JESUS
IS COMING FOR YOU… NOW!
He’s
on The Way
09-04-22
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THE
IDEALIZED SINNER
(Luke
15:17-19)
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 [1] 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.
1.
Commentary:
“hired servants” = persons
who serve for money (for what they can get) rather than serve for love
(for
what they can give), i.e., phileo love (fond friendship) rather
than agapao
love (sacrificial dedication).
(Luke
15:20) And he arose
[Gk: to stand up (right)], and came to
his father. But when he was yet a
great way off [in intimacy (understanding and love)],
his
father saw him, and had compassion [Gk: to have the
bowels
yearn, (fig.) feel sympathy, pity /// tender mercy], and ran
[to him], and fell on [Gk: embraced] his
neck, and kissed him [the father literally attached
Himself
to the son].
THE HEAD IS COMING TO “EMBRACE” THE BODY
(1 Thes
4:13-18)
But I would not have you to be ignorant [Gk: not to
know: not
understand], brethren [Gk: brothers] [saved
children of
God], concerning them which are asleep
[Gk:
are dead], that ye sorrow [Gk: grieve] not, even
as others
[Gk: those that remain] which have no
hope [Gk: no (clear) expectation] [“beyond the
grave”
Amplified Bible]. For if we believe that Jesus
died and rose again, even so them also which sleep
[Gk: are dead] in Jesus
will God
bring with him [i.e., with Jesus]. For this we
say unto
you by the word of the Lord [i.e., by absolute
verification],
that we which are alive and remain
unto the [second]
coming [i.e., Jesus first came in Mary (Heb:
rebellious); Jesus
is coming again “in us”] of the Lord [Jesus
Christ
“which shall be revealed in us” Rom 8:18] shall not
prevent
[Gk: precede] them [the saved children of
God]
which are asleep [Gk: are dead]. [1]
For
the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout [Gk:
a
cry of incitement /// (an) order: command] [“with a loud cry of
summons”
Amplif.] [2], with the voice of the archangel [Gk:
chief
angel] [“Michael the archangel” Jude 1:9], and with the trump
[trumpet]
of God [i.e., the Bible]: and the
dead in Christ shall rise
first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught
up [Gk: seized: plucked (up)] together with them [for “they without
us
should not be made perfect” Heb: 11:40] in the clouds
[i.e., in the armies of God], to meet [Gk:
encounter]
the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever
be
with the Lord. Wherefore comfort
one
another with these words.
1.
(Heb
11:39,40) And these [heros
and heroines of faith] all [the Old Testament Saints],
having
obtained [having “won divine approval” Amplif.] a good report [of their life-style]
through
faith [Gk: belief], received
not
the promise [“the fulfillment of what was
promised”
Amplif.]: God having provided [Gk:
furnished in
advance] [pre-ordained] some better thing [Gk:
stronger,
nobler] [i.e., the indwelling Holy Spirit] for us, that they without us
should not
be made perfect [Gk:
complete, (lit.)
accomplished, consummate (in character): consecrated, finished,
fufilled].
2.
incitement
= synonyms: provocation, stimulation, goad, spur, motivation.
A
TYPE AND SHADOW OF THE RAPTURE
(Gen
19:15-17)
And when the morning arose [in Sodom, i.e., no more darkness],
then the angels hastened [Heb:
hurried] Lot [Heb: a
veil: covering], saying, Arise,
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, was reluctant: delayed],
the
men laid hold upon [Heb: fastened (onto), seized]
his
hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his
two
daughters; the LORD being merciful [Heb:
compassionate]
unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without
[Heb:
outside] the city. And it came to pass, when they
had
brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape
for
thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the
plain; escape to the mountain,
lest thou be consumed.
1.
(2 Pet
2:6-8) And turning the
cities of Sodom [the archetype of false doctrine]
and Gomorrha
[the archetype of false works] into
ashes condemned [Gk:
judged
against: damned] them with an
overthrow [Gk:
an overturn, “catastrophe”: demolition] [i.e., thermo-nuclear war],
making them an ensample unto those that after should live
ungodly; And
delivered [Gk: rescued]
just [Gk: righteous] Lot [Heb: a veil: covering],
vexed
[Gk: wear down with toil, (fig.) harassed: oppressed /// anguished,
pained]
with the filthy conversation [Gk: behavior] of
the wicked
[Gk: lawless, criminal (behavior)]: (For that righteous
man
dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his
righteous
soul from day to day [exactly
as modern today] with their unlawful
deeds;)
AN
OVERVIEW
(Dan
12:1-3)
And at that time [“of he end” Amplif.] shall Michael
[“Michael the archangel” Jude 1:9] stand up
[Heb:
arise] [into action, i.e., express power], the great prince
[Heb:
head person (of any rank or class)] which standeth for [“who
defends and has charge of” Amplif.] the children of thy people:
and
there shall be a time of trouble
[Heb: tribulation] [i.e., Great Tribulation], such as never
was [initiated
by thermo-nuclear war] since there was a nation even to that
same time:
and at that time thy people
shall be delivered [Heb:
rescued: saved], every
one that shall be found written in the book
[of
Life]. And many of them that sleep in the dust of
the earth shall
awake, some to everlasting life, and
some
to shame and everlasting contempt. And
they
that be wise shall shine [Heb: gleam;
(fig.)
enlighten: admonish, teach, give warnings] as
the brightness [Heb: brilliancy] of
the firmament; and they that turn
many to
righteousness [i.e., win souls to Christ] as the stars [angels] for ever and ever.
Amen