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« Reply #110 on: June 30, 2004, 04:40:36 PM » |
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Hi Bronze,
Here we have a choice; temptation in revelation 3:8 & 10 and the wrath in Isaiah 26:20-21
I firmly believe Rev.3:10 is a promise in the following wording:
Rev 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee
from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell
upon the earth.
tereo {tay-reh'-o} keep
1) to attend to carefully, take care of
a) to guard
b) metaph. to keep, one in the state in which he is
c) to observe
d) to reserve: to undergo something
the essence of 3:10 is in the understanding of the greek ground word translated as "keep"
wich means in greek "guard" and not the latter "from" or grek ek or ex wich means
1) out of, from, by, away from
peirasmos {pi-ras-mos'} temptation
1) an experiment, attempt, trial, proving
a) trial, proving: the trial made of you by my bodily condition, since condition served as to test the love of the Galatians toward Paul (Gal. 4:14)
b) the trial of man's fidelity, integrity, virtue, constancy
1) an enticement to sin, temptation, whether arising from the desires or from the outward circumstances
2) an internal temptation to sin
a) of the temptation by which the devil sought to divert Jesus the Messiah from his divine errand
3) of the condition of things, or a mental state, by which we are enticed to sin, or to a lapse from the faith and holiness
4) adversity, affliction, trouble: sent by God and serving to test or prove one's character, faith, holiness
c) temptation (i.e. trial) of God by men
1) rebellion against God, by which his power and justice are, as it were, put to the proof and challenged to show themselves
As controversial as it may sound, Rev 3:10 is a promise that guards one for temptation, it apparently
doesn't deal with any rapture, it points toward celestial protection as depicted in:
Dan 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the
children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a
nation [even] to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall
be found written in the book.
`amad {aw-mad'} stand up
1) to stand, remain, endure, take one's stand
a) (Qal)
1) to stand, take one's stand, be in a standing attitude, stand forth, take a stand, present oneself, attend upon, be or become servant of
2) to stand still, stop (moving or doing), cease
3) to tarry, delay, remain, continue, abide, endure, persist, be steadfast
4) to make a stand, hold one's ground
5) to stand upright, remain standing, stand up, rise, be erect, be upright
6) to arise, appear, come on the scene, stand forth, appear, rise up or against
7) to stand with, take one's stand, be appointed, grow flat, grow insipid
b) (Hiphil)
1) to station, set
2) to cause to stand firm, maintain
3) to cause to stand up, cause to set up, erect
4) to present (one) before (king)
5) to appoint, ordain, establish
c) (Hophal) to be presented, be caused to stand, be stood before
malat {maw-lat'} delivered
1) to slip away, escape, deliver, save, be delivered
a) (Niphal)
1) to slip away
2) to escape
3) to be delivered
b) (Piel)
1) to lay, let slip out (of eggs)
2) to let escape
3) to deliver, save (life)
c) (Hiphil)
1) to give birth to
2) to deliver
d) (Hithpael)
1) to slip forth, slip out, escape
2) to escape
Here is another controversy; Micheal stands up "for the children of thy people" and at the end of
the scripture it mentions the magic "escape"-word. Not the guard or keep word that used before.
So first he guards, and then he delivers. There is a space of time between those 2.
Remember: I mentioned Dan 12:1 with the rapture, yet you mentioned Rev 3:10 with the guard (not rapture).
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Next:
Isa 26:20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers,
and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a
little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
cheder {kheh'-der} thou into thy chambers
1) chamber, room, parlour, innermost or inward part, within
chabah {khaw-bah'} hide
1) to withdraw, hide, hide oneself
a) (Qal) to withdraw
b) (Niphal) to hide oneself, remain hidden, withdraw
m@`at {meh-at'} or m@`at {meh-awt'} little while
1) littleness, few, a little, fewness
a) little, small, littleness, fewness, too little, yet a little
b) like a little, within a little, almost, just, hardly, shortly, little worth
za`am {zah'-am} indignation
1) anger, indignation
"thy chambers" clearly points toward prayer as it is written in:
Luk 21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted
worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
( Luk 21:35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. )
pagis {pag-ece'} snare
1) snare, trap, noose
a) of snares in which birds are entangled and caught
1) implies unexpectedly, suddenly, because birds and beasts are caught unawares
b) a snare, i.e. whatever brings peril, loss, destruction
1) of a sudden and unexpected deadly peril
2) of the allurements and seductions of sin
3) the allurements to sin by which the devil holds one bound
4) the snares of love
Here in luke 21:36 we have the escape-word again this time in connection with snare (as opposed to
temptation) And this snare-word carries in greek the word "destruction" and "the general effect of
yielding to sin" in it. Clearly pointing towards wrath after temptation; effectively not being kept
from it.
It is not a coincidence that both scriptures holding the much prized "escape" or "rapture" word carry
wrath or death in it, not temptation that comes before the yielding to sin.
This, my fiend, is the period of "Jacobs Trouble" as Dan 12:1 proves.
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Then what is the temptation that leads to destruction ?
Paul writes:
1Th 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
AFTER the period of "peace and safety" they shall not escape.
olethros {ol'-eth-ros} destruction
1) ruin, destroy, death
a) for the destruction of the flesh, said of the external ills and troubles by which the lusts of the flesh are subdued and destroyed
ekpheugo {ek-fyoo'-go} ekpheugo {ek-fyoo'-go}
1) to flee out of, flee away
a) to seek safety in flight
b) to escape
The destruction depicted here is the period of wrath, a period that follows the well known "peace and safety" era that really starts the 70th week of Daniel.
Here again the "escape" word is named after the period, not before.
[to be continued]
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