Important Things You Shold Know for Your Study

IMPORTANT THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT

YOUR AUTHORIZED KING JAMES BIBLE

(This is a tutorial)

December 23, 2014

The Apostle encouraged the Redeemed: “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. [16] But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.” Timothy. 2:15-16 

Then said another, indicative of the Apostle Paul: “Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.” Hebrews 6:1-2

Yea, the Holy Scripture is all about our LORD JESUS CHRIST. He said of Himself: “I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.”  Hebrews 10:7

Jesus said to the Jew because of their unbelief:  “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.”

John 5:39  

(And Yea, I say, lay hold on the Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible and don’t let go; other than, a Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance and a Webster Dictionary, these are the only books you’ll ever need to study the Holy Writ.)

Beware therefore of those whom translate the Scripture in order to simplify it, so that the natural man can understand it.  I suppose they mean well but the great Apostle said: “The carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.” Romans 8:7

Paul was in total agreement with Isaiah that asked:

[9] Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.

[10] For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
[11] For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
[12] To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
[13] But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.  Isaiah 28:9-13    

THE NEW TESTAMENT

A BIT OF HELP WHILE STUDYING THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS

Yea, in pursuit of the truth concerning the beloved Israel, it has taken us to The Book of Revelation, a book of Numbers, and Metaphors and not a book of prophecy. My reasoning came from where John said in the opening of the Book of Revelation: “The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:” Revelation 1:1 

I take where John said “shortly come to pass” to mean that we should not to look to The Book of Revelation for latter day prophecy.

You might feel the same way after reading what JESUS had to say about prophecy.

Matthew said : “Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.

[2] And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. [12] And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. [13] But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. [14] And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. [15] When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) [16] Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: [17] Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: [18] Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. [19] And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! [20] But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: [21] For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. [22] And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. [23] Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. [24] For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. [25] Behold, I have told you before. [26] Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. [27] For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. [28] For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.  [29] Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: [30] And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. [31] And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. [32] Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: [33] So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. [34]  “Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. [35] Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.” Matthew 24:11-35

(Therefore I say do not, I repeat, do not count on The Book of Revelation nor Matthew twenty four (24) for latter day prophecy.)

Another thing, The HOLY SCRIPTURE was written according to good grammar and it is to be read and interpreted in the tense wherein it is written lest we make it say something that GOD did not intend that it say. 

Yet another key to understanding The Revelation is to realize and accept that the Authorized King James Bible was written in a language of God’s making, and that includes the Metaphoric and the Numerical system.  The following is a skeleton commentary on that system. 

Numerical system

Yea, the Biblical six: is a symbol of things natural attributed to where God created the natural man on day six of the creation.

The Seven: well, it has for its basis that GOD created the Heavens and the earth after which He rested from all His labor on day seven, and thereby He established it as a day of rest, and called it the Sabbath. 

The seventh day man has entered into God’s rest for salvation.  Accordingly The  LORD GOD said: “For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.”  Hebrews 4:3

In addition it is  symbol for things pertaining to the super natural.

The ten: represents the Ten Commandments, the law or the Decalogue

The twelve: is the symbol for the beloved Israel

AH, then there is where: “A” thousand and “the” thousand: differs in that it is not normally reckoned at face value.  The men  of the Bible use it as a symbol wherein the total often varies.  You’ll find this to be true in both the Old and New Testaments.   

For instance where the LORD GOD told the beloved Israel: “I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds. For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.”  Psalm 50:9-10

In that declaration the LORD GOD used a 1000 to indicate the total was ever changing because one of the beasts would die or be eaten by a predator and yet another was added to the fold through birth.

Then there is where the scripture saith of Elias of how he maketh intercession to God against Israel:

[3] Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
[4] But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.    Romans 11:3-4 

Through the use of the seven the LORD GOD indicated that His subject pertained to the super natural. And when He added three zeros making it read seven thousand (7000) that told the reader that the total was fluid in that it was constantly increasing and decreasing due to the fact that He called one to His ministry while others departed going to their long home.

That also explained where John taught that by adding three zeros (000) to the twelve (12) that was an indication that he spoke of the beloved Israel of GOD.  And that some would be added through salvation and others would fly away to their heavenly home.

Then getting to the nitty gritty or where the rubber meets the road the Apostle, whom was most likely the great Apostle Paul, taught the recent arrivals of Mount Sion: “Ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,”

Hebrews 12:22

Then through the use of the symbolic thousand John said: “I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.

Revelation 14:1

Notice the Apostle used the word innumerable when describing the unfathomable number of the citizens of Mount Sion, while John said that he saw the Lamb standing on Mount Sion with a hundred and forty four thousand.

Now, the former testified that the number of the citizens of Mount Sion were innumerable while  the other took the route that only GOD knows and said the number of the citizens in Mount Sion was unfathomable and he gave the symbolic number as a hundred and forty four thousand.

 

THE METAPHOR

As touching on the Metaphors of the Scripture, the LORD GOD designed them to be revealed to the well read and those who are able to recall the analysis that is found somewhere between Genesis 1:1 and Revelation 22:21.

Now Webster defines the Metaphor as:

1: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money);  broadly: figurative language, compare SIMILE
2: an object, activity, or idea treated as a metaphor: SYMBOL
–metaphoric \*me-t*-*f*r-ik, -*f*r-\  or metaphorical \-i-k*l\  adjective 
–metaphorically \-i-k(*-)l*\  adverb

Yea, the metaphor might be more prevalent in our every day speech than one might have imagined.  Just this morning a former warden used two metaphors when speaking of the two escapees from a New York prison, he said: When they are sentenced, they will throw away the key.” Then he said, “We have scratched our heads” while searching for a solution to prevent further escapes.  Yea, provided we are familiar with such jargon, the figurative speech of the Warden should have triggered the mind with an analysis.

Therefore the Biblical metaphor differs not from that of Webster’s description.

Many are the metaphors in the Holy Scriptures. Some are in the form of prophecy while others are of the finished works of JESUS while freeing us from the curse of the Law, the opening of the seals for one.

Hopefully when considering the figurative speech brought on by the metaphor it will bring to mind an analogy that suggests a likeness to the illustration.

All seven of the seals in chapter 6 of The Revelation are figurative speech whose analysis is found in the New Testament.  A good example of the Biblical Metaphor is where the Apostle John said:  “And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder,”

(Revelation 6:1a)

The noise of thunder is the figurative speech.  This triggers the mind to the analysis where Jesus said:  [28] Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.

[29] The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.  John 12:28-29

Yet another metaphor:
“And I beheld until he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood.”  Revelation 6:12   Here is the analysis:  In his prophecy, he portrayed JESUS CHRIST and His Church as the Sun and the Moon.  Depending on who was viewing the two great lights, determined what they saw.   Although it was high noon when JESUS CHRIST walked among Israel on the streets of Jerusalem, only a few recognized Him as being their Messiah.

 

I suppose it was they that said: “away with Him, crucify Him,” that John compared their view to as one looking through sackcloth of hair, which is to say, burlap or mohair.

 

The following is a recap on what we have learned on how to interpret the book of The Revelation.  Beginning where:  John gave the symbolic number of The Church as a hundred a forty four thousand.  Also there is where The LORD GOD labeled her ministers as seven thousand that had not bowed the knee to Baal. 

Then where Paul through the use of two olive trees explained to the Gentiles how the LORD GOD removed Israel’s unbelievers and replaced them with the redeemed Gentiles.

Then there is The Metaphor. The Holy Scripture affords several. The composition of the Metaphor is a statement composed of figurative speech and its analogy.

The Metaphor is designed to be a revelation to those that have done exhaustive study. 

 

THE OLD TESTAMENT

The Old Testament differs from the New Testament in that it accommodates the Doctrine that “JESUS CHRIST was slain before the foundation of the world.”

Revelation 13:8, here is the way it reads: “And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.”

Although what Isaiah wrote is prophesy, at the same time it is history.  Some of what Isaiah said was revealed at the cross.  And all that is written in the past tense was history accommodating the doctrine that JESUS CHRIST WAS SLAIN before the world was. And due to His sacrificial death from the foundation of the world, salvation was available beginning from Adam to Calvary.

Isaiah began:

[1] Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
[2] For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
[3] He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
[4] Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
[5] But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
[6] All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all
[7] He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
[8] He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
[9] And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
Isaiah 53:1-9 

Because GOD counted Him slain before the world was, Paul told Titus:

“For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men.”
Titus 2:11

Then there is where the ALMIGHTY said: “For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.” Hebrews 4:3

(In the below article is a good example of a metaphor)

JESUS CHRIST WAS THE LAMB SLAIN

FROMTHE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD

Now the work of the Cross that Jesus did as the LAMB of GOD was in full force for the Salvation of the souls of men before the first sin was committed and for that reason not one of the New Testament writers said that He brought a better Salvation; however one did say:  “But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.” Hebrews 8:6 

John the Revelator said that JESUS was: “The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” Revelation 13:8  The essence of what he said was that GOD reckoned JESUS to have been slain before the first sin had been committed.

 

Now the Law of Justification said: “without shedding of blood is no remission.” Hebrews 9:22 and also in Romans 5:9, "Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him."

And it read: “A testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.” Hebrews 9:17

Now that presented no problem in the least for our all sufficient GOD and Paul agreed, he said: “Who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.”  Romans 4:17

The Almighty said of His own ability: “I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.” Isaiah 48:3

Yea, at His own discursion and in due time the GOD of Heaven declared CHRIST JESUS to have been slain before the foundation of the world.

In the wake of that, many were the testimonial stories of redemption left by the saints of old, among whom was Moses.  He said: “The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.” Exodus 15:2

And David said: “The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my Saviour; thou savest me from violence.” 2 Samuel 22:3 

Another Psalmist said this: “The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.” Psalm 18:46

It would be foolish to believe that GOD didn’t save the Gentiles from the beginning of time since Paul told Titus: “For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men.”  Titus 2:11

Yea, The HOLY SPIRIT move the Prophets, Isaiah and David, to record the suffering and the shed BLOOD of JESUS as history, while the remaining work He should do, they recorded it in the form of history rather than prophecy.  Isaiah wrote: “For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.  Surely he hath borne our grief, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.  But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.  All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.  He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.  He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.  And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.” Isaiah 53:1-10

David penned Psalm 22 as though he was present at Calvary during the crucifixion.   He recorded the struggle and agonistic cries as JESUS suffered and died.   He began the Psalm where the SON of GOD cried out:

“My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.  But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.  Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.  They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.  But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.  All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.  But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.  I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.  Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.  Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.  They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.  I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.  My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.  For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have in closed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.  I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.  They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.” Psalm 22:1-18

Now, what those men had written in the form of history told us that GOD counted the death of CHRIST and the shedding of the BLOOD of CHRIST was slain from the foundation of the world, as said John in Revelation 13:8.

On that basis Salvation was available for repenting sinners from the foundation of the world.

Amen