Yes, and seven actually has a meaning of "indefinite" or undefined, based on Genesis.
The first six days start and end. But the seventh only starts.
It is all perpetual when the seventh connects back to the first.
This is also the substance of eternal life - the repetitive, orderly operations of them all.
You need to review the same study all this music is about.
You will find, through elaborate detail of Scripture that describes the post-Biblical, formation of the free world, that what we call the "state of Israel" today God calls the national inheritance of Benjamin, the last one to be given (which is that of just one tribe, not all of them). The inheritance of all tribes collectively (with the others, that have long-since become nations as promised) is a global possession. And we are seeing that inheritance come only now.
If you ever get to the bottom of studying the parables, you will find they all relate to one thing: that the actions of the patriarch's stories and those of the apostles occurred in particular phases (also called "days") of their relationship to "the divine nature," or "God," and that they are now parables about all we here are doing now "with God" (the meaning of Israel, "to prevail with God).
The parables Jesus spoke all point to this revelation and the opening of the seven seals have made it obvious.
See the docs in the Snow White/AI thread OP.
>they are now parables about all we here are doing now "with God"
… because we are going through the very same "divine relationship" phases of change.
Each of them are phases of life in the process of change in all living things.
You are right about pigs. Eating something means to accept it. Not eating it means rejecting its likeness.
There is much more about such interpretation means in the other study though. It is difficult to follow, but makes a lot of sense as a whole. Have you gotten through that one yet?
The purpose of reading and re-reading Scripture is to learn it's particular means of language and concept development. That's how we discover the deeper truths. And if you get far enough you will discover what is more easily attainable in the study all these musicians have written about.
The book of Enoch has nothing to offer for our time in the present. It does have an over-arching perspective of much else. But none of it relates to what we need now, particularly on this board.
You efforts to demand people read this, which you have been posting all over this board is a distraction to what we need here.
Ah, so this post was the launch point for the attack.
Now I see why. It is brilliant and absolutely true.
Yes, the parables of ancient, real-life stories and the root terms
of names therein are by far the most meaningful inspiration for our time.
And it needs to be considered (because it is, in the right hands)
more authoritative than literal interpretation of much other sacred text.
It is the leaven hidden and preserved for our use today,
now found within the bread of the previous "three days' loaves."
Truth in few words goes completely unheard by most.
For instance, I saw mention tonight Israel is out of the loop with our plan
but celebrating like they are winning while their plan is actually going up in smoke.
That's exactly what the Bible says too. Judges 20 is our battle with Benjamin (the third day).
They come out for war as usual, but then look back to see their city "going up in smoke."
The spies "we" had set behind the city went in and destroyed it after they came out.
Their elite guard, by the way, in that story, are all men left-handed, that can sling a stone to within a hair's breadth.
The meaning of a hair (per Strong's) is a thought.
These are men that can all hit on the same "thought" from any different angle.
We know them today like the saying : "You can stomp on the toe of a Jew and the third Jew down will yell."
Wow. Excellent link. I've heard of all that, but did not put it with the drops.
yes, thank you.
Over 300 references in Scripture mention a third day or three days. These are roughly the thousand, two thousand and 390 years from Egypt to the present age, which is only 40 years.
Every such reference is symbolic of these three periods of history. But the "latter days" are three more phases of social development that take place just within this 40. Hosea would refer to them as the development of mercy (Think sealed indictments and deal making), faith (understanding the bigger picture of history) and consummation (with God). They are a entirely a head trip, but of encompassing, social caliber.
Ezekiel would describe this quickening by crossing a river in four places - where it was first ankle deep, then knee deep, then waist deep. This takes in the first three anatomical portions (the times) of the image of Daniel. But the fourth crossing was over his head, meaning it takes in the fourth (torso), fifth (head) and more - all in one crossing.
When Paul mentions being changed in an instant, it seems to be the personal realization of all of this at once. He calls it the twinkling of the eye, which is an odd interpretation from the root Greek term, which means "sudden movement" - until you realize he is talking about a sudden change of perspective (vision). But in the social model, we could also consider even the communists have said it takes at least 15 years to change society (as they saw it significant). And obviously, even this is an extremely brief period of time (an instant) compared to the length of the previous days.
Well, there has ever been an "incorruptible" religion in the purest sense. Even Christianity has only endured for the time it was appointed to endure. But Paul mentions the coming of incorruptible "man" - which would seem to be a collective assessment insomuch as we would never go against nature again for having learned from such mistakes in the past.
As far as the basis for future "religion," yes, there are many great ancient texts for our further understanding, but none are empirical as authored going forward. Instead, we have principles derived therefrom and changing environments to which we adapt them. What is empirical is the process of the seven laws of life and organic creation. This is the essence of God we cannot control or change, but that we can "walk with" in the future, and thereby do all the same things He does.
I'm not sure what others have called Laws of the Universe. All this other derives solely from Scripture.
Concerning the patriarchs, you've actually put your finger on one of the most perplexing matters of theology for our time. Surely, they were historical figures, but the recordings of their times and the meaning of their characters are almost like pre-conceived, acted out plays, when we realize how they speak to the values and lessons we all need to learn today.
I say this because virtually every story of ancient times has not just a principle but a hidden message particularly useful and applicable to another time within our own period (as the latter days unfold).
The only way to reconcile this is to surmise these stories and characters all represented elements of a very grand scheme some super-human force was coordinating across many thousands of years. Obviously, we would call that God. But it blurs the line between when and where these figures were actually acting of human volition or of divine. And it leaves us to wonder if "He" has simply been present within this lineage of man all along.
This gives new meaning to the one name Moses was told of (beyond that which he would then tell others), the I am that I am - the one that exists to exist again. All of these ancient stories were of actions, dynamics of change and word and name meanings that were quite apparently intended to "speak again" in this one tiny window of time in which we now live - all that His expression of existence back then would once again find it's own time of relevance, and thereby, He would "exist again."
Well, thanks for chiming in.
With all due respect however, I fully disagree with your theology.
>the texts have been purposefully altered as well
There is also the complication of translation.
And yeah, it all come down to judgement. I find what matters most "in the end" is realizing it is also a time of new beginning, and that we then acquire (as now) a new standard for righteousness. Revelation clearly depicts this happening for those receiving white robes.
Obviously, when the very future of human existence comes to hang in the balance of current affairs, that is the more important issue at hand. And "judging" rightly in the considerations thereof then becomes the basis of that new standard. But it is not one based on personal behavior according to the now-blurry past codes of conduct. The very importance of that is instead outweighed by the need to create a new future for all.
Everybody that contributes to this board is "judging" according to such considerations, and contributing to the new beginning beyond the end of the things of the past. They have found that new standard for what is right for the time and they judge themselves by it. And nobody has authority over them to say anything about that. For it is the son of man generation.