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MAKING THE MOST OF LIFE TODAY, WILL GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION EVER END?THIS VOL 924B, [1] INTERESTING SOURCE FOR READING THE BIBLE ON LINE, AND WILL GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION EVER END?, [2] THE SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY, A LINK TO A DATA SERIES ON MANY SUBJECTS, INTRODUCTION TO THE MATTHEW, A BIBLE STUDY, AND 3 VIDEOS, [3] WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD? [4] HOW CREATION REVEALS GOD’S LOVE, [5] BIBLE VERSES EXPLAINED, Genesis 1:26 Explained?—“Let Us Make Man in Our Image” [6] WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT THE NATURE OF GOD, [7] ESSENTIAL BIBLE TEACHINGS, Why Did God Create the Earth?
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(1B) WILL GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION EVER END?
COMBINATION OF [2] THE SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY AND [3] WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?
[2] SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY [924B]
“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. 25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.’ 1 Peter 2:24 – 25, [authorized King James Bible; AV]
And Jesus (Yeshua) shows at Luke 15:6 – 10, [AV] by example the joy experienced by getting one sinner to return to righteousness, “And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. 7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. 8 Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? 9 And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. 10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.” This is also emphasized at Luke 15:7, [AV] “I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.”
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[3] WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?
The Bible is quite clear with respect the culmination of the last days, and what will transpire. Also, it is clear that we must bring our lives in harmony with Almighty God’s (YHWH’s) requirements if we are to survive into the new system of things prayed for at Matthew 6:9 – 10, “You must pray, then, this way: “‘Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified. 10 Let your Kingdom come. Let your will take place, as in heaven, also on earth.” [New World Translation Revised: NWRT]
The Apostle Peter made what is required for us to win his approval and what things would come to pass in the last days. He mentioned ridicule's would come who would not believe, and he likened it to the days of Noah, and how that world came to a destruction by a great flood. And mentioned how this world would be destroyed by firs symbolizing a complete destruction of the present wicked system we now live in. This in no way refers to a literal destruction of the earth, but a total destruction of all wickedness and not just a cleansing of it as occurred in the days of Noah.
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2 Peter 3:1 – 10, for a detailed account of this reality, “Beloved ones, this is now the second letter I am writing you in which, as in my first one, I am stirring up your clear thinking faculties by way of a reminder, 2 that you should remember the sayings previously spoken by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles. 3 First of all know this, that in the last days ridiculers will come with their ridicule, proceeding according to their own desires and saying: “Where is this promised presence of his? Why, from the day our forefathers fell asleep in death, all things are continuing exactly as they were from creation’s beginning.” For they deliberately ignore this fact, that long ago there were heavens and an earth standing firmly out of water and in the midst of water by the word of God; 6 and that by those means the world of that time suffered destruction when it was flooded with water. But by the same word the heavens and the earth that now exist are reserved for fire and are being kept until the day of judgment and of destruction of the ungodly people. However, do not let this escape your notice, beloved ones, that one day is with Jehovah as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day. Jehovah is not slow concerning his promise, as some people consider slowness, but he is patient with you because he does not desire anyone to be destroyed but desires all to attain to repentance. 0 But Jehovah’s day will come as a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar, but the elements being intensely hot will be dissolved, and earth and the works in it will be exposed.” [New World Translation Revised: NWRT] .
The prophet Ezekiel foretold long ago that the last days would be of great tribulation in prophetic terms, and Almighty God (YHWH) shall make himself known to the disobedient nations in a mighty way. He will use his Son, Jesus (Yeshua) as the leader of an angelic army. This prophecy is as follows, Ezekiel 38:21 – 23, ”I will call for a sword against him on all my mountains,’ declares the Sovereign Lord Jehovah. ‘Every man’s sword will be against his own brother. 22 I will bring my judgment against him with pestilence and bloodshed; and I will rain down a torrential downpour and hailstones and fire and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many peoples with him. 23 And I will certainly magnify myself and sanctify myself and make myself known before the eyes of many nations; and they will have to know that I am Jehovah.”
Almighty God (YHWH) has in the past proved himself a mighty warrier for his chosen people who at the time were the Israelites, but now his chosen people are only those believing in him and doing his will. Some of his past warrier acts are recorded at, Joshua 10:10 - 14, “Jehovah threw them into confusion before Israel, and they inflicted a great slaughter on them at Gib?e·on, pursuing them by way of the ascent of Beth-ho?ron and striking them down as far as A·ze?kah and Mak·ke?dah. 11 While they were fleeing from Israel and were on the descent of Beth-ho?ron, Jehovah hurled great hailstones from the sky on them as far as A·ze?kah, and they perished. In fact, more died from the hail than from the sword of the Israelites. 12 It was then, on the day that Jehovah routed the Am?or·ites before the eyes of the Israelites, that Joshua said to Jehovah before Israel: “Sun, stand still over Gib?e·on, And moon, over the Valley of Ai?ja·lon!” 13 So the sun stood still and the moon did not move until the nation could take vengeance on its enemies. Is it not written in the book of Ja?shar? The sun stood still in the middle of the sky and did not hasten to set for about a whole day. 14 There has never been a day like that one, either before it or after it, when Jehovah listened to the voice of a man, for Jehovah was fighting for Israel. “ [New World Translation Revised: NWRT] .
Yes, His faithful followers will undergo tribulation at the hands of others. The Apostle John wrote under inspiration the following at John 16:33, “(John 16:33) I have said these things to you so that by means of me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation, but take courage! I have conquered the world.” [New World Translation Revised: NWRT] , and John recorded what Jesus (Yeshua) said with respect how the world would hate his followers at this time at John 15:18 – 20, “(John 15:18-20) If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were part of the world, the world would be fond of what is its own. Now because you are no part of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you. 20 Keep in mind the word I said to you: A slave is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have observed my word, they will also observe yours.” [New World Translation Revised: NWRT]
The Apostle Paul said this of Almighty God’s (YHWH) righteous judgment at 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10, “ This is a proof of the righteous judgment of God, leading to your being counted worthy of the Kingdom of God, for which you are indeed suffering. 6 This takes into account that it is righteous on God’s part to repay tribulation to those who make tribulation for you. 7 But you who suffer tribulation will be given relief along with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his powerful angels in a flaming fire, as he brings vengeance on those who do not know God and those who do not obey the good news about our Lord Jesus. 9 These very ones will undergo the judicial punishment of everlasting destruction from before the Lord and from the glory of his strength, 10 at the time when he comes to be glorified in connection with his holy ones and to be regarded in that day with wonder among all those who exercised faith, because the witness we gave met with faith among you.” [New World Translation Revised: NWRT] .
Yes, as revealed by the Apostle John the following, John 5:28-30, “Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, and those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment. 30 I cannot do a single thing of my own initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous because I seek, not my own will, but the will of him who sent me.” [New World Translation Revised: NWRT].
[4] HOW CREATION REVEALS GOD’S LOVE,
[5] BIBLE VERSES EXPLAINED, Genesis 1:26 Explained?—“Let Us Make Man in Our Image”
[6] WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT THE NATURE OF GOD,
[7] ESSENTIAL BIBLE TEACHINGS, Why Did God Create the Earth?
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Re: Scripture of the Day
MAKING THE MOST OF LIFE TODAY, THIS VOL 925B, [1] INTERESTING SOURCE FOR READING THE BIBLE ON LINE, AND WILL GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION EVER END?, [2] THE SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY, A LINK TO A DATA SERIES ON MANY SUBJECTS, INTRODUCTION TO THE MARK, A BIBLE STUDY, AND 3 VIDEOS, [3] INFORMATION ON BIBLE TRANSLATION OF JOHN 8:58: [4] WERE WE MEANT TO SUFFER? [5] IMITATE THEIR FAITH, MIRIAM—“SING TO JEHOVAH”! [6] THE PATHWAY TO PEACE AND HAPPINESS, ,Getting to Know the Originator of All Things [7] LIFE AND MINISTRY MEETING WORKBOOK, Protect Yourself From Apostasy,
(1A) READ THE BIBLE ON LINE:
(1B) WILL GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION EVER END?
COMBINATION OF [2] THE SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY AND [3] INFORMATION ON BIBLE TRANSLATION OF JOHN 8:58:
[2] SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY [925B]
“My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.“ Deuteronomy 32:2, [authorized King James Bible; AV]
And this is further clarified by Hosea 14:4 – 7, [AV] “I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. 7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.”
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[3] INFORMATION ON BIBLE TRANSLATION OF JOHN 8:58:
John 8:58, according to the King James Version, says: "Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am." But the New World Translation states: "Jesus said to them: 'Most truly I say to you, Before Abraham came into existence, I have been.'" Why does the New World Translation use "I have been" instead of "I am"?-R. B., United States. The Greek verb there used, “eimi', is literally in the present tense, but in view of its being preceded by the aorist infinitive clause which refers to Abraham's past, the Greek verb eimi' must be viewed as a historical present. Regarding the historical present Hadley and Allen's Greek Grammar says, in section 828: HISTORICAL PRESENT.-In vivid narration, a past event is often thought of and expressed as present: . . . The present in this use is freely interchanged with the past tenses . . . " Says A. T. Robertson's A Grammar of the Greek New Testament in the Light of Historical Research, under "The Historical Present," pages 866-869: "This vivid idiom is popular in all languages, particularly in the vernacular. . . . it is much more frequent in Greek than in English and is a survival of 'the original stock of our languages.' 'It antedates the differentiation into imperfect and aorist.' . . . It is common enough in the LXX [Septuagint], . . . Hawkins finds the historical present in the LXX 337 times. Josephus uses it also. The New Testament examples are thus 'dramatic.' The historical present is not always aoristic. It may be durative like the imperfect. . . . Hawkins . . . finds 93 historic presents in Matthew (15 of them in Parables), but 162 in John and 151 in Mark. It is rare in the rest of the New Testament. It is most frequent in Mark, John, Matthew and in this order. . . ." If you will examine the New World Translation you will find that except for the final book of The Revelation the historical present is not rendered as such in the translation, but if the context calls for it the historical present is rendered in the past. For examples of where the Greek mixes the historical present with past tenses, we refer you to John 1:29-42, also John chapter 20, as shown in the King James Version. Note also Mark 1:12, 13. Even the King James Version renders some historical Greek presents as English past tenses; for instance, Matthew 3:1. That a historical present in the Greek in the midst of a context of the past tense is properly rendered in English as a past tense is recognized by the best of modern Bible translators. Dr. James Moffatt was on the Revised Standard Version Bible Committee, and note how he translates John 8:58 in his own version: "'Truly, truly I tell you,' said Jesus, 'I have existed before Abraham was born.'" Professor E. J. Goodspeed was a member of the American Standard Bible Committee, and his translation renders John 8:58 as follows: "Jesus said to them, 'I tell you, I existed before Abraham was born!'" Note other translations: Chas. Williams' The New Testament: "Then Jesus said to them, 'I most solemnly say to you, I existed before Abraham was born.'" A. S. Lewis' "The Four Gospels" According to the Sinaitic Palimpsest: "He said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I have been." The Twentieth Century New Testament: "'Believe me,' Jesus replied, 'before Abraham was born I was already what I am.'" G. M. Lamsa's The Modern New Testament: "Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Before Abraham was born, I was." Jas. Murdock's The Syriac New Testament: "Jesus said to them: Verily, verily, I say to you, That before Abraham existed, I was." F. Pfaefflin's Das Neue Testament (German): "Jesus: 'Before there was an Abraham, I was already there [war ich schon da]!'" C. Stage's Das Neue Testament (German): "Jesus said to them: 'Truly, truly, I say to you: Before Abraham was born, I was [war ich].'" Nácar Colunga's Nuevo Testamento (Spanish): "Jesus answered: 'In truth, in truth, I say to you: Before Abraham was born, I was [era yo].'" F. Delitzsch's Hebrew New Testament and that by Salkinson-Ginsburg both have the verb in the perfect form "I have been" (haiithi) instead of in the imperfect form. From the above it is to be seen that the New World Translation is consistent with itself in rendering the historical present by rendering John 8:58 "I have been" instead of "I am." Since Jesus was here referring to an existence from before Abraham and continuing down till he spoke, the New World Translation rendered ego' eimi' as "I have been" instead of "I was." When any clerical critic tries to claim inaccuracy for the New World Translation at John 8:58, then he is indicting not only it but also all these other scholars, English and foreign language, of inaccuracy. He is entitled to take and accept the version that he prefers because of bias TEACHINGS, Why Did God Create the Earth?toward a religious doctrine, in this case the trinity, but yet it should be recognized that the New World Translation has plenty of support by acknowledged, widely known translators for its rendering at John 8:58.
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