Fivefold

**Five Ministry Offices**
* **Apostles**; appointed by a sovereign.
* **Prophets**; Influenced by His spirit
* **Evangelists**; Preaches His good news
* **Pastors**; Feeds His flock
* **Teachers**; Teaches His Way.
The creation of doctrines around the **FiveFold Ministry** concept has often led to a neglect of the duties of the Church. Christ appointed *the ministers* of His Church to do a job and provide the services of Pure Religion through charitable practices, freely giving what was freely received like the Levites before them, who were the Church in the Wilderness. They were public servants of the appointed Kingdom of God *of, for, and by* the virtue of the people and the ministries of His Church. Providing welfare through the state where men may *call themselves benefactors* creates a social compact with a corporate body that exercises authority which makes the *word of God to none effect* and snares the people as surety for debt. They gave up personal wealth, being "called out" and relied upon charity. They were not mendicant which would be contrary to the early Church. They were to be in one accord, One Body, as the true Church. 1000 years later in the days of Lady Godiva the Church would look to the *Benefactors who exercise authority* and the *Fathers of the earth* becoming *entangled in the elements of the world*. It is time to repent!

Fivefold office or gift

The fivefold ministry (five-fold ministry) is a Neo-charismatic Christian belief that five offices mentioned in Ephesians,^[1] namely those of apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors (or "shepherds") and teachers, are assumed to be active or valid offices in the contemporary Christian Church.

Are the offices or merely "gifts unto men"?^[2]

If they are gifts and not offices then is the modern Church actually doing what the early Church did?

They are particularly associated with Pentecostal beliefs and by others who considered these characteristics as mere roles or spiritual gifts.

"Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and [that] no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. 4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit." 1 Corinthians 12:3-4

Paul refers to the "signs" of an apostle in 2 Corinthians 12:11-12^[3] and the qualifications of overseers or what is called Bishops are listed in 1 Timothy 3:2-7 and Titus 1:6-9.

Apostles: The Twelve (Luke 6:13-16), Matthias (Acts 1:24-26), Paul (Galatians 1:1), Barnabas (Acts 14:14), Andronicus and Junia (Romans 16:7).

To think like Christ, you may need to change the way you think. That **changing of the mind is called repentance.**
We are warned about a strong delusion that will deceive *many*.
Jesus, according to his own words, came **to take the kingdom**^[4] from those who were teaching something different from what Moses told the people to do.
Their **Corban** was an error that God hates^[5] and was making the word of God to none effect.
**Jesus appointed a kingdom**^[6] to His Apostles so that they would bear witness and through the Holy Spirit so the people could repent and bear fruit.
Through Christ, **the world might be saved**^[7] if the people would **repent and seek the kingdom of God and His Righteousness.**
Many modern Christians do not **practice "pure Religion"**.^[8]
In fact, they often engage in "covetous practices' going to the **Fathers of the earth**^[9] who call themselves ***benefactors* but *exercise authority*** *one over the other*^[10] to set the **table**^[11] of which early Christians would not eat because they were a **snare**^[12] and **idolatry**.^[13]

Apostolos

The word Apostolos is from the Greek word apostello meaning to send, to order (one) to go to a place appointed. An ambassador from Greece would be called an Apostolos and certainly the Apostles were ambassadors from the kingdom of God to the world. It appears 78 times as apostle but twice as messenger. It could include anyone who is a delegate, messenger, one sent forth with orders.

While it might be "specifically applied to the twelve apostles of Christ," in a broader sense it is also applied to others who are spiritually sent or delegated by God as prophets or teachers or any task based on the righteousness and Will of God.

The kingdom of God is one form of government where its ministers are servants with no offices where men exercise authority one over another because Jesus said it was not to be that way with us.

There is only one denomination of His Church because Christ and His doctrine is the only common denominator.

Only God delegates men to be His Apostles. If any man preach a doctrine other than that which Jesus taught, he is clearly not an apostle of Jesus.

An apostle may have authority over things that by their nature and circumstance belong to God. This would be things freely given to men who actually are separate from the world and actually belong to God.

The apostles seemed to actually have belonged to God as they considered themselves to be His bondservants saying there is another king, often doing contrary to the decrees of Caesar.^[14]

Ambassadors of Christ

An ambassador of Christ could certainly be called an apostle if he or she was truly sent from the kingdom of God to the world by way of the Holy Spirit.

The term Apostolos clearly appears 78 times as apostle in the Bible, but the real question is how would you know if someone was truly sent by God?

And what would that look like?

They would be doing what Christ commanded and conforming to the directives of Christ to His Disciples and the Doctrine of Jesus concerning his ministers.

Christ was the king of Judea and took the kingdom from the false ministers of Moses and appointed it to His trained disciples.

What the early Church did can give us insight into what an ambassador did.

Ambassadors of others

Many people claiming to be ambassador of Christ fail to meet the guidelines for Christ's ministers.

If men calling themselves apostles or bishops are not conforming to the instructions of Christ, they may be some other King's apostle.

There are lots of things that can give us insight into what a bishop was expected to do and be. And there are examples of what they should not be doing.

Ambrose was a bishop of a church overseen and funded by Constantine. But many of these new bishops who oversaw that daily ministration of free bread which included covetous practices with an appetite for the dainties of Constantine or other.

The people who chose to at the tables of rulers should have put a knife to their throat because what should have been for their welfare was a snare.

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Was Christ really King? Structure of government in Christ's time,

Why did the pharisees ask permission from Rome to kill Christ?

Making covenants

What is "faithfulness"?

Herod the Great's method,

Dead stones vs. living stones,

A word or two on oaths

Hosanna in the highest!

The "palm" tradition,

Christ in the treasury,

Apostles = ambassadors,

Church is a government,

"This Rock",

Who has the Keys of the Kingdom?

Prophets: The company from Jerusalem (Acts 11:27-28), Agabus (Acts 21:10-11), Judas and Silas (Acts 15:32) and the daughters of Philip (Acts 21:9)

What did those early pastors or shepherds of the people do that is no longer done by pastors today?
The duties of pastors both in the church in the wilderness and in the early Church included rightly dividing bread from house to house^[15] in a "daily ministration" of fervent charity.
Early Christians would not eat at the tables of rulers who exercise authority because the were a snare and a trap. The modern Church now sends the people to the governments of the world an men who call themselves benefactors but exercise authority one over the other providing the legal charity which is a snare.
I am a pastor or shepherd of sheep and in that life I may have been given a different understanding of the role of pastors in the Bible. Understanding the metaphor also allows us to understand the message of the parable of separating *goats and sheep*.
I am also a herdsman of cattle.
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Pastor vs Shepherd

The word pastor^[16] appears in both the Old and New Testaments' translations but does it mean today what it meant thousands of years ago?

The word pastor in the New Testament is more commonly translated shepherd.^[16]

If we want to use the term in the way that the scriptures intended we have to look back to the context in which it was originally used in both testaments.

Of course in the Old Testament the word we see as pastor which is Rah^[17] is translated shepherd more often than it is translated pastor. But the word is actually far more often translated feed or fed.

Feed who, how, and when?

Rule what

The word Rah in the Hebrew includes the letter Reish which is often related to the idea of a "ruler". The term is even translated "ruler" in some translations but within the context of the Bible, it is not describing men as rulers over men who can exercise authority one over the other.

Then what did they "rule" since Christ forbid that His minister rule or "exercise authority one over the other."

Words like pastor, shepherd, and sheep are metaphors. The modern Church pastor does almost none of the essential things we find the first century Church ministers did.

Today, pastors hold positions among the people that would be foreign to the early ministers of the Church and rejected by the elders in congregations in those days of the early Church.

What did those early pastors or shepherds of the people do that is no longer being done by pastors today?

Ministers and Pastors

The noun minister in the testaments means servant and understanding how they served may come as a shock to modern Christians.

They did not rule over nor exercise authority one over the other.

But they may have ruled over some thing or things freely given them. The Bible and the Gospel of the kingdom is about freeing people, setting the captive free.

Freeing people from what?

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Servant Pastors

A shepherd or pastor is a part of a loving loving relationship in fellowship as a mutual symbiosis.^[18] As a servant of Christ the minister is bound under the authority of Jesus who was clear on the subject of not being like the 'rulers of other governments' who exercise authority.^[19]

The followers of Jesus, metaphorically identified as His sheep, hear His voice in their hearts and minds, gather in His name. And together with a shepherd of their choice they were to love one another.

Ranks of servants

Still, there was rank mentioned by Christ.^[20] The rank was not as a ruler but as a servant.

Jesus also commanded that His disciples organize the people in small groups or companies of ten "elders" who were simply the heads families. These small intimate "companies" of ten families were further organized into "ranks" of a hundred. These groups of tens were linked by individuals who might be called pastors by the nature of their mission to rightly divide the bread from house to house.

The driving and ruling force in the early Church was not pastors or priests but the Holy Spirit dwelling in the hearts and minds of the elders as heads of families gathered in the network of free assemblies or congregations.

Also elders

The ministers or pastors were also "elders" of their own families. An elder was not an office of the Church but a description of a status within the foundation of society, the family. Shepherds, or pastors as a general descriptive term consisted of those who were chosen by the people in this network of tens, hundreds and thousands to help provide for the needs of society by charity alone, which is love. This would include everyone who was a part of the working network of charity from Apostles, Bishops, or Deacons.

Duties

Paul brought supplies and aid all over the Roman Empire to the early Christians during major dearths. He was able to do so because the early Church required those Christians organize themselves in a network by ranks of Tens as Christ commanded.

The duties of pastors in the early Church included rightly dividing bread from house to house[1] in a "daily ministration" of fervent charity.

The diligence^[21] and sacrifice required in the practice of pure Religion created the bonds of fellowship of Christ.

Tables

Religion was defined as duty "to God and you fellowman" before the people prayed to the governments of the world who exercise authority for their free bread they went to church which provided daily bread through charity and love and pure Religion unspotted by the public religion of the world of FDR his New Deal and the public religion of Socialism.

Ignorance of The Way of God in tending to the temporal needs of their flocks undermines the spiritual message of Christ. The early Church provided all the welfare of the people by charity. The benefactors of the world provided welfare and Free bread through their government temples funded by tribute and taxation. Early Christians were persecuted for not signing up for the benefits of public religion. Those systems were not only covetous practices but they knew to eat at those tables which should have been for their welfare was a **snare**. The good pastor or shepherd should be Feeding the Sheep at the table of charity not tickling their ears justifying their covetous practices and the dainties offered at the tables of rulers in their cities of blood.

Early Christians were in conflict with Rome because they would not sign up for their system of welfare.

When Christians were being persecuted by the government of Rome Justin the Martyr wrote Emperor Antonius Pious and explained why Christians did not sign up for the "free bread" offered by their government.

“And the wealthy among us help the needy ... and willing, give what each thinks fit; and what is collected is deposited with the president, who succours the orphans and widows and those who, through sickness or any other cause, are in want, and those who are in bonds and the strangers sojourning among us, and in a word takes care of all who are in need.” "Justin the Martyr's Apology"

In providing the welfare of the people through charity they naturally bound the people through love. If "pastors " used some other means to feed or tend to the people other than charity or neglected their care altogether they were often condemned in the text.

Two pastors

One of the first place we see the word Pastor is in Jeremiah 2:8

"The priests said not, Where [is] the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after [things that] do not profit."

While the root word Ra'ah is ReishAyinHey in the actual Hebrew text in this verse we see וְהָרֹעִ֖ים or wə·hā·rō·‘îm consisting of the letters VavHeyReishAyinYodMem.

This form only appears once in the Bible and is a reference to a Pastor who does not know God and His way and are seen as transgressing against Him.

"Feed my sheep!"
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*.^[22]
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.

If you remove the Vav from VavHeyReishAyinYodMem you get הָרֹעִ֖ים or hā·rō·‘îm consisting of the letters HeyReishAyinYodMem. This form of the root word Ra'ah appears some 23 times in the Bible. It might refer to shepherds doing their job or failing to do their job in service to the people.^[23] That job is often related to feeding or tending to the needs of the people.^[24]

Whether we translate these words shepherd, pastor, herdsmen, or keep, feed or tend the people the term is referencing the manner in which someone assists the people in the practice of Pure Religion through a system of charitable welfare that strengthens the people and keeps them as free souls under God.

Ignorance of The Way of God may be a serious problem again with pastors who provide little or nothing of the temporal needs of their flocks.

Just 200 years ago almost all social welfare was provided by charity through the local communities and the local Churches. The welfare of America was not provided by men who just call themselves benefactors but only offer Legal charity which is not charity nor love but covetous practices that makes you merchandise and curse children.

Rulers of the governments of the world actually only give what they obtain by exercising authority one over the other and forcing the contributions of the people through taxation. They offer you deceitful meats and if you have an appetite for their dainties you should put a knife to your throat.^[25]

Such free bread was condemned throughout the Bible. Jesus told us not to pray to the Fathers of the earth but to our Father who art in heaven for our daily bread.

If shepherd or pastor provide a daily ministration in a righteous way the people will be blessed by freedom under God. If they provide for the people in some unrighteous manner or unrighteous mammon (or even fail to provide for them altogether) then the pastors will be cursed as they have cursed the people and lead them back to be entangled in the yoke of bondage, make them merchandise and curse children as a surety to debt.

As we see the same word we see for pastor in Ephesians 4:11^[26] is translated shepherd in John 10:11.^[27]

The early Church provided daily bread for the poor through a daily ministration of Pure Religion thereby blessing the people with the wages of righteousness rather than the wages of unrighteousness offered by the world. The world had provided free bread through a system of Corban that sustained the welfare of the people through a system of force making the word of God to none effect.

Jeremiah warns^[28] that "the pastors are become brutish" and is talking about when the people lose their religion of charity and take up the ways of socialism. The administers of those systems of welfare through public religion use force do not feed the people as much as they feed upon the people.^[29]

Those welfare programs that use force depend on brutish pastors of the world who feed, tend and provide for the people through a system of force which David and Paul call a "snare".

Modern pastors

The Modern Church does not do what the early Church did because the Modern Christian is engaged in more covetous practices than they are engaged in the fervent charity that was commanded by Christ.

2 Peter 2:12 But these, as natural brute 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 beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.

True pastors

A true pastor today would be a true and good shepherd^[27] for both temporal and spiritual needs.

A True pastors will only be a pastor to true Christians. Modern Christians are under Strong delusion.

The pastor who is worried about loosing members of his flock because he speaks the truth of the Gospel of the Kingdom is a hireling.

Prophets

In the Old Testament a prophet^[30] was a spokesman, someone who was under influence of divine spirit.^[31]

The Hebrew word for prophet is nabiy or NunBeitYodAlef, which is derived from an action verb naba, NunBeitAlef.

To be inspired by the spirit of God, a.k.a. Holy Spirit, which was God's desire for all His people^[32]

Adam walked with God in the "Garden" and ate of the tree of life but when he ate of the tree of life he hid himself in the trees from God.^[33] It says that God walked in the garden in the cool of the day. The term translated cool is ruwach^[34] is normally translated "spirit".

This spirit of the creator gives us insight into how the universe works. It gives us understanding on the unknown, light where there is darkness.

While the true prophet may have understanding based on Spiritual insight or revelation when they try to put their understanding down in written form comprehending what they mean may be misinterpreted by the people who read them.

Part of this is due to the manner of of prose and poetry, the metaphor and meme^[35] used to explain their insight.

The Roman and Greeks also understood the need for insight into the unknown and sought the leverage of the gods or prophets and prophetesses of their time.

The Sibylline Books^[36], were offered for sale to Tarquinius Superbus, the last of the seven kings of Rome, by the Cumaean sibyl^[37]. He refused to pay her price, so she burned six of the books before finally selling him the remaining three for the price she demanded.

The price of the truth is the whole truth and those who do not love the light will never see the truth.

^[38] ^[39] to prophecy.^[40]

But the word we see translated prophet in the New Testament is the Greek word prophetes ^[41] which would be anyone one who, moved by the Holy Spirit of God and therefore was His spokesman through the wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of that spirit.^[42] A prophet was to “speak for another, especially one who speaks for a god.”

The common list includes the Major Prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Daniel.

The Twelve Minor Prophets: Hosea^[43], Joel^[44], Amos^[45], Obadiah^[46], Jonah^[47], Micah^[48], Nahum^[49], Habakkuk^[50], Zephaniah^[51], Haggai^[52], Zechariah^[53], and [[Malachi]^[54]].

But there should be an accounting of David, Samuel, Gideon, and others.

Teachers: Apollos (Acts 18:25), Paul (2Timothy 1:11)

Teacher

In the Hebrew Bible there are several words translated teacher which can also mean everything from one who learns and teaches^[55], or understands^[56] to an archer^[57] or even someone who scorns.^[58] In the New Testament the Greek word which we see as teacher^[59] is more often translated master which was a common title for a teacher centuries ago. Choose your teachers wisely because those who teach often becomes the master of generations to come.

Evangelists: Philip (Acts 21:9)

Evangelist

The word evangelist^[60] only appears three times in the Bible. It is from the word euaggelizo ^[61] which appears some 55 times and simply means preach^[62] or bring good news. It is from two Greek words meaning well or good and message. Anyone may bring the good news of the Kingdom of God, especially if they are led by the Holy Spirit.

In addition to this, Acts 13:1-3 lists some "prophets and teachers" in Antioch: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen and Saul (who later became Paul).

What were the New Testament ministers and congregations really doing as this peculiar people, and why did they face such persecution?

Congregations of record or CORE groups linked together through the bonds of Charity and Love through network of volunteer Ministers who served the people a pattern of tens as commanded by Christ. The Christian communities were offering the benefits of Health, Education, and Welfare that would set believers free in spirit and in truth.

While the idea of fivefold ministry may help you organize the rolls of ministering to one another in service these categories are clearly not offices as we might see in the governments of the world. There are offices of sorts in the kingdom of God e.g. Bishop, deacon, and elder which are all elements of the tens which are unlike the elements of the world, but they are often misconstrued in the Modern Church because of how many have strayed from the mission and purpose as well as the practices of the early Church.

It would have been almost impossible for the first century or New Testament Church to feed the flock of Christ in love if they had not gathered in the Tens as Christ commanded. We should remember that the early Church provided all the social welfare needs by Christians through Pure Religion. It has been regularly forgotten that Christians were persecuted because they would not apply for the welfare of the men of other governments that called themselves benefactors and offered free bread for the benefit of the people. By providing welfare through their exercising authority by taxation, they make the Corban of the people to none effect. This of course was the error of the Nicolaitan.

While those subject to tribute should pay that tribute, it is clear from the teachings of Christ, Paul, Peter and others that covetous practices would again entangle us in the elements of the world and make our merchandise, to say nothing of curse our children.

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Footnotes

↑ Ephesians 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
↑ Ephesians 4:8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
↑ 11 ¶ I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing. 12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
↑ Kingdom Taken
Matthew 2:6 "And thou Bethlehem, [in] the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor(2233), that shall rule my people Israel."

Matthew 9:16 "No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse. 17 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved." Jesus did not just reform the kingdom.

Matthew 21:43 "Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof." Jesus would take it as priest and king.
Luke 13:9 "And if it bear fruit, [well]: and if not, [then] after that thou shalt cut it down." The Corbans of the world were covetous practices

John 19:15...19 "But they cried out, Away with [him], away with [him], crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar." The kingdom taken by the words of their own mouth.

John 15:4 "Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me." The people must seek The Way.

John 15:8 "Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples."

Luke 12:32 "Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom."

Luke 22:29 "And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;"

Mark 15:26 And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS."

Acts 17:7 "Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus."

1 Peter 2:9 "But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:"

See Taking and Giving the Kingdom
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The way of error
2 Peter 2:15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

Jude 1:11 "Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. 12 These are spots(not "unspotted" like Pure Religion) in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds [they are] without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;"

Revelation 2:14-17 "But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication ("to permit one’s self to be drawn away by another into idolatry"). 15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. 16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. 17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth [it]."

Ezekiel 16:49 "Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy."
- The way of the world is the way of Cain and His city-state, the Corban of the Pharisees and the cities of blood, Nimrod and the Nicolaitan, Babylon and Balaam, Sumer and Sodom, Pharaoh and the foolishness of Saul, and more recently FDR and LBJ and all the welfare States who use legal charity which is not The Way of Christ, the Kingdom of God nor the righteousness of God.
↑ Appoint a kingdom
Matthew 21:43 "Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof."

Luke 12:32 "Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom."

Luke 22:29 "And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;"

John 19:15 But they cried out, Away with [him], away with [him], crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
↑ Might be saved
John 3:17 “‭17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”

John 5:34 “‭34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.”

Romans 10:1 “‭1 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.”

1 Thessalonians 2:16 “‭16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.”

2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 “‭10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. ‭11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: ‭12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”
↑ Religious
Acts 13:43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious(sebomai Worship) proselytes(a newcomer) followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

Acts 26:5 Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion (threskeia) I lived a Pharisee.

Galatians 1:13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion(Ioudaismos), how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: 14 And profited in the Jews’ religion(Ioudaismos) above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.

James 1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious(thresko), and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion(threskeia) [is] vain. 27 Pure religion(katharos threskeia) and undefiled(amiantos-not defiled) before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted (undefiled-free from vice) from the world.
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Fathers of the earth
Matthew 23:9 "And call no [man] your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven."

Matthew 6:8 "Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as [it is] in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen."

Matthew 7:21 "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven."

Matthew 12:50 "For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother."

John 14:26 "But the Comforter, [which is] the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."

Romans 8:15 "For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father."

2 Corinthians 6:18 "And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."

1 John 3:1 ¶ "Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not."
- The Fathers of the earth assume the natural role of the father of the family. Like the Conscripti Patri or the Patronus of Rome who become the benefactors of the masses offering them benefits and dainties from their civil tables of social welfare which are not only a snare, but destroy liberty, making the people merchandise. The Church established by Jesus would seek to have a daily ministration of Pure Religion through fervent charity.
↑ 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:..."
↑ Two tables
Psalms 69:22 Let their table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap. 23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. 24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. 25 Let their habitation be desolate; [and] let none dwell in their tents."

Romans 11:8 "(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. 9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: 10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway."

1 Corinthians 10:20 "But [I say], that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. 21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils." (See the sacrifice of fools in Ecclesiastes 5:1)

Acts 6:2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples [unto them], and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables. (see "portion to seven" Ecclesiastes 11:2 and Acts 6.)

Luke 22:30 That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Isaiah 28:8 For all tables are full of vomit [and] filthiness, [so that there is] no place [clean]. 9 ¶ Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? [them that are] weaned from the milk, [and] drawn from the breasts. 10 For precept [must be] upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, [and] there a little:

Malachi 1:7 Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD [is] contemptible.

Malachi 1:12 But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD [is] polluted; and the fruit thereof, [even] his meat, [is] contemptible.

Malachi 2:2 "If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay [it] to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings<01293>: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay [it] to heart." See wages of unrighteousness and snare.

Isaiah 8:14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

1 Peter 2:8 "And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, [even to them] which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. 14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:" (see merchandise)
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Table as a snare
Psalms 69:22-23 “Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. 23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake."”

Romans 11:9 “And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:”

Proverbs 23:1 "When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee: 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat."

Exodus 23:32 "Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. 33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee."

Exodus 34:12 "Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:"

Deuteronomy 7:16 "And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that [will be] a snare unto thee."

Judges 2:2 "And ye shall make no league [covenant] with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?"

Proverbs 1:10 "My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not."

Proverbs 6:2 “Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.” Swear not

Luke 21:34 "And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares. 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth."

1 Timothy 6:9 "But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."
- "Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?" Isaiah 40:21 is about the message of John the Baptist who was "The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God" Isaiah 40:3 to avoid the "snare" of the legal charity of the welfare state which which makes the word of God to none effect bringing man back into captivity as human resources.
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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.
↑ Acts 17:7 Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
↑ 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, 47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1
4166 ~ποιμήν~ poimen \@poy-mane’\@ of uncertain affinity; n m AV-shepherd 15, Shepherd 2, pastor 1; 18
1) a herdsman, esp. a shepherd
1a) in the parable, he to whose care and control others have committed themselves, and whose precepts they follow

2) metaph.
2a) the presiding officer, manager, director, of any assembly: so of Christ the Head of the church; the NT uses the term bishop, overseers, 1985 pastors, 4166 elders, and presbyters 4245 interchangeably {#Ac 20:17,28 Eph 4:11 Tit 1:5,7 1Pe 5:1-4 etc.} 2a1) of the overseers of the Christian assemblies 2a2) of kings and princes

The tasks of a Near Eastern shepherd were:
- -to watch for enemies trying to attack the sheep
- -to defend the sheep from attackers
- -to heal the wounded and sick sheep
- -to find and save lost or trapped sheep
- -to love them, sharing their lives and so earning their trust.
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07462 ^הער^ ra‘ah \@raw-aw’\@ (רעה) ReshAyinHei a primitive root; v; AV-feed 75, shepherd 63, pastor 8, herdmen 7, keep 3, companion 2, broken 1, company 1, devour 1, eat 1, entreateth 1, misc 10; 173
1) to pasture, tend, graze, feed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to tend, pasture
1a1a) to shepherd

1a1b) of ruler, teacher (fig)

1a1c) of people as flock (fig)

1a1d) shepherd, herdsman (subst)

1a2) to feed, graze
1a2a) of cows, sheep etc (literal)

1a2b) of idolater, Israel as flock (fig)

1b) (Hiphil) shepherd, shepherdess

2) to associate with, be a friend of (meaning probable)
2a) (Qal) to associate with

2b) (Hithpael) to be companions

3) (Piel) to be a special friend
- 07462 (רעה) ReshAyinHei ra`ah is also translated feed 75, shepherd 63, pastor 8, herdmen 7, keep 3, companion 2, and broken, company, devour, eat, entreateth once each and 10 miscellaneous other ways. It is defined 1) to pasture, tend, graze, feed 2) to associate with, be a friend of ... It is the same three letters we see in 07463 (רעה) ReshAyinHei re`eh 1) friend, friend of the king (technical sense)
↑ symbiosis is an interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both. Types symbiotic relationships: mutualism, commensalism, predation, parasitism, and competition.
↑ 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. 26 But ye shall not be so: .. " see also Mark 10:42 and Matthew 20:25
↑ Luke 22:26 But ye [shall] not [be] so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
↑ 2 Timothy 2:15 Study (be diligent) to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
↑ "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
↑ Exodus 2:17, Exodus 2:19, 1 Samuel 17:40, 1 Samuel 25:7, 2 Kings 10:12, Jeremiah 10:21, Jeremiah 25:34-35, Jeremiah 25:36, Ezekiel 34:9,10, Zechariah 10:3, Zechariah 11:3, Zechariah 11:8
↑ 1 Chronicles 27:29, Songs 1:8, Songs 4:5, Jeremiah 23:2, Ezekiel 34:2, Ezekiel 34:8-10, Amos 1:2
↑ Proverbs 23:1 "When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee: 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat." This is a metaphor for the welfare that was a snare spoken of in the Bible by David and Paul and the gifts, gratuities and benefits we were warned about by Plutarch who said it would take away our liberty and Polybius said would degenerate us into perfect savages and bring tyrants.
↑ Ephesians 4:11
"And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;"
↑ ^27.0 ^27.1 John 10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. 13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd, and know my [sheep], and am known of mine.
↑ Jeremiah 10:21 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
↑ 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

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
↑ 05030 ^איבנ^ nabiy’ \@naw-bee’\@ NunBeitYodAlef from 05012 נָבָא‎ naba’ v. prophesy; n m; AV-prophet 312, prophecy 1, them that prophesy 1, prophet + 0376 1, variant 1; 316
1) spokesman, speaker, prophet
1a) prophet

1b) false prophet

1c) heathen prophet
↑ 05012 ^אבנ^ naba’ \@naw-baw’\@ a primitive root; v; AV-prophesy 111, prophesying 2, prophet 2; 115
1) to prophesy
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to prophesy
1a1a) under influence of divine spirit

1a1b) of false prophets

1b) (Hithpael)
1b1) to prophesy
1b1a) under influence of divine spirit

1b1b) of false prophets
↑ Numbers 11:29 "And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD’S people were prophets, [and] that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!"
↑ Genesis 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking <01980> in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
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07307 ^חור^ ruwach \@roo’- akh\@ ReishVavChet from smell 07306; n f; AV-Spirit or spirit 232, wind 92, breath 27, side 6, mind 5, blast 4, vain 2, air 1, anger 1, cool 1, courage 1, misc 6; 378
1) wind, breath, mind, spirit
1a) breath

1b) wind
1b1) of heaven

1b2) quarter (of wind), side

1b3) breath of air

1b4) air, gas

1b5) vain, empty thing

1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation)
1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour

1c2) courage

1c3) temper, anger

1c4) impatience, patience

1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented)

1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse

1c7) prophetic spirit

1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)
1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God’s spirit, departing at death, disembodied being

1e) spirit (as seat of emotion)
1e1) desire

1e2) sorrow, trouble

1f) spirit
1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts

1f2) rarely of the will

1f3) as seat especially of moral character

1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son
1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy

1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning

1g3) imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power

1g4) as endowing men with various gifts

1g5) as energy of life

1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory

1g7) never referred to as a depersonalised force
- ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200)
- ו Vav Connection, Connecting realms and worlds or the dividing veil between them. [nail... And, Add, secure, hook] (Numeric value: 6)
- ח Chet The Life Force - Dynamic nature of - cause and effect - give life and live.[fence, thread, hedge, chamber...cycle] (Numeric value: 8)
↑ A meme is generally a unit of cultural information spread by imitation.
↑ The Sibylline Books were cryptically written in hexameter verse and in Greek and required not only translation but interpretation by the decemviri.
↑ Sibyl a woman in ancient times supposed to utter the oracles and prophecies of a god.
↑ Genesis 5:24 And Enoch walked with God: and he [was] not; for God took him.
↑ [John 6]]:45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
↑ 4394 ~προφητεία~ propheteia \@prof-ay-ti’-ah\@ from 4396 ("prophecy"); TDNT-6:781,952; {See TDNT 673} n f AV-prophecy 16, prophesying 3; 19
1) prophecy
1a) a discourse emanating from divine inspiration and declaring the purposes of God, whether by reproving and admonishing the wicked, or comforting the afflicted, or revealing things hidden; esp. by foretelling future events

1b) Used in the NT of the utterance of OT prophets
1b1) of the prediction of events relating to Christ’s kingdom and its speedy triumph, together with the consolations and admonitions pertaining to it, the spirit of prophecy, the divine mind, to which the prophetic faculty is due

1b2) of the endowment and speech of the Christian teachers called prophets

1b3) the gifts and utterances of these prophets, esp. of the predictions of the works of which, set apart to teach the gospel, will accomplish for the kingdom of Christ
↑ 4396 ~προφήτης~ prophetes \@prof-ay’-tace\@ from a compound of 4253 and 5346; n m AV-prophet 149; 149
1) in Greek writings, an interpreter of oracles or of other hidden things

2) one who, moved by the Spirit of God and hence his organ or spokesman, solemnly declares to men what he has received by inspiration, especially concerning future events, and in particular such as relate to the cause and kingdom of God and to human salvation
2a) the OT prophets, having foretold the kingdom, deeds and death, of Jesus the Messiah.

2b) of John the Baptist, the herald of Jesus the Messiah

2c) of the illustrious prophet, the Jews expected before the advent of the Messiah

2d) the Messiah

2e) of men filled with the Spirit of God, who by God’s authority and command in words of weight pleads the cause of God and urges salvation of men

2f) of prophets that appeared in the apostolic age among Christians
2f1) they are associated with the apostles

2f2) they discerned and did what is best for the Christian cause, foretelling certain future events. (#Acts 11:27)

2f3) in the religious assemblies of the Christians, they were moved by the Holy Spirit to speak, having power to instruct, comfort, encourage, rebuke, convict, and stimulate, their hearers

3) a poet (because poets were believed to sing under divine inspiration)
3a) of Epimenides (#Tit 1:12)
↑ Ephesians 1:17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
↑ The theme of Hosea is God's loyal love for His covenant people, Israel, in spite of the idolatry but that love may be like hot coals...
↑ The theme of Joel is that salvation will come to Judah and Jerusalem only when the people return to Yahweh and His way. Then only will His divine will bring and the fertility of righteousness favor to them and the land itself.
↑ The theme of Amos is God expects purity and even may become an Israel as an enemy of God, if it is guilty of injustice toward the innocent, poor, and young women.
↑ The theme of Obadiah the God of Nature will bring a judgment on those who oppose Israel and the way promising deliverance and restoration for the faithful.
↑ The theme of Jonah
↑ The theme of Micah like Isaiah, is a book of vision with the punishment of Israel and creation of a "remnant", followed by world peace centered on Zion under the leadership of a new monarch but the people must be doers of justice, turn to Yahweh and His way , and wait upon the LORD.
↑ The theme of Nahum is that even though God is slow to anger, He not abdicate judgment and consequences are coming if you go against the law of life. But also speaks of actionable repentance taking effect.
↑ Wikipedia says Habakkuk theme is, "is trying to grow from a faith of perplexity and doubt to the height of absolute trust in God. Habakkuk addresses his concerns over the fact that God will use the Babylonian empire to execute judgment on Judah for their sins." The best summary is the "just shall live by faith."
↑ The theme of Zephaniah
↑ The theme of Haggai is that those who have just returned from exile need remain faithful, obedient, and hopeful for God's way of Jerusalem.
↑ The theme of Zechariah
↑ The theme of Malachi is to reinforce his people's faith in a return to Yahweh and His way reminding them of their responsibilities as the covenant community with Yahweh.
↑ 03925 ^דמל^ lamad \@law-mad’\@ a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 1116} AV-teach 56, learn 22, instruct 3, diligently 1, expert 1, skilful 1, teachers 1, unaccustomed + 03808 1; 86
1) to learn. teach, exercise in
1a) (Qal) to learn

1b) (Piel) to teach

1c) (Pual) to be taught, be trained
↑ 0995 ^ןיב^ biyn \@bene\@ a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 239} AV-understand 62, understanding 32, consider 22, prudent 8, perceive 7, regard 6, discern 3, instruct 3, misc. 27; 170
1) to discern, understand, consider
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to perceive, discern

1a2) to understand, know (with the mind)

1a3) to observe, mark, give heed to, distinguish, consider

1a4) to have discernment, insight, understanding

1b) (Niphal) to be discerning, intelligent, discreet, have understanding

1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to understand

1c2) to cause to understand, give understanding, teach

1d) (Hithpolel) to show oneself discerning or attentive, consider diligently

1e) (Polel) to teach, instruct

2) (TWOT) prudent, regard
↑ 03384 ^הרי^ yarah \@yaw-raw’\@ or (#2Ch 26:15) ^ארי^ yara’ \@yaw-raw’\@ a primitive root; v; AV-teach 42, shoot 18, archers 5, cast 5, teacher 4, rain 2, laid 1, direct 1, inform 1, instructed 1, shewed 1, shooters 1, through 1, watered 1; 84
1) to throw, shoot, cast, pour
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to throw, cast

1a2) to cast, lay, set

1a3) to shoot arrows

1a4) to throw water, rain

1b) (Niphal) to be shot

1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to throw, cast

1c2) to shoot

1c3) to point out, show

1c4) to direct, teach, instruct

1c5) to throw water, rain
↑ 03887 ^ץול^ luwts \@loots\@ a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 1113} AV-scorner 14, scorn 4, interpreter 2, mocker 2, ambassadors 1, derision 1, mock 1, scornful 1, teachers 1; 27
1) to scorn, make mouths at, talk arrogantly
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to boast

1a2) to scorn

1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to mock, deride

1b2) to interpret (language)
1b2a) interpreter (participle)

1b2b) ambassador (fig.)

1c) (Hithpalpel) to be inflated, scoff, act as a scorner, show oneself a mocker
↑ 1320 ~διδάσκαλος~ didaskalos \@did-as’-kal-os\@ from the verb to teach 1321; n m AV-Master (Jesus) 40, teacher 10, master 7, doctor 1; 58
1) a teacher

2) in the NT one who teaches concerning the things of God, and the duties of man
1a) one who is fitted to teach, or thinks himself so

1b) the teachers of the Jewish religion

1c) of those who by their great power as teachers draw crowds around them i.e. John the Baptist, Jesus

1d) by preeminence used of Jesus by himself, as one who showed men the way of salvation

1e) of the apostles, and of Paul

1f) of those who in the religious assemblies of the Christians, undertook the work of teaching, with the special assistance of the Holy Spirit

1g) of false teachers among Christians
↑ 2099 ~εὐαγγελιστής~ euaggelistes \@yoo-ang-ghel-is-tace’\@ from 2097; n m AV-evangelist 3; 3
1) a bringer of good tidings, an evangelist

2) the name given to the NT heralds of salvation through Christ who are not apostles
↑ 2097 ~εὐαγγελίζω~ euaggelizo \@yoo-ang-ghel-id’-zo\@ from 2095 and 32; v AV-preach 23, preach the Gospel 22, bring good tidings 2, show glad tidings 2, bring glad tidings 1, declare 1, declare glad tidings 1, misc 3; 55
1) to bring good news, to announce glad tidings
1a) used in the OT of any kind of good news
1a1) of the joyful tidings of God’s kindness, in particular, of the Messianic blessings

1b) in the NT used especially of the glad tidings of the coming kingdom of God, and of the salvation to be obtained in it through Christ, and of what relates to this salvation

1c) glad tidings are brought to one, one has glad tidings proclaimed to him

1d) to proclaim glad tidings
1d1) instruct (men) concerning the things that pertain to Christian salvation
↑ 2099 ~εὐαγγελιστής~ euaggelistes \@yoo-ang-ghel-is-tace’\@ from 2097; n m AV-evangelist 3; 3
1) a bringer of good tidings, an evangelist

2) the name given to the NT heralds of salvation through Christ who are not apostles

[1] Ephesians 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

[2] Ephesians 4:8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

[3] 11 ¶ I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing. 12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.

[ktaken-4] Kingdom Taken
Matthew 2:6 "And thou Bethlehem, [in] the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor(2233), that shall rule my people Israel."

Matthew 9:16 "No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse. 17 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved." Jesus did not just reform the kingdom.

Matthew 21:43 "Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof." Jesus would take it as priest and king.
Luke 13:9 "And if it bear fruit, [well]: and if not, [then] after that thou shalt cut it down." The Corbans of the world were covetous practices

John 19:15...19 "But they cried out, Away with [him], away with [him], crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar." The kingdom taken by the words of their own mouth.

John 15:4 "Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me." The people must seek The Way.

John 15:8 "Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples."

Luke 12:32 "Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom."

Luke 22:29 "And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;"

Mark 15:26 And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS."

Acts 17:7 "Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus."

1 Peter 2:9 "But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:"

See Taking and Giving the Kingdom

[Errorbn-5] The way of error
2 Peter 2:15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

Jude 1:11 "Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. 12 These are spots(not "unspotted" like Pure Religion) in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds [they are] without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;"

Revelation 2:14-17 "But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication ("to permit one’s self to be drawn away by another into idolatry"). 15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. 16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. 17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth [it]."

Ezekiel 16:49 "Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy."

The way of the world is the way of Cain and His city-state, the Corban of the Pharisees and the cities of blood, Nimrod and the Nicolaitan, Babylon and Balaam, Sumer and Sodom, Pharaoh and the foolishness of Saul, and more recently FDR and LBJ and all the welfare States who use legal charity which is not The Way of Christ, the Kingdom of God nor the righteousness of God.

[6] The way of the world is the way of Cain and His city-state, the Corban of the Pharisees and the cities of blood, Nimrod and the Nicolaitan, Babylon and Balaam, Sumer and Sodom, Pharaoh and the foolishness of Saul, and more recently FDR and LBJ and all the welfare States who use legal charity which is not The Way of Christ, the Kingdom of God nor the righteousness of God.

[Appointk-6] Appoint a kingdom
Matthew 21:43 "Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof."

Luke 12:32 "Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom."

Luke 22:29 "And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;"

John 19:15 But they cried out, Away with [him], away with [him], crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.

[mightsav-7] Might be saved
John 3:17 “‭17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”

John 5:34 “‭34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.”

Romans 10:1 “‭1 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.”

1 Thessalonians 2:16 “‭16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.”

2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 “‭10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. ‭11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: ‭12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”

[religious-8] Religious
Acts 13:43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious(sebomai Worship) proselytes(a newcomer) followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

Acts 26:5 Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion (threskeia) I lived a Pharisee.

Galatians 1:13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion(Ioudaismos), how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: 14 And profited in the Jews’ religion(Ioudaismos) above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.

James 1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious(thresko), and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion(threskeia) [is] vain. 27 Pure religion(katharos threskeia) and undefiled(amiantos-not defiled) before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted (undefiled-free from vice) from the world.

[fatherruler-9] Fathers of the earth
Matthew 23:9 "And call no [man] your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven."

Matthew 6:8 "Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as [it is] in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen."

Matthew 7:21 "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven."

Matthew 12:50 "For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother."

John 14:26 "But the Comforter, [which is] the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."

Romans 8:15 "For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father."

2 Corinthians 6:18 "And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."

1 John 3:1 ¶ "Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not."

The Fathers of the earth assume the natural role of the father of the family. Like the Conscripti Patri or the Patronus of Rome who become the benefactors of the masses offering them benefits and dainties from their civil tables of social welfare which are not only a snare, but destroy liberty, making the people merchandise. The Church established by Jesus would seek to have a daily ministration of Pure Religion through fervent charity.

[11] The Fathers of the earth assume the natural role of the father of the family. Like the Conscripti Patri or the Patronus of Rome who become the benefactors of the masses offering them benefits and dainties from their civil tables of social welfare which are not only a snare, but destroy liberty, making the people merchandise. The Church established by Jesus would seek to have a daily ministration of Pure Religion through fervent charity.

[exauth-10] 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:..."

[2tables-11] Two tables
Psalms 69:22 Let their table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap. 23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. 24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. 25 Let their habitation be desolate; [and] let none dwell in their tents."

Romans 11:8 "(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. 9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: 10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway."

1 Corinthians 10:20 "But [I say], that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. 21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils." (See the sacrifice of fools in Ecclesiastes 5:1)

Acts 6:2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples [unto them], and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables. (see "portion to seven" Ecclesiastes 11:2 and Acts 6.)

Luke 22:30 That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Isaiah 28:8 For all tables are full of vomit [and] filthiness, [so that there is] no place [clean]. 9 ¶ Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? [them that are] weaned from the milk, [and] drawn from the breasts. 10 For precept [must be] upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, [and] there a little:

Malachi 1:7 Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD [is] contemptible.

Malachi 1:12 But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD [is] polluted; and the fruit thereof, [even] his meat, [is] contemptible.

Malachi 2:2 "If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay [it] to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings<01293>: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay [it] to heart." See wages of unrighteousness and snare.

Isaiah 8:14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

1 Peter 2:8 "And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, [even to them] which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. 14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:" (see merchandise)

[snaretrap-12] Table as a snare
Psalms 69:22-23 “Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. 23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake."”

Romans 11:9 “And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:”

Proverbs 23:1 "When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee: 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat."

Exodus 23:32 "Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. 33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee."

Exodus 34:12 "Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:"

Deuteronomy 7:16 "And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that [will be] a snare unto thee."

Judges 2:2 "And ye shall make no league [covenant] with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?"

Proverbs 1:10 "My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not."

Proverbs 6:2 “Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.” Swear not

Luke 21:34 "And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares. 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth."

1 Timothy 6:9 "But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."

"Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?" Isaiah 40:21 is about the message of John the Baptist who was "The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God" Isaiah 40:3 to avoid the "snare" of the legal charity of the welfare state which which makes the word of God to none effect bringing man back into captivity as human resources.

[15] "Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?" Isaiah 40:21 is about the message of John the Baptist who was "The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God" Isaiah 40:3 to avoid the "snare" of the legal charity of the welfare state which which makes the word of God to none effect bringing man back into captivity as human resources.

[Isidolatry-13] 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.

[17] 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.

[14] Acts 17:7 Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.

[acts2-15] 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, 47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

[shepherd-16] 16.0 ^16.1 4166 ~ποιμήν~ poimen \@poy-mane’\@ of uncertain affinity; n m AV-shepherd 15, Shepherd 2, pastor 1; 18
1) a herdsman, esp. a shepherd
1a) in the parable, he to whose care and control others have committed themselves, and whose precepts they follow

2) metaph.
2a) the presiding officer, manager, director, of any assembly: so of Christ the Head of the church; the NT uses the term bishop, overseers, 1985 pastors, 4166 elders, and presbyters 4245 interchangeably {#Ac 20:17,28 Eph 4:11 Tit 1:5,7 1Pe 5:1-4 etc.} 2a1) of the overseers of the Christian assemblies 2a2) of kings and princes

The tasks of a Near Eastern shepherd were:

-to watch for enemies trying to attack the sheep

-to defend the sheep from attackers

-to heal the wounded and sick sheep

-to find and save lost or trapped sheep

-to love them, sharing their lives and so earning their trust.

[21] -to watch for enemies trying to attack the sheep

[22] -to defend the sheep from attackers

[23] -to heal the wounded and sick sheep

[24] -to find and save lost or trapped sheep

[25] -to love them, sharing their lives and so earning their trust.

[17] 07462 ^הער^ ra‘ah \@raw-aw’\@ (רעה) ReshAyinHei a primitive root; v; AV-feed 75, shepherd 63, pastor 8, herdmen 7, keep 3, companion 2, broken 1, company 1, devour 1, eat 1, entreateth 1, misc 10; 173
1) to pasture, tend, graze, feed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to tend, pasture
1a1a) to shepherd

1a1b) of ruler, teacher (fig)

1a1c) of people as flock (fig)

1a1d) shepherd, herdsman (subst)

1a2) to feed, graze
1a2a) of cows, sheep etc (literal)

1a2b) of idolater, Israel as flock (fig)

1b) (Hiphil) shepherd, shepherdess

2) to associate with, be a friend of (meaning probable)
2a) (Qal) to associate with

2b) (Hithpael) to be companions

3) (Piel) to be a special friend

07462 (רעה) ReshAyinHei ra`ah is also translated feed 75, shepherd 63, pastor 8, herdmen 7, keep 3, companion 2, and broken, company, devour, eat, entreateth once each and 10 miscellaneous other ways. It is defined 1) to pasture, tend, graze, feed 2) to associate with, be a friend of ... It is the same three letters we see in 07463 (רעה) ReshAyinHei re`eh 1) friend, friend of the king (technical sense)

[27] 07462 (רעה) ReshAyinHei ra`ah is also translated feed 75, shepherd 63, pastor 8, herdmen 7, keep 3, companion 2, and broken, company, devour, eat, entreateth once each and 10 miscellaneous other ways. It is defined 1) to pasture, tend, graze, feed 2) to associate with, be a friend of ... It is the same three letters we see in 07463 (רעה) ReshAyinHei re`eh 1) friend, friend of the king (technical sense)

[18] symbiosis is an interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both. Types symbiotic relationships: mutualism, commensalism, predation, parasitism, and competition.

[19] 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. 26 But ye shall not be so: .. " see also Mark 10:42 and Matthew 20:25

[20] Luke 22:26 But ye [shall] not [be] so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.

[21] 2 Timothy 2:15 Study (be diligent) to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

[keep-22] "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

[23] Exodus 2:17, Exodus 2:19, 1 Samuel 17:40, 1 Samuel 25:7, 2 Kings 10:12, Jeremiah 10:21, Jeremiah 25:34-35, Jeremiah 25:36, Ezekiel 34:9,10, Zechariah 10:3, Zechariah 11:3, Zechariah 11:8

[24] 1 Chronicles 27:29, Songs 1:8, Songs 4:5, Jeremiah 23:2, Ezekiel 34:2, Ezekiel 34:8-10, Amos 1:2

[25] Proverbs 23:1 "When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee: 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat." This is a metaphor for the welfare that was a snare spoken of in the Bible by David and Paul and the gifts, gratuities and benefits we were warned about by Plutarch who said it would take away our liberty and Polybius said would degenerate us into perfect savages and bring tyrants.

[26] Ephesians 4:11
"And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;"

[good-27] 27.0 ^27.1 John 10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. 13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd, and know my [sheep], and am known of mine.

[28] Jeremiah 10:21 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

[29] 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

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

[30] 05030 ^איבנ^ nabiy’ \@naw-bee’\@ NunBeitYodAlef from 05012 נָבָא‎ naba’ v. prophesy; n m; AV-prophet 312, prophecy 1, them that prophesy 1, prophet + 0376 1, variant 1; 316
1) spokesman, speaker, prophet
1a) prophet

1b) false prophet

1c) heathen prophet

[31] 05012 ^אבנ^ naba’ \@naw-baw’\@ a primitive root; v; AV-prophesy 111, prophesying 2, prophet 2; 115
1) to prophesy
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to prophesy
1a1a) under influence of divine spirit

1a1b) of false prophets

1b) (Hithpael)
1b1) to prophesy
1b1a) under influence of divine spirit

1b1b) of false prophets

[32] Numbers 11:29 "And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD’S people were prophets, [and] that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!"

[33] Genesis 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking <01980> in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

[34] 07307 ^חור^ ruwach \@roo’- akh\@ ReishVavChet from smell 07306; n f; AV-Spirit or spirit 232, wind 92, breath 27, side 6, mind 5, blast 4, vain 2, air 1, anger 1, cool 1, courage 1, misc 6; 378
1) wind, breath, mind, spirit
1a) breath

1b) wind
1b1) of heaven

1b2) quarter (of wind), side

1b3) breath of air

1b4) air, gas

1b5) vain, empty thing

1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation)
1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour

1c2) courage

1c3) temper, anger

1c4) impatience, patience

1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented)

1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse

1c7) prophetic spirit

1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)
1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God’s spirit, departing at death, disembodied being

1e) spirit (as seat of emotion)
1e1) desire

1e2) sorrow, trouble

1f) spirit
1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts

1f2) rarely of the will

1f3) as seat especially of moral character

1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son
1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy

1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning

1g3) imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power

1g4) as endowing men with various gifts

1g5) as energy of life

1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory

1g7) never referred to as a depersonalised force

ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200)

ו Vav Connection, Connecting realms and worlds or the dividing veil between them. [nail... And, Add, secure, hook] (Numeric value: 6)

ח Chet The Life Force - Dynamic nature of - cause and effect - give life and live.[fence, thread, hedge, chamber...cycle] (Numeric value: 8)

[45] ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200)

[46] ו Vav Connection, Connecting realms and worlds or the dividing veil between them. [nail... And, Add, secure, hook] (Numeric value: 6)

[47] ח Chet The Life Force - Dynamic nature of - cause and effect - give life and live.[fence, thread, hedge, chamber...cycle] (Numeric value: 8)

[35] A meme is generally a unit of cultural information spread by imitation.

[36] The Sibylline Books were cryptically written in hexameter verse and in Greek and required not only translation but interpretation by the decemviri.

[37] Sibyl a woman in ancient times supposed to utter the oracles and prophecies of a god.

[38] Genesis 5:24 And Enoch walked with God: and he [was] not; for God took him.

[39] [John 6]]:45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

[40] 4394 ~προφητεία~ propheteia \@prof-ay-ti’-ah\@ from 4396 ("prophecy"); TDNT-6:781,952; {See TDNT 673} n f AV-prophecy 16, prophesying 3; 19
1) prophecy
1a) a discourse emanating from divine inspiration and declaring the purposes of God, whether by reproving and admonishing the wicked, or comforting the afflicted, or revealing things hidden; esp. by foretelling future events

1b) Used in the NT of the utterance of OT prophets
1b1) of the prediction of events relating to Christ’s kingdom and its speedy triumph, together with the consolations and admonitions pertaining to it, the spirit of prophecy, the divine mind, to which the prophetic faculty is due

1b2) of the endowment and speech of the Christian teachers called prophets

1b3) the gifts and utterances of these prophets, esp. of the predictions of the works of which, set apart to teach the gospel, will accomplish for the kingdom of Christ

[41] 4396 ~προφήτης~ prophetes \@prof-ay’-tace\@ from a compound of 4253 and 5346; n m AV-prophet 149; 149
1) in Greek writings, an interpreter of oracles or of other hidden things

2) one who, moved by the Spirit of God and hence his organ or spokesman, solemnly declares to men what he has received by inspiration, especially concerning future events, and in particular such as relate to the cause and kingdom of God and to human salvation
2a) the OT prophets, having foretold the kingdom, deeds and death, of Jesus the Messiah.

2b) of John the Baptist, the herald of Jesus the Messiah

2c) of the illustrious prophet, the Jews expected before the advent of the Messiah

2d) the Messiah

2e) of men filled with the Spirit of God, who by God’s authority and command in words of weight pleads the cause of God and urges salvation of men

2f) of prophets that appeared in the apostolic age among Christians
2f1) they are associated with the apostles

2f2) they discerned and did what is best for the Christian cause, foretelling certain future events. (#Acts 11:27)

2f3) in the religious assemblies of the Christians, they were moved by the Holy Spirit to speak, having power to instruct, comfort, encourage, rebuke, convict, and stimulate, their hearers

3) a poet (because poets were believed to sing under divine inspiration)
3a) of Epimenides (#Tit 1:12)

[42] Ephesians 1:17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

[43] The theme of Hosea is God's loyal love for His covenant people, Israel, in spite of the idolatry but that love may be like hot coals...

[44] The theme of Joel is that salvation will come to Judah and Jerusalem only when the people return to Yahweh and His way. Then only will His divine will bring and the fertility of righteousness favor to them and the land itself.

[45] The theme of Amos is God expects purity and even may become an Israel as an enemy of God, if it is guilty of injustice toward the innocent, poor, and young women.

[46] The theme of Obadiah the God of Nature will bring a judgment on those who oppose Israel and the way promising deliverance and restoration for the faithful.

[47] The theme of Jonah

[48] The theme of Micah like Isaiah, is a book of vision with the punishment of Israel and creation of a "remnant", followed by world peace centered on Zion under the leadership of a new monarch but the people must be doers of justice, turn to Yahweh and His way , and wait upon the LORD.

[49] The theme of Nahum is that even though God is slow to anger, He not abdicate judgment and consequences are coming if you go against the law of life. But also speaks of actionable repentance taking effect.

[50] Wikipedia says Habakkuk theme is, "is trying to grow from a faith of perplexity and doubt to the height of absolute trust in God. Habakkuk addresses his concerns over the fact that God will use the Babylonian empire to execute judgment on Judah for their sins." The best summary is the "just shall live by faith."

[51] The theme of Zephaniah

[52] The theme of Haggai is that those who have just returned from exile need remain faithful, obedient, and hopeful for God's way of Jerusalem.

[53] The theme of Zechariah

[54] The theme of Malachi is to reinforce his people's faith in a return to Yahweh and His way reminding them of their responsibilities as the covenant community with Yahweh.

[55] 03925 ^דמל^ lamad \@law-mad’\@ a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 1116} AV-teach 56, learn 22, instruct 3, diligently 1, expert 1, skilful 1, teachers 1, unaccustomed + 03808 1; 86
1) to learn. teach, exercise in
1a) (Qal) to learn

1b) (Piel) to teach

1c) (Pual) to be taught, be trained

[56] 0995 ^ןיב^ biyn \@bene\@ a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 239} AV-understand 62, understanding 32, consider 22, prudent 8, perceive 7, regard 6, discern 3, instruct 3, misc. 27; 170
1) to discern, understand, consider
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to perceive, discern

1a2) to understand, know (with the mind)

1a3) to observe, mark, give heed to, distinguish, consider

1a4) to have discernment, insight, understanding

1b) (Niphal) to be discerning, intelligent, discreet, have understanding

1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to understand

1c2) to cause to understand, give understanding, teach

1d) (Hithpolel) to show oneself discerning or attentive, consider diligently

1e) (Polel) to teach, instruct

2) (TWOT) prudent, regard

[57] 03384 ^הרי^ yarah \@yaw-raw’\@ or (#2Ch 26:15) ^ארי^ yara’ \@yaw-raw’\@ a primitive root; v; AV-teach 42, shoot 18, archers 5, cast 5, teacher 4, rain 2, laid 1, direct 1, inform 1, instructed 1, shewed 1, shooters 1, through 1, watered 1; 84
1) to throw, shoot, cast, pour
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to throw, cast

1a2) to cast, lay, set

1a3) to shoot arrows

1a4) to throw water, rain

1b) (Niphal) to be shot

1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to throw, cast

1c2) to shoot

1c3) to point out, show

1c4) to direct, teach, instruct

1c5) to throw water, rain

[58] 03887 ^ץול^ luwts \@loots\@ a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 1113} AV-scorner 14, scorn 4, interpreter 2, mocker 2, ambassadors 1, derision 1, mock 1, scornful 1, teachers 1; 27
1) to scorn, make mouths at, talk arrogantly
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to boast

1a2) to scorn

1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to mock, deride

1b2) to interpret (language)
1b2a) interpreter (participle)

1b2b) ambassador (fig.)

1c) (Hithpalpel) to be inflated, scoff, act as a scorner, show oneself a mocker

[59] 1320 ~διδάσκαλος~ didaskalos \@did-as’-kal-os\@ from the verb to teach 1321; n m AV-Master (Jesus) 40, teacher 10, master 7, doctor 1; 58
1) a teacher

2) in the NT one who teaches concerning the things of God, and the duties of man
1a) one who is fitted to teach, or thinks himself so

1b) the teachers of the Jewish religion

1c) of those who by their great power as teachers draw crowds around them i.e. John the Baptist, Jesus

1d) by preeminence used of Jesus by himself, as one who showed men the way of salvation

1e) of the apostles, and of Paul

1f) of those who in the religious assemblies of the Christians, undertook the work of teaching, with the special assistance of the Holy Spirit

1g) of false teachers among Christians

[60] 2099 ~εὐαγγελιστής~ euaggelistes \@yoo-ang-ghel-is-tace’\@ from 2097; n m AV-evangelist 3; 3
1) a bringer of good tidings, an evangelist

2) the name given to the NT heralds of salvation through Christ who are not apostles

[61] 2097 ~εὐαγγελίζω~ euaggelizo \@yoo-ang-ghel-id’-zo\@ from 2095 and 32; v AV-preach 23, preach the Gospel 22, bring good tidings 2, show glad tidings 2, bring glad tidings 1, declare 1, declare glad tidings 1, misc 3; 55
1) to bring good news, to announce glad tidings
1a) used in the OT of any kind of good news
1a1) of the joyful tidings of God’s kindness, in particular, of the Messianic blessings

1b) in the NT used especially of the glad tidings of the coming kingdom of God, and of the salvation to be obtained in it through Christ, and of what relates to this salvation

1c) glad tidings are brought to one, one has glad tidings proclaimed to him

1d) to proclaim glad tidings
1d1) instruct (men) concerning the things that pertain to Christian salvation

[62] 2099 ~εὐαγγελιστής~ euaggelistes \@yoo-ang-ghel-is-tace’\@ from 2097; n m AV-evangelist 3; 3
1) a bringer of good tidings, an evangelist

2) the name given to the NT heralds of salvation through Christ who are not apostles

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Contents

Fivefold office or gift

Apostolos

Ambassadors of Christ

Ambassadors of others

Audio notes

Pastor vs Shepherd

Rule what

Ministers and Pastors

Servant Pastors

Ranks of servants

Also elders

Duties

Tables

Two pastors

Modern pastors

True pastors

Prophets

Teacher

Evangelist

Footnotes

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Fivefold

Fivefold office or gift

Apostolos

Ambassadors of Christ

Ambassadors of others

Audio notes

Pastor vs Shepherd

Rule what

Ministers and Pastors

Servant Pastors

Ranks of servants

Also elders

Duties

Tables

Two pastors

Modern pastors

True pastors

Prophets

Teacher

Evangelist

Footnotes

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