12-04-05
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(Judg 14:12-14)
And Samson [sunlight; now a type of the
Son of God] said unto
them, I will now put forth a riddle unto
you: if ye can
certainly declare it me [explain: expound, profess,
rehearse, speak,
tell, utter] within the seven days of the
feast [symbolic of the
seven days of creation, or the seven days of your life (your creation)],
and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets
[to envelop; a
wrapper, i.e. shirt: fine linen] and thirty change
of garments [wedding
garments]: But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give
me thirty
sheets and thirty change of garments [i.e.
your covering, and then
you shall stand naked before me, and your sin shall be exposed to my
wrath].
And they [representing all mankind]
said unto him, Put forth
thy riddle, that we may hear it. And he said unto them, Out
of the eater
[the Lion of Judah: v.5] came forth
meat [food], and
out of the strong [the Lamb of God: v.6] came
forth sweetness
[honey = symbol of the Word of God: Ezek 2:8-10; 3:1-4;
Rev 10:7-11].
And they could not in three days expound the riddle.
1.
riddle = Heb: a puzzle;
hence a trick, conundrum: dark saying (sentence,
speech), hard question,
proverb, riddle /// to tie a knot, i.e. (fig.) to
propound a
riddle:--put forth.
2.
A “riddle” is deliberately
designed to cause you to think,
consider, meditate, muse, ponder,
ruminate, to chew the cud (ref: clean cloven-hoofed animals), to bring
up and
chew again. Samson’s “riddle” is a type or symbol of the same “riddle”
that God
presents to all mankind; it is His Word (literally and figuratively),
the Tongue
of the Lord.
3.
(1 Cor 1:18)
For the preaching of the cross is to them
that perish foolishness; but unto us which
are saved it is the
power of God.
4.
(1 Cor 2:14)
But the natural man receiveth
not the
things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness
unto him: neither
can he know them, because they are spiritually [divinely]
discerned.
5.
(2 Cor 8:12) For if there
be first a willing mind,
it is accepted [well-received,
approved – by whom?] according to that a man hath
[understanding,
i.e. salvation], and not according to that he hath
not [understanding,
i.e. salvation].
6.
(Rom 10:17)
So then faith [belief]
cometh
by hearing [understanding], and hearing
by the word [rhema;
revelation] of God.
(Mat 13:10-18)
And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why
speakest thou unto
them in parables [riddles]? He answered
and said unto them, Because it
is given unto you to know [understand]
the mysteries of the kingdom
of heaven, but to them it is not given. For
whosoever hath [“a
willing mind” 2 Cor 8:12 (the opposite of a rebellious mind)],
to him shall
be given [understanding], and he shall have more
abundance [of
understanding]: but whosoever hath not [“a willing
mind”], from him
shall be taken away even that [understanding which]
he hath [i.e.
stony ground people who “fall away” Luke 8:13]. Therefore
speak I to
them in parables [riddles]: because they
seeing see not; and
hearing they hear not, neither do they
understand. And in
them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye
shall
hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall
see, and shall not
perceive: For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their
ears are dull
of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest
at any time they
should see with their eyes and hear
with their ears, and
should understand with their heart, and should be
converted, and I
should heal [to cure: make whole]
them. But blessed are your
eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto
you,
That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which
ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which
ye hear,
and have not heard them. Hear ye therefore the parable
[riddle] of
the sower.
1.
parable = Gk: a similitude
("parable"), i.e. (symbol.) fictitious narrative (of common life
conveying a moral), apothegm or adage:--comparison, figure, parable,
proverb
/// paraballo, par-ab-al'-lo; to throw alongside, i.e. (reflex.) to
reach a
place, or (fig.) to liken:--arrive, compare.
2.
(Mark 4:13,14)
And he said unto them, Know ye not this
parable? and how then will ye know all parables? The
sower soweth the
word.
3.
The title to our last
message of 11-20-05 was “THIS IS THE MARRIAGE RIDDLE THAT GOD PRESENTS
TO ALL
MANKIND: IT IS THE WORD OF GOD”
True understanding equals
conversion, which is a
healing:
a process experientially, a finished work positionally. Therefore, if
you truly
understand the parable, riddle, or “dark saying” to some
degree, for we
are all limited in our understanding by having
received only “an
earnest” of the Holy Spirit and not yet the fullness of the Holy
Spirit, you
have already been converted from a
natural man into a spiritual man.
Immediately upon your graduation from the campus of
The University Of
God located here on this planet earth, which graduation shall
be celebrated
either by your death (essentially a “new birth” in the fullness), or
which graduation
shall be celebrated by the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
whichever
may come first, you are going to Heaven to live eternally in
love with
our Husband the Lord Jesus Christ, Father God, the Holy Spirit, angels,
and
fellow saints.
1.
(2 Tim 2:15)
Study [use speed, to
make effort,
be prompt or earnest: be diligent, endeavour, labour] to
show thyself
approved unto God, a workman [a
toiler; fig. a teacher: labourer]
that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing [to
make a straight
cut, to dissect (expound) correctly (the divine message)] the
word [logos;
seed] of truth.
2.
(1 Th 4:16,17)
For the Lord himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the
trump of
God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then
we which are alive
and remain shall be caught up together
with them in the clouds, to
meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
3.
If Samson’s thirty
uncircumcised Philistine “companions” v.11 had received a revelatory
understanding from God of the riddle gained through the honest means of
discussion, meditation, and prayer, they would have received thirty
changes
of garments, one change for each of them, and lived
(eternally). But
they received no revelation from God and therefore did not understand
the
riddle. They gained an answer, vs. “The Answer,”
only through dishonest
means, and “climbeth up some other way” (John 10:1), and died.
4.
We must wear the garment
that the Lord God hath prepared for us: “coats of skins” in the Garden
of Eden
(Gen 3:21); “great drops of blood falling down to the ground” in the
Garden of
Gethsemane (the oil press; Luke 22:44); “and forthwith came there out
blood and
water” at Calvary (John 19:34).
5.
Benjamin (Heb: son of the
right hand) who is a type of us, received five messes (Gen 43:34) from
Joseph
(Heb: let him add, adding) who is a type of Jesus Christ, and
five changes
of raiment (Heb: garment; Gen 45:22), which are provision for
the five
offices of the “Hand (of God) Ministry” of apostle, prophet,
evangelist,
pastor, and teacher (Eph 4:11).
(John 11:11-15)
These things said he: and after that he saith unto
them, Our friend
Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of
sleep. Then said
his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. Howbeit Jesus spake
of
his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking
of rest in
sleep. Then said Jesus unto them plainly
[openly], Lazarus
is dead. And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there,
to the intent ye
may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.
(John 16:19-28)
Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him,
and said unto them,
Do ye inquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye
shall not
see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me? Verily, verily,
I say
unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall
rejoice:
and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned
into joy. A
woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but
as soon
as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for
joy that a man is born into the world. And ye now therefore
have sorrow:
but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no
man
taketh from you. And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily,
verily, I say
unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give
it you.
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive,
that your
joy may be full. These things have I spoken unto you in
proverbs [hidden
sayings]: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak
unto you in
proverbs [hidden sayings], but I shall
show you plainly
[openly] of the Father. At that day ye shall
ask in my name: and I
say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you: For
the Father
himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have
believed that I
came out from God. I came forth from the Father, and am come into the
world:
again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
Amen