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- "For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered." Jeremiah 10:21
Brutish is defined as "resembling or characteristic of a brute."
Brute is defined as a noun as "a savagely violent person or animal." and as an adjective it is defined as "unreasoning and animallike."
It is from the Latin word brutus meaning dull or stupid rather than savage.
In the Bible the word brutish can be translated from the Hebrew word ba‘ar[1] which is a noun. The Hebrew word baar consists of the letters BeitAyinReish (בָּעַר)and is defined "to burn, consume". But seven times it is translated "brutish".
In Jeremiah 10:21 we see niḇărū (נִבְעֲרוּ֙) with the spelling NunBeitAyinReishVav.
In verse 8 we see yiḇărū (יִבְעֲר֣וּ) and spelled YodBeitAyinReishVav.
- "But they are altogether brutish <01197> and foolish: the stock [is] a doctrine of vanities." Jeremiah 10:8
In verse 14 we see niḇar (נִבְעַ֤ר) and we can see it spelled YodBeitAyinReish.
- "Every man is brutish <01197> in [his] knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven images: for his molten image [is] falsehood, and [there is] no breath in them." Jeremiah 10:14
There are at least 95 occurrences of the word Baar translated commonly as a form of burn or waste. The first place this term is Exodus 3:2 "the bush burned <01197> with fire, and the bush [was] not consumed."[2]
A brutish pastor burns but does consume and does not satisfy or quench.
In Jeremiah 7:20 we see "Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn <01197>, and shall not be quenched."
This could be interpreted as the modern Church pastor who tickles the ears[3] and takes the money of the people but does not actually preach the whole gospel of the kingdom and the way that draws us near to the Holy Spirit who is the true comforter.
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NotebookLM begins to explains
Today we are going to break down a single powerful phrase that might just change the way you think about spiritual leadership forever. We're talking about the idea of the brutish pastor. Let's dive right in.
So, let me just start by asking you a question. When you hear the word pastor, what image pops into your mind?
A preacher, right?
A spiritual adviser, maybe the head of a church.
Well, what if I told you the original meaning was something way more practical and that getting this one word wrong has had, well, massive consequences. So, to get to the bottom of this, we've got to peel back the layers on this modern title and see what's underneath. You know, get to its ancient meaning.
This isn't just about semantics. It's about a major fork in the road where the idea of a pastor split from the original concept of a shepherd. And this right here, this lays out the whole issue perfectly. On one side, you've got the modern pastor.
We see them as a position of authority, focusing on spiritual stuff, usually within a formal institution. But the original shepherd, totally different.
They were seen as a servant of the people, and their job to feed the flock both spiritually and physically by organizing a real living, breathing network of people helping people. And listen, this isn't just some new interpretation. It's baked right into the original language. The Hebrew root word for pastor is rah. Now, yeah, it's sometimes translated as shepherd, but way more often it's translated as to feed or to be fed. So, the core idea isn't about leading from a pulpit. It's about providing for the community.
But providing what exactly?
Well, that brings us to our next big point. What did feeding the flock actually mean for the first century church?
I'll give you a hint.
It was a lot more than just a good sermon. It was about building a system of real tangible support. You know, the early church had a whole system for this. It was this amazing voluntary grassroots network. People were organized into these small groups, maybe 10 families each. Then those groups were linked up into bigger networks of hundreds and thousands. And the ministers, the pastors, their job was to serve this network. They organized what was called a daily ministration of charity. They were literally coordinating the distribution of food, of bread from house to house.
This was their social safety net. And don't just take my word for it. We have historical records. Back in the second century, a writer named Justin Martyr explained this whole system to the Roman Emperor. He described a complete welfare system based entirely on free will offerings. Everything collected went to the person in charge whose job it was to take care of everyone in need. We're talking orphans, widows, the sick, prisoners, strangers, everyone. This was pure religion in action. But this beautiful system of pure religion built on love and charity, it eventually ran head-on into a totally different model.
What the Bible calls the tables of rulers. And this is where things start to go wrong. It's the shift away from voluntary care and toward a system of control.
The scriptures actually warn about this over and over. They talk about the dainties offered by rulers, calling them deceitful meat. It's such a powerful metaphor, right? Think about it. Government benefits can look so tempting like a free lunch, but they come with strings attached. They create dependency. Let's just put these two systems side by side because the difference is night and day. On one side, you have pure religion, the table of the Lord. It's all based on charity, on love. People give freely. This binds everyone together in fellowship and promotes real liberty. But then you have public religion, the tables of rulers.
This is based on force, on taxation. It demands contributions. And instead of fellowship, it creates bondage, debt, a system the Bible calls a snare that can even curse future generations. And this wasn't just some philosophical debate.
This was real life
The early Christians were actually persecuted by the Roman Empire, not just for what they believed, but because they refused to enroll in Rome's welfare system. They wouldn't take the government's free bread because they saw it for what it was, a trap that would take away their freedom and make them dependent on the state instead of each other. So when that original mission, that mission to feed the flock through a network of charity is abandoned, well, that's what leads us directly to the core concept of today's explainer, the brutish pastor. The prophet Jeremiah just lays it out so clearly. When pastors become brutish, what happens? They don't prosper and their flocks are scattered. But what does that word brutish actually mean? I promise you the answer is probably not what you're thinking and it is absolutely fascinating. Okay, so first let's just look at the English word brutish comes from the Latin word brutus.
Now we hear that and we think savage, violent, right? But that's not its original meaning. It actually meant dull or stupid or unthinking. So that's our first clue. But here, here is the real mind-blowing part. The original Hebrew word that gets translated into English as brutish is ba and its primary meaning has nothing to do with being dull or stupid. It means to burn, to consume. So, how in the world do we get from to burn all the way to brutish?
Well, look at this. The numbers tell the story. The words bar shows up in the Old Testament around 100 times. And a whopping 94 of those times it's translated as to burn, to consume, or to kindle. Only seven times does it get translated as brutish. The main idea here is clearly about fire and consumption. So when we put all the pieces together, the picture becomes crystal clear. A brutish pastor isn't a violent or cruel leader. He's a pastor who burns. He's busy. He's active. Maybe he gives amazing fiery sermons. He consumes resources, time, energy, money, but he doesn't actually feed the flock.
The fire is burning, but no one's getting warm. The real needs aren't being met. He is failing at the number one job of a true shepherd. And the result of that failure, it's exactly what Jeremiah predicted. The flock gets scattered. When the church stops being that practical support network, people are going to look somewhere else for help. You could argue that this very disconnect is a major reason we see the fragmentation of today with literally tens of thousands of different denominations.
The Solution
So, if that's the problem, what on earth is the solution?
Well, the answer is to return to the way of Christ, to get back to rebuilding that original network of pure religion. So, the work of a true shepherd becomes pretty clear, doesn't it?
It's about caring for the whole person, spiritual and physical needs.
It's about actively organizing people into a voluntary welfare network based on real charity. The goal is to free people from being dependent on government systems, and ultimately to make those forced systems obsolete through the simple power of love and community. So look, this isn't just a history lesson.
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Brutes and fools
The brutish pastor comes about because of the vanity of vanities[4]but they are also altogether foolish and tempt the people to make the "sacrifice of fools" written of in Ecclesiastes which is the Corban of the Pharisees which makes the word of God to none effect.
Christ told us not to go to the benefactors of governments who exercise authority one over the other to obtain our daily bread provided by the Fathers of the earth who encourage the covetous practices that make men merchandise and degenerate the masses. But the modern Church pastor fails to rightly divide the bread from house to house[5] like the early Church through Pure Religion by the practice of fervent charity.
The ministers of Christ were commanded by Christ in order to distribute bread needed by the people to have them organize in a network of Tens much like what Moses had done in Exodus. At that time a synagogue was ten families and it was through the synagogues which was the congregation of the day through which the people received their daily bread in time of need since Religion was the way you cared for the needy of society.
Rome and all the city-states offered some form of social welfare for it citizens. Some of those systems were based on freewill offerings but at the time of Christ most had transitioned to systems of Legal charity where there was an accounting and the use of an exercising authority[6] to obtain the reserve funds in a treasury to provide those benefits.
The religion of the heathen was considered idolatry because they were covetous practices.[7] The free bread of Rome decreased liberty[8] and degenerated the moral perception of the people turning them into human resources with less right to choose[9]
The whole gospel of John the Baptist was that you should take care of one another through charity and not force. Today, most of the social safety net of society is provided by the bureaucrats of those governments that call themselves benefactors but exercise authority one over the other and the "pastors" are blind guides of the modern Church, whether it is a mega institution or a home church, do not see that the legal charity of the world is the covetous practices that entangle the people back into the yoke of bondage, and like the Corban of the Pharisees is making the word of God to none effect because pure Religion has been replaced with public religion.
- "But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities." Jeremiah 10:8
What do they mean "brutish and foolish"?
Saul forced an offering of the people and was called foolish by Samuel. The Corban of the pharisees was the "sacrifice of fools" spoken of in Ecclesiastes 5.
Appearances
It appears five times in the Bible[10]
The adjective ba‘ar[11] appears in the Bible 94 times[12] but is only translated brutish about 7 times. It is 10 times more likely to be translated burn, kindle or burn up but also eaten, set, eat up twice each and even feed, heated, took, and wasted once each.
It would appear that what is dull or foolish or brutish can burn and waste the sacrifices of the people and even the people themselves when the nation commits adultery with the well favored harlot of their nation.
The brutish pastors of Jeremiah 10:21 scattered the flock which is why there are 40,000 denominations. But we also see God tells the son of man to prophesy against these shepherds who scatters the people but also do not feed the people but get fat themselves instead.[13]
But they also do not take care of the sick nor help those who are in bonds but in truth you bring the people into bonds and rule over them.[14]
This is what Herod and the Pharisees with their system of welfare that forced the Corban of the people who registered for their welfare system of their temples. John the Baptist opposed that system as did Christ because it makes the word of God to none effect.
Testament search for brutish
In the Old Testament we see the word brutish appearing 19 times.[15]
In the New Testament we find the word brute from the Greek word alogos[16] which means unreasonable or contrary to reason.[17]
Preparing you search for brutish
- The corporation of God and the titular republic of God and how a free government works. The body bound to free the people... Separation of Church and state of freedom. And the corporate church under Caesar.
Corporate banks of your government and daylight robbery it has led to. Woe to the Brutish pastors who fail to attend to the weightier matters . The shoulders of the free Elders of the faithful.
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Necek
... and there is no breath in them. {brutish in his knowledge: or, more brutish than to know } ...falsehood, and there is no breath in them. {is brutish … : or, is more brutish than to know }
Proverbs 12
... Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
William Penn
... sin against God?’ Do not rush into sin, as a horse into battle, with a brutish violence; not considering that death is before him. Do not indulge yourselv
Psalms 49
[10] For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Psalms 92
[6] A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
Psalms 94
[8] Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Proverbs 30
[2] Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
Works of the law
- “For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all th
Jeremiah 10
8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities. 14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his
Jeremiah 51
17 Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his
Pastors should be like shepherds who tend to all the welfare needs of the people in a daily ministration of faith, hope, and charity, so that none of the sheep of Christ have to eat at the tables of legal charity provided by the exercising authority of the Fathers of the earth.[18]
Before Jesus was able to provide the people with loaves and fishes in Mark 6:39 He "commanded" His disciples to "make" the people sit down in Tens. And then those groups were to organize in companies upon companies in divisions and "ranks" of "fifties and hundreds".
Christ also told His disciples not to be like the rulers and princes of the Gentiles who provided benefits by exercising authority one over the other.
Everyone who got the Baptism of Christ was "put out" by the ordinance of the Pharisees of the Jewish synagogue system which was also composed of ten families through which they provided welfare with the "Corban" of the people.
Christ appointed a kingdom to His "called out" group He called His "little flock" to be ministers or servants to the people in "free assemblies" not rulers like the "benefactors" of the "world" who "exercise authority". Every man should be led by the Holy Spirit to gather in order to love one another. The minister is supposed to be serving by making or requiring the people voluntarily organize themselves in Companies of tens, fifties and hundreds, and thousands so that people may love one another through daily ministration in the practice of Pure Religion as we see the early Church doing in history for centuries.
If all the people who say they are Christians were actually doing what Christ commanded, socialism would be obsolete and no one could be or would be exploited. Socialism is the religion you get when you refuse to do what Christ commanded and have no Pure Religion.
MINISTER
The noun minister in the testaments means servant because the verb minister meant to serve.
The Old Testament uses the Hebrew word Sharath[19] which we translate minister. Those minsters served the tabernacle of the congregation through a system of altars.
Many modern Religions including many in modern Israel do not understand that the ministers and priests of Israel performed all the functions of modern government but funded those services by freewill offerings.[20] through a network of synagogues of the people where those ministers did not go up by steps nor exercise authority[6] one over the other.
When the masses[21] strayed from that voluntary system of self government advocated by Moses they would again go under tribute through "one purse" systems of social welfare offered the "dainties of rulers" through civil tables became a snare and a trap.
In the New Testament the use the Greek word for minister is diakonos[22] which also mean servant. There are other Greek words like huperetes[23] and leitourgos[24], both of which can mean a public servant of the governments of the world, are also referred to as the ministers of Christ.[25]
The purpose of joining the networks of tens set up by Moses and by Christ is to create an environment to help teach the people the way of sacrifice. John the Baptist and Jesus called the people to repent. That prosses incudes Fasting from their appetite and desire for those benefits and dainties coming from the tables of the unrighteous mammon which may allow them to seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness through that sacrifice and love.
The people and ministers of the modern Churches must confess to God and men that they have often chose to tickle the ears in their gatherings and justify eating at those tables of the princes of the world, men who call themselves benefactors but who exercise authority[6] one over the other until the whole world has returned to the bondage of Egypt, which is Mystery Babylon.
We must seek righteousness of God because the people have not been doing what Christ said for at least a hundred years and more. Preachers have not been teaching the way of the Corban of Christ but have remained blind guides[26] far to long.
Christ commanded that His disciples make the people gather in tens, hundreds, and thousands like the Early Church, like early Israel and love one another in the practice Pure Religion. They provided a daily ministration and rightly divide bread from house to house. When there were disasters and famines they sent aid all over the world to those within that network of followers of the way. The Church was to provide tables of welfare that were not a snare, did not make people human resources and curse children through covetousness which is idolatry.
But the failure of the masses and the apostate churches to follow the way has made them both subject. They are again entangled in the yoke of bondage and curse children as surety for debt to the unrighteous mammon. Those who feel the sting of the whips and scorpions of that bondage may want to get out of Egypt but should more earnestly seek the kingdom.
Both Moses and Jesus taught the people to care for one another before they were free. They taught them to walk in faith first as the first steps toward the kingdom as they learned what it meant to repent. The purpose of the network was and is not to give you sense of belonging or feelings of security, nor comfort on the road to destruction nor escape your existing civil obligations of Egypt but to return to your duties and responsibilities willingly and seek righteousness.
You were not to covet the social welfare of governments that exercise authority[6] but instead gather to provide a daily ministration for society through charity by personal sacrifice.
That requires what was called repentance so that the individual learns The Way of Christ which is the way of sacrifice and doing your duty to God and your fellow man. Even when doing what is righteous does not produces desired benefit for you you accept the consequences and do the will of the Father.
If you truly did that you would create the social bonds of a free society and by the grace of God you might have the power to be competitive with and even overcome the corporation states of the world, those cities of blood.
Types of living Altars
In the Church there are two types of altars, Clay and Stone.[27]
These terms like altars of stones or earth are metaphors for elements of a system by which men may remain free souls under God the Father in Heaven with no other gods before them.
While reading the Old Testament we may believe that we are being told to pile up stones and kill sheep and oxen as if by doing so we will create the loyalty and honor required to maintain and protect a free society. The truth is much simpler and far more practical once we understand the Sophistry of false teachers.
We know the Pharisees had strayed from the teachings of Moses. We know that Jesus, as the Christ came preaching the Kingdom of God at hand and appointed that Kingdom to His titular servants.
Have Modern Christians and their ministers also been led astray into a state of apostasy and under a strong delusion?
Moses and Christ were in agreement.[28]
Every man is an altar of earth. The Hebrew word for earth when talking about altars of earth is "adamah". We are the Adamah. We are all sons of Adam. Each man plays his part in the kingdom of God by being a conduit for the sacrifices of his family in the practice of "pure religion".
If the ministers called out by God the Father will gather the people in companies as Jesus "commanded" in Mark 6:39 and "make" them sit down in companies upon companies in divisions and "ranks" of "in fifties and hundreds so that they may love one another in the practice of Pure Religion the Holy Spirit will come and bless His peculiar people.
- "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world." James 1:27
The Elder of each family chooses how his family is to serve his congregation and the whole community.
Religion is the performance of our duty to God and our fellow man. Everyone in the kingdom or seeking the kingdom must realize that they are ministers to each other. Ministers of the Kingdom are those who gather together to facilitate that ministry on a national and world-wide basis.[29]
The stone altars are also men, lively stones. The living ministers of the Church chosen by men, and ordained of God are the living altars of stone of the kingdom[30]. They are titular leaders and benefactors who do not exercise authority[6] over the contributing of the people but minister their offerings for the good of those they serve with Freewill offerings in a system of Daily ministration according to the Perfect law of liberty.
The church is an alternative government form[31] based on "the perfect law of liberty" composed of families in congregations, and ordained ministers who are servants of servants facilitating a system of welfare through faith, hope, and charity that sets men free.
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Why Minister
Most modern Christians have a distorted view of religion. They also have a false view of what the role of a minister is meant to be.
Ministers are first servants of God but also servants of the people.
The Ministers of Christ are forbidden to exercise authority one over the other and therefore they are titular leaders like those of the early Church.
They were to aid the people in the practice of Pure Religion according to The Way of Christ.
While the minister who formed the ekklesia sought to conform to the commands of Christ and meet the other requirements for his disciples.
The free assemblies or congregation also assembled as Christ commanded in patterns of tens.
Together they functioned as the pure Republics of more ancient history and were "one form of government" where the leaders of the people were titular, they did not rule over the bodies and minds of the people.
It was up to each individual minister to look out amongst the people and choose a minister to their family but also minister to or serve others.
Steps
- Ministers of the people are recognized and accepted by the witness of the people.
- Ministers of the Church should then:
- Come together to obey what Christ commanded according to the will of the Father,
- Come together to serve others through love and just not yourself,
- Come together to propagate Christ's doctrines and ordinances,
- Come together in hope that the people "might be saved".
Duties =
They should be assisting in the Corban of Christ and aiding the people in their duty of Pure Religion like the early Church who were attending to the Weightier matters as Christ warned.
They should be making it possible for the people of faith who love one another not to have to depend upon any minister of the world who exercises authority one over the other.
Even Polybius warned the people of their "appetite for benefits and the habit of receiving them by way of a rule of force". John the Baptist said the same things encouraging charity among those who received his Baptism.
You cannot covet the property of others to provide your livelihood or you and your society will "degenerate again into perfect savages and find once more a master and monarch."
Authoritarian States use force and violence to become the Benefactors of the people. They force one class of citizen to provide for another. Proverbs 23 warned and Christ forbid that type of government.
Their solution was to not pray to the Fathers of the earth for their free bread and benefits which was a snare, but to set the table of the Lord through the Eucharist of Christ which was a daily ministration established by His Church through faith, hope, charity and the perfect law of liberty.
The same is true of ministers who are not rulers over the faith of true believers.
- "Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand." 2 Corinthians 1:24
Modern doctrines of men
Many modern doctrines of Churches try to dictate tenets of faith based on private interpretation rather than the actual direct doctrines of Jesus. The true minister of Christ only facilitates the people's practice of Pure Religion by connecting them in a kingdom of God and His righteousness.
The ministers of God are not rulers nor spiritual gurus nor their comforters. Every man should be led by the Holy Spirit.
In Mark 6:39 Christ commanded His called out disciples to make the people organize themselves in small "companies"[32] which are the elders of ten families. Those elders choose a minister, usually another elder. Those elder ministers gather in a congregation of elders or Deacons in "ranks".[33]
A rank of fifty would be 5 "companies" of 10 families which would add up to fifty families.
Two "ranks" of fifties would be a hundred families or 10 "companies" of elders of families which would be 10 groups of 10 families.
This practical network of free assemblies is The Way to practice pure religion in faith, hope and charity according to the perfect law of liberty as free souls under God.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 01198 ^רעב^ ba‘ar \@bah’- ar\@ from 01197 burn, consume, brutish; n m; AV-brutish 4, foolish 1; 5
- 1) brutishness, stupidity, brutish (person)
- ↑ Exodus 3:2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned <01197> with fire, and the bush [was] not consumed.
- ↑ 2 Timothy 4:3:1 "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 Timothy 3:2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away [their] ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,"
- 1 Timothy 4:1 ¶ Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
- ↑ 01892 הֶבֶל hebel [heh’bel] or (rarely in the abs.) הבל habel [hab-ale’] from 01891 to act emptily; n m/adv; [BDB-210b] [{See TWOT on 463 @@ "463a" }] AV-vanity 61, vain 11, altogether 1; 73
- n m
- 1) vapour, breath
- 1a) breath, vapour
- 1b) vanity (fig.)
- adv
- 2) vainly
- Same as the name Abel 01893 meaning breath
- ↑ Acts 2:46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Not exercise authority
- Matthew 20:25 "But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you:..."
- Mark 10:42 "But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you:..."
- Luke 22:25 "And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye [shall] not [be] so:..."
- ↑ Covetousness is idolatry
- Colossians 3:5 "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:"
- Ephesians 5:5 "For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God."
- 1 Corinthians 5:10 "Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat."
- For it is written that the tables of dainties provided by rulers of the world are a snare because they cause the masses to bite one another through government systems of legal charity which are covetous practices which are a form of fornication or adultery where the people are devoured as merchandise, curse children and are "entangled again in the yoke of bondage" with the aid of the false religion of the whore who rides the beast.
- ↑ Destroyers of liberty
- "That the man who first ruined the Roman people twas he who first gave them treats and gratuities. But this mischief crept secretly and gradually in, and did not openly make it's appearance in Rome for a considerable time." Plutarch's Life of Coriolanus (c. 100 AD.) This would include Julius Caesar and eventually Augustus Caesar which is why Plutarch also reported, “The real destroyers of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations, and benefits.” This was a major theme of the Bible:
- There were tables of welfare which were both snares and a traps as David and Paul stated and Peter warned would make us merchandise and curse children. Proverbs 23 told us not to not eat the "dainties" offered at those tables of Rulers and Paul says in 1 Corinthians 10 we cannot eat of those tables and the table of the Lord. We are not to consent to their covetous systems of One purse or Corban which makes the word of God to none effect.
- We know when the masses become accustomed to those benefits of legal charity which are the rewards of unrighteousness provided by benefactors who exercise authority and the Fathers of the earth through the covetous practices that makes men merchandise and curse children as a surety for debt.
- We should know, "Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness], it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it...". Abraham Lincoln But that alteration must begin with ourselves.
- ↑ "Freedom is the Right to Choose, the Right to create for oneself the alternatives of Choice. Without the possibility of Choice, and the exercise of Choice, a man is not a man but a member, an instrument, a thing.” Archibald MacLeish
- ↑ Psalms 49:10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person <01198> perish, and leave their wealth to others.
- Psalms 73:22 So foolish <01198> was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
- Psalms 92:6 A brutish <01198> man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
- Proverbs 12:1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish <01198>.
- Proverbs 30:2 Surely I am more brutish <01198> than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
- ↑ 01197 ^רעב^ ba‘ar \@baw-ar’\@ a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 263} AV-burn 41, … away 21, kindle 13, brutish 7, eaten 2, set 2, burn up 2, eat up 2, feed 1, heated 1, took 1, wasted 1; 94
- 1) to burn, consume, kindle, be kindled
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to begin to burn, be kindled, start burning
- 1a2) to burn, be burning
- 1a3) to burn, consume
- 1a4) Jehovah’s wrath, human wrath (fig.)
- 1b) (Piel)
- 1b1) to kindle, burn
- 1b2) to consume, remove (of guilt) (fig.)
- 1c) (Hiphil)
- 1c1) to kindle
- 1c2) to burn up
- 1c3) to consume (destroy)
- 1d) (Pual) to burn
- 1a) (Qal)
- v denom
- 2) to be stupid, brutish, barbarous
- 2a) (Qal) to be stupid, dull-hearted, unreceptive
- 2b) (Niphal) to be stupid, dull-hearted
- 2c) (Piel) to feed, graze
- 2d) (Hiphil) to cause to be grazed over
- 1) to burn, consume, kindle, be kindled
- ↑ Exodus 3:2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned <01197> with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
- Exodus 3:3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt <01197>.
- Exodus 22:5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten <01197>, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed <01197> in another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
- Exodus 22:6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled <01197> the fire shall surely make restitution.
- Exodus 35:3 Ye shall kindle <01197> no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
- Leviticus 6:12 And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn <01197> wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings.
- Numbers 11:1 And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt <01197> among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.
- Numbers 11:3 And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt <01197> among them.
- Numbers 24:22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted <01197>, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
- Deuteronomy 4:11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned <01197> with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
- Deuteronomy 5:23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn <01197> with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
- Deuteronomy 9:15 So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned <01197> with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
- Deuteronomy 13:5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put <01197> the evil away <01197> from the midst of thee.
- Deuteronomy 17:7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put <01197> the evil away <01197> from among you.
- Deuteronomy 17:12 And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away <01197> the evil from Israel.
- Deuteronomy 19:13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away <01197> the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
- Deuteronomy 19:19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put <01197> the evil away <01197> from among you.
- Deuteronomy 21:9 So shalt thou put away <01197> the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 21:21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put <01197> evil away <01197> from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
- Deuteronomy 22:21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father’s house: so shalt thou put <01197> evil away <01197> from among you.
- Deuteronomy 22:24 Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away <01197> evil from among you.
- Deuteronomy 24:7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put <01197> evil away <01197> from among you.
- Deuteronomy 26:13 Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away <01197> the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:
- Deuteronomy 26:14 I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away <01197> ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.
- Judges 15:5 And when he had set <01197> the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up <01197> both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.
- Judges 15:14 And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt <01197> with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
- Judges 20:13 Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away <01197> evil from : Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel:
- 2 Samuel 4:11 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away <01197> from the earth?
- 2 Samuel 22:9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled <01197> by it.
- 2 Samuel 22:13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled <01197>.
- 1 Kings 14:10 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away <01197> the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away <01197> dung, till it be all gone.
- 1 Kings 16:3 Behold, I will take away <01197> the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
- 1 Kings 21:21 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away <01197> thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,
- 1 Kings 22:46 And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took <01197> out of the land.
- 2 Kings 23:24 Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away <01197>, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 4:20 Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn <01197> after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
- 2 Chronicles 13:11 And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn <01197> every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.
- 2 Chronicles 19:3 Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away <01197> the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.
- 2 Chronicles 28:3 Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt <01197> his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
- Nehemiah 10:34 And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn <01197> upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:
- Esther 1:12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned <01197> in him.
- Job 1:16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up <01197> the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
- Psalms 2:12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled <01197> but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
- Psalms 18:8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled <01197> by it.
- Psalms 83:14 As the fire burneth <01197> a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
- Psalms 89:46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn <01197> like fire?
- Psalms 94:8 Understand, ye brutish <01197> among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
- Psalms 106:18 And a fire was kindled <01197> in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
- Isaiah 1:31 And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn <01197> together, and none shall quench them.
- Isaiah 3:14 The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up <01197> the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
- Isaiah 4:4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning <01197>.
- Isaiah 5:5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up <01197>; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
- Isaiah 6:13 But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten <01197>: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
- Isaiah 9:18 For wickedness burneth <01197> as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
- Isaiah 10:17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn <01197> and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
- Isaiah 19:11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish <01197>: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
- Isaiah 30:27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning <01197> with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
- Isaiah 30:33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle <01197> it.
- Isaiah 34:9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning <01197> pitch.
- Isaiah 40:16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn <01197>, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
- Isaiah 42:25 Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned <01197> him, yet he laid it not to heart.
- Isaiah 43:2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle <01197> upon thee.
- Isaiah 44:15 Then shall it be for a man to burn <01197>: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
- Isaiah 50:11 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled <01197>. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
- Isaiah 62:1 For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth <01197>.
- Jeremiah 4:4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn <01197> that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
- Jeremiah 7:18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle <01197> the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
- Jeremiah 7:20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn <01197>, and shall not be quenched.
- Jeremiah 10:8 But they are altogether brutish <01197> and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
- Jeremiah 10:14 Every man is brutish <01197> in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
- Jeremiah 10:21 For the pastors are become brutish <01197>, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
- Jeremiah 20:9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning <01197> fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
- Jeremiah 21:12 O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn <01197> that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
- Jeremiah 36:22 Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning <01197> before him.
- Jeremiah 44:6 Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled <01197> in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.
- Jeremiah 51:17 Every man is brutish <01197> by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
- Lamentations 2:3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned <01197> against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
- Ezekiel 1:13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning <01197> coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
- Ezekiel 5:2 Thou shalt burn <01197> with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
- Ezekiel 20:48 And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled <01197> it: it shall not be quenched.
- Ezekiel 21:31 And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish <01197> men, and skilful to destroy.
- Ezekiel 39:9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set <01197> on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn <01197> them with fire seven years::10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn <01197> the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.
- Hosea 7:4 They are all adulterers, as an oven heated <01197> by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
- Hosea 7:6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth <01197> as a flaming fire.
- Nahum 2:13 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn <01197> her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
- Malachi 4:1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn <01197> as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
- ↑ Ezekiel 34:1 ¶ And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe [be] to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks? 3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: [but] ye feed not the flock.
- ↑ Ezekiel 34:4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up [that which was] broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them. 5 And they were scattered, because [there is] no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
- ↑ : Psalms 49:10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
- Psalms 92:6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
- Psalms 94:8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
- Proverbs 12:1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
- Proverbs 30:2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
- Isaiah 19:11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
- Jeremiah 10:8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities... 14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them... 21 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
- Jeremiah 51:17 Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
- Ezekiel 21:31 And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy.
- ↑ 249 ~ἄλογος~ alogos \@al’-og-os\@ from 1 (as a negative particle) and 3056; TDNT-4:141,505; {See TDNT 431} adj AV-brute 2, unreasonable 1; 3
- 1) destitute of reason
- 2) contrary to reason, absurd
- ↑ Acts 25:27 For it seemeth to me unreasonable <249> to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.
- 2 Peter 2:12 But these, as natural brute <249> beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
- Jude 1:10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute <249> beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
- ↑ "If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you." John 15:10
- ↑ 08334 שָׁרַת sharath [shaw-rath’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-1058a] [{See TWOT on 2472 }] AV-minister (v) 62, minister (n) 17, serve 8, servant 5, service 3, servitor 1, waited 1; 97
- 1) (Piel) to minister, serve, minister to
- ↑ A Freewill offering is charity which is love.
- Exodus 25:2 "Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering<08641>: of every man that giveth it willingly<05068> with his heart ye shall take my offering<08641>."
- Exodus 35:5 "Take ye from among you an offering<08641> unto the LORD: whosoever [is] of a willing<05081> heart, let him bring it, an offering<08641> of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass,"
- Exodus 35:10 "And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded;"
- Exodus 35:21 "And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing<05068>, [and] they brought the LORD’S offering<08641> to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments."
- Exodus 35:29 "The children of Israel brought a willing offering<05071> unto the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing<05068> to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses."
- Exodus 36:3 "And they received of Moses all the offering<08641>, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it [withal]. And they brought yet unto him free offerings <05071> every morning."
- Leviticus 1:2 "Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering <07133-Corban> unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering <07133-Corban> of the cattle, [even] of the herd, and of the flock. 3 If his offering [be] a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will <07522> at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD."
- Leviticus 2:4 "And if thou bring an oblation <07133> of a meat offering baken in the oven, [it shall be] unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil. 5 And if thy oblation <07133-Corban> [be] a meat offering [baken] in a pan, it shall be [of] fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil."
- Leviticus 7:16 "But if the sacrifice of his offering [be] a vow, or a voluntary offering <05071>, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:"
- Leviticus 22:18 "Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever [he be] of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation<07133-Corban> for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings<05071>, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering; 19 Ye shall offer at your own will ..."
- Deuteronomy 16:10 "And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering<05071> of thine hand, which thou shalt give [unto the LORD thy God], according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:"
- Ezra 7:13 "I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and [of] his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill <05069> to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee....15 And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered <05069> unto the God of Israel, whose habitation [is] in Jerusalem, 16 And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering <05069> of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly <05069> for the house of their God which [is] in Jerusalem:"
- ↑ Joel 1:13 "Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers <08334> of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers <08334> of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
- ↑ 1249 ~διάκονος~ diakonos \@dee-ak’-on-os\@ probably from an obsolete diako (to run on errands, cf 1377); n m/f AV-minister 20, servant 8, deacon 3; 31
- 1) one who executes the commands of another, esp. of a master, a servant, attendant, minister
- 1a) the servant of a king
- 1b) a deacon, one who, by virtue of the office assigned to him by the church, cares for the poor and has charge of and distributes the money collected for their use
- 1c) a waiter, one who serves food and drink
- 1) one who executes the commands of another, esp. of a master, a servant, attendant, minister
- ↑ 5257 ~ὑπηρέτης~ huperetes \@hoop-ay-ret’-ace\@ from 5259 and a derivative of eresso (to row); n m AV-officer 11, minister 5, servant 4; 20
- 1) servant
- 1a) an underrower, subordinate rower
- 1b) any one who serves with hands: a servant
- 1b1) in the NT of the officers and attendants of magistrates as — of the officer who executes penalties
- 1b2) of the attendants of a king, servants, retinue, the soldiers of a king, of the attendant of a synagogue
- 1b3) of any one ministering or rendering service
- 1c) any one who aids another in any work
- 1c1) an assistant
- 1c2) of the preacher of the gospel
- For Synonyms see entry 5834 & 5928
- 1) servant
- ↑ 3011 ~λειτουργός~ leitourgos \@li-toorg-os’\@ from a derivative of 2992 Laos/people and 2041 ergon work, deed, laborer; TDNT-4:229,526; {See TDNT 434} n m AV-minister 4, he that ministers 1; 5 [see also liturgy, 3008, 3009, 3010, & 3011.]
- 1) a public minister, a servant of the state
- 2) a minister, servant
- 2a) so of military labourers
- 2b) of the temple
- 2b1) of one busied with holy things
- 2b2) of a priest
- 2c) of the servants of a king
- Romans 13:6, Romans 15:16, Philippians 2:25, Hebrews 1:7, Hebrews 8:2.
- ↑ Public Servants of Christ
- John 18:36 "Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants <huperetes> fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence."
- Luke 1:2 "Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers <huperetes> of the word;"
- Acts 13:5 "And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to [their] minister <huperetes>."
- Acts 26:16 "But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister <huperetes> and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;"
- 1 Corinthians 4:1 "Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers <huperetes> of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God."
- Romans 13:6 "For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers <leitourgos>, attending continually upon this very thing."
- Romans 15:16 "That I should be the minister <leitourgos> of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost."
- Philippians 2:25 "Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered <3011> to my wants."
- Hebrews 1:7 "And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers <leitourgos> a flame of fire."
- Hebrews 8:2 "A minister <leitourgos> of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man."
- ↑ False prophets and Guru theories
- Isaiah 42:16 "And I will bring the blind by a way [that] they knew not; I will lead them in paths [that] they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. 17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye [are] our gods. 18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see."
- Isaiah 30:20 "And [though] the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: 21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This [is] the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. 22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence. 23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed,..."
- Matthew 13:13 "Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand."
- Matthew 15:14 "Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."
- Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recoveing of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
- John 9:39 ¶ "And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind."
- Luke 6:39 "And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? 40 The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master."
- Acts 13:11 "And now, behold, the hand of the Lord [is] upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand."
- ↑ Exodus 20:24 "An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee."
- ↑ Matthew 17:3 "And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him."
- ↑ Romans 16:26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
- ↑ 1 Peter 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
- ↑ : “Church. In its most general sense, the religious society founded and established by Jesus Christ, to receive, preserve, and propagate his doctrines and ordinances.”
- “A body or community of Christians, united under one form of government by the profession of one faith, and the observance of the same rituals and ceremonies.” Black’s Law Dictionary 3rd ed. Page 325. also 4th, 5th 6th Ed.
- ↑ The word companies is repeated twice in original text.
- 4849 ~συμπόσιον~ sumposion \@soom-pos’-ee-on\@ from a derivative of the alternate of 4844; ; n n AV-company 1, not tr. 1; Repeated twice in Mark 6:39
- 1) a drinking party, entertainment
- 1a) of the party itself, the guests
- 1b) rows of guests
- "The symposium (or symposion) was an important part of ancient Greek culture from the 7th century BCE and was a party held in a private home where Greek males gathered to drink, eat and sing together. Various topics were also discussed such as philosophy, politics, poetry and the issues of the day."
- " The equivalent of a Greek symposium in Roman society is the Latin convivium."
- A Roman convivium according to Marcus Tullius Cicero for the republican period and Seneca suggest that ten to twelve was the maximum number.
- Plato in his "Laws" endorses the benefits of the symposium as a means to test and promote virtue in citizens.
- This word sumposion is derived in part from the word pino which means "figuratively, to receive into the soul what serves to refresh strengthen, nourish it unto life eternal"
- ↑ ranks is also repeated twice in original text and is from the Greek word prasia which as a Hebrew idiom i.e. they reclined in ranks or divisions, so that several ranks formed, as it were separate plots or divisions.