My personal theory is that "The Serpent" is being used here as a nickname to describe Lucifers behavior, as opposed to taking the form of a talking reptile. If you take a look at Ezekiel's description, he was the epitomy of beauty and light. Just gazing upon an angel like that would inspire awe in anyone, and why wouldn't Eve trust someone who looked so glorious. I just don't think it would be necessary to take the form of some animal to strike up dialogue, when his natural forn would be vastly superior.
@TheXennial79 There's definitely a lot of imagery going on here--the depths of which we probably won't fully understand this side of glory. We also don't want to abandon our literal based hermeneutic here, either. There's a lot of theories on why Eve wouldn't have been surprised by a talking serpent, many of which we'll eventually cover on this channel. It's possible that many of the animals talked prior to the Fall. But, in fairness, these aren't things on which we would be dogmatic, but they are certainly fun to consider. We don't mind your take eiither--it could very well be nothing but imagery and the Satan could have appeared in his natural form. But then again (haha), we also have to remember that Satan is an immaterial being--meaning no matter how he projects himself into the physical realm, it is merely a projection, as we could not perceive his immaterial form with our physical senses. Thoughts?
@@VeiledKingdoms ah. It's just some of the many ideas I have kicking around in my noggin. Lucifer could have appeared as Papa Smurf for all it matters. The deed is the important detail, and the consequences thereafter..
@johnirish989 That's certainly an interesting take. One of the things we're currently researching/studyign is whether or not Satan fell before Genesis or in Genesis 3. That answer would be tied to what you're suggesting here (I think).
@johnirish989 Do you have any sources you would cite for this? I'm not readily disagreeing--just wondering if you know of any scholars who are making this argument?
@@VeiledKingdoms I believe it's before Genisis 3. I read somewhere that in Job (not 100% in Job, but contextually), Satan isn't testing Job's will specifically, but more angry with mankind as a whole as he's jealous mankind now inhabits the Earth because it was his and the 'the others' (cause we can't draw all the lines lol) first and he sees us as lesser beings, so he tries to show 'free will is a bad thing' as that's what separates us from them to get Yahweh to delete us. With that outline, we can draw Satan tried to pick someone he sees parallel to him (that he is Just) and that would have reacted as him if he underwent the same testing, but Yahweh peeps through this so he tags along because he always knew Job was good. Genisis 1:2 says "And darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters" and 1:3 is a cleanse of them before us (like how light dissipates the dark) and I feel the sea creature was added to assist in that cleansing of the deep, hence why it's referred to as good in the beginning but still a monster. Why would Yahweh give Job an NDE and show him how just he has to be, when Job was never the first person to ask the question? I feel Yahweh was never talking to Job because he always knew Job was good. He was directly talking to Satan, especially in Job 41 (reminding him of sea the creature that cleansed him before) more so since the audience isn't Job, it's the council from the beginning of the book. The difference displayed is that Job identified and basically submitted because he knew he couldn't 'overthrow' Yahweh, where as Satan continues to try, hence why Job is good. Obviously take with a grain of salt and just fun to try and connect things, but I think it actually reenforces how beautiful free will is since free will is what changed Job's direction as Satan's orders are the accuser so he's always looking for a problem, how Yahweh always knows what's going on, and Job was an instrument than a test.
The thousands of “David” sermons that don’t even talk about this. Tbh if I presched on David I’d miss this 😂. Though to be fair some people get like a bit of this in the text but not the rich depth. They have a general “David vs. goliath” is like “Jesus vs. satan” but this subsonic deeper!
@Gianni116 Yeah it really is fascinating to see the way the imagery overlaps. And this isn't trying to force something on the text--it's just there. I feel like we could do a hundred episodes just on David and how he was the best humanity had to offer (and still failed).
Satan was jealous because God put all what makes Him God, inside of man, made from the earth, as opposed to Lucifer, who God created as perfection of all creatures, in beauty and powerful composition, and had always wanted to be like God, but became even lower than man, even in his fallen estate. That's why everything he makes man do is always against his body. To hurt, to pervert the physical body- drugs, alcohol, tattoos, perverted and hurtful sexual practices, anything that causes pain and punishments, and invariably to make the mind so twisted against God as they end up putting all the blame on God, thereby falling out of fellowship and consequently becoming fodder for the devil. Satan's ultimate goal is to beat God at His work and make His word void. Just one word that would never be fulfilled is enough. That's why Believers must believe till the end, no matter what happens. His word is forever settled in heaven. God has exalted His word above all His name. He is Faithful and True to perform all His promises.
The beginning of sin, the mystery of iniquity began in Eden, Genesis 4:8-15-24. Man didn't directly commit sin, but was led by a third party- the devil in the serpent, and was made to sin against God. In God's right, He killed a third party propitiation for their sins- the sinless Lamb. Thus God, to be Righteous and Just, must be the One to provide Himself a sacrificial Lamb, to atone for the sins which the third party- Adam, had committed, to be able to Righteously judge the other third party, the devil, satan, the dragon, to finally get punished. But there has to be opportunity on both sides to prove that God is Righteous and Just in His judgment, by giving man 1000 years to prove he can eventually hold his own and not succumb to peer or outside pressure, in order to be worthy of being redeemed, ransomed, regenerated, restored and reconciled, back to God- through Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 5. Then, man- Cain deliberately killed his brother, Abel, but this sin couldn't readily be judged simply because there was no preceding law about being one's brother's keeper that was to have been broken. (Thus, the whole system was destroyed by the flood, and the laws started with that Genesis 9:5-6, until finally judged and finished on the cross John 19:30) And in verse 15, a precedent was laid down for the time it would take to judge sin, 70x7 or 490 years. That generation was wiped out by the flood, but the precept remained: sin shall be avenged seventy and seven fold. (Matthew 18:21-23). This was the standard by which Israel also judged, as they also had to spend 70 sabbath years ( or 70x7= 490 years), in exile, outside of the promised land. When it was the 69th week year Daniel prayed to God, and fasted to remind Him of the imminent due date of the return of God's people to their promised land; but the sin of the Amorite was not yet full, Genesis 15:16, also, Israel was still in rebellion towards God, and the land cannot sustain rebellion- it was Holy! So, the Messiah had to come and make a way for grace and justification, and righteousness of God to be imputed, so Israel can get back their monarchy, through the house of David, and back to the kingdom of God, by grace through faith in Christ Jesus, as the Son of God, and the Son of man -the promised Son of David, the king of Israel to order His Kingdom Isaiah 9:6; who would ascend His throne as God had promised him. Romans 1:3; Acts 2:30, and come to bring them back to God, Jeremiah 16:16a; Luke 19:10; Matthew 10:5. Instead, they rejected and killed Him. Thus, from then onwards, the way to God was opened to whosoever would come to Him by grace through the shedding of His blood, by grace through faith in His sacrificial death, burial and resurrection. They were given the adoption of sons and daughters into the kingdom, which hitherto, they were not permitted Ephesians 2:13; John 1:11-14, becoming heirs and joint heirs of God and the Abrahamic covenanted promises an blessing (Genesis 25:6- the representatives of his other children by Hagar and Keturah, the Kings of the East, could now access and partake of the blessing, and they showed their allegiance and faith, by worshipping Jesus Christ, as a Child!) Jesus Christ gave His life for all who would simply believe in Him as Lord and Savior, in order to keep them from the wrath of God that will be unleashed upon the Amorite, until the end. Isaiah 63:18; Daniel 8:13; Zechariah 12:3; Luke 21:24; Revelation 11:2. And eventually, they will be rescued at the second coming of Christ Luke 21:13; Zechariah 14. He finished the work of salvation of the soul of man John 19:30 and this continues the "acceptable year of the Lord" which began as He took the sealed book of Daniel, 12:4, from God, as the Lamb of God, who alone is Worthy, and opened the seals Revelation 5, and fulfilled the first of the three part of Isaiah 61:2, in Luke 4:16-21, and He SHUT it again. This will run through this dispensation of preaching of the gospel of grace, (which ended the preaching of the gospel of the kingdom, which ended with the stoning of Stephen) by faith in the sacrificial death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and He will return to gather His saints from the world, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 1 Corinthians 15; and present them faultless before the presence of God the Father, with exceeding joy, Jude 24; with victory over sin, devil, death, hell and eternal damnation in the lake of fire and brimstone Isaiah 66:24. The second dispensation is nearly upon us, at this time Isaiah 63:4, which will usher in the tribulation period when the 70th and last year will be ushered in to finish all transgressions! Daniel 9:24. ( As the Messiah has become the sacrifice for sin, and was dead, buried and rose again from the dead! His shed blood sprinkled on the heavenly mercy seat for propitiation for sins for all who would go to God by and through Him, simply by faith! Ephesians 2:8). Then, the Lord will return the second time, complete with His body, as a new Creature resting upon the Mount of Olives Zechariah 14, to make a way of escape for the remnants of Israel Matthew 24:31. Then the battle of armageddon will ensue, and it will end up in total obliteration of this earth. Isaiah 24; Joel chapters 2 and 3, Jeremiah chapters 1-11...; 1 Peter 3 etc. This is the fullness and end, and judgment of the sin of the Amorite! Matthew 18:21-22; Psalm 75:8; 73:3-17. Then the new heaven and earth will be created after the conclusion of the millennium- to mark the expiration date of sin and death, like it was back in Eden. Now man will live out the 1000 year curse of death Isaiah 65, (Genesis 5). Then history will repeat itself when everything reaches full circle- the serpent will be released once again, Revelation 20:1-6, to tempt man as he did with Adam and Eve, those who follow him will get totally judged and cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, together with hell, death, the antichrist, false prophets and all whose portion is with them Isaiah 66:24. Revelation chapters 19-22. God has perfected the end from the beginning. But as it is written-"My people are destroyed for lack of Knowledge " Hosea 4:6, so, "With all thine getting, get understanding " Proverbs 4:7; Luke 24:45. Be filled with and led by the Holy Spirit, and abide in the fold, John 10, until He returns as promised, to take up His purchased possession! John 14:26; Ephesians chapters 1-2! Then He will set up His kingdom! Isaiah 9:6! Be encouraged!
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth, placed Lucifer as lord of all he surveys. This was far from the presence of God, where he used to bask in the adoration of the angels, since he was the cherub that covered. So, he got a third of the angels to mutiny and try to force God out of His throne on heavenly mount Zion. Genesis 1:1; Ezekiel 28; Isaiah 14; Revelation 7. God empowered an angel, gave him the highest rank of archangel, and named him Michael, meaning " who is like God "!. So, you can imagine the rage of Lucifer each time he got so mad and had to call his name- this cuts him down a peg, and made him realize that he could never be equal to God. The war grew so fierce and Lucifer and his angels were cast down to the earth in utter defeat! The earth became void by the impact, and all his beautiful coverings of precious stones and the fluid that flowed inside of him- I think it could be crude oil, all were buried under the earth's crust, waiting for judgment day. God couldn't just mete out judgment like that, otherwise, Lucifer, now the devil, will wiggle his way out, because he knows God so well. Unfortunately, he had committed the unpardonable sin : he wanted to be God, he wanted to replace God. So, the third member of the Godhead- the Holy Spirit, at this time, was God, pondering how he would avenge Himself, as God, but still be God and Righteous and Just. Genesis 1:2. So, He separated the light from the darkness ( which could mean that they existed as one before, in eternity, thus, time started by this move. He prepared a place to settle His next creation- man, by the determinate cousel of the Godhead- the Father- who is invisible; the Son, who is the visible image and the Holy Spirit who moves the Godhead as One. They made man from dust, and breathed His essence as God inside of him, making him a man/God Genesis 2:7. Since the fall, God always came to this prepared place- earth, to seek a worthy vessel to restore fallen man. The three appeared to Abraham, but one always talked to Him, while another is called " the Angel of the Lord ". The third doesn't usually get accounted for. Later, God chose the Seed of Abraham as this vessel, but they proved unworthy. Then He placed His Holy Spirit on individual to work with Him but they failed. Then He gave them laws and a high priest to fulfill it. They also failed, so He sent prophets filled with the Holy Spirit, but they also failed. Lastly, He sent Jesus Christ to finish this work of salvation and restoration of man. Hebrews 1:1-14. Jesus Christ was crucified, dead and buried, but He rose again from the dead and ascended into heaven. He is sitted until His enemies become footstool for His feet (Just like God rested on the 7th day, but had to get up to begin the work of salvation). Jesus Christ is in heavenly places, but had to get up again, to receive Stephen, and to effect the deferred calling of the Apostle Paul Luke 18:22; Acts 9; Philippians 3. He Sent the third member of the Godhead- the Holy Spirit, to enable the chosen vessel of salvation and redemption, and keep them till Jesus Christ, the Head, returns as promised, then, they will be quickened, changed, and lifted up- like a mother hen would, and place each in their places in the body. John 14:36; Romans 8:9,14; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18... In conclusion, Jesus Christ is in Heaven at this time. He already completed the work of salvation which the Father started John 5:17; 19:30. The Holy Spirit is now working on the inside of believers to will and to do, of God's pleasure. The Holy Spirit is the One working on the hearts of man, and if they give Him access, the Father and the Son will have a place in their body, by the presence of the Holy Spirit Revelation 3:30; John chapters 10-17. God is a God of order! Let those who see Jesus Christ ask if He really is who He said He is. God is a Spirit, and they who worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and in Truth. So, no cross necklaces, or any religious paraphernalia makes you a believer, on the contrary, they actually show that you are religious, but do not know the God you profess to believe in. It shows their dependence on stuff that may give them assurance and confidence that God is with them, unfold, it shows their lack of faith in, love for and knowledge of God. Ephesians 2:8. No faith no God! That us what actually separates believers from religious people, and that is why even creation is groaning, wanting who are actually the children of God, as everyone claims to be, and the only way to know would be at His coming. When He does, will He find faith? It takes faith and daily searching of the scriptures to know Him, and being filled with the HOLY SPIRIT, to belong to Him John 5:39; Romans 8; Ephesians 1:13 etc. Please watch out, for even satan shows himself as the angel of light. 2 Corinthians 11:14!
Revelation 20:7-15. This war is Satan's last effort to destroy the remnants of the millennium reign, after His release from the bottomless pit, but which culminates into his final judgement as he was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, for all eternity, and becomes a spectacle, an entertainment for the nations of the new world. Isaiah 66:24.
God is omniscient. He knows everything. He prepared a body for His only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to come and feel in the flesh, all what man is going through, while He Himself remains sinless, meaning, He doesn't indulge in sin. Hebrews 4:15-16. So, He eventually was condemned as a sinner- study Mark 14:51, the story of the naked young man. 2 Corinthians 5:21. That was the reason Jesus's sweat were like drops of blood, when He got to the last sin He had to deal with that would condemn Him to shame, torture and consequently, a cursed death on the cross- simply because He was set up in the middle of the night, as He prayed, in the garden of Gethsemane, to be doing stuff the laws condemned with penalty of death, by stoning, but was cranked up to become death by crucifixion on the cross. Judas kissed him, not a peck in the cheek but a full blown kiss, in order to set him up, but he didn't know his act was just a distraction, the people that hired him, already prepared a worse scenario- using the young guy that fled into the night naked. Mark 14:51-52. Jesus Christ refused to tattle on him, nor did he ask them to go get him to speak for him, because He came for the very reason, to die for the undeserved, who, if and when they come to this realization, would immediately repent and accept the cleansing power of the blood that bought them. He even became their high Priest, who is touched by the feeling of their infirmity, understanding where they come from, but hoping they will come to Him and cast it all on Him, and take His Rest! He already made that call!!! Will you answer, will you imagine what they must have done to him, with such a charge, in that day and age? All just to make atonement for every sin conceivable, including what you're struggling with at this moment! Give it all to Him! Being mad at the preacher will not assuage your guilt and self- condemnation, and self torture and self hatred and self judgment. He already did it all- for YOU!!! Which of these religious leaders who abbet them ever promised to pray to God for them. How can the blind lead the blind? Anyone that has encountered God by the preaching of the gospel of salvation by grace through faith in the sacrificial death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and still remain unconcerned and unrepentant, has already forfeited his mercy, and grace that bought him from the devil, who has the power of sickness, afflictions, terror, oppression, death and the grave. No escaping him. Let the love of God for you, in Christ Jesus, constrain you to listen, receive, accept, confess, believe and abide in His love, justification from all your sins, past, present and future, And live the new life purchased by the shedding of His blood, and by imputting God's righteousness that declared you "faultless, blameless ", before the presence of God, with whom you have to give an account, whether you like it or not! No excuses on that day, for God will definitely be Just and Righteous when He metes out judgment, and all mouths will be quiet!
The millennium is the end of the cycle of the end of sin. Man had a thousand years curse the day Adam and Eve disobeyed God. A day is like a thousand years. 2 Peter 3:8; Ezekiel 4:6; Psalm 90:4. The oldest man was Methuselah, he lived 969 years, and the last Adam lived 30 years as the Son of man, a human- Jesus Christ, then He was filled with the Holy Spirit, to become the Son of God 100%God and 100% man, just like the first Adam, who was created flesh and God breathed into his nostrils, to have 100% God in 100% man. Thus, when the mystery of iniquity is dealt with, after the 70th week year of Israel, then the whole world will be destroyed at the second coming of Jesus Christ. This will usher in the kingdom of God, for which Jesus Christ came to preach to Israel, before the gospel of grace- for both Israel and the gentiles, because they rejected their King. The scriptures are going back in cycles, we're now in Genesis 6, 11 and 47.It is like going back to the garden of Eden Isaiah 65; Genesis 5, when man will have to live out the whole 1000 years curse, which ends the wages of sin- death, which ends the cycle of creation, until the new heavens and the new earth is established, where there's no more sin and death. Then the judgment and rewards, abd the institution of mandatory pilgrimage to the New Jerusalem, and then, the Sabbath will be observed, signifying the end of work of both Creation and Redemption of the lost soul of man. Isaiah 66. Every nation will worship God, because there will no longer be evil or Satan present. All have been judged and cast into the lake of fire and brimstone- including death, hell, satan, the antichrist and his false prophets and those that bare his mark. The world will be as God in tended it right from the beginning, after the old earth and the heavens are completely destroyed by fire. 2 Peter 2:10-13; Isaiah 65:17; 66:,15-16, 22; 30:30;9:5 1 Thessalonians 5:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Joel 2:10;; Nahum 1:5; Zephaniah 1:15-28; 3:8: Ezekiel 32:7-9; Revelation 20:1; Revelation 20:9-11, etc.
The serpent breathed fire, God also breathed fire from His nostrils when He was coming down to break the power of hell and death, and raised up Jesus from the dead. Psalm 18:1-19. Satan always wanted to be like God! Jesus Christ, Lion of Judah, Satan a roaring lion, looking for whom to devour. Jesus Christ, the Bright and Morning Light. Satan presents himself as an angel of light etc. Jesus Christ, the Son of God the Father; Barabbas, son of the father etc.
God gave Daniel the end time vision and revelation, and he couldn't understand what he heard and saw. Thus, the bible was shut in Daniel 12:4 because he couldn't comprehend what the angel that talked with him was saying, especially about a Savior who would be cut off- it didn't make any sense, and about the end of the world. He was only praying for God to remember His people in captivity, who are nearing the completion of their 70 years in captivity. It was then the 69th week year, so God sent the angel to let him know that His people were not ready, and they wouldn't be able to return to the promised land- which will reject them, as they were cast out already because of unbelief and disobedience to the law of the land. In His mercy, God was going to play His ultimate card - send His Son to finish the work and restore His people. But, they have to go through the period of the wrath of God, so to spare at least some, God ushered in the dispensation of Grace- whosoever would believe in Him, through the sacrificial death burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, His Only Begotten Son, and accept Him as Lord and Savior, will be spared. Thus, he was told to go rest till the time of the end when everything would've come to pass already and would then be easier to understand. The book of Revelation is the revealing or clarification of those things that Daniel couldn't understand at that time, especially that of a suffering Messiah, who will later be glorified (Benoni to Benjamin), now made manifest to him and not to the Apostle John as many thought, to whom was revealed the conclusion of the grace dispensation of the church. Daniel was referred to as "greatly beloved" Daniel 9:23, and the Apostle John often referred to himself as "the desciple whom Jesus loved ", other than that, there's no where in the scriptures where there's any reference whatsoever, to connect him to end time revelations. Thus, Daniel must have been referred to as the man greatly beloved, (like Solomon and Benjamin), rather than by his name in the manuscripts, thus, it was attributed to the Apostle John as the person to whom the vision was revealed. Could it also be possible for Daniel to be the one on the Isle of Patmos since there was a reference of him appearing again at the time of the end in Daniel 12? Jesus, as the Lamb of God, took the book that was sealed Revelation 5, and opened it physically in Luke 4:17-21, after His baptism and anointing, now filled with Holy Ghost and power, as the Messiah, to begin His ministry, as it was written of Him Psalm 40:6-8. He quoted the first part of Isaiah 61:2 because that was what He had come to fulfill. Isaiah 63:4, let us know that the second part would begin after the completion of the first part. The day of the Lord's vengeance is now upon the world. The acceptable year of the Lord is fast closing. Let's endure till the end by His grace. In Jesus' name. Luke 4:17-18, Isaiah 61:2, 63:4, 34:8; 35:4, 33:22. Psalm 91. We have no excuses. The bible will be shut again very soon, as the Holy Spirit that was sent to teach, help us understand, interpret to and lead us until the time of the end would have taken all Believers up and out of this world, thus, the bible returning to how it was in Isaiah 28:11-12; Amos 8:11-12. Everything written and revealed is unfolding. They have started to make sense as the day draws near. The whole counsel of God will be fulfilled, and then the end will come. Daniel actually needed the revelation of Jesus Christ to the Apostles John, in Revelation chapters 1-4, and Paul, Daniel 8:13; 2 Corinthians 12:2-10, in order to understand the end-time prophecy God sent the angels to reveal to Him, before continuing from Revelation chapter 5 onwards, till judgment and rewards. Daniel was told not to seal the prophecy at this time, once everything already became clear, and he got the full understanding of past, present, and future events that should begin to unfold from then onwards, which he couldn't understand before, and got the book of prophecy shut until its revelation, hence the name: Revelation. Revelation 22:10. God was ready for the prophecies to begin to unfold. The next is the ushering in of "The Day of Vengeance of our God " after " the acceptable year of the Lord." Luke 4:17-20; Isaiah 61:2; 63:4. We need to be prepared!
That was why Jesus Christ sent His Holy Spirit, to enable Believers in Him live in this "sinful life ". Jesus Christ already dealt with sin by His sacrificial death, burial and resurrection from the dead. Only those who reject this worry about "sin", and end up living under the scrutiny of the law. That's not why He shed His blood. Receive His work of salvation of your soul, and ask for daily infilling and leading of His Holy Spirit, so you can live life and that more abundantly until He returns as promised, to redeem His purchased possession. John 14:26; Romans 8:9,14; Acts 1:5,8; Luke 11:13. No Holy Spirit, no Christ, no God!
It’s not NAH-hash. It’s NaCHASH. It’s a ch sound like you’re clearing your throat almost, and the emphasis is on the 2nd part, not the 1st. I enjoy your channel, but maybe you should get somebody to help you with your Hebrew. (I swear I’m not saying that to be snotty, it sounds worse in writing than I mean it to be.)
I agree with you. I understand the throaty sound of Hebrew. But I assure you would it sound absolutely ridiculous for two southern boys to try to put that spin on it. Again you're right, but it wouldn't translate well to video if we tried to be 100% authentic in our pronunciations. We'll work on it though. I think we make some jokes about it here and there in some of our episodes. Blessings to you sister!
Awesome videos you have. Thanks!
Thanks! Blessings.
My personal theory is that "The Serpent" is being used here as a nickname to describe Lucifers behavior, as opposed to taking the form of a talking reptile.
If you take a look at Ezekiel's description, he was the epitomy of beauty and light.
Just gazing upon an angel like that would inspire awe in anyone, and why wouldn't Eve trust someone who looked so glorious.
I just don't think it would be necessary to take the form of some animal to strike up dialogue, when his natural forn would be vastly superior.
@TheXennial79 There's definitely a lot of imagery going on here--the depths of which we probably won't fully understand this side of glory.
We also don't want to abandon our literal based hermeneutic here, either. There's a lot of theories on why Eve wouldn't have been surprised by a talking serpent, many of which we'll eventually cover on this channel. It's possible that many of the animals talked prior to the Fall.
But, in fairness, these aren't things on which we would be dogmatic, but they are certainly fun to consider. We don't mind your take eiither--it could very well be nothing but imagery and the Satan could have appeared in his natural form.
But then again (haha), we also have to remember that Satan is an immaterial being--meaning no matter how he projects himself into the physical realm, it is merely a projection, as we could not perceive his immaterial form with our physical senses.
Thoughts?
@@VeiledKingdoms ah. It's just some of the many ideas I have kicking around in my noggin. Lucifer could have appeared as Papa Smurf for all it matters. The deed is the important detail, and the consequences thereafter..
@TheXennial79 Nothing wrong with kicking around ideas! We appreciate your thoughts, brother. Blessings!
Some say it starts in the heavens amongst angelic beings. That the proper translation of Genesis 1:2 is: And the earth CAME TO BE a chaos and vacant.
And thus 1:3 is a do-over, a RE-creation.
1:2 is the disruption of the world as in the Lamb was slain before the disruption of the world.
@johnirish989 That's certainly an interesting take. One of the things we're currently researching/studyign is whether or not Satan fell before Genesis or in Genesis 3. That answer would be tied to what you're suggesting here (I think).
@johnirish989 Do you have any sources you would cite for this? I'm not readily disagreeing--just wondering if you know of any scholars who are making this argument?
@@VeiledKingdoms I believe it's before Genisis 3. I read somewhere that in Job (not 100% in Job, but contextually), Satan isn't testing Job's will specifically, but more angry with mankind as a whole as he's jealous mankind now inhabits the Earth because it was his and the 'the others' (cause we can't draw all the lines lol) first and he sees us as lesser beings, so he tries to show 'free will is a bad thing' as that's what separates us from them to get Yahweh to delete us.
With that outline, we can draw Satan tried to pick someone he sees parallel to him (that he is Just) and that would have reacted as him if he underwent the same testing, but Yahweh peeps through this so he tags along because he always knew Job was good. Genisis 1:2 says "And darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters" and 1:3 is a cleanse of them before us (like how light dissipates the dark) and I feel the sea creature was added to assist in that cleansing of the deep, hence why it's referred to as good in the beginning but still a monster.
Why would Yahweh give Job an NDE and show him how just he has to be, when Job was never the first person to ask the question? I feel Yahweh was never talking to Job because he always knew Job was good. He was directly talking to Satan, especially in Job 41 (reminding him of sea the creature that cleansed him before) more so since the audience isn't Job, it's the council from the beginning of the book. The difference displayed is that Job identified and basically submitted because he knew he couldn't 'overthrow' Yahweh, where as Satan continues to try, hence why Job is good.
Obviously take with a grain of salt and just fun to try and connect things, but I think it actually reenforces how beautiful free will is since free will is what changed Job's direction as Satan's orders are the accuser so he's always looking for a problem, how Yahweh always knows what's going on, and Job was an instrument than a test.
The thousands of “David” sermons that don’t even talk about this. Tbh if I presched on David I’d miss this 😂. Though to be fair some people get like a bit of this in the text but not the rich depth. They have a general “David vs. goliath” is like “Jesus vs. satan” but this subsonic deeper!
@Gianni116 Yeah it really is fascinating to see the way the imagery overlaps. And this isn't trying to force something on the text--it's just there. I feel like we could do a hundred episodes just on David and how he was the best humanity had to offer (and still failed).
Satan was jealous because God put all what makes Him God, inside of man, made from the earth, as opposed to Lucifer, who God created as perfection of all creatures, in beauty and powerful composition, and had always wanted to be like God, but became even lower than man, even in his fallen estate. That's why everything he makes man do is always against his body. To hurt, to pervert the physical body- drugs, alcohol, tattoos, perverted and hurtful sexual practices, anything that causes pain and punishments, and invariably to make the mind so twisted against God as they end up putting all the blame on God, thereby falling out of fellowship and consequently becoming fodder for the devil. Satan's ultimate goal is to beat God at His work and make His word void. Just one word that would never be fulfilled is enough. That's why Believers must believe till the end, no matter what happens. His word is forever settled in heaven. God has exalted His word above all His name. He is Faithful and True to perform all His promises.
The beginning of sin, the mystery of iniquity began in Eden, Genesis 4:8-15-24.
Man didn't directly commit sin, but was led by a third party- the devil in the serpent, and was made to sin against God. In God's right, He killed a third party propitiation for their sins- the sinless Lamb. Thus God, to be Righteous and Just, must be the One to provide Himself a sacrificial Lamb, to atone for the sins which the third party- Adam, had committed, to be able to Righteously judge the other third party, the devil, satan, the dragon, to finally get punished. But there has to be opportunity on both sides to prove that God is Righteous and Just in His judgment, by giving man 1000 years to prove he can eventually hold his own and not succumb to peer or outside pressure, in order to be worthy of being redeemed, ransomed, regenerated, restored and reconciled, back to God- through Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 5.
Then, man- Cain deliberately killed his brother, Abel, but this sin couldn't readily be judged simply because there was no preceding law about being one's brother's keeper that was to have been broken. (Thus, the whole system was destroyed by the flood, and the laws started with that Genesis 9:5-6, until finally judged and finished on the cross John 19:30)
And in verse 15, a precedent was laid down for the time it would take to judge sin, 70x7 or 490 years.
That generation was wiped out by the flood, but the precept remained: sin shall be avenged seventy and seven fold. (Matthew 18:21-23).
This was the standard by which Israel also judged, as they also had to spend 70 sabbath years ( or 70x7= 490 years), in exile, outside of the promised land.
When it was the 69th week year Daniel prayed to God, and fasted to remind Him of the imminent due date of the return of God's people to their promised land; but the sin of the Amorite was not yet full, Genesis 15:16, also, Israel was still in rebellion towards God, and the land cannot sustain rebellion- it was Holy!
So, the Messiah had to come and make a way for grace and justification, and righteousness of God to be imputed, so Israel can get back their monarchy, through the house of David, and back to the kingdom of God, by grace through faith in Christ Jesus, as the Son of God, and the Son of man -the promised Son of David, the king of Israel to order His Kingdom Isaiah 9:6; who would ascend His throne as God had promised him. Romans 1:3; Acts 2:30, and come to bring them back to God, Jeremiah 16:16a; Luke 19:10; Matthew 10:5. Instead, they rejected and killed Him.
Thus, from then onwards, the way to God was opened to whosoever would come to Him by grace through the shedding of His blood, by grace through faith in His sacrificial death, burial and resurrection.
They were given the adoption of sons and daughters into the kingdom, which hitherto, they were not permitted Ephesians 2:13; John 1:11-14, becoming heirs and joint heirs of God and the Abrahamic covenanted promises an blessing (Genesis 25:6- the representatives of his other children by Hagar and Keturah, the Kings of the East, could now access and partake of the blessing, and they showed their allegiance and faith, by worshipping Jesus Christ, as a Child!)
Jesus Christ gave His life for all who would simply believe in Him as Lord and Savior, in order to keep them from the wrath of God that will be unleashed upon the Amorite, until the end. Isaiah 63:18; Daniel 8:13; Zechariah 12:3; Luke 21:24; Revelation 11:2.
And eventually, they will be rescued at the second coming of Christ Luke 21:13; Zechariah 14.
He finished the work of salvation of the soul of man John 19:30 and this continues the "acceptable year of the Lord" which began as He took the sealed book of Daniel, 12:4, from God, as the Lamb of God, who alone is Worthy, and opened the seals Revelation 5, and fulfilled the first of the three part of Isaiah 61:2, in Luke 4:16-21, and He SHUT it again. This will run through this dispensation of preaching of the gospel of grace, (which ended the preaching of the gospel of the kingdom, which ended with the stoning of Stephen) by faith in the sacrificial death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and He will return to gather His saints from the world, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 1 Corinthians 15; and present them faultless before the presence of God the Father, with exceeding joy, Jude 24; with victory over sin, devil, death, hell and eternal damnation in the lake of fire and brimstone Isaiah 66:24.
The second dispensation is nearly upon us, at this time Isaiah 63:4, which will usher in the tribulation period when the 70th and last year will be ushered in to finish all transgressions! Daniel 9:24.
( As the Messiah has become the sacrifice for sin, and was dead, buried and rose again from the dead! His shed blood sprinkled on the heavenly mercy seat for propitiation for sins for all who would go to God by and through Him, simply by faith! Ephesians 2:8).
Then, the Lord will return the second time, complete with His body, as a new Creature resting upon the Mount of Olives Zechariah 14, to make a way of escape for the remnants of Israel Matthew 24:31.
Then the battle of armageddon will ensue, and it will end up in total obliteration of this earth. Isaiah 24; Joel chapters 2 and 3, Jeremiah chapters 1-11...; 1 Peter 3 etc.
This is the fullness and end, and judgment of the sin of the Amorite! Matthew 18:21-22; Psalm 75:8; 73:3-17.
Then the new heaven and earth will be created after the conclusion of the millennium- to mark the expiration date of sin and death, like it was back in Eden. Now man will live out the 1000 year curse of death Isaiah 65, (Genesis 5).
Then history will repeat itself when everything reaches full circle- the serpent will be released once again, Revelation 20:1-6, to tempt man as he did with Adam and Eve, those who follow him will get totally judged and cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, together with hell, death, the antichrist, false prophets and all whose portion is with them Isaiah 66:24. Revelation chapters 19-22.
God has perfected the end from the beginning. But as it is written-"My people are destroyed for lack of Knowledge " Hosea 4:6, so, "With all thine getting, get understanding " Proverbs 4:7; Luke 24:45. Be filled with and led by the Holy Spirit, and abide in the fold, John 10, until He returns as promised, to take up His purchased possession! John 14:26; Ephesians chapters 1-2!
Then He will set up His kingdom! Isaiah 9:6!
Be encouraged!
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth, placed Lucifer as lord of all he surveys. This was far from the presence of God, where he used to bask in the adoration of the angels, since he was the cherub that covered. So, he got a third of the angels to mutiny and try to force God out of His throne on heavenly mount Zion. Genesis 1:1; Ezekiel 28; Isaiah 14; Revelation 7.
God empowered an angel, gave him the highest rank of archangel, and named him Michael, meaning " who is like God "!.
So, you can imagine the rage of Lucifer each time he got so mad and had to call his name- this cuts him down a peg, and made him realize that he could never be equal to God.
The war grew so fierce and Lucifer and his angels were cast down to the earth in utter defeat! The earth became void by the impact, and all his beautiful coverings of precious stones and the fluid that flowed inside of him- I think it could be crude oil, all were buried under the earth's crust, waiting for judgment day.
God couldn't just mete out judgment like that, otherwise, Lucifer, now the devil, will wiggle his way out, because he knows God so well. Unfortunately, he had committed the unpardonable sin : he wanted to be God, he wanted to replace God.
So, the third member of the Godhead- the Holy Spirit, at this time, was God, pondering how he would avenge Himself, as God, but still be God and Righteous and Just. Genesis 1:2.
So, He separated the light from the darkness ( which could mean that they existed as one before, in eternity, thus, time started by this move. He prepared a place to settle His next creation- man, by the determinate cousel of the Godhead- the Father- who is invisible; the Son, who is the visible image and the Holy Spirit who moves the Godhead as One. They made man from dust, and breathed His essence as God inside of him, making him a man/God Genesis 2:7.
Since the fall, God always came to this prepared place- earth, to seek a worthy vessel to restore fallen man.
The three appeared to Abraham, but one always talked to Him, while another is called " the Angel of the Lord ". The third doesn't usually get accounted for.
Later, God chose the Seed of Abraham as this vessel, but they proved unworthy. Then He placed His Holy Spirit on individual to work with Him but they failed. Then He gave them laws and a high priest to fulfill it. They also failed, so He sent prophets filled with the Holy Spirit, but they also failed. Lastly, He sent Jesus Christ to finish this work of salvation and restoration of man. Hebrews 1:1-14.
Jesus Christ was crucified, dead and buried, but He rose again from the dead and ascended into heaven.
He is sitted until His enemies become footstool for His feet (Just like God rested on the 7th day, but had to get up to begin the work of salvation). Jesus Christ is in heavenly places, but had to get up again, to receive Stephen, and to effect the deferred calling of the Apostle Paul Luke 18:22; Acts 9; Philippians 3.
He Sent the third member of the Godhead- the Holy Spirit, to enable the chosen vessel of salvation and redemption, and keep them till Jesus Christ, the Head, returns as promised, then, they will be quickened, changed, and lifted up- like a mother hen would, and place each in their places in the body. John 14:36; Romans 8:9,14; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18...
In conclusion, Jesus Christ is in Heaven at this time. He already completed the work of salvation which the Father started John 5:17; 19:30.
The Holy Spirit is now working on the inside of believers to will and to do, of God's pleasure.
The Holy Spirit is the One working on the hearts of man, and if they give Him access, the Father and the Son will have a place in their body, by the presence of the Holy Spirit Revelation 3:30; John chapters 10-17.
God is a God of order!
Let those who see Jesus Christ ask if He really is who He said He is. God is a Spirit, and they who worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and in Truth.
So, no cross necklaces, or any religious paraphernalia makes you a believer, on the contrary, they actually show that you are religious, but do not know the God you profess to believe in.
It shows their dependence on stuff that may give them assurance and confidence that God is with them, unfold, it shows their lack of faith in, love for and knowledge of God. Ephesians 2:8. No faith no God! That us what actually separates believers from religious people, and that is why even creation is groaning, wanting who are actually the children of God, as everyone claims to be, and the only way to know would be at His coming. When He does, will He find faith? It takes faith and daily searching of the scriptures to know Him, and being filled with the HOLY SPIRIT, to belong to Him John 5:39; Romans 8; Ephesians 1:13 etc.
Please watch out, for even satan shows himself as the angel of light. 2 Corinthians 11:14!
Revelation 20:7-15.
This war is Satan's last effort to destroy the remnants of the millennium reign, after His release from the bottomless pit, but which culminates into his final judgement as he was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, for all eternity, and becomes a spectacle, an entertainment for the nations of the new world. Isaiah 66:24.
God is omniscient. He knows everything. He prepared a body for His only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to come and feel in the flesh, all what man is going through, while He Himself remains sinless, meaning, He doesn't indulge in sin. Hebrews 4:15-16. So, He eventually was condemned as a sinner- study Mark 14:51, the story of the naked young man. 2 Corinthians 5:21.
That was the reason Jesus's sweat were like drops of blood, when He got to the last sin He had to deal with that would condemn Him to shame, torture and consequently, a cursed death on the cross- simply because He was set up in the middle of the night, as He prayed, in the garden of Gethsemane, to be doing stuff the laws condemned with penalty of death, by stoning, but was cranked up to become death by crucifixion on the cross.
Judas kissed him, not a peck in the cheek but a full blown kiss, in order to set him up, but he didn't know his act was just a distraction, the people that hired him, already prepared a worse scenario- using the young guy that fled into the night naked. Mark 14:51-52.
Jesus Christ refused to tattle on him, nor did he ask them to go get him to speak for him, because He came for the very reason, to die for the undeserved, who, if and when they come to this realization, would immediately repent and accept the cleansing power of the blood that bought them. He even became their high Priest, who is touched by the feeling of their infirmity, understanding where they come from, but hoping they will come to Him and cast it all on Him, and take His Rest! He already made that call!!!
Will you answer, will you imagine what they must have done to him, with such a charge, in that day and age? All just to make atonement for every sin conceivable, including what you're struggling with at this moment! Give it all to Him!
Being mad at the preacher will not assuage your guilt and self- condemnation, and self torture and self hatred and self judgment. He already did it all- for YOU!!!
Which of these religious leaders who abbet them ever promised to pray to God for them. How can the blind lead the blind?
Anyone that has encountered God by the preaching of the gospel of salvation by grace through faith in the sacrificial death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and still remain unconcerned and unrepentant, has already forfeited his mercy, and grace that bought him from the devil, who has the power of sickness, afflictions, terror, oppression, death and the grave. No escaping him.
Let the love of God for you, in Christ Jesus, constrain you to listen, receive, accept, confess, believe and abide in His love, justification from all your sins, past, present and future, And live the new life purchased by the shedding of His blood, and by imputting God's righteousness that declared you "faultless, blameless ", before the presence of God, with whom you have to give an account, whether you like it or not! No excuses on that day, for God will definitely be Just and Righteous when He metes out judgment, and all mouths will be quiet!
The millennium is the end of the cycle of the end of sin.
Man had a thousand years curse the day Adam and Eve disobeyed God.
A day is like a thousand years. 2 Peter 3:8; Ezekiel 4:6; Psalm 90:4.
The oldest man was Methuselah, he lived 969 years, and the last Adam lived 30 years as the Son of man, a human- Jesus Christ, then He was filled with the Holy Spirit, to become the Son of God 100%God and 100% man, just like the first Adam, who was created flesh and God breathed into his nostrils, to have 100% God in 100% man.
Thus, when the mystery of iniquity is dealt with, after the 70th week year of Israel, then the whole world will be destroyed at the second coming of Jesus Christ. This will usher in the kingdom of God, for which Jesus Christ came to preach to Israel, before the gospel of grace- for both Israel and the gentiles, because they rejected their King. The scriptures are going back in cycles, we're now in Genesis 6, 11 and 47.It is like going back to the garden of Eden Isaiah 65; Genesis 5, when man will have to live out the whole 1000 years curse, which ends the wages of sin- death, which ends the cycle of creation, until the new heavens and the new earth is established, where there's no more sin and death. Then the judgment and rewards, abd the institution of mandatory pilgrimage to the New Jerusalem, and then, the Sabbath will be observed, signifying the end of work of both Creation and Redemption of the lost soul of man. Isaiah 66.
Every nation will worship God, because there will no longer be evil or Satan present. All have been judged and cast into the lake of fire and brimstone- including death, hell, satan, the antichrist and his false prophets and those that bare his mark.
The world will be as God in tended it right from the beginning, after the old earth and the heavens are completely destroyed by fire.
2 Peter 2:10-13;
Isaiah 65:17; 66:,15-16, 22; 30:30;9:5
1 Thessalonians 5:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Joel 2:10;; Nahum 1:5; Zephaniah 1:15-28; 3:8: Ezekiel 32:7-9; Revelation 20:1; Revelation 20:9-11, etc.
The serpent breathed fire, God also breathed fire from His nostrils when He was coming down to break the power of hell and death, and raised up Jesus from the dead. Psalm 18:1-19.
Satan always wanted to be like God! Jesus Christ, Lion of Judah, Satan a roaring lion, looking for whom to devour.
Jesus Christ, the Bright and Morning Light.
Satan presents himself as an angel of light etc.
Jesus Christ, the Son of God the Father; Barabbas, son of the father etc.
@ronkebarber6238 Yes sir!
God gave Daniel the end time vision and revelation, and he couldn't understand what he heard and saw. Thus, the bible was shut in Daniel 12:4 because he couldn't comprehend what the angel that talked with him was saying, especially about a Savior who would be cut off- it didn't make any sense, and about the end of the world. He was only praying for God to remember His people in captivity, who are nearing the completion of their 70 years in captivity. It was then the 69th week year, so God sent the angel to let him know that His people were not ready, and they wouldn't be able to return to the promised land- which will reject them, as they were cast out already because of unbelief and disobedience to the law of the land. In His mercy, God was going to play His ultimate card - send His Son to finish the work and restore His people. But, they have to go through the period of the wrath of God, so to spare at least some, God ushered in the dispensation of Grace- whosoever would believe in Him, through the sacrificial death burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, His Only Begotten Son, and accept Him as Lord and Savior, will be spared.
Thus, he was told to go rest till the time of the end when everything would've come to pass already and would then be easier to understand.
The book of Revelation is the revealing or clarification of those things that Daniel couldn't understand at that time, especially that of a suffering Messiah, who will later be glorified (Benoni to Benjamin), now made manifest to him and not to the Apostle John as many thought, to whom was revealed the conclusion of the grace dispensation of the church.
Daniel was referred to as "greatly beloved" Daniel 9:23, and the Apostle John often referred to himself as "the desciple whom Jesus loved ", other than that, there's no where in the scriptures where there's any reference whatsoever, to connect him to end time revelations. Thus, Daniel must have been referred to as the man greatly beloved, (like Solomon and Benjamin), rather than by his name in the manuscripts, thus, it was attributed to the Apostle John as the person to whom the vision was revealed. Could it also be possible for Daniel to be the one on the Isle of Patmos since there was a reference of him appearing again at the time of the end in Daniel 12?
Jesus, as the Lamb of God, took the book that was sealed Revelation 5, and opened it physically in Luke 4:17-21, after His baptism and anointing, now filled with Holy Ghost and power, as the Messiah, to begin His ministry, as it was written of Him Psalm 40:6-8. He quoted the first part of Isaiah 61:2 because that was what He had come to fulfill. Isaiah 63:4, let us know that the second part would begin after the completion of the first part.
The day of the Lord's vengeance is now upon the world. The acceptable year of the Lord is fast closing. Let's endure till the end by His grace. In Jesus' name. Luke 4:17-18, Isaiah 61:2, 63:4, 34:8; 35:4, 33:22. Psalm 91.
We have no excuses. The bible will be shut again very soon, as the Holy Spirit that was sent to teach, help us understand, interpret to and lead us until the time of the end would have taken all Believers up and out of this world, thus, the bible returning to how it was in Isaiah 28:11-12; Amos 8:11-12. Everything written and revealed is unfolding.
They have started to make sense as the day draws near.
The whole counsel of God will be fulfilled, and then the end will come.
Daniel actually needed the revelation of Jesus Christ to the Apostles John, in Revelation chapters 1-4, and Paul, Daniel 8:13; 2 Corinthians 12:2-10, in order to understand the end-time prophecy God sent the angels to reveal to Him, before continuing from Revelation chapter 5 onwards, till judgment and rewards.
Daniel was told not to seal the prophecy at this time, once everything already became clear, and he got the full understanding of past, present, and future events that should begin to unfold from then onwards, which he couldn't understand before, and got the book of prophecy shut until its revelation, hence the name: Revelation. Revelation 22:10.
God was ready for the prophecies to begin to unfold. The next is the ushering in of "The Day of Vengeance of our God " after " the acceptable year of the Lord." Luke 4:17-20; Isaiah 61:2; 63:4.
We need to be prepared!
That was why Jesus Christ sent His Holy Spirit, to enable Believers in Him live in this "sinful life ". Jesus Christ already dealt with sin by His sacrificial death, burial and resurrection from the dead.
Only those who reject this worry about "sin", and end up living under the scrutiny of the law. That's not why He shed His blood.
Receive His work of salvation of your soul, and ask for daily infilling and leading of His Holy Spirit, so you can live life and that more abundantly until He returns as promised, to redeem His purchased possession.
John 14:26; Romans 8:9,14; Acts 1:5,8; Luke 11:13.
No Holy Spirit, no Christ, no God!
It’s not NAH-hash. It’s NaCHASH. It’s a ch sound like you’re clearing your throat almost, and the emphasis is on the 2nd part, not the 1st.
I enjoy your channel, but maybe you should get somebody to help you with your Hebrew. (I swear I’m not saying that to be snotty, it sounds worse in writing than I mean it to be.)
I agree with you. I understand the throaty sound of Hebrew. But I assure you would it sound absolutely ridiculous for two southern boys to try to put that spin on it.
Again you're right, but it wouldn't translate well to video if we tried to be 100% authentic in our pronunciations. We'll work on it though. I think we make some jokes about it here and there in some of our episodes.
Blessings to you sister!
@@VeiledKingdomsI bet it would sound just fine. ♥️♥️♥️
Shalom Aleichem 😇