1. Coming of God the Holy Spirit
| Ω The commandments of love and the perfection of free will |
| God determined to bring creatures into love and then He began to create.[1] God gave the creatures free will.[2] Therefore, creatures can choose to sin.[3] Love is choosing to submit to God in a situation where we can choose to sin.[4] Only God who is love, can keep the commandments in His own strength.[5] No creature can keep the commandments on their own, and only in the love of God can they keep them.[6] If we love God, we can always keep the commandments[7], and only under the reign of the commandments made of love, can the creatures rest.[8] God has ordained the Son to inherit the creation world[9] so that creatures may rest in the love of God through the Son.[10] God determined to come to the creation world as a creature to prove His love and perfect the free will of creatures.[11] God created the angels and gave them sufficient circumstances to keep the commandments until the Son came and perfected the free will of the creatures so that they can keep them fully.[12] Nevertheless, Helel fell and became Satan who opposes God.[13] Helel insists on the abolition of the commandments which are the governing order of the creation world[14], and tries to avoid judgment by the commandments.[15] God created Adam and gave him sufficient circumstances to keep the commandments until the coming of the Son.[16] Had Helel or the 1st Adam passed the test without falling, God would have used other methods instead of using their sins to perfect the free will of creatures. In consequence, Helel or Adam would have been perfected as creatures who could fully know God's love and never sin again. The Son came and took the cross to prove God's love and justice.[17] The Son was clothed with the cursed flesh in which the sinful desires rise[18] and kept the commandments in the most difficult situation to keep them.[19] The truthfulness of the commandments has been limitedly proved.[20] The way was opened for God the Holy Spirit to come to Adam through the blood of the Son.[21] God, through God the Holy Spirit, makes Adam know God's love and makes Adam keep the commandments.[22] Through Adam, God will completely remove all doubts about the truthfulness of the commandments in the creation world.[23] When God's love and justice are fully revealed through the possibleness of observance of the commandments proved by the resurrection and the transformation[24], all the creatures who have chosen to obey God, come to love God without any doubt, so that all the creatures come to keep the commandments. God will completely remove sin from the creation world and fulfill eternal rest without sin.[25] |
| Although the Son put on the desires of the cursed flesh, He did not sin and was resurrected.[26] If we are clothed with the cursed flesh from which the sinful desires rise, it becomes more difficult not to sin.[27] Even angels who have not fallen, will have no choice but to sin if they are clothed with the sinful desires. Then what? Is Satan's claim that creatures cannot keep the commandments, right? If the creatures do not know God's love and try to obtain eternal life by keeping the commandments by their own strength, Satan's claim is correct because no one will be able to keep the commandments by their own strength. However, if we know God's love and are empowered by God's love, we can never sin and must keep the commandments.[28] Because we came to love God.[29] Sin is breaking the commandments.[30] The only way to not sin despite the desires of the cursed flesh, is to born anew through the word of God and God the Holy Spirit.[31] The Son who is the commandments themselves[32], showed an example of overcoming sin[33] through the Word and God the Holy Spirit.[34] In order to keep the commandments in the state of having the desires for sin, we must first receive the commandments[35], and God the Holy Spirit must dwell in us so that the reign of love can be fulfilled in us.[36] The Son is the commandments themselves and has always been filled with the love of His Father through God the Holy Spirit.[37] Therefore, although the Son was able to sin sufficiently because He put on the cursed flesh with the desires for sin, He could never sin because He loved His Father so much.[38] If we are dead under sin, we cannot be filled with the commandments and God the Holy Spirit.[39] Therefore, Adam who sinned, had to be forgiven of his sins before he could receive the commandments and God the Holy Spirit, and this became possible because the Son shed the atoning blood on the cross.[40] Like the Son who is the Word, when Adam receives the commandments and God the Holy Spirit dwells in him in full, even though he has the cursed flesh with the desires for sin, Adam will be able to keep the commandments[41] because of God's love poured out through God the Holy Spirit[42] Even in the most difficult circumstances to keep the commandments[43], the Son was victorious by the power of God the Holy Spirit. Creatures can love God only through the love of God[44], and keep the commandments only through the life of God.[45] Creatures cannot keep the commandments in their own strength.[46] In order for a creature to keep the commandments, it must be in God. Even unfallen angels must be in God to keep the commandments and never sin under any circumstances.[47] Only by knowing the love of God can the creatures keep the commandments.[48] The Son proved God's love by being forsaken by His Father on the cross for Adam[49], and through that love, the angels also came to enter into God.[50] Creatures who know God's love, never sin against God and always keep the commandments.[51] Because they came to love God. God showed His love to the creation world through the cross, and the creatures who come to know God's love come to love God.[52] Although not all creatures accept God's love which was demonstrated through the Son[53], but those who have accepted God's love surely come to love God and surely come to keep the commandments.[54] Therefore, angels and humans who came into God by knowing God's love will no longer sin.[55] The full perfection of free will, will be completed when God brings forth even the final firstfruits, the firstfruits who are redeemed from among men, through God the Holy Spirit.[56] This is because the proof of God's love and justice[57] is completed[58] only when all the firstfruits are produced.[59] |
① God the Holy Spirit came upon those whose sins were forgiven.
Acts2:38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized, everyone of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
† God the Holy Spirit is another[60] Counselor[61] who came in the name of the Son. Because we believe in the name of the Son[62], we sinners are covered with the blood of the Son so that we can enter into the most holy place.[63] The Son inherits His Father's name which is above every name, and sits at the right hand of His Father[64], interceding with His Father for us.[65] God the Holy Spirit comes upon those whose sins are forgiven through the blood of the Son. Now, those whom God the Holy Spirit who has come in the name of the Son sits in them, become the most holy place[66] placed on the earth and the temple where God the Holy Spirit dwells.[67]
② God the Holy Spirit came in the name of the Son.
John14:16 I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever, --
† God the Son asks God the Father, and God the Father gives God the Holy Spirit.
John14:26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.
† God the Father gives God the Holy Spirit in the name of God the Son. God the Son asks God the Father, and God the Father sends God the Holy Spirit to us in the name of God the Son.
Acts2:33 Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which you now see and hear.
† God the Son receives God the Holy Spirit from God the Father and pours out God the Holy Spirit on us.
John15:26 "When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.
† God the Son sends God the Holy Spirit from God the Father. God the Son asks God the Father, and God the Father gives God the Holy Spirit in the name of God the Son, and God the Son receives God the Holy Spirit from God the Father and sends God the Holy Spirit to us.
③ God bears witness of the Son.
† God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit testify that God the Son is the Son of God and the Christ. Satan fraudswarms under sin do not acknowledge that the Son is the Christ to judge, that the Son of God who gives life to creatures.
A. Satan who do not receive the Son
Luke4:9 He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here,
† Satan does not acknowledge that the Son is the Creator whom he must obey.
John19:10 Pilate therefore said to him, "Aren't you speaking to me? Don't you know that I have power to release you, and have power to crucify you?"
John19:11 Jesus answered, "You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin."
† Instead of obeying the Son, Satan kills the Son.
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B. Demons who do not receive the Son
Matt.8:29 Behold, they cried out, saying, "What do we have to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?"
† Demons know who the Son is, but do not follow the Son and do not keep the commandments. They are only afraid of the Son who will judge.[68]
C. Humans who do not receive the Son
Matt.26:63 But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, "I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God."
† Those who covet the power of the world and do evil in the name of God[69], do not worship their Creator even when the Creator Himself comes to them.
Luke16:31 "He said to him, 'If they don't listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.'"
† Even if the wicked read the bible[70], that is, the words given through Moses and prophets, if they do not obey, even if they see a miracle of raising the dead, they do not abandon their evil deeds.[71]
John3:19 This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
John3:20 For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.
† The reason the wicked reject the LORD Jesus, the light, is that they will not turn from evil. In other words, the wicked reject the LORD Jesus because they do not want to stop trampling on their neighbors for their own benefit rather than loving their neighbors by keeping the commandments.
John5:39 "You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.
John5:40 Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life.
John5:41 I don't receive glory from men.
† We can know the LORD Jesus through the bible. Because the bible describes the LORD Jesus. But those who seek their own interests even by trampling their neighbors, do not come to the LORD Jesus who rules the creation world with love and justice and will judge sinners who trample their neighbors. They forsake the will of God in order to accomplish the will of men.
John8:44 You are of your Father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn't stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of it.
† Those who reject the rule of the LORD Jesus even kill their neighbors for their own gain, and try to satisfy their greed even by lying. This is Satan's way.
John9:27 He answered them, "I told you already, and you didn't listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don't also want to become his disciples, do you?"
John9:28 They became abusive towards him and said, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
† Those who used the law given through Moses, to satisfy their greed[72], did not want to become disciples of the One who gave the law to Moses, even though the One Himself came.[73] For if they become His disciples, they come to lose the profit they can gain from their evil deeds of trampling upon their neighbors.[74]
John10:25 Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you don't believe. The works that I do in my Father's name, these testify about me.
John10:26 But you don't believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you.
† Those who reject the reign of the LORD Jesus, do not believe in the LORD Jesus. These are not the sheep of the LORD Jesus.
John12:39 For this cause they couldn't believe, for Isaiah said again,
John12:40 "He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, Lest they should see with their eyes, And perceive with their heart, And would turn, And I would heal them."
John12:41 Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and he spoke of him.
John12:42 Nevertheless even of the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they didn't confess it, so that they wouldn't be put out of the synagogue,
John12:43 for they loved men's praise more than God's praise.
† Those who say they believe but deny by their actions, are not the ones who believe.[75] Only those who acknowledge the Son before men even at the cost of sacrifice, will the Son also acknowledge them before His Father.[76] The reason God has blinded them so that they cannot understand the will of God so that they cannot turn from their evil[77], is because they themselves have chosen to be hardened.[78] God does not force those who do not want to obey Him, to obey.[79] If they had wanted to turn from their evil, God would give them grace so that they could turn from their evil.[80]
Matt.3:17 Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
† God the Father Himself testifies for God the Son.
Matt.17:5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him."
† God the Father commands the creatures to obey God the Son.
John5:36 But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.
John5:37 The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.
† The works that the Father accomplishes through His Son, testify that the Son is the One whom the Father has sent. Also, the Father Himself testifies for the Son.
John8:17 It's also written in your law that the testimony of two people is valid.
John8:18 I am he who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me."
† The Son is the One sent by His Father. The Son is the Witness and the Father is the Witness. Therefore, all creatures must submit to the Son.[81]
Acts2:22 "You men of Israel, hear these words. Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him in the midst of you, even as you yourselves know,
† The works that the Father accomplishes through His Son, confirm that the Son is the One sent by His Father.
1John5:7 It is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is the truth.
1John5:8 For there are three who bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and the three agree as one.
1John5:9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is God's testimony which he has testified concerning his Son.
1John5:10 He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who doesn't believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.
† Just as 2 or 3 witnesses testify, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit testify. God the Son is clearly the One sent by God the Father.[82] Creatures sometimes receive the testimony of the same creatures. How much more should the creatures deserve the testimony of God the Creator! Creatures ought to submit to the Son.[83] Anyone who believes in the Son of God knows that he/she must submit to the Son, because he/she has this testimony in himself/herself. But those who do not believe in the Father do not believe in the Son either[84], and these are those who make the God who testifies for His Son, a liar.
John4:25 The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah comes," (he who is called Christ). "When he has come, he will declare to us all things."
John4:26 Jesus said to her, "I am he, the one who speaks to you."
† The LORD Jesus Himself testifies that He is the Messiah.
John9:35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, he said, "Do you believe in the Son of God?"
John9:36 He answered, "Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?"
John9:37 Jesus said to him, "You have both seen him, and it is he who speaks with you."
† The LORD Jesus Himself testifies that He is the Son of God.
John10:33 The Jews answered him, "We don't stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy: because you, being a man, make yourself God."
John10:34 Jesus answered them, "Isn't it written in your law, 'I said, you are gods?'
John10:35 If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture can't be broken),
John10:36 Do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You blaspheme,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God?'
† The LORD Jesus Himself testifies that He is God the Creator.
John10:24 The Jews therefore came around him and said to him, "How long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."
John10:25 Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you don't believe. The works that I do in my Father's name, these testify about me.
† Even though the LORD Jesus Himself testifies that He is the Messiah, the Jews, blinded by their sins, do not recognize the LORD Jesus.[85] They offer sacrifices, but they do not know what sacrifices mean or why they are offering sacrifices, they just kill animals.[86]
Rom.1:3 concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,
Rom.1:4 who was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,
† Although the LORD Jesus was of the blood of David in the flesh, He is actually God the Creator.
Heb.1:1 God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,
Heb.1:2 has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.
† The LORD Jesus is the Creator. In the past, God gave commands to the prophets through angels[87], but now, God the Creator who created all the creation world, has become a creature and gives orders Himself.[88]
Heb.2:2 For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense;
Heb.2:3 how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation -- which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard;
Heb.2:4 God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders, and by various works of power, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will?
† Those who disobeyed the commands that the LORD Jesus gave to His creatures through His angels before He revealed Himself to the creation world as a creature, were judged justly and died. How much less can those who disobey the commands given by God the Creator Himself who became a creature, survive!
F. The testimony of God the Holy Spirit toward His saints
The testimony for God the Son that God the Holy Spirit Himself testifies toward His saints
John15:26"When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.
John15:27 You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
† The Spirit of truth testifies that the Son is the Christ and the disciples also testify that the Son is the Christ.
Rom.8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.
Rom.8:15 For you didn't receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!"
Rom.8:16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;
† The Spirit of God, that is, the Spirit of adoption, came upon the saints and, together with the spirit of the saints, testifies that they are the children of God.
1Cor.12:3 Therefore I make known to you that no man speaking by God's Spirit says, "Jesus is accursed." No one can say, "Jesus is Lord," but by the Holy Spirit.
† Only through the Spirit of God can we call the LORD Jesus, Lord.
1John3:24 He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
† Those on whom the Spirit has come[89], know that the Son dwells in them, through the Spirit who has come upon them. Those in whom the Son dwells, keep the commandments of the Father.
1John4:13 By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
† Because the Father gives His Spirit to His saints, those on whom the Spirit of the Father has come, come to know that they live in the Father and that the Father dwells in them.
G. The testimony of God the Holy Spirit through His saints
The testimony of God the Holy Spirit for God the Son to the world that is testified through the witnesses of the Son on whom God the Holy Spirit has come
a. Witnesses testifying that the Son is the Christ
John20:31 but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.
† John, the witness on whom God the Holy Spirit came, testifies that the LORD Jesus is the Son of God and the Christ.
Acts5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.
Acts5:31 God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.
Acts5:32 We are His witnesses of these things; and so also is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him."
† God the Holy Spirit is the witness, and the saints to whom God the Holy Spirit has come, are also witnesses that testify that the Son is the Christ.
Acts10:42 He charged us to preach to the people and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God as the Judge of the living and the dead.
Acts10:43 All the prophets testify about him, that through his name everyone who believes in him will receive remission of sins."
† Prophets and witnesses on whom God the Holy Spirit came, testify that the Son is the judge and is the way through which sins can be forgiven.
Acts18:5 But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
† Paul on whom God the Holy Spirit came, testifies that the LORD Jesus is the Christ.
1Cor.15:14 If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain.
1Cor.15:15 Yes, we are found false witnesses of God, because we testified about God that he raised up Christ, whom he didn't raise up, if it is so that the dead are not raised.
† The witnesses on whom God the Holy Spirit came, testify that the Father raised His Son, and that the risen Son is the Christ.
1John1:1 That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life
1John1:2 (and the life was revealed, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us);
† The witnesses on whom God the Holy Spirit came, testify for the word of life that came through Adam. The LORD Jesus is the Christ who is with His Father in ever-existing eternity[90], and appeared as life in Hades where death is rampant.[91]
1John4:14 We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.
† The witnesses on whom God the Holy Spirit came, testify that God the Father has sent God the Son to be the Savior of the world.
Rev.6:9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had.
† God the Holy Spirit comes upon us so that we may testify that the Son is the Creator of life and the Messiah. Through the firstfruits, God the Holy Spirit testifies that the LORD Jesus is the only begotten Son of God[92], so that sinners may receive life through the Son.[93] God the Holy Spirit produces the martyr witnesses who testify that the LORD Jesus is the Messiah, and also bear the name of the Son which is in God the Holy Spirit.
John5:22 For neither does the Father judge anyone, but he has given all judgment to the Son,
John5:23 that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn't honor the Son doesn't honor the Father who sent him.
John5:24 "Most assuredly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn't come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
John5:25 Most assuredly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God's voice; and those who hear will live.
John5:26 For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself.
John5:27 He also gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man.
John5:28 Don't marvel at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice,
John5:29 and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.
† Christ judges sin. The Father judges the creatures under sin through the Son.[94] Those who believe that the Son is the Christ and who submit to the Son, can escape judgment.[95] Therefore, God grants eternal life[96] to those who worship God as they should worship Him[97] by knowing the highness of God[98] and the lowliness of themselves[99], by bring them into obedience to the Son who will judge sin and put to death[100] the creatures under sin.[101]
Gen.18:25 Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"
† The Father judges the creatures under sin through His Son. He judges righteously[102] according to the commandments.[103]
1Sam.2:3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; Don't let arrogance come out of your mouth; For Yahweh is a God of knowledge, By him actions are weighed.
† God weighs evil deeds with the commandments.
1Sam.2:10 Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces; Against them will he thunder in the sky: Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth; He will give strength to his king, Exalt the horn of his anointed.
† The Father judges creatures through the Anointed One, the Messiah.
1Kin.8:39 then hear in heaven, your dwelling-place, and forgive, and do, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men;)
† God knows even the motive of action.[104]
Job34:11 For the work of a man will he render to him, And cause every man to find according to his ways.
† God rewards us for our deeds based on the commandments. Although the motives of the heart are also included, the judgment is executed basically based on actions[105], so that even creatures can clearly understand why they are being judged.[106] Because the creatures saw and understood why sinners sould be thrown into the lake of fire[107], even if God burns the sinful creatures to death, the remaining creatures do not misunderstand God.[108]
Ps.7:6 Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
Ps.7:7 Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high.
Ps.7:8 Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, And to my integrity that is in me.
† God the Son comes as the Messiah to judge according to the will of His Father.
Ps.9:7 But Yahweh reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.
Ps.9:8 He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
† God the Son, the Creator, came as Christ to judge creatures on the basis of the commandments. Because the Creator created creatures for the Creator[109], only the Creator who possesses creatures deserves to judge them.
Ps.50:6 The heavens shall declare his righteousness, For God himself is judge. Selah.
† The Creator judges creatures. The Son who came to Hades as the Messiah, will judge the creatures that deviated from the commandments.
Ps.62:12 Also to you, Lord, belongs lovingkindness, For you reward every man according to his work. A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah.
† The Son judges evil deeds on the basis of the commandments.
Ps.96:10 Say among the nations, "Yahweh reigns." The world is also established. It can't be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity.
Ps.96:13 Before Yahweh; for he comes, For he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, The peoples with his truth.
Ps.98:9 Let them sing before Yahweh, For he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with equity.
† The Son will judge impartially on the basis of the commandments.
Eccles.3:17 I said in my heart, "God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work."
† When the Son comes again, He will judge the creatures that break the commandments.
Eccles.11:9 Rejoice, young man, in your youth, And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, And walk in the ways of your heart, And in the sight of your eyes; But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
† The Son will come as the Messiah to judge all deeds.
Eccles.12:13 This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.
Eccles.12:14 For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.
† To love the Creator and keep His commandments of love is the due duty of the creatures whose existence is maintained by the life of the Creator. The Creator of love never places a burden that is hard to bear.[110]
Is.3:10 Tell the righteous "Good!" For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
Is.3:11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; For the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.
† Righteousness and evil are judged by the commandments. The Son will judge the creatures that break the commandments.
Ezek.18:30 Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, everyone according to his ways, says the Lord Yahweh. Return you, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
† The Son will come again to judge the sin of breaking the commandments. Those who turn from their sins and repent will be freed from judgment.[111]
Dan.2:44 In the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty of it be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
† This kingdom is the kingdom of the Son, and it is the 1000-year kingdom that will be established in the new heaven and the new earth. After imprisoning Satan fraudswarms in the abyss, the Son will establish a sinless kingdom for 1000 years, and at the end of the 1000-year kingdom, He will release Satan briefly[112] and throw Satan into the lake of fire along with the creatures who joined with Satan.
Dan.7:9 I saw until thrones were placed, and one who was ancient of days sat: his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, [and] the wheels of it burning fire.
Dan.7:10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
† The Ancient of Days here is certainly the Father. (Of course, God the Son has always been from eternity, but now God the Son has become like an angel[113] and is sitting on the true throne as a creature that cannot escape the limits of space-time. When we who are created in space-time, see it, we understand it as the One like the son of man comes to the Ancient of Days to inherit the kingdom.[114] What it means for God the Son who transcends space-time, to be confined in space-time, is not something that creatures that can exist only in space-time, can dare to comprehend.[115] We creatures who cannot escape even the limits of space-time, can only know as much as[116] God the Creator made us realize.[117]) Since there is no creature that can actually see the Father[118], it may not be God the Father who is seated on the throne, but this verse clearly refers to the Father. However, the situation is reminiscent of the great white throne judgment. But I believe that it is not the Father who judges at the great white throne, but the Son. For the judgment on the creatures under sin is entrusted to the Son.[119] In addition, the Son must rule until He judges all His enemies.[120] The last enemy to be judged by the Son is death. When the Son judges death, it is the time of the great white throne judgment.[121] Therefore, the Son will sit on the great white throne. I think this verse was written to convey the meaning of the Son doing judgment according to His Father's will.[122]
Matt.16:27 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.
† The Son will repay us according to what we have done according to the commandments.
Matt.25:31 "But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
† This is the 2nd Coming when the Son sits on the throne of glory, seeing the Son makes His sheep inherit His kingdom.[123] The Son will come and judge.
Luke8:17 For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything secret, that will not be known and come to light.
Luke8:18 Be careful therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him will be given; and whoever doesn't have, from him will be taken away even that which he thinks he has."
† The Son will reveal all the actions of the creatures. He will judge all actions that are contrary to the commandments.
John12:48 He who rejects me, and doesn't receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke, the same will judge him in the last day.
John12:49 For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
John12:50 I know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak."
† The Son transmits His Father's commandments as they are, and judges creatures by the commandments His Father has spoken. The Son is the commandments[124] of His Father.[125]
Acts10:42 He charged us to preach to the people and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God as the Judge of the living and the dead.
† The Son is the Judge.
Acts17:31 because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; whereof he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead."
† The Son is the Judge, ordained to judge in righteousness according to the commandments. By rising from the dead, the Son proved that He kept all the commandments, that He is sinless. Since the Judge has proved to the creation world that He is the Keeper of all the commandments, the Judge who is worthy to judge, will judge the creatures with the commandments. When the appointed number of firstfruits[126] that finally confirm the possiblenesss of observance of the commandments, that is, the truthfulness of the commandments through their resurrection and their transformation, are completed, the One who is worthy to judge, will judge directly.[127] Although the Son has already proved the truthfulness of the commandments once by keeping all the commandments, the Son will confirm once more the truthfulness of the commandments through the appointed number of martyr witnesses who follow the Son and keep the commandments. He will no longer leave any doubts about the truthfulness of the commandments in the creation world. The commandments of love will prove to be a good and true standard of governance and the commandments will be established as a perfect criterion for judging the sin of rebelling against God and trampling neighbors. The Son will judge the creatures under sin justly according to the commandments, and will bring about a reign of love where there will be no more cries or pain in the creation world.[128]
Rom.2:5 But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
† This day of vengeance is the day when the Son comes again.[129]
Rom.2:16 in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my gospel, by Jesus Christ.
† The Father judges the creatures through His Son. The Son will judge and purify the creation world from sin.
Rom.3:5 But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do.
Rom.3:6 May it never be! For then how will God judge the world?
† Are there people out there who claim that sin is more revealing of God's righteousness and who make the crazy claim, 'Why does God judge sinners who have done more revealing God's righteousness through sin?'.[130] If so, let's ask them, 'If God who judges righteously by the commandments, does not keep His commandments, how will He judge righteously?'. If God does not judge the sinful creatures[131], creatures will kill and trample each other. All creatures will die or suffer.[132] God becomes either a murderer or a trampler of His creatures.[133] Because God has allowed such a crime to continue.[134] But God gave the commandments of love not to do that.[135]
† God's righteousness is not to be made more or less righteous by creatures. Just as God does not change, so does God's righteousness.[136] God revealed God's standard of righteousness and told His creatures to live up to that standard. The level of righteousness that God requires of His creatures is something they can fully keep.[137] The supreme sacrifice that God requires of humans, is only to lay down their own lives.[138] (After saying this, God the Son was forsaken by God the Father in our behalf.[139] This means that the Son did not only pay the price of a physical life.)
† Therefore, if any creature disobeys God and does not live as God requires, God will judge that creature as He said and take away sin from His creation world. If God did not judge the evil creatures, God would leave other good creatures to suffer because of their sins. But as long as God lives, that cannot happen. The creature who has sinned much will be beaten with many stripes, and the creature who has sinned little will be beaten with few stripes.[140] There will be a clear distinction in the judgment of justice.[141] Satan will receive the most severe punishment. The Son will judge righteously according to the degree of deviation from the commandments, according to the deeds of each creature.[142]
Rom.14:10 But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
Rom.14:11 For it is written, "'As I live,' says the Lord, 'to me every knee will bow. Every tongue will confess to God.'"
Rom.14:12 So then each one of us will give account of himself to God.
† Only the Son is the Judge. If I try to judge my brother, I am committing the sin of trying to take the place of the judge. If I do, I have sinned because I have not acted out of love.[143]
Rom.16:25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,[KJV]
† The coming of the Son as the Messiah, is the will of God from before the creation of the creation world. The time has come to reveal it.
1Cor.4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.
† The son will reveal even the intentions of the heart and then judge.
2Cor.5:10 For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
† We will be judged according to our deeds before the judgment seat of the Son.
Gal.6:7 Don't be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that will he also reap.
Gal.6:8 For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
† Because God respects the free will He has granted to His creatures, and because God is just, He does not intervene in what each creature chooses to plant. Each will reap what he/she sows.
Gal.6:8 For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
† In God's eyes, angels or humans[144], regardless of their status, are all lowly creatures that will fall before the Judge.[145]
Col.3:25 But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.
† God does not change His standard of judgment according to creatures' will. In the face of God's standard of judgment, all creatures are simply divided. If they want to survive, creatures must change their behavior according to God's will.
2Tim.4:1 I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom:
† The Son will come again as the Judge and establish a new heaven and a new earth in place of the 1st heaven and the 1st earth that was burned down[146], and will judge the living and the dead at the great white throne judgment after the 1000-year kingdom.
2Tim.4:8 From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.
† The Son is the righteous Judge who rules by the commandments. The Son will entrust His inheritance to those who have reached the 1st resurrection on the day of judgment when He comes again. After the Son judges the 1st heaven and the 1st earth and establishes His kingdom for 1000 years, He will finally execute the great white throne judgment to judge the creatures under sin.
Heb.9:27 Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,
Heb.9:28 so Christ also, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.
† It was ordained that the flesh which has the desires for sin, would return to dust after death. But those who are cleansed from their sins by the blood of the Son, who will reach the 1st resurrection[147], will be raised to the better resurrection of life.[148] The rest of the saints will be raised with the wicked at the great white throne judgment.[149]
1Pet.4:5 who will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
† It is the Son who will judge the living and the dead.
2Pet.1:10 Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.
2Pet.1:11 For thus will be richly supplied to you the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
† Only those who have not stumbled until the end by confirming their calling and election, will enter the 1000-year kingdom.
2Pet.2:9 the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment;
† The Son imprisons those who break the commandments until the day of judgment, and on the day of judgment He judges them after the truthfulness of the commandments is proved. Judgment is not executed as soon as an individual dies.[150] The Son does not burn the sinful creatures now in the lake of fire.[151]
Rev.2:23 I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
† The Son who knows hearts and minds of creatures, will judge each creature according to his/her deeds. What is in the heart is bound to come out in action.[152] If we have evil in our hearts, we cannot pass the test[153] when the Son tests us to reveal our hearts.[154]
Rev.11:15 The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!"
† After the 7th trumpet sounds, the resurrection and the transformation occur and the kingdom of the Son is established. (6th trumpet=reign of the beasts[155] → 7th trumpet=1st resurrection[156]+7 plagues[157] → judgment on the prostitute babylon[158] → judgment on the beasts[159] → 1000-year kingdom[160] → final deception[161] → great white throne judgment[162] → everlasting world[163])
Rev.20:11 I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them.
Rev.20:12 I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Rev.20:13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his works.
Rev.20:14 Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
Rev.20:15 If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
† At the end of the 1000-year kingdom of the Son, Satan will be released from the abyss and Satan's deception will cover the paradise.[164] It is written in the bible that the kingdom of the Son is eternal[165], but I don't know if it means that the kingdom of the Son will continue even after the Son comes to be made subject to His Father after the great white throne judgment.[166] (We think only for the duration of the Son's existence as a creature in space-time. After this final submission, the Son will again return to equality with the Father.) However, from the point of view of the absence of sin[167], it is clear that the creation world without sin will continue forever because the great white throne judgment will result in no more sin in the creation world.[168]
④ God the Holy Spirit establishes the kingdom of God.
Matt.12:28 But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come on you.
† When God the Holy Spirit casts out demons that attack our flesh and our life, from our flesh, that is, when the forces of lawlessness are expelled from our flesh, the reign of righteousness come to be established in our life.
Luke17:20 Being asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, he answered them, "The Kingdom of God doesn't come with observation;
Luke17:21 neither will they say, 'Look, here!' or, 'Look, there!' for behold, the Kingdom of God is within you."
† God the Holy Spirit is the kingdom of God.[169] The place where God the Holy Spirit reigns is the garden of Eden and the most holy place.
Rom.14:17 for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
† When Moses is seen as the LORD Jesus, Joshua symbolizes God the Holy Spirit. Moses could not bring the Israelites into the land of Canaan, but Joshua who suceeded Moses leads the people of Israel into the land of Canaan. Although the LORD Jesus ascended to heaven after He died on the cross and was resurrected, it is God the Holy Spirit who came in the name of the Son and protects the remaining saints[170] and establishes the kingdom of heaven in their lives.[171] Some view Moses as the 1st covenant and Joshua as the new covenant.[172] The commandments written on stone tablets did not lead Israel into the promised land[173], but the commandments written on the heart through God the Holy Spirit by the blood of the LORD Jesus[174], leads Israel into the promised land[175], the 1000-year kingdom.[176]
⑤ God the Holy Spirit makes us overcome.
Rev.2:7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.
† Only those who overcome can eat the fruit of life.[177] The reality of this tree of life is the LORD Jesus[178], and the tree of life is now revealed to us as the fruit of God the Holy Spirit.[179]
Rev.2:11 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He who overcomes won't be harmed by the second death.
† The 2nd death is the lake of fire that completely burns everything related to sin.[180] Only those who overcome are not thrown into the lake of fire.[181]
Rev.2:17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it.
† Only those who overcome, receive the hidden manna and a new name.[182] The hidden manna is not manna to eat and die, but manna to eat and live forever, that is, the flesh of the LORD Jesus[183], and it directly symbolizes the word of truth.[184] If the hidden manna of Noah's time was a command to build the ark and the hidden manna of Moses' time was a command to keep the law, then the hidden manna of the last age may mean the word of Revelation where the command of the last days not to worship the beast was recorded. The new name is a name received from God[185], and is a name that is granted only to perfected[186] creatures[187] who fulfill God's will.[188] The new name is given only to the martyr witnesses who can enter the new Jerusalem of the 1000-year kingdom.[189]
† When Abram had no children yet, the new name God gave him was 'father of a multitude', Abraham. Abraham wanted a child so much, and he had to sacrifice his son he had only just obtained after waiting so long[190], but can other people really understand the meaning of this name?[191] After Jacob wrestled with the angel all night, the new name God gave Jacob was Israel. Can other people know the pain and desperation of Jacob when he received this name?[192] After a long period of slavery, Joseph, betrayed by his brothers, acquires a new name, Zaphnathpaaneah. Can others know the anger and longing that Joseph had to endure to get this name?[193] After the LORD Jesus was crucified, He was given the name that is above every name.[194] Can those who see only the glory of the LORD Jesus who is seated on the throne, know the despair and pain of when the LORD Jesus was forsaken by His Father to save us from judgment? To the Son, only His Father is everything[195], and to the Father, only His Son is everything.[196] Will we ever know that dark and cold night, when our LORD had to drink the bitter sorrow of being cut off from His Father who loved Him so much?[197]
† The new name contains the loneliness of the desert that night when God came to visit us. The new name contains our tears as we sobbed the name of God in the midst of unbearable pain. The new name contains the heartbreaking grace of God who did not give up on us until the end.[198] Therefore, the new name is a name that only God and only us can know. To others, it must be a secret. However, the new name is not a name given simply because of suffering. The new name is given only to the martyr witnesses who have abandoned themselves[199] in order to fulfill the purpose of God the Creator.[200] If it is only the suffering endured for the sake of one's wealth and glory, such suffering has no meaning for God the Creator who wants to end the sorrows of the creation world.[201]
Rev.2:26 He who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him I will give authority over the nations.
† Those who overcome[202] and keep the mission entrusted to them to the end, that is, martyr witnesses, will rule as royal priests[203] in the 1000-year kingdom.[204]
Rev.3:5 He who overcomes will be arrayed in white garments, and I will in no way blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
† White clothes symbolize the resurrected or transformed body. Those who overcome[205] will be resurrected or transformed and will live forever. These are those who did not deny the LORD Jesus even in the face of death.[206] In the reign of beast, they refer to those who do not worship the beast.[207] These are martyr witnesses.[208]
Rev.3:12 He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will go out from there no more. I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my own new name.
† Only on those who overcome[209], the name of God[210], the name of new Jerusalem, and the new name of the LORD Jesus[211], will be written.[212]
Rev.3:21 He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.
† Only those who overcome can sit on the throne.[213] These are the royal priests, the martyr witnesses[214], who will rule the 1000-year kingdom.[215]
⑥ The new covenant is made through God the Holy Spirit.
Even those who have received Jesus Christ as their Lord and have their sins forgiven[216], cannot overcome their sins on their own.[217] They need the power of God the Holy Spirit to overcome the power of sin.[218] God the Holy Spirit does not infringe on the free will He has granted to each creature. In order for God the Holy Spirit to make us overcome the power of sin acting on us, we must submit to God the Holy Spirit so that God the Holy Spirit reigns over us.[219] Since His reign is made by the word of God, if we do not have the will to obey the word of God, God the Holy Spirit does not interfere with us beyond our will. Even though our sins are forgiven, if we continue to reject the word of God and do not follow the law of the Spirit of life, God the Holy Spirit will be grieved[220] and will not be with us in the end. We are quenching God the Holy Spirit.[221]
However, when we obey the word of God and have the will to obey God the Holy Spirit, God the Holy Spirit becomes the law of life that transcends the desires for sin, so that we can overcome the sin that we cannot overcome on our own.[222] If we obey the law of the Spirit of life, we will be able to overcome sin more easily.
All humans are imperfect.[223] Even a person whose sins are forgiven, is imperfect. Humans cannot overcome sin and become righteous on their own.[224] If we remain as we are, we will return to sin and be judged. Therefore, God the Holy Spirit must become our seal, and assure us that He will hold us so that we do not fall, and that He will save us from judgment.[225] If we continue to disobey God the Holy Spirit and refuse to live righteously[226], God the Holy Spirit can no longer be our guarantee. We have given up being free from sin[227] and have chosen to leave God with the will God has given us.[228] God the Holy Spirit cannot assure us that our salvation is worthy[229], and leaves us, and the forgiveness of our sins is cancelled.[230]
However, if we submit to God the Holy Spirit and prove our will to free ourselves from sin by living a life of fighting against sin[231], God the Holy Spirit will help us[232] so that we can live a righteous life.[233] God the Holy Spirit Himself will become the guarantee of our salvation.[234] And when our LORD comes again to judge creatures under sin, we will be freed from the judgment. Through God the Holy Spirit, we can overcome sin, and through God the Holy Spirit, we can keep the commandments, just as the LORD Jesus kept the commandments through God the Holy Spirit.[235]
Jer.31:33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
Jer.31:34 and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Yahweh; for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says Yahweh: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.
† The law is good[236], but if we cannot keep it, we will be judged and killed by that law[237], so that the good law becomes a law of death for those who cannot keep it.[238] However, when God the Holy Spirit comes upon us, God the Holy Spirit becomes our power to keep the law, so the law becomes life for us, not death.[239] The 1st covenant was engraved on stone tablets, but the new covenant is engraved on the heart.[240] God the Holy Spirit comes into the body of the saints and becomes the new covenant.[241] The 1st covenant, confirmed by the blood of animals[242], was not given with the strength to keep, so it was a covenant with flaws and could not be life itself.[243] Therefore, the 1st covenant was a temporary covenant that led to the Messiah who would make the new covenant.[244] (Of course, it could be imitated by actions[245], and because it was before God the Holy Spirit came, that alone was considered sufficient[246], but the original meaning of the law that God gave does not stop there.[247]) The new covenant is made with the blood of the LORD Jesus[248], and given with the power to keep it because God the Holy Spirit comes.[249] Therefore, the new covenant is the final covenant without blemish and becomes life to those who enter into it.[250]
Luke22:20 He took the cup in like manner after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, that which is poured out for you.
† The new covenant is made with the blood of the LORD Jesus.
John7:37 Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
John7:38 He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water."
John7:39 But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn't yet glorified.
† Only when the LORD Jesus is glorified on the cross can God the Holy Spirit comes upon the saints.[251] Only when the new covenant is made with the blood of the LORD Jesus will the forgiveness of sins be granted to the saints, so that God the Holy Spirit can come upon the saints.[252]
John14:15 If you love me, keep my commandments.
† To keep the commandments of the LORD Jesus, we must love the LORD Jesus. God the Holy Spirit comes and makes us realize the love of the LORD Jesus.[253] When we realize the love of the LORD Jesus[254], we begin to love the LORD Jesus who loves us.[255]
John14:26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.
† God the Holy Spirit teaches us and makes us keep the commandments.
John17:17 Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.
† God the Holy Spirit who is the Spirit of truth[256], leads us to the truth and sanctifies us.
Rom.8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
Rom.8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
Rom.8:3 For what the law couldn't do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;
Rom.8:4 that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
† In the flesh, the desires for sin rise and urge us to sin[257], but God the Holy Spirit becomes the power for us to overcome our desires for sin.
Gal.5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won't fulfill the lust of the flesh.
Gal.5:17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one other, that you may not do the things that you desire.
Gal.5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
† Since we could not overcome the desires of the flesh on our own, we had no choice but to die. Then, as God the Holy Spirit comes upon us, we can choose life. If we receive the guidance of God the Holy Spirit, we can overcome the desires of our flesh and keep the commandments. Because we become those who love God and our neighbors.[258]
Heb.9:15 For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, that those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
† The LORD Jesus cleansed us with His blood so that we can enter into the new covenant ruled by God the Holy Spirit.
Heb.10:9 then he has said, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He takes away the first, that he may establish the second,
† The 1st covenant made with the blood of animals was a covenant with blemish and a covenant to convict of sin.[259] However, the new covenant made with the blood of the Son is a covenant without blemish[260] and a covenant that enables us to overcome sin.[261]
Heb.10:15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying,
Heb.10:16 "This is the covenant that I will make with them: 'After those days,' says the Lord, 'I will put my laws on their heart, I will also write them on their mind;'" then,
Heb.10:17 "I will remember their sins and their iniquities no more."
Heb.10:18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
Heb.10:19 Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus,
Heb.10:20 by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
† Through God the Holy Spirit who came on the blood of the LORD Jesus, we can overcome sin and enter into the most holy place. This new covenant is the perfect covenant and the final covenant. There are no more covenants or sacrifices of redemption. Even though they have entered into the new covenant with the blood of the LORD Jesus, those who tread down that covenant, will be judged.[262]
1John5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.
† In God the Holy Spirit, we can fully keep God's commandments. But on our own we cannot keep the commandments of God.[263] If we keep the commandments of God, it is because of God's grace, not because of our actions.[264]
Rev.14:4 These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.
Rev.14:5 In their mouth was found no lie, for they are blameless.
† Through God the Holy Spirit[265], the LORD Jesus became the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.[266] Through God the Holy Spirit who came as the early rain, the disciples became and are still becoming those who have the firstfruits of the Spirit.[267] God the Holy Spirit will come even as the latter rain[268], and will produce even the firstfruits who are redeemed from among men. The resurrection and the transformation will occur through the new covenant.[269] The truthfulness of the commandments will be proved.[270] The free will granted to the creatures will be perfected.[271]
Heb.10:19 Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus,
Heb.10:20 by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
† Only when the alabaster jar is broken can the perfume flow out[272], and only when the jar is broken can the light of the torch shine through.[273] Just as the curtain must be torn to allow us to enter into the most holy place, only when the sinful desires of our flesh must be torn apart[274] can we be governed by God the Holy Spirit.[275] Through our obedience to God's will, the sins hidden within us are judged. When we come boldly to God the Holy Spirit through the blood of the LORD Jesus[276], God the Holy Spirit becomes our guarantee and puts the seal of God the Holy Spirit upon us.
John3:33 He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true.
† If we say that the word of God is true, that is, if we acknowledge with our lives the fact that the commandments can be kept, we will be sealed with God the Holy Spirit.
Ezek.9:4 Yahweh said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in the midst of it.
† God puts His seal on those who refuse to participate in Satan's crimes and want to keep the commandments of God.
2Cor.1:22 who also sealed us, and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.
† God the Holy Spirit becomes a seal for us.
Eph.4:30 Don't grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
† God the Holy Spirit becomes our guarantee of redemption, that is, the resurrection and the transformation.[277]
2Cor.5:4 For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
2Cor.5:5 Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.
† Only those who are guaranteed by God the Holy Spirit, are resurrected or transformed and clothed with a new body.[278]
John6:27 Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him."
† Just as God sealed the Son who is the Word[279], so God seals those who receive the word of God.
Eph.1:13 in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation, -- in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
Eph.1:14 who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of his glory.
† God the Holy Spirit is the guarantee of the inheritance we will inherit. He is the guarantee of the 1000-year kingdom that we who have been martyred will inherit.
Rev.9:4 They were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those men who don't have God's seal on their foreheads.
† Even in the 70th week, those who are sealed by God the Holy Spirit will avoid disaster.[280] Not a single hair will be damaged[281], and they will be brought up in the desert[282] that God has prepared for them, until they are transformed by the 1st resurrection, just like Elijah did.[283] Some may be beheaded[284], but this is to fulfill God's will to completely exterminate sin in the creation world.[285] Because God created them[286] in the first place to do so[287], they are eternally safe.[288] (Of course, in advance God must have foreseen the free decision they would make, and must have made it that way.[289] God respects the free will He has given to His creatures.) Whether martyred by death or martyred by life[290], the more loyalty we give to God, the more rewards we will receive from God.[291]
⑧ God will resurrect us through God the Holy Spirit.
When the 7th trumpet is sounded, God the Father and God the Son will resurrect and transform those who have been guaranteed by God the Holy Spirit, into an immortal body through God the Holy Spirit.
Rom.8:11 But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
† The Father will resurrect us.
1Cor.6:14 Now God raised up the Lord, and will also raise us up by his power.
† The Father will resurrect us by His power.
Eph.1:19 and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
Eph.1:20 which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,
† The Father resurrected His Son by His power.
Phil.3:21 who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.
† The Son will resurrect and transform us by the power that enables Him to bring everything under His control.
Phil.3:18 For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ,
† The LORD Jesus was raised to life through God the Holy Spirit.
Rev.11:11 After the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet. Great fear fell on those who saw them.
† We will be resurrected or transformed through God the Holy Spirit.
John14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions. If it weren't so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.
John14:3 If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.
† This dwelling place is new Jerusalem, the realm of God the Holy Spirit, and also the most holy place.
John14:4 Where I go, you know, and you know the way."
John14:5 Thomas says to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going. How can we know the way?"
John14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
† Only those who follow the way of the cross which the LORD Jesus went through, can enter this most holy place.[292] These are those who have overcome the desires of the flesh[293] in the law of the Spirit of life[294], whose curtain of the flesh has been torn in God the Holy Spirit.[295]
Heb.9:7 but into the second the high priest alone, once in the year, not without blood, which he offers for himself, and for the errors of the people.
Heb.9:8 The Holy Spirit is indicating this, that the way into the Holy Place wasn't yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing;
† When the LORD Jesus came and took the cross, the curtain was torn and the way to the most holy place came to be revealed.
Heb.6:19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil;
Heb.6:20 where as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
† If we follow the LORD Jesus who entered the most holy place according to the order of Melchizedek, and become priests according to the order of Melchizedek[296], we too will be able to enter into the most holy place like the LORD Jesus.
Heb.9:22 According to the law, nearly everything is cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.
Heb.9:23 It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
Heb.9:24 For Christ hasn't entered into holy places made with hands, which are representations of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;
† Just as the LORD Jesus entered into the true most holy place with His own blood as the High Priest[297], so we also become priests and enter into the most holy place with the blood of the LORD Jesus.[298] In God the Holy Spirit, this is proceeding now[299], and historically and practically, it will be fully accomplished in the new Jerusalem, the most holy place in the 1000-year kingdom. Only the royal priests, the martyr witnesses, the resurrected or transformed saints[300], can enter into the new Jerusalem, the most holy place where the throne and the tree of life are located.[301]
Matt.12:28 But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come on you.
† When demons are cast out from our flesh through God the Holy Spirit, then the kingdom of God has come on us.
Luke17:20 Being asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, he answered them, "The Kingdom of God doesn't come with observation;
Luke17:21 neither will they say, 'Look, here!' or, 'Look, there!' for behold, the Kingdom of God is within you."
† When demons are cast out from our flesh through God the Holy Spirit, the kingdom of God is within us.
Heb.13:14 For we don't have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come.
† There is an enduring city, eternal house in heaven, that God has prepared.
2Cor.5:1 For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
2Cor.5:2 For most assuredly in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven;
2Cor.5:3 if so be that being clothed we will not be found naked.
2Cor.5:4 For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
2Cor.5:5 Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.
† When a body of a person who is guaranteed by God the Holy Spirit, is destroyed, he/she is clothed with a new body and is resurrected or transformed.
Rom.8:10 If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
Rom.8:11 But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
† Through God the Holy Spirit, we are resurrected or transformed with a new body.
Rev.21:16 The city lies foursquare, and its length is as great as its breadth. He measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand twelve stadia. Its length, breadth, and height are equal.
† New Jerusalem city has the same length, width and height. It means it is a cube.
1Kin.6:20 Within the oracle was [a space of] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height of it; and he overlaid it with pure gold: and he covered the altar with cedar.
2Chr.3:8 He made the most holy house: the length of it, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the breadth of it twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
† The most holy place of the temple has the same length, width, and height. The most holy place of the temple is also a cube.
Heb.11:16 But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
† The most holy place is the new Jerusalem.
Heb.9:3 After the second veil was the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies,
Heb.9:4 having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which was a golden pot holding the manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
Heb.9:5 and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can't now speak in detail.
† There is a mercy seat, the throne, in the most holy place, and the throne is guarded by cherubim of glory.
Ex.25:21 You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I will give you.
Ex.25:22 There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the testimony, all that I command you for the children of Israel.
† In the most holy place, there is a mercy seat, symbolizing the throne. Just as there are the tablets of testimony under the mercy seat, the foundation of the throne is love and justice, the commandments.[302]
Rev.21:22 I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple.
Rev.21:23 The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.
† There is no light in the most holy place. God is the only light of the most holy place. The light of God's glory shines in new Jerusalem.
Rev.3:21 He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.
† Only those who overcome can be resurrected or transformed and sit on the throne in new Jerusalem.[303]
Luke22:30 that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom. You will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel."
† Those who are guaranteed by God the Holy Spirit[304], those who overcome, are resurrected or transformed into a new body and enter into new Jerusalem and reign under Christ. New Jerusalem is the perfect reign of God the Holy Spirit.
Rev.20:4 I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn't worship the beast nor his image, and didn't receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with Christ for the thousand years.
Rev.20:5 The rest of the dead didn't live until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
Rev.20:6 Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.
† Those who overcome will sit together on the throne of the LORD Jesus[305], receive authority to judge, and reign in the new Jerusalem.
Rev.20:1 I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
Rev.20:2 He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years,
Rev.20:3 and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were finished. After this, he must be freed for a short time.
† Only when the devil is confined, the new heaven and the new earth[306], the paradise[307], are established and the new Jerusalem comes down.
John11:39 Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to him, "Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days."
John11:40 Jesus said to her, "Didn't I tell you that if you believed, you would see God's glory?"
† Not only the resurrection of dying and rising again on the last day, but in God the Holy Spirit, that is, in the perfect reign of God, we can live again now. Paradise can be realized now, and we can now be in the most holy place in new Jerusalem.[308]
⑨ Firstfruits-Witnesses of the commandments
Firstfruits are all witnesses of the commandments. The LORD Jesus, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep[309], is a witness[310] to the fact that by keeping the commandments, Adam can overcome sin and be resurrected from the dead.[311] The disciples who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, are also witnesses to the fact that humans can overcome sin and receive the redemption of the body.[312] The 144000, the firstfruits who are redeemed from among men, are also witnesses proving that humans can keep the commandments.[313] All the firstfruits are produced through God the Holy Spirit.[314] God the Holy Spirit comes upon us to keep the commandments of the Son.[315] God will prove Satan's lies ultimately through the resurrection and the transformation of the firstfruits.[316] Satan was cast out of the heaven of angels and is confined in Hades.[317] Later, he will be confined in the abyss.[318]
God the Holy Spirit came upon Adam[319] only after the LORD Jesus was resurrected[320], but there were martyr witnesses even before Pentecost.[321] It is presumed that they came to martyrdom through the Spirit of Yahweh.[322] They will also participate in the 1st resurrection, the better resurrection of life.[323]
Is.14:9 Sheol from beneath is moved for you to meet you at your coming; it stirs up the dead for you, even all the chief ones of the earth; it has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Is.14:10 All they shall answer and tell you, Are you also become weak as we? are you become like us?
Is.14:11 Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, [and] the noise of your viols: the worm is spread under you, and worms cover you.
† Satan fell into Hades and was imprisoned. Satan was covered with maggots and earthworms from Hades. The maggots and earthworms in Hades mean humans.[324]
Is.14:12 How you are fallen from heaven, day-star, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low!
Is.14:13 You said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit on the mountain of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north;
Is.14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.
Is.14:15 Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the uttermost parts of the pit.
† Hades is the depths of the pit in the creation world, the sides of the pit.[325]
Job25:5 Behold, even the moon has no brightness, And the stars are not pure in his sight;
Job25:6 How much less man, who is a worm! The son of man, who is a worm!"
† Humans are like maggots and worms in the sight of human eyes before God, but they are honored through love of God. However, in the view of perfect God, whether it be angels, humans, or any creatures, to some degree or another, I think that perhaps all of them are similar to when humans see germs. In the presence of the infinite God, no matter how great a creature is, it cannot reach even a trivial point.[326]
2Pet.2:4 For if God didn't spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved to judgment;
† Tartaroo where the fallen angels are confined, is Hades. Hades is the place where all things related to sin, death[327], are confined.[328] Someone may wonder, 'The angels in heaven have not yet perfected their free will, so the possibility to sin still remains in the heaven of angels. If Hades is a place where everything related to sin is confined, why are the angels not confined in Hades?'
† My thoughts are: The angels have already overcome Satan's deception once.[329] Also, God made the angels superior to Adam.[330] God will cause the angels to go through a different process than Adam who failed to overcome deception.[331] It seems that God made it possible for the angels to understand God's love and justice enough to be perfected their free will just by confirming the cross[332] and the resurrection.[333] And God entrusted the management proxy over Hades to Adam, not to angels.[334] Adam endured hardship[335] will rule[336] the 1000-year kingdom.[337] But the angels who did not have to suffer hardship, cannot rule the kingdom.[338]
Jude1:6 Angels who didn't keep their first domain, but deserted their own dwelling place, he has kept in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.
† Hades is a place of darkness and no light. God lit a small candle in the darkness without light, and that candle is Adam.[339]
Gen.3:14 Yahweh God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all cattle, and above every animal of the field. On your belly shall you go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.
† Satan confined in Hades, came to be cursed to crawl[340] on his belly[341] and to eat dust after deceiving Adam. The dust is Adam's flesh.[342] Adam's flesh came to be cursed and produced thorns and thistles[343], the desires for sin.[344]
Eph.6:12 For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world's rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
† Hades is darkness. The forces that rules this dark world under God's permission[345], are Satan and his horde.[346] Until the LORD Jesus judges Satan fraudswarms, they are making Hades a place of suffering.[347]
Eph.2:2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience;
† Satan is the ruler of the kingdom of the air in Hades. Satan was defeated by the cross and condemned.[348] Therefore, in the name of the LORD Jesus who overcame, heaven, the kingdom of God, was established.[349] This heaven is God the Holy Spirit.[350] In the name of the LORD Jesus that is placed in God the Holy Spirit[351], we can destroy the power of Satan and take back what was taken from Satan.[352]
Acts26:16 But arise, and stand on your feet, for to this end have I appeared to you, to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen, and of the things which I will reveal to you;
Acts26:17 delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
Acts26:18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
† God makes the firstfruits as witnesses so that they can carry out God's work. The firstfruit that God has produced are those who attack Satan's army and turn the souls oppressed by Satan[353] from darkness to light[354], from Satan's oppression to God's love. God produces other firstfruits[355] through the firstfruits[356] and leads others to the kingdom of God through the other firstfruits.[357]
John12:31 Now is the judgment of this world. Now the prince of this world will be cast out.
John12:32 And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself."
† The LORD Jesus kept the commandments perfectly by obedience to God the Father even to the point of death on the cross.[358] When God the Holy Spirit comes upon the blood poured out by the LORD Jesus[359], those who have received God the Holy Spirit will also be able to keep the commandments perfectly.[360] The LORD Jesus who has overcome death[361], became the witness, the firstfruits, who proves the possibleness of observance of the commandments, that is, the truthfulness of the commandments.[362] The saints who have received God the Holy Spirit through the LORD Jesus, will also become witnesses who will prove the truthfulness of the commandments through the resurrection and the transformation, that is, the firstfruits.[363]
John16:11 about judgment, because the prince of this world has been judged.
† The truthfulness of the commandments will soon be proved, because even if the LORD Jesus takes the cross[364], He will soon rise from the dead. Also, when the LORD Jesus accomplishes the atonement, God the Holy Spirit will come upon the saints whose sins are forgiven.[365] When God the Holy Spirit comes, the saints can overcome sin[366] and be resurrected or transformed.[367] Through the appointed number of martyr witnesses, the firstfruits, to be raised in the 1st resurrection[368], the truthfulness of the commandments will be proved with certainty to the point of convincing the angels.[369] When all doubts about the possibleness of observance of the commandments are annihilated from the creatures who have been granted free will[370], and the commandments are established as the basis for judgment[371], the judgment against Satan fraudswarms will be executed soon.[372]
Col.2:14 having wiped out the handwriting in ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us: and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;
Col.2:15 having stripped the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
† Through the cross, God the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples, and the firstfruits were produced.[373] Satan who was expelled from the heaven of angels to Hades, practiced deception and oppressed Hades with violence[374], was cast out of the heavens created by God the Holy Spirit in Hades, to the earth again.[375]
† All the models of the old testament, the handwriting of ordinances[376], which symbolized the LORD Jesus Christ[377], were abolished by the coming of the LORD Jesus, the reality[378], and His crucifixion.[379] In other words, absorbed into the LORD Jesus.[380] Also, the law that was engraved on stone tablets was engraved into our hearts through God the Holy Spirit. As we came to the LORD Jesus after realizing our sins through the law[381], we came to keep the law of our hearts engraved by God the Holy Spirit[382], so we were no longer condemned by the law[383], but also freed from the law.[384] Now that we no longer break the law, the law is no longer necessary.[385]
† What does the handwriting of ordinances have to do with principalities and powers? Principalities and powers are sometimes used to refer to the public powers[386] that have seized political power.[387] However, given that they were defeated on the cross, principalities and powers mentioned here probably seem to refer to the power of Satan, using the handwriting of ordinances, the shadows that existed until the coming of the Son the reality, accused sinners and denied the truthfulness of the commandments.
Rev.12:7 There was war in the sky. Michael and his angels made war on the dragon. The dragon and his angels made war.
Rev.12:8 They didn't prevail, neither was a place found for him any more in heaven.
Rev.12:9 The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Rev.12:10 I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now is come the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night.
Rev.12:11 They overcame him because of the Lamb's blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn't love their life, even to death.
Rev.12:12 Therefore rejoice, heavens, and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil has gone down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has but a short time."
† Satan is thrown down to the earth by the victory of the martyr witnesses who loved the LORD Jesus to the point of death. There may be various opinions as to when this period is, but I believe that it is certain that it is near the 70th week[388] when Satan who was thrown down to the earth, raises beasts from the sea[389] and the earth[390] to slaughter saints.[391] Satan who was thrown down from the heaven of angels and confined to Hades[392], is thrown down again from the realm of God the Holy Spirit[393] which was established in Hades[394], and rules only in the realm where God the Holy Spirit does not rule[395], before being thrown down again to the earth. After that, in order not to die, Satan raises beasts from the sea and the earth and tries to slaughter the saints, but the saints who love the LORD Jesus, would rather lay down their lives. Because of the martyr witnesses who kept the commandments until death[396], Satan's claim that 'God gave creatures the commandments creatures cannot keep', is revealed to be false, and Satan is eventually imprisoned even to the abyss.
Rev.20:1 I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
Rev.20:2 He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years,
Rev.20:3 and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were finished. After this, he must be freed for a short time.
† The cross is the place where the LORD Jesus Himself proved the truthfulness of the commandments, and at the same time, it is also the place where the way is opened for the firstfruits who will prove the truthfulness of the commandments through their martyrdom, to be produced. When God the Holy Spirit comes upon those whose sins are forgiven by the blood of the LORD Jesus, they are produced as the firstfruits who keep the commandments. Following the LORD Jesus who became the firstfruits of those who are asleep, the firstfruits who have the firstfruits of the Spirit and the firstfruits who have been redeemed from among men, will prove the truthfulness of the commandments. When the truthfulness of the commandments, that is, the possibleness of observance of the commandments, is proved, the justification for imprisoning Satan who breaks the commandments, is secured. If Satan is imprisoned in the abyss, the 1000-year kingdom ruled by the Messiah, will be established. The saints who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, who received God the Holy Spirit who came as the early rain, did not spare their lives even to death, proving the truthfulness of the commandments. The truthfulness of the commandments will be finally proved when even the firstfruits that receive God the Holy Spirit who comes as the latter rain, that is, the firstfruits who have been redeemed from among men, are produced. When the appointed number of martyr witnesses is completed[397], the LORD Jesus will come again to judge Satan fraudswarms.[398]
A. Firstfruits of those who are asleep
1Cor.15:20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep.
† Death comes because of sin.[399] Therefore, in order to overcome death, we must overcome sin. To overcome sin means to keep all the commandments. Because sin is breaking the commandments[400], and only when there are commandments can sin be existed.[401] The Son proved that creatures can overcome sin even though they are clothed with the flesh with the sinful desires[402] by overcoming all sins after putting on the cursed flesh with the sinful desires.[403] The resurrection of the Son proves His innocence.[404] Those who follow the way of the Son will also be resurrected or transformed in the Son.[405] If we who are clothed with the cursed flesh that has the desires for sin, can overcome sin, it is even more natural that angels who have no desires for sin, can keep the commandments.[406]
B. God the Holy Spirit came as the early rain.
Rom.8:23 Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.
† Through the firstfruits of God the Holy Spirit, overcomers came out. These are the saints who have the firstfruits of the Spirit. The disciples are the firstfruits of God the Holy Spirit. The redemption of the body is the resurrection and the transformation, the 1st resurrection, the better resurrection. Being resurrected or transformed by the 1st resurrection means being officially adopted by God the Father. Those who are resurrected or transformed will inherit the 1000-year kingdom in the LORD Jesus, the firstborn.[407] God will resurrect or transform those who follow the Son on the way of the cross.
Matt.12:28 But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come on you.
† The realm of light was created because God the Holy Spirit came to Hades where there was only darkness.[408] The realm where God the Holy Spirit reigns is heaven even before Satan is judged.[409] Although the light still shines only on parts of Hades, when the Son returns and judges, He will imprison all the darkness of Hades in the abyss.[410]
Matt.16:24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If any man desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Matt.16:25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.
† Only upon those who take their cross and follow the Son, God the Holy Spirit comes, and He leads only them into the light. A creature can obtain life only through the Son.[411] Because the Son went by the way of the cross, we can come to the Son only through the way of the cross.
Luke17:20 Being asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, he answered them, "The Kingdom of God doesn't come with observation;
Luke17:21 neither will they say, 'Look, here!' or, 'Look, there!' for behold, the Kingdom of God is within you."
† The realm where God the Holy Spirit reigns is the kingdom of God. Until Satan is judged, the kingdom of God cannot but be established locally in this dark world. Because God the Holy Spirit comes only to those who obey the Son, but God keeps those who do not yet obey the Son alive in this world.[412]
Rom.14:17 for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
† The realm where God the Holy Spirit reigns is the kingdom of God. God the Holy Spirit reigns with the commandments of love.[413]
John6:37 All those who the Father gives me will come to me. Him who comes to me I will in no way throw out.
† God the Holy Spirit will come upon those whom the Father gives to His Son, and the Son will be with them through God the Holy Spirit.[414]
John6:39 This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day.
† God raises the saints again through God the Holy Spirit.[415] Therefore, only those who come to the Son and remain in the reign of God the Holy Spirit, are resurrected and transformed.
John6:54 He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
† Only those who eat the flesh of the Son, the word of God[416], and who drink the blood of the Son, God the Holy Spirit, have eternal life. The Son will raise only those in whom God the Holy Spirit dwells, by the resurrection of life.
John7:37 Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
John7:38 He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water."
John7:39 But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn't yet glorified.
† The blood of the Son which we must drink[417], symbolizes God the Holy Spirit.
John10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
John10:28 I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
† The eternal life in the Son is fulfilled by God the Holy Spirit who came in the name of the Son.[418]
Col.3:3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Col.3:4 When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.
† Only those who are in the Son will be raised to life by the resurrection of life through God the Holy Spirit.[419] When the LORD Jesus comes again, only the martyr witnesses will be raised by the 1st resurrection, the better resurrection[420], and at the great white throne judgment to be held after the 1000-year kingdom, the Son will raise all the saints who deserve to be saved by the resurrection of life.
Heb.12:2 looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
† God the Son gave up everything for the sake of the eternal rest that God the Son would bring to the creation world by removing sins through the firstfruits[421] and for the sake of His Father who would be pleased to see it. To the Son His Father is everything, and to the Father His Son is everything.[422] The most precious being to the Father is His Son, and the most precious being to the Son is His Father. When we think as a ceature, the Creator always can destroy His creatures and always can create any creatures.[423] No creature is valuable in itself without the Father or the Son.[424] It was only because the Father gave up His only precious Son for His creatures that the creatures became valuable to the One who keeps them alive.[425]
C. God the Holy Spirit who comes even as the latter rain.
Rev.14:3 They sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been redeemed out of the earth.
Rev.14:4 These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.
Rev.14:5 In their mouth was found no lie, for they are blameless.
† These are the last witnesses to prove the truthfulness of the commandments. These are the firstfruits who are redeemed by Jesus from among humans. Judgment against Satan fraudswarms who violate the commandments but claim that the commandments themselves are wrong, will be executed only when all the firstfruits including these last firstfruits are produced.[426]
Joel2:1 Blow you the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, For the day of Yahweh comes, For it is close at hand:
Joel2:2 A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn spreading on the mountains, A great and strong people; There has never been the like, Neither will there be any more after them, Even to the years of many generations.
† In the day of Yahweh, the day of judgment when the Son returns, the Son will allow the trumpets to be sounded and make the plagues poured out on the earth. When the trumpets are sounded, the tribulations begin.[427] It is the Feast of Trumpets.
Joel2:23 "Be glad then, you children of Zion, And rejoice in Yahweh, your God; For he gives you the early rain in just measure, And he causes the rain to come down for you, The early rain and the latter rain, As before.
Joel2:24 The threshing floors will be full of wheat, And the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
† God the Holy Spirit comes to the children of Zion[428] as the early rain first[429], and then God the Holy Spirit will come to them even as the latter rain.[430] It is the harvest of the firstfruits. The early rain is the rain that makes sowing possible, and the latter rain is the rain that makes the fruits ripen. Just as the soil sown with seeds bears fruits, so the latter rain makes those who recieve the seed of the word come to fruition as the firstftuits. The latter rain is meaningful only to the earthen flesh that has already been sown with the early rain. God the Holy Spirit who is coming as the latter rain, has nothing to do with those who do not submit to the rule of God the Holy Spirit who has come as the early rain. God the Holy Spirit will come even as the latter rain to complete His fruits only to those who first received God the Holy Spirit who came as the early rain.
Joel2:28 "It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; And your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.
Joel2:29 And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days, I will pour out my Spirit.
† God the Holy Spirit will come upon the flesh of Zion.[431]
Joel2:31 The sun will be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
Joel2:32 It will happen that whoever will call on the name of Yahweh shall be saved; For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, As Yahweh has said, And among the remnant, those whom Yahweh calls.
† Although Peter quoted even this part of the bible to preach[432], the great and dreadful day of Yahweh in Peter's quotation refers to the day of judgment which refers to the time when the LORD Jesus will come again, rather than when He first came to this earth.[433] It does not mean that Peter was wrong, but it means that there is a gap of about 2000 years between the event of the 1st coming of God the Holy Spirit to the saints and the event of the moon becoming like blood. Since it is written continuously in the bible, Peter quoted the written bible as it is, but there is a time gap of about 2000 years between the beginning of Pentecost and the end of Pentecost. Since the beginning of the day of Pentecost, God the Holy Spirit has been coming on the saints as the early rain until 2022. When the day of Pentecost is almost over, that is, around the time of the breaking of the 6th seal, God the Holy Spirit will come to the saints even as the latter rain. The darkening of the sun and the turning of the moon into blood will take place at the time of the 6th seal.[434] Therefore, by the time the LORD Jesus comes again, these words of Joel that are written in succession, will be fulfilled all at once without a gap of time.
| Ω Death of the Son and the sleep of the saints | |
| Death of the Son | Sleep of the saints |
| Death as a sinner, of the One who does not need to be redeemed | Sleep of the righteous who are redeemed by the blood of the Son.[435] |
| Being cut off from His Father[436] | Only their flesh return to dust and their souls go to sleep[437] |
| The resurrection or the transformation of those who overcame death[438], proves that they loved God and their neighbors and kept the commandments.[439] | |
[1] 1John4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God. He who doesn't love doesn't know God, for God is love.
[2] Deut.30:19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your seed; to love Yahweh your God, to obey his voice, and to cleave to him; for he is your life, and the length of your days; that you may dwell in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
[3] Rom.1:28 Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers,
[4] Gen.39:9 He isn't greater in this house than I, neither has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?"
[5] James1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God can't be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
[6] Eph.2:8 for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, that no one would boast.
[7] John14:15 If you love me, keep my commandments.
[8] Rev.21:4 He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away. He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." He said, "Write, for these words of God are faithful and true."
[9] John3:35 The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand. One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won't see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”
[10] 1Cor.15:25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy that will be abolished is death.
[11] Luke20:13 The lord of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be that seeing him, they will respect him.' "But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.' They threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?
[12] 1Cor.10:13 No temptation has taken you but such as man can bear. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
[13] Is.14:12 How you are fallen from heaven, day-star, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low! You said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit on the mountain of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.
[14] Job1:8 Yahweh said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil." Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "Does Job fear God for nothing? Haven't you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face."
[15] 1John1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we haven't sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
[16] Gen.2:15 Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
[17] Rom.5:8 But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
[18] Heb.5:7 He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,
[19] Luke22:42 saying, "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done." An angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him. Being in agony he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.
[20] 1Cor.15:20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep.
[21] Acts2:38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized, everyone of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
[22] Rev.14:3 They sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been redeemed out of the earth. These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb. In their mouth was found no lie, for they are blameless.
[23] 1Pet.1:12 To them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into. Therefore, prepare your minds for action, be sober and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ --
[24] 1Cor.15:54 But when this corruptible will have put on incorruption, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: "Death is swallowed up in victory." "Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?" The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
[25] 1Cor.15:28 When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.
[26] 2Cor.5:21 For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
[27] Rom.7:22 For I delight in God's law after the inward man, but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members. What a wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of the body of this death?
[28] 2Cor.5:14 For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died. He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.
[29] John14:15 If you love me, keep my commandments.
[30] 1John3:4 Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.
[31] John3:3 Jesus answered him, "Most assuredly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can't see the Kingdom of God."
[32] John1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
[33] 1Pet.2:21 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow his steps, who did not sin, "neither was deceit found in his mouth." Who, when he was reviled, didn't revile back. When he suffered, didn't threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously;
[34] Matt.1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; because when his mother, Mary, had been engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
[35] James1:18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
[36] Rom.14:17 for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
[37] John11:41 So they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, "Father, I thank you that you listened to me. I know that you always listen to me, but because of the multitude that stands around I said this, that they may believe that you sent me."
[38] Luke22:42 saying, "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done." An angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him. Being in agony he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.
[39] Eph.2:1 You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience; among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
[40] John7:37 Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink! He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water." But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn't yet glorified.
[41] Ps.119:11 I have hidden your word in my heart, That I might not sin against you.
[42] Rom.5:5 and hope doesn't disappoint us, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
[43] Mark14:34 He said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch."
[44] 1John4:10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
[45] Rom.6:14 For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace. What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be!
[46] Matt.5:43 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.' But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,
[47] John15:5 I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. If a man doesn't remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
[48] 2Cor.5:14 For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died. He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.
[49] Rom.5:8 But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
[50] Col.1:20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross. Through him, I say, whether things on the earth, or things in the heavens.
[51] Song8:6 Set me as a seal on your heart, As a seal on your arm; For love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol; Its flashes are flashes of fire, A very flame of Yahweh. Many waters can't quench love, Neither can floods drown it. If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, He would be utterly scorned. Friends
[52] 1John3:1 Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him.
[53] 2Thess.3:2 and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men; for not all have faith.
[54] Gal.2:20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
[55] Dan.3:16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.
[56] Rev.14:3 They sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been redeemed out of the earth. These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb. In their mouth was found no lie, for they are blameless.
[57] 1Cor.15:20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep.
[58] Rom.8:23 Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.
[59] Rev.6:9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had. They cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, Master, the holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" A long white robe was given them. They were told that they should rest yet for a while, until their fellow servants and their brothers, who would also be killed even as they were, completed their course.
[60] 1John2:1 My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.
[61] John15:26 "When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.
[62] Acts10:43 All the prophets testify about him, that through his name everyone who believes in him will receive remission of sins."
[63] Heb.10:19 Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
Heb.4:16 Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.
[64] Phil.2:9 Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name; that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
[65] Rom.8:34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
[66] 1Cor.3:16 Don't you know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you? If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.
[67] 1Cor.6:19 Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.
[68] James2:19 You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.
[69] Matt.23:30 and say, 'If we had been in the days of our fathers, we wouldn't have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.' Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are sons of those who killed the prophets. Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?
[70] Heb.1:1 God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.
[71] John12:9 A large crowd therefore of the Jews learned that he was there, and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead. But the chief priests conspired to also put Lazarus to death, because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.
[72] Matt.23:18 'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is a debtor.' You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
[73] Deut.18:15 Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from the midst of you, of your brothers, like me; to him you shall listen;
[74] Luke20:47 who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will receive greater condemnation."
[75] Titus1:16 They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
[76] Matt.10:32 Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.
[77] 2Chr.36:15 Yahweh, the God of their fathers, sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending, because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling-place: but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Yahweh arose against his people, until there was no remedy.
[78] Rom.1:28 Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers,
[79] 2Thess.2:9 even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn't receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. Because of this, God sends them a working of error, that they should believe a lie; that they all might be judged who didn't believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
[80] 2Cor.6:1 Working together, we entreat also that you not receive the grace of God in vain, for he says, "At an acceptable time I listened to you, In a day of salvation I helped you." Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.
[81] John5:22 For neither does the Father judge anyone, but he has given all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn't honor the Son doesn't honor the Father who sent him.
[82] Matt.3:16 Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him. Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
[83] John3:35 The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand. One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won't see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”
[84] John5:22 For neither does the Father judge anyone, but he has given all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn't honor the Son doesn't honor the Father who sent him.
[85] Matt.23:23 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
[86] Is.1:11 "What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?," says Yahweh. "I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, And the fat of fed animals. I don't delight in the blood of bulls, Or of lambs, Or of male goats. When you come to appear before me, Who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts? Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; New moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can't bear with evil assemblies. My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts; They are a burden to me. I am weary of bearing them.
[87] Acts7:53 You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and didn't keep it!"
[88] 1Pet.3:22 who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.
[89] Rom.8:11 But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
[90] John1:18 No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
[91] Rev.20:14 Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
[92] John10:33 The Jews answered him, "We don't stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy: because you, being a man, make yourself God."
[93] John11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, though he die, yet will he live. Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
[94] Rom.3:19 Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God. Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
[95] Luke9:23 He said to all, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it. For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?
[96] John17:3 This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
[97] Is.44:8 Don't fear, neither be afraid: haven't I declared to you of old, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don't know any Rock.
[98] Gen.3:5 for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
[99] Job34:14 If he set his heart on himself, If he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath; All flesh would perish together, And man would turn again to dust.
[100] Gen.3:4 The serpent said to the woman, "You won't surely die,
[101] Ps.2:12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him. A Psalm by David, when he fled from Absalom his son.
[102] John12:48 He who rejects me, and doesn't receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke, the same will judge him in the last day.
[103] Mal.3:5 I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don't fear me," says Yahweh of Hosts.
[104] 1Cor.4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.
[105] Rom.2:6 God "will give to each person according to what he has done."
[106] Luke12:2 There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.
[107] Rom.1:28 Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers, backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful;
[108] Rev.16:5 I heard the angel of the waters saying, "You are righteous, who are and who were, you Holy One, because you judged this way. For they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve this." I heard the altar saying, "Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments."
[109] Col.1:16 For by him were all things created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.
[110] 1John5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.
[111] 2Pet.3:8 But don't forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
[112] Rev.20:7 And after the thousand years, Satan will be released from his prison, and he will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
[113] Luke20:35 But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage. For neither can they die any more, for they are like the angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
[114] Dan.7:13 I saw in the night-visions, and, behold, there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. There was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
[115] Rom.8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
[116] Deut.29:4 but Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.
[117] Matt.11:25 At that time, Jesus answered, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.
[118] John6:46 Not that anyone has seen the Father, except he who is from God. He has seen the Father.
Matt.11:27 All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.
Luke10:22 Turning to the disciples, he said, "All things have been delivered to me from my Father. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him."
John1:18 No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
1John4:12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.
[119] John5:22 For neither does the Father judge anyone, but he has given all judgment to the Son,
[120] 1Cor.15:25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy that will be abolished is death. For, "He put all things in subjection under his feet." But when he says, "All things are put in subjection," it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him. When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.
[121] Rev.20:14 Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
[122] John8:15 You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one. Even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me.
[123] Matt.25:34 Then the King will tell those on his right hand, 'Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
[124] 1John3:23 This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.
[125] John1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.
Heb.1:3 His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself made purification for our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
[126] Rev.6:9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had. They cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, Master, the holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" A long white robe was given them. They were told that they should rest yet for a while, until their fellow servants and their brothers, who would also be killed even as they were, completed their course.
[127] Rev.14:4 These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.
[128] Rev.21:3 I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, "Behold, God's dwelling is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.
[129] 렘 51:6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life; don't be cut off in her iniquity: for it is the time of Yahweh's vengeance; he will render to her a recompense.
Rev.17:5 And on her forehead a name was written, "MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."
[130] Rom.3:7 For if the truth of God through my lie abounded to his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner? Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), "Let us do evil, that good may come?" Those who say so are justly condemned.
[131] Job1:9 Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "Does Job fear God for nothing? Haven't you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face." Yahweh said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only on himself don't put forth your hand." So Satan went forth from the presence of Yahweh.
[132] Gen.18:20 Yahweh said, "Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous, I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me. If not, I will know."
[133] Matt.10:29 "Aren't two sparrows sold for an assarion? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father's will,
[134] Eccles.5:8 If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don't marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.
Prov.21:12 The Righteous One takes note of the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.
[135] Ezek.3:18 When I tell the wicked, You shall surely die; and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand. Yet if you warn the wicked, and he doesn't turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.
[136] James1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
[137] 1John5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.
[138] John15:13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.
[139] Matt.27:46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" That is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
[140] Luke12:47 That servant, who knew his lord's will, and didn't prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes, but he who didn't know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whoever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom they deposit much, of him will they ask more.
[141] Matt.11:22 But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.
[142] Rev.2:23 I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
[143] Rom.14:15 Yet if because of food your brother is grieved, you walk no longer in love. Don't destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.
[144] Rom.8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
[145] Rev.20:10 The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
[146] 2Pet.3:12 looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire will be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which dwells righteousness.
[147] Rev.20:5 The rest of the dead didn't live until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.
[148] Heb.11:35 Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.
[149] Rev.20:12 I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works. The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his works.
[150] Matt.8:29 Behold, they cried out, saying, "What do we have to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?"
[151] Rev.20:13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his works. Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
[152] Matt.15:18 But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.
[153] James1:12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
[154] Deut.8:2 You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.
[155] Rev.9:12 The first woe is past. Behold, there are still two woes coming after this. The sixth angel sounded. I heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar which is before God, saying to the sixth angel who had one trumpet, "Free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!"
Dan.7:2 Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the sky broke forth on the great sea. Four great animals came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
Rev.13:1 Then I stood on the sand of the sea. I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads. On his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous names.
[156] Rev.11:14 The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe comes quickly. The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!"
[157] Rev.15:1 I saw another great and marvelous sign in the sky: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them God's wrath is finished.
[158] Rev.17:1 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, "Come here. I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters,
[159] Rev.19:19 I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him who sat on the horse, and against his army. The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. They two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
[160] Rev.21:1 I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband.
[161] Rev.20:7 And after the thousand years, Satan will be released from his prison, and he will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
[162] Rev.20:11 I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them. I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works. The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his works.
[163] 1Cor.15:28 When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.
[164] Rev.20:7 And after the thousand years, Satan will be released from his prison, and he will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
[165] Dan.7:27 The kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole the sky, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High: his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
[166] 1Cor.15:28 When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.
[167] 1Cor.15:26 The last enemy that will be abolished is death.
[168] Rev.20:14 Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
[169] John3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Don't marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born anew.' The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don't know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."
[170] John17:15 I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.
[171] John14:26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.
John17:12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name. Those whom you have given me I have kept. None of them is lost, except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
[172] Rev.15:2 I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who overcame the beast, and his image, and the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God. They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty; Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.
[173] Gal.3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could make alive, most assuredly righteousness would have been of the law. But the Scriptures shut up all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
[174] Jer.31:31 Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband to them, says Yahweh. But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
[175] Rom.8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
[176] Rev.21:4 He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away. He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." He said, "Write, for these words of God are faithful and true."
[177] Rev.2:4 But I have this against you, that you left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your lampstand out of its place, unless you repent.
[178] John11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, though he die, yet will he live. Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
John15:5 I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
[179] Gal.5:21 envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
[180] Rev.20:13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his works. Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
[181] Rev.2:10 Don't be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.
[182] Rev.2:14 But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality. So you also have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans in the same way. Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.
[183] John6:49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world."
[184] John1:14 The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
[185] Gen.17:5 Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made you.
[186] Gal.4:19 My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you--
[187] Gen.32:28 He said, "Your name will no longer be called 'Jacob,' but, 'Israel,' for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed."
[188] Col.1:21 You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works, yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and blameless before him, if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
[189] Is.62:1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burns. The nations shall see your righteousness, and all kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name, which the mouth of Yahweh shall name. You shall also be a crown of beauty in the hand of Yahweh, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
[190] Gen.22:7 Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, "My father?" He said, "Here I am, my son." He said, "Here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?"
[191] Heb.11:17 By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son; even he to whom it was said, "In Isaac will your seed be called;" accounting that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.
[192] Gen.32:26 The man said, "Let me go, for the day breaks." Jacob said, "I won't let you go, unless you bless me." He said to him, "What is your name?" He said, "Jacob." He said, "Your name will no longer be called 'Jacob,' but, 'Israel,' for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed."
[193] Gen.43:27 He asked them of their welfare, and said, "Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?" They said, "Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive." They bowed the head, and did homage. He lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother's son, and said, "Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?" He said, "God be gracious to you, my son." Joseph made haste; for his heart yearned over his brother: and he sought a place to weep; and he entered into his room, and wept there.
[194] Phil.2:9 Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name; that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
[195] John5:30 I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don't seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.
[196] Col.1:16 For by him were all things created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him.
[197] Luke22:42 saying, "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done." An angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him. Being in agony he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.
[198] Titus2:14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.
[199] Heb.11:33 who, through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, grew mighty in war, and turned to flight armies of aliens. Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. Others were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover by bonds and imprisonment. They were stoned. They were sawn apart. They were tempted. They were slain with the sword. They went around in sheepskins, in goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated (of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.
[200] Jer.1:5 Before I formed you in the belly I knew you, and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.
[201] Job35:7 If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand? Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are; And your righteousness may profit a son of man.
[202] Rev.2:20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate your woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality, and to eat things sacrificed to idols. I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.
[203] 1Pet.2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
[204] Rev.20:5 The rest of the dead didn't live until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.
[205] Rev.3:1 "And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these things: "I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and keep the things that remain, which you were about to throw away, for I have found no works of yours perfected before my God. Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If therefore you won't watch, I will come as a thief, and you won't know what hour I will come upon you.
[206] Luke12:5 But I will warn you whom you shall fear. Fear him, who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him. "Aren't five sparrows sold for two assaria? Not one of them is forgotten by God. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows. "I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, him will the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God; but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the angels of God.
[207] Rev.13:7 It was given to him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them. Authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation was given to him. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.
[208] Rev.13:15 It was given to him to give breath to it, to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause as many as wouldn't worship the image of the beast to be killed.
[209] Rev.3:10 Because you kept the word of my patience, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. I come quickly. Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown.
[210] Rev.14:1 I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.
[211] Phil.2:9 Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name; that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
[212] Matt.28:18 Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
[213] Rev.3:15 "I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot. So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of my mouth. Because you say, 'I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;' and don't know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;
[214] Rev.20:4 I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn't worship the beast nor his image, and didn't receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with Christ for the thousand years.
[215] Luke19:16 The first came before him, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.' "He said to him, 'Well done, you good servant! Because you were found faithful in a very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.'
[216] Acts19:2 He said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They said to him, "No, we haven't even heard that there is a Holy Spirit." He said, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said, "Into John's baptism."
[217] Gal.5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won't fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one other, that you may not do the things that you desire.
[218] Rom.8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
[219] Rom.8:12 So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
[220] Eph.4:30 Don't grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
[221] 1Thess.5:19 Don't quench the Spirit.
[222] Gal.5:17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one other, that you may not do the things that you desire.
[223] 2Chr.6:36 If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn't sin), and you are angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to a land far off or near;
[224] Rom.3:9 What then? Are we better than they? No, in no way. For we previously charged both Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin. As it is written, "There is no one righteous. No, not one. There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God. They have all turned aside. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, No, not, so much as one."
[225] 2Cor.1:21 Now he who establishes us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God; who also sealed us, and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.
[226] Heb.10:26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which will devour the adversaries. A man who disregards Moses' law dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses. How much worse punishment, do you think, will he be judged worthy of, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
[227] Gal.5:19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
[228] Rom.1:28 Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers,
[229] 2Pet.2:20 For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state has become worse with them than the first. For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
[230] Matt.18:32 Then his lord called him in, and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me. Shouldn't you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?' His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due to him. So will my heavenly Father also do to you, if you don't each forgive his brother from your hearts for his misdeeds."
[231] Heb.10:38 But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him." But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.
[232] Gal.5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
[233] Rom.8:3 For what the law couldn't do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh; that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
[234] 2Pet.1:10 Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble. For thus will be richly supplied to you the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
[235] John3:5 Jesus answered, "Most assuredly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God! That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Don't marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born anew.' The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don't know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."
[236] Rom.7:12 Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good. Did then that which is good become death to me? May it never be! But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might become exceeding sinful.
[237] Rom.3:19 Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God. Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
[238] Rom.7:10 The commandment, which was for life, this I found to be for death;
[239] Rom.8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
[240] 2Cor.3:3 being revealed that you are a letter of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.
[241] 1Cor.3:16 Don't you know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you? If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.
[242] Heb.9:18 Therefore even the first covenant has not been dedicated without blood. For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, saying, "This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded toward you." Moreover he sprinkled the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry in like manner with the blood.
[243] Heb.8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. For finding fault with them, he said, "Behold, the days come," says the Lord, "That I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
[244] Gal.3:24 So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith is come, we are no longer under a tutor.
[245] Phil.3:4 though I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has confidence in the flesh, I yet more: circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee; concerning zeal, persecuting the assembly; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.
1Tim.1:15 The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
[246] Ex.21:23 But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.
[247] Matt.5:43 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.' But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,
[248] Heb.9:15 For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, that those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
[249] Rom.8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
[250] 2Cor.3:6 who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which was passing away: won't service of the Spirit be with much more glory? For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
[251] John16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I don't go away, the Counselor won't come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
[252] Acts2:38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized, everyone of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
[253] 1Cor.2:11 For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man, which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God, except God's Spirit. But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that were freely given to us by God.
[254] Rom.5:5 and hope doesn't disappoint us, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
[255] 1John4:10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
[256] John14:17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world can't receive; for it doesn't see him, neither knows him. You know him, for he lives with you, and will be in you.
[257] 1Pet.2:11 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
[258] Rom.13:8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not give false testimony," "You shall not covet," and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Love doesn't harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.
[259] Rom.7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn't have known sin, except through the law. For I wouldn't have known coveting, unless the law had said, "You shall not covet."
[260] Heb.9:13 For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify to the cleanness of the flesh: how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, that those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
[261] 1John3:9 Whoever is born of God doesn't commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can't sin, because he is born of God.
[262] Heb.10:26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which will devour the adversaries. A man who disregards Moses' law dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses. How much worse punishment, do you think, will he be judged worthy of, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace? For we know him who said, "Vengeance belongs to me," says the Lord, "I will repay." Again, "The Lord will judge his people." It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
[263] Rom.7:22 For I delight in God's law after the inward man, but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members. What a wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of the body of this death?
[264] Eph.2:8 for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, that no one would boast.
[265] Rom.8:11 But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
[266] 1Cor.15:20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep.
[267] Rom.8:23 Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.
[268] Hos.6:3 Let us acknowledge Yahweh. Let us press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, Like the spring rain that waters the earth."
[269] 1Cor.15:54 But when this corruptible will have put on incorruption, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: "Death is swallowed up in victory." "Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?" The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
[270] Job1:8 Yahweh said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil." Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "Does Job fear God for nothing? Haven't you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face."
[271] 1Pet.1:12 To them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into. Therefore, prepare your minds for action, be sober and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ --
[272] Mark14:3 While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard -- very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head.
[273] Judg.7:19 So Gideon, and the hundred men who were with him, came to the outermost part of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch, when they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and broke in pieces the pitchers that were in their hands. The three companies blew the trumpets, and broke the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands with which to blow; and they cried, The sword of Yahweh and of Gideon.
[274] 1Pet.2:11 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
[275] Matt.12:28 But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come on you.
[276] 1Cor.3:16 Don't you know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you? If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.
[277] Rom.8:23 Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.
[278] Rom.8:11 But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
[279] John1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
[280] Ezek.9:4 Yahweh said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in the midst of it. To the others he said in my hearing, Go you through the city after him, and strike: don't let your eye spare, neither have you pity; kill utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but don't come near any man on whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.
[281] Luke21:16 But you will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. Some of you they will cause to be put to death. You will be hated by all men for my name's sake.
[282] Ps.27:5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the covert of his tent he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.
Rev.12:14 Two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, so that she might be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
[283] 1Kin.17:9 Arise, get you to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.
[284] Rev.20:4 I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn't worship the beast nor his image, and didn't receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with Christ for the thousand years.
[285] 1Cor.15:25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy that will be abolished is death.
[286] Jer.1:5 Before I formed you in the belly I knew you, and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.
[287] Jer.18:6 House of Israel, can't I do with you as this potter? says Yahweh. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.
[288] Mark13:11 When they lead you away and deliver you up, don't be anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit. "Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death. You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.
[289] Rom.8:29 For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
[290] Rom.8:17 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.
[291] Luke19:16 The first came before him, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.' "He said to him, 'Well done, you good servant! Because you were found faithful in a very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.' "The second came, saying, 'Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.' "He said to him also, 'You also are to be over five cities.'
[292] Matt.10:37 He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn't worthy of me. He who doesn't take his cross and follow after me, isn't worthy of me. He who finds his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
[293] 1Pet.2:11 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
[294] Rom.8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
[295] Eph.4:22 that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit; and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
[296] 1Pet.2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
[297] Heb.6:19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil; where as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
[298] Heb.10:19 Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
[299] Heb.4:15 For we don't have a high priest who can't be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.
[300] Rev.20:5 The rest of the dead didn't live until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.
[301] Rev.22:1 He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb, in the midst of its street. On this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
[302] Ps.89:14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Lovingkindness and truth go before your face.
[303] Rev.20:4 I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn't worship the beast nor his image, and didn't receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with Christ for the thousand years.
[304] 2Cor.5:4 For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.
[305] Rev.3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
[306] 2Pet.3:12 looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire will be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which dwells righteousness.
[307] Rev.2:7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.
[308] Matt.12:28 But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come on you. Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.
[309] 1Cor.15:20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep.
[310] Rev.1:5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood;
[311] 1Cor.15:54 But when this corruptible will have put on incorruption, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: "Death is swallowed up in victory." "Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?" The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
[312] Rom.8:23 Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.
[313] Rev.14:4 These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb. In their mouth was found no lie, for they are blameless.
[314] Rom.8:11 But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
[315] Rom.8:12 So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
[316] Rev.12:10 I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now is come the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night. They overcame him because of the Lamb's blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn't love their life, even to death.
[317] 2Pet.2:4 For if God didn't spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved to judgment;
[318] Rev.20:2 He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years, and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were finished. After this, he must be freed for a short time.
[319] John7:39 But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn't yet glorified.
[320] John20:22 When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit! Whoever's sins you forgive, they are forgiven to them. Whoever's sins you retain, they have been retained."
[321] Dan.3:16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.
[322] 1Sam.16:13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
[323] Heb.11:35 Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.
[324] Job25:6 How much less man, who is a worm! The son of man, who is a worm!"
[325] Rom.8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come[creature-time], nor powers, nor height, nor depth[creature-space], nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
[326] Is.40:15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are accounted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he takes up the isles as a very little thing. Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the animals of it sufficient for a burnt offering. All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
[327] 1Cor.15:25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy that will be abolished is death.
[328] Rev.20:13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his works. Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
[329] Jude1:9 But Michael, the archangel, when contending with the devil and arguing about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him an abusive condemnation, but said, "May the Lord rebuke you!"
[330] Ps.8:4 What is man, that you think of him? The son of man, that you care for him? For you have made him a little lower than God, And crowned him with glory and honor.
[331] Is.48:18 Oh that you had listened to my commandments! then had your peace been as a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea: your seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of your loins like the grains of it: his name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.
[332] Col.1:20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross. Through him, I say, whether things on the earth, or things in the heavens.
[333] 1Pet.1:12 To them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into. Therefore, prepare your minds for action, be sober and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ --
[334] Gen.2:15 Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
[335] Acts14:22 confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into the Kingdom of God.
[336] Rev.20:5 The rest of the dead didn't live until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.
[337] Rom.8:17 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.
[338] Heb.2:5 For he didn't subject the world to come, whereof we speak, to angels.
[339] Gen.1:27 God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
[340] Rom.16:18 For those who are such don't serve our Lord, Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.
[341] Titus1:12 One of them, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons."
[342] Gen.3:18 Thorns also and thistles will it bring forth to you; and you will eat the herb of the field. By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
[343] Rom.7:22 For I delight in God's law after the inward man, but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members. What a wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of the body of this death?
[344] 1Pet.2:11 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
[345] Job1:9 Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "Does Job fear God for nothing? Haven't you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face." Yahweh said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only on himself don't put forth your hand." So Satan went forth from the presence of Yahweh.
[346] 2Thess.2:9 even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn't receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. Because of this, God sends them a working of error, that they should believe a lie; that they all might be judged who didn't believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
[347] Eccles.4:1 Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive. Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
[348] John12:31 Now is the judgment of this world. Now the prince of this world will be cast out. And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself."
[349] Eph.2:5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
[350] Rom.14:17 for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
[351] John14:26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.
[352] Matt.12:28 But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come on you. Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.
[353] Matt.10:28 Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
[354] 1Pet.1:9 receiving the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
[355] Matt.28:19 Go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things which I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
[356] John12:24 Most assuredly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit. He who loves his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.
[357] 2Tim.2:2 The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
[358] Phil.2:6 who, existing in the form of God, didn't consider it robbery to be equal with God, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.
[359] Acts2:38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized, everyone of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
[360] 1John5:18 We know that whoever is born of God doesn't sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn't touch him.
[361] Rom.6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
[362] 1Cor.15:20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep. For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man.
[363] Rom.8:23 Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.
[364] John16:9 about sin, because they don't believe in me; about righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you see me no more;
[365] John7:37 Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink! He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water." But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn't yet glorified.
[366] Rom.8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
[367] Rom.8:11 But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
[368] Rev.6:9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had. They cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, Master, the holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" A long white robe was given them. They were told that they should rest yet for a while, until their fellow servants and their brothers, who would also be killed even as they were, completed their course.
[369] 1Pet.1:12 To them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into. Therefore, prepare your minds for action, be sober and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ --
[370] 1Cor.15:51 Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,
[371] Rev.11:15 The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!" The twenty-four elders, who sit before God's throne on their thrones, fell on their faces and worshiped God, saying: "We give you thanks, Lord God, the Almighty, the one who is and who was; because you have taken your great power, and reigned. The nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your servants the prophets, their reward, as well as the saints, and those who fear your name, the small and the great; and to destroy those who destroy the earth."
[372] Rev.19:14 The armies which are in heaven followed him on white horses, clothed in white, pure, fine linen. Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with a rod of iron. He treads the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty. He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."
[373] Rom.8:23 Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.
[374] Eph.2:1 You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience; among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
[375] Matt.12:28 But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come on you. Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.
[376] Heb.8:5 who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, "See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain."
[377] John5:39 "You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.
[378] Gal.3:19 What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the seed should come to whom the promise has been made. It was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.
[379] Rom.10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
[380] Matt.5:17 "Don't think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn't come to destroy, but to fulfill.
[381] Gal.3:24 So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
[382] 1Cor.9:21 to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law.
[383] Rom.8:33 Who could bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
[384] Gal.5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
[385] 1Tim.1:9 as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;
[386] Rom.13:3 For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the same, for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn't bear the sword in vain; for he is a minister of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.
[387] Titus3:1 Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
[388] Rev.9:1 The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him.
[389] Rev.13:1 Then I stood on the sand of the sea. I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads. On his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous names.
[390] Rev.13:11 I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke like a dragon.
[391] Rev.13:15 It was given to him to give breath to it, to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause as many as wouldn't worship the image of the beast to be killed.
[392] 2Pet.2:4 For if God didn't spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved to judgment;
[393] Eph.2:4 But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
[394] Matt.12:28 But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come on you. Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.
[395] Eph.2:1 You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience; among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
[396] John15:13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.
[397] Rev.6:9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had. They cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, Master, the holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" A long white robe was given them. They were told that they should rest yet for a while, until their fellow servants and their brothers, who would also be killed even as they were, completed their course.
[398] Rev.19:14 The armies which are in heaven followed him on white horses, clothed in white, pure, fine linen. Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with a rod of iron. He treads the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty. He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."
[399] Rom.6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
[400] 1John3:4 Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.
[401] 1Cor.15:54 But when this corruptible will have put on incorruption, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: "Death is swallowed up in victory." "Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?" The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
[402] 1Pet.2:21 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow his steps, who did not sin, "neither was deceit found in his mouth." Who, when he was reviled, didn't revile back. When he suffered, didn't threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously; who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.
[403] Heb.4:15 For we don't have a high priest who can't be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.
[404] Acts2:24 whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it.
[405] Rom.8:11 But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
[406] 1Pet.1:12 To them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into. Therefore, prepare your minds for action, be sober and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ --
[407] Rom.8:17 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
[408] Eph.2:5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
[409] Rom.14:17 for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
[410] Is.24:21 It shall happen in that day, that Yahweh will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth. They shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison; and after many days shall they be visited.
[411] John3:35 The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand. One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won't see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”
[412] Heb.10:12 but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; from that time waiting until his enemies are made the footstool of his feet.
[413] Rom.13:8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not give false testimony," "You shall not covet," and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Love doesn't harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.
[414] John14:19 Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also. In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
[415] Rom.8:11 But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
[416] John1:14 The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
[417] Luke22:20 He took the cup in like manner after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, that which is poured out for you.
[418] Rom.8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
[419] John5:29 and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.
[420] Heb.11:35 Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.
[421] Rev.11:15 The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!" The twenty-four elders, who sit before God's throne on their thrones, fell on their faces and worshiped God, saying: "We give you thanks, Lord God, the Almighty, the one who is and who was; because you have taken your great power, and reigned. The nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your servants the prophets, their reward, as well as the saints, and those who fear your name, the small and the great; and to destroy those who destroy the earth."
[422] Col.1:16 For by him were all things created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.
[423] Is.40:15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are accounted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he takes up the isles as a very little thing. Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the animals of it sufficient for a burnt offering. All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
[424] Is.43:21 the people which I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise.
[425] John16:27 for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from God.
[426] Rev.14:18 Another angel came out from the altar, he who has power over fire, and he called with a great voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, "Send forth your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for the earth's grapes are fully ripe!" The angel thrust his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vintage of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. The winepress was trodden outside of the city, and blood came out from the winepress, even to the bridles of the horses, as far as one thousand six hundred stadia.
Rev.15:1 I saw another great and marvelous sign in the sky: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them God's wrath is finished.
[427] Rev.8:5 The angel took the censer, and he filled it with the fire of the altar, and threw it on the earth. There followed thunders, sounds, lightnings, and an earthquake. The seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. The first sounded, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown on the earth. One third of the earth was burnt up, and one third of the trees were burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
[428] Ezek.9:3 The glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house: and he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer's inkhorn by his side. Yahweh said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in the midst of it. To the others he said in my hearing, Go you through the city after him, and strike: don't let your eye spare, neither have you pity; kill utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but don't come near any man on whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.
[429] Acts2:1 Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place. Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and it sat on each one of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.
[430] Rev.7:3 saying, "Don't harm the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, until we have sealed the bondservants of our God on their foreheads!" I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:
[431] Gen.2:7 Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
[432] Acts2:16 But this is what has been spoken through the prophet Joel: 'It will be in the last days, says God, I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams. Yes, and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days, I will pour out my Spirit, and they will prophesy. I will show wonders in the the sky above, And signs on the earth beneath; Blood, and fire, and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes. It will be, that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.'
[433] Rev.6:12 I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood.
[434] Rev.6:12 I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood.
[435] Acts7:59 They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my Spirit!" He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, "Lord, don't hold this sin against them!" When he had said this, he fell asleep.
[436] Is.53:12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors: yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
[437] Rev.6:9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had.
1Pet.1:9 receiving the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
[438] 1Cor.15:54 But when this corruptible will have put on incorruption, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: "Death is swallowed up in victory." "Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?" The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
[439] Rom.13:8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not give false testimony," "You shall not covet," and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Love doesn't harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.https://youtu.be/AupisuARmgQ?feature=shared
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