I WILL
GO DOWN NOW, AND SEE
06-20-21
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(Gen
18:20,21) And the LORD [Heb: Jehovah] said,
Because
the cry [Heb: shriek] [Dict: a loud, piercing
cry
or sound, syn: scream] of Sodom
[1] and
Gomorrah [2] is great [3],
and because their sin is very grievous [4];
I
will go down now, and see whether they have done
[Heb:
accomplished] altogether according to the
cry of it [i.e., sin is a tear, a disruption, a
separation in
an otherwise orderly universe], which is come unto me; and if
not, I
will know.
1.
Sodom
= Heb: to scorch; burnt, (a volcanic district) near the Dead Sea. [symbol
of
false doctrine]
a.
(1
Tim 4:1,2) Now the [Holy] Spirit speaketh expressly
[Gk: out spokenly: distinctly], that in the
latter times
[i.e., now] some shall depart [Gk: remove,
revolt,
desert: fall way, withdraw (their) self] from the faith [of
belief in God and Jesus Christ], giving heed to [Gk:
paying
attention to] [being distracted and influenced by] seducing
spirits
[Gk: demons] [unclean spirits, fallen angels, devils], and
doctrines of devils [i.e., ungodly (evil) thoughts];
Speaking
lies in hypocrisy [Gk: acting under a
feigned part;
fig. deceitfully]; having their conscience [Gk:
perceptions,
moral consciousness /// (ability) to see completely,
understanding]
[i.e., deliberations of right or wrong] seared with a hot
iron [Gk:
branded (“cauterized”), rendered unsensitive];
2.
Gomorrah
= Heb: a (ruined) heap /// gather grain: bind sheaves, make
merchandise of.
[symbolic of false works; Gomorrah is a manifestation of false
doctrines]
3.
great
= Dict: of much more than ordinary size, extent, volume, etc. [e.g.,
great
tribulation]
4.
grevious
= Heb: heavy, (in a bad sense) burdensome, severe, weighty. [x
“very” = extreme]
MEASURING
FOR THE RAPTURE
(Rev
11:1) And there was given me [the Apostle John]
a
reed [of discernment: originally soft, pliable, forgiving
(Grace)]
like unto a rod [discernment transformed: now
stiffened,
hardened, judgmental (Law)]: and the angel stood
[1],
saying, Rise [Gk: (through the idea of collecting one’s
faculties); to waken, rouse from sleep], and measure
[ascertain,
determine, recognize, distinguish, discern] [2,3] the temple
of God
[“ye are the temple of God” 1 Cor 3:16], and the altar
[of incense (Heb: perfume)] [prayers], and them [the
saved
persons] that worship therein [i.e., “measure” the
saved peoples].
1.
(Dan 12:1) And at that time
[i.e.,
now] shall Michael [“the archangel” 1 Thes 4:16;
Jude 1:9]
stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children
of thy
people [all believing saints]: and there shall be a
time
of trouble [Heb: tribulation], such as never was
[i.e.,
great tribulation] since there was a nation even to that
same
time: and at that time [i.e., now] thy people
[all
believing saints] shall be delivered [Heb:
escape: (be) rescued]
[raptured: Dict: being carried away with joy, love, etc.; ecstasy],
every
one that shall be found written in the book [of
life].
2.
measure
= Gk:
(ascertain in size by a fixed standard); fig. estimate. [i.e., our
standard
is the Bible]
3.
(Zech 13:7-9) Awake, O sword
[Heb: a cutting instrument] [“The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon”
Judg
7:18,20, i.e., the Word of God], against my shepherd
[Heb:
pastor], and against the man that is my fellow
[Heb:
associate], saith the LORD of hosts: smite [Heb:
strike:
kill, wound] the shepherd, and the sheep shall be
scattered:
and I will turn mine hand upon [Heb: against] the
little ones. And it shall come to pass, that in all the land,
saith
the LORD, two parts [i.e., professing but
non-Christians]
therein shall be cut off and die; but the third [part]
[confessing
true Christians] shall be left therein. And I will bring
the
third part [confessing true Christians] through
the
fire [of sanctification (purification)], and will refine
[Heb: to fuse (metal): melt, purify, purge away] them
as silver
[a symbol of salvation, representing Jesus Christ: Exo 26:18,19]
is
refined, and will try them [Heb: test (espec.
metals):
examine, prove] as gold is tried [Heb: to
shimmer] [a
“pure” metal, symbolic of God, i.e., the Sheckinah Glory of God]:
they
[the “refined” third part only] shall call on my name,
and
I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they
shall say, The
LORD is my God.
BUT
MEASURE NOT THE UNSAVED PEOPLES
(Rev
11:2) But [however] the court [of
unsaved
peoples] which is without [Gk: outside]
the
temple [“ye are the temple of God” 1 Cor 3:16] leave
out
[Gk: eject: expel, cast forth, drive out, thrust out, send away (forth,
out)],
and measure it not; for it [the outside] is
given unto the
Gentiles [i.e., the unsaved]: and the holy city [Jerusalem]
shall they [the Gentiles] tread under foot
[“by the
way side; and it was trodden down” Luke 8:5] forty and two
months.
(Rev 11:3) And I will give power unto my two
witnesses,
and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days [1260
days, forty and two months, 3 ½ years. i.e., through the great
tribulation], clothed in sackcloth [Gk: goat
hair (worn as
a sign of grief) /// coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning
and for
bagging); hence a bag (for grain, etc.)].
MEASURED FOR
THE RAPTURE
(1
Thes 4:16,17) For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven
with a
shout, with the voice of the archangel [2x, “Michael
the
archangel” (Heb: a chief angel) Jude 1:9], and with the trump of
God:
and the dead in Christ shall rise first [“the
first
resurrection” Rev 20:4-7]: Then [(secondly)] we
which are alive
and remain shall be caught up [Gk: seized: plucked,
pulled,
taken (by force)] together with them [the dead
in Christ]
in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we
ever be with
the Lord.
1.
(Gen
19:15,16) And when the morning [sunrise, glorious
illumination] arose [Heb: ascended], then the
angels [“two angels” Gen 19:1; “my two witnesses” Rev
11:3] hastened
[Heb: hurried] Lot [Heb: a tree (from its
firmness)], saying, Arise [ascend], take
thy wife,
and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the
iniquity
[Heb: perversity, moral evil] of the city. And while
he
lingered [Heb: hesitated, (by implic.) be reluctant:
delayed],
the men [i.e., the “two angels” Gen 19:1] laid
hold
upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his
two
daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they
[the
“two angels/the men”] brought him forth, and set him without
[outside] the city.
2.
(Gen
19:23-26) The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot
entered into
Zoar [Heb: little]. Then the LORD rained upon
Sodom [Heb:
to scorch; burnt] [symbolic of false doctrines] and upon
Gomorrah [Heb: a (ruined) heap /// gather grain: bind
sheaves, make
merchandise of] [symbolic of false works] brimstone
[Heb:
cypress resin; (by analogy) sulfur (as equally inflammable)] and
fire
[“Is not my word like as a fire?” Jer 23:29a] from the
LORD out
of heaven; And he overthrew those cities, and all the
plain, and all
the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. But
his [Lot’s]
wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar
[Heb: something stationary] of salt [Heb: powder,
(specif.)
salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved) /// to disappear as dust;
vanish
away].
Amen