UNDERSTANDING
(loving) GOD (from milk to meat, step
by step)
03-17-19 This message may be
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JACOB’S
DREAM
(Gen 28:12,13) And he dreamed, and behold
a ladder [Heb: a
stair case] [step by step] set up on
the earth, and the top of it
reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and
descending on
it. And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said
[i.e., “and said” through the angels
(Heb:
messengers), through the messages ascending and descending (the angels
ARE the
message)], I am
the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the
land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
1.
(John
1:51) And he [Jesus
Christ] saith unto him [Nathanael],
Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels [Gk: messengers] [i.e., messages] of God ascending and descending upon the
Son of man.
A
SCOLDING (CHASTISEMENT)
(Heb 5:12-14) For when for the time ye
ought to be
teachers [Gk: instructors], ye have need that one teach you again
which be the first
principles [Gk:
fundamentals] of the oracles [Gk: the utterances]
of God;
and are become such as have need of milk, and not
of strong meat.
For every one that useth [Gk:
drinks] milk is unskilful [Gk:
inexperienced, ignorant] in the word
of righteousness [i.e., in the
Bible]: for he is a babe [Gk: an infant, an immature Christian]. But strong meat [Gk: solid, stable: sure /// nourishment]
[which requires the act of chewing (meditation) of the cud] belongeth to them that are of full age [1],
even those who by
reason of
use have their senses [Gk:
organs
of perception] exercised [Gk: trained] [step by step]
to discern [2] both good and evil [3].
1.
full age =
Gk complete (in labor, growth, mental and
moral character): perfect.
2.
discern = Gk: judicial
estimation /// to separate thoroughly; fig. to discriminate (decide):
judge [between].
3.
Commentary: “to
discern both good and evil”= as
separate entities which Adam
and Eve were unable
to do and
therefore were
expelled/exorcised
from the Garden of Eden (a type and shadow of Heaven) lest they eat of the tree of life and “live for ever” (Gen
3:22) eternally fixed in that
undiscerning state and thus of no use to God.
a.
(Gen
3:22-24) And
the LORD
God said, Behold, the man is become as
[“like” but not “same;” man is still
lacking something] one of
us,
to know good and evil [but man does not
understand
the difference]: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and
take also of the
tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: Therefore
the LORD God sent him forth
from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out [Heb: cast out, thrust out] the man; and he placed
at the
east of the
THE
MILK OF THE WORD
(The next verse after Heb 5:14 is
Heb 6:1) (Heb 6:1-3)
Therefore
leaving the principles
of the doctrine of Christ
[i.e., the “milk”], let us go on
unto (7) perfection [Gk:
the
state of completeness] [“of full age,” maturity]
[i.e., attained through “strong
meat”]; not laying again the
foundation [Gk: substructure] of (1) repentance from dead works,
and of (2) faith toward God, Of the doctrine of (3)
baptisms, and
of (4) laying on of hands, and of (5) resurrection
of the dead,
and of (6) eternal judgment. And this will we do,
if God permit.
YET
THEY WOULD NOT HEAR
(Isa 28:9-13)
[QUESTIONS:] Whom shall he
teach knowledge? and whom
shall he make to understand doctrine? [ANSWER:] them that are
weaned from the milk [ref.
Heb:
5:12-14; 6:1-3], and drawn from the breasts.
For precept
[Heb: commandment] [(vertical,
coming
down from God to man)] must be upon precept,
precept
upon precept; line [Heb: a cord (as
connecting)] [(horizontal, coming across from man to man)] upon line, line upon line [altogether
forming a net]; here a
little, and there a
little: For with stammering
[Gk: foreign]
lips and another tongue [Heb: language] [1 Cor 12:10]
will he speak to this people
[i.e., the Tongue of the Lord is the Bible].
To whom he said, This [the
truth of My Word the Bible] is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to
rest; and this is the
refreshing [the truth of
My Word the
Bible]: yet they would not
hear.
But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept
upon
precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little [forming
a net]; that they might go,
and
fall backward, and be broken, and
snared, and taken.
1.
(Mat
13:47:50) Again, the
kingdom of heaven is like unto a net,
that was cast into
the sea, and gathered of every kind [good and bad]: Which, when
it was full [i.e., when
all had heard the message],
they drew to shore, and sat down, and
gathered the good into vessels, but
cast the bad away. So shall it be at
the end of the world [Gk: aion
(this
world)]: the angels shall
come
forth [“the glory… in us” Rom 8:18],
and sever the
wicked [Gk: hurtful,
evil] from among the just
[Gk: innocent, holy: righteous], And
shall cast them into the
furnace of fire: there shall be wailing
[Gk: weeping] and
gnashing [Gk: grating ///
in pain
or rage] of teeth.
(Mat 13:18-23) Hear ye therefore the
parable of the sower.
When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and
understandeth it not,
then cometh the wicked one,
and catcheth away that which was
sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by
the way side.
But he that received the seed into stony places,
the same is he that
heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; Yet hath he not
root
in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution
ariseth
because of the word, by and by he is offended [Gk: entrapped, tripped up, stumbles, enticed to
sin] [“fall away”
(Luke 8:13): Gk: revolt, desert: withdraw self].
He also that received seed among the thorns is he
that heareth
the word; and the care [Gk:
distractions] of this world, and the
deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful
[Gk: barren: without fruit]. But he that received seed into the
good ground is he that heareth the word, and
understandeth it; which also beareth fruit,
and bringeth forth,
some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Amen
FOOD
FOR THOUGHT (A
PROGRESSING COMPILATION)
God is Love. The brightness of our
revelations depends upon the correctness of our doctrines, our building
blocks.
God is Thought. We who are saved, redeemed, imputed
for righteousness, born-again, are spiritually ascending and descending
Jacob’s
ladder (Gen 28:12; John 1:51) in meditation (inner thoughts) and prayer
(manifested thoughts). Thoughts are
Life (they move). Words are a product of God’s thoughts. God’s angels
are His
manifested Thoughts (His Words). God is Spirit. The
Holy Spirit of God
is the conglomerate of all His Angels (all His Holy Thoughts) who are
created
as Spirits (Psa 104:4; Heb 1:7). Angels are His
manifested Spirit. God
is the eternal Spirit from which all things that
are the entire
manifested universe was/is being created. All S(s)pirits originate as God’s
Thoughts. You are a transitional part of God’s Spirit (Eccl
12:7); you will become either
an eternal Heavenly Spirit,
or an eternal fallen spirit. The
Garden of Eden is a type and
shadow of Heaven. All the trees in the Garden of Eden are
fruit trees
(Gen 1:11,12,29; 2:9,16,17) symbolizing Angels
(Heb: messengers) whose
fruit is God’s message (Gal
5:22,23;
Eph 5:9 & Rev 22:2), the message of love. Men are fruit trees
(Mat 7:15-20;
12:33; Luke 3:9). The S(s)pirits of men are A(a)ngels (Rev 19:9,10;
22:8,9).