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The Parousia of the Son of Man
The Greek term παρουσíα/parousia has become a stumbling block to many in the modern Church, particularly so among those who teach a pre-tribulation rapture. However, Jesus and His disciples were consistent in its use, as this study will show.
Parousia is a noun, derived from the present participle of the verb pareimi, w
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The Most Holy Place:
The Feast of Trumpets/Rosh Hashanah
Leviticus 23:24 “…In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have for yourselves a memorial special sabbath of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.
I Kings 1:39 Then Zadok the priest took a horn of oil from the Tabernacle and anointed Solomon. And they blew with th
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The Most Holy Place:
The Feast of Tabernacles, a.k.a. Feast of Ingathering
Leviticus 23:34 …“The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the LORD. 35 On the first day there shall be a holy convocation. Exodus 23:16 … the Feast of Ingathering in the going out/forth of the year, when you have gathered in
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The Most Holy Place:
The Eighth-Day Solemn Assembly, Shemini Atzereth
Leviticus 23:34 …“The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the LORD. … 36 …On the eighth day you shall have a holy miqraw/convocation… It is an atzereth/solemn assembly… 39 …a shabbathōn/special sabbath.
This seventh and final
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The Mistranslation of John 1:1
[Be forewarned: for many, this may be difficult to understand.]
John 1:1 In [the] beginning was the Word…
When the Apostle John wrote this phrase, he did not include the definite article “the” before “beginning.” English-Bible translators have presumed that a “the” is implied, and so have included it.
This is
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The Levels and Origins of Loves, and Their Ultimate Fulfillment
Each of the four worlds – the three heavens and the one earth – has both a corresponding element and a corresponding love.
The Greek language has a specific word for each of these four loves:
Eros: sexual love, the ultimate love of the flesh. Eros is earthly/physical in n
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The Last Shofar: The Latter Horn of Redemption
There is an ancient Hebrew prophecy about the horns of the ram that Abraham offered to God “for a burnt offering instead of his son” Isaac. Gen. 22:13 The Mosaic-era Book
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The Kingdoms of Solomon and Jesus Christ
When Prince Solomon was made King of Israel in 1031 BC, and began to sit on the royal throne in Jerusalem, it was a type and foreshadowing of the accession of Jesus Christ over
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The Innumerable “Great Multitude” of Revelation 7:9
Rev. 7:9 I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, out of all nations, tribes, peoples and tongues, standing before the [heavenly] throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands.
Question: How many people would it take that “no one co
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The Great Tribulation and the Great Deception
Jesus has told us that the Great Tribulation will be preceded by the Abomination of Desolation, and end with the heavenly
The Firstfruits and the Harvest 2.0
Part 2: The Earthbound
[Last paragraph of Part 1: In the End Times, the spiritual fulfillment of the “first of the firstfruits” will be that of the Manchild of Revelation 12:5, who is to be “caught up to God and to His throne” before the Woman has fully escaped into the wilderness with her people. Rev. 12:6; see Part 2.]
Firstfruits are but a small portion of any harvest. The greater parts of both Israel and the Gentile Church will remain on Ear
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The Firstfruits and the Harvest 2.0
Part 1: The Heaven-Bound
Under the Mount Sinai Covenant, all firstfruits were to be given to God: not just the firstfruits of the Spring grain harvest, but also of the Autumn harvest of fruit, wine and oil. Likewise, all the firstborn/firstfruit-of-the-womb of both
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The Firstfruits and the Harvest
Under the Mount Sinai Covenant, all firstfruits were to be given to God: not just the firstfruits of the Spring grain harvest, but also of the Autumn harvest of fruit, wine and oil. Likewise, all the firstborn/firstfruit-of-the-womb of both livestock and men – the latter were redeemed with a substitute offering – were to be
The End Times and the Exodus, Part 4
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The 7 Bowls: Godʼs Wrath Poured Out on the Nations
Preliminary, Exodus: “…the glory of the LORD appeared…” Moses entered the Tabernacle to take “the rod [of God] from before the LORD…” God soon used it and the Israelites to smite the heathen nations. Num. 20:6, 9 End Times: “…the Tabernacle of the testimony in hea
The End Times and the Exodus, Part 3
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The 7 Angelic Trumpets: Establishment of the Kingdom on Earth
All of the Exodus-era allegories for the 7 Trumpets consisted of seven rebellions by the Israelites against God, and his seven resulting punishments.
Preliminary, Exodus Antetype: Censer, altar, incense, fire from Godʼs Tabernacle/Temple. Lev. 10:1
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The End Times and the Exodus, Part 2
(Part 1 ended with the Judgment of the Elohim and the Beginning of Tribulation.)
The Flight of Godʼs People
Exodus: The Israelites fled “in haste” from Egypt, into the wilderness. Ex. 12:31-33ff. End Times: “…let those who are in Judea flee…” Matt. 24:16 “And the Woman fled into the wilderness…” Rev. 12:6
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The End Times and the Exodus, Part 1
Introduction
During the era of the Exodus, there were four times and levels of Godʼs judgment. These four judgments were types of four comparable, but much more extensive, judgments to come in the End Times. Briefly, they are symbolized in order by –
1) The 7 Spirits of Revelation 4 - 5. Rev. 4:5; 5:6 This t
The Beast, Part 8: Final Judgments
Final Judgments
After the great Battle of Armageddon, the Beast and the False Prophet – the leaders of the earthly warfare against Christ – will be “cast alive into a lake of fire.” Rev. 19:20 This fulfills the prophecy of Enoch about their latter end:
Enoch 10:9 “…and in the great day of judgment let him [Azazel] be cast into the fire.” … 15 Shemhazai and…the others who are with him…bind them for seventy generations underneath the earth, even to
The Beast and Satan: Their Natures and Forms
Traditional depictions of Satan the Devil portray him in two distinctly different ways: as a cloven-footed, goat-headed Horned God, and as a wily but powerful red Serpent-Dragon. Often these two figures are confused, as in the standard depiction of a red devil with a goat’s head, cloven feet, and horns – but also with a dragon’s tail and serpent’s fangs!
Confused indeed. Such mixed images reflect a common misunderstanding of not one, but two
The Mouth of the Beast
So the Beast and the False Prophet are rebellious fallen angels, not men. However, the Beast will be
Revelation 13:5 …given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies… 6 …against God… 5 …and he [will be] given authority for 42 months [= 1260 days]. … 7 It [will be] granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them.
A biblical precedent for a spokesman being called a mouth is found in the case of Moses and Aaron:
Exodus 4:16 …he [Aaron
The King of the Abyss
At the opening of Revelation 6ʼs Sixth Seal, a Latter Day
Revelation 6:12 …great earthquake… 14 …[causes] every mountain and island [to be] moved out of its place.”
Sometime thereafter,
Revelation 9:1 …a star having fallen from heaven to the earth…[will be] given the key to the pit [or, the shaft] of the Abyss. 2 And he [shall] open the pit of the Abyss,
thereby releasing its evil spirits. This “fallen star” will either be Satan or one of his host
Mosaic Law and Jewish Lore about Azazel
Leviticus 16 provides much of the Mosaic Law for Yom Kippur/the Day of Atonement, the holiest day of the year in the Israelite religious calendar. In verses 8, 10, and 26, the Hebrew word traditionally translated in English as “the scapegoat” is Azazel. The passages in Hebrew literally mean “for Azazel,” not “for the Azazel” –
Leviticus 16:8 Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats [:5 for a sin offering]: one lot for YHWH, and one lot for Azazel
Who IS the Beast?
We saw in Part 2 that “the Beast will ascend out of the Abyss.” Rev. 17:8; 11:7 So then, we need to discover WHO is presently in the Abyss, and WHY. These questions have been answered by Jude, Peter, Enoch, and also in Hebrew and Greek mythology:
Jude 6 The angels who did not keep their place of authority, but left their habitation, [God] has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day.
2 Peter 2:4 …God did not spare the angels
The Beast’s Seven Heads
Revelation 17 tells us that in John’s time, the seven-headed Beast
Revelation 17:8 “…was, and is not [present], and shall ascend out of the Abyss and go to perdition… 9 The seven heads are seven mountains… 10 and are seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must remain a short time.”
Jeremiah 51:24-26 and Daniel 2:34-35 tell us that – speaking prophetically – “mountains” may symbolize great kingdoms or em
The Beast Is Not a (Seven-headed!) Man, Part 1
It is widely taught in the Church that the Beast of Revelation 13 will be a man. Revelation 13’s Beast has “seven heads and ten horns.” Rev. 13:1; 17:3 There never has been, nor ever will be, such a man.
We find in Revelation 12:3 that the Devil/Satan/Dragon also has seven heads and ten horns. Satan is an angelic spirit.
Now, we know that the Holy Spirit can inhabit many people. Also, that God took the spirit that was upon Moses and
