Today’s Devotional – June 22nd (The Natural Man’s Bible Prophecy)
By admin On January 29th, 2021.
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Today’s Devotional – June 22nd
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The Natural Man’s Bible Prophecy
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There is a great error in many of today’s schools of Bible interpretation. It comes about when The Natural Man decides to attempt to interpret what only the Holy Spirit can rightly reveal.
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Oh, you want to know just who is “The Natural Man”?
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Listen…
“But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God:
for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them,
because they are spiritually discerned.
But he that is spiritual judges all things…
we have the mind of Christ.”
1st Corinthians 2:14-16
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So, it says here that the “natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him”. And so here is the big problem.
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“COMPARING SPIRITUAL THINGS WITH SPIRITUAL”
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But this passage goes on to further say…
“Which things also we speak,
not in the words which man’s wisdom teaches,
but which the Holy Ghost teaches;
comparing spiritual things with spiritual.”
1st Corinthians 2:13.
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And here it reveals what true interpretation is: “comparing spiritual things with spiritual”.
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This is perhaps the greatest problem with much of today’s Bible prophecy interpretations: the attempt to interpret prophecy as merely the prognosticating of future events.
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ABOVE PICTURE – Adding to or taking from God’s Word, the Bible
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ISLAM AND THE BIBLE
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Let’s take for instance, the attempt to fit Islam’s “Jihad” into Bible prophecy interpretation.
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Now the first mistake is when we look at current events and then try to make the Bible correspond to those current events. And there are many today who are now trying to make the Bible coincide with what’s going on in the news
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Now, the Bible makes no mention of either Islam, nor of Jihad.
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But it does mention “Ishmael”, who is one of the many progenitors of the Arabic race.
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ISIL – Execution of man – September 2014 – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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ISHMAEL AN ALLEGORY
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So, let’s look at one aspect of Bible prophecy and try to understand just where we are going wrong…
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Listen to Paul…
“For it is written, that Abraham had two sons,
the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh;
but he of the freewoman was by promise.
Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants;
the one from the mount Sinai, which genders to bondage, which is Agar.
For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia,
and answers to Jerusalem which now is,
and is in bondage with her children.
But Jerusalem which is above is free,
which is the mother of us all.”
Galatians 4:22-26
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Paul here is correctly interpreting the story of Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar, as a spiritual allegory.
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Sarah & Hagar – Foster Bible Pictures – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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TWO PORTIONS OF JERUSALEM
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By comparing spiritual things with spiritual, Paul is seeing that both Jerusalem as well as Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar & Ishmael are being orchestrated by God to be spiritual concepts.
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And by comparing these spiritual concepts together, Paul interprets these things as concerning the New Testament Church: both the apostate Jerusalem, and the faithful Jerusalem.
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Yes, Hagar and Ishmael represent the “Jerusalem which is now, and is in bondage with her children”: this is the Church-apostate, which is still in bondage to the flesh.
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And Sarah represents the Church of promise, “which is free and is the mother of us all”.
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Paul – Wikimedia – US Public Domain
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THE ENTIRE BIBLE IS ABOUT SALVATION
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So now we begin to see that God is not prophesying about the literal descendants of Hagar/Ishmael!
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No, Hagar and Ishmael do not represent any other religion, but in truth, represent the apostate portion of the Church!
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These accounts in the Old Testament are concerning the Church, as is with the entire Bible! That’s right, the entire Bible is all about Christ and His Church, and the battle against the Devil and his followers.
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Oh yes, all these Old Testament stories are true and literal historical accounts! But God orchestrated them to present allegorical truths concerning the Gospel. That’s just how God preferred to present truth to us.
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And so, for us to see anything beyond Christ, His Church, and the battle against Satan and his followers is to incorrectly interpret Scripture!
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Brooklyn Museum – The Foolish Virgins – James Tissot – US Public Domain
Five Wise Virgins – Matt 25 – www.thebiblerevival.com – Public Domain
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Give me a repentant heart that seeks Thy grace. Help me to see the spiritual message of the Bible…
Marine Praying – Wikimedia – USMC Public Domain
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “November 22 – (The Greatest Jig-saw Puzzle Ever!)“ or you can also read… “November 23 – (The Two Spirits In The World)“
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN
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THE HOLY GHOST RIDER CONSTELLATION
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This newest Signs Of Heaven Constellation (Fall, 2013) is by far the faintest of constellations, but is a very incredible and awesome one in a number of ways (which this article will explain).
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It is primarily comprised of the Camelopardalis Constellation (head and upper back), plus about 5 stars from the Cassiopeia Constellation (his leg), plus some random stars. It appears as an outline of a rider. Only the back of his head is detailed. And his back and the back of his legs are also detailed. Both sides of his arm are visible, and his hand is gripping the horses mane, and that is detailed by three stars (which are also part of the horse’s mane). The rider is in a position vaguely similar to a race-horse jockey. The two brightest stars in this constellation, are from the Cassiopeia Constellation, and are part of his leg. All the rest of the stars are very faint, and must be viewed on a very starry night.
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Since this constellation has just been revealed, there may be more to this constellation in the coming months. But if you can locate the Goodly Horse in Battle Constellation, then you shouldn’t have too much trouble locating this Rider Constellation, provided you have excellent star-watching conditions.
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “The Holy-Ghost-Rider Constellation”
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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TOMORROW:
”June 23rd (The Natural Man’s Prosperity Gospel)”
Audience hands – cropped & altered – Wikimedia – Universal Public Domain
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above picture: Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.org – Public Domain
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