#6: THE WILD MAN OF GAD
(THAT’S MOST OF US), AND THE SWINE (THAT’S THEM)
07-30-17 This message may be
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The brightness
of our revelations depends upon the correctness of our doctrines (our building
blocks)
COME OUT OF THE MAN
(Mark 5:1-13) And they came over unto the other side of
the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. Mar 5:2 And
when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a
man with an unclean spirit, Mar 5:3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not
with chains: Mar 5:4 Because that he had been often bound with
fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the
fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. Mar 5:5 And always, night and day, he was in the
mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. Mar
5:6
But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, Mar 5:7 And
cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I
adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not. Mar 5:8 For he said unto him, Come
out of the man, thou
unclean spirit. Mar 5:9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered,
saying, My name is Legion:
for we are many. Mar 5:10 And he besought him much that he would not
send them away out of the country. Mar 5:11 Now there was there nigh unto
the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. Mar 5:12 And all the devils besought
him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. Mar 5:13 And
forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered
into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea,
(they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
1. unclean
= Gk: impure (ceremonially, morally) lewd, specifically demonic: foul,
unclean.
2. spirit
= angel, demon, God, Christ, Holy Spirit: life, mind.
3. devils
= Gk: #1142; (to distribute fortunes); a demon or supernatural spirit
(of a bad nature): devil.
4. devil = Gk: #1228; a traducer [Dict: to say untrue things]: false accuser. [i.e., liars]
5. angel
= Heb: dispatched (as a deputy); a messenger: ambassador. [good angels and bad (d evil) angels]
(Luke
8:30) And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy
name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
LEGION = MANY UNCLEAN THOUGHTS
(Luke
8:30) And Jesus asked him [the “wild man” of Gad, a tribe that had refused to settle in the
Promised Land, but instead chose to settle in the “wilderness” of the world,
much as Lot (a saved man) chose to live in Sodom], saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion [ref: a Roman legion of about 6,000 soldiers]: because
many devils [i.e., an indefinite but very great
number of devils, i.e., many fallen angels, demons, unclean spirits,
many unclean thoughts] were
entered into him.
(Mark 5:12,13) And
all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter
into them. And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went
out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place
into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
DEVILS ARE DECEIVING
THOUGHTS DERIVED FROM SATAN, THEY LIE TO US
(Mark 5:12,13) And all the devils [the fallen angels, demons,
unclean sprits, i.e., unclean thoughts] besought [pleaded to] him [Jesus], saying, Send
[“command” Luke 8:31] us
into the swine [Gk: hogs (pigs)] [a metaphor of unsaved men who are cloven (split)
footed (attempting to walk in two worlds) but do not chew the cud, i.e.,
do not meditate, persons “on stony ground” (Mark 4:5,16)], that we may enter into
them. And forthwith [Gk: immediately] Jesus gave them leave [Gk: allowed,
permitted: suffered (them)] [“suffered” Luke 8:32]. And the unclean spirits
[the fallen angels] went out [of the heretofore “wild man”], and entered
into the swine [Gk: hogs (pigs)] [herein the swine are a larger
symbol of all unbelieving “wild” mankind]: and the herd
ran violently [Gk: (was) spurred on, urged
on: plunged] down a steep place into the
sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea. [Where do devils live (dwell)?]
DEVILS ARE LYING SPIRITS
(John
8:30-32)
As he spake these words, many believed on him. Then said Jesus to
those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And
ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free [from your addictions].
1. (John
14:6) Jesus
saith unto him, I am the way, the
truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
(John 8:43,44) Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
Ye are of your father the
devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer
from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in
him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and
the father of it.
1. Commentary: “ye cannot hear my word” = ye cannot understand
the “rhema (the revelation),” “the interpretation” (1 Cor 12:10), the intended
meaning of “my word” [Gk: logos; something said (including the
thought)]. You hear (see) the spoken word (the logos, the boxcar – the seed) but not the thought (the rhema, the cargo – the fruit) hidden inside
the boxcar. Why not? Answer: because the “the
door” (“I am the door” John 10:7,9) of the boxcar is not opened (closed) to
you.
2. (1 Kings 22:19-23) And he
[the prophet Micaiah] said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his
throne, and all the host of heaven
standing by him on his right hand and on his left [Job 1:6; 2:1]. And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab [the evil king], that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this
manner, and another said on that manner. And there came forth a spirit [an angel], and stood before the LORD, and said, I [(singular)] will persuade him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he
[the angel] said, I will go forth, and I
will be a lying spirit [i.e.,
a fallen angel] in the mouth of all
his [Ahab’s] prophets [(plural)]. And he [the LORD] said, Thou [the lying spirit, fallen angel] shalt persuade him [Ahab], and prevail also: go
forth, and do so. Now therefore, behold,
the LORD hath put a lying spirit [(singular)]
[a fallen angel] in the mouth of all
these thy prophets [(plural)], and
the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee [Ahab]. [repeated in 2 Chron 18:21,22]
3. Commentary: Devils are lying sprits.
4. (Isa 45:7) I form the light, and create darkness:
I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
5. Commentary: devils are deceiving fallen angels, deceiving thoughts, lying spirits that seek to
destroy mankind. The aggregate (syn:
total, combined, cumulative, amassed) consequences
of anyone receiving “many devils” (Luke 8:30), i.e.,
many deceiving thoughts, is “strong delusion” (2 Thes 2:11). “strong delusion” is happening now (a
strong sign that the end is very near).
6. (2
Thes 2:11) And
for this cause [i.e., their
unbelief] God shall send them
[the unsaved] strong [Gk: powerful] delusion,
that they should believe a lie
[Gk: falsehood: lying]:
a. deceive = Dict: to make a person believe what is not true. 2. to be false to;
betray. 3. implies deliberate misrepresentation of facts by words, actions,
etc., generally to further one’s own ends.
b. delusion = Dict: 1. belief in something that is contrary to fact or reality,
resulting from deception, a misconception, or a mental disorder.
7. (Isa
66:4) I
also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them;
because when I called, none did
answer; when I spake, they did not
hear: but they did evil before mine
eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not. [contrast with “the garden of Eden (Heb:
delight)” Gen 2:15]
1. delusion = Heb: caprice (as
a fit coming on), vexation; concretely a tyrant /// to effect thoroughly,
overdo (in a bad sense), maltreat, pain, impose: defile, mock, work
(wonderfully).
(2 Thes 2:11) And for this cause [i.e., their unbelief] God shall send them [the unsaved] strong [Gk: powerful] delusion, that they should believe
a lie [Gk: falsehood: lying]:
Amen