Thick-Felt-Darkness

Exodus 10:21-22    KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses,
'Stretch out thine hand toward heaven,
that there may be darkness over the
land of Egypt, even darkness [which]
may be felt.' [22] And Moses stretched
forth his hand toward heaven; and
there was a thick darkness in all the
land of Egypt three days.

The term 'thick-felt-darkness' might have been capable
of blanketing out all light from all man-made fire, such
as wood burning, candles, torches, oil lamps. In other
words, there was a total and complete blackout making
all visibility null and void for the entire land of Egypt
for THREE WHOLE DAYS.
This event reminds me of the New Testament record for
darkness that covered all of Israel when Christ was he
was suffering as having nailed sin to the cross to pay
for our debts to God.
Mark 15:33
And when the sixth hour was come,
there was darkness over the whole
land until the ninth hour.
The 6th hour = Noon; the 9th hour = 3 pm afternoon.
Darkness was over the whole area of Promised Land
for THREE WHOLE HOURS. The 3-hours of darkness
might have functioned to:
(1) baptise all Israelites into darkness/judgment.
(1.a) The temple's veil torn/split was judgment against
the religious leaders. They had a physical event to testify
and confirm a spiritual, eternal truth.
(1.b) All activity was shut down without any distractions.
(2) completely blot out all light thereby pointing to
the Heaven-To-Earth epicenter of His judgment:
this matches the thick-felt-darkness on Egypt before
all of the Pharaoh and his armies were completely
destroyed in water whereas the Ruler of this world
and his followers will be completely destroyed in fire.
(2.a) Job 20:26
All darkness is laid up for his treasures:
a fire not blown shall devour him; it shall
feed upon what is left in his tent.
(2.b) Hebrews 12:29
For also our God [is] a consuming fire.
(3) utilize the thick-felt-darkness as a heavenly
witness to Herod and all of the armies/soldiers,
both Jewish and Roman that they were to quite
literally 'stand-down.' This was a cooling off period
for the rioting crowds, the mob-mentality of
mockers who were shouting at Jesus on the cross.
(3.a) Isaiah 60:2
For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,
and gross darkness the people: but the LORD
shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be
seen upon thee.
(4) withdrawal of the Holy Spirit from nation of
Israel starting from the Temple and circling ever
wider geography until it was over the entire area
known as Promised Land. I believe the children
of darkness experienced weeping and gnashing
for these 3-hours of heavenly judgment.
(4.a) Matthew 8:12
But the children of the kingdom shall
be cast out into outer darkness: there
shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
(5) communicate to believers in Christ that time
was short and they needed to stay awake, even
though darkness/night had fallen upon the land.

The event on the calendar for Christ's crucifixion
matched the scriptures that promised the Light
of Christ to shine.
(5.a) Zechariah 13:7
Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and
against the man [that is] my fellow, saith the
LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the
sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine
hand upon the little ones.
The concept of becoming 'awake' instead of
staying 'asleep' in darkness at night-time when
the evening's end for the day was promised:
(5.b) Ephesians 5:14
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest
and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give
thee light.
For the believers, the 3-hours of thick-felt-darkness
was a sign of Jonah [THREE DAYS IN BELLY]
they needed to become prepared, to become ready
3-days hence for their expulsion out of the kingdom
of darkness [belly] and go into active, full-time
ministry so as to preach the Word of resurrection.
(5.c) Matthew 10:27
"What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light;
and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim
upon the housetops.
(5.d) John 8:12
Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying,
"I am the Light of the world; he who follows
Me will not walk in the darkness, but will
have the Light of life."
(5.e) Colossions 1:13
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness,
and hath translated [us] into the kingdom of his dear Son:

(6) The time between 3pm and DUSK gave Joseph
of Arimathea to:
(6.1) Go to Ceasar for permission to retrieve the body
(6.2) Wait until Centurion gave Ceasar verification
(6.3) Purchase clean white linen
(6.4) Transport body to hewn-tomb
(6.5) Wrap the body in linen
(6.6) Lay the body in the hewn-tomb
(6.7) Women purchased, prepared spices with
fragrant oils and applied to wrapped-up body
(6.8) They all then rested on the Sabbath (at DUSK)

To Be Made Whole / Later Rather Than Sooner

There are many bible verses that relate to the word, 'save (-d).'
I list just a short sample of 3 verses from the gospel of Matthew:

Mat 10:22 KJV
And ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name's sake:
but he that endureth to the end shall be saved [G4982].

Mat 16:25 KJV
For whosoever will save [G4982] his life shall lose it:
and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

Mat 24:13 KJV
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall
be saved [G4982].

The Strong's word is G4981 - Sozo (verb) - to save, make whole,
heal, be whole. Strong's definitions include:
1) to save, keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger or destruction
1a) one (from injury or peril)
1b) to save a suffering one (from perishing), i.e. one suffering from
disease, to make well, heal, restore to health
1c) to preserve one who is in danger of destruction, to save or rescue

2) to save in the technical biblical sense negatively:
2a) to deliver from the penalties of the Messianic judgment
2b) to save from the evils which obstruct the reception of the
Messianic deliverance

I would round out this definition as: to be perfectly complete, entirely
healed (from every destructive thing); to become totally restored.

I find it interesting that such healing, promised rescue from danger,

destruction or suffering was provided to the believer 'unto the end'

and not the first thing on the list of experiences.

I would imagine the confusion, disappointment and sense of heavenly

betrayal for those who have need of such healing from above. It sort

of carries with it an unknowable quality of guesswork, anticipation and

an indeterminate amount of anxiety associated with hiding the scriptures

in our hearts while our lives seem to breakdown under the stressful

pressures of this present day.

When we experience such internalized conflict about our hidden pain,

then we might question ourselves, "Is my faith in vain?" It leads us to

examine ourselves in a non-accepting fashion so as to 'weed-out' or

eliminate some sort of offending part(s) that might be working against

our healing, our rescue or even our salvation.

Sorting out our hearts is always a messy business, at best. The idea

of our blind-spots, acting as 'a log in our eye' that perverts perspectives

of the 'speck-in-their-eye' contrast, can push us to extremes where

we find ourselves self-loathing part(s) of our lives that seem to be

deserving of rejection, hatred, suppression and denial. Perhaps for

some, the unconscious conflicts within our hearts and minds are

wrestling with hidden, invisible things that are yet to be revealed

in the light of the gospel of truth.

Herein I have found a small measure of guarded hope for myself.

I believe that I am not capable of comprehending the extent of my

'unknowable' conflicts within my journey. I hope my faith is not in

vain as I entrust my 'saved' condition unto the One Who Is My

Lord in heaven. Therefore, even though I have not been healed,

not received restoration, not had the experiences of being made

whole, I have placed my trust, my attachment, my whole heart

into the hands of Him who has called me out of darkness into

His marvelous light.

It's my job to entrust myself in long-suffering

yet working out my salvation with all my

strength here in this life; it's His job to both

promise and fulfill His word (hidden in my

heart) that bears fruitful salvation thereby

making me whole, complete, lacking no good

thing. It's the World's job to corrupt, steal,

betray, lie, deny, mock and destroy my

progress as a believer.

Jesus Suffered Anxiety And Fears

Here's a tiny, little insight that has such a huge message.

Hebrews 5:7    KJV
Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers
and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that
was able to save [G4982] him from death, and was heard in
that he feared [G2124];

This verse tells us about the suffering before the cross. It
was a part of his days when He lived among us. It does not
say it applied just to the Garden where He gave out great
drops of blood in sweat. It speaks of the time during the
'days of His flesh'

G2124 - Eulabeia (feminine noun) = caution, circumspection,
discretion by avoidance and/or reasonable shunning; reverence,
veneration by reverence toward God, godly fear, piety; fear,
anxiety, dread.

I believe Jesus offered up prayers, strong crying with tears
through out all of his 33 years on the Earth. Even though
He had His Heavenly Father in unique Oneness, that did
not negate His feelings, His emotional well-being and His
own struggles with in what He feared.

What Is Strange?

There are 5 different New Testament (Greek) words for
our English word: "strange" however G3579 is a verb and
G3581 is an adjective from the same base as follows:

(1) G245 - allotrios (äl-lo'-trē-os) = stranger, another man's,
strange, other men's, other, alien
(2) G1854 - exō (e'ks-ō) = without, out, out of, forth, outward,
strange, away
(3) G3579 - xenizō (kse-nē'-zō) = lodge, think it strange,
strange, entertain
(4) G3581 - xenos (kse'-nos) = stranger, strange, host
(5) G3861 - paradoxos (pä-rä'-do-ksos) = strange

BTW: I found it 'strange' that the same Greek word for
both G3579 (verb) and G3581 (adjective) combines the
concept of 'strange' with 'entertain/host.' This needed
looking into, right? I looked at NASB as well as KJV.

1 Peter 4:12 NASB
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal
among you, which comes upon you for your testing,
as though some strange thing were happening to you;

1 Peter 4:12 KJV
Beloved, think it [G3579] not strange [G3579]
concerning the fiery trial which is to try you,
as though some strange thing happened unto you:

Here are the 15 Greeks words from Strong's Lexicon:

G27 - Agapetos (adjective) - beloved, esteemed, favorite, dear(ly)
G3579 - Xenizo (verb) - think it strange, be shocked, to be
surprised or astonish by the strangeness and novelty of a
thing; receive as a guest, to entertain, hospitably, be lodged
or stay as a guest
G3361 - Me - not, not lest, neither (a particle of negation
that denies the thought of the thing according to judgment,
opinion, will, purpose, preference and indirectly, subjectively).
G3579 - Xenizo (verb) - think it strange, be shocked, to be
surprised or astonish by the strangeness and novelty of a
thing; receive as a guest, to entertain, hospitably, be lodged
or stay as a guest
G5213 - Hymin - you, your, yourselves (pronoun of the
second person; expressed for emphasis or when several are
addressed at the same time)
G4451 - Pyrosis - fiery trial; a burning (by which metals
are roasted and reduced by a figure drawn from a refiner's fire);
calamites or trials (that test the elements of one's character).
G1722 - En - which, in, by, with, among, on, through
(local, proper place)
G1096 - Ginomai (verb) - is, to become, happen, to arise,
to be, be made
G4314 - Pros - to the advantage of, towards, with regard
to (move with emphasis)
G3986 - Peirasmos (masculine noun) - an experiment, attempt,
trial, proving (the condition or mental state), temptation
G5213 - Hymin - you, your, yourselves (pronoun of the
second person; expressed for emphasis or when several are
addressed at the same time)
G5613 - Hos (adverb) - as, like, even as, when, how, as it
were, about, according as, in the same manner as
G3581 - Xenos (adjective) - stranger (one who is new,
unheard of), strange (person or thing), host (one receives
and entertains another hospitably), a foreigner (one without
knowledge or share in).
G4819 - Symbaino - happened, befall, so be it; to walk with
the feet near together, to come together, meet with one, of
the things which fall out at the same time, to happen, turn
out, come to pass
G5213 - Hymin - unto you, your, yourselves (pronoun of
the second person; expressed for emphasis or when several
are addressed at the same time)

The phrase: 'Xenizo Me Xenizo' emphasizes the duality of G3579
which implies the negative indirectly or subjectively against one
of the parts of G3579. You might configure it to read:

"Do Not Be Shocked That [It] Stays Lodged To Entertain"

I have written my Marin Transliteration as:
Dearly Beloved, do not be shocked by the strangeness that stays
lodged [among] yourselves as burning calamities which arise to
take advantage of you [who] attempt experiments, how in the
same manner as one hospitably entertains one without knowledge,
when you walk together turning out your feet at the same time?

I find the emphasis of this verse implies that each participant
into the experimental group willingly leaves or forgets whatever
they already knew about such temptations in order to share in
this experience.

In other words, such temptations do not just happen. They are
invited and welcomed into the group with an emphasis how
everybody will get a chance at experimentation in order to
entertain one another which takes advantage of a person.

It's a format designed to conform the group through peer
pressure that stays firmly fixed as a fiery test to see who
will take the challenge together within the group.

This verse is an indictment against those who are 'playing' with
fire by seeking entertainment within a group setting and then
become shocked that life is starting to get really, really strange.

ADAM Analysis / 3 Sets Of 5 Changes

First Five Changes Of ADAM

(1) Creation Of Form

(2) Breathe Into Form

(3) Awake & Aware

(4) Place Value Within Safe Boundaries

(5) Longings From Need

Second Five Changes of ADAM

(6) Investigation Through Toil Inside Safe Boundaries

(7) Classification Of Environment For Living On Land and Air (not Water)

(8) Talent Expression Became Recognized

(9) Need Definition By What Was NOT Fit

(10) Deep Surrender (-Render, -rent (tear open/apart)
the opposite of 'renter' as temporary placement)

Third Five Changes of ADAM

(11) Seat of Innermost Parts For Thought, Feeling, Desire, Choice

(12) Lower-Palate-Conceptionalism Track-Through (From First Five Redoubled/Folded Over)

(13) Outcrop Expression Became Integrated Into Twain (not Twin)

(14) Absolute Plural Intensive Receptacle of Shared-Breath in Oneness

(15) Declaration In Recognition Of Oneness Cross-Connections (without Corruption)

Taking Advantage / Who & What Devours?

Luke 20:47    KJV
Which devour widows' houses, and for a
shew make long prayers: the same shall
receive greater damnation.

There are 13 Greek words from Strong's Lexicon:
G3739 - hos = who, which, what, that, whom, whose, whosoever
G2719 - katesthio = consume by eating, devour, squander, waste
G5503 - chera = widow
G3614 - oikia = inhabited house, dwelling, household, at home
G2532 - kai = and, also, even, both, then, likewise, indeed, but
G4392 - prophasis = pretence, cloke, (for) show, pretext, pretend
G4336 - proseuchomai = to offer prayers, to pray, pray for
G3117 - makros = long lasting; remote, distant, far off; lengthy
G4336 - proseuchomai = to offer prayers, to pray, pray for
G3778 - houtos = this one, he, they; (specifically) present visibly
G2983 - lambano = to take, lay hold of, take/carry away, to seize
G4055 - perissoteros = exceeding over and above, suppassing,
something further, exceedingly abundant, greater, more
G2917 - krima = decree, judgment(s), condemnation (of wrongs),
punishment, sentence as judicial matter decided in court case

Marin's transliteration:
Whosoever squanders widows' inhabited dwellings likewise
pretending to offer long-lasting lengthy prayers [shall] this
one be taken to receive exceedingly greater condemnation.

The verse implies that this consumption is not a quick and
fast event, but a long, slow and methodical process to squander
the scarce resources of widows.

Strong's G2719 - Katesthio (verb) = to consume by eating,
to eat up, devour; i.e., to squander, waste (substance);
forcibly appropriate, to strip one of his goods (to ruin) by
the infliction of injuries; of the consumption of the strength
of body and mind

This form of devouring is specifically pointed directly against those
spiritual leaders who take advantage of their congregation who are
the least, the weakest, and the loneliest, namely elderly widows.

The LORD compared these false-prayers to the fowls of the air
as they both devour the good seed that's fallen into the ground,
or group of believers. Out of 10 verses, there was:
(a) one son who was devouring his father's resources through harlots
(b) One being consumed due to His zeal for His Heavenly Father
(c) believers allowing themselves to be taken advantage of by a man
(d) believers biting and devouring each other one by one

Fowls
Matthew 13:4 - fowls came and devoured
Mark 4:4 - fowls of the air came and devoured
Luke 8:5 - fowls of the air devoured

False-Prayers
Matthew 23:14 - woe to those who devour
Mark 12:40 - which devour widows' houses
Luke 20:47 - which devour widows' houses

Son Devouring Father's Resources
Luke 15:30 - son devoured by living with harlots

Son Consumed For Zeal Of His Heavenly Father
John 2:17 - zeal has eaten me up

Believers Getting Devoured
2 Corinthians 11:20 - if a man devour [you]

Believers Devouring Each Other
Galations 5:15 - if you bite and devour one another

Who and What are These Fowls?
Strong's G4071 - Peteinon (neuter noun) = flying, winged animals,
birds, fowl (of the heaven, of the air).

It's a bit of a guess, but I would view such devouring fowls as
a part of the kingdom of darkness that seek to draw all of Mankind
into waste places where needs are taken advantage of by those in
powerful places.

It Is Not Good Being Alone

Genesis 2:18    KJV
And the LORD God said, [It is] not good
that the man should be alone; I will make
him an help meet for him.

This verse has 10 Hebrew words according to the
Strong's lexicon/condordance. I noticed the word
for 'alone' is Strong's H905.

The funny part that hits me is that the English
for H905 spells out: Bad (masculine noun) = alone,
by itself, besides, a part, separation, being alone,
by itself, only (adv), apart from (prep), part, parts
(eg: limbs, shoots), bars

The KJV translation provides bits of emphasis as
when these English words were used to define H905:
stave, beside, branches, alone, only, strength, apart,
bars, each, except, beside him, like, themselves.
Note: separation, something separated, from the root,
hence: a part, part like to part i.e., in equal portions;
plural specially parts of the body i.e. members;
Job 18:13 & 41:4 ~ of a tree, i.e. branches;
metaphorically: staves, as bearing up used as
staves of the city indicating the princes who
uphold the city;

I get several impressions as I meditate on H905.
This is the LORD's unique way of creating an
emphasis to His Word. It's His doubling or folding
over His meaning by making sure His reader
discovers what is important.

For a Man of God to be alone is bad, real bad. I
perceive how this is especially true for those who
move into a place of leadership. These leaders will
find themselves separated into equal parts and shall
need to bear up as they uphold the rest of their
community. This also is lonely business that does
require the LORD's created help to meet the needs.

We see this over and over again in the OT leaders
such as Moses, Joseph, Samuel, David. They all
needed the help from the LORD to bear up as His
anointed Leaders. Without His Strength, the loneliness
goes from bad to worse quickly.

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