In Rev 15:2 we see the redeemed in heaven having the harps of God, and
in the following verse they sing the song of Moses. The singing and
playing in these verses reminds us of the choir (I Chr 15:16) and
orchestra in the ancient temple of God (Ps 150:1-6). In the Jewish
temple worship God prescribed both singing and playing, and in heaven,
which the Jewish worship foreshadowed (Col 2:16-17), we see it once
again. In the present age we are strangers and pilgrims in a strange
land (Heb 11:3, I Pet 2:11), and living in exile we have, as it were,
like the ancient Jewish exiles, hung our harps on the willows (Ps
137:2). Christian worship uses the grateful songs of the heart in
praise to God (Col 3:16, Eph 5:19). Because we are estranged from
the house of God in our present age, our worship is simple. In the
world to come where we will never more be cut off from the house of
God (Rev 3:12), our worship will once again enjoy the fullness and
richness of the music made by the instruments of both God and man.
The NT music worship of the saints is commanded to be “sing and make
melody in your hearts” (Eph 5:19). In heaven God’s singers once again
are accompanied by instruments of music.
Rev 15:2 — Music in Ancient Israel as a Type
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Christians Are Not the New Jews
The promise of the Promised Land to the Jews was in fact conditional (Lev 18:26-28). However, the covenant God made with Israel at Sinai was not the covenant God made with Abraham (Gal 3:17, Dt 5:3). They were two different covenants (Gal 4:24). The covenant God made with Abraham was unconditional (Gen 17:8) except for the mark of circumcision (Gen 17:10) and hence was by grace (Rom 11:6). The covenant God made with Israel was conditional and hence was by works (Rom 3:20, Gal 2:16). The two covenants were intended to illustrate the difference in salvation by grace and salvation by works. The Law proved that by works no man may be justified. Hence the Jews and Gentiles are ultimately saved on the same basis, by grace. The point of this discussion, however, is that the promise God made to Abraham was by grace and unconditional, but Abraham has not yet received it (Acts 7:5). Therefore, he will receive it when he rises from the dead.
In dealing with the land promise, we should notice that the Seed in Gen 17:8 is Christ (Gal 3:16). Jesus certainly has not received the Promised Land, but the promise was to Abraham and his Seed (Gen 17:8). Therefore, Jesus also has yet to inherit that promise in Gen 17:8. It really is irrelevant what happened to the Jews as far as the promise to the Seed is concerned, because God’s promise in Gen 17 regarding eternal possession of the land is through the Seed. It is only in Christ, the promised Seed, that men inherit the eternal promises of Abraham. Do not confuse the two covenants.
The Jews have not yet completed their God given purpose. They continue to illustrate the continual care through thick and thin that God has for His chosen people. They will exist through all eternity in the land that God promised to their fathers. The whole chapter of Rev 12 deals with the history of Israel up to the return of the Jews to Jerusalem around AD 1300. Rev 7 and 14 both show that the Jews were the firstfruits resurrected from the dead (Rev 7:4-8, 14:1).
In Ezk 37:24-26 we also find the following:
24 And David my servant shall be king over them [Israel and Judah]; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. 25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever. 26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
It is clear that Christ is NOT now reigning over the nations of Israel and Judah in the land that God promised to Jacob as the text requires. It is clear that there is no sanctuary in Israel and that the nation of the northern 10 tribes is not dwelling in the land of promise. This prophecy has not been fulfilled. Its fulfillment requires that Christ be in the land of promise ruling over the two nations of Israel and Judah, the whole 12 tribes, that are then no longer two nations. It also requires the establishment of a physical temple for it distinguishes the sanctuary from the people. It also requires that the Jews dwell in the Promised Land for ever. None of these things is currently true, but God cannot lie. These things will be fulfilled in the resurrection and the new earth.
Now let’s look at Rom 2:28-29. Does this passage prove that Christians are true Jews? No, it proves that all those before the cross who chose to serve God were the true Jews. As we see, the context of Rom 2 and 3 is the context of world before the cross. Paul is showing in the first three chapters of Romans that “all [both Jew and Gentile] have sinned and come short of the glory of God” (Rom 3:23). Both Jew and Gentile therefore now have the same need–Christ. Rom 2 says nothing about Christians. It says what the case was regarding those who lived before the cross. Even the Jew who was circumcised was not profited by his circumcision if he did not live according to the Law. Therefore it is clear that circumcision was not a magic formula to save Jews. It was the attitude of the man’s heart that was important. If, then, the Gentile who did not have circumcision had a heart that led him to live according to the principles in the Law, he was accepted by God whether he was circumcised or not.
In Jesus’ discussion with Nicodemas (Jn 3:1ff), Jesus brought up the fact that being a true Jew required a man as he came of age to commit himself to God. When a Jewish boy came to an age where he realized that God required obedience, that boy had to make a commitment to become a servant of God. The rebirth of the Jew at the age of accountability is marked by the Bar Mitzvah ceremony. It shows that the Jews recognize that merely being circumcised at the eighth day is not enough. A man when he comes of age must be born again and commit himself to serve God. Otherwise, his circumcision is useless. That is what Paul is talking about in Rom 2. The real Jew is the one who has made this commitment to God in his heart. Since the commitment to serve God is the important thing, then the Gentile who committed himself to serve God was in the same relationship as far as salvation was concerned as the Jews were.
The passage in Rom 2:28-29 does not apply to Christians. We are neither Jews nor Gentiles (Gal 3:28, Col 3:11). We are a new nation under God (Mt 21:43, Col 1:13, Php 3:20). We are all one people in Christ Jesus. The analysis that says that Christians are the new true Jews does not harmonize with what Christ teaches. That analysis makes all Christians Jews. However, the scriptures say that we are not Jews.
“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” (Galatians 3:28)
We are a new people in Christ Jesus, not true Jews. Therefore Rom 2:28 does nothing to explain Ezek 37:24 or any of the other prophecies that God applied to the Jews. Those prophecies are to the Jews and they will be fulfilled. God is not done with the Jews.
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Willful Sin
As we pursue the Christian walk, we should not rationalize our
behavior by saying that we can’t behave ourselves. God says that He
does not permit any temptation that we cannot bear (I Cor 10:13).
Jesus illustrated the extent to which we must go by showing that He
had to resist His temptation by sweating blood. We have not gone that
far. The Hebrews were admonished because they were leaving Christ and they had not at that point even resisted their temptation unto blood
(Heb 12:4). If we can’t even give up what we desire for a little
while, what makes us think we would go to the block for Christ? Yet
Christ says, if we are not willing to die for Him, we cannot be His
disciple (Lk 14:26, Mt 10:39). We ought to remember what Paul wrote
to the Galatians:
Galatians 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are
these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife,
seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the
which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, THAT
THEY WHICH DO SUCH THINGS SHALL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
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The First Command to Man Was to Reproduce
The very first command of God to all of humanity was, “And God blessed
them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish
the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea,
and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth
upon the earth” (Genesis 1:28). When Noah and his family came off the
ark God spoke again to all of humanity. He said, “Be fruitful, and
multiply, and replenish the earth” (Gen 9:1). Of course we must
reproduce in accordance with God’s laws, but as far as I can tell,
this command to humanity has never been repealed. The Bible also
says,
Psalms 127:3-5 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the
fruit of the womb is his reward.
4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the
youth.
5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not
be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Psalms 128:1-4 Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that
walketh in his ways.
2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be,
and it shall be well with thee.
3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house:
thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
Psalms 107:41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and
maketh him families like a flock.
Barrenness among God’s people was considered a reproach from God (Lk 1:25, Isa 4:1).
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The Type of the Promised Land
There is no parallel between God giving the childen of Israel the Land
of Canaan for ever and our promised rest if the Jews do not ever keep
it forever (Isa 60:21). If they get it and lose it, it is parallel to
us going to heaven and then getting booted out. Since they have not
yet gotten it forever (Lev 18:24, 20:22), the promise is yet to be
fulfilled. Their receiving the land, and then getting booted out is
parallel to us as Christians receiving the promise of salvation and
then willfully sinning (walking in darkness) and then getting booted
out of fellowship with God. Just like God promised the children of
Israel that they would get to come back if they repented of their sin,
so we get to come back to God if we get tired of wandering in the
wilderness of sin and desire rest from the burning waste (Ezk 33:11).
Once we get to heaven, there is never again any danger of us getting
booted out of our land of promise (Mt 25:46). In Enoch it even
mentions God sending forth the angels with cords and tying the
righteous to God (En 61:3). These cords stabilize the righteous so
that they will not drift away from the living God. I sure wish I had
one of these cords now, but they apparently are not given out until we
get our new bodies. Just like Israel will dwell in their Promised
Land for ever in the new earth, even so the sons of God will dwell in
heaven (New Jerusalem) for ever.
When you think about Israel dwelling in their land for ever, it is
actually a type that can never be completed, because “for ever” has no
end. It will of necessity be in parallel with the sons of God
inhabiting heaven because both of them are endless abodes.
Consequently, Abraham and his children have dual abodes. One abode is
in the physical land of Israel that God has promised to Abraham and
his Seed for ever (Gen 17:8). Some strangers from among the nations
will also inherit among them (Ezk 47:23). The everlasting inheritance
of the land by Abraham and his Seed will be in the new restored earth
(Acts 7:5, II Pet 3:13). At that time Abraham gets the land God
promised him for ever. Because he is also a son of God, he also
inherits in New Jerusalem (Mt 8:11). He will have a place there along
with all the redeemed (Jn 14:1-3). Because the sons of God are
married to Christ (Eph 5:32) and thus one with Christ (I Cor 12:12),
we inherit the same promises to Abraham as the Seed does. Some of us
who are not physically of Israel but are strangers will also inherit
the physical Promised Land as well as Abraham and his promised Seed.
Thus the type of Israel inheriting the land will be carried out, even
as God has faithfully promised.
Willful Sin
When you sin willfully you
1) do despite unto the Spirit of grace (Heb 10:29)
2) trample under foot the Son of God (Heb 10:29)
3) dishonor the name of God and cause it to be blasphemed (Rom 2:23)
By willful sin you dishonor all three of the Godhead. Does anyone
really wish to have all three of the all-powerful Godhead angry at
them? Why is it then that we cannot do what we know is right? Paul
was truly correct when he wrote, “For the good that I would I do not:
but the evil which I would not, that I do…O wretched man that I am!
who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through
Jesus Christ our Lord” (Rom 7:19,24-25). After we are risen from the
grave God promises to give us a new heart (Ezk 36:26), and He will put
a new spirit within us and cause us to walk in His statues and have us
to keep His judgments, and we will dwell in the land that God gave to
the Fathers and He will be our God. In this life we are unfortunately
sometimes “overtaken in a fault” (Gal 6:1). May God’s grace serve to
keep us from all evil.
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The Mark of the Beast
In Rev 13:16-17 it says
And he [the false prophet] causeth all, both small and great, rich and
poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in
their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or
the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
In this passage the mark of the beast is clearly some physical mark
that is branded or implanted on the forehead or hand and the mark is
used in conjuction with commerce to permit or disallow financial
transactions. However, in Rev 20:4 there is another reference to the
mark of the beast. That passage reads,
Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and
judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were
beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which
had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received
his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and
reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Now this verse presents a problem to those of us who take the
amillennial position, that is, those of us who hold that there is no
1000 year reign of Christ on the earth. It presents a problem because
during the thousand year period of Christ’s reign there are those in
heaven (according to the amillennial theory) with Christ who have the
mark of the beast. Now if the mark of the beast is a literal mark
given when the Man of Sin arises, and the reign of Christ in heaven
continues from Pentecost to the Second Coming, then the reign of
Christ in heaven with the souls of the saints also includes the 3 1/2
year reign of the Man of Sin. How, then, do these souls in heaven
with Christ who did not receive the mark of the beast fit into the
amillennial theory? These souls in heaven must have had opportunity
to receive the mark of the beast or nothing would have been said about
it.
One possibility to explain the presence of souls of the saints in
heaven who did not receive the mark of the beast is that these are
brethren martyred at the end of the world and John is seeing a
synopsis of the whole reign of Christ. This possibility rests upon
the analysis that there are several categories of saints involved in
the description of Christ’s reign in Rev 20:4. There appear to be the
following categories of saints:
1) Those who sat upon thrones and received judgment. These were
likely the 144,000 who rose with Christ. These are literally the
first resurrection. These are not souls, but risen saints in their
glorified bodies.
2) the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus and
the word of God
3) the souls of them that worshipped not the beast or his image
Using the above analysis of Rev 20:4, then, the souls of those who
worshipped not the beast nor his image would be the ones spoken of in
Rev 13:15. in Rev 13 those who would not worship the image of the
beast were killed. Their souls would go to heaven and wait with
Christ for the Second Coming.
Another possibility is that the ones who did not receive the mark of
the beast are all those saints through the ages who refused to bow the
knee to the evil of the the then-current evil world power. An example
would be Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego who refused to bow the knee
to Nebuchadnezzar’s golden image (Dan 3:13-20). Nebuchadnezzar, of
course, was one of the seven world empires represented by the
seven-headed world-nation beast and so would be the head of the beast
that was active in 600 BC. The three Hebrew children are then a
possible example of those throughout history who would not receive the
mark of the beast. The problem with this possibility is that the
souls in heaven who did not receive the mark are spoken of as
rejecting the exact same physical mark as the men of the world who
serve the beast receive in Rev 13:16. Therefore, the passage in Rev
20:4 is far more likely to be referring to those saints martyred at
the end of the world for refusing the worship the beast.
The most likely explanation of the origin of these saints involved in
rejecting the mark of the beast is that they are slain at the end of
the world for their faithfulness to God. John therefore sees a
synopsis of heaven’s post-Ascension history in Rev 20:4. The first
saints He sees are those who arrive with Christ at the Ascension. The
second group are those who are martyred through the ages, and the last
group is the number who are martyred at the end of the world for their
refusal to worship the beast. The souls of those who reject the mark
of the beast are then not in heaven very long before they return to
the earth with Christ, but they are apparently numerous enough to
warrant special mention by John in Rev 20:4. Possibly the number of
the righteous slain for refusing to worship the beast is one of the
reasons that few saints exist at the coming of Christ (Lk 18:8). The
souls of the saints with Christ in heaven who reject the mark of the
beast in Rev 20:4 can thus be harmonized with the amillennial view.
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Israel: A Type of Christianity
As I was reflecting upon the error of the premillennialists and their
claim that God was foiled in His plan to establish the kingdom when
Christ came, it occurred to me that there was a contingency plan
associated with the coming of Christ. It apparently is the existence
of this contingency plan that has at least in part contributed to the
confusion surrounding the Millennium. Consider the following promise
God made to Israel:
Jeremiah 17:24 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken
unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of
this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no
work therein;
25 Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and
princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on
horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants
of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever.
God apparently offered the Jews the choice of what they would choose
for their future, and He would guide history down one of two paths
depending on their choice. The fact that there was a real choice the
Jews had to make is manifest in the scriptures in the gospels. Jesus
said,
Mt 21
42 The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head
of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our
eyes?
43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from
you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
Because the Jews rejected the capstone provided by God, God rejected
them. Jesus lamented over Jerusalem and the choice Isreal had made
as He went to His death
Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets,
and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have
gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens
under her wings, and ye would not! 38 Behold, your house is left unto
you desolate.
Clearly it was God’s will to have honored and protected Jerusalem, but
the choice Israel made was to reject the Messiah. God acknowledged
their freedom to choose and responded to it with the destruction of
their place and their nation (Jn 11:48). Because of their rejection
of the Messiah they became no better off than the nations around them
who knew not God, because God afflicted them instead of blessed them
(Lv 26:17).
We have seen in the preceding analysis that the prophecy God made to
bless Israel was contingent upon Israel’s choosing to serve Him, and
they chose to reject the Messiah instead of serving Him. They did not
keep God’s sabbath rest of the kingdom when it was offered to them.
Therefore God punished them with banishment instead of blessing them. Because they did not keep the Sabbath rest of the Prince of Peace as it was offered by God, He drove them from Jerusalem (Mt 23:38, Lk
19:44) instead of permitting “this city [to] remain for ever” (Jer
17:25).
The choice that Israel had of choosing preeminance over the nations or
dispersion and ignominy among the nations is a type of the choice we
face as religious men in this life. We can choose to faithfully serve
God and “keep His Sabbath” of the Christ or we can serve Him
carelessly, pleasing ourselves first. If we choose to serve God
faithfully, we will always have access to the King and His city. If
we serve Him carelessly, we will be driven from our favored place as a
son of God and will face the same afflictions as the nations. We see
those religious people who failed to conscientiously serve God in the
parables of the ten virgins (Mt 25:1-13) and in the man with no
wedding garment (Mt 22:11-14). Just as Israel chose, even so must we.
As God respected the choice of Isreal in the day of Christ, even so
will He respect ours. Because the choice of fidelity is ours to make,
Joshua’s challenge to God’s people is as appropriate in our day as it
was in his. “Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve,
whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods
of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my
household, we will serve the LORD.” (Joshua 24:15). God will respect
your choice, but be prepared to live or die by the consequences of
what you choose. God has warned us through the lesson of the choice
made by Israel. Let us all heed the warning.
Jesus Rose on the First Day of the Week
A sarcastic skeptic wrote:
> Mark 16:9 – “Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the
week, he
> appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven
devils.”
> Here we have “overwhelming evidence” that the resurrection of
Christ [was on the first day of the week].
I believe that Jesus was accurate when He said,
Matthew 12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the
whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights
in the heart of the earth.
In order for Jesus to have been in the tomb three days and three
nights, the following scenario is necessary. The days are based on
the Jewish reckoning that begins a new day at sunset. That is, Jesus
died on Thursday and was buried Thursday afternoon. The Jewish Friday (which was also the Passover sabbath, the year that Jesus died) began at sunset. His first night in the tomb would therefore have been
Friday night that began at sunset at the end of Thursday.
Time Jesus was in the tomb. Days are according to Jewish reckoning
Day Night
Thursday Friday
Friday Saturday
Saturday Sunday
If Jesus rose on the Sabbath (Saturday), He was not in the tomb three
days and three nights. It is necessary that He arose on the first day
of the week in order for Him to fulfill the prophecy of three nights
in the tomb and arise on the third day (I Cor 15:4). Certainly He did
not arise on the third day if He was crucified Friday as most
religions assume. He could have been in the tomb less than 24 hours
with a Friday crucifixion and a Saturday resurrection.
There is no adequate explanation for the universal observance of the
first day of the week by the early Christians if Jesus did not rise on
the first day of the week. What is the point of the commemoration of
first day of the week if there is no evidence for it? However it was
the universal practice of the early church. Here are some quotations from the first through the third centuries.
The Didache, c. AD 80, “But every Lord’s Day, gather yourselve
together, and break bread, and give thanksgiving after having
confessed your transgression, so that your sacrifice may be pure.”
Ignatius, c. AD 105, “No longer observing the Sabbath, but living in
the observance of the Lord’s Day.”
Justin Martyr, c. AD 180, “And on the day called Sunday, all who live
in cities or in the country gather together in one place, and the
memiors of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read…But
Sunday is the day on which we all hold our common assembly, because it is the first day on which God… made the world. And Jesus Christ our
Savior rose from the dead on that same day.”
Clement of Alexandria, c. AD 195, “Christ rose on the third day, which
fell on the first day of the weeks of harvest, on which the Law
prescribed that the priest should offer up the sheaf.”
Anatolius, c. AD 270, “It should not be lawful to celebrate the Lord’s
mystery of Easter at any othre the but on the Lord’s Day, the day on
which the Lord’s resurrection from death took place.”
From these quotations two facts are clearly established
1) It was the practice of Christians to meet on the First Day of the
Week, the Lord’s Day
2) The practice commemorated the resurrection of Christ that occurred
on the First Day of the Week.
The Bible also agrees with these later customs. “Upon the first day
of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul
preached unto them” (Acts 20:7)
“Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in
store, as God hath prospered him” (I Cor 16:2)
There is no adequate explanation for the custom of meeting on the
First Day of the Week and the stipulation to take up the collection on
the First Day of the Week unless something significant relative to
Christianity happened on that day. That something was the
resurrection of Christ.
“Now when he came back from the dead early on the first day of the
week, he went first to Mary Magdalene” (Mk 16:9, BBE)
” When Yeshua rose early Sunday, he appeared first to Miryam of
Magdala” (Mk 16:9 CJB).
“Now after He had risen early on the first day of the week, He first
appeared to Mary Magdalene” (Mk 16:9 NASB)
“When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first
to Mary Magdalene” (Mk 16:9, NIV)
Clearly Jesus arose on Sunday, the First Day of the Week, the Lord’s
Day.
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Legalism
I believe that after the obvious basics
are taken care of, mainly Christianity boils down to attitude. I
believe that a man who genuinely seeks to serve God, and tries to the
best of his ability to understand and do God’s will, will be
acceptable to God, even if he winds up being wrong about a bunch of
doctrinal stuff. I do not believe that a man who apathetic toward God will be acceptable to him. One who has a misconception toward some aspect of God’s law is another matter. God is able to deal with sins of
inadvertence and ignorance, but He has a problem with apathy (makes
Him want to spew, as you mentioned) and willful misconduct (Mt 12:32,
Lk 12:47). Like you said, the “my interpretation” vs. “your
interpretation” is in God’s bailiwick. He is able to make His servant
to stand.
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