Sabbath

 

Genesis chapter 2, vs 1 - 3

2:1 ויכלו השמים והארץ וכל-צבאם

2:2 ויכל אלהים ביום השביעי מלאכתו אשר עשה וישבת ביום השביעי מכל-מלאכתו אשר עשה

2:3 ויברך אלהים את-יום השביעי ויקדש אתו כי בו שבת מכל-מלאכתו אשר-ברא אלהים לעשות

… the heavens and the earth were all completed in their vast array … and … on the seventh day … God finished the work that He had been doing … so … on the seventh day He rested from all of His work … God blessed the seventh day and made it holy … for … on that day He rested from all the work of creating that which He had done …

 

… in verses 2 + 3 our English verb … rested … is Hebrew verb … SHABATH … also spelled in English as SHABAT …  שבת  … Strong# Hebrew 7673 … the best literal meanings include … to rest … or … to cease from … the foundation for SHABATH is Hebrew verb … SHAV … שב … the best literal meanings include … to return … or … to come back … the root of SHAV is found in two Hebrew verbs ,,, the first is … YASHAB … Strong# Hebrew 3427 … שב י  … the best literal meanings include … to sit … or … to dwell … or … to abide … the second verb is … SHUV … Strong# Hebrew 7725 … ב ו ש … the best literal meanings include … to return … or … to turn back … to restore … this analysis helps to better understand the core action indicated by SHABATH … however … there is one additional consideration at the glyph meaning level … the Hebrew glyph … TAV … has as one of its best literal meanings … covenant … so … we find the core meaning of SHABATH to be … rest in the covenant … or … return to the covenant … or … abide in the covenant …

 

Genesis chapter 2, vs 21 - 24

2:21 ויפל יהוה אלהים תרדמה על-האדם ויישן ויקח אחת מצלעתיו ויסגר בשר תחתנה

2:22 ויבן יהוה אלהים את-הצלע אשר-לקח מן-האדם לאשה ויבאה אל-האדם

2:23 ויאמר האדם זאת הפעם עצם מעצמי ובשר מבשרי לזאת יקרא אשה כי מאיש לקחה-זאת

2:24 על-כן יעזב-איש את-אביו ואת-אמו ודבק באשתו והיו לבשר אחד

… the LORD ( YHVH ) God caused Adam to fall into a deep sleep and while he slept God took one of Adam’s ribs and then closed up the flesh … then … the LORD ( YHVH ) made a woman from the rib He had taken from Adam … and … God brought her to Adam … Adam said … this is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh … she will be called Eve for she was taken out of Adam … this is why a man will leave his father and mother to unite with his wife and they become one flesh …

 

… note that the day of God’s rest separates the creation of the first woman from the rest of creation …

 

… as we consider Genesis chapter 2, vs 21 - 24 … it is not a coincidence that all of the physical creation which we know as our world and universe is separated from the creation event which made Eve … so … the sequence of events which take us to our current time period by the Bible’s chronology is … (1) precreation where God alone exists in eternity … (2) the creation of the spiritual realm … (3) the creation of the physical realm with includes Adam … (4) the creation of Eve the first woman … (5) Adam and Eve make an unfortunate decision … and … here we are … the Seventh Day of Creation … the very first Sabbath is bracketed by the creation of man and the creation of woman … we are where we are in this world now because Adam and Eve elected to leave the Sabbath of God’s rest and peace in Eden … though this is a study for another day … it requires mentioning at this point in this study because God did not need to rest on the Seventh Day of creation … the Sabbath is an intentional construction to facilitate our continued contact with God during our lives on earth … and … the relationship of a man and a women in marriage is a built in integral component of that construction …

 

Exodus chapter 20, vs 8 - 11

20:8 זכור את-יום השבת לקדשו

20:9 ששת ימים תעבד ועשית כל-מלאכתך

20:10 ויום השביעי שבת ליהוה אלהיך לא-תעשה כל-מלאכה אתה ובנך-ובתך עבדך ואמתך ובהמתך וגרך אשר בשעריך

20:11 כי ששת-ימים עשה יהוה את-השמים ואת-הארץ את-הים ואת-כל-אשר-בם וינח ביום השביעי על-כן ברך יהוה את-יום השבת ויקדשהו

… remember to keep the Sabbath day holy … for six day you will labor and do all your work … but … the seventh day is the Sabbath to the LORD ( YHVH ) our God … on this day … you will do no work … not you or your son or your daughter or your male and female servants … not your animals or any foreigner residing in your towns … because … the LORD ( YHVH ) made the heavens the earth the sea and all that is in them … then … on the seventh day He rested … the LORD ( YHVH ) has blessed the Sabbath and made it holy …

  

Exodus chapter 16, vs 23 - 26 + 28 - 30

16:23 ויאמר אלהם הוא אשר דבר יהוה שבתון שבת-קדש ליהוה מחר את אשר-תאפו אפו ואת אשר-תבשלו בשלו ואת כל-העדף הניחו לכם למשמרת עד-הבקר

16:24 ויניחו אתו עד-הבקר כאשר צוה משה ולא הבאיש ורמה לא-היתה בו

16:25 ויאמר משה אכלהו היום כי-שבת היום ליהוה היום לא תמצאהו בשדה

16:26 ששת ימים תלקטהו וביום השביעי שבת לא יהיה-בו

16:28 ויאמר יהוה אל-משה עד-אנה מאנתם לשמר מצותי ותורתי

16:29 ראו כי-יהוה נתן לכם השבת על-כן הוא נתן לכם ביום הששי לחם יומים שבו איש תחתיו אל-יצא איש ממקמו ביום השביעי

16:30 וישבתו העם ביום השבעי

                                … note the ALEF-TAV in verse 23 …

… the LORD ( YHVH ) has taught us that tomorrow  את  is the Sabbath … the day of rest … the holy Sabbath to the LORD ( YHVH ) … today bake what you wish to bake and boil what you wish to boil … and … save what is left for tomorrow … so … as Moses said … they saved the manna that was left over for the Sabbath and it did not spoil for its use on the Sabbath … then on the Sabbath Moses said … eat the saved manna today for this is the Sabbath to the LORD ( YHVH ) … we will find no manna on the ground today … six days we are to gather manna but on the seventh day there will not be any …

 

Leviticus chapter 25, vs 1 - 7                            Shemitah

25:1 וידבר יהוה אל-משה בהר סיני לאמר

25:2 דבר אל-בני ישראל ואמרת אלהם כי תבאו אל-הארץ אשר אני נתן לכם ושבתה הארץ שבת ליהוה

25:3 שש שנים תזרע שדך ושש שנים תזמר כרמך ואספת את-תבואתה

25:4 ובשנה השביעת שבת שבתון יהיה לארץ שבת ליהוה שדך לא תזרע וכרמך לא תזמר

25:5 את ספיח קצירך לא תקצור ואת-ענבי נזירך לא תבצר שנת שבתון יהיה לארץ

25:6 והיתה שבת הארץ לכם לאכלה לך ולעבדך ולאמתך ולשכירך ולתושבך הגרים עמך

25:7 ולבהמתך ולחיה אשר בארצך תהיה כל-תבואתה לאכל

                                … note the ALEF-TAV at the beginning of verse 5 …

… on Mount Sinai the LORD ( YHVH ) said to Moses … speak to the people of Israel and say … when you enter the land that I give to you … the land itself must observe a Sabbath to the LORD ( YHVH ) … for six years you may … sow your fields … prune your vineyards … and … gather their crops … however … in the seventh year the land is to have a year that is a Sabbath rest … its Sabbath to the LORD ( YHVH ) …  את  … do not sow the land or tend your vines … the land is to have a year of rest … whatever the land yields during the Sabbath year by itself will be food for … yourself … your male and female servants … your hired workers … any temporary residents who live among you … your livestock … and … any wild animals that live on your land … whatever the land produces on its own may be eaten …

  

… during the Shemita Year … ( 1 ) the loan balance between each Hebrew ( Jewish ) debtor and their Hebrew ( Jewish ) creditor is … released … that is … the outstanding balance is forgiven … essentially … a scheduled loan amnesty every seven years … ( 2 ) all cultivated land is allowed to rest for one year … essentially a Sabbath rest for the land … (3) Hebrew ( Jewish ) folks serving other Hebrew ( Jewish ) folks as indentured servants are redeemed from that bondage … ( 4 ) the people of God during the Shemitah Year are released from their daily cares and concerns to focus on the LORD ( YHVH ) their God …

 

Luke chapter 6, vs 1 - 10                       Jesus Christ speaking

… one sabbath while Jesus Christ was going through the cornfields … His disciples plucked some heads of grain rubbed them in their hands and ate them … the Pharisees that were with them said … why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath … Jesus answered … the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath … then … on another Sabbath … Jesus Christ entered a synagogue and was teaching … there was a man there whose right hand was withered … the Pharisees watched Him to see if He would cure a suffering person on the Sabbath so that they might find an accusation against Him … Jesus knew what they were thinking so He said to the man with the withered hand …  come and stand here … the man got up came to Jesus and stood there … Jesus said to those present … I ask you … is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath … to save life or to destroy it … He then said to the man with the withered hand … stretch out your hand … the man did so … and … his hand was restored …

 

Mark chapter 2, vs 27                             Jesus Christ speaking

… the Sabbath was made for mankind … not mankind for the Sabbath … the Son of Man is the Lord of the Sabbath …

 

Isaiah chapter 58. Vs 13 – 14               God speaking

58:13 אם-תשיב משבת רגלך עשות חפציך ביום קדשי וקראת לשבת ענג לקדוש יהוה מכבד וכבדתו מעשות דרכיך ממצוא חפצך ודבר דבר

58:14 אז תתענג על-יהוה והרכבתיך על-במותי ארץ והאכלתיך נחלת יעקב אביך כי פי יהוה דבר

… keep your feet from breaking the Savvath and from doing as you please on My Holy Day … call the Sabbath a delight and treat the LORD ( YHVH )’s day with honor … for … if you honor this day by not going your own way … by not doing as you please … and … by not speaking idle words … you will find joy in the LORD ( YHVH ) … and … I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob ... the LORD ( YHVH ) has spoken ...  

 

Children of God

 

… in our ongoing analysis of the Holy Bible we have come to an understanding that the definition for … the  children of God … extends to quite a few different categories of folks in a time frame that extends from the time when Adam and Eve left Eden to now … including …

 @ all unborn of humankind who die in the womb for any reason …

@ all children who die before they reach the age of reason … the age of reason is when an individual of humankind becomes accountable for the consequences of their free will decisions …

@ all adults of humankind who die after they have reached the age of reason however cannot be held accountable for the consequences of their free will decisions because pf some physical or mental infirmity which has impaired their ability to make free will decisions with an understanding of both the  ramifications and/or consequences of those free will decisions …

@ all Hebrew ( Jewish ) people who are older than the age of reason and fortunately for a life attentive to the Word of God and His will … do not meet the Biblical criteria … cut off from the people of God …

@ all other adults of humankind who are older than the age of reason and who confess that Jesus Christ is their LORD and Savior … and … who believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead on the third day …

@ folks who meet the sheep criteria as noted by Jesus Christ in Matthew chapter 25 …

 

… the pre-Tribulation Rapture will be the Rapture of the Children of God made righteous by the … life … death of the cross … and … resurrection from the dead … of … Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior …

 

Revelation chapter 21, vs 6 - 7                        Jesus Christ speaking

… it is done … I AM the ALPHA and the OMEGA … the Beginning and the End … to the thirsty I give water without cost from the spring of the Water of Life … everyone who is victorious inherits all this … I AM their God and they are My children …

 

Revelation chapter 22, vs 16 - 17                   Jesus Christ speaking

I Jesus have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches … I AM the Root and the Offspring of  David … I AM the bright Morning Star … the Spirit of God and the bride say … Come … let everyone who hears say … Come … let everyone who is thirsty … Come … and … let everyone who wishes take the free gift of the Water of Life …

  

John chapter 1, vs 12 - 13

… to everyone who receives Him … to everyone who believes in His Name … He gives the right to become the children of God … children born … not of natural descent … not of human decision or a husband’s decision … but … born of God …

 

Romans chapter 8, vs 8 - 23                              select verses in sequence

… we are living in the realm of the Spirit of God ( Holy Spirit ) … remaining in the realm of the flesh cannot please God … the Spirit of God lives in us … Jesus Christ is in us … and … though these current bodies that we have are still subject to death because of sin … the Spirit of God gives us life because of the righteousness purchased for us by Jesus Christ … the Spirit of God raised Jesus Christ from the dead and that same Spirit of God lives within each of us who believe that the Spirit of God raised Jesus Christ from the dead … we therefore have an obligation to the Spirit of God in the way we live … everyone who is led by the Spirit of God is a child of God … the Spirit of God living within each of us has brought about our adoption as children of God … the Spirit of God testifies to our spirit that we are God’s children … we are the children and heirs of God … we share in both His sufferings and in His glory … all of God’s creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed … for all of God’s creation was subjected to the frustration of our current world by the sin of humankind … and … that creation itself will be liberated from its current bondage to decay when it is brought to freedom and glory with the revealing of the children of God … all of God’s creation has been and now groans as in the pains of childbirth up to this present time … during which Jesus Christ leads us as the first fruits of this redemption and salvation to everlasting life with God forever … and … at this time … we also groan as we wait eagerly for the revealing of our adoption as the children of God by the redemption of our bodies to be the children of God …

 

… there are two interesting related Greek nouns utilized in the New Testament which are often translated in many English translations as … son … or … sons … they are … HUIOTHESIA … Strong# Greek 5206 … and … HUIOS … Strong# Greek 3207 … with English translations of the New Testament the use of the English word son or sons is certainly acceptable and certainly within a followed translation tradition … the root for these two words in Greek actually means … foal … the young baby of a female horse that has given birth … in the Greek and English languages no matter what time frame you look at the meaning for the term foal it can be applied to a male or to a female foal … in our analysis this indicates the better literal meanings for these two Greek nouns include … descendants … or … children … so … the sons of God … is actually … the children of God … a little more inclusive of a meaning for those scriptures in which these words occur …

  

1 Corinthians chapter 15, vs 20 - 54                            select verse segments

… Jesus Christ is raised from the dead … He is the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep … Jesus Christ is coming for everyone who belong to Him ( we are the children of God ) … then … the end will come for He will destroy all dominion authority and power … the last enemy to be destroyed is death … some ask … how will the dead be raised and with what kind of body will they come … know therefore … just as you plant a seed and harvest a plant … so also … God did not plant in us the body that will live with Him forever … there are heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies … the heavenly body is of one kind and our earthly body is another … just as people have one kind of flesh which animals have another and fish another … the splendor of a heavenly body is of one kind and the splendor of our earthly body is another … so also it will be with the resurrection of the dead … the earthly body which God has sown with each of us is perishable however it will be raised imperishable … our current bodies were sown in weakness but they will be raised in power … we are sown in our mothers womb in this current natural body and we will be raised in a spiritual body … for … flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God for our life with God forever … the perishable cannot inherit the imperishable … we will not all sleep but we will all be changed … from this body of flesh to one that is imperishable … it will occur in a flash … in the twinkling of an eye … at the last trumpet … the trumpet will sound … first the dead will be raised imperishable and then we will be changed … for … the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable … our mortal bodies must be clothed with immortality … death has been swallowed up in the victory …

 

1 Thessalonians chapter 5, vs 15 - 24

… let us pursue what is good for both ourselves and for all others … rejoice always … pray without ceasing … give thanks to God in everything … test all things … hold fast to what is good … abstain from all forms of evil/sin … encourage the Spirit of God among us to lessen the gap between ourselves and God … for … this is the will of God in Jesus Christ for us … so … may the God of peace Himself sanctify us completely … so … that our whole … spirit … soul … and … body … will be preserved blameless … through the grace of Jesus Christ … for … the coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ … for … He Who has called us is faithful … and  … He will do it …

 

1 John chapter 3, vs 1 - 2

… what great love the Father has lavished on us … for … we are the children of God … what we will be has not yet been made known to us … but … we know that when Jesus Christ appears … we will be made like Him … and … we will see Him as He is …

  

1 John chapter 5, 1 - 5

… everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God … everyone who loves the Father also has love for the children of God … this is how we know that we love the children of God … by … loving God and following His teaching … to love God is to follow His teaching … His teaching is not burdensome … because … everyone born of God overcomes the word … our faith in Jesus Christ is the victory that has overcome the world … everyone who believes that Jesus Christ is the Son of God overcomes the world …

 

… three times you will note that in our translation of these five verses we have used the English word … teaching … the occurrences are in verses two and three … many English translations will use a commonly accepted translation … commands or commandment … however we find that somewhat misleading … God is not commanding anyone to be His children … rather … He is inviting everyone to come and accept the redemption purchased for everyone of humankind by Jesus Christ on the cross and be His child … the Greek noun used in all three occasions is … ENTOLE … Strong# Greek 1785 … we feel the best literal meanings include … instruction … or … teaching … however when you review the ENTOLE in an interlinear Greek-English lexicon you will also note other literal meanings … command … order … precept … law … requirement … we do not dispute the other English translations choice however we again perceive God’s purpose as an invitation to live with Him forever not a command … the root of ENTOLE is Greek verb … ENTELLOMAI … Strong# Greek 1781 … in an interlinear Greek-English lexicon the literal meanings are similar to ENTOLE … however … ENTELLOMAI has two roots … the first is Greek noun … TELOS … Strong# Greek 5056 … the best literal meaning vary however most properly the literal meaning means … the point aimed at as a limit … a good definition of instruction and teaching … the second root is Greek preposition … EN … Strong# Greek 1722 … wile used in quite a few different applications that pretty much coalesce to what we feel is the best literal meaning … about … again consistent with the concept of teaching …

 

… the Greek verbs in these two verses associated with the nouns we have reviewed are … first in verse 2  …  POIEO … Strong# Greek 4160 … the best literal meaning is … to engage and do … and second in verse 3 … TEREO … Strong# Greek 5083 … the best literal meanings include … to hold fast to … to keep … or … to guard from being lost … interesting …

 

Matthew chapter 11, vs 28 - 30                       Jesus Christ speaking

… come to ME … everyone who is weary and burdened … I will give you rest … take up My yoke and learn from Me … for … I AM gentle and humble in heart … you will find rest for your souls … My yoke is easy and My burden is not heavy …

 

Hebrews chapter 2, vs 5 - 18                             a selected verse

… here I AM … and the children which God has given to Me …

Isaiah chapter 8, vs 17 - 18                 select verse segments

                                                                                not necessarily in sequence            

8:17 וחכיתי ליהוה המסתיר פניו מבית יעקב וקויתי-לו

8:18 הנה אנכי והילדים אשר נתן-לי יהוה לאתות ולמופתים בישראל מעם יהוה צבאות השכן בהר ציון

… here I AM … and the children the LORD ( YHVH ) has given ME … I will wait for the LORD ( LORD ) … Who is hiding His face from the descendants of Jacob … in Him I will put my trust … for … we are signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD ( YHVH ) Almighty who dwells on Mount Zion …

 

Deuteronomy chapter 14, vs 1 - 2

14:1 בנים אתם ליהוה אלהיכם לא תתגדדו ולא-תשימו קרחה בין עיניכם למת

14:2 כי עם קדוש אתה ליהוה אלהיך ובך בחר יהוה להיות לו לעם סגלה מכל העמים אשר על-פני האדמה

… we are the children of the LORD ( YHVH ) our God … we should not cut ourselves or shave the front of our head for the dead … for … we are a people who are holy to the LORD ( YHVH ) our God … out of all the peoples on the face of the earth our LORD ( YHVH ) chose us to be His treasured possession …

 

Hosea chapter 1, vs 10 + 23               God speaking

2:1 והיה מספר בני-ישראל כחול הים אשר לא-ימד ולא יספר והיה במקום אשר-יאמר להם לא-עמי אתם יאמר להם בני אל-חי

2:25 וזרעתיה לי בארץ ורחמתי את-לא רחמה ואמרתי ללא-עמי עמי-אתה והוא יאמר אלהי

… the people of Israel will be like the sand of the seashore that cannot be measured or counted … in the place where I said to them … you are not My people … they will be called the children of the living God … for My own reasons … I will plant them back into their land … I will show My love to those to whom I said … you are not My loved one … I will say to those whom I once called … no longer My people … I will say … you are My people … and … they will say to Me … You are our God …

 

… note … Hosea chapter 1, vs 10 of the Old Testament in English is Hosea chapter 2, vs 1 in Hebrew … our reference for the verse 23 in our English bible is Hebrew verse 25 due to verse numbering differences …

  

Romans chapter 8, vs 23 - 26                           select verse segments

… God did this to make the riches of His glory known to those upon whom He will show mercy … those whom He prepared in advance for glory … even us … not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles … for it is stated in Hosea … I will call them My people who are not My people … and … in the very place where I said … your are not My people … they will be called the children of God …

 

Galatians chapter 4, 4 - 7

… God sent His Son … born of a woman … born under the law … to redeem those under the law … so that … we can receive adoption as the children of God … and … we because we are His children … God has sent the Spirit of God … the Spirit of His Son … into our hearts … it is the Spirit of God in us who calls our Father … we are God’s children … and … since we are His children … God has made us His heirs …

 

Philippians chapter 2, vs 15                              select verse segment

... let us be blameless and pure … the children of God … without fault … in this warped and crooked generation …

 

… note … from a biblical perspective … there is only one generation from the time that Adam and Eve left Eden until the redeemed … that is the children of God … live with Jesus Christ forever in the new heaven and earth … where the glory of God will be the light and the Lamb will be the lamp … we are that new generation …

 

Revelation chapter 21, vs 22 - 27

… the city has no temple … because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple … the city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it because the glory of God gives it light and the Lamb is the lamp … nations will walk by its light … the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it … on no day will its gates be shut for there will be no night … the glory and honor of the nations will be brought to it … but … nothing impure will ever enter the city nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful … only those that is everyone who has their name written in the Lamb’s book of life … the children of God …

 

Hebrews chapter 2, vs 13

… here I AM with the children God has given to Me …

  

Isaiah chapter 8, vs 17 - 18

8:16 צור תעודה חתום תורה בלמדי

8:17 וחכיתי ליהוה המסתיר פניו מבית יעקב וקויתי-לו

I will wait for the LORD … I will put my trust in Him … here I AM with the children the LORD has given to Me … we are a sign and a symbol in Israel for the LORD Almighty Who abides on Mount Zion …

 

John chapter 10, vs 27 - 30                                 Jesus Christ speaking
… My sheep listen to My voice … I know them … and … they follow Me … I give them everlasting life with God forever … they will never perish … no one can snatch them out of My hand … My Father Who has given them to Me is greater than all … no one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand … I and the Father are One …

 

John chapter 17, vs 20 - 26                 Jesus Christ speaking

                                select verse segments not necessarily in sequence

… I  pray for not just for these alone but for everyone who will believe in Me through their message … may everyone be one Father as You are in Me and I AM in You … may they also be in us … so that … the world will believe that We are One … I in them and You in Me … everyone brought into complete unity … so … the world will know that You have sent Me … because … You love them even as You love Me … Father I wish everyone that You have given to Me to be with Me where I AM and to see My glory … the glory that you have given to me because you have loved Me since before the creation of the world … though the world does not know You or Your righteousness Father … I know You … and … everyone whom You have given to me knows that You have sent Me … I have made You known to them and will continue to make You known to them … so that … the love that You have for Me will be in them and I Myself will be in them …

 

Matthew chapter 5, vs 9                         Jesus Christ speaking

… blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called the children of God …

 

… the English noun … peacemakers … in this verse is a composite Greek word generated and used only one time in the New Testament … EIRENOPOIOS … Greek adjective … Strong# Greek 1518 … we understand the translation to peacemaker … it fits the context well and is understandable in many ways … however … in our analysis … we find the meaning is somewhat closer to the Hebrew noun … SABBATH … each one of the children of God make the SABBATH within themselves with the presence of Jesus Christ within their heart and the Spirit of God ( Holy Spirit ) in their spirit … it is that SABBATH within each of us that provides the peace of God within the individual and it is the peace of God within everyone of the children of God that provides the environment for fostering peace on earth … EIRENOPOIOS as a conjunctive word joins two Greek words … the first word is Greek verb … POIEO … Strong# Greek 4160 … the best literal meanings include … to make … or … to do … or … to bring forth … there are quite a few other very valid meanings all with the same image of an effort and/or energy extended by a person to accomplish a desired purpose like an object or an effect … the second word is Greek noun … EIRENE … Strong# Greek 1515 … the best literal meanings include … peace … or … quietness … essentially … the peace of God is the free grace and favor of God given to His children … however … there is an active process within each of us that needs to accept that grace and favor from God … while … peacemakers … as a translation is correct it often leaves the impression that we as individuals are peacemakers in our environment of the cultures of the world … rather … we are the peacemakers for the peace of God is within ourselves by our acceptance of the freely given grace and favor of God … consequently … it is the peace of God within each of us as individuals has an impact on the world cultures that we live within … essentially … the meaning of SABBATH … the active presence of God’s peace practiced by our free will acknowledgment and worship of God … as the children of God we do not just have peace … rather … we practice peace as received from God …

 

 Isaiah chapter 53, vs 5b

 55:5 הן תקרא וגוי לא-ידעוך אליך ירוצו למען יהוה אלהיך ולקדוש ישראל כי פארך גוי לא-תדע

… the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him …

 

Luke chapter 2, vs 14             Angels speaking to the Shepherds

 … glory to God in the highest … and … on earth … peace to everyone on whom His favor rests …

 

John chapter 16, vs 33           Jesus Christ speaking

… in Me you will have peace …

 

Enoch ch 104, vs 12  -  ch 105, vs 1               Ancient of Days speaking

 Books will be given to the Righteous … they will be a source of … joy … truth … and … wisdom … everyone who believes will rejoice … they will learn the way of truth and they will be glad … they will testify to the people of earth about the wisdom in these books … and … they will have peace …

  

Zachariah chapter 9, vs 10

 9:10 והכרתי-רכב מאפרים וסוס מירושלם ונכרתה קשת מלחמה ודבר שלום לגוים ומשלו מים עד-ים ומנהר עד-אפסי-ארץ

… He will proclaim peace to the nations … His rule will extend from … sea to sea … and … to the ends of the earth …

 

John chapter 16, vs 33                                           Jesus Christ speaking

 … in Me … you will have peace … I have overcome the world …

 

 John chapter 14, vs 26 - 27                Jesus Christ speaking

… peace I leave with you … My peace I give to you … do not be afraid …  

 

Micha chapter 5, vs 4 - 5

 5:4 והיה זה שלום אשור כי-יבוא בארצנו וכי ידרך בארמנתינו והקמנו עליו שבעה רעים ושמנה נסיכי אדם

5:5 ורעו את-ארץ אשור בחרב ואת-ארץ נמרד בפתחיה והציל מאשור כי-יבוא בארצנו וכי ידרך בגבולנו

… He will stand and shepherd His flock … His greatness will reach to the ends of the earth … He will be their peace …

 

 Isaiah chapter 9, vs 6 - 7 

 9:6 לםרבה המשרה ולשלום אין-קץ על-כסא דוד ועל-ממלכתו להכין אתה ולסעדה במשפט ובצדקה מעתה ועד-עולם קנאת יהוה צבאות תעשה-זאת

9:7 דבר שלח אדני ביעקב ונפל בישראל

… to us a Child is born … a Son is given … He will be called the Prince of Peace … of the increase of His governance and peace there will be no end …

  

Isaiah chapter 52, vs 10 - 11

 52:10 חשף יהוה את-זרוע קדשו לעיני כל-הגוים וראו כל-אפסי-ארץ את ישועת אלהינו

52:11 סורו סורו צאו משם טמא אל-תגעו צאו מתוכה הברו נשאי כלי יהוה

… My people will know My name … they will know that I AM He Who speaks glad tidings … and … Who proclaims peace … Who proclaims salvation … Who tells you … God reigns … so … break forth into joy … sing together … for the LORD ( YHVH ) will comfort His people … He will redeem them … the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God …

 

Luke chapter 10, vs 5                              Jesus Christ speaking

 … when you enter a house … first say … peace to this house …

 

 2 Thessalonians chapter 3, vs 16

 … may the Lord of Peace Himself give you peace … at all times … and … in every way …

 

Philippians chapter 4, vs 4 - 7

 … rejoice in the Lord always … let your gentleness be evident to all … the Lord is near do not be anxious … but in everything with … prayer … petition … and … thanksgiving … present your requests to God … then … the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guide your hearts and minds in Jesus Christ …

  

1 Peter chapter 3, vs 10 - 11

 … if you love life … and … wish to see good days … seek peace …

 

Weir – part 2

 

… what is a weir …

… Weir … a structure that regulates the … direction … volume … or … flow speed … of water … for a specific purpose … we feel this is a pretty good definition and good examples include … a water race for an antique water wheel … or … the spillway of hydroelectric dam … or … a fish trap set in a river or stream … from a development time frame the fish traps were probably the first thoughtful development of the weir mechanism … then what developed were various solutions which turn the potential energy of flowing water into kinetic energy like a water wheel for the grinding of grain … in our current time period … more recent solutions enabled the utilization of flowing water kinetic energy to generate much larger amounts of energy in the spillways of hydroelectric dams … our reference for weir in this bible study is this same developmental sequence as applied to God’s project plan to return His creation to its original state at the end of the sixth day of creation … Jesus tells Peter James and John … I will make you fishers of men … the dual action of the Word of God with those who have faith that Jesus Christ is God Our Lord Our Savior Our Teacher Our Pilot our Friend … is … to provide a real space that we term the Christian Church in which others can find that faith and grow in relationship with God … the Spirit of God ( Holy Spirit ) provides the spiritual power for a new believer in Jesus Christ to live and function in what can be termed at best a world fallen away from a true knowledge of God … it is the dynamic active interaction of a believer in Jesus Christ that enables the presence of Jesus Christ in our heart and the Spirit of God ( Holy Spirit ) in our spirit to generate the power of God within us … the power throughout this growth is the Spirit of God ( Holy Spirit ) however it is our increasing relationship with God through our faith in Jesus Christ that permits that power to increase and manifest as we grow closer to God … an interesting concept which is one component of the return of all creation to its original state at the end of the sixth day of creation …

 

… so … we ended Part 1 with the consideration for an alternative English translation from our review of the literal meaning of select Greek words in the verse … note this is the alternative English translation …

 

John chapter 20, vs 22 - 23                                                 Jesus Christ speaking

… peace be with you … as the Father has sent Me … I AM … sending you … and … He breathed into them … and … said … take hold of the Holy Spirit ( Spirit of God ) … if you send sin away so that it departs from anyone the sin will depart … if you continue to keep possession of anyone and their sin you will continue to have them …

 

so … there are two core actions … the first is the receipt of the Spirit of God that is the Holy Spirit … and … the second core action is for the recipient to receive the Spirit of God ( Holy Spirit ) as a source of power … from more traditional English translations this is the power to forgive sin in some folks and not to forgive sin in others … interesting … note a related verse …

 

Jude vs 20 - 23

… beloved brothers and sisters … let us build ourselves up in our most holy faith … let us pray in the Spirit of God ( Holy Spirit ) … let us keep ourselves in the love of God … looking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to life with God forever … let us have mercy on some who are wavering … saveing some by snatching them out of the fire … and … have mercy on still others with fear … hating even their clothing that has been defiled by their bodies …

 

… Jesus Christ has given us the Spirit of God ( so that we can make decisions and take actions …

 

Jude vs 20 - 23

… let us build ourselves up in our most holy faith and pray in the Spirit of God ( Holy Spirit ) … let us keep ourselves in God’s love as we wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to come and take us to everlasting life with God forever … as we wait … let us be merciful to everyone who is in doubt … let us save others by snatching them from the fire … and … to others let us show mercy mixed with fear … being careful of the clothing that has been stained by their corrupt flesh …

 

Deuteronomy chapter 6, vs 19  - through - 

Deuteronomy chapter 7, vs 6                          

select verses in sequence

6:19 להדף את-כל-איביך מפניך כאשר דבר יהוה

6:20 כי-ישאלך בנך מחר לאמר מה העדת והחקים והמשפטים אשר צוה יהוה אלהינו אתכם

6:21 ואמרת לבנך עבדים היינו לפרעה במצרים ויציאנו יהוה ממצרים ביד חזקה

6:22 ויתן יהוה אותת ומפתים גדלים ורעים במצרים בפרעה ובכל-ביתו לעינינו

6:23 ואותנו הוציא משם למען הביא אתנו לתת לנו את-הארץ אשר נשבע לאבתינו

6:24 ויצונו יהוה לעשות את-כל-החקים האלה ליראה את-יהוה אלהינו לטוב לנו כל-הימים לחיתנו כהיום הזה

6:25 וצדקה תהיה-לנו כי-נשמר לעשות את-כל-המצוה הזאת לפני יהוה אלהינו כאשר צונו

7:1 כי יביאך יהוה אלהיך אל-הארץ אשר-אתה בא-שמה לרשתה ונשל גוים-רבים מפניך החתי והגרגשי והאמרי והכנעני והפרזי והחוי והיבוסי שבעה גוים רבים ועצומים ממך

7:2 ונתנם יהוה אלהיך לפניך והכיתם החרם תחרים אתם לא-תכרת להם ברית ולא תחנם

7:3 ולא תתחתן בם בתך לא-תתן לבנו ובתו לא-תקח לבנך

7:4 כי-יסיר את-בנך מאחרי ועבדו אלהים אחרים וחרה אף-יהוה בכם והשמידך מהר

7:5 כי-אם-כה תעשו להם מזבחתיהם תתצו ומצבתם תשברו ואשירהם תגדעון ופסיליהם תשרפון באש

7:6 כי עם קדוש אתה ליהוה אלהיך בך בחר יהוה אלהיך להיות לו לעם סגלה מכל העמים אשר על-פני האדמה

… hear O Israel … the LORD ( YHVH ) is our God the LORD ( YHVH ) alone … let us keep His teaching … let us make no covenant or intermarry with nations who do not serve the LORD ( YHVH ) our God … for … if we do … then our children will turn away from serving the LORD ( YHVH ) … the LORD ( YHVH ) our God has chosen us to be His people … we are His treasured possession …

 

Exodus chapter 34, vs 12

34:12 השמר לך פן-תכרת ברית ליושב הארץ אשר אתה בא עליה פן-יהיה למוקש בקרבך

… do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you are going for that will become a snare among you …

 

Joshua chapter 23, vs 13

23:13 ידוע תדעו כי לא יוסיף יהוה אלהיכם להוריש את-הגוים האלה מלפניכם והיו לכם לפח ולמוקש ולשטט בצדיכם ולצננים בעיניכם עד-אבדכם מעל האדמה הטובה הזאת אשר נתן לכם יהוה אלהיכם

… know assuredly … the LORD ( YHVH ) our God will not continue to drive out these nations before you and they will become a snare and a trap for you … a scourge on your sides … thorns in your eyes … and … you will perish …

 

Psalm 9, vs 16

9:16 טבעו גוים בשחת עשו ברשת-זו טמנו נלכדה רגלם

… the LORD ( YHVH ) makes Himself known and He pronounces justice … the wicked are snared by the work of their own hands …

 

2 Timothy chapter 2, vs 22 - 26

… pursue … righteousness … faith … love … and … peace … along with everyone who calls on the Lord from a pure heart … shun … youthful passions … stupid and senseless controversies … and … quarrels … for … the Lord’s servants should be … kind to everyone … an apt and patient teacher who corrects opponents with gentleness … for … perhaps God will grant that these opponents will repent and come to know the truth … and thus … they will escape from the snare which holds them captive to do the will of the devil …

  

Matthew chapter 6,  vs  14 - 15                        Jesus Christ peaking

… forgive each person that may  sin against you … just as our heavenly Father has forgiven you … if you do not forgive others for their sins … our Father will not forgive your sins …

 

Matthew chapter 7, vs 1 - 2                                Jesus Christ speaking

… let us not judge others … for … in the same way that you judge others … you will be judged … with the measure that you use … it will be measured to you …

 

Matthew chapter 16, vs 13 - 19                       Jesus Christ speaking

… Jesus and His disciples came to the district of Caesarea Philippi … and … He asked them … who do people say that the Son of Man is … and so they answered … some say John the Baptist … others say Elijah … others say Jeremiah … and … others say one of the prophets … then Jesus said … who do you say that I AM … then Simon Peter answered … You are the Messiah … the Son of the living God … Jesus then answered Peter … blessed are you Simon son of Jonah for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you but rather My Father Who is in heaven … I tell you … you are Peter and on this rock I will build My church and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it … I give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven ( Kingdom of God ) … whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven … and … whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven …

 

Matthew chapter 18, vs 15 - 20                       Jesus Christ speaking

… if a member of the church sins against you … go … and … point out the fault when the two of you are alone … if that member listens to you … you have regained that one … however … if you are not listened to … take one or two others along with you so that every word can be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses … if the member refuses to listen to them then tell it to the church and if the offender refuses to listen to the church … let such a one be to you as a Gentile or a tax-collector … truly I tell you … whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven … and … whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven … again … truly I tell you … if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask it will be done for you by My Father Who is in heaven … for … where two or three are gathered in My Name … I AM there among them …

 

… the Greek word translated in English as … bind and bound … is Greek verb … DEO … Strong# Greek 1210 … to bind … or … to tie … are good literal meanings …

 

… the Greek word translated in English as … loose and loosed … is Greek verb … LUO … Strong# Greek 3089 … to loose … is a good literal meaning … as is also … to release … or … to untie …

 

1 Thessalonians chapter 5, vs 15 - 24

… let us pursue what is good for ourselves and for all others … rejoice always … pray without ceasing … giving thanks to God in everything … test all things … hold fast to what is good … and … abstain from all form of evil/sin … encouraging the Spirit of God among us … to lessen the gap between ourselves and God … for … this is the will of God in Jesus Christ for us … so … may the God of peace Himself sanctify us completely … so that our whole … spirit … soul … and … body … will be preserved blameless … through the grace of … and … at the coming of … our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ … for … He Who has called us is faithful … He will do it …

 

1 Peter chapter 5, vs 5 - 7

… let us clothe ourselves with humility toward one another … fir … God gives grace to the humble … so that … He can lift us up … because … He cares for us …

 

Titus chapter 3, vs 1 - 2

… let us be subject to authority and obedient … ready to do good … let us be peaceable and considerate … showing true humility to everyone …

 

Philippians chapter 2, vs 2

… in humility … let us consider most other people better than ourselves … let us look to the interests of others … our attitude should be the same as our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ … Who humbled Himself and became obedient to death therefore God exalted Him …

 

Philippians  chapter 4, vs 4 - 7

 … let us rejoice in the Lord always and let your gentleness be evident to all … for … the Lord is near … whe should not be anxious … rather … in everything … by prayer … petition … and with thanksgiving … let us present our requests to God … then … the peace of God that transcends all understanding will guide your hearts and minds in Jesus Christ …

 

Isaiah chapter 40, vs 13

40:13 מי-תכן את-רוח יהוה ואיש עצתו יודיענו

… who can fathom the Spirit of the LORD ( YHVH ) …

 

 Revelation chapter 1, vs 4 - 5

… I John … write to the seven churches … grace and peace to you from Him … Who is … Who was … and … Who is to come … and … from the seven Spirits before His throne … and … from Jesus Christ the faithful witness … the first born from the dead … and … the ruler of the kings of the earth …

 

Revelation chapter 5, vs 6

… I saw a Lamb looking as if it had been slain … standing in the center of the throne … encircled by the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders … the Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes … which are the seven Spirits of God … sent out into all of the earth …

 

Isaiah chapter 11, vs 1 - 9

11:1 ויצא חטר מגזע ישי ונצר משרשיו יפרה

11:2 ונחה עליו רוח יהוה רוח חכמה ובינה רוח עצה וגבורה רוח דעת ויראת יהוה

11:3 והריחו ביראת יהוה ולא-למראה עיניו ישפוט ולא-למשמע אזניו יוכיח

11:4 ושפט בצדק דלים והוכיח במישור לענוי-ארץ והכה-ארץ בשבט פיו וברוח שפתיו ימית רשע

11:5 והיה צדק אזור מתניו והאמונה אזור חלציו

11:6 וגר זאב עם-כבש ונמר עם-גדי ירבץ ועגל וכפיר ומריא יחדו ונער קטן נהג בם

11:7 ופרה ודב תרעינה יחדו ירבצו ילדיהן ואריה כבקר יאכל-תבן

11:8 ושעשע יונק על-חר פתן ועל מאורת צפעוני גמול ידו הדה

11:9 לא-ירעו ולא-ישחיתו בכל-הר קדשי כי-מלאה הארץ דעה את-יהוה כמים לים מכסים

… a shoot will come up from the stum of Jesse … from His roots a Branch will bear fruit … the Spirit of the LORD ( YHVH ) will rest on Him … and … also … the Spirits of … Wisdom … Understanding … Counsel … Might … Knowledge … and … Reverence for the LORD ( YHVH ) … He will not judge what He sees with His eyes … and … decide by what He hears with His ears … He will judge the needy with … righteousness … and … justice … righteousness will be His belt … and … faithfulness will be the sash around His waist … everyone will be filled with the knowledge of the LORD ( YHVH ) … just as … the waters cover the sea …

 

Job chapter 12, vs 13                             

12:13 עמו חכמה וגבורה לו עצה ותבונה

… to God belong … Wisdom … Power ( Might ) … Counsel … and … Understanding … they are His …

  

Enoch chapter 49, vs 3         

… the Son of Man … dwells with … Wisdom … Understanding … Knowledge … Power … and … Righteousness …

 

John chapter 4, vs 23                              Jesus Christ speaking

… the time has now come when true worshipers will worship the Father … in spirit … and … in truth … these are the kind of worshipers whom the Father seeks … God is a Spirit … His worshipers worship Him in spirit and in truth …

 

John chapter 14, vs 6                              Jesus Christ speaking

… I AM the way … the truth … and … the life … no one comes to the Father except through Me …

 

Luke chapter 19, vs 10                           Jesus Christ speaking

… the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost …

 

John chapter 10, vs 10                           Jesus Christ speaking

… I came that you may have life and have life abundantly …

 

Matthew chapter 9, vs 6                       Jesus Christ speaking

… know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sin …

 

Psalm 145, vs 18

145:18 קרוב יהוה לכל-קראיו לכל אשר יקראהו באמת

… the LORD ( YHVH ) is near to all who call upon Him in truth …

 

Romans chapter 10, vs 9 - 10

… when we confess with our lips that Jesus Christ is Lord and believe in our hearts that God raised Him from the dead … we are given the gift of salvation which is life with God forever … for … we believe with our heart and are justified by God through the Righteousness of Jesus Christ … and … we confess with our mouth that Jesus Christ is God and so we are saved …

Enoch chapter 10, vs 7          Ancient of Days speaking

I will restore the earth so not all the sons of man will be destroyed because of the knowledge which the Watchers have made known …

 

Acts 1, vs 8                     Jesus Christ speaking

… you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you … and … you will be My witnesses … in Jerusalem … in all of Judea … in Samaria … and … to the ends of the earth …

 

2 Corinthians chapter 5, vs 17 - 20

… everyone who is in Jesus Christ … is a new creation … everything old has passed away … everything has become new … for … God has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ … the ministry of Jesus Christ … the message of the Gospel … is the ministry of our reconciliation to God … in Jesus Christ God has reconciled the world to Himself … not counting our trespasses against us who have faith that Jesus Christ is God … God has entrusted this message of reconciliation to us … we are ambassadors for Jesus Christ … God is making His appeal to the world through us … so … on behalf of Jesus Christ we entreat the world to be reconciled to God through Jesus Christ … this message is that … for our sake God made Jesus Christ suffer the consequence of sin though Jesus Christ never committed a sin … so that … through our faith that Jesus Christ is God we can become the righteousness of God …

 

John chapter 3, vs 14                                                              Jesus Christ speaking

… just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness … so also … must the Son of Man be lifted us … so that … everyone who believes that He is God will have salvation which is life with God forever …

 

John chapter 14, vs 16                           Jesus Christ speaking

… I will ask the Father … and … He will give you another Advocate … the Spirit of God ( e.g. the Holy Spirit ) … to help you and to be with you forever …

 

John chapter 14, vs 26                           Jesus Christ speaking

… the … Advocate … the Spirit of God ( Holy Spirit ) … Whom the Father will send in My Name … He will teach you all things … and … will remind you of everything that I have said to you …

  

John chapter 15, vs 26                           Jesus Christ speaking

… when the Advocate comes … Whom I will send to you from the Father … this is the Spirit of God ( Holy Spirit ) … the Spirit of Truth … Who goes out from the Father … He will testify about Me …

 

Romans chapter 8, vs 15                                    

… the Spirit of God ( Holy Spirit ) … that you received brought about your adoption and by Him ( Holy Spirit ) we cry Abba Father …

 

Galatians chapter 4, vs 6                                    

… God … sent the Spirit of His Son … Jesus Christ … into our hearts … the Spirit of God … Who calls out Abba Father …

 

Matthew chapter 10, vs 20                 Jesus Christ speaking

… the … Spirit of your Father … will speak through you …

 

2 Corinthians chapter 3, vs 17

… the Lord is a Spirit … and … where the Spirit of the Lord ( Holy Spirit ) is there is freedom …

 

1 Corinthians chapter 2, vs 14

… everyone who comes to us from the Spirit of God ( Holy Spirit ) is received and acknowledged in us by the Spirit of God …

 

1 Thessalonians chapter 5, vs 15 - 24

… let us pursue what is good for ourselves and for all others … rejoice always … let us pray without ceasing … giving thanks to God in everything … testing all things … holding fast to what is good … and … abstaining from all forms of evil/sin … let us encourage the Spirit of God among us … to lessen the gap between ourselves and God … for … this is the will of God in Jesus Christ for us … so … may the God of peace Himself sanctify us completely … so … that our whole … spirit … soul … and … body … will be preserved blameless … through the grace of … and … at the coming of … our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ … for … He Who has called us is faithful … He will do it …

  

Romans chapter 8, vs 9 - 17                              select verses in sequence

… our life is not in our bodies … rather … our life is in our spirit … for … the Spirit of God ( Holy Spirit ) dwells in each of us … the Spirit of God ( Holy Spirit ) is the Spirit of Jesus Christ … anyone who does not have the Spirit of Jesus Christ does not belong to Him … Jesus Christ is in each of us … and … even though each of our bodies is dead because of sin … the Spirit of God ( Holy Spirit ) is the life of God in our spirit because of the righteousness purchased for us by Jesus Christ on the cross … so … the Spirit of God ( Holy Spirit ) Who raised Jesus Christ from the dead dwells in each of us … and … God who raised Jesus Christ from the dead gives life to our mortal bodies through His Spirit … the Spirit of God ( Holy Spirit ) dwells in each of us in our spirit … therefore … it is by the Spirit of God ( Holy Spirit ) that we put to death the sinful deeds of the body … we live and are led by the Spirit of God ( Holy Spirit ) as the children of God … we have received a spirit of adoption … when we cry ABBA Father it is the Spirit of God ( Holy Spirit ) bearing witness with our spirit that we are the children of God … and … if children … then heirs … heirs of God … and … joint heirs with Jesus Christ …

 

1 Timothy chapter 1, vs 8 - 10

… let us place our trust in the power of God … Who has saved us and called us with a holy calling … not according to our works … but … according to His own purpose and grace … this grace was given to us in Jesus Christ before the ages began … and … now this grace has been revealed through the appearing of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ … Who has abolished death and brought to light through the Gospel … life for those who believe … life with God forever …

 

1 Thessalonians chapter 1, vs 4 - 6

… God has chosen us … we are the beloved of God … the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ has come to us … in Word … the Word of the Gospel through the Holy Bible … and … in power through the Spirit of God ( Holy Spirit ) … and so … with full confidence let us be imitators of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ … let us live with the joy that is inspired by the Spirit of God ( Holy Spirit ) … and … all this in spite of any persecution we may receive because of the Word of God …

 

… note … this bible study could continue on through quite a few more aspects in our analyses … however … we will stop here … as … we believe the concept of … weir … is defined for your further study …

 

Father … thank you in Your Name Jesus Christ God Yahweh Yeshua Messiah our Lord our Savior our Teacher our Pilot our Friend … thank you for the blood of Jesus Christ on the cross … the grace and protection which that blood gives to us … the redemption for all humankind which that blood purchased … and … our salvation … which is life with You forever … Father … thank you for going before us behind us and with us with Your outstretched right arm and hand upon us … thank you for making the way … Father … You are in heaven … hallow be Your Name … Your kingdom is in us … Your will be done in us as it is done in heaven … give us this day our daily bread … and … forgive us our debt as we forgive our debtors … thank you for helping us avoid temptation … and … thank you for our deliverance from the evil one … You in us is … Your kingdom … Your power … and … Your glory … forever … amen