ALL
ABOUT YOUR RETURN TO GOD
08-21-22
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(Eccl
12:7)
Then shall the dust [Gen 2:7] [of our bodies]
return to
the earth as it was: and the spirit [the
angel (Psa 104:4; Heb 1:7); of our thoughts] shall
return unto God [in Heaven] who gave it.
1.
return
= Heb: (with the idea of return to the starting point); again: bring
(again,
back, home again), fetch home again, go again (back, home), restore,
(be) retrieved,
(cause to, make to) return.
YOU
ARE THAT LOST SHEEP
(Luke
15:1-7)
Then drew near unto him all the publicans [Gk: tax
collectors]
and sinners [Gk: to miss the mark (and so not share in
the
prize): offend, trespass (God)] for to hear him. And
the
Pharisees and scribes [the religious leaders] murmured
[Gk: complained throughout the crowd], saying, This man receiveth
sinners, and eateth with them. And he spake this
parable
unto them, saying, What man of you, having an hundred sheep,
if he lose one of them,
doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after
that
which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it,
he
layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he cometh
home,
he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep
which was
lost. I say unto you, that likewise
joy
shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth
[Gk: to think differently, reconsiders], more than over ninety
and nine just
persons [Gk: innocent, holy: righteous], which
need no
repentance [Why not?].
YOU
ARE THAT LOST COIN
(Luke
15:8-10)
Either what woman having ten pieces of silver [a Bible
symbol of
redemption (salvation)], if she
lose one piece, doth not
light a candle, and sweep the house, and
seek diligently [Gk: carefully] till she find it? And
when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her
neighbours
together, saying, Rejoice with me;
for I have
found the piece which I had lost. Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the
presence of the
angels of God [in heaven]
over
one sinner that repenteth [Gk: to think differently,
reconsiders].
YOU
ARE THAT LOST SON
(Luke
15:11-13)
And he said, A certain man [in
heaven, a
metaphor for Father God] had two
sons [the Old
Testament (declared by angels,
spirits) and the New Testament (declared by angels, spirits)]: And
the
younger of them said to his father, Father [the Creator,
God],
give me the portion of goods [Gk: substance; property,
possessions] that falleth to me. And he divided [Gk:
separated] unto them his living [Gk: life,
livelihood:
good] [God is Thought. God’s thought goods, having value to
increase
the Kingdom of God] [1]. And not many days
after
the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into
a
far country [an allusion to the earth] [2], and there
wasted [Gk: dissipated,
separated (from
himself); winnowed; fig. squandered: dispersed, scattered, wasted]
his
substance [Gk: property, possessions: goods]
with
riotous [Gk: dissolute /// unsavedness: excess,
riot] living.
1.
Commentary:
In Mosiac law, the
elder son is to receive two parts (a double portion) of the father’s
estate. In
this case, there being only two sons, the eldest son received two
thirds
(2/3) part of the estate and the younger son received one third
(1/3) part of the estate.
2.
(Rev
12:3,4) And there appeared
another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon
[Gk: a
fabulous kind of serpent] [Lucifer-Satan], having seven heads
and ten
horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And
his tail drew the third part [1/3]
of the stars [angels] of heaven, and did cast them to the
earth: and
the dragon stood before the woman [the church] which was
ready to
be delivered, for to devour her child [“a man child” v.5]
as soon
as it was born.
(Luke
15:14-16)
And when he had spent all [his goods],
there arose a
mighty famine in that land [1]; and he began to be
in want
[Gk: be destitute, lack, suffer need]. And he went
and joined [Gk: glued:
cleaved, kept company]
himself to a citizen of that
country; and
he [the citizen] sent him into his fields to feed swine [hogs, pigs,
unclean animals;
in Mosiac Law forbidden to touch]. And he would fain
[Gk:
he longed to] have filled his belly with
the husks [empty seed pods] [2] that
the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
1.
(Amos
8:11) Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine
in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water,
but of hearing the words of
the LORD:
2.
(Luke
8:11) Now the parable is this: The seed
is the word
of God.
(Luke
15:17-20)
And when he came to himself [when
he was finally “in his right mind” Mark 5:15; Luke 8:35],
he
said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough
and to
spare, and I perish with hunger! I
will arise and go to my father,
and
will say unto him, Father, I have sinned
against
heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be
called thy
son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And
he arose, and came to his father.
But
when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had
compassion, and ran [to him], and fell on
his neck,
and kissed him.
(Luke
15:21-24)
And the son said unto him, Father, I have
sinned
against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to
be called
thy son. But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring [of authority] on his
hand, and shoes on his feet: And
bring hither the fatted calf, and
kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: For
this my son was dead, and is
alive again; he was lost, and is
found. And
they began to be merry.
IN
THE OLD TESTAMENT “THE SONS OF GOD” ARE ALWAYS ANGELS
(Gen
6:2)
That the sons of God saw the
daughters of men
that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
(Gen
6:4)
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when
the sons of God came in unto the
daughters of men, and
they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of
old, men
of renown.
(Job
1:6) Now
there was a day when the sons of God
came to
present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
(Job
2:1)
Again there was a day when the sons of God
came
to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them
to
present himself before the LORD.
(Job
38:7)
When the morning stars sang together, and all the
sons
of God shouted for joy?
IN
THE NEW TESTAMENT “THE SONS OF GOD” ARE ALWAYS MEN
(John
1:12)
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe
on his
name:
(Rom
8:14)
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the
sons of God.
(Rom
8:19)
For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the
manifestation of the sons of God.
(Php
2:15)
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the
sons of God,
without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among
whom ye
shine as lights in the world;
(1 John
3:1)
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that
we should
be called the sons of God:
therefore the
world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
(1 John
3:2)
Beloved, now are we the sons of God,
and
it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he
shall
appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
Amen
Ps. The
final eight verses of this chapter (Luke 15:25-32) deal with the Old
Testament
Son