around Israel. The OT looked ever forward to this time.
“The Day of the Lord” is used by the OT prophets to signify a time in the history of mankind when God directly intervenes to bring salvation to His people and punishment to the rebellious. By it God restores His righteous order in the Earth. As noted, the terms “that Day,” or simply “the Day,” are sometimes used as synonyms for the fuller expression “The Day of the Lord.”
The fulfillment of the Day must be seen, however, in four different stages: 1) In the times of the prophets, it was revealed by such events as the invasion of Israel by foreign powers (Amos), the awesome plagues of locusts (Joel), and the return of Israelite exiles from captivity (Ezra-Nehemiah). (2) In that prophetic insight has the quality of merging periods of eschatology so that even the prophets themselves could not always distinguish the various times of the fulfillment of their prophecies, that Day developed into a broad biblical concept. Prophetic fulfillments closest to the prophet’s own day were mingled with those reaching as far as the culmination of all things. Hence, the First Coming of Christ and the church age began another phase of the Day of the Lord. As participants in this aspect of the Day of the Lord, the church can call on the risen Christ to cast down spiritual forces that hinder God’s work in this present world and to bring about innumerable blessings. This is made clear by comparing Is. 61:1, 2 with Luke 4:18, 19, and Joel 2:25-32 with Acts 2:16-21. 3) The Second Coming of Christ will inaugurate the third aspect of the Day of the Lord, during which Christ’s personal, righteous, and universal rule will restore God’s order to the Earth (Is. 11:6-9; Amos 9:13). 4) The ultimate fulfillment of the Day of the Lord awaits the full arrival of the world to come, with its new heaven and new earth. Compare Ezek. 47:1-12 with Rev. 22:1-5.” (NEW SPIRIT FILLED LIFE Bible—Jack W. Hayford, Litt.D.—New King James Version—THOMAS NELSON—Since 1798)
‘. . . “Joel 3:1-3
New King James Version
God Judges the Nations
3 “For behold, in those days and at that time,
When I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem,
2 I will also gather all nations,
And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
And I will enter into judgment with them there
On account of My people, My heritage Israel,
Whom they have scattered among the nations;
They have also divided up My land.
3 They have cast lots for My people,
Have given a boy as payment for a harlot,
And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
New King James Version (NKJV)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.” (BibleGateway.com)
Let him who has an ear, hear what the Holy Spirit says to His church. Amen.
Beloved of YESHUA CHRIST JESUS, interesting, isn’t it, how many, many say the Bible was for a people, a long time ago and yet, this could be a news report, on a few news stations, that do not spread satan’s agenda, that could have been reported on this morning?
Interesting, beloved of YESHUA CHRIST JESUS, that a nations walls, was a sign of its strength, just as, the absence of its walls, was a sign of its weakness.
Interesting, these United States of America has removed its own walls and children, who are brought in, is reported to be sold as sex slaves, children, reportedly being sold as sex slaves, by this government. Interesting.
For beloved, of YESHUA CHRIST JESUS, the word used “Nations” denotes all the nations that are not Israel; all the people who are not Jewish.
Interesting, beloved of YESHUA CHRIST JESUS, that the claimed “Church” of YESHUA CHRIST JESUS, partakes in this travesty, claiming itself to provide; “Sanctuary Cities.”
I find it quite interesting that in the most Holy Word of GOD, a person(s) fleeing to a “Sanctuary City” is safe, as long as, the High Priest is alive in that city.
“Joshua 20
New King James Version
The Cities of Refuge
20 The Lord also spoke to Joshua, saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘Appoint[a] for yourselves cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses, 3 that the slayer who kills a person accidentally or unintentionally may flee there; and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. 4 And when he flees to one of those cities, and stands at the entrance of the gate of the city, and [b]declares his case in the hearing of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city as one of them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. 5 Then if the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not deliver the slayer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor unintentionally, but did not hate him beforehand. 6 And he shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the one who is high priest in those days. Then the slayer may return and come to his own city and his own house, to the city from which he fled.’ ”
7 So they appointed Kedesh in Galilee, in the mountains of Naphtali, Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim, and Kirjath Arba (which is Hebron) in the mountains of Judah. 8 And on the other side of the Jordan, by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness on the plain, from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead, from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan, from the tribe of Manasseh. 9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel and for the stranger who [c]dwelt among them, that whoever killed a person accidentally might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood until he stood before the congregation.
Footnotes
- Joshua 20:2 Designate
- Joshua 20:4 states
- Joshua 20:9 As a resident alien
New King James Version (NKJV)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.” (BibleGateway.com)
Beloved of YESHUA CHRIST JESUS, first off, the “Sanctuary City” was for someone who had killed another; not intentionally, and the “Sanctuary City” provided safety from the slain person’s family, who would seek justice for the slain.
Moreover, it was until the high priest was dead.
I am not sure beloved, if you are aware of it, (Beloved, I do not say that with condescension, but with a humble heart) but, The High Priest, died: now, He is the “Sanctuary City” Amen. For beloved, by no other Name but by the Holy precious Name of YESHUA CHRIST JESUS, can one be redeemed from death. Amen.
Let us beloved of YESHUA CHRIST JESUS, continue to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Savior and LORD-YESHUA CHRIST JESUS, our High Priest-forever. Amen. Amen. Amen.
“Hebrews 7
New King James Version
The King of Righteousness
7 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, 2 to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated “king of righteousness,” and then also king of Salem, meaning “king of peace,” 3 without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually.
4 Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the [a]spoils. 5 And indeed those who are of the sons of Levi, who receive the priesthood, have a commandment to receive tithes from the people according to the law, that is, from their brethren, though they have come from the loins of Abraham; 6 but he whose genealogy is not derived from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises. 7 Now beyond all contradiction the lesser is blessed by the better. 8 Here mortal men receive tithes, but there he receives them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives. 9 Even Levi, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, so to speak, 10 for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.
Need for a New Priesthood
11 Therefore, if perfection were through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should rise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be called according to the order of Aaron? 12 For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also a change of the law. 13 For He of whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no man has [b]officiated at the altar.
14 For it is evident that our Lord arose from Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning [c]priesthood. 15 And it is yet far more evident if, in the likeness of Melchizedek, there arises another priest 16 who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life. 17 For [d]He testifies:
“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”
18 For on the one hand there is an annulling of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness, 19 for the law made nothing [e]perfect; on the other hand, there is the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
Greatness of the New Priest
20 And inasmuch as He was not made priest without an oath 21 (for they have become priests without an oath, but He with an oath by Him who said to Him:
“The Lord has sworn
And will not relent,
‘You are a priest [f]forever
According to the order of Melchizedek’ ”),
22 by so much more Jesus has become a [g]surety of a better covenant.
23 Also there were many priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing. 24 But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. 25 Therefore He is also able to save [h]to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
26 For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, [i]harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens; 27 who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people’s, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. 28 For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 7:4 plunder
- Hebrews 7:13 served
- Hebrews 7:14 NU priests
- Hebrews 7:17 NU it is testified
- Hebrews 7:19 complete
- Hebrews 7:21 NU ends the quotation after forever.
- Hebrews 7:22 guarantee
- Hebrews 7:25 completely or forever
- Hebrews 7:26 innocent
New King James Version (NKJV)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.” (BibleGateway.com)
Interesting, beloved of YESHUA CHRIST JESUS; those who “Claim” to be the “church” have bowed themselves and made themselves, available to the will of the god of this world, though they claim to be the church, Body of the Lamb of GOD-YESHUA CHRIST JESUS. Interesting!
Beloved of YESHUA CHRIST JESUS, have a clear understanding: I do not go to church: I am the Church. Amen. For I am the temple of the Holy Spirit of my GOD, GOD Most High. Therefore, you choose, either go to church, or become the church! According to the most Holy Word of my GOD Most High, the Possessor of heaven and earth, the GOD and Father of my Savior and LORD-YESHUA CHRIST JESUS, my GOD and Father; my “Sanctuary City”. Amen. For beloved, my High Priest if High Priest-forever. Amen. Amen. Amen.
Therefore, through my High Priest, I am protected from the “Avenger of death” forever, through my High Priest, Who is forever, my “Sanctuary” according to the perfect will of my heavenly Father-GOD, through His wonder-working Holy Spirit, in my Savior and LORD-YESHUA CHRIST JESUS. Amen. Amen. Amen.
Have a blessed Thursday beloved of YESHUA CHRIST JESUS. Amen. Sincerely: Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. and Linda Shephard. Amen.