D"There are a lot of weekly Sabbaths for man in a 1000 years – to God only one day
nice ideaTime is not linear – it is different dependent upon the perspective of the view
Man’s perception of time is not the same as God’s
D"I believe scripture and it thrills me when science validate scripture
yesTime is not linear – it is different dependent upon the perspective of the view
Man’s perception of time is not the same as God’s
I have never heard another Christian suggest that Day 7 of Heb 4 is closed
Rather – Day 7 is still open – still ongoing – available for the faithful to join God – in that day of rest
What is that day of rest = an abode – a place to home – in heaven with the LordWhy would the SDA not teach this – I am guessing here – correct me if I am wrongBut you have been taught to deny the First Fruits
You have been taught that we just go to the grave and await the First Resurrection
Not even the Jews believe that
Zec 3:1 And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary.
Zec 3:2 And Jehovah said unto Satan, Jehovah rebuke thee, O Satan; yea, Jehovah that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
Zec 3:3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the angel.
Zec 3:4 And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take the filthy garments from off him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with rich apparel.
Zec 3:5 And I said, Let them set a clean mitre upon his head. So they set a clean mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments; and the angel of Jehovah was standing by.
Zec 3:6 And the angel of Jehovah protested unto Joshua, saying,
Zec 3:7 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou also shalt judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee a place of access among these that stand by.
Zec 3:8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou and thy fellows that sit before thee; for they are men that are a sign: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branch.
1- Joshua is a dead man being judged in heaven
2- Hebrew satan is there as God’s prosecutor
3- God grants Joshua a Divine Pardon – all sins forgiven – all charges dropped
4- Joshua is purified right then and there – his earthy garments are exchanged for heavenly garments – he is in communion with the Lord in heaven – in communion with the angels - there are others there with Joshua – in heaven, with the Lord – NOT IN THE GRAVE awaiting the First Resurrection
Rev 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as worshipped not the beast, neither his image, and received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Rev 20:5 The rest of the dead lived not until the thousand years should be finished. This is the first resurrection.
First Fruits – then saved believers at the First resurrectionHow do we get to be First Fruits?1- martyred for the Gospel or GodDo you have to be killed – be put to death – to be a martyr for the Lord? – NO
Moses, Abraham, – not killed – all natural deaths
Elijah, Enoch – didn’t even die
YET ALL PRESENT IN HEAVEN WITH THE LORD – First Fruits
All of them KNEW (gnosis) the Lord – communed with God – talked with God
All of them BORN AGAIN spiritual Christians / Messianic Jews
In the Trinity – God=Christ=HS – Only One God
Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Word=word=word= only one word
God the father who is beyond our understanding/comprehension
No man can see his face and live
The Spirit of God – God at a distance – Shekinah – Holy Spirit – The Comforter
Joh 4:24 God is Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
God in the image of man = Christ – God incarnate – God on earth
Jesus Christ = the Son of Man - and also at the same time – The Son of God
Jesus Christ = (Jesus the man animal) + (the word)
Jesus Christ = (yester ra) + (yester tov)
When the prince ‘sar,’ devil, satanas – archon general of this world temped Jesus Christ in the wilderness – all satanas could do is appeal to Jesus (yester ra)
Christ (yester tov) REBUKED that satan with scripture – sorry not allowed to temp/test/OPPOSE GOD
2- do not worship the BEASTOn one extreme this could be conversion to Islam – God has no Son and there is no God but the Beast as a religion
On the other hand – it could be someone so focused on their career that never takes the time to even give God a thought – as in absorbed in this world – worship world – wealth, power, fame
Man does not need a god of evil to be – SELF - selfish, greedy, lust, desire, covet (yester ra) has all that covered already – ANIMAL THAT I AM
Rom 7:24 Wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death?
Rom 7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Two groups / two different types of saved ChristiansFirst Fruits – then saved believers at the First resurrectionElisha – who could spiritually discern
Elisha’s servant – who was a believer – but could not spiritual discern
I preach the difference –
you deny the differenceAm I saying – every Born Again walks around 24/7 with visions of heaven or a constant voice in their ear – NO
Some are very blessed – Kim Clement – St Francis of Assisi – Apostle John – Apostle Paul – Isaiah – Abraham – King David – John the Baptist
Other may only have one experience – but just how many times do you have to stick your hand in the fire – to change your belief to knowledge (gnosis) – ONLY ONCE
Why is judgment (without the Pardon) Proportional? I have an X-Friend ( I mean it) we had a miserable break up! When I first met him, he was a lay pastor of a Four Square Church – spoke in tongues more than once
30 years later – he has an atheist Facebook page – that gets a lot of attention
He will be judge harsher – because he once chose to preach
Than the little ole lady that shows up every ‘Sunday’ to her Protestant church with too much make up. She sits in the back quietly, and bakes a lot of cookies
Hot Christian and preach, or Cold Christian and just accept and believe – just not lukewarm!
Some Christians receive reward – therefore others do not
Some are First Fruits – others await the First Resurrection
Some at released from hades and judged in the end – what is the point of that if they are all condemned?
2Co 5:10 For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
I thought Jews write right to left, top to bottom in the left hand?
This Jew seems to be writing left to right, top to bottom, in the left hand?This sort of cool- if you go to ancient times – and forget about India
There is a sermon – that back in the day – all languages pointed to Jerusalem
All the writing to the East was R-L – at the time Japan and China were both top-bottom and R-L
While all the languages to the West are L-R
This is true – in a way – but if you study language you know this is a TIME issue
All the language East – is more ancient – and was done with hammer and chisel
The languages to the West – are more current and are written with a pen
Chabad.org imagine thatwww.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2920308/jewish/Why-Do-We-Write-Hebrew-from-Right-to-Left.htmOne popular theory is that Hebrew is written from right to left because, in ancient times, when chiseling out words on a stone tablet, the engraver would hold the hammer in his stronger hand (usually the right hand) and the chisel in the left hand, making it much easier to write from right to left.
As writing tools developed to include ink on parchment or a stylus on clay, scribes began to write from left to right so as not to smudge the letters. However, by the time this happened, Hebrew and other Semitic languages were already “set in stone,” so to speak, so they continued to be written from right to left.
(this is what I was taught in school – a theory not a fact)Without getting into the accuracy of this answer, we know that way back when we were just a fledgling nation, Moses wrote the Torah with ink and parchment,1 and the Torah scroll is written from right to left. So it would seem that there are more than technical reasons for writing Hebrew from right to left.
(see its complicated)