YOUR
REDEMPTION (ESCAPE) DRAWETH NIGH, REALLY
06-13-21
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(Matt
14:21) And they that had eaten were about
five thousand men, beside women and children.
(Matt
14:22,23) And straightway [Gk: at once, immediately] Jesus
constrained [Gk: to necessitate: compelled /// necessary]
his
disciples [Gk: learners, pupils] [students] to get
into a
ship [Gk: a vessel] [a spiritual container, i.e.,
symbolically a
church], and to go before him [Gk: to precede:
go before]
[i.e., go before His second coming] unto the other side [“unto
Bethsaida” Mark 6:45; Heb: house of (fishing, fruits, provision,
hunting)]
[i.e., to the Promised Land, Israel] [“toward Capernaum” John 6:17;
Heb:
comfort], while he sent the multitudes [the mass
of
unsaved peoples] away [Gk: fig. to die].
[1,2]
And when he had sent the multitudes away [Gk: fig. to
die] [this
phrase is repeated for emphasis indicating “eternal separation”],
he went up into a mountain apart to pray [a type and
shadow of
His ascension into heaven: Acts 1:8,9]: and when the evening
[Gk:
nightfall] [“it was now dark” John 6:17] was come, he
was there
alone.
1.
(Mark
6:45) And straightway he constrained [Gk: to
necessitate:
compelled /// necessary] his disciples to get into the
ship, and
to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away
[Gk:
to free fully, relieved, released, dismissed, fig. let die,
divorced]
the people.
a.
Commentary:
May we note the two different ways Jesus separated the “five
thousand
men” and perhaps an additional ten thousand women, and children from
the considerably
fewer disciples [i] who He commanded “to get into
the ship”? His
servants (under Grace), the few disciples voluntarily
(willingly) under His authority whom He cared for (i.e., took care of,
supported) were “constrained” while all the other persons who
were not
His servants (still under Law) “he sent away” to die.
These, the
multitude who were not His servants Jesus set free, dismissed,
divorced, separated
from His care and commands.
i.
Commentary:
“considerably fewer
disciples” = for example: because of their believing faith and
obedience, only
Caleb and Joshua, of all the Isaelites who lived at that time, were
allowed
to enter and live in the Promised Land. (Num 14:30)
2.
(John
12:48) He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words
[Gk:
rhema] [Grace], hath one that judgeth him: the word [Gk:
logos] [Law] that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in
the last
day.
a.
(Jer
16:16) Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the
LORD, and they
shall fish them [with the wooden cross of forgiveness
(Grace)];
and after [My second coming] will I send for many
hunters,
and they shall hunt them [with the iron sword of
judgment (Law)]
from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the
rocks.
(Matt
14:24,25) But the ship was now in the midst [Gk:
middle]
of the sea [of Galilee; Heb: circle or circuit] [1],
tossed
[Gk: tortured: pained, tormented, vexed] with waves
[Gk:
to swell; billows (as bursting or toppling)] [the swelling waters of
humanity]:
for the wind [of world opinion] was contrary
[Gk:
opposite; fig. antagonistic: against] [hostile, a deadly enemy against
them]
[2]. And in the fourth watch of the night [about
6 am; sunrise,
after much darkness] Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea
[of
humanity, expressing His complete dominance as “Lord of lords, King of
kings”
Rev 17:14].
1.
Commentary:
The “midst” of the sea of Galilee was located about 3 ½ miles
into the total 7 miles width of the sea from east
to west.
In this context, 3 ½ is the symbolic number of the “Great Tribulation,
and the
number 7 symbolizes “completion.”
2.
(Mark
6:48) And he saw them toiling [Gk: tortured: in
pain, tossed, tormented,
vexed] in rowing [Gk: to push with oars (against
demonic
powers)] [rowing against the wind blowing (motivating) the waves] [a];
for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the
fourth watch
of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and
would
have passed by them [b].
a.
Commentary:
“toiling in rowing” = to the Promised Land; obediently
serving, doing
inspired works, winning lost souls (spirits) to the Lord and
feeding His
sheep.
b.
Commentary:
Jesus “would have passed by them” = Why? Because
Jesus had
commanded “constrained” them to go “unto the other side,” to go unto
the
Promised Land, symbolically to go to Heaven, and for the
achievement (fulfillment)
of that command, Jesus empowered them to safely
arrive,
knowing that His command was also accompanied (delivered) with
the
power to achieve. [i]
i.
(1 Cor
10:13) There hath no
temptation [testing] taken [Gk:
gotten hold of]
you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful,
who
will not suffer [Gk: permit] you to be tempted
[Gk: tested, enticed] [by Lucifer-Satan and his demons,
unclean
spirits, fallen angels] above that [more than] ye
are able [to resist]; but will with the temptation
[testing]
also make a way to escape [Jesus Christ: John 1:14: the
Bible],
that ye may be able to bear [Gk: undergo hardship:
endure] it.
(Matt
14:26-30) And when the disciples [Gk: learners,
pupils]
[students] saw him [through their natural eyes] walking
on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a
[(unrecognizable)] spirit [Gk: a spectre] [Dict:
1. a
ghost, apprarition. 2. any object of fear or dread]; and they [having
little faith] cried out for fear. But straightway Jesus
spake
unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
And Peter
answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come
unto thee on
the water [so said because Peter had learned that
the command
of Jesus held and conferred the power of accomplishment,
triumph,
success]. And he [Jesus] said, Come. And
when Peter
was come down [connoting diminished pride] out of
the ship,
he walked on the water [Peter literally did a miracle],
to
go to [i.e., he focused upon] Jesus. But
when he
saw [when he was distracted by fear and “the cares... of
this life” (Gk:
distractions) Luke 8:14] the wind boisterous [Gk:
strong,
powerful, rowdy, unruly] [(a mental assessment)] [Peter took his eyes
(focus)
off Jesus, off a world of order and peace, harmony, and love, and
instead
focused his eyes upon the storm of the world, chaos and death],
he
was afraid; and [having lost his focus on Jesus, the Bible,
he was]
beginning to sink [Gk: to plunge down, submerge: drown]
[into the
world of chaos and death], he cried, saying, Lord, save me
[Gk: protect (me): preserve (me), heal (me), make (me) whole]. [1]
1.
(Matt
24:21,22) For then shall be great tribulation [Gk: pressure
(to conform): affliction, anguish, burdens, persecution, troubles],
such
as was not since the beginning of the world [Gk:
kosmos;
“cosmos”] [universe] to this time [worldwide
thermo-nuclear
warfare], no, nor ever shall be [again]. And
except
those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved:
but
for the elect's [Gk: selected: chosen] sake
those
days shall be shortened.
HOW THE
DAYS SHALL BE SHORTENED (WITH A FIERY MIRACLE)
(Matt
14:31-33) And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand
[Gk:
power] [ref. the power of The Hand Ministry: apostle, prophet,
evangelist,
pastor, teacher: Eph 4:11], and caught him [a
type and
shadow of the rapture] [1], and said unto him, O thou of
little faith,
wherefore didst thou doubt [Gk: waver]? And when
they [Peter
and Jesus] were come into the ship, the wind ceased.
Then they
that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a
truth thou
art the Son of God. [2]
(1
1
Thes 4:17) Then we which are alive and remain [“the
multitudes” of Matt 14:22,23 having been sent away, to die] shall
be caught up together with them [“the dead in Christ” 1
Thes
4:16] in the clouds [of thermo-nuclear
warfare], to meet the Lord in the air [“For our
God is a
consuming fire” Heb: 12:29; He and We are fire]: and so shall we
ever be
with the Lord.
(1
(John
6:21) Then they willingly received him into the ship
[i.e., His second coming “in flaming fire… in his saints… in
you” 2 Thes
1:7-12, “in us” Rom 8:18,19 & Judg 7:20]: and immediately
[Gk:
at once: straightway] the ship was at the land
[arrived at
the Promised Land of Heaven] whither they went. [i]
[another concept of the rapture]
i.
Commentary:
“immediately”
= the ship instantly miraculously crossed the
remaining 3
½ miles from “the midst” (Gk: middle) of the 7 miles wide sea of
Galilee
to the shore of the Promised Land, i.e., Heaven.
Amen