And measures and matters of The Truth of the "time" we are in ...how "man" ..."thought to change time and times ... Dearly beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, how that one day is with the Lord, as a thousand year, and a thousand year as one day.
The Lord is not slack to fulfil his promise, as some men count slackness: but is patient to us ward, and would have no man lost, but would receive all men to repentance.
creteis@yahoo.com Behold in a wonder full dream during the dread nightmare of the dark season ...of the times and time ..of the season of man ...see son of man ...
and in the mourning ...morning ...of the day ...
and there came words without speaking ...
and the words filled the heart and mind and soul with favor and happiness and peace.
and the words were "God's luck"
and scripture came back to remembrance ...
When Rahel saw that she bare Jacob no children, she envied her sister, and said unto Jacob: give me children, or else I am but dead. Then was Jacob wroth with Rahel saying: Am I in Gods stead which keepeth from thee the fruit of thy womb? Then she said: here is my maid Bilha: go in unto her, that she may bear upon my lap, that I may be increased by her. And she gave him Bilha her handmaid to wife. And Jacob went in unto her: And Bilha conceived and bare Jacob a son. Then said Rahel: God hath given sentence on my side, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son. Therefore called she him Dan. And Bilha Rahels maid conceived again, and bare Jacob another son. And Rahel said. God is turned, and I have made a change with my sister, and have gotten the upper hand. And she called his name: Naphtali.
When Lea saw that she had left bearing, she took Silpha her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. And Silpha Leas maid bare Jacob a son. Then said Lea: Good luck: and called his name Gad. And Silpha Leas maid bare Jacob another son. Then said Lea: happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed. And called his name Asser.Joseph was brought unto Egypt, and Putiphar a lord of Pharaos: and his chief marshal an Egyptian, bought him of the Ismaelites which brought him there. And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a lucky fellow and continued in the house of his master the Egyptian. And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did prosper in his hand: Wherefore he found grace in his masters sight, and served him. And his master made him ruler of his house, and put all that he had in his hand. And as soon as he had made him ruler over his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed this Egyptians house for Josephs sake, and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had: both in the house and also in the fields. And therefore he left all that he had in Josephs hand, and looked upon nothing that was with him, save only on the bread which he ate. And Joseph was a goodly person and well favored. And it fortuned after this, that his masters wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said: come lie with me. But he denied and said to her: Behold, my master knows not what he hath in the house with me, but hath committed all that he hath to my hand. He himself is not greater in the house than I, and hath kept nothing from me, but only thee because thou art his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, for to sin against God? And after this manner spake she to Joseph day by day: but he hearkened not unto her, to sleep near her or to be in her company.
And it fortuned about the same season, that Joseph entered into the house, to do his business: and there was none of the household by, in the house. And she caught him by the garment saying: come sleep with me. And he left his garment in her hand and fled and got him out. When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled out, she called unto the men of the house, and told them saying: See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to do us shame: for he came in to me, for to have slept with me. But I cried with a loud voice. And when he heard, that I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment with me and fled away and got him out.
And she laid up his garment by her, until her lord came home. And she told him according to these words saying. This Hebrews servant which thou hast brought unto us came in to me to do me shame. But as soon as I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment with me and fled out. When his master heard the words of his wife which she told him saying: after this manner did thy servant to me, he waxed wroth.
And he took Joseph and put him in prison: even in the place where the kings prisoners lay bound. And there continued he in prison, but the Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and got him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison which committed to Josephs hand all the prisoners that were in the prison house. And whatsoever was done there, that did he. And the keeper of the prison looked unto nothing that was under his hand, because the Lord was with him, and because that whatsoever he did, the Lord made it come luckily to passAnd the angel of the Lord came up from Galgal to Bocim, and said, I brought you out of Egypt and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers. And I said that I would never break my appointment with you, but ye should have made no covenant with the inhabiters of this land, ye should have broken down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye this done? Wherefore I have likewise determined that I will not cast them out before you: but they shall be in the sides of you, and their Gods shall be snares unto you. And when the angel of the Lord had spoken these words unto all the children of Israel, the people cried out and wept. And called the name of the said place, Bocim, and offered there unto the Lord.
And when Josua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man into his inheritance to possess the land. And the people served the Lord all the days of Josua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Josua, and had seen all the great works of the Lord that he did to Israel. And Josua the son of Nun the servant of the Lord died when he was an hundred and ten years old: whom they buried in the coasts of his inheritance: even in Thamnath hares in mount Ephraim on the north side of the hill Gaas. And even so all that generation were put unto their fathers, and there arose another generation after them which neither knew the Lord, nor yet the works which he did unto Israel.
And then the children of Israel did wickedly in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim, and forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed strange Gods, even of the Gods of the nations that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and angered the Lord. And so they forsook the Lord and served Baal and Astharoth. Wherefore the Lord waxed angry with Israel, and delivered them unto the hands of raveners to spoil them and sold them into the hands of their enemies round about them, so that they had no power any longer to stand before their enemies. But unto whatsoever thing they went, the hand of the Lord was upon them with evil luck, even as the Lord promised them, and as he sware unto them. And they were sore vexed.
Nevertheless the Lord raised up Judges, which delivered them out of the hands of their oppressors, and yet for all that they would not hearken unto their Judges: But went a whoring after strange Gods and bowed themselves unto them, and turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in obeying the commandments of the Lord, and did not so.
And when the Lord raised them up Judges, he was with the Judge, and delivered them out of the hands of their enemies all the days of the Judge: for the Lord had compassion over their sorrowings which they had by the reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them: yet for all that as soon as the judge was dead they turned and did worse than their fathers in following strange Gods, and in serving them, and ceased not from their inventions nor from their malicious ways.
Wherefore the Lord was angry with Israel and said: because this people hath transgressed mine appointment which I commanded their fathers and have not obeyed my voice, therefore henceforth I will not cast out one man before them of the nations which Josua left when he died, and that to prove Israel through them whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk therein as their fathers did or not. And so the Lord left those nations alone, and drove them not out immediately, neither delivered them into the hands of JosuaTHE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS Chpt 20
And Benhadad king of Siria gathered all his host together, and thirty two kings with him, with horse and chariot: and went up and besieged Samaria and warred against it. And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him: thus saith Benhadad. Thy silver and thy gold is mine, and the best of thy wives, and the best of thy children be mine. And the king of Israel answered and said: my Lord king, according to thy saying, I am thine with all I have.
And the messengers came again to Ahab and said: thus saith Benhadad. I have therefore sent unto thee, saying: deliver me then thy silver and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children. Or else I will send my servants unto thee by tomorrow this time: and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants, which shall take all that is glorious in thine eyes, and bring it away with them. Then the king of Israel sent for the elders of the land and said: take heed I pray you and see, how this fellow goeth about mischief. For he sent unto me, for my wives and my children, and my silver and my gold: and I denied him nothing of it. And all the elders of Israel and all the people said: hearken not to him nor consent.
Whereupon he said unto the messengers of Benhadad: tell my Lord the king, all that he sent for the first time, that I will do: but this request I may not do. And the messengers departed and brought him word. Then Benhadad sent unto him and said: thus do the Gods to me and so thereto, if the dust of Samaria be enough for all the people that follow me, that every man may have an handful. And the king of Israel answered and said: tell him, let not him that putteth on his harness boast himself, as he putteth it off. And when Benhadad heard that tidings, as he and the kings were drinking in the pavilions, he said unto his servants: put ye in array. And they put themselves in array against the city.
And behold there came a Prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, and said to him: thus saith the Lord. Seest thou all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver them into thine hand this day, that thou mayest know that I am the Lord. And Ahab said, by whom? And he said thus saith the Lord: even by the men of the governors of the shires. And Ahab said: who shall join battle? And he said, thou. Then he numbered the men of the governors of the shires: and they were two hundred and thirty two. And after them he numbered all the people, and all the children of Israel were seven thousand. And they went out at noon when Benhadad was a drinking strong drink in the pavilions with the thirty two kings that help him. And the men of the sheriffs of the shires went out first.
And Benhadad sent out, and they showed him saying: there came men out of Samaria. And he said: if they come out for peace, take them alive. And also if they come for war, take them yet alive. And when those men of the sheriffs of the shires were come out of the city and the Host after them, they slew every one of them his man. And the Sirians fled, and Israel followed after them. And Benhadad the king of Siria escaped on a horse with his horsemen. And the king of Israel went out and smote horse and chariot, and slew a great slaughter of the Sirians.
Then there came a Prophet to the king of Israel, and said to him: go forth and play the man, be wise and take heed what thou doest: for when the year is about, the king of Siria will come against thee again. Then said the servants of the kings of Siria to him: the Gods of the hills are their Gods, and therefore they had the better of us. But let us fight with them in the plain, and for what ye will, we shall have the better of them. And this do: take the kings away every man out of his place, and put dukes in their rooms. And do thou number thee an host, like the host that thou hast lost, and horse for horse and chariot for chariot, and let us fight with them in the plain, and for a wager, we get the better of them. And the king hearkened unto their voice and did even so.
And as soon as the year was about, Benhadad numbered the Sirians and went up to Aphek to war with Israel. And the children of Israel were numbered and provided of victuals, and went against them, and pitched before them like two little flocks of kids: but the Sirians filled the country. Then there came a man of God and said unto the king of Israel: thus saith the Lord. Because the Sirians say, that the Lord is but a God of the hills, and not God of the valleys too: therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand that ye may know that I am the Lord. And they pitched one over against the other seven days, and the seventh day joined battle. And the children of Israel slew of the Sirians an hundred thousand footmen in one day. And the rest fled to Aphek into the city. And there fell a wall upon twenty seven thousand of them that were left. And Benhadad fled and went into the city, from chamber to chamber.
Then said his servants unto him: behold, we have heard say, that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Let us put sack cloth about our Loins and ropes about our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: haply he will save thy life. And they girded sack cloth about their loins and put ropes about their heads, and went out to the king of Israel and said: thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee let me live. And he said: is he yet alive? what he is my brother. And they took the word for good luck and hastily caught it out of his mouth and said: yea thy brother Benhadad. Then he said: go and bring him. And Benhadad came out to him, and the other took him up into the chariot. And Benhadad said: the cities which my father took from thy father, I will restore again. And thou shalt make streets for thee in Damasco, as my father did in Samaria. And I will make an appointment with thee and send thee away. And so he made an appointment with him and sent him away.
Then a certain man of the children of the Prophets said unto his fellow with the word of the Lord, smite me I pray thee. And the man would not smite him. And he said, because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the Lord: behold, as soon as thou art departed from me a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a Lion found him and slew him. Then he found another man and said to him: smite me I pray thee. And the man gave him a good stripe and wounded him. And the Prophet went forth and waited for the king by the way and put ashes upon his eyes, and put himself out of knowledge. And when the king came by, he cried unto him and said, thy servant went out in the midst of the battle. And see, there was one began to flee. And there came a man to me and said: keep this man. And if he be missed thy life shall go for his, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver. And as thy servant had here and there to do, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him: even so shall thy judgement be as thou hast defined it thyself.
And he hasted and took the ashes away from his eyes: and the king of Israel knew him, that he was of the Prophets. And he said unto the king, thus saith the Lord: because thou hast let go a man that ought to have died, thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his. And the king of Israel went to his house wayward and heavy, and entered into SamariaTo the Chaunter , upon Sosanim, an instruction of the children of Korah, a song of love.
My heart is *inditing a good matter, I speak of that, which I have made of the king: My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
Thou art the fairest among the children of men, full of grace is thy lips, therefore God blesseth thee for ever.
Gird thee with thy sword upon thy thigh, ( O' thou mighty ) with worship and renown. Good luck have thou with thine honor, ride on with the truth, meekness and righteousness: and thy right hand shall teach thee wonderful things. Thine arrows are sharp, the people shall be subdued unto thee, even in the middle among the kings enemies.
Thy seat ( O' God ) endureth for ever: the scepter of thy kingdom is a right scepter. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: wherefore God ( which is thy God ) hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. All thy garments are like myrrh, Aloes and Cassia, when thou comest out of thine ivory palaces in thy beautiful glory. Kings daughters go in thy goodly array, and upon thy right hand standeth the queen in a vesture of the most fine gold.
Hearken ( O daughter ) consider, and incline thine ear: forget thine own people, and thy fathers house.
So shall the king have pleasure in thy beauty, for he is thy Lord, and thou shalt worship him. And the daughters of Tyre shall be there with gifts, the rich among the people shall make their supplication before thee. The kings daughter is all glorious within, her clothing is of wrought gold. She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework, and maidens after her: such as be next her shall be brought unto thee.
With joy and gladness shall they be brought, and go into the kings palace.
Instead of thy fathers thou hast gotten children, whom thou shalt make princes in all lands.
I will remember thy name from one generation to another: therefore shall the people give thanks unto thee, world without end*inditing = to write, or speak for recording RN
O' give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious, and his mercy endureth for ever.
Let Israel now confess, that his mercy endureth for ever.
Let the house of Aaron now confess, that his mercy endureth forever.
Yee let them now that fear the Lord confess, that his mercy endureth forever.
I called upon the Lord in trouble, and the Lord heard *at large.
The Lord is my helper, I will not fear what man doeth unto me.
The Lord is my helper, and I shall see my desire upon mine enemies.
It is better to trust in the Lord, than to put any confidence in man.
It is better to trust in the Lord, than to put any confidence in princes.
All the Heathen compassed me round about, but in the name of the Lord will I destroy them. They keep me in on every side, but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them. They came about me like bees, and were as hot as the fire in the thorns, but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them. They thrust at me, that I might fall, but the Lord is my help.
The Lord is my strength, and my song, and is become my salvation.
The voice of joy and mirth *is in the dwellings of the righteous, for the right hand of the Lord hath *gotten victory.
The right hand of the Lord has preeminence, the right hand of the Lord hath gotten victory.
I will not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. The Lord hath chastened and corrected me, but he hath not given me over unto death.
Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may go in there through, and give thanks unto the Lord.
This is the door of the Lord, the righteous shall enter in through it.
I thank thee, that thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.
The same stone which the builders refused, is become the head stone in the corner.
This was the Lords doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes.
This is the day which the Lord hath made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Help now O' Lord, O' Lord, send us now prosperity.
Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord, we wish you good luck, ye that be of the house of the Lord.
God is the Lord, and hath showed us light: O' garnish the solemn feast with green branches, even unto the horns of the altar.
Thou art my God, and I will thank thee: thou art my God, I will praise thee.
O' give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious, and his mercy endureth for ever*At large = Of greater than average scope, breadth, or capacity; comprehensive. Understanding and tolerant; a large a generous spirit. RN
*kjv and other bibles of man =rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles (churches?) of the righteous: out of their houses and homes into the churches ...also: the right hand of the Lord *"doeth valiantly" rather than "gotten victory"Many a time have they fought against me from my youth up,( may Israel now say.)
Yee, many a time have they fought against me from my youth up, but they have not overcome me. The plowers plowed upon my back, and made long furrows.
But the righteous Lord hath hewn the yoke of the ungodly in pieces.
Let them be confounded and turned backward, as many as have evil will at *Sion.
Let them be even as the hay upon the house tops, which withereth afore it be plucked up. Whereof the mower filleth not his hand, neither he that bindeth up the sheaves, his bosom.
So that they which go by, say not so much as: the Lord prosper you, we wish you good luck in the name of the Lord
MARK THIS * Sion in the scripture signifieth the whole congregation of God, and every faithful sort, that hath his whole intent, affection and desire toward God. MNAnd the angel that talked with me, came again, and waked me up, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep, and said unto me: What seest thou? And I said: I have looked, and behold: a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon it, and his seven lamps therein, and upon every lamp seven stalks. And two olive trees thereby, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side. So I answered, and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying: O my Lord what are these? The angel that talked with me answered and said unto me: knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my Lord. He answered, and said unto me: This is the word of the Lord unto *Zorobabel, saying: Neither through an host of men, nor through strength, but through my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. What art thou, thou great mountain, before Zorobabel? thou must be made even. And he shall bring up the first stone so that men shall cry unto him: good luck, good luck.
Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying: The hands of Zorobabel have laid the foundation of this house, his hands shall also finish it: that ye may know how that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you. For he that hath been despised a *little season, shall rejoice, when he seeth the tin weight in Zorobabels hand. The seven eyes are the Lords, which go through the whole world. Then answered I, and said unto him: What are these two olive trees upon the right and left side of the candlestick? I spake moreover, and said unto him: what be these two olive branches ( which through the two golden pipes ) empty themselves into the gold? He answered me, and said: knowest thou not, what these be? And I said no, my Lord. Then said he: These are the two olive branches, that stand before the ruler of the whole earth*Zorobabel = Heb; "sown in Babylon" *See Revelation "a little season"RN
THE FIRST OF THE MACHABEES Chpt 3
Then stood up Judas Macabeus in his fathers stead, and all his brethren helped him: and so did all they that held with his father, and fought with cheerfulness for Israel. So Judas gat his people great honor: He put on a breastplate as a giant, and arrayed himself with his harness, and defended the host with his sword. In his acts he was like a Lion, and as a lions whelp roaring at his prey. He was an enemy to the wicked, and hunted them out: and burnt up those that vexed his people. So that his enemies fled for fear of him, and all the workers of ungodliness were put to trouble: such luck and prosperity were in his hand. This grieved diverse kings, but Jacob was greatly rejoiced through his acts, and he gat himself a great name forever.
He went through the cities of Juda, destroying the ungodly out of them, turning away the wrath from Israel, and receiving such as were oppressed: and the fame of him went unto the utmost part of the earth. Then Appollonius ( a prince of Syria ) gathered a mighty great host of the Heathen, and out of Samaria, to fight against Israel. Which when Judas perceived, he went forth to meet him, fought with him: slew him, and a great multitude with him, and the remnant fled, and he took their substance. Judas also took Appollonius own sword and fought with it all his life long.
Now when Seron, ( another prince of Syria ) heard say, that Judas had gathered unto him the congregation and ***church of the faithful he said: I will get me a name and a praise throughout the realm: for I will go fight with Judas and them that are with him, as many as despise the kings commandment. So he made him ready, and there went with him a great mighty host of the ungodly, to stand by him, and to be avenged of the children of Israel. And when they came nye unto Bethoron, Judas went forth against them a small company. And when his people saw such a great host before them, they said unto Judas: How are we able ( being so few ) to fight against so great a multitude and so strong ? seeing we be so weary, and have fasted all this day?
But Judas said: It is a small matter for many to be overcome with a few: yee there is no difference to the God of heaven, to deliver by a great multitude or by a small company: for the victory of battle standeth not in the multitude of the host, but strength cometh from heaven. Behold, they come against us with a presumptuous and proud multitude, to destroy us, our wives and our children, and rob us. But we fight for our lives, and for our laws, and the Lord himself shall destroy them before our face: therefore be ye not afraid of them.
As soon as he had spoken these words, he leapt suddenly upon them. Thus was Seron smitten, and his host put to flight, and Judas followed upon them beyond Bethoron unto the plain field: where were slain eight hundred men of them, and the residue fled into the land of the Philistines. Then all the Heathen on every side were afraid for Judas and his brethren: so that the rumor of him came unto the kings ears for all the Gentiles could tell of the wars of Judas.
So when king Antiochus heard these things, he was angry in his mind: wherefore he sent forth and gathered an host of his whole realm very strong armies: and opened his treasury, and gave his host a years wages in hand, commanding them to be ready at all times.
Nevertheless when he saw, that there was not money enough in his treasuries, and that through the discord and persecution, which he made in the land ( to put down the laws that had been of old times ) his customs and tributes of the land were minished: he feared that he was not able for to bear the costs and charges any longer, nor to have such gifts, to give so liberally as he did afore, more than the kings that were before him.
Wherefore he was heavy in his mind, and thought to go into Persdes, for to take tributes of the land, and so to gather much money. So he left Lysias ( a noble man of the kings blood ) to oversee the kings business, from the water Euphrates unto the borders of Egypt: And to keep well his son Antiochus, until he came again.
Moreover, he gave him half of his host and Elephants, committed unto him everything of his mind, concerning those which dwelt in Juda and Jerusalem: that he should send out an army against them, to destroy and root out the power of Israel and the remnant of Jerusalem: to put out their memorial from that place, to set strangers for to inhabit all their quarters, and part their land among them. Thus the king took the other part of the host, and departed from Antioch ( a city of his realm ) over the water of Euphrates, in the hundred and forty seventh year, and went through the high countries.
And Lysias chose unto him Ptolomy the son of Doriminus, Nicanor and Gorgias mighty men, and the kings friends. These he sent with forty thousand footmen and seven thousand horsemen, for to go into the land of Juda, and to destroy it, as the king commanded. So they went forth with all their power, and came to Emmaus into the plain field. When the merchants heard the rumor of them, they and their servants took very much silver and gold, for to buy the children of Israel to be their bond men. There came unto them also yet more men of war on every side, out of Syria and from the Palestines.
Now when Judas and his brethren saw that trouble increased, and that the host drew nye unto their borders: considering the kings words which he commanded unto the people: namely that they should utterly waste and destroy them: They said one to another: Let us *redress the decay of our people, and let us fight for our folk and for our Sanctuary. Then the congregation were soon ready gathered to fight, to pray and to make supplication unto God for mercy and grace.
As for Jerusalem, it lay void, and was as it had been a wilderness. There went no man in or out at it, and the Sanctuary was trodden down. The aliens kept the castle, there was the habitation of the Heathen. The mirth of Jacob was taken away, the pipe and the harp was gone from among them.
The Israelites gathered them together, and came to Maspha, before Jerusalem: for in Maspha was the place where they prayed afore time. So they fasted that day, and put sackclothes upon them, cast ashes upon their heads, rent their clothes, and laid forth the books of the law ( whereout the Heathen sought the likeness of their images ) and brought the Priests ornaments, the firstlings and the tithes. They set there also the abstainers ( which had fulfilled their days ) before God, and cried with a loud voice toward heaven, saying: What shall we do with these? and whither shall we carry them away? For the Sanctuary is trodden down and defiled, thy priests are come to heaviness and dishonor: and behold, the Heathen are come together for to destroy us. Thou knowest what things they imagine against us. How may we stand before thee, except thou ( O' God ) be our help?
They blew out the trumpet also with a loud voice. Then Judas ordained captains over the people: over thousands, over hundreds, over fifty and over tens. But as for such as builded them houses, married wives, planted them vineyards, and those that were fearful: he commanded them every man to go home, according to the law. So the host removed, and pitched upon the south side of Emmaus.
And Judas said, arm yourselves, be strong ( O' my children ) make you ready against tomorrow in the morning, that ye may fight with these people, which are agreed together to destroy us and our sanctuary. Better is it for us to die in battle, than to see our people and our sanctuary in such a miserable case. Nevertheless, as the will is in heaven, so be itthe congregation and ***church of the faithful *** truth is : this word "church" has been added here and in Chapter 4 . 1) it to the reader might be a warning: 2) for the warnings against the word "church" is found in the OT (Oseas 8th chapter "they have forgotten him that made them, they build churches," and Amos chapter 7 "but the high hill chapels of Isaac must be laid waste and the churches of Israel made desolate: " 3) OF the NT the word "church" is only found in one place in the entire original word of God, Acts Chapter 14, ... "Then Jupiters priest, which dwelt before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the church porch, and would have done sacrifice with the people." 4) incredibly, the word "church" is not found in the kjv in same verse where it is found in the original Word. 5) this word was inserted into the text of the jkv 79 times; all in the NT. 6) In most cases (NT) the word "congregation" was replaced by the word "church" in newer versions. 7) The Hebrew word "congregation" never, in any case, refers to a building.
*redress (set to right)
Back to Dreams & Visions Page