The Heavenly Realm of the Son of God

Thursday, 20200604
Reading from the Epistle General to the Hebrews, Chapters 1 and 2.

Today, I made some observations about the Heavenly Realm of the Gospel, recorded in Hebrews 1:1-6, that is seldom preached:

 - God made the ages through his Son
 - God has appointed his Son the heir of all things
 - The Son is the brightness of the Glory of God
 - The Son is the "impress of the subsistence" of God
 - The Son bears up all things by the saying of his might
 - After having made a cleansing of our sins, the Son sat down at the right
   hand of God the Greatest in the Highest
 - In this way, the Son has become much better than the messengers
 - And has inherited a more excellent name than they had
 - God has declared to His Son, "Thou art my Son - today I have begotten thee"
 - God has spoken about his messengers, "Let them bow before Him - all messengers of God"
 - In these last days, God has spoken to us through His Son.

This Heavenly Realm of the Gospel of Iesou the Son of God, sets the context for the Earthly Realm of the Gospel, recorded in Hebrews 2:5 - 9, as follows,

From the Heavens:

the Son through whom the ages was created,
who is the brightness of the Glory of God,
who is the impress subsistence of God,
who bears up all thing by the saying of his might,

On Earth,

The Son was then made a little less than angels,
Then was crowned with glory and honour by God,
and was set over the works of the Hands of God,
with all things put in subjection under The Son's feet,


see Hebrews 1:1 - 6 YLT
1 In many parts, and many ways, God of old having spoken to the fathers in the prophets,
2 in these last days did speak to us in a Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He did make the ages;
3 who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might -- through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest,
4 having become so much better than the messengers, as he did inherit a more excellent name than they.
5 For to which of the messengers said He ever, `My Son thou art -- I to-day have begotten thee?` and again, `I will be to him for a father, and he shall be to Me for a son?`
6 and when again He may bring in the first-born to the world, He saith, `And let them bow before him -- all messengers of God;

And in Hebrews 2:9 we see the affirmation that this Son is Iesou the Anointed One,
"and him who was made some little less than messengers we see -- Jesus -- because of
 the suffering of the death, with glory and honour having been crowned, that by the
 grace of God for every one he might taste of death."

Hebrews 2:5 - 9 YLT
5 For not to messengers did He subject the coming world, concerning which we speak,
6 and one in a certain place did testify fully, saying, `What is man, that Thou art mindful of him, or a son of man, that Thou dost look after him?
7 Thou didst make him some little less than messengers, with glory and honour Thou didst crown him, and didst set him over the works of Thy hands,
8 all things Thou didst put in subjection under his feet,` for in the subjecting to him the all things, nothing did He leave to him unsubjected, and now not yet do we see the all things subjected to him,
9 and him who was made some little less than messengers we see -- Jesus -- because of the suffering of the death, with glory and honour having been crowned, that by the grace of God for every one he might taste of death.

Lay up treasure for thyself against the day of necessity

Thursday, 2020.06.04
Reading from the apocrypha, the Book of Tobit:

On giving alms, whether from abundance or from little, to lay up treasure for future times of need.

1 Tobit 4:7 - 11 LXX
"Give alms of thy substance; and when thou givest alms, let not thine eye be envious, neither turn thy face from any poor, and the face of God shall not be turned away from thee. If thou hast abundance give alms accordingly: if thou have but a little, be not afraid to give according to that little: For thou layest up a good treasure for thyself against the day of necessity. Because that alms do deliver from death, and suffereth not to come into darkness. For alms is a good gift unto all that give it in the sight of the most High."

This is similar to the teaching in 2 Corinthians 9:6 - 8 YLT
6 And this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he who is sowing in blessings, in blessings also shall reap;
7 each one, according as he doth purpose in heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for a cheerful giver doth God love,
8 and God is able all grace to cause to abound to you, that in every thing always all sufficiency having, ye may abound to every good work,

Abraham spoke to The Lord in the plains of Mamre

Wednesday, 2020.06.03
Continuation of observations from Genesis Chapter 18, LXX Septuagint (Brenton)

About "The Lord":

Abraham was visited by three men Genesis 18:1
But he spoke to only one of them, whom he called Lord Genesis 18:3
That man, Lord, conversed with Abraham about Sarah. Genesis 18:9 - 15

see Genesis 18:13 LXX
"And the Lord said to Abraam, Why is it that Sarrha has laughed in herself, saying, Shall I then indeed bear? but I am grown old."

However, after two* of men had departed for Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham was still
standing before the Lord (YHWH?). Genesis 18:22
And he proceeded to plead with the Lord not to destroy the righteous along with
the wicked in Sodom and Gomorrah, Genesis 18:22 - 33

*this can be seen in Genesis 19:1, where it is written,
"And the two angels came to Sodom at evening. . . ."

Conclusion:

Of the three men who visited Abraham's household in Genesis 18, one of them was the Angel of Adonai, the LORD, YHWH, (His agency). He was the one whom Abraham addressed as Lord. And he was the one who stayed behind with Abraham, when the two other angels went on to visit Lot's family in Sodom.

In Abraham shall all nations be blest

Tuesday, 2020.06.02
Reading from Genesis Chapter 18, LXX Septuagint (Brenton)

The Angel of the LORD, one of the three men who visited Abraham's home in the plains of Mamre, in pronouncing that Sarah will have a son in her old age, prophesied that Abraham will command his children to keep the way of the LORD, "to do justice and judgment", and thus the LORD will bring upon Abraham what He had spoken.

Genesis 18:18,19 LXX
But Abraam shall become a great and populous nation, and in him shall all the nations of the earth be blest. For I know that he will order his sons, and his house after him, and they will keep the ways of the Lord, to do justice and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraam all things whatsoever he has spoken to him.

When facing temptation, beware of your desires

Monday, 2020.06.01
Reading from the Epistle of James, Young's Literal Translation.

When one faces temptation, it is his DESIRES that cause his fall. A man is led away and enticed by his own desires, rather than by the temptation. In other words, one can stand firm in face of temptations when one reigns in his desires.

James 1:13 - 15 YLT
13 Let no one say, being tempted -- `From God I am tempted,` for God is not tempted of evil, and Himself doth tempt no one,
14 and each one is tempted, by his own desires being led away and enticed,
15 afterward the desire having conceived, doth give birth to sin, and the sin having been perfected, doth bring forth death.

The rich will fade away

Monday, 2020.06.01
Reading from the Epistle of James, Young's Literal Translation.

The rich will fade away.

James 1:9 - 11 YLT
9 And let the brother who is low rejoice in his exaltation,
10 and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away;
11 for the sun did rise with the burning heat, and did wither the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the race of its appearance did perish, so also the rich in his way shall fade away!

Also to dead men was good news preached

Sunday 2020.05.31
Readings from the first epistle of Peter, Young's Literal Translation.

What does proclaiming the good news to the dead mean? Where are the dead?
Are they existing in a hidden world? When will the dead be judged, along with the living?
Are they the same as those spirits "in prison" to whom the Lord went also to preach?

1 Peter 3:19 YLT
19 in which also to the spirits in prison having gone he did preach,

1 Peter 4: 5,6 YLT
5 who shall give an account to Him who is ready to judge living and dead,
6 for for this also to dead men was good news proclaimed, that they may
  be judged, indeed, according to men in the flesh, and may live according to God in the spirit.