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Did Satan Fall?

4/23/2016

The proper question should be, "Did Satan fall?" The answer is, he didn't, he was created by God to do what he does, to fulfill Gods purposes. He was always a murderer and liar. How do we know? Our Lord Christ Jesus said so. We can trust and believe these words as sure as anything else in Scripture. Jesus said he was a liar and murderer from the Beginning.

Most people like to point to the passages in Isaiah and Ezekiel to show Satan's fall, but these passages are not referring to Satan at all. If so, then he has already fallen in Genesis and in the garden and couldn't have fallen later in Isaiah and Ezekiel. Also, Satan was never an angel, he was and always will be a Serpent, a dragon. He is a completely different and unique creation from anything else. The passages in Isaiah are referring to a Cherub, no doubt, but they are not referring to Satan, The same holds true with the passages in Ezekiel. One final note I would like to make has to do with the word Lucifer. It is an improper translation. It should have been translated as "Howl," as the same word in Hebrew is translated elsewhere in the King James version. The word, "Lucifer," simply does not exist in the Hebrew language.

As always my friends, study to show yourself approved before God, and be ready and knowledgeable to have an answer to questions from inquiring minds.

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Witness of the Stars

4/17/2016

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This is an incredible literary work that should be in everyone's library, The Witness of the Stars. The work is now free and in the public domain for you to download, as are many more works by E.W. Bullinger. Below, I have included a link and the first few paragraphs of the book. It truly is an incredible piece of literature and well worth the time spent to read it, may it bless you and draw you closer to the Lord. The book is available in several different formats: PDF, E-book, Kindle, and a few more. Enjoy!!!

The Witness of the Stars

For more than two thousand five hundred years the world was without a written revelation from God. The question is, Did God leave Himself without a witness? The question is answered very positively by the written Word that He did not. In [Romans 10] it is declared that that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath showed it unto them. For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse.

But how was God known? How were His invisible things; i.e., His plans, His purposes, and His counsels, known since the creation of the world? We are told by the Holy Spirit in [Romans 18]. Having stated in [verse] 17 that "Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word (the thing spoken, sayings) of God." He asks, "But I say, Have they not heard? Yes, verily." And we may ask, "How have they heard?" The answer follows: Their sound went into all the earth and their words (their teaching, message, instruction) unto the ends of the world. What words? What instruction? Whose message? Whose teaching? There is only one answer, and that is, THE HEAVENS!

This is settled by the fact that the passage is quoted from [Psalm 19]. The first part of which is occupied with the Revelation of God written in the Heavens, and the latter part with the Revelation of God written in the Word. This is the simple explanation of this beautiful Psalm. This is why its two subjects are brought together. It has often perplexed many why there should be that abrupt departure in verse 7 "The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul."

The fact is, there is nothing abrupt in it, and it is no departure. It is simply the transition to the second of the two great Revelations, which are thus placed in juxtaposition. The first is the Revelation of the Creator, El, in His works. The second is the Revelation of the Covenant Jehovah, in His Word. And it is noteworthy that while in the first half of the Psalm, El is named only once, in the latter half Jehovah is named seven times, the last being threefold (Jehovah, Rock and Redeemer) concluding the Psalm.

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Hapax legomenon

4/9/2016

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Chashman: the stuff God's followers bring with them, Courtesy listverse.com

In the Hebrew and Greek, Scriptures there are about 4,092 words that appear only once.
From Genesis to Revelation we find them, the most intriguing of which are to be found in Deuteronomy and the Book of Job.
This is a very interesting study to undertake and quite mysterious as well.
Below, I have included the definition of the term for this phenomenon and some useful links to get you started in a study of
Hapax legomenon:

rpus linguistics, a hapax legomenon (/ˈhæpəks lᵻˈɡɒmᵻnɒn/ also /ˈhæpæks/ or /ˈheɪpæks/;[1][2] pl.
hapax legomena; sometimes abbreviated to hapax, pl. hapaxes) is a word that occurs only once within a context,
either in the written record of an entire language, in the works of an author, or in a single text
Wikipedia

Words That Occur in the Bible Only Once—How Hard Are They to Translate?
By Frederick E. Greenspahn
For over a thousand years, students of the Hebrew Bible have been intrigued by the fact that some words in the text occur only once. Medieval Jewish manuscripts mark these unique forms with the Hebrew letter lamed, an abbreviation for the Aramaic word layt, which means “there is no other.” The Masoretes, medieval scholars who sought to preserve and fix the text in its authentic form, made lists of such words, presumably for the benefit of scribes who might otherwise have thought the words wrong just because they were unique. Medieval Jewish interpreters of the Bible described words for which they could find no parallel as “one of a kind,” having no “friend,” “brother,” or even “father and mother.”
Biblical Archaeology

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Heaven or Hell

4/2/2016

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The Byte Show - David Sielaff

Just exactly where does a person end up upon leaving the earth? The Bible is quite clear on the subject, if you read the scriptures that is. If, however, you are relying on your pastor to reveal these truths to you, don't be disappointed when they won't.

The plain and simple truth about the matter is, you are simply as good as asleep, unconscious, nonexistent. Your body goes back to the earth, your spirit that God gave to you goes back to him, your soul, that is a product of body and spirit together, simply ceases to exist, only in Gods mind will it's memory be stored.

Jesus himself was quoted as saying that no man has ascended to the father, but the one who descended. (meaning himself) What need would we have for the snatching away where (The dead in Christ rise first) then we who are alive to join them in the clouds? If the dead in Christ are already in heaven, why do they need resurrected from the grave? And then be changed in the twinkling of an eye?

No, the Bible is very clear on the subject, as it is on hell, sorry, no such place awaits the sinning masses of humanity, as much as that may disappoint some of you. The truth is, these people in this group end up at what is called The Great White Throne Judgement. And as before, with the dead in christ being roused from the dead to glory, these wicked dead will be roused from sleep, unconsciousness, non-existence, into flesh and blood bodies in a New Heaven And a New Earth, To Face The Great White Throne Judgement.

This time period will be for learning about God and making restitution to people who you have wronged, and who have wronged you, Some of your family and friends may have already been roused in the first Resurrection and have been alive during the Thousand Year Millennium!! You will learn about God, Who and what he is, and his whole plan for humanity, including why you ended up where you did!!

The second death for this group they will gladly accept to receive their immortal spirit bodies. All will be saved at the end. For through one man, Adam, All have sinned and die, so then, through one man, Jesus, All will be made alive and reconciled back to God. Even Death, and Hell, and the Grave will be abolished.

John 3:13-16
Concordant Literal Version

13 And no one has ascended into heaven except He Who descends out of heaven, the Son of Mankind Who is in heaven.
14 And, according as Moses exalts the serpent in the wilderness, thus must the Son of Mankind be exalted,
15 that everyone believing on Him should not be perishing, but may be having life eonian.
16 For thus God loves the world, so that He gives His only-begotten Son, that everyone who is believing in Him should not be perishing, but may be having life eonian.

34 And, answering, Jesus said to them, "The sons of this eon are marrying and are taking out in marriage.
35 Yet those deemed worthy to happen upon that eon and the resurrection from among the dead
are neither marrying nor taking out in marriage.
36 For neither can they still be dying, for they are equal to messengers, and are the sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
37 "Now that the dead are rousing, even Moses divulges at the thorn bush,
as he is terming the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.
38 Now God is He, not of the dead, but of the living, for all, to Him, are living."
39 Now answering, some of the scribes say to Him, "Teacher, ideally say you."
40 For they no longer dared inquire of Him anything.

Luke 20:34-40
Concordant Literal Version.

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