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!
Monday, June 1, 2020
Sunday, May 31, 2020
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.
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.
Practise hospitality and minister spiritual gifts
Sunday 2020.05.31
Reading 1 Peter Chapter 4, Young's Literal Translation
A reminder to show earnest love to fellow believers, by way of hospitality and ministering spiritual gifts to benefit one another, e.g. speaking and serving, that God may be glorified through Iesou Christou.
1 Peter 4:7 - 11 YLT
7 And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,
8 and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;
9 hospitable to one another, without murmuring;
10 each, according as he received a gift, to one another ministering it, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;
11 if any one doth speak -- `as oracles of God;` if any one doth minister -- as of the ability which God doth supply;` that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power -- to the ages of the ages. Amen.
Reading 1 Peter Chapter 4, Young's Literal Translation
A reminder to show earnest love to fellow believers, by way of hospitality and ministering spiritual gifts to benefit one another, e.g. speaking and serving, that God may be glorified through Iesou Christou.
1 Peter 4:7 - 11 YLT
7 And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,
8 and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;
9 hospitable to one another, without murmuring;
10 each, according as he received a gift, to one another ministering it, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;
11 if any one doth speak -- `as oracles of God;` if any one doth minister -- as of the ability which God doth supply;` that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power -- to the ages of the ages. Amen.
Monday, May 25, 2020
From Yeshua to Jesus: transliterations of the Lord's Name
The following list shows how the Name of the Messiah, the Anointed One, was pronounced by different communities in different places over the years:
- Hebrew — Yeshua or Yehoshua (Joshua)
- Greek — Iesou (Iesous for masculine nominative case)
- Latin — Iesus
- Geneva Bible 1557 — Jesus. (In Switzerland, "J" sounds like "Y", pronounced Yesus)
- King James Version in 1611 — Iesus
- By 1769, the Geneva spelling Jesus was adopted by English translations, but not the "Y" sound.
It is the failure of the English translations to adopt the Y sound from the Geneva Bible that has led to mispronounciation of the Lord's Name today.
Instead of calling upon "Yesou" or even "Yesus", most Christians are calling upon "Jesus".
Thankfully, such a departure from the original Y sound did not happen in the Chinese and Tamil translations of the New Testament. The Chinese transliteration for the Lord's Name is "Ye su" in Mandarin, or "Yeh Sow" in Cantonese dialect, while the Tamil transliteration is "Yeso". Both maintain strong resemblance to the Greek Iesou, for Yeshua.
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Sunday, May 24, 2020
Everyone who is loving is begotten of God
Sunday, 2020.05.24
Reading 1 John Chapter 4, Young's Literal Translation
Your faith is shown by your works. It is by what you do that you show to God and to the world around you whether you have the presence of God, His Spirit, in you:
(1) Love one another
1 John 4:7 " . . . every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;"
1 John 4: 12, 13 " . . . God no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us; in this we know that in Him we do remain, and He in us, because of His Spirit He hath given us"
1 John 4: 16 "and we -- we have known and believed the love, that God hath in us; God is love, and he who is remaining in the love, in God he doth remain, and God in him"
1 John 4: 20,21 "if any one may say -- `I love God,` and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God -- whom he hath not seen -- how is he able to love? and this is the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.
(2) Confess, testify
1 John 4: 14-15 "And we -- we have seen and do testify, that the Father hath sent the Son -- Saviour of the world; whoever may confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God in him doth remain, and he in God;"
Reading 1 John Chapter 4, Young's Literal Translation
Your faith is shown by your works. It is by what you do that you show to God and to the world around you whether you have the presence of God, His Spirit, in you:
(1) Love one another
1 John 4:7 " . . . every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;"
1 John 4: 12, 13 " . . . God no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us; in this we know that in Him we do remain, and He in us, because of His Spirit He hath given us"
1 John 4: 16 "and we -- we have known and believed the love, that God hath in us; God is love, and he who is remaining in the love, in God he doth remain, and God in him"
1 John 4: 20,21 "if any one may say -- `I love God,` and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God -- whom he hath not seen -- how is he able to love? and this is the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.
(2) Confess, testify
1 John 4: 14-15 "And we -- we have seen and do testify, that the Father hath sent the Son -- Saviour of the world; whoever may confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God in him doth remain, and he in God;"
Saturday, May 23, 2020
A Chronology of Noah and the Flood
Reading from the Septuagint,
Genesis chapters 7 and 8.
(A) Genesis 7: 6-10 appears to be an overview, or an introduction of the account of the Flood.
(1) Noe (Noah) was 600 years old when the flood occurred.
(2) Noah and his family went into the ark. (Gen 7:6-7).
(3) After seven days, the flood began. (Gen 7:10)
(B) The chronological details of the Flood begins from Genesis 7: 11 onwards.
(4) In the 600th year of Noe, 2nd month, 27th day (Gen 7:11) "all the fountains of the abyss were broken up, and the flood-gates of heaven were opened",
(5) "on that day" Noe and his family entered the ark (Gen 7:13)
(6) It rained 40 days and 40 nights. (Gen 7:12)
(7) The flood was upon the earth for 40 days and 40 nights (Gen7:17). This verse may refer to 40 days of flood subsequent to 40 days of rain, or it may be a reiteration of Gen. 7:12 above.
(C) The end of the Flood is chronicled in Genesis chapter 8.
(8) After 150 days, the water "was diminished", and on 600th year, 7th month, 27th day, the ark rested on the mountains of Ararat. (Gen 8:3)
Question: How do we reconcile this 150 days of flood water with the 40 days of rain (Gen 7:12) and / or 40 days of flood (Gen 7:17)?
(9) On the 600th year, 10th month, 1st day, the mountain tops were seen. (Gen 8:5)
(10) After 40 days, a raven was sent out, followed by a dove the first time (Gen 8:7).
(11) After another 7 days, the dove was sent out a second time (Gen 8:10).
(12) After yet another 7 days, the dove was sent out for the third time (Gen 8:12).
(D) The opening of the ark and the return to dry land is accounted from Genesis 8:13 onwards.
(13) On the 601st year, 1st month, 1st day, the covering of the ark was opened (Gen 8:13).
(14) Finally, on the 601st year, 2nd month, 27th day, the earth was dried (Gen 8:14).
Altogether, from the 27/2/600 year of Noe until the 27/2/601 year, Noe and his wife, and his three sons and daughters-in-law, and all the chosen animals, spent an entire year in the ark.
Genesis chapters 7 and 8.
(A) Genesis 7: 6-10 appears to be an overview, or an introduction of the account of the Flood.
(1) Noe (Noah) was 600 years old when the flood occurred.
(2) Noah and his family went into the ark. (Gen 7:6-7).
(3) After seven days, the flood began. (Gen 7:10)
(B) The chronological details of the Flood begins from Genesis 7: 11 onwards.
(4) In the 600th year of Noe, 2nd month, 27th day (Gen 7:11) "all the fountains of the abyss were broken up, and the flood-gates of heaven were opened",
(5) "on that day" Noe and his family entered the ark (Gen 7:13)
(6) It rained 40 days and 40 nights. (Gen 7:12)
(7) The flood was upon the earth for 40 days and 40 nights (Gen7:17). This verse may refer to 40 days of flood subsequent to 40 days of rain, or it may be a reiteration of Gen. 7:12 above.
(C) The end of the Flood is chronicled in Genesis chapter 8.
(8) After 150 days, the water "was diminished", and on 600th year, 7th month, 27th day, the ark rested on the mountains of Ararat. (Gen 8:3)
Question: How do we reconcile this 150 days of flood water with the 40 days of rain (Gen 7:12) and / or 40 days of flood (Gen 7:17)?
(9) On the 600th year, 10th month, 1st day, the mountain tops were seen. (Gen 8:5)
(10) After 40 days, a raven was sent out, followed by a dove the first time (Gen 8:7).
(11) After another 7 days, the dove was sent out a second time (Gen 8:10).
(12) After yet another 7 days, the dove was sent out for the third time (Gen 8:12).
(D) The opening of the ark and the return to dry land is accounted from Genesis 8:13 onwards.
(13) On the 601st year, 1st month, 1st day, the covering of the ark was opened (Gen 8:13).
(14) Finally, on the 601st year, 2nd month, 27th day, the earth was dried (Gen 8:14).
Altogether, from the 27/2/600 year of Noe until the 27/2/601 year, Noe and his wife, and his three sons and daughters-in-law, and all the chosen animals, spent an entire year in the ark.
Friday, May 22, 2020
This is His command
Reading from the Young's Literal Translation.
Fri 20200522
1 John 3: 21-24 YLT "The commands of God - to believe, to love one another"
21 Beloved, if our heart may not condemn us, we have boldness toward God,
22 and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because His commands we keep, and the things pleasing before Him we do,
23 and this is His command, that we may believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and may love one another, even as He did give command to us,
24 and he who is keeping His commands, in Him he doth remain, and He in him; and in this we know that He doth remain in us, from the Spirit that He gave us.
The above, especially verse 23, sheds light on an earlier passage about keeping "an old command" in 1 John 2: 3-11 YLT
3 and in this we know that we have known him, if his commands we may keep;
4 he who is saying, `I have known him,` and his command is not keeping, a liar he is, and in him the truth is not;
5 and whoever may keep his word, truly in him the love of God hath been perfected; in this we know that in him we are.
6 He who is saying in him he doth remain, ought according as he walked also himself so to walk.
7 Brethren, a new command I write not to you, but an old command, that ye had from the beginning -- the old command is the word that ye heard from the beginning;
8 again, a new command I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness doth pass away, and the true light doth now shine;
9 he who is saying, in the light he is, and his brother is hating, in the darkness he is till now;
10 he who is loving his brother, in the light he doth remain, and a stumbling-block in him there is not;
11 and he who is hating his brother, in the darkness he is, and in the darkness he doth walk, and he hath not known whither he doth go, because the darkness did blind his eyes.
Notes:
(1) The "old command" that the disciples had from the beginning was reiterated in the "new command" that John wrote about in 1 John 2: 8 - 11, that is, to love your brethren in the Lord.
(2) Later, John sums it up in 1 John 3: 23 by saying that this is the command from God our Father, "and this is His command, that we may believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and may love one another, even as He did give command to us,"
(3) It is by obeying this God given command, both to believe in the Name of Iesou the Anointed One, and to love one another, that makes us pleasing to him (1 John 3: 22) and that gives us boldness towards God our Father in Heaven, who answers our prayers and supplications (1 John 3:21 - 22).
Fri 20200522
1 John 3: 21-24 YLT "The commands of God - to believe, to love one another"
21 Beloved, if our heart may not condemn us, we have boldness toward God,
22 and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because His commands we keep, and the things pleasing before Him we do,
23 and this is His command, that we may believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and may love one another, even as He did give command to us,
24 and he who is keeping His commands, in Him he doth remain, and He in him; and in this we know that He doth remain in us, from the Spirit that He gave us.
The above, especially verse 23, sheds light on an earlier passage about keeping "an old command" in 1 John 2: 3-11 YLT
3 and in this we know that we have known him, if his commands we may keep;
4 he who is saying, `I have known him,` and his command is not keeping, a liar he is, and in him the truth is not;
5 and whoever may keep his word, truly in him the love of God hath been perfected; in this we know that in him we are.
6 He who is saying in him he doth remain, ought according as he walked also himself so to walk.
7 Brethren, a new command I write not to you, but an old command, that ye had from the beginning -- the old command is the word that ye heard from the beginning;
8 again, a new command I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness doth pass away, and the true light doth now shine;
9 he who is saying, in the light he is, and his brother is hating, in the darkness he is till now;
10 he who is loving his brother, in the light he doth remain, and a stumbling-block in him there is not;
11 and he who is hating his brother, in the darkness he is, and in the darkness he doth walk, and he hath not known whither he doth go, because the darkness did blind his eyes.
Notes:
(1) The "old command" that the disciples had from the beginning was reiterated in the "new command" that John wrote about in 1 John 2: 8 - 11, that is, to love your brethren in the Lord.
(2) Later, John sums it up in 1 John 3: 23 by saying that this is the command from God our Father, "and this is His command, that we may believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and may love one another, even as He did give command to us,"
(3) It is by obeying this God given command, both to believe in the Name of Iesou the Anointed One, and to love one another, that makes us pleasing to him (1 John 3: 22) and that gives us boldness towards God our Father in Heaven, who answers our prayers and supplications (1 John 3:21 - 22).
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