Some christian groups hold on to the position that
the LGBT community must first confess that their
lifestyle, their identity, and their behavior as a sin
before receiving eternal life by faith in Jesus Christ.
The Marin Foundation holds the position that the
LGBT community can come to a saving belief in
the good news of Jesus Christ first and foremost
while letting those culturally defined issues of
lifestyle, identity, marriage, civil rights, personal
behaviors and relationships take a secondary role.
Why does The Marin Foundation maintain this?
It is because of the examples set forth by Jesus
Christ.
When we read about the woman at the well who
has a conversation about salvation with Jesus,
we do not find that she had to straighten out all
of her marital issues first before believing in Him.
He did not require first her confession of past
failed relationships.
Instead, Jesus offered her a simple, yet effective
means for the woman to enter into the salvation
of God just as valid as the law given by Moses,
that would permit her to worship without shame.
Next, we read about a man who was blind from
birth, it was not a matter regarding sin from
either him, nor his parents (John 9:1-3) but
an opportunity for manifesting the works of
God in him.
Even after Jesus healed this blind man, some
Pharisees wanted to have the healed man to
state that Jesus was a sinner (John 9:24).
The sin-issue was the primary key starting
point to divide and then exclude others from
receiving the love of God, even excluding the
very Son of God Himself.
Jesus found the healed man after hearing that
the Pharisees kicked him out of the synagogue.
He asked the healed man if he believed in the
Son of God, and when He identified Himself as
such, the healed man both believed and then
began to worship Him.
There was another man who was a cripple for
38 years who was not able to reach the healing
waters fast enough. Jesus said to him to rise up,
take up your bedding and walk. Immediately,
the man was made whole and he took up his bed
and walked.
Then, the healed man was told that it was the
sabbath day therefore unlawful for him to carry
his bedding. The cured man didn't know who had
healed him. Later, he encountered Jesus again:
John 5:14
Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple,
and said unto him, Behold, thou art made
whole: sin [G264] no more, lest a worse thing
come unto thee.
Strong's G264 - hamartano = to be without a share in,
to miss the mark, to err, be mistaken, to miss or to
wander off from the path, to do or go wrong; KJV has
translation of: sin, trespass, offend, faults
We have all missed the mark, we all have made mistakes,
we all have wandered off from the righteousness found in
His perfect love. It's a matter focused on our hearts first
and how we identify with the Son of God.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Parts Departed From The Cross
Jesus loves us. He endured our frustration
and futile struggles against sin by offering
Himself as the new and better way. He has
prepared for each of us to pass from death
to life by the shed blood of His New Covenant.
John 13:1 KJV
Now before the feast of the passover, when
Jesus knew that his hour was come that
he should depart out of this world unto the
Father, having loved his own which were
in the world, he loved them unto the end.
The Old Testament, through the Law Of Moses,
demonstrated how our lower nature was not
capable of serving or pleasing the LORD.
Hebrew 8:13 NASB
When He said, "A new covenant," He has made
the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming
obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear.
The Law has faded away, and rendered inactive
or nullified for the purpose of bringing salvation.
The Law of Moses was made obsolete in terms of
our fellowship with Him when the New Covenant
was fulfilled through the Cross of Christ.
This fading occurred when our LORD Jesus was
crucified on Golgothan hill which was known as
'A Place Of The Skull.'
Acts 2:27 NKJV
For You will not leave my soul in Hades,
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see
corruption.
Apostle Paul wrote in 2nd Corinthians how the
Law of Moses was a ministry of death (chp3;v7)
and condemnation (chp3;v9).
Romans 7:6 KJV
But now we are delivered from the law,
that being dead wherein we were held;
that we should serve in newness of spirit,
and not [in] the oldness of the letter.
The Law of Moses fades away when we are
transfered out of the kingdom of darkness
into His Light. The 'oldness' of the Law
still functions as a restraint holding us from
entering into His Holy Presence.
Luke 5:8 KJV
When Simon Peter saw [it],
he fell down at Jesus' knees,
saying, 'Depart from me; for
I am a sinful man, O Lord.'
The Law of Moses effectively condemns all flesh
under the curse. The Law shuts up all men with
out excuse for our sins, our inherent lawlessness
and debased carnal rebellion. We are hopelessly
held in the death grip of our sin nature when we
behold the holiness of the LORD.
The Law can not provide to us the means of our
salvation. It does not permit us to abide in holy
fellowship with Him in the newness of spirit. Our
own mortal flesh is weak, our corrupt members
remain dead towards God. If we say we have no
sin, we lie, and our flesh bears witness against us.
We, therefore, became 'detainees' of the Law, only
knowing our shame and guilt with a veil covering
our darkened minds. We are along the side of the
wide road longing and awaiting for our Deliverer
to come and set us free from our sin and death.
Luke 24:51 KJV
And it came to pass, while he blessed them,
he parted [G1339] from them, and carried
up into heaven.
Strong's G1339 - Diistemi = (verb) to place separately,
disjoin, stand apart, depart, go further; to put asunder,
to withdraw/withdrew
Our LORD Jesus put asunder all flesh having
Mankind's sin nailed into the Cross of Calvary.
Jesus trusted in His Heavenly Father to deliver
Him from death, Hades and bodily decay. He was
promised that all His enemies would one day bow
before Him under His footstool. On the day that
Christ died once for all, none of His enemies were
brought into subjection to His Lordship.
Mark 16:19 NKJV
So then, after the Lord had spoken to them,
He was received up into heaven, and sat down
at the right hand of God.
He was raised up to abide in a separate place with
His Father on the right hand of God. In Him, we
became a new creation so that we can freely serve
and fellowship as the Body of Christ here on the
earth in the land of the living.
He left behind His clothes, garments, rainment,
vesture that He wore during His trials. A woman
was healed when she touched the hem of his garment.
Matthew 9:20 KJV
And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with
an issue of blood twelve years, came behind [him]
and touched the hem of his garment [G2440].
In fact, as many as those who only touched the
hem of His garment, they were made perfectly
whole. See Matthew 14:36
And yet, He let those who crucified Him to have
his garments.
Matthew 27:35 KJV
"... they parted [G1266] his garments, casting lots ..."
Parted - Strong's G1266 - Diamerizo = to cleave
asunder, cut in(to) pieces; to be divided into opposing
parts, to be at variance, indessension; to distribute
I believe Jesus left His garments to the soldiers for
several reasons. First, it was an act to fulfill scripture
but also to bear witness that those who were healed
was because of His Holiness and not His clothes; to
distribute symbolically how the opposing parts who
were in variance against His lordship would also be
left behind, too.
We can now with confidence set our face to seek
the LORD by entrusting our salvation in Him
instead of the arm of our flesh.
When Jesus died on the Cross, He departed from
this world and descended into the lower parts of
the earth (Ephesians 4:9-10). On the third day,
He ascended far above all the heavens.
Colossians 3:3-4 RSV
For you have died,
and your life is hid
with Christ in God.
(v4) When Christ,
who is our life
appears, then you
also will appear
with him in glory.
and futile struggles against sin by offering
Himself as the new and better way. He has
prepared for each of us to pass from death
to life by the shed blood of His New Covenant.
John 13:1 KJV
Now before the feast of the passover, when
Jesus knew that his hour was come that
he should depart out of this world unto the
Father, having loved his own which were
in the world, he loved them unto the end.
The Old Testament, through the Law Of Moses,
demonstrated how our lower nature was not
capable of serving or pleasing the LORD.
Hebrew 8:13 NASB
When He said, "A new covenant," He has made
the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming
obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear.
The Law has faded away, and rendered inactive
or nullified for the purpose of bringing salvation.
The Law of Moses was made obsolete in terms of
our fellowship with Him when the New Covenant
was fulfilled through the Cross of Christ.
This fading occurred when our LORD Jesus was
crucified on Golgothan hill which was known as
'A Place Of The Skull.'
Acts 2:27 NKJV
For You will not leave my soul in Hades,
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see
corruption.
Apostle Paul wrote in 2nd Corinthians how the
Law of Moses was a ministry of death (chp3;v7)
and condemnation (chp3;v9).
Romans 7:6 KJV
But now we are delivered from the law,
that being dead wherein we were held;
that we should serve in newness of spirit,
and not [in] the oldness of the letter.
The Law of Moses fades away when we are
transfered out of the kingdom of darkness
into His Light. The 'oldness' of the Law
still functions as a restraint holding us from
entering into His Holy Presence.
Luke 5:8 KJV
When Simon Peter saw [it],
he fell down at Jesus' knees,
saying, 'Depart from me; for
I am a sinful man, O Lord.'
The Law of Moses effectively condemns all flesh
under the curse. The Law shuts up all men with
out excuse for our sins, our inherent lawlessness
and debased carnal rebellion. We are hopelessly
held in the death grip of our sin nature when we
behold the holiness of the LORD.
The Law can not provide to us the means of our
salvation. It does not permit us to abide in holy
fellowship with Him in the newness of spirit. Our
own mortal flesh is weak, our corrupt members
remain dead towards God. If we say we have no
sin, we lie, and our flesh bears witness against us.
We, therefore, became 'detainees' of the Law, only
knowing our shame and guilt with a veil covering
our darkened minds. We are along the side of the
wide road longing and awaiting for our Deliverer
to come and set us free from our sin and death.
Luke 24:51 KJV
And it came to pass, while he blessed them,
he parted [G1339] from them, and carried
up into heaven.
Strong's G1339 - Diistemi = (verb) to place separately,
disjoin, stand apart, depart, go further; to put asunder,
to withdraw/withdrew
Our LORD Jesus put asunder all flesh having
Mankind's sin nailed into the Cross of Calvary.
Jesus trusted in His Heavenly Father to deliver
Him from death, Hades and bodily decay. He was
promised that all His enemies would one day bow
before Him under His footstool. On the day that
Christ died once for all, none of His enemies were
brought into subjection to His Lordship.
Mark 16:19 NKJV
So then, after the Lord had spoken to them,
He was received up into heaven, and sat down
at the right hand of God.
He was raised up to abide in a separate place with
His Father on the right hand of God. In Him, we
became a new creation so that we can freely serve
and fellowship as the Body of Christ here on the
earth in the land of the living.
He left behind His clothes, garments, rainment,
vesture that He wore during His trials. A woman
was healed when she touched the hem of his garment.
Matthew 9:20 KJV
And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with
an issue of blood twelve years, came behind [him]
and touched the hem of his garment [G2440].
In fact, as many as those who only touched the
hem of His garment, they were made perfectly
whole. See Matthew 14:36
And yet, He let those who crucified Him to have
his garments.
Matthew 27:35 KJV
"... they parted [G1266] his garments, casting lots ..."
Parted - Strong's G1266 - Diamerizo = to cleave
asunder, cut in(to) pieces; to be divided into opposing
parts, to be at variance, indessension; to distribute
I believe Jesus left His garments to the soldiers for
several reasons. First, it was an act to fulfill scripture
but also to bear witness that those who were healed
was because of His Holiness and not His clothes; to
distribute symbolically how the opposing parts who
were in variance against His lordship would also be
left behind, too.
We can now with confidence set our face to seek
the LORD by entrusting our salvation in Him
instead of the arm of our flesh.
When Jesus died on the Cross, He departed from
this world and descended into the lower parts of
the earth (Ephesians 4:9-10). On the third day,
He ascended far above all the heavens.
Colossians 3:3-4 RSV
For you have died,
and your life is hid
with Christ in God.
(v4) When Christ,
who is our life
appears, then you
also will appear
with him in glory.
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Paved Work Of Sapphires
A very unusual and completely unique scripture
verse that is not found anywhere else was located
within the 24th chapter of Exodus.
Moses with other handpicked men, plus all
seventy of the Elders, went up the holy mountain
to worship but only Moses alone would be
permitted to come near the LORD on Mt Sinai.
Moses completed many amazing tasks from verses
three through eight. By verse seven he has written
and read the 'book of the covenant' to the people.
Wow! In verse eight, Moses sprinkled the blood
on to the people saying, 'Behold, the blood of the
covenant.'
Verse nine again has Moses with the seventy
Elders plus his brother Aaron, along with Aaron's
two eldest sons Nadab and Abihu who all come
up to the mountain. Together, they all witnessed
the LORD.
[Note: These two sons were later struck dead for
kindling and offering strange-fire before the tent
of meeting or their Wilderness sanctuary.]
Exodus 24:10 KJV
And they saw the God of Israel: and [there was]
under his feet as it were a paved work of a
sapphire stone, and as it were the body of
heaven in [his] clearness.
What does this mean 'paved work' that was made
of sapphire stone?
(a) Paved: Strong's H3840 - Libnah = tile, pavement,
brick; lexicon listed as: whiteness or transparency.
NOTE: this is the only verse that has this word in
any of the holy scriptures. Amazing!
(b) Work: Strong's H4639 - Ma'aseh = deed, work, thing
done, act, business, pursuit, labour, undertaking,
enterprise, works, achievement, product. NOTE: I
noticed how this masculine noun occurred 235 times
in KJV with 23 listed as 'miscellaneous.'
What did they all see?
"Sapphire worked together into tiled pavement
of white-transparencies."
Strange, isn't it?
verse that is not found anywhere else was located
within the 24th chapter of Exodus.
Moses with other handpicked men, plus all
seventy of the Elders, went up the holy mountain
to worship but only Moses alone would be
permitted to come near the LORD on Mt Sinai.
Moses completed many amazing tasks from verses
three through eight. By verse seven he has written
and read the 'book of the covenant' to the people.
Wow! In verse eight, Moses sprinkled the blood
on to the people saying, 'Behold, the blood of the
covenant.'
Verse nine again has Moses with the seventy
Elders plus his brother Aaron, along with Aaron's
two eldest sons Nadab and Abihu who all come
up to the mountain. Together, they all witnessed
the LORD.
[Note: These two sons were later struck dead for
kindling and offering strange-fire before the tent
of meeting or their Wilderness sanctuary.]
Exodus 24:10 KJV
And they saw the God of Israel: and [there was]
under his feet as it were a paved work of a
sapphire stone, and as it were the body of
heaven in [his] clearness.
What does this mean 'paved work' that was made
of sapphire stone?
(a) Paved: Strong's H3840 - Libnah = tile, pavement,
brick; lexicon listed as: whiteness or transparency.
NOTE: this is the only verse that has this word in
any of the holy scriptures. Amazing!
(b) Work: Strong's H4639 - Ma'aseh = deed, work, thing
done, act, business, pursuit, labour, undertaking,
enterprise, works, achievement, product. NOTE: I
noticed how this masculine noun occurred 235 times
in KJV with 23 listed as 'miscellaneous.'
What did they all see?
"Sapphire worked together into tiled pavement
of white-transparencies."
Strange, isn't it?
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Hidden Names Reveal TMF
1st Chron 4:12
And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah,
and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash. These
[are] the men of Rechah.
Eshton begat
=> Bethrapha
=> Paseah
=> Tehinnah
Tehinnah begat
=> Irnahas
These [are] the Men of Rachah
Eshton was a descendant of Caleb from
the tribe of Judah, a Judaite.
Let's take a closer look at these names from
a basic Strong's word lexicon.
(a) H850 - Eshton = effeminate, womanly
(b) H1051 - Beth_rapha = 'house of healing'
(c) H6464 - Paseah = 'limper', limping (concept
of the term: 'walking-wounded')
(d) H8468 - Tehinnah = prayer, supplication, cry for mercy
(e) H5904 - Ir_Nachash = 'city/tower of a serpent',
(e1)NOTE: root words etymology for H5893 - Ir = city or
tower or town and
(e2) NOTE: H5175: serpent, snake, image (of serpent),
flying serpent
(f) H7397 - Rekah = 'uttermost part', by analogy from
Jeremiah 35, the men of the house of the Rechabites
were recognized by the LORD of Hosts as having been
obedient to their father keeping all his precepts and
doing all that was commanded.
As always, I am not knowledgeable of reading Hebrew.
I am facinated by the in-depth dimension of the scriptures.
I like to ask myself, "How might these words go together?"
Could 'effeminate' mean GLBT?
Could 'house of healing' mean The Marin Foundation?
Could 'walking wounded' mean Christians & Non-Belivers?
Could 'cry for mercy and supplications' mean Prayers?
Could 'town of flying serpent' mean Boy's Town?
If yes, then you might have a transliteral for:
GLBT discovers the House of Healing
in The Marin Foundation with the
Walking Wounded Christians Who Are
Praying And Crying Out For His Mercy
[in] Boy's Town.
And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah,
and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash. These
[are] the men of Rechah.
Eshton begat
=> Bethrapha
=> Paseah
=> Tehinnah
Tehinnah begat
=> Irnahas
These [are] the Men of Rachah
Eshton was a descendant of Caleb from
the tribe of Judah, a Judaite.
Let's take a closer look at these names from
a basic Strong's word lexicon.
(a) H850 - Eshton = effeminate, womanly
(b) H1051 - Beth_rapha = 'house of healing'
(c) H6464 - Paseah = 'limper', limping (concept
of the term: 'walking-wounded')
(d) H8468 - Tehinnah = prayer, supplication, cry for mercy
(e) H5904 - Ir_Nachash = 'city/tower of a serpent',
(e1)NOTE: root words etymology for H5893 - Ir = city or
tower or town and
(e2) NOTE: H5175: serpent, snake, image (of serpent),
flying serpent
(f) H7397 - Rekah = 'uttermost part', by analogy from
Jeremiah 35, the men of the house of the Rechabites
were recognized by the LORD of Hosts as having been
obedient to their father keeping all his precepts and
doing all that was commanded.
As always, I am not knowledgeable of reading Hebrew.
I am facinated by the in-depth dimension of the scriptures.
I like to ask myself, "How might these words go together?"
Could 'effeminate' mean GLBT?
Could 'house of healing' mean The Marin Foundation?
Could 'walking wounded' mean Christians & Non-Belivers?
Could 'cry for mercy and supplications' mean Prayers?
Could 'town of flying serpent' mean Boy's Town?
If yes, then you might have a transliteral for:
GLBT discovers the House of Healing
in The Marin Foundation with the
Walking Wounded Christians Who Are
Praying And Crying Out For His Mercy
[in] Boy's Town.
Monday, July 2, 2012
Scribes Accused Blasphemer
Matthew 9:3
And behold, certain of the scribes said
within themselves, This [man] blasphemes.
Why did these scribes accuse Jesus of
blespheming?
They reacted this way because Jesus said,
(verse 2): "Be of good cheer; your sins
are forgiven you."
The scribes did not believe that anyone
other than God was able to forgive sins.
I never realized the impact of this was
until this morning. In other words, the
only way a Jew could receive forgivenss
was through Moses' Laws according to the
services of the Temple.
If forgiveness were available outside of
the Temple services, then all of their
control over the Israelites was finished.
Over. Done. Gone. This was why they reacted
so vehemently.
Luke 23:10
And the chief priests and scribes
stood and vehemently accused him.
The whole basis of the new covenant is
founded on the forgiveness we received
from God, and the forgiveness we are
giving to others, as well as to our own
self.
It must have been the critical tipping
point for the scribes. They watched Jesus
forgive, heal as well as challenge them.
Jesus knew their evil reasoning as they
accused Him of blaspheming. I had to check
out this and discovered there are 11 results
for my search of the wild-card: blasph* in
the KJV.
(1) blaspheme = 10 times
(2) blasphemed = 16 times
(3) blasphemer = 1 time
(4) blasphemers = 2 times
(5) blasphemest = 1 time
(6) blasphemeth = 4 times
(7) blasphemies = 6 times
(8) blaspheming = 1 time
(9) blasphemous = 2 times
(10) blasphemously = 1 time
(11) blasphemy = 12 times
When I checked out the concordance, I found
5 Hebrew and 2 Greek words:
1) H1288 - Barak
2) H1442 - Gadaph
3) H2778 - Charaph
4) H5006 - Na'ats
5) H5344 - Naqab
and
1) G987 - Blasphemeo
2) G989 - Blasphemos
I will need to study this further.
And behold, certain of the scribes said
within themselves, This [man] blasphemes.
Why did these scribes accuse Jesus of
blespheming?
They reacted this way because Jesus said,
(verse 2): "Be of good cheer; your sins
are forgiven you."
The scribes did not believe that anyone
other than God was able to forgive sins.
I never realized the impact of this was
until this morning. In other words, the
only way a Jew could receive forgivenss
was through Moses' Laws according to the
services of the Temple.
If forgiveness were available outside of
the Temple services, then all of their
control over the Israelites was finished.
Over. Done. Gone. This was why they reacted
so vehemently.
Luke 23:10
And the chief priests and scribes
stood and vehemently accused him.
The whole basis of the new covenant is
founded on the forgiveness we received
from God, and the forgiveness we are
giving to others, as well as to our own
self.
It must have been the critical tipping
point for the scribes. They watched Jesus
forgive, heal as well as challenge them.
Jesus knew their evil reasoning as they
accused Him of blaspheming. I had to check
out this and discovered there are 11 results
for my search of the wild-card: blasph* in
the KJV.
(1) blaspheme = 10 times
(2) blasphemed = 16 times
(3) blasphemer = 1 time
(4) blasphemers = 2 times
(5) blasphemest = 1 time
(6) blasphemeth = 4 times
(7) blasphemies = 6 times
(8) blaspheming = 1 time
(9) blasphemous = 2 times
(10) blasphemously = 1 time
(11) blasphemy = 12 times
When I checked out the concordance, I found
5 Hebrew and 2 Greek words:
1) H1288 - Barak
2) H1442 - Gadaph
3) H2778 - Charaph
4) H5006 - Na'ats
5) H5344 - Naqab
and
1) G987 - Blasphemeo
2) G989 - Blasphemos
I will need to study this further.
Where Does Slander Come From?
What would our world be like, should all whispering
rumors, slanderous reports and false accussations
were no longer imagined, spoken, or communicated?
I believe that is a part of the 1,000 year reign of
Christ during which time the enemy of our souls will
be thrown down into the bottomless pit.
Slander comes at us in many forms. In the Old Testament,
there are 5 Hebrew words for the English equivalent of
slander.
(1) Strong's H1681 - Dibbah = evil report, slander,
whispering, defamation, unfavourable saying,
secret slanderer who spreads rumors/calamnities
(2) Strong's H1848 - Dophiy = slander; blemish,
fault; root word etymology: to push over.
(3) Strong's H3960 - Lashan = slander, accuse
(4) Strong's H7400 - Rakiyl = slander, talebearer,
carry tales, informer
(5) Strong's H7270 - Ragal = spy, spy out, view,
backbiteth, slandered
I then did a search for any New Testament verses that
has the word, slander. I noticed that there are 2 Greek
words for the English equivalent of: Slander.
(1) Strong's G1228 - Diabolos = devil, false
accuser, slanderer
(2) Strong's G6022 - Dysphemeo = slander
Imagine my shock and surprise to learn that one of the
Greek words for slander is devil.
rumors, slanderous reports and false accussations
were no longer imagined, spoken, or communicated?
I believe that is a part of the 1,000 year reign of
Christ during which time the enemy of our souls will
be thrown down into the bottomless pit.
Slander comes at us in many forms. In the Old Testament,
there are 5 Hebrew words for the English equivalent of
slander.
(1) Strong's H1681 - Dibbah = evil report, slander,
whispering, defamation, unfavourable saying,
secret slanderer who spreads rumors/calamnities
(2) Strong's H1848 - Dophiy = slander; blemish,
fault; root word etymology: to push over.
(3) Strong's H3960 - Lashan = slander, accuse
(4) Strong's H7400 - Rakiyl = slander, talebearer,
carry tales, informer
(5) Strong's H7270 - Ragal = spy, spy out, view,
backbiteth, slandered
I then did a search for any New Testament verses that
has the word, slander. I noticed that there are 2 Greek
words for the English equivalent of: Slander.
(1) Strong's G1228 - Diabolos = devil, false
accuser, slanderer
(2) Strong's G6022 - Dysphemeo = slander
Imagine my shock and surprise to learn that one of the
Greek words for slander is devil.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Planning By Son of Perdition
Jesus prayed for his disciples how none
of them were lost except the son of
perdition. Jesus knew from the beginning
who would not believe and who was going
to betray Him. Jesus did not lose Judas
Iscariot since Judas did not believe in
Him. Judas did not recognized he was lost.
John 17:12
While I was with them in the world,
I kept them in thy name: those that
thou gavest me I have kept, and none
of them is lost, but the son [G5207]
of perdition [G684]; that the scripture
might be fulfilled.
Strong's G5207 - Huios = male offspring,
a descendant, a son
Strong's G684 - Apoleia = perdition,
destruction, waste, damnable, to die,
perish, pernicious; Strong's Lexicon
usage includes: destroying, perishing,
utter destruction, ruin; complete loss
due to utter destruction
Was this a failure of Jesus in terms of
not being able to save Judas Iscariot?
No. Why?
Because the ministry of Jesus was designed
to save us from our sinful lower nature.
Judas chose to hide among the followers but
he did not slip through unrecognized as he
was a fulfilment of holy scriptures.
Psalm 41:9
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom
I trusted, which did eat of my bread,
hath lifted up [his] heel against me.
and again, in the New Testament:
John 13:18
I speak not of you all: I know whom
I have chosen: but that the scripture
may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread
with me hath lifted up his heel against
me.
Judas did not want to lay down his own
life, pick up his own cross and follow
Jesus as a believer.
How did Jesus view Judas Iscariot?
John 6:71
He (Jesus) spake of Judas Iscariot
[the son] of Simon: for he it was
that should betray him, being one
of the twelve (apostles).
What did Judas Iscariot want from Jesus?
Judas Iscariot decided to 'conveniently
betray' the LORD right after a woman
poured costly oil over the head of Jesus.
Jesus defended her action when he said
she did a good work and she would be
mentioned whenever the gospel was preached.
I suspect Judas Iscariot wanted to convert
her precious ointment into cold, hard cash
but then later steal it out from the cash
treasury moneybag reserved for the ministry.
Also, he may have wanted for himself the
fame and recognition associated with the
ministry. Perhaps he didn't like the fact
that this woman somehow stole his good
fortune because she was heralded by the
LORD with eternal praise.
It was within this soil of envy, jealousy,
greed and contempt that the heart of Judas
Iscariot was twisted into finding a convenient
way to betray the LORD.
I can well imagine how his ultimate plan
was to set up a convenient situation where
no one would actually know it was him who
had betrayed Jesus.
He wanted the social circumstances to appear
as proof that he was the innocent one in order
to cover up his tracks so that nobody was the
wiser.
Satan planted his seed of murder in this soil
of Judas.
Luke 22:3
Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed
Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.
That's when Judas immediately left the upper
room with no one knowing what he was really
planning to do except the LORD.
John 13:27-30
Then after he had taken the morsel,
Satan entered into him. Jesus said
to him, "What you are going to do,
do quickly." [v28] Now no one at the
table knew why he said this to him.
[v29] Some thought that, because Judas
had the moneybag, Jesus was telling
him, "Buy what we need for the feast,"
or that he should give something to
the poor. [v30] So, after receiving
the morsel of bread, he immediately
went out. And it was night.
How did this son of perdition become the most
unique figure in Christian history? He became
more so than anyone else in all of Mankind due
to his planned betrayal.
Mark 14:21
"For the Son of Man is to go just as it
is written of Him; but woe to that man
by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It
would have been good for that man if he
had not been born."
Judas Iscariot is the only disciple that fits
this description, and it would have been better
if he was not born as the son of Simon the
Zeolot.
One day soon we will see a modern counterpart
to this son of perdition seeking to betray all
the Jews although he will appear innocent of
any betrayal through manipulated circumstances.
of them were lost except the son of
perdition. Jesus knew from the beginning
who would not believe and who was going
to betray Him. Jesus did not lose Judas
Iscariot since Judas did not believe in
Him. Judas did not recognized he was lost.
John 17:12
While I was with them in the world,
I kept them in thy name: those that
thou gavest me I have kept, and none
of them is lost, but the son [G5207]
of perdition [G684]; that the scripture
might be fulfilled.
Strong's G5207 - Huios = male offspring,
a descendant, a son
Strong's G684 - Apoleia = perdition,
destruction, waste, damnable, to die,
perish, pernicious; Strong's Lexicon
usage includes: destroying, perishing,
utter destruction, ruin; complete loss
due to utter destruction
Was this a failure of Jesus in terms of
not being able to save Judas Iscariot?
No. Why?
Because the ministry of Jesus was designed
to save us from our sinful lower nature.
Judas chose to hide among the followers but
he did not slip through unrecognized as he
was a fulfilment of holy scriptures.
Psalm 41:9
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom
I trusted, which did eat of my bread,
hath lifted up [his] heel against me.
and again, in the New Testament:
John 13:18
I speak not of you all: I know whom
I have chosen: but that the scripture
may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread
with me hath lifted up his heel against
me.
Judas did not want to lay down his own
life, pick up his own cross and follow
Jesus as a believer.
How did Jesus view Judas Iscariot?
John 6:71
He (Jesus) spake of Judas Iscariot
[the son] of Simon: for he it was
that should betray him, being one
of the twelve (apostles).
What did Judas Iscariot want from Jesus?
Judas Iscariot decided to 'conveniently
betray' the LORD right after a woman
poured costly oil over the head of Jesus.
Jesus defended her action when he said
she did a good work and she would be
mentioned whenever the gospel was preached.
I suspect Judas Iscariot wanted to convert
her precious ointment into cold, hard cash
but then later steal it out from the cash
treasury moneybag reserved for the ministry.
Also, he may have wanted for himself the
fame and recognition associated with the
ministry. Perhaps he didn't like the fact
that this woman somehow stole his good
fortune because she was heralded by the
LORD with eternal praise.
It was within this soil of envy, jealousy,
greed and contempt that the heart of Judas
Iscariot was twisted into finding a convenient
way to betray the LORD.
I can well imagine how his ultimate plan
was to set up a convenient situation where
no one would actually know it was him who
had betrayed Jesus.
He wanted the social circumstances to appear
as proof that he was the innocent one in order
to cover up his tracks so that nobody was the
wiser.
Satan planted his seed of murder in this soil
of Judas.
Luke 22:3
Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed
Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.
That's when Judas immediately left the upper
room with no one knowing what he was really
planning to do except the LORD.
John 13:27-30
Then after he had taken the morsel,
Satan entered into him. Jesus said
to him, "What you are going to do,
do quickly." [v28] Now no one at the
table knew why he said this to him.
[v29] Some thought that, because Judas
had the moneybag, Jesus was telling
him, "Buy what we need for the feast,"
or that he should give something to
the poor. [v30] So, after receiving
the morsel of bread, he immediately
went out. And it was night.
How did this son of perdition become the most
unique figure in Christian history? He became
more so than anyone else in all of Mankind due
to his planned betrayal.
Mark 14:21
"For the Son of Man is to go just as it
is written of Him; but woe to that man
by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It
would have been good for that man if he
had not been born."
Judas Iscariot is the only disciple that fits
this description, and it would have been better
if he was not born as the son of Simon the
Zeolot.
One day soon we will see a modern counterpart
to this son of perdition seeking to betray all
the Jews although he will appear innocent of
any betrayal through manipulated circumstances.
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