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"If this has happened to you, you will never let this happen to you again." I believe it will for a while (USA be downtrodden, overtaken by troops), then reinstated just like Washington saw in a vision at Valley Forge when he was praying there. It feels like he was close to God in those memoirs that were written at Valley Forge. Here is a snippet from his vision in the Library of Congress: https://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/washington/vision.html Wartime: "And again I heard the mysterious voice saying "Son of the Republic, look and learn." At this the dark, shadowy angel placed a trumpet to his mouth, and blew three distinct blasts; and taking water from the ocean, he sprinkled it upon Europe, Asia and Africa. Then my eyes beheld a fearful scene: From each of these countries arose thick, black clouds that were soon joined into one. Throughout this mass there gleamed a dark red light by which I saw hordes of armed men, who, moving with the cloud, marched by land and sailed by sea to America. Our country was enveloped in this volume of cloud, and I saw these vast armies devastate the whole county and burn the villages, towns and cities that I beheld springing up. As my ears listened to the thundering of the cannon, clashing of sword, and the shouts and cries of millions in mortal combat, I heard again the mysterious voice saying, "Son of the Republic, look and learn" When the voice had ceased, the dark shadowy angel placed his trumpet once more to his mouth, and blew a long and fearful blast. "Instantly a light as of a thousand suns shone down from above me, and pierced and broke into fragments the dark cloud which enveloped America. At the same moment the angel upon whose head still shone the word Union, and who bore our national flag in one hand and a sword in the other, descended from the heavens attended by legions of white spirits. These immediately joined the inhabitants of America, who I perceived were will nigh overcome, but who immediately taking courage again, closed up their broken ranks and renewed the battle. Again, amid the fearful noise of the conflict, I heard the mysterious voice saying, "Son of the Republic, look and learn." As the voice ceased, the shadowy angel for the last time dipped water from the ocean and sprinkled it upon America. Instantly the dark cloud rolled back, together with the armies it had brought, leaving the inhabitants of the land victorious! Rebuilding after the 3rd war: Then once more I beheld the villages, towns and cities springing up where I had seen them before, while the bright angel, planting the azure standard he had brought in the midst of them, cried with a loud voice: "While the stars remain, and the heavens send down dew upon the earth, so long shall the Union last." And taking from his brow the crown on which blazoned the word "Union," he placed it upon the Standard while the people, kneeling down, said, "Amen. Let every child of the Republic learn to live for his God, his land and the Union." With these words the vision vanished, and I started from my seat and felt that I had seen a vision wherein had been shown to me the birth, progress, and destiny of the United States. The Parable of the Shrewd Manager Luke 16 Jesus told his disciples: “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions. 2 So he called him in and asked him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.’ 3 “The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I’m not strong enough to dig, and I’m ashamed to beg— 4 I know what I’ll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.’ 5 “So he called in each one of his master’s debtors. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ 6 “‘Nine hundred gallons[a] of olive oil,’ he replied. “The manager told him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred and fifty.’ 7 “Then he asked the second, ‘And how much do you owe?’ “‘A thousand bushels[b] of wheat,’ he replied. “He told him, ‘Take your bill and make it eight hundred.’ 8 “The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light. 9 I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings. 10 “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. 11 So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? 12 And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own? 13 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” 14 The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. 15 He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight. Additional Teachings 16 “The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing their way into it. 17 It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law. 18 “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery. The Rich Man and Lazarus 19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. 20 At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores 21 and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 “The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. 24 So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’ 25 “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’ 27 “He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, 28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’ 29 “Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’ 30 “‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’ 31 “He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”

Bible 365 Explanatory Glossary This is new for 2022, so it is just getting started, it could take years before it is well developed. This is the home of the Bible 365 Glossary. It is a list of words, terms, and phrases which are associated with the Bible, Theology, and the study of related things. I call it the explanatory glossary, because at times it will be more than just a short description or definition of a term. In as much as some people reading this will newer Christians, or perhaps not even Christians at all, I felt if best to go into some detail, because sometimes people come across terms in a sermon, or something they read or heard somewhere but did not know what was being talked about. Therefore I thought it would be nice to elaborate at times. Items will be accumulated over time as they come to mind, and are added to aid in the understanding of things not everyone may be aware of. Though this is available in early 2022, it is an ongoing project. To make things easier to find, there will be 26 separate posts, one for each letter of the English alphabet. It is very possible, that some pages will never have an entry, as some words beginning with certain letters are rare (for example few word begin with the letter X in English. Sometimes there may be entries of words from other languages, such as Greek, Hebrew, or Latin. For example Agape (one of the Greek words for love), would be found among the other "A"s The letters below are for links to the posts which correspond with the letter. It the letter is blue and underlined, then that post has some content. The other letters have no content yet. The link that says Comments, is for comments from you, if you wish to make any. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Go to the Comments Section

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." You have probably heard that little chant, I've said it when I was a child. However, that is a lie, the Bible says that the power of life and death is in the tongue. Watch what you say today. Tearing The Walls Down One day in a land far away, People were marching around a city that day, Seven days without a sound, God’s word had the people bound, Then the seventh day in unity they did shout, Their faith was strong, they didn’t doubt, And the walls can down, Flattened by God, to the ground, They didn’t bicker, for they were in unity, Bickering wouldn’t have brought the walls down, only if they agree, Why do we fight, Why don’t we hold tight, The word of God is strong, It says right is right, and wrong is wrong, Unity is power, To fight the devil within this hour, The devil is winning when we can’t agree, So when will we open out blinded eyes so we can see, I remember when people joint together, Joining hands in love, one to another, Instead of ripping each other apart, Joining hands is the way we should start, The little girls dreams are dashed to the ground, Because of fighting in the home, throwing vain words around, Those vain words of strife, Are destroying her life, Why do we have to fight? Why do we always have to be right? When the Christians can’t agree, What in the church is the world supposed to see? By His Spirit God can’t move, When there’s strife, Gods power He can’t prove, Why do we our brothers and sisters attack? Why do we talk behind there back? In the church we murder one another, Killing our own sisters and brothers, Are you ready to wash one another’s feet? Be careful of what you say, so your words you won’t have to eat, My friend, give each other a loving hug has I close this poem, And you will be blessed by Jesus, when He takes you home.

Some of the pages in this section are what belong to an Englishman’s concordance and lexicon. For our purposes here, a concordance is a record of occurrences of specific words in the Bible. Typically we do this in our own language. For example, we might want to know in which verses, the word coming occurs. In a concordance, we would find a lot of instances, and that might be helpful. Using a concordance, shows us the verses, and part of their context. From that, wecan determine if we want to look up the passages, to see what is being said about a subject, beyond a single verse. However, coming does not always mean the same thing. Sometimes it is a verb, an action word, depicting movement toward us. Other times, in might be a noun, indicated the status or position resulting from the action of coming. Perhaps an example is in order. In Matt 24:3 we see (in the NASB version): As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?” We might be curious to know, what it is that the disciples are asking about, Are the wondering if there will be some signs, that Jesus is moving toward them, or is about to? Are they wondering if there are signs to watch for, that would indicate the status resulting from such movement? Just knowing if this is a verb or a noun, goes a long way toward helping us understand the meaning of the word used here. Sometimes, knowing the way the word is constructed, it’s roots, can be instructive, more about that in a moment. For now, let me move one with the rest of my description of my terms “Englishman’s concordance and lexicon”. I have already explained that the concordance is a tool to find instances of a specific word, in our example that word is “coming”. In the Koine Greek language that our English New Testament is translated from, it is not always the same Greek word used for our English word coming. For example, in Matt 2:3 we see: But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? In the above verse, erchomenous is the Greek word used for coming. Erchomenous is a form of the word ἔρχομαι (erchomai). Erchomai is primarily a verb meaning “to come” or “to go”, or “I come”, “I go”, etc. It is more about the movement from one place to another, than it would be if it were used as a noun, indicating the result of such a movement. The direction is not contained in the word itself, but by the context it is used in. In other words, it is coming toward, or going away, or even just moving from one place to another. It is not always used as a verb, sometimes it can be used like a noun and indicate the result of the movement. Again, generally the context (the way the word is used in the sentence and other factors) let us know how to use the word itself. Seeing that there is more than one Greek word used for coming, it can be helpful to know which Greek word is employed in any given circumstance, so that we can compare usage with the identical term elsewhere in the Bible. This is what an Englishman’s concordance is about, it allows us look up the instances of the Greek word, underlying the English word in any given verse. Back to our example of Matt 24:3 we saw: As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?” The underlying Greek word for coming in that case, is parousia. The subject there, the future coming of Christ, is quite different than the movement of the Pharisees to a baptism that we saw in Matt 2:3. If we wanted to study the coming of Christ, it would be more helpful to look at the word used for that (parousia) than to search out the word erchomai. Once having looked at where the word is used, that brings us to the idea of a lexicon. The purpose of the lexicon is to give us an understanding of the word usage of the Greek in our own language, English. It is sort of a translational dictionary. By the way, some people are tempted to use a translation tool such as Google translate. Generally, this is not a good idea for Bible study. Sometimes it works, but it is not at all reliable, as modern Greek is not the same as the Koine Greek that the Bible was written in. Languages can change a lot in 2000 years. However, in the case of the word parousia, we get lucky, as you can see below: I am in no way qualified to expound on Greek grammar or definitions as I have only been studying it casually since the early 1990's. Probably neither are you - very few people are. I say this to emphasize that we cannot just pick up a lexicon, look up some definitions and presume to translate the Greek text into English. It does not work like that. Perhaps, once you have diligently studied Koine Greek for twenty years, you can do that, for now, it is generally better to read translations already prepared for us by qualified individuals or translation team. The reason we look at the Greek, is to discover some of the nuances that help us to understand what is being said – it helps us to compare scripture with scripture in a way that aids our understanding. Lay people, such as most of us, can get some help from Greek lexicons. Vine's is often used, but it's scolarship is not the best, though it is easy to use. Bauer/Arndt/Gingrich/Danker is probably the best, in terms of scholarship, but new version of the latest edition, will run you about $160, and it is difficult to use if you are not somewhat proficient in Greek already. It is not designed for lay people, but for Bible translators and seminary students. Older versions used, can be had for about $20. I have one and I use it, but lately, I have grown fond of a newer lexicon, that is better that the Vines, and not as heavy as the BAGD. it is called The Analytical Lexicon to the Greek New Testament - William Mounce Hopefully this will serve to help you understand some of entries which will be placed in this section. Probably, most of the things in this area, will be related to topics that create controversy, confusion, and misunderstanding. This is because the plain and obvious ideas, do not usually need help or extra attention to understand. It is hoped, that these entries, will help to you arrive at better understanding of the Bible as you read and study it. -Omegaman 3.0 February 7th, 2018