(And apparently only one of four hearing the Gospel will be saved)
5. A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.
6. And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
7. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.
8. And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
9. And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
10. And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
11. Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
12. Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
13. They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
14. And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
15. But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Revelation 6:2 KJV
2. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
What if the "bow" of the "white horse" rider is more like an ancient "fiddle bow" used by old time seed Sowers and farmers for casting seed over the earth-land-soil-'adamah? Could this explain why the rider has no arrows? After all, in the famous Ephesians 6 "armor of the saints" passage, there are no "offensive weapons" mentioned but the Sword of the Spirit which is the Word of YHWH.
2. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; (GSN#5115 toxon) and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
Original Strong's Ref. #5115
Romanized toxon
Pronounced tox'-on
from the base of GSN5088; a bow (the simplest fabric):
KJV--bow.
Original Strong's Ref. #5088
Romanized tikto
Pronounced tik'-to
a strengthened form of a primary teko {tek'-o} (which is used only as alternate in certain tenses); to produce (from seed, as a mother, a plant, the earth, etc.), literally or figuratively:
KJV--bear, be born, bring forth, be delivered, be in travail.
What does "the simplest fabric" mean? It speaks not only then of the wooden portion of the bow but also the bowstring itself. What does "toxon" have to do with reproduction, or "to produce" as from seed, plants, or the production of the bow? How was the bowstring made in old time? We read of FLAX in the Scripture and the Hebrew word for flax is HSN#6593 "pishteh" which is the same word used for measuring lines and certain linen garments, i.e. WHITE LINENS.
Joshua 2:6 KJV
6. But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, (HSN#6593 pishteh) which she had laid in order upon the roof.
Original Strong's Ref. #6593
Romanized pishteh
Pronounced pish-teh'
from the same as HSN6580 as in the sense of comminuting;
linen (i.e. the thread, as carded):
KJV--flax, linen.
Ezekiel 40:3 KJV
3. And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax (HSN#6593 pishteh) in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
Ezekiel 44:17-18 KJV
17. And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen (HSN#6593 pishteh) garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.
18. They shall have linen (HSN#6593 pishteh) bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen (HSN#6539 pishteh) breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat.
"Grow Your Own Bowstring" (from flax seed)
http://www.primitiveways.com/bowstring.html
2 Samuel 1:17-18 KJV
17. And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
18. Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: (HSN#7198 qesheth) behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.
Jasher 56:8-9
8. And Jacob said unto Judah, I know my son that thou art a mighty man for thy brethren; reign over them, and thy sons shall reign over their sons forever.
9. Only teach thy sons the bow and all the weapons of war, in order that they may fight the battles of their brother who will rule over his enemies.
Original Strong's Ref. #7198
Romanized qesheth
Pronounced keh'-sheth
from HSN7185 in the original sense (of HSN6983) of bending: a bow,
for shooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris:
KJV--X arch(-er), + arrow, bow([-man, -shot]).
This "bow" in the Hebrew simply means a "bend" or "arch" and is used even in the sense of the "iris" of the eye. The "weapons of war" (Yasher-Upright) are for spiritual warfare. The same word for "bow" is employed in Genesis 9 for the RAINBOW, the token of the Noanic Covenant with all flesh which appears in the clouds. And what comes with the clouds? Rainwater for the seed!
Genesis 8:21-22 KJV
21. And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
22. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Genesis 9:12-15 KJV
12. And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
13. I do set my bow (HSN#7198 qesheth) in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
14. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow (HSN#7198 qesheth) shall be seen in the cloud:
15. And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Revelation 10:1 KJV
1. And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow (GSN#2463 iris) was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
Original Strong's Ref. #2463
Romanized iris
Pronounced ee'-ris
perhaps from GSN2046 (as a symbol of the female messenger of the pagan deities); a rainbow ("iris"):
KJV--rainbow.
Dead Sea Scrolls may have been written by mysterious Sect
22 November 2011 Daily Mail Online UK
www.dailymail.co.uk/Dead-Sea-Scrolls-written-mysterious-sect.html
"It has been debated for centuries, but scholars think they are one step closer to discovering who wrote The Dead Sea Scrolls. The world's oldest known biblical documents may have been penned by a sect called the Essenes, according to scholars who studied material discovered in caves at Qumran, in the West Bank. Scholars previously believed the 2,000-year-old scrolls were written by a Jewish sect from Qumran in the Judean Desert and were hidden in the caves around 70AD, when the Romans destroyed the temple in Jerusalem. But this new research says that all the textiles are made of linen, rather than wool, which was the preferred textile used in ancient Israel. The Dead Sea Scrolls consist of nearly 900 texts, the first batch of which were discovered by a Bedouin shepherd in 1947. They date from before A.D.70 and some may go back to as early as the third century B.C. Orit Shamir, curator of organic materials at the Israel Antiquities Authority, and Naama Sukenik, a graduate student at Bar-Ilan University, published their research comparing materials in journal Dead Sea Discoveries."
Imagine that... a weapon of spiritual warfare such as a pishteh-linen Bow which is designed only to harm devils and unclean spirits by driving them out of the man ... Ehem ... The Holy Word of YHWH.
Revelation 6:4 KJV
4. And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill (GSN#4969 sphazo-butcher) one another: and there was given unto him a great sword (GSN#3162 machaira).
Original Strong's Ref. #4969
Romanized sphazo
Pronounced sfad'-zo
a primary verb; to butcher (especially an animal for food or in sacrifice)
or (generally) to slaughter, or (specifically) to maim (violently):
KJV--kill, slay, wound.
Original Strong's Ref. #3162
Romanized machaira
Pronounced makh'-ahee-rah
probably feminine of a presumed derivative of GSN3163;
a knife, i.e. dirk; figuratively, war, judicial punishment:
KJV--sword.
Matthew 10:34 KJV
34. Think not that I am come to send (GSN#906 ballo) peace on earth: I came not to send (GSN#906 ballo) peace, but a sword (GSN#3162 machaira).
Matthew 10:34 LIT
34.
|3361| not
|3543| Do think
|3754| that
|2064| I came
|0906| to throw
|1575| peace
|1909| onto
|3588| the
|1093| earth.
|3756| not
|2064| I did come
|0906| to throw
|1515| peace,
|0235| but
|3162| a sword.
GSN#906 is "ballo" which means "to throw" or CAST (like seed).
Original Strong's Ref. #906
Romanized ballo
Pronounced bal'-lo
a primary verb; to throw (in various applications, more or less violent or intense):
KJV--arise, cast (out), X dung, lay, lie, pour, put (up), send, strike, throw (down), thrust. Compare GSN4496.
The Machaira-Sword of the Spirit is the Rhema-Word-Scripture ~
Ephesians 6:17 KJV
17. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword (GSN#3162 machaira) of the Spirit, which is the word (GSN#4487 rhema) of God:
Original Strong's Ref. #4487
Romanized rhema
Pronounced hray'-mah
from GSN4483; an utterance (individually, collectively or specifically); by implication, a matter or topic (especially of narration, command or dispute); with a negative naught whatever:
KJV--+ evil, + nothing, saying, word.
The Logos-Word is Yeshua the Living Word ~
Hebrews 4:12 ASV
12. For the word (GSN#3056 logos) of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, (GSN#3162 machaira) and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Original Strong's Ref. #3056
Romanized logos
Pronounced log'-os
from GSN3004; something said (including the thought);
by implication a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specifically (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e. Christ):
KJV--account, cause, communication, X concerning, doctrine, fame, X have to do, intent, matter, mouth, preaching, question, reason, + reckon, remove, say(-ing), shew, X speaker, speech, talk, thing, + none of these things move me, tidings, treatise, utterance, word, work.
The Logos-Word of YHWH is Living, powerful, and sharper than any two-edged machaira-sword: piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart, because the Logos-Word Yeshua has the rhomphaia-sword.
The fourth horseman is given authority over only a fourth part of the earth because that fourth part of the Parable of the Sower are only those hearts of the fertile earth-soil-ground-adamah who are willing to endure unto the end and place themselves under the supreme authority of Christ at all costs. The fourth horseman has the "rhomphaia" sword which is used ONLY of the double-edged sword from the mouth of Christ which pierces and cuts to the heart:
Revelation 6:8 KJV
8. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, (GSN#4501 rhomphaia) and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Original Strong's Ref. #4501
Romanized rhomphaia
Pronounced hrom-fah'-yah
probably of foreign origin; a sabre, i.e. a long and broad cutlass
(any weapon of the kind, literally or figuratively):
KJV--sword.
Below are all of the usages of "rhomphaia" in the Greek ~
Luke 2:34-35 KJV
34. And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
35. Yea, a sword (GSN#4501 rhomphaia) shall pierce through thy own soul also, that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
Revelation 1:16 KJV
16. And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: (GSN#4501 rhomphaia) and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
Revelation 2:12 KJV
12. And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword (GSN#4501 rhomphaia) with two edges;
Revelation 2:16 KJV
16. Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword (GSN#4501 rhomphaia) of my mouth.
Revelation 6:8 KJV
8. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, (GSN#4501 rhomphaia) and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Revelation 19:15 KJV
15. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, (GSN#4501 rhomphaia) that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
Revelation 19:21 KJV
21. And the remnant were slain with the sword (GSN#4501 rhomphaia) of him that sat upon the horse, which [sword] proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
Sheol and Abaddon, Death and Hell, are before YHWH:
How much more the HEARTS of men ~
Proverbs 15:11 RSV
11. Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord, how much more the hearts of men!
Revelation 1:16-18 KJV
16. And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: (rhomphaia) and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
17. And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
18. I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell (Hades) and of death (Thanatos).
Power to kill with Thanatos-Death and the "beasts of the earth" ~
Revelation 2:21-23 KJV
21. And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
22. Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
23. And I will kill her children with death; (Thanatos) and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
Revelation 6:8 KJV
8. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, (Thanatos) and Hell (Hades) followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, (Rhomphaia) and with hunger, and with death, (thanatos) and with the beasts of the earth.
Hosea 13:4-9 KJV
4. Yet I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.
5. I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
6. According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
7. Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
8. I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
9. O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
Revelation 13:1-2 KJV
1. And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
The "caul of the heart" is the chest plate. YHWH uses our own evil beasts against us to tear open the typological "chest plate" to therefore circumcise the heart. Only one out of four will "endure unto the end" because only one out of four are truly willing to give the Son of Man complete authority over themselves and their lives to perform the necessary circumcision of the heart insomuch that we might truly be saved. When the children of Israel sinned and forced Aaron to make for them a golden calf Moses took the calf and beat it to pieces, grinding it into fine powder. Then he added the powder to the water and forced them to drink it. The devils they had been worshipping were now, typologically speaking, inside of them to show the results of their heavy transgression.
Exodus 32:19-25 KJV
19. And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
20. And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
21. And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
22. And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
23. For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
24. And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
25. And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
The children of Israel were made naked in the sight of YHWH when Aaron made the golden calf. Aaron also apparently lies about the calf coming out of the fire already formed because Exodus 32:4 states that he fashioned, molded, and graved it himself. Now with the devils of gold which they had worshipped being inside of them, because they drank the water with the gold dust mixed into it, Moses commands the following be done according to the Word of YHWH:
Exodus 32:26-29 KJV
26. Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord's side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
27. And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
28. And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about (as it were) three thousand men.
29. For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the Lord, even every man upon (in-against) his son and upon (in-against) his brother that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
Did the Levites then go through the camp killing their own family members, brothers, companion-sojourners, and neighbors? Or is this a typological supernal-spiritual lesson? The Law clearly states: THOU SHALT NOT KILL and is written in the Decalogue given already in Exodus 20 (before Moses came down from the mountain and saw the golden calf). This Law also stems from the Noanic Covenant with all flesh:
Genesis 9:5-6 KJV
5. And surely your blood of your lives (HSN#5315 nehesh-soul) will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life (HSN#5315 nephesh-soul) of man.
6. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Exodus 20:13-15 KJV
13. Thou shalt not kill.
14. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15. Thou shalt not steal.
Therefore the Levites of Exodus 32:27 were surely not commanded to go through the camp and PHYSICALLY KILL their family members, brothers, companion-sojourners, and neighbors. The brothers, companions, and neighbors were now INSIDE of them because they had been forced to drink the gold dust bitter water. And the Levites (pure hearted) are commanded to take a sword and cut off these evil members of their own households. Thus the typology is two arms and hands: two brothers; two sisters, etc., etc.
1. Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
James 5:3 LIT
3.
|3588| The
|5557| gold
|5216| of you
|2532| and
|3588| the
|0696| silver
|2728| have rusted over,
|2532| and
|3588| the
|2447| poison
|0848| of them
|1519| for
|3142| a testimony
|5213| to you
|2071| will be,
|2532| and
|5315| will eat
|3588| the
|4561| flesh
|5216| of you
|5613| as
|4442| fire.
|2343| You heaped treasure
|1722| in
|2078| {the} last
|2250| days.
Original Strong's Ref. #2728
Romanized katioo
Pronounced kat-ee-o'-o
from GSN2596 and a derivative of GSN2447; to rust down, i.e. corrode:
KJV--canker.
Katioo ~ turned to rust or fine metal powder
Original Strong's Ref. #2447
Romanized ios
Pronounced ee-os'
perhaps from eimi (to go) or hiemi (to send); rust (as if emitted by metals);
also venom (as emitted by serpents):
KJV--poison, rust.
Ios ~ the rust-dust-powder of metals ~ serpents venom
James 5:4-8 KJV
4. Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
5. Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
6. Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
7. Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
8. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
The symbolism is of the soul of a man inside of a wicked body of different household "members" which are in his own house: brothers and sisters, fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, all under the same one roof, of the same one house, which is the body of the man. The one in James quoted above is that wicked servant who began to beat and smite his "fellowservants" thinking that his Master had delayed his coming:
Matthew 24:42-51 KJV
42. Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45. Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46. Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47. Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48. But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49. And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50. The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51. And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Man is created in the image of 'Elohiym (Genesis 1:26-27)
There are clearly Seven Spirits before the throne of YHWH 'Elohiym:
Revelation 4:5 KJV
5. And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
Although man has "one" soul it is divided into "subsections" by the Creator for typological and educational reasons in the Scripture. These "subsections" are pictured in the Scripture as the "members" of the body, of the man or woman, the same as the members of a family or household. The soul of the person is the "goodman" of the house or the "householder" or "housemaster" of the house. Yet in all this we are not our own when we come to Christ because we have given authority over to him that purchased us with his own innocent blood. Now therefore each and every believer has been "put in charge" of a household, (which is our own body) while the Master is away in a "long journey" and the Master returns as a thief in the night.
Deuteronomy 19:20-21 KJV
20. And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.
21. And thine eye shall not pity; but life (nephesh-soul) shall go for life, (nephesh-soul) eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
1) SOUL FOR SOUL
2) EYE FOR EYE
3) TOOTH FOR TOOTH
4) HAND FOR HAND
5) FOOT FOR FOOT
Matthew 5:29-30 KJV
29. And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
30. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Therefore the true Spiritual War is inside of a man:
Luke 12:51-52 KJV
51. Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
52. For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
And when those five begin to fall:
An altar of fertile 'adamah-soil of the heart will be necessary …
Revelation 6:9-11
9. And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Despotes, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11. And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
Original Strong's Ref. #1203
Romanized despotes
Pronounced des-pot'-ace
perhaps from GSN1210 and posis (a husband); an absolute ruler ("despot"):
KJV--Lord, master
Why does the Scripture employ "Despotes" in this context? Because the Despotes is the Absolute Ruler of the House, which for us who come to Christ means these voices cry out to the Absolute Ruler of the house Yeshua. Meanwhile we are the "keepers" of our houses which were left in charge while the Master-Despotes is away.
Matthew 13:49-52 KJV
49. So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among (the midst) the just,
50. And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
51. Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
52. Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, (GSN#3617 oikodespotes) which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
Original Strong's Ref. #3617
Romanized oikodespotes
Pronounced oy-kod-es-pot'-ace
from GSN3624 and GSN1203; the head of a family:
KJV--goodman (of the house), householder, master of the house.
Yeshua is the "Despotes" Absolute Ruler of the house.
And each of us is likened to an "oiko-despotes" of our house.
With the Ten Commandments Decalogue we read the following:
Exodus 20:24
24. An altar of 'adamah thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy flock, and thy herd: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
And when the wrath of the Lamb and great day of trouble comes; then shall your soul find a place of rest beneath the altar as the coasts of the heathen fall at your side and round about you. For the "outer court" is given to the Gentiles (Heathen) until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
The 'adamah is the fertile "soil of the heart" ~ Parable of the Sower
Paul speaks of the same things concerning these evil "members" of our own body parts. And truly all of the New Testament Epistles teach the very same Gospel and commandments of Christ which are found in the Four Gospel accounts. The entire Book of the Revelation of Yeshua is about this inner war and our ultimate salvation, (which is why one of the messenger-angels tells John that he is a fellow servant who KEEPS THE SAYINGS OF THE BOOK). What then is "the law of sin"? Paul states that he serves "the law of sin" when it comes to the flesh.
Romans 6:12-16 KJV
12. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
13. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
14. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
15. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
16. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Romans 7:18-25 KJV
18. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
19. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
20. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
21. I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
22. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
23. But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
24. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
25. I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
Whichever of any of our "members" which will break the Law of YHWH can now, through the power of prayer, the Word, and the Spirit of Christ, be CUT OFF. This then concerns the Law of sin: Torah cannot be used against my neighbor or another man, or woman, because I myself have broken the Law and have no right to accuse another, (which is why Yeshua does have the right because he kept all of it and is therefore the FINAL-LAST "ADAM" and thus the only Door). However, the Spirit of Torah is introspective and designed for us to use against our own selves in this very way. That is, against our own unruly "household members" like the eyes, the hands, the feet, and especially that little horn of a tongue which ignites and sparks the very fires of hell:
James 3:5-6 KJV
5. Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
6. And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
A Sower Went Forth To Sow ~
Exodus 32:27-29
27. And he said unto them, Thus saith YHWH 'Elohey of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay-butcher-cut-off every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
28. And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day, as it were, three thousand men.
29. For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves today unto the YHWH, even every man against his son and against his brother that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
Matthew 10:34-39 KJV
34. Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
35. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
36. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
37. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
38. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
39. He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
Luke 12:51-53 KJV
51. Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
52. For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
53. The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Revelation 6:3-4 KJV
3. And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
4. And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill (GSN#4969 sphazo-butcher) one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
Once upon a time there was a Teacher and his disciple. One day the disciple came to the Sukkah for a study with the Teacher; and the pupil noticed that there was a brown paper packet, full of old dried seeds, placed upon the table where the two had reclined to immerse in discourse and Word. And it came to pass that in his carelessness the pupil accidentally knocked over a cup of water which had been placed beside him at the table. And so the water splashed and flowed out across the table, yet not soaking, but slightly splattering several small drops of moisture upon the packet of old dried seeds. Unfazed, as if knowing this would eventually occur, the Teacher snatched up the packet in his hand and quickly took the seeds outside to sow them in the garden. As the pupil watched the Teacher, somewhat stunned by the preeminence given to this matter over and above the study time, he realized that the seeds must have been stored and kept by the Teacher for a very long time, yet the moment at hand was now become their moment to shine. And so, not understanding exactly how seeds work, the young pupil asked the Master what was the reason for the sudden immediacy? And the Gardener replied: Because the seeds are not dead but merely sleeping, and as soon as they receive any moisture they are awakened, no matter how long they have been sleeping:
BECAUSE THEIR WORM NEVER DIES!
And then the disciple began to understand the true miracle of the seed, and the Word spoke to me and said: "Whoso of all the families of the earth that will not come up to the holy city of above to worship the King, upon them shall be NO RAIN." And I understood that all of the grains with hardened shells, repelling the watering of the Word, will not open up in their due seasons: like the Autum trees of Jude which have past their appointed times and still no fruit to be seen. And the mighty ten-foot Egyptian wheat stalks with their similar other tares; they too shall fall to the ground. And while their worms shall receive no rain, yet they also shall never forget the words of the Master, and neither shall their worm die, nor the fire be quenched: For the Word of the Master shall never pass away…
All we are like seeds according to the Scripture. And, in fact, agriculture taught people these things for thousands of years before we as a modern society were somehow convinced it would be wise to be herded into great mega-cities and concrete jungles.
And YHWH gives the seed a body accordingly as it pleases Him ~
1 Corinthians 15:35-44
35. But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
36. Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
37. And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
38. But the Theos giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
39. All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
40. There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
41. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
42. So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
43. It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
44. It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
If we understand that the holy city Jerusalem is the mount Zion and heavenly Jerusalem OF ABOVE (Galatians 4:25-31, Hebrews 12:22-24) then perhaps we might properly understand the statement concerning the RAIN in Zechariah 14.
Zechariah 14:17-18
17. And if any of the families of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem (of above) to worship the King, YHWH Sabaoth, there will be no rain upon them.
18. And if the family of Egypt do not go up and present themselves, then upon them shall come the plague with which YHWH afflicts the nations that do not go up to keep the Feast of Sukkot.
19. This shall be the punishment to Egypt and the punishment to all the nations that do not go up to keep the Feast of Sukkot.
All of it is symbolic according to the totality of Scripture: "Egypt" are those who live according to "the flesh" and therefore they shall receive "no rain" meaning no resurrection unto life everlasting. However, there are those which do receive a "resurrection of damnation" (John 5:29) and in that place "their worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched"...
Mark 9:43-48
43. And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
44. Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
45. And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
46. Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
47. And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of the Theou with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
48. Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Matthew 13:24-30
24. Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
25. But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
26. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
27. So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
28. He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
29. But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
30. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Matthew 13:36-43
36. Then Yeshua sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
37. He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
38. The field is the kosmos-world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
39. The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the consummation of the aionos-age; and the reapers are the angels.
40. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the consummation of this aionos-age.
41. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
42. And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
43. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
And the Master said to his disciple: "The seedling is like the soul of the man having been planted in the tilled garden of the 'adamah-soil of the heart. Yet out in the badlands of the 'erets-countryside the tares abound in the fields: So the fields must needs be burned"... And I understood the 'adamah-soil is the heart, which issues the blood and maintains the soul: Yet the 'erets-land is the outer "commons" of the flesh, like the outer court commons of the Holy Temple.
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