There is no spiritual gift called "the gift of tongues".
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Keiw
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Revelation 1:1
Easy-to-Read Version
John Tells About This Book
1 This is a revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must happen soon. And Christ sent his angel to show it to his servant John,
The word Revelation in the Greek is 'apokálupsis'. Apoka-what-sis? Apokálupsis, from which we get the word 'apocalypse'. When we hear that we think of chaos and the end of the world (and to be fair this book has its fair share of that!) but the primary meaning of the Greek word 'apokálupsis' is not destruction but to 'unveil, disclose, reveal'. That is why I have called this study the unveiling of Jesus! When Jesus came the first time it was an 'appearing' (2Ti 1:10). The next time is the full 'revealing' and 'unveiling'. The first coming was in humility with veiled deity. The second coming is in power with an unveiled revelation of His deity, glory and majesty! So keep this thought in your mind because we will come back here later in this study.
The Book is about Jesus.
Easy-to-Read Version
John Tells About This Book
1 This is a revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must happen soon. And Christ sent his angel to show it to his servant John,
The word Revelation in the Greek is 'apokálupsis'. Apoka-what-sis? Apokálupsis, from which we get the word 'apocalypse'. When we hear that we think of chaos and the end of the world (and to be fair this book has its fair share of that!) but the primary meaning of the Greek word 'apokálupsis' is not destruction but to 'unveil, disclose, reveal'. That is why I have called this study the unveiling of Jesus! When Jesus came the first time it was an 'appearing' (2Ti 1:10). The next time is the full 'revealing' and 'unveiling'. The first coming was in humility with veiled deity. The second coming is in power with an unveiled revelation of His deity, glory and majesty! So keep this thought in your mind because we will come back here later in this study.
The Book is about Jesus.
Speculation on your part friend, there is no proof of that claim that he is one of the 144,000.
St. SteVen
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What is the practical application of that?
I don't understand why Christians argue about such things.
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Keiw
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Psalm 110:1-- The utterance of Yhvh to my Lord( Jesus) is, sit at my right hand until I place your enemies as a stool for your feet.--Quoted at Matt 22:44--proving Jesus is not YHVH.
St. SteVen
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Keiw
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Psalm 37
Easy-to-Read Version
[a] A song of David.
37 Don’t get upset about evil people.Don’t be jealous of those who do wrong.
2 They are like grass and other green plants
that dry up quickly and then die.
3 So trust in the Lord and do good.
Live on your land and be dependable.
4 Enjoy serving the Lord,
and he will give you whatever you ask for.
5 Depend on the Lord.
Trust in him, and he will help you.
6 He will make it as clear as day that you are right.
Everyone will see that you are being fair.
7 Trust in the Lord and wait quietly for his help.
Don’t be angry when people make evil plans and succeed.
8 Don’t become so angry and upset that you, too, want to do evil.
9 The wicked will be destroyed,
but those who call to the Lord for help will get the land he promised.
10 In a short time there will be no more evil people.
You can look for them all you want, but they will be gone.
11 Humble people will get the land God promised,
and they will enjoy peace.
12 The wicked plan bad things for those who are good.
They show their teeth in anger at them.
13 But our Lord will laugh at them.
He will make sure they get what they deserve.
14 The wicked draw their swords to kill the poor and the helpless.
They aim their arrows to murder all who live right.
15 But their bows will break,
and their swords will pierce their own hearts.
16 A few good people are better
than a large crowd of those who are evil.
17 The wicked will be destroyed,
but the Lord cares for those who are good.
18 The Lord protects pure people all their life.
Their reward will continue forever.
19 When trouble comes,
good people will not be destroyed.
When times of hunger come,
good people will have plenty to eat.
20 But evil people are the Lord’s enemies,
and they will be destroyed.
Their valleys will dry up and burn.
They will be destroyed completely.
21 The wicked borrow money and never pay it back.
But good people are kind and generous.
22 Everyone the Lord blesses will get the land he promised.
Everyone he curses will be destroyed.
23 The Lord shows us how we should live,
and he is pleased when he sees people living that way.
24 If they stumble, they will not fall,
because the Lord reaches out to steady them.
25 I was young, and now I am old,
but I have never seen good people left with no one to help them;
I have never seen their children begging for food.
26 They are kind and generous,
and their children are a blessing.
27 Stop doing anything evil and do good,
and you will always have a place to live.
28 The Lord loves what is right,
and he will never leave his followers without help.
He will always protect them,
but he will destroy the families of the wicked.
29 Good people will get the land God promised
and will live on it forever.
30 Those who do what is right give good advice.
Their decisions are always fair.
31 They have learned God’s teachings,
and they will never stop living right.[c]
32 The wicked are always looking for ways to kill good people.
33 But the Lord will not let the wicked defeat them.
He will not let good people be judged guilty.
34 Do what the Lord says, and wait for his help.
He will reward you and give you the land he promised.
You will see the wicked being forced to leave.
35 I once saw a wicked man who was powerful.
He was like a strong, healthy tree.
36 But then he was gone.
I looked for him, but I could not find him.
37 Be pure and honest.
Peace loving people will have many descendants.
38 But those who break the law will be destroyed completely.
And their descendants will be forced to leave the land.[d]
39 The Lord saves those who are good.
When they have troubles, he is their strength.
40 The Lord helps good people and rescues them.
They depend on him, so he rescues them from the wicked.
No this text is not about end times.
You weren't there, Moses was. No Rabbi would agree with you, because you're not qualified to change the Ot scriptures you gentile. Nor can you reinterpret it to support your futile speculations.
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Perhaps even, David wrote this psalm when he personally had to flee from Absalom his son – but he advised others to stay in the land.
Or it could be that David wrote this psalm after he was influenced by Saul to escape Israel and go to the Philistines. That situation was a pretty embarrassing mistake for David – and so perhaps he wrote this psalm now to warn against that kind of mistake for others.
Whatever the backdrop to this psalm – the message is clear. Stay where God has placed you, generally. And if evildoers in any way threaten you in that place, and you can’t understand how you could possibly stay put when so much seems to be wrong – then the answer that we’ve seen already is “trust in the Lord.”"
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Perhaps even, David wrote this psalm when he personally had to flee from Absalom his son – but he advised others to stay in the land.
Or it could be that David wrote this psalm after he was influenced by Saul to escape Israel and go to the Philistines. That situation was a pretty embarrassing mistake for David – and so perhaps he wrote this psalm now to warn against that kind of mistake for others.
Whatever the backdrop to this psalm – the message is clear. Stay where God has placed you, generally. And if evildoers in any way threaten you in that place, and you can’t understand how you could possibly stay put when so much seems to be wrong – then the answer that we’ve seen already is “trust in the Lord.”"
Psalm 37 Commentary
Open to Psalm 37. I want to start this lesson by asking a question. To what or to whom are you called by God in this life? Are you married? You’ve been called by God to be in that marriage. Are you…
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Matthew 6:6-7 King James Version (KJV)But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Psalm 104
Easy-to-Read Version
104 My soul, praise the Lord!Lord my God, you are very great!
You are clothed with glory and honor.
2 You wear light like a robe.
You spread out the skies like a curtain.
3 You built your home above them.[a]
You use the thick clouds like a chariot
and ride across the sky on the wings of the wind.
4 You make the winds your messengers
and flames of fire your servants.
5 You built the earth on its foundations,
so it can never be moved.
6 You covered it with water like a blanket.
The water covered even the mountains.
7 But you gave the command, and the water turned back.
You shouted at the water, and it rushed away.
8 The water flowed down from the mountains into the valleys,
to the places you made for it.
9 You set the limits for the seas,
and the water will never again rise to cover the earth.
10 Lord, you cause water to flow from springs into the streams
that flow down between the mountains.
11 The streams provide water for all the wild animals.
Even the wild donkeys come there to drink.
12 Wild birds come to live by the pools;
they sing in the branches of nearby trees.
13 You send rain down on the mountains.
The earth gets everything it needs from what you have made.
14 You make the grass grow to feed the animals.
You provide plants for the crops we grow—
the plants that give us food from the earth.
15 You give us the wine that makes us happy,
the oil that makes our skin soft,[c]
and the food that makes us strong.
16 The great cedar trees of Lebanon belong to the Lord.
He planted them and gives them the water they need.
17 That’s where the birds make their nests,
and the storks live in the fir trees.
18 The high mountains are a home for wild goats.
The large rocks are hiding places for rock badgers.
19 Lord, you made the moon to show us when the festivals begin.
And the sun always knows when to set.
20 You made darkness to be the night—
the time when wild animals come out and roam around.
21 Lions roar as they attack,
as if they are asking God for the food he gives them.
22 When the sun rises, they leave
and go back to their dens to rest.
23 Then people go out to do their work,
and they work until evening.
24 Lord, you created so many things!
With your wisdom you made them all.
The earth is full of the living things you made.
25 Look at the ocean, so big and wide!
It is filled with all kinds of sea life.
There are creatures large and small—too many to count!
26 Ships sail over the ocean,
and playing there is Leviathan,[d]
the great sea creature you made.
27 Lord, all living things depend on you.
You give them food at the right time.
28 You give it, and they eat it.
They are filled with good food from your open hands.
29 When you turn away from them,
they become frightened.
When you take away their breath,[e]
they die, and their bodies return to the dust.
30 But when you send out your life-giving breath,[f]
things come alive, and the world is like new again!
31 May the Lord’s glory continue forever!
May the Lord enjoy what he made.
32 He just looks at the earth, and it trembles.
He just touches the mountains, and smoke rises from them.
33 I will sing to the Lord for the rest of my life.
I will sing praises to my God as long as I live.
34 May my words be pleasing to him.
The Lord is the one who makes me happy.
35 I wish sinners would disappear from the earth.
I wish the wicked would be gone forever.
My soul, praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!
Footnotes
- Psalm 104:3 above them Literally, “on the water above.” This is like the picture of the world in Gen. 1. There the sky was like a bowl turned upside down on the earth. There was water below the bowl and water above it.
- Psalm 104:4 Or “You make your angels spirits and your servants flames of fire.” This may be a wordplay referring to the Cherub and Seraph angels.
- Psalm 104:15 makes our skin soft Literally, “makes our face shine.” This can also mean “makes us happy.”
- Psalm 104:26 Leviathan This might mean any large sea animal, like a whale. But it probably means “the sea monster,” the “Dragon,” or “Rahab.” This creature represents the great power of the ocean, the power that God controls.
- Psalm 104:29 breath Or “spirit.”
- Psalm 104:30 life-giving breath Or “Spirit.”
Revelation 22:12-16
Easy-to-Read Version
12 “Listen, I am coming soon! I will bring rewards with me. I will repay everyone for what they have done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega,[a] the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
14 “Great blessings belong to those who have washed their robes. They will have the right to eat the food from the tree of life. They can go through the gates into the city. 15 Outside the city are all those who live like dogs—those who do evil magic, those who sin sexually, those who murder, those who worship idols, and those who love to lie and pretend to be good.
16 “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to tell you these things for the churches. I am the descendant from the family of David. I am the bright morning star.”
Clearly Jesus is the one speaking and he says he is he Alpha and Omega!!!!
I know many Jewish Hebrew scholars who disagree that your statement.
EXODUS 3:14
KJ21
And God said unto Moses, “I Am That I Am.” And He said, “Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, ‘I Am hath sent me unto you.’”
ASV
And God said unto Moses, I am that I am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I am hath sent me unto you.
again check the outline, Jesus is fully God and fully Man
Dear Theophilus: Is Jesus Fully God and Fully Human?
Dear Faculty, How can Christians believe that Jesus is fully God and fully human? Sincerely,
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