06-06-21
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THE
KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU
(Luke
17:20,21) And when he [Jesus] was demanded of the
Pharisees, when
the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The
kingdom
of God cometh not with observation [Gk: ocular
evidence]:
Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the
kingdom of God [an interchangeable phrase with “the kingdom
of
heaven” Matt 19:23,24] is within you [Gk: inside
you].
PATIENCE
(forbearance)
(Luke
21:19) In your patience [Gk: cheerful (or hopeful)
endurance:
waiting] [versus impatience] possess [Gk:
acquire:
purchase] ye your souls [Gk: (your) spirit].
1.
Commentary:
forbearance is a synonym for patience, to forbear = Dict: 1. to
refrain
from; avoid or cease (doing, saying, etc). 2. to endure; tolerate. 3. to
keep oneself in check; control oneself under provocation. [i.e.,
tribulation, like what is happening now, and very soon, Great
Tribulation]
2.
(Luke
21:19 Amplif.) By your steadfastness and patient endurance
you shall win
the true life of your souls.
3.
(Luke
21:19 NIV) By standing firm you will gain life.
4.
Commentary:
Dake’s Annotated Reference Bible = By patient endurance you
shall keep
your souls in harmony with God and thus be saved.
(Luke
9:23-25) And he [Jesus] said to them all, If any
man will
come after me, let him deny himself [deny his
earthly natural
sinful inclinations], and take up his cross daily, and
follow
me [Jesus went to Heaven]. For whosoever will
save his
life [who will follow himself, i.e., follow his own ways] shall
lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake
[who
will forsake his own ways and follow the Gospel (originally The
Way) and
Me], the same shall save it. For what is a man advantaged
[Gk:
benefited], if he gain the whole world, and lose
himself, or
be cast away?
1.
Commentary:
“and take up his cross daily” = calls for the daily sacrifice of
his
precious allotted life-time to bear the weight
(guilt-confession) of his
own cross while focusing his thoughts and actions upon
the
cross of forgiveness, and receiving the godly impact of his
sins
being nailed to that wooden cross, unto death
(i.e., unto
transition, unto translation, unto complete transformation).
2.
(Mark
8:34-36) And when he had called the
people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever
will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his
cross, and
follow me. For whosoever will save [Gk: deliver: heal,
make
whole] his life [through his own efforts]
shall
lose it [Gk: (be) destroyed fully, perish: die]; but
whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's,
the
same shall save it. For what shall it profit a man, if he
shall gain
the whole world, and lose his own soul?
3.
Commentary:
The Nelson Study Bible = It makes no sense to attempt
to save our
lives on earth only to lose everything when our lives quickly
and
inevitably pass away. The wise course is to invest
our
earthly resources – our time, talents, and wealth – in what is eternal.
Even if
we lose our lives for Jesus’ sake, that investment will
produce returns
for all eternity.
IN THAT
DAY
(Isa
12:1-3) And in that day [the
day of the Lord Jesus Christ’s second coming, “in us” Luke
17:20,21
& Rom 8:18,19 & 2 Thes 1:4-12] thou shalt say, O LORD, I
will
praise thee: though thou wast angry with me [for
opposing God,
i.e., for sinning against God], thine anger is turned
away, and
thou comfortedst me. Behold, God is my salvation; I
will trust,
and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength
and my
song; he also is become my salvation [Heb:
something
saved, delivered; victory, prosperity: health]. Therefore with
joy
shall ye [(collectively)] draw water [Heb:
to bale
up water] [water is a type and shadow of the Holy Spirit] out
of the
wells of salvation [each well containing the waters
of
revelations].
(Isa
12:4-6) And in that day [the
day of the Lord’s second coming, commencing the 1,000 years Millennium]
shall
ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare
his
doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
Sing
unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all
the
earth. Cry out and shout [1] [THE COMMAND],
thou [saved]
inhabitant of [mount] Zion [the NT
fulfillment (antitype)
of which the OT mount Sinai is a type and shadow]: for
great is
the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee [ref. Luke
17:20,21].
1.
(Judg
7:17,18)) And he [Gideon = Heb: feller (warrior) ///
to fell a
tree: hew down] [a type and shadow of Jesus Christ] said unto
them [unto
His chosen 300 warriors (combat soldiers, shepherds) THE PROPHETIC
COMMAND with
a present emphatic “NOW” application], Look
[Heb:
consider, discern, take heed, X joyfully] on me, and
do
likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the
camp [of
the 135,000 enemy Midianites = Heb: brawling, contentious,
discord,
strife] [i.e., a type and shadow of unsaved peoples], it shall
be that, as
I do, so shall ye do. When I blow with a trumpet [preach,
teach the
Word of God], I and all that are with me, then blow
ye the
trumpets [loudly] also on every side of all
the camp, and
say [i.e., loudly proclaim, preach, teach], The
sword [“the
word of God” Eph 6:17] of the LORD [Heb: Jehovah],
and
of Gideon [i.e., an Old Testament type and shadow of Jesus
Christ].
a.
(Eph
6:17) And take the helmet of salvation [i.e., the
protective
covering of your Godly thoughts], and the sword of the [Holy]
Spirit [of God], which is the word of God:
i.
Commentary:
Jesus Christ (John
1:14) is the Sword of the Lord with the Holy Spirit (revelations – the
kingdom
of God/Heaven) within (inside) Him. You
are the
Sword of the Lord.
Amen