THIS
PROPHECY IS HAPPENING TO US RIGHT NOW
01-08-23
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(2 Pet
2:1-9) But there were false
prophets [leading government officials sustained
(championed,
like Goliath) by the false news media] also among the people,
even as
there shall be false teachers
[a superabundance
of liars] among you, who privily shall bring in [Gk:
introduce
surreptitiously] [syn: sneakily, covertly, clandestinely, stealthily,
underhandedly] damnable heresies
[venomous attacks against the standard measuring rod of
Christian
doctrine], even denying the Lord [Jesus Christ]
that
bought them [with His blood], and bring upon themselves
swift
destruction [Gk: G684; ruin or loss (physical, spiritual or
eternal): damnation, destruction, waste /// to destroy fully]. And
many shall follow their pernicious ways
[Gk: G684];
by reason of whom the way of truth [John 14:6] shall
be
evil spoken of [(very true, emphatically so for the
subset of
evangelical Christians)]. And through covetousness
[Gk: fraud, extortion: greediness] shall they with feigned
[Gk: molded, fictitious (false) /// fabricated] words make merchandise
[Gk: (something) to buy and sell] of
you [making you into the currency of submissive
slaves
under their control; i.e., you don’t like it, but you do obey]:
whose
judgment [God’s judgment of them] now of a long time
lingereth
not, and their damnation slumbereth
not. For if God spared not the angels that sinned [Gen 6:1,2],
but
cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to
be reserved
unto judgment; And spared not the old world [people],
but saved Noah the eighth person, a
preacher of
righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; And turning the cities of
Sodom [false doctrines] and Gomorrha
[false works] into ashes condemned [Gk:
judged against, sentenced: damned] them with an
overthrow [Gk:
an overturn (catastrophe), demolition], making them an ensample [Gk: an exhibit for
warning:
example, pattern] unto those that after should live
ungodly; And delivered just [Gk:
innocent, holy:
righteous] Lot [Heb: a
veil:
covering], vexed [Gk: labored down, wear
with
toil, fig. harassed] [i.e., the antichrist(s) “shall wear out
the
saints of the most High” Dan 7:25] with the filthy
conversation
[Gk: behavior] of the wicked [Gk: lawless, criminal]: (For
that righteous man [a type and shadow of you and me] dwelling
among them, in seeing and hearing
[the
ungodly lies and misinformation (propaganda)], [that]
vexed
[Gk: tortured: tormented] his righteous soul [Gk:
spirit]
from day to day with [the provocations of]
their unlawful
deeds;) The
Lord knoweth how to deliver [Gk: rescue] [rapture: 1
Thes
4:16,17] the godly out
of
temptations [Gk: testings], and to reserve the unjust
[Gk:
wicked: unrighteous] unto the day of judgment to be
punished
[eternally, “from the presence of the LORD” Gen 3:8]:
1.
Commentary:
The ideal Christian
response to the immense weight of evil that has
completely
encompassed us with crushing pressure (great
tribulation),
relentlessly compressing, forcefully squeezing (diminishing) us down, thoroughly
reshaping our lives, should be to “Pray without ceasing.” (1 Thes 5:17) in
attainable practice as
best we can… while patiently waiting for our Lord Jesus Christ to
return in great glory,
and straighten this crooked
mess out. 😊
THE
STRAIGHTENING OUT PROCESS (A SPIRITUAL SUMMATION OF THE LATTER VERSES)
For
our God is a consuming fire. [Heb
12:29 & Deut 4:24; 9:3]
(1 Cor
3:10-15)
According to the grace of God [Gk:
the
divine influence upon the heart, and its reflection in
the life]
which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder [Gk: a
chief
constructor, architect], I [the Apostle Paul] have
laid the
foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take
heed
[Gk: beware (be careful)] how he buildeth
thereupon. For
other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which
is Jesus Christ [Gk: the anointed]. Now
if any
man build upon this foundation gold, silver,
precious
stones [non-burnable (eternal) doctrines], wood, hay, stubble [burnable
(natural)
doctrines]; Every man's work shall be made manifest
[Gk:
shining, apparent; public]: for the day [of the Lord]
shall
declare it, because it shall be revealed [Gk: to take the cover off:
disclosed] by fire; and
the [consuming]
fire shall try
[Gk: test] every man's work of what sort it is [either
of God or of Satan]. If any man's work abide [Gk:
remains] which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a
reward. If any man's work shall
be burned, he shall
suffer loss: but he himself shall be
saved
[Gk: delivered: healed, preserved, made whole]; yet so as by [consuming] fire.
Amen