The Land as Our Inheritance
John Mark Hicks: When God called Abraham,
he promised blessings
through which all the nations would be blessed (Genesis
12:2-3).
HERE ARE THOSE
WHO WILL BE LEFT BEHIND
1. Israel fell from grace
beyond redemption because
of
Instrumental-Trinitarian-
2. The NOBILITY turned the
REST of God into a day of
the Worship as the
ABOMINATION they brought
from Egypt.
3. The REST of God is
Sabbath or the Greek PAUO
and demands STOPPING
anything beyond Rest,
Reading and Rehearsing the
Word delivered by Moses.
4. The
Civil-Military-Clergy were
abandoned behind closed
gates to engage in the
Lust of Blood and Flesh
and the HOLOCAUST of
INFANTS and GOATS.
5. The Godly Jews were
never gathered to engage
in group singing with or
without instruments: this
was outlawed for the SYNAGOGUE
as A School--only of the
Word-only.
6. Any kind of musical or
theatrical performance
would MARK the Effeminate
and their refusal to HEAR
the Word of God.
7. Even worse any kind of
self-exhibition especially
SINGING is that which
MARKS and produces ALL of
the data defining:
Mal.
3:5 And I will come
near to you to
judgment; and I will
be a swift witness
against the sorcerers,
and against the
adulterers, and
against false
swearers, and against
those that oppress the
hireling in his wages,
the widow, and the
fatherless, and that
turn aside the
stranger from his
right, and fear not
me, saith the Lord of
hosts
goêt-euô
,
A. bewitch,
beguile, Pl.Grg.483e, etc.:--Pass.,
Id.R.412e, 413b, D.19.102, etc.;
fascinate, as a snake, Plot.4.4.40.
2. abs., play the wizard, D.L.8.59.
[483e] march against Greece, or his father
against Scythia? Or take the countless other cases of the
sort that one might mention.
Why, surely these men
follow nature--the nature of right--in acting thus;
yes, on my soul, and
follow the law1 of nature--
though not that, I dare say, which is
made by us;
we mold the best and strongest amongst us, taking them from
their infancy like young lions, and utterly enthral
them by our spells
1 Callicles boldly applies the word nomos, which so far has been used in the sense of man-made law or convention, in its widest sense of “general rule” or “principle.”
ek neōn lambanontes: cf. Apol. 18 b ek paidōn paralabontes. The usual word for ‘receiving into school’ is the compound. Cf. 516 b. The use of the simple verb here implies a forcible compulsory manner of treatment.
Acts 2:41 Then they that gladly received his WORD were baptized:
and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
g588. apodechomai, ap-od-ekh´-om-ahee; from 575 and 1209; to take fully, i.e. welcome (persons), approve (things): — accept, receive (gladly).
Plat. Rep. 412e I think, then, we shall have to observe them at every period of life,
to see if they are conservators and guardians
of this conviction in their minds
and never by sorcery nor by force
can be brought to expel1 from their souls
unawares this conviction that they must do what is best for the state.”
“What do you mean by the 'expelling'?” he said. “I will tell you, said I;
“it seems to me that the exit of a belief from the mind
is either voluntary or involuntary.
Plat. Rep. 413b
413b] “by those who have their opinions stolen from them I mean those who are over-persuaded and those who forget, because in the one case time, in the other argument strips them unawares of their beliefs. Now I presume you understand, do you not?” “Yes.” “Well, then, by those who are constrained or forced I mean those whom some pain or suffering compels1 to change their minds.” “That too I understand and you are right.” “And the victims of sorcery2
1 Cf. Dionysius ho metathemenos, who went over from the Stoics to the Cyrenaics because of the pain in his eyes, Diogenes Laertius vii. 166.
metatithēmi , but, pervert, onomata change the use of words, metethou lussan arti sōphronōn thou hast changed to madness,
BODY OR SOUL SNATCHERS WHO SPEAK ON THEIR, USE SINGING OR INSTRUMENTS WHICH INDUCES KOMA ARE FORORDAINED TO MAKE SATAN'S KAIROS OR END TIME ASSAULT.
Gal.
3:29 And if ye be Christ’s,
then are ye
ABRAHAM'S SEED
and heirs according
to the PROMISE.
But does this
include the land? Yes, indeed. As Paul phrases it,
Abraham was the “heir of the world” (kosmos)….not
just the land of Palestine
(Romans 4:13). The inheritance of the children of Abraham is
the WORLD–the whole COSMOS.
The world or Kosmos in Scripture and many historical documents does not speak of the Cosmos or UNIVERSE. You cannot inherit the universe any more than you can inherit land or your neighbors 10 acres of EARTH. The LAND of (preposition) Canaan is the small part of modern Palestine
The Kosmos is the Ecumenical is the kingdom of the Devil making war against the INVISIBLE Kingdom of Christ and the Word which says." No one gets another person's property but when freed from the Civil-Military-Clergy complex (mega church) each individual is free to escape and move beyond the narrow boundaries.Plat. Tim. 29a Was it after that which is self-identical and uniform, or after that which has come into existence; Now if so be that this Cosmos is beautiful and its Constructor good, it is plain that he fixed his gaze on the Eternal; but if otherwise (which is an impious supposition), his gaze was on that which has come into existence. But it is clear to everyone that his gaze was on the Eternal; for the Cosmos is the fairest of all that has come into existence, and He the best of all the Causes. So having in this wise come into existence, it has been constructed after the pattern logō of that which is apprehensible by reason and thought and is self-identical.
Kosmos The earth spinning from its center as well as hoi hepta k. the Seven planets, 3. in later Gr., = oikoumenē, the known or inhabited worldesp. of the world as estranged from God by sin, ib.16.20, 17.9, al., 1 Ep.Cor. 1.21, etc. 5. houtos ho k. this present world, i.e. earth, OPPOSITE. heaven, Ev.Jo.13.1; regarded as the kingdom of evil, ho arkhōn tou k. toutou ib.12.31.II ornament, decoration, esp. of women,Logos computation, reckoning 2. statement of a theory, argument, ouk emeu alla tou l. akousantas prob. in Heraclit.50; logon ēde noēma amphis alētheiēs discourse and reflection on reality,
metaph., of ornaments of speech, such as epithets, Id.9.9 (pl.), Arist.Rh.1408a14, Po.1457b2, 1458a33; hadumelē k. keladein to sing sweet songs of praise, Pi.O.11 (10).13
IV. inward debate of the soul, reflection, deliberation
Regulative and formative forces, derived from the intelligible and operative in the sensible universe,
Opposite to epithumia
A. desire, yearning, longing after a thing, desire of or for it, Theaomai :--gaze at, behold, mostly with a sense of wonder, 3. view as spectators
Opposite Pathos A. that which happens to a person or thing, incident, accident, Moralizing Rhetoric
Opposite Poiein to excite passion, Arist.Rh.1418a12; V. Rhet., emotional style or treatment,
Opposite Enthousi-astikos , ē, on, A. inspired, “phusis” Pl.Ti.71e; esp. by music,
Prose, OPPOSITE -poiêsis, Id.R.390a;
OPPOSITE -poiêtikê, D.H.Comp.6; OPPOSITE poiêmata, onomatopoeic word
OPPOSITE emmetra Modus 2. The measure of tones, measure, rhythm, melody, harmony, time; in poetry, measure, metre, mode:Mūsĭcus a, um, adj., = mousikos.
X. the Word or Wisdom of God, personified as his agent in creation and world-government,
Theologians are doomed to call God a liar or INCOMPETENT. If God had wanted any kind of music in the tuneful sense He was INTELLIGIBLE But denied by C. Leonard Allen.
mousikos kai melōn poētēs” 2. generally, votary of the Muses, The Muses were the LOCUSTS unleashed with Apollon their "musical worship leaders." The Greek and Latin literature identifies them as dirty adulteresses
http://www.piney.com/DocHesTheog.html
[25] the Muses of Olympus, daughters of Zeus who holds the aegis: “Shepherds of the wilderness,
wretched things of shame, mere bellies,
we know how to speak many false things as though they were true;
but we know, when we will, to utter true things.”
...and they bade me sing of the race of the blessed gods that are eternally,
but ever to sing of themselves both first and last.
pharma^kon 3. enchanted potion, philtre: hence, charm, spell, Od.4.220 sq., Ar.Pl.302, [Circe, Church, Corinth mother of harlots] Theoc.2.15
The singers [Muses], instrument players and craftsmen as sorcerers in Revelation 18.
The LAND (h776 'erets) ground.
Gen. 13:12 Abram dwelled in the LAND of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
Joel 3:4 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
Included in those blessings is the LAND
promise (Genesis 12:6-7). The promised LAND is part of the Abrahamic
promise.
Gen. 12:6 And Abram passed through the
land unto the place of Sichem,
unto the plain of Moreh.
And the Canaanite
was then in the land.
Gen. 12:7 And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said,
Unto thy seed will I
give THIS LAND [plot of earth]:
and there builded he an
altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.
Gen. 12:8 And he removed from THENCE unto a
mountain on the east of Bethel,
and pitched his tent,
having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east:
and there he builded an
altar unto the Lord,
and called upon the name
of the Lord.
Gen. 12:9 And Abram journeyed,
going on still toward
the south.
Moses is writing after the Hebrews fell into Instrumental-Trinitarian-Perverted Idolatry. God removed the The Book of The Covenant of grace and sentenced them back to Sumer-Babylon. Before Abraham the people had been collectivized and put under the rule of Religious Tyrants. They decided who would live where and what they would do. When God gave Abraham the EARTH that meant that he could live anywhere he wanted. Abraham could not take other people's part of the earth as later recorded:
Gen. 23:8 And he
communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that
I should bury my dead
out of my
sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the
son of Zohar,
Gen. 23:9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah,
which he hath,
which is in
the end of his field;
for as much money as it is worth
he shall give it me
for a
possession of a buryingplace amongst
you.
Gen. 23:17 And the field of Ephron, which
was in Machpelah,
which was
before Mamre, the field, and the cave which
was therein,
and all the
trees that were in the field,
that were in
all the borders round about, were made sure
At Sinai God had already
sentenced the Exiles to pass THROUGH Canaan on
their way to Captivity and Death.
The exaggerated Land Promise was to shame the
people Beyond Redemption.
Ephron gave the property to
Abraham because these godly people were a
blessing.
Gen. 12:5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son,
and all their substance that they had gathered,
and the souls that they had gotten in Haran;
and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan;
and into the land of Canaan they came.
Gen. 12:6 And Abram passed through the LAND unto the place of Sichem,
unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
Gen. 12:7 And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said,
Unto thy seed will I give THIS land:
and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.
Abraham didn't accept the offer!!
Gen. 12:8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel,
and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west,
and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord,
and called upon the name of the Lord.
Oops!
Gen. 12:9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
Gen. 12:10 And there was a famine in the land:
and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there;
for the famine was grievous in the land.
Gen. 12:11 And it came to pass,
when he was come near to enter into Egypt,
that he said unto Sarai his wife,
Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
Gen. 12:13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister:
that it may be well with me for thy sake;
and my soul shall live because of thee.
This land promise
is both overplayed as some identify the
contemporary state of Israel with this land promise and undervalued
as others see no fulfillment of this promise in Israel’s
Messiah who is Abraham’s seed.
2Cor. 11:22 Are they Hebrews? so am I.
Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
Gal. 3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made.
He saith not, And to seedS, as of many; but as of one,
And to thy SEED, which is Christ.
Gal. 3:19 Wherefore then serveth the law?
It was added because of transgressions,
till THE SEED should come to whom the promise was made;
and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
Gal. 3:20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
Gal. 3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid:
for if there had been a law given which could have given LIFE,
verily righteousness should have been by the law.
Gal. 3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin,
that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
Gal. 3:23 But before FAITH [gospel. Spirit] came,
we were kept under the law,
shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
Gal. 3:24 Wherefore the law was our SCHOOLMASTER to bring us unto Christ,
that we might be justified by faith.
Gal. 3:25 But after that faith is come,Lamad (h3925) law-mad'; a prim. root; prop. to goad, i. e. (by impl.) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive):- [un-] accustomed, * diligently, expert, instruct, learn, skilful, teach (-er, - ing).
Erasmus defines the legalist "teacher" as the clergy, monks, princes and the pope.
we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
Gal. 3:26 FOR ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Gal. 3:27 For [enim what I mean is that]
as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Gal. 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek,
there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Gal. 3:29 And if ye be Christ’s,
then are ye ABRAHAM'S SEED
and heirs according to the promise.
John Mark Hicks: The former think that the state of Israel is the fulfillment (or at least the beginning of the fulfillment) of God’s promise to Israel while the later believe the land promise no longer obtains after Israel was returned from Babylonian exile. I would like to propose an alternative as I don’t think either of the above options are viable.
Israel is described
as the “people of [God’s} inheritance” (Deuteronomy 4:20;
cf. 1 Kings 8:53) The land was part of Israel’s inheritance
as the firstborn son of God among the nations (Exodus 32:13;
Leviticus 20:24; Deuteronomy 4:21). One need only to skim
the Torah, especially Deuteronomy, to recognize the
central role the land plays as the inheritance
Israel receives from Yahweh as God’s children.
THIS WAS A COVENANT MADE TO ISAAC.
Rom. 4:1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
Rom. 4:2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
Rom. 4:3 For what saith the scripture?
Abraham believed God,
and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
Gen. 26:3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee,Acts 10:35 But in every nation he that FEARETH him,
and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed,
I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath
which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
Gen. 26:4 And I will make THY seed to multiply as the stars of heaven,
and will give unto thy seed all these countries;
and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Gen. 26:5 BECAUSE that Abraham
obeyed my voice, and kept my charge,
my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
and WORKETH righteousness, is ACCEPTED with him.
Diakai-osunê , hê,
A. righteousness, justice, dikastikê legal justice, Arist.Pol.1291a27;
Opposite. epieikeia, CLEMENCY, opposite strict law.
2. fulfilment of the Law, LXX Is.26.2, al., Ev.Matt.3.15, al.
II. justice, the business of a judge, Pl.Grg.464b, 464c (v.l. dikastikê), Clit.408b.
III. D., personified, AP9.164; Isis D. SIG1131 (Delos), IG3.203.
IV. Pythag. name for four, Theol.Ar.23.
V. dikaiosunê: hê choinix, mustikôs,
Only they can be SAVED by baptism which ASKS Christ for A holy spirit or A good conscience.
Rom. 4:8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
Rom. 4:9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that FAITH was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
Rom. 4:10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? NOT IN CIRCUMCISION but in uncircumcision.
Jesus defined Holy Scripture as the
Prophets and other Prophecies Concerning Me
Amos 6:2 Pass ye
unto Calneh, and see;
and from thence go ye
to Hamath the great:
then go down to Gath
of the Philistines:
be they better than
these kingdoms?
or their border
greater than your border?
Amos 9:1 Isaw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
Amos 9:2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
Amos 9:3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:
Even when their enemies drive them into captivity, from there I will command the sword to kill them. I will not let them out of my sight; they will experience disaster, not prosperity." Amos 9:4
The sovereign Lord who leads armies will do this. He touches the earth and it dissolves; all who live on it mourn. The whole earth rises like the River Nile, and then grows calm like the Nile in Egypt. Amos 9:5
"You Israelites are just like the Ethiopians in my sight," says the Lord. "Certainly I brought Israel up from the land of Egypt, but I also brought the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir. Amos 9:7
The Sinful Kingdom of Israel would be sent into captivity and
death because of the Instrumental-Trinitarian-Perverted idolatry
at Mount Sinai. They would be SIFTED to make certain that
no male would survive to reproduce. All of the "Jews" in
the lands of exile can be, using DNA, traced to a few
females. Jews are a religion and the nation was
destroyed. Judah was worse than Israel.
Amos 9:8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD
are upon the sinful KINGDOM,
and I will destroy it
from off the face of the earth;
saving that I will not utterly
destroy the HOUSE of Jacob, saith the LORD.
con-tĕro , trīvi (rarely conterui, App. M. 8, p. 212, 12; Ven. Fort. C. 6, 4, 33), trītum, 3, I.v. a., to grind, bruise, pound, to crumble, separate into small
Amos 9:9 For, lo, I will
command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all
nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the
least grain fall upon the earth.
5128. Ao…wn nuwa{, noo´-ah; a primitive root; to waver, in a
great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as
subjoined):—continually, fugitive, x make, to (go) up and down,
be gone away, (be) move(-able, -d), be promoted, reel, remove,
scatter, set, shake, sift, stagger, to and fro, be vagabond,
wag, (make) wander (up and down).
4617. sinia¿zw siniazo, sin-ee-ad´-zo; from sini÷on sinion (a sieve); to riddle (figuratively): — sift.
John Mark Hicks:
Psalm 37 is a good example how the
hope of inheriting the land, living in the land, and
experiencing the goodness of God in the land is intergral to
Israel’s joy in the Lord. Disturbed by the prosperity of the
wicked, the Psalmist assures Israel that those who hope in
and wait on the Lord will inherit the land. Six times the
Psalmist promises–and Israel liturgically rehearses
promise–that Israel will ultimately receive its promised
inheritance.
They will “inherit the land.” Jesus
himself practically quotes Psalm 37:11
THE MEEK WILL INHERIT WHAT THE EVILDOERS TOOK AWAY.
Psa. 37:1 Fret not thyself because of
evildoers,
neither be thou envious
against the workers of iniquity.
Psa. 37:2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and
wither as the green herb.
Psa. 37:8
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not
thyself in any wise to do evil.
Psa. 37:9 For evildoers shall be cut off:
but those that wait
upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.
g776 erets the ground confiscated by Civil-Clergy
Psa. 37:10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not
be:
yea, thou shalt
diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
Psa. 37:11 But the meek shall inherit the earth;
and shall delight
themselves in the abundance of peace.
Psa. 37:12 The wicked plotteth against the just,
and gnasheth upon him
with his teeth.
Psa. 37:14 The wicked have drawn out the sword,
and have bent their bow,
to cast down the poor
and needy,
and to slay such as be
of upright conversation.
when he announces: “Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth” (Matthew 5:5).
Matt. 5:3 Blessed
are the poor in spirit:
for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven.
Luke 17:20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees,
when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said,
The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
[Religious observations, SEE, Luke.17.Kingdom.Not.Observation
Operations claiming authority are LYING WONDERS by DELUDED.]
God is not worshiped in houses built by human hands nor the works of human hands.
Luke 17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo HERE!
or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
Luke 17:22 And he said unto the disciples,
The days will come, when ye shall desire to see
one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
Luke 17:23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there:
go not after them, nor follow them
Matt. 5:4 Blessed
are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Matt. 5:5 Blessed are the MEEK: for they shall
inherit the earth.
Matt. 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after
righteousness: for they shall be filled
John Mark Hicks: As part of the Abrahamic promise, the
land is not conditioned by the Mosaic covenant. This
means that the intent of God to fulfill his promise to
Abraham is not conditioned by Torah-obedience.
God saved the Hebrews by Grace when they
were Baptized unto Moses. As soon as they were save they
refused to listen to God. The Covenant of Grace was
Abrahamic and Patriaolic.
When Israel rose up in
Instrumental-Trinitarian-Idolatry
Amos 5:26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch
and Chiun your images,
the STAR of
your god, which ye made to yourselves.
Acts 7:41 And they made a calf in those days,
and offered sacrifice unto the idol,
and rejoiced in the works of their own hands
The practice in the wilderness, tyre and Jerusalem
Acts 7:42 Then God turned,
and gave them up to worship the HOST of heaven;
as it is written in the book of the prophets,
O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices
by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
Amos 5:27 Therefore will I cause you to go into
captivity beyond Damascus,
saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.
Acts 7:43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch,
and the star of your god Remphan,
figures which ye made to worship them:
and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
Mark.10.They.Shall.Mock.Him.With.Music
Trumpet, drums, flute, cymbals and castinets
with buffoons
Psallo permits ONLY smiting a string with your FINGERS:
not a plectrum
Psallo and SOP have the same root meaning.
Revelation 18F: they are all called Sorcerers who HAD once deceived the whole world.
They WILL BE CAST ALIVE INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.
John Mark Hicks:
Whether the nation of Israel at any particular
time or individuals within Israel at any particular time
possess the land is conditioned on Torah-obedience,
but the ultimate
fulfillment that Israel would inherit the land is unqualified.
It is as unconditonal as
the promise of the Messiah is.
Rom. 4:1 What shall we say then that
Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
Rom. 4:2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath
whereof to glory; but not before God.
Rom. 4:3 For what saith the scripture?
Abraham believed God,
and it was counted unto
him for righteousness.
Gen. 26:3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee,Acts 10:35 But in every nation he that FEARETH him,
and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed,
I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath
which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
Gen. 26:4 And I will make THY seed to multiply as the stars of heaven,
and will give unto thy seed all these countries;
and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Gen. 26:5 BECAUSE that Abraham
obeyed my voice, and kept my charge,
my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
and WORKETH righteousness, is ACCEPTED with him.
John Mark Hicks: On the analogy of Paul’s argument in Galatians 3, the promise was before the law and is therefore not ultimately conditioned by the law. Israel will inherit the land as God promised Abraham. It is a divine promise and God keeps his promises. More explicitly, Paul notes that “it was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise” (Romans 4:13).
John Mark Hicks: This is a
significant point–a critical juncture. The Abrahamic promise
belongs to the children of Israel.
The land is part of the
Abrahamic promise.
The children of Israel
will possess the land; it is their inheritance.
But who is Israel? Who are the children
of Abraham? Paul is, I think, clear. Since the “promise comes
by faith,” it is “guarenteed to all Abraham’s offspring–not
only to those who are of the law” (e.g., Torah-obeying ethnic
Israel) “but also to those who have the faith of Abraham”
(e.g., including the nations). In this sense Abraham is the
“father of many nations;” he is the “father of us all” (Romans
4:16-17). The Gentiles (nations) have been grafted into Israel
through faith (Romans 11:17).
Those who belong to Messiah–those in
Christ–are the children of Abraham and thus heirs of the
promise (Galatians 3:29).
Gal. 3:19 Wherefore then serveth the law?
It was added because of transgressions,
till THE seed should come to whom the promise was made;
and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
Gal. 3:20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
Gal. 3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid:
for if there had been a law given which could have GIVEN LIFE
verily righteousness should have been by the law.
Gal. 3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin,
that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
Gal. 3:23 But before FAITH (the gospel) came,
we were kept under the law,
shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
Gal. 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster
to bring us unto Christ,
that we might be justified by faith.
Gal. 3:25 But after that faith is come,
we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
Gal. 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Gal. 3:27 For [enim what I mean is that]
as many of you as have been baptized into Christ
have put on Christ.
IN Enduo of clothes, put on, “endune khitōna” enduesthai assume the person e. tais psukhais tōn akouontōn insinuate oneself into their minds,
27 hosoi gar eis Khriston ebaptisthēte, Khriston enedusasthe:
Gal. 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Gal. 3:27 For [what I mean is that] as many of you
as have been baptized into Christ have PUT ON on Christ.
27 hosoi gar eis Khriston ebaptisthēte, Khriston enedusasthe:John 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time;Gal. 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
the only begotten SON,
which is in the bosom [FOLD and hidden] of the Father,
he hath DECLARED him.
Jesus always said that He was not God but His Works were done by the FATHER.
g1834. exegeomai, ex-ayg-eh´-om-ahee; from 1537 and 2233; to consider out (aloud), i.e. rehearse, UNFOLD: declare, tell.
Gal. 3:29 And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed,
and heirs according to the promise.
Gal. 4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
Gal. 4:5 To redeem them that were under the law,
that we might receive the adoption of sons
But does this include the land? Yes,
indeed. As Paul phrases it, Abraham was the “heir of the
world” (kosmos)….not just the land of
Palestine (Romans 4:13). The inheritance of the children of
Abraham is the world–the whole cosmos.
John 18:37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
Eph. 6:10
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord,
and in the power of his might.
Eph. 6:11 Put on
the whole armour of God,
that ye may be able to
stand against the wiles of the devil.
Eph. 6:12 For we
wrestle not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities,
against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of
THIS WORLD
against spiritual wickedness in high places.
kosmo-kratōr
A. lord of the world, epith. of ouranos, Orph.H.4.3; “Zeus Mitras Hēlios k.”
kosmos , ho, A.order, kata kosmon in order, duly, “eu kata k.” Il.10.472, al.; ou kata k. shamefully, Od.8.179; “maps atar ou kata k.” Il. 2.214: freq. in dat., kosmō kathizein to sit in order, Od.13.77, cf. Hdt.8.67; “ou k. . . eleusometha” Il.12.225; “k. theinai ta panta” Hdt.2.52, cf. 7.36, etc.; “diathes tade k.” Ar.Av.1331;
kathizein 4. cause an assembly, court, etc., to take their seats, convene, “agoras ēmen luei ēde kathizei” Od.2.69; hotan kathesōsin agōnagenerally, of things, natural order, “ginetai tōn tetartaiōn hē katastasis ek toutou tou k.” Hp. Prog.20.
3. in later Gr., = oikoumenē, the known or inhabited world, OGI458.40 (9 B.C.), Ep.Rom.1.8, etc.; ho tou pantos k. kurios, of Nero, SIG814.31, cf. IGRom.4.982 (Samos); “ean ton k. holon kerdēsē” Ev.Matt.16.26.4. men in general, “phanerōson seauton tō k.” Ev.Jo.7.4, cf. 12.19; esp. of the world as estranged from God by sin, ib.16.20, 17.9, al., 1 Ep.Cor. 1.21, etc.5. houtos ho k. this present world, i.e. earth, opp. heaven, Ev.Jo.13.1; regarded as the kingdom of evil, ho arkhōn tou k. toutou ib.12.31.V. Pythag.name for six, Theol.Ar.37; for ten, ib.59.
This is not a land we possess by violence
or by purchase. Rather, we receive it by faith in the Messiah
and on the ground of the faithfulness of the Messiah.
The “faith(fulness) of Jesus” secures the inheritance for Israel and we participate in it through faith (Galatians 3:22). The Messiah is the heir of the all things and we are co-heirs with the Messiah through faith (Romans 8:17).
The creation is the inheritance of the people of God. We yet await, according to Romans 8:18-25, the full adoption into the family of God when we our bodies are redeemed (resurrection) and the creation is liberated (new heaven and new earth of Revelation 22:1-4). That is our inheritance. John reminds of the whole Abrahamic trajectory (Genesis 17:8) with this language himself in Revelation: “Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children” (22:7).
The Abrahamic promise was first given to
ethnic Israel but, by faith and because of the Messiah, it
includes the nations as well. Perhaps on the new heaven and
new earth the redeemed of ethnic Israel will dwell in
Palestine–in the land between the rivers of Egypt and
Babylon–but the whole earth will belong to the people of God
as they again reign on the earth with God. The kingdom of
God will fill the earth!
John Mark Hicks:
The INCARNATION means God secured the ETERNAL
EXISTENCE of CREATIOON because the son is
forever HUMAN and thous forever shares our CREATUREhood as our elder Brother.
.... The present
earth will be RENEWED or TRANSFIGURED, the
Resurrected saints will live upon it and GOD will DESCEND
to dwell with humanity.
| Hicks wants to fit the Almighty
into the body of Jesus and force Him to abandon
His Omnipresence |
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1Kings
8:27 But will God indeed dwell ON the EARTH?
behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain
thee; how much less this HOUSE that I have
builded? REFUTED: Theaters for holy musical worship by human hands. Acts 17:24 God that made the WORLD and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; REFUTED: All Mega Churches Acts 17:25 Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; John Mark Hicks: Assembly, as communal praise and worship, is mediated by the Spirit Jer. 23:23 Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? Jer. 23:24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord. |
I think this accounts for Paul’s language
about inheritance. He writes about inheriting “the kingdom
of God” (1 Corinthians 6:9-10; Galatians 5:21; Ephesians
5:5; cf. James 2:5).
1Cor. 6:9 ¶ Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
Mark 1:15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Matthew 3:2, Matthew 4:17, Matthew
6:10, Matthew 6:33, Matthew 9:35, Matthew 18:3, Mark
10:14-15, Luke 12:32, Luke 17:21, John 3:5, John 18:36,
Romans 14:17, 1 Corinthians 4:20, Colossians 1:12-22.
Matt. 3:2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Matt. 3:3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Matt. 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Matt. 9:35 ¶ And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
John 18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
John 18:37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered,
Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born,
and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
Rom. 14:16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
Rom. 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
He praises God for the gifting us with the Spirit as a downpayment of our inheritance which will arrive when God has fully redeemed his possession (people; Ephesians 1:14–that phraseology is loaded with Hebraic expression and thought). Through faith, Paul writes, we are “qualified to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light” (Colossians 1:12).
The fullness of the kingdom of God, which is yet future, is our inheritance. It is the ultimate fulfillment of the Abrahamic promise through which God will make Israel a great nation, a great name and bless all the nations. That promise includes the land–the whole cosmos, and it belongs to all those who place their hope in Yahweh’s Messiah.
Consequently, the new heaven and new earth as the renewed (new) creation is integral to the plot line of the story of God from Abraham to the eschaton. The earth is the inheritance of God’s people and one day the reign of God will fill it from the east to the west, from the north to the south. The whole earth, unlike its present condition, will be “Holy to the Lord.”
May your kingdom come, may your will be
done, on earth as it is heaven!
Mark 9:1 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you,The Kingdom on earth is the Church over which Jesus still reigns ad HEAD and only teacher. When Jesus returns He will return the Throne of David and will never returned to the earth which will be destroy and cannot Hold the New Jerusalem.
That there be some of them that stand here,
which shall not taste of death,
till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
Mark 10:14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them,THE ONE PIECE PATTERN WHICH NEVER CHANGED.
Suffer the little children to come unto me,
and forbid them not: for of such is the KINGDOM OF GOD
Mark 12:34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him,
Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.
And no man after that durst ask him any question.
Luke 9:26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my WORDS,
of him shall the Son of man be ashamed,
when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father’s, and of the holy angels.
Luke 9:27 But I tell you of a truth,
there be some standing here,
which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
Acts 15:21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.The Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites--speakers, singers or instrument players--missed the First Advent and will miss the Second.
THE ONLY PATTERN FOR THE SONS OF ABRAHAM FORBIDDEN TO ATTEND THE LEVITES (Genesis 49) was and is:
Acts 13:27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their RULERS,
because they knew him not,
nor yet the voices of the prophets
which are read every sabbath day,
they have fulfilled them in condemning him
Eph. 2:20 And are built upon [Educated by] the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it: Neh 9:36
And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress. Neh 9:37
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