Thursday, April 6, 2023

You Know Not the Scriptures (Part Two): Image of God ~ Predestined Adam ~ How to Catch a Thief

Part Two...

Kindness Costs Nothing


Mankind continues to be deceived. Many believe the creation of God began with Adam and Eve in Genesis 2. God is the God of the living, not the dead. Creation began with the Last Adam ~ the New Creation. The male and female in God's Image in Genesis 1. This post is part two...links to part one and three (when available) will be posted below. 

God of the living...
  • Hebrews 5:8-9 ASV - though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered; and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;
  • Revelation 3:14 ASV — And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God:
Two Witnesses...

Jesus is one of the two witnesses; he is the First and the Last, with the bride...daughter of Zion, who is the other witness. Together, THEY are ONE: Heaven (Spirit) and Earth (water & blood). The transfiguration was an example of this. Precursor for what's to come...these were born of the Spirit, became flesh and were born again.
    • Luke 9:30 ASV - And behold, there talked with him two men, who were Moses and Elijah;
    • Matthew 27:46 ASV - And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
  • What happens when Jesus dies? (Precursor for what's to come - second watch.)
    • Matthew 27:52 ASV - and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints that had fallen asleep were raised;
    • 1Thessalonians 4:17 ASV - then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
    • Matthew 24:31 ASV - And he shall send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
    • 1 Corinthians 15:23 ASV — But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; then they that are Christ’s, at his coming.
As always, take your time when reading and meditate on what's shared, praying ALWAYS to the Father for guidance and understanding. The video that is in correlation with all three parts of this post is below. The same video will be added to all three posts. You can find more videos in the menu bar above or by going on my YouTube channel.

Give it freely, expecting nothing in return.

You Know Not the Scriptures...

1 John 2:9, 18 ASV - He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now. ... Little children, it is the last hour: and as ye heard that antichrist cometh, even now have there arisen many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last hour.

We are in day six, the last hour...
  • What does it mean to sin against the Holy Spirit?
    • 2 Corinthians 12:4 ASV - how that he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
    • Revelation 13:5 ASV - and there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to him authority to continue forty and two months.
    • Was that not when the curtain was torn, when the blood was shed?
      • Matthew 27:50-51 ASV - And Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit. And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake; and the rocks were rent;
    It's all connected... (coat of many colors - rainbow)
      • Genesis 37:3 ASV — Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors h6446.
      • Genesis 37:33-34 ASV — And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat: an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces. And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
        • Strongs H6446 Coat of many colors: Divers Colors
        • Strongs H6648 Divers Colors: Colored Cloth
        • Strongs H7553 Broidered work: Divers Colors
      • Psalm 45:14 ASV — She shall be led unto the king in broidered work h7553: The virgins her companions that follow her Shall be brought unto thee.
    • Who was the Spirit of Christ?
      • 1 Peter 1:11-12 ASV - searching what [time] or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did point unto, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow them. To whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced unto you through them that preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.
    Genesis 9:6 ASV - Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

    Joel 3:19 ASV - Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

    Revelation 11:4, 7-8 ASV - These are the two olive trees and the two candlesticks, standing before the Lord of the earth. ... And when they shall have finished their (G846 - autostestimony, the beast that cometh up out of the abyss shall make war with them (G846 - autos), and overcome them (G846 - autos), and kill them (G846 - autos). And their dead bodies [lie] in the street of the great city, which 👉SPIRITUALLY is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.
    Advocate: Two witnesses, one servant ~ Them - (male and female) ... the last Adam. Jesus is the first and the last with the bride. Heaven and earth ~ water, blood and Spirit.
    For the many that like to claim it is John the Baptist, he is not the messenger mentioned in Malachi. Please see the video and my previous post for more details on this. 

    The messenger (Holy Spirit) prepares the way for Jehovah, sending the messenger of the covenant (Jesus) into the wilderness.

    Malachi 3:1 ASV - Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts.

    Matthew 4:1 ASV — Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

    The witness is not by man, but by the Spirit...

    John 5:33-35 ASV — Ye have sent unto John, and he hath borne witness unto the truth. But the witness which I receive is not from man: howbeit I say these things, that ye may be saved. He was the lamp that burneth and shineth; and ye were willing to rejoice for a season in his light.

    To kill Christ, (male and female - earth) who are in the Image of God, is to sin against the Spirit, to "kill" the Father who is Spirit. 

    He is the God of the spirits of mankind... (see previous post)

    Numbers 16:22 ASV — And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
    • John 14:10 ASV - Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I say unto you I speak not from myself: but the Father abiding in me doeth his works.
      • John 14:16 ASV - And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter (g3875 - paraklÄ“tos), that he may be with you for ever, 
      • John 15:26 ASV - But when the Comforter (g3875 - paraklÄ“tos) is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall bear witness of me:
    • 1 John 2:1 ASV - My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate (g3875 - paraklÄ“tos) with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
    You rely on explanation of men when it comes to scripture; you KNOW NOT the scriptures...
    • Ephesians 2:14-16 ASV — For he is our peace, who made 👉BOTH ONE, and brake down the middle wall of partition, having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; that he might create in himself of the 👉TWO ONE NEW MAN, so making peace; and might reconcile 👉THEM BOTH in ONE BODY unto God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

    When it came to Adam and Eve, did God Fail?

    1 Corinthians 15:45 ASV — So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

    It's assumed by many that he did "somewhat" fail, or that Adam and Eve were a perfect couple that somehow failed at being perfect. The story in Genesis 1 is NOT the same story in Genesis 2 as shown in the video, along with the videos linked at the end of this video (Genesis: One and Two). 

    Isaiah 46:9-10 ASV — Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me; declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;

    Many of you know where sin originates but still look past the reasons why Adam and Eve sinned or come up with your own assumptions of what it means. Many of you forget that sin originates with the one son of God that rebelled against him.

    John 8:44 ASV - Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.
    • How was he a liar and murderer from the beginning?
      • Genesis 3:4-5 ASV - And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.
    • Didn't Adam and Eve die that day, a spiritual death... becoming naked, unprotected by God?
      • Genesis 3:7 ASV - And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
    They had known the God of good and now, by their disobedience, they now knew darkness...the god of evil. 

    The first chapter in Genesis is God's PERFECT plan, the blueprint of what's to come, it's about the last Adam who is in God's Image. The second chapter is the plan set into action, starting with the first Adam who is of the flesh, made of dust, who had the Spirit and lost it before having any children, Eve didn't even have her name yet before she had sinned. Mankind has been stained since because they allowed Satan in. 

    The story starts to unfold with the following...

    • Who came first?
      • Cain - Tiller of the ground (First Adam and Eve) Deception - Satan
    • Who came next?
      • Abel - The good shepherd (Last Adam; Male and Female) Restoration - Jehovah

    The first Adam...

    Genesis 5:3 ASV - And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat [a son] in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

    The first resurrection...

    They that are heavenly - Male and Female: Last Adam and adopted children.

    1 Corinthians 15:47-49 ASV — The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is of heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are THEY also that are heavenly. And as WE HAVE BORNE THE IMAGE of the EARTHY, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

    We are in day 6....

    Genesis 1:27, 31 ASV - And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. ... And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

    What's God's Image?

    John 4:24 ASV - God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
    Colossians 1:15 ASV - who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;

    He is the firstborn of the New Creation... 

    • When did creation begin?
      • Hebrews 1:2-3 ASV - hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in [his] Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds; who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
    Then the remnant made alive in the Spirit... 

      • Acts 2:1-4 ASV — And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them tongues parting asunder, like as of fire; and it sat upon each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
      • Romans 9:8, 16, 27, 29 ASV - That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed. ... So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy. ... And Isaiah crieth concerning Israel, If the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that shall be saved: ... And, as Isaiah hath said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, We had become as Sodom, and had been made like unto Gomorrah

    Man was made from dust, not spirit and the woman is made from man - both are flesh... these are not referred to God's image, his spirit. The spirit was breathed into Adam. God knew from the start that the serpent would deceive Eve. She had freewill and used it, she was tricked... but the deception started with Satan, not her.

    The whole point of that was not to catch an imperfect human (Ephesians 6:12), but to catch a thief... one of God's sons, the serpent (adversary) in his craftiness. 

    • How is one set free?
      • John 8:32 ASV - and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
      • 1 John 5:7 ASV - And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth.
    First to see Jesus...

    John 20:16 ASV - Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turneth herself, and saith unto him in Hebrew, Rabboni; which is to say, Teacher.

    The only sign given...

    Matthew 12:39 ASV - But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet:

    Very important to understand, especially for the many who celebrate Easter saying it is finished...it's a false holiday, a tradition of men and based off pagan practices. Then you have others who claim the invisible return of Christ happened already, one group in particular... (JW Org), and that it was in 1914.

    This is why you have this verse... 

    2 Timothy 2:18 ASV — men who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already, and overthrow the faith of some.

    It's not the 3 days and nights you think it to be... 

    2 Peter 3:8 ASV - But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

    It's a Spiritual church, not a physical one...

    John 2:19-21 ASV - Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will 👉raise it up. The Jews therefore said, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou raise it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his body.

    By the Spirit, not the flesh...

    Acts 17:24-25 ASV - The God that made the world and all things therein, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

    Jesus was the First to resurrect and he will be Last to resurrect...then the remaining ones when he returns. 

    Revelation 20:4 ASV — 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.
    • Is it thousand years or One Day?
      • Revelation 20:5 ASV — The rest of the dead lived not until the thousand years should be finished. This is the first resurrection.
    • We're in last hour...
        • 1 John 2:18 ASV - Little children, it is the last hour: and as ye heard that antichrist cometh, even now have there arisen many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last hour.
      • Babylon falls: plagues in one day, desolate in one hour...
        • Revelation 18:8 ASV - Therefore in one day shall her plagues come, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire; for strong is the Lord God who judged her. ... for in one hour so great riches is made desolate. And every shipmaster, and every one that saileth any whither, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood afar off,
    • After the destruction of Babylon is Armageddon...
      • Revelation 20:7-8 ASV - And when the thousand years are finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall come forth to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
    Taught by God himself...

    John 6:45 ASV - It is written in the prophets, And they shall all be taught of God. Every one that hath heard from the Father, and hath learned, cometh unto me.

    The full resurrection has NOT PASSED, it starts and ends with Jesus being first and last, with his bride and collecting the remnant. Sadly, JW Org have taken claim to being the "Bride" as do MANY denominations. That is FALSE. 

    JW Org are also FALSE WITNESSES claiming to be the "faithful and discreet slave"... the faithful and wise servant. 

    They took on God's name... 
    • They are the ONLY organization to do so...
      • Deuteronomy 5:11 ASV - Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain: for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
      • Psalm 139:20 ASV - For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take [thy name] in vain
    • When did Jesus receive his inheritance?
      • Hebrews 1:3, 4 ASV - who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; having become by so much better than the angels, as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they.
    • How does he come back again into the world?
      • Hebrews 1:6 ASV - And when he AGAIN bringeth in the firstborn into the world he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
      • 2 Corinthians 12:3 ASV - And I know such a man (whether in the body, or apart from the body, I know not; God knoweth),
    • Was that not how it happened with Jesus first?
      • Luke 3:22 ASV - and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form, as a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
      • John 3:13 ASV - And no one hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended out of heaven, [even] the Son of man, who is in heaven.

    Water and blood: flesh (man) - Earth
    Spirit: witness and truth. - Heaven

    1 John 5:6-8 ASV - 
    This is he that came by water and blood, [even] Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three who bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three agree in one.

    To recap...

    Jesus was the first of creation...the new creation, the first to die and be resurrected incorruptible and he will be last, with the woman, his bride. She is with Jesus by the Spirit, hence why Jesus is the first and the last. These were predestined from the beginning (Genesis 1; John 1) and it was good. They were Spirit, then born in the flesh and became born again. The beginning of creation...the New Creation.

    John 1:2 ASV — The 👉same was in the beginning with God.

    John 3:3, 6, 8 ASV - Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God. ... That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. ... The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

    Isaiah 41:4 ASV - Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last, I am he.

    Matthew 20:16 ASV - So the last shall be first, and the first last.

    The Father: A-Z

    Revelation 1:8 ASV - I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

    • What were you told to remember?
      • Luke 22:19 ASV — And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and gave to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
    • If Jesus died on Friday and resurrected on Sunday, was he entombed a full three days and nights?
    • Was that the sign of Jonah as many of you claim?
      • Luke 11:29 ASV - And when the multitudes were gathering together unto him, he began to say, This generation is an evil generation: it seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah.
    • When is the sign given?
    • Isn't it when Jesus returns?
      • Matthew 24:30 ASV - and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
    • Most importantly...does the word of God ever tell you to celebrate Easter: Jesus' resurrection?
    • What does the Bible say about those who partake? 
    • Is it a ritual, or is it to be taken seriously?
      • 1 Corinthians 11:27 ASV - Wherefore whosoever shall eat the bread or drink the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
    • Are we in the third day, the 1000-year reign?
    • Has the Sabbath arrived...are we in the seventh day rest?
    • Can the referenced 1000 years actually be in ONE DAY as mentioned in 2 Peter 3:8?
    You come up with assumptions then teach it as truth. Regardless of what's understood, many are ignored for what God reveals to them because you think you know better. What you've become is exalted and self-righteous. 

    Colossians 2:8 ASV - Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:

    Too busy to listen...

    Matthew 22:8 ASV - Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they that were bidden were not worthy.

    The Church (Religion) is exalted and proud and will be brought down. Your treatment of others who believe different is hypocritical. You say you love, but do you? You don't work together and search the scriptures out to find truth, you segregate and tickle each other's ears. Looking for justification by clinging to the ones who believe like you...ignoring those who are willing, those truly wanting truth.

    2 Timothy 4:3-4 ASV - For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts; and will 👉turn away their ears from the truth, and 👉turn aside unto fables.

    For the great crowd, the third watch...

    Matthew 22:10 ASV - And those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was filled with guests.

    You know NOT the scriptures...

    Final post (part three) to come...

    May you be blessed with understanding.

    Ephesians 1:17 ASV - that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

    ~ Peace, Love and Joy ~