Peace in Christ.
A “great multitude” are following their “guide” Judas who came to take Jesus away.
The life of Jesus is not being made manifest in the mortal flesh (the revealing of the Son of man is being prevented) of anyone that is being deceived by them.
The Son of man is being betrayed with a “kiss”….feigned empty words… that leads the simple of heart that are flattered by them astray from the way that leads to His life.
Luk 22:47-48 KJV
(47) And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.
(48) But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?
2Pe 2:3 KJV
(3) And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
We…whom God shows mercy to (the house of Jacob) ….are to come forth out of the waters of Judah.
They “preach” (the “waters” Judah/JUDAS) …they make mention of the God of Israel…but not in truth nor in righteousness. They call themselves of the holy city. They “rule” over His flock. But they do not preach the truth of the gospel to their congregations who are starved from not hearing it.
Isa 48:1-2 KJV
(1) Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
(2) For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.
Yet, they are allowed to REJOICE in their “preaching” as they getting their earthly needs met by doing it.
“Hurt not the oil and the wine”…that is, their rejoicing while there is a severe famine of hearing the Word of truth in those that are listening to their preaching.
Rev 6:5-6 KJV
(5) And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
(6) And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Hurt not the oil and the wine….the joy that they are currently experiencing… while the “flock of the slaughter” is not being fed the Scripture of Truth.
Psa 104:15 KJV
(15) And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
They are the “rich man”….the shepherds who are only feeding themselves and not the flock.
They rule over the flock….being clothed in “purple and fine linen”.
They “fare sumptuously”…that is, REJOICE brilliantly…every day while their congregations (Lazarus which means “God helps”) suffer.
“fare” = Greek: euphrainō - From G2095 and G5424; to put (middle voice or passive voice be) in a good frame of mind, that is, rejoice: - fare, make glad, be (make) merry, rejoice.
Luk 16:19-21 KJV
(19) There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Their congregations lay at the “gate”…at their mouths that preach…desiring to be spiritually fed with the “crumbs” which fall from the rich man’s table (where he feeds himself). They are getting very little truth from their empty words spoken from their mouth...the "gate".
(20) And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
(21) And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
They are “full of sores”…full of troubles from top to bottom…and yet the rich pastors heal them slightly by saying “peace, peace” when there is none.
Jer 6:13-14 KJV
(13) For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
(14) They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
The “dogs”…the shepherds who have no understanding… came and licked the sores….
Isa 56:10-12 KJV
(10) His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
(11) Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
Yet, they continue to rejoice brilliantly as they encourage their congregations that are full of sores to rejoice with them. Hurt not the wine….
(12) Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
But God helps them by sending His messengers of the Word of truth to the churches of men where the rich pastors rule. The beggar “dies”….that is, their current position of being a beggar ceases. There troubles will cease. They will experience comfort rather than suffer torment.
They will depart from the “waters of Judas”…their “preaching” that does not feed them. They will “lose their lives” to save them as they lose the religious thoughts and ways of their “church” in order to gain the excellency of the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. They are carried away from the man-based churches that once ruled over them as they will believe (Abraham) in the Word of Truth. They will inherit the promises of Abraham.
Luk 16:22 KJV
(22) And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
The righteous will depart from the man-based churches.
They will lose their lives to save them. The righteous “perish” and no man in the man-based churches will lay it to heart. Merciful men are taken away from the churches of men.
Those who are left behind in the churches of men will think it “strange” that they will no longer run after their things. They will not understand as the wicked shall not understand why they leave.
Yet, they are taken away so that they will not experience the evil that is to come to those who are left behind (in their stubbornness and unbelief of the Truth) in the man-based churches.
Isa 57:1-2 KJV
(1) The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
(2) He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
The unbelievers left behind in the churches of men (the adulterers) will speak evil of those who will depart. They will do so with the “wide mouth”….the great gulf fixed..which will bring them torment in the fixed judgment for not hearing the Word of truth in belief. They will "draw out the tongue" against those who will leave their churches....and it will bring them torment for doing so.
Isa 57:3-4 KJV
(3) But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.
(4) Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
The “great gulf fixed” is the unbelievers “wide mouth” that they will open to speak evil of the believers (“Lazarus”) who will leave their churches.
Luk 16:26 KJV
(26) And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
They “draw out the tongue” which will bring them “torment”….but “Lazarus” will not return evil for their evil and “cool their tongue.” We will not return evil for their evil speaking and give them relief.
The rich man “dies”..that is, his rejoicing ceases…and will experience torment rather than comfort that he once had.
Luk 16:23-24 KJV
(23) And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
(24) And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
The rich man "dies" and is buried as his comfort comes to an end and now will experience evil things...being tormented. He is in “hell”…that is, Hades …the unseen…as he does not understand why. He “lifts up his eyes”…that is, looking for understanding. The wicked shall not understand. There is no peace to the wicked.
Luk 16:25 KJV
(25) But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
Isa 57:20-21 KJV
(20) But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
(21) There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
The rich men....the rich pastors...will then experience torment...weeping and howling for the miseries that will come upon them.
Jas 5:1-6 KJV
(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.
The drum beat (Tophet) of their rejoicing hearts drowns out the cries of their congregations (the valley of the son of Hinnom) which are full of sores. They once experienced great rejoicing (Tophet = drum) which drowned out the "cries" of their congregations (Hinnom = wailing, lamentation) so that they did not hear them. They were happy while their congregations were full of sores and were starved from hearing the gospel of truth.
(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.
Jer 19:6-8 KJV
But this current situation will come to an end....this place shall no more be called Tophet nor the valley of the son of Hinnom...
(6) Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.
He will make void the counsel of Judah/Judas....
(7) And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
(8) And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
A “great multitude” are following their “guide” Judas who came to take Jesus away.
The life of Jesus is not being made manifest in the mortal flesh (the revealing of the Son of man is being prevented) of anyone that is being deceived by them.
The Son of man is being betrayed with a “kiss”….feigned empty words… that leads the simple of heart that are flattered by them astray from the way that leads to His life.
Luk 22:47-48 KJV
(47) And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.
(48) But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?
2Pe 2:3 KJV
(3) And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
We…whom God shows mercy to (the house of Jacob) ….are to come forth out of the waters of Judah.
They “preach” (the “waters” Judah/JUDAS) …they make mention of the God of Israel…but not in truth nor in righteousness. They call themselves of the holy city. They “rule” over His flock. But they do not preach the truth of the gospel to their congregations who are starved from not hearing it.
Isa 48:1-2 KJV
(1) Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
(2) For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.
Yet, they are allowed to REJOICE in their “preaching” as they getting their earthly needs met by doing it.
“Hurt not the oil and the wine”…that is, their rejoicing while there is a severe famine of hearing the Word of truth in those that are listening to their preaching.
Rev 6:5-6 KJV
(5) And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
(6) And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Hurt not the oil and the wine….the joy that they are currently experiencing… while the “flock of the slaughter” is not being fed the Scripture of Truth.
Psa 104:15 KJV
(15) And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
They are the “rich man”….the shepherds who are only feeding themselves and not the flock.
They rule over the flock….being clothed in “purple and fine linen”.
They “fare sumptuously”…that is, REJOICE brilliantly…every day while their congregations (Lazarus which means “God helps”) suffer.
“fare” = Greek: euphrainō - From G2095 and G5424; to put (middle voice or passive voice be) in a good frame of mind, that is, rejoice: - fare, make glad, be (make) merry, rejoice.
Luk 16:19-21 KJV
(19) There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Their congregations lay at the “gate”…at their mouths that preach…desiring to be spiritually fed with the “crumbs” which fall from the rich man’s table (where he feeds himself). They are getting very little truth from their empty words spoken from their mouth...the "gate".
(20) And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
(21) And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
They are “full of sores”…full of troubles from top to bottom…and yet the rich pastors heal them slightly by saying “peace, peace” when there is none.
Jer 6:13-14 KJV
(13) For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
(14) They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
The “dogs”…the shepherds who have no understanding… came and licked the sores….
Isa 56:10-12 KJV
(10) His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
(11) Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
Yet, they continue to rejoice brilliantly as they encourage their congregations that are full of sores to rejoice with them. Hurt not the wine….
(12) Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
But God helps them by sending His messengers of the Word of truth to the churches of men where the rich pastors rule. The beggar “dies”….that is, their current position of being a beggar ceases. There troubles will cease. They will experience comfort rather than suffer torment.
They will depart from the “waters of Judas”…their “preaching” that does not feed them. They will “lose their lives” to save them as they lose the religious thoughts and ways of their “church” in order to gain the excellency of the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. They are carried away from the man-based churches that once ruled over them as they will believe (Abraham) in the Word of Truth. They will inherit the promises of Abraham.
Luk 16:22 KJV
(22) And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
The righteous will depart from the man-based churches.
They will lose their lives to save them. The righteous “perish” and no man in the man-based churches will lay it to heart. Merciful men are taken away from the churches of men.
Those who are left behind in the churches of men will think it “strange” that they will no longer run after their things. They will not understand as the wicked shall not understand why they leave.
Yet, they are taken away so that they will not experience the evil that is to come to those who are left behind (in their stubbornness and unbelief of the Truth) in the man-based churches.
Isa 57:1-2 KJV
(1) The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
(2) He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
The unbelievers left behind in the churches of men (the adulterers) will speak evil of those who will depart. They will do so with the “wide mouth”….the great gulf fixed..which will bring them torment in the fixed judgment for not hearing the Word of truth in belief. They will "draw out the tongue" against those who will leave their churches....and it will bring them torment for doing so.
Isa 57:3-4 KJV
(3) But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.
(4) Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
The “great gulf fixed” is the unbelievers “wide mouth” that they will open to speak evil of the believers (“Lazarus”) who will leave their churches.
Luk 16:26 KJV
(26) And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
They “draw out the tongue” which will bring them “torment”….but “Lazarus” will not return evil for their evil and “cool their tongue.” We will not return evil for their evil speaking and give them relief.
The rich man “dies”..that is, his rejoicing ceases…and will experience torment rather than comfort that he once had.
Luk 16:23-24 KJV
(23) And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
(24) And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
The rich man "dies" and is buried as his comfort comes to an end and now will experience evil things...being tormented. He is in “hell”…that is, Hades …the unseen…as he does not understand why. He “lifts up his eyes”…that is, looking for understanding. The wicked shall not understand. There is no peace to the wicked.
Luk 16:25 KJV
(25) But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
Isa 57:20-21 KJV
(20) But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
(21) There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
The rich men....the rich pastors...will then experience torment...weeping and howling for the miseries that will come upon them.
Jas 5:1-6 KJV
(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.
The drum beat (Tophet) of their rejoicing hearts drowns out the cries of their congregations (the valley of the son of Hinnom) which are full of sores. They once experienced great rejoicing (Tophet = drum) which drowned out the "cries" of their congregations (Hinnom = wailing, lamentation) so that they did not hear them. They were happy while their congregations were full of sores and were starved from hearing the gospel of truth.
(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.
Jer 19:6-8 KJV
But this current situation will come to an end....this place shall no more be called Tophet nor the valley of the son of Hinnom...
(6) Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.
He will make void the counsel of Judah/Judas....
(7) And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
(8) And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
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