Zeus at the Helm
Part II
(read Gospel of Thomas)
(1 Corinthians 2:7, Matthew 16:21,1 Corinthians 15:1-4, Acts 13:34, Acts 1:10, Acts 1:11, Acts 1:7, Acts 1:8, 2 Chronicles 29:30, Psalm 67:1-3, Matthew 8:10, Romans 11:25, Genesis 6:1, Genesis 49:26,Numbers 14:17, Exodus 8:10, 1 Chronicles 6:49, Genesis 2:4, Acts 14:12, Acts 14:13, Ezekiel 43:12, Nahum 3:9, Proverbs 30:19, Genesis 16:12,Genesis 49:3, Esther 1:14, Amos 5:26, Matthew 9:15, 2 Chronicles 1:12, Jeremiah 7:17-19, 1 Kings 10:7, Deuteronomy 8:17, Exodus 6:4, 2 Corinthians 10:13, Deuteronomy 33:14, Psalm 24:1, Exodus 25:15, Exodus 25:27, 2 Corinthians 10:15-17, Acts 4:7, John 10:34-36, Exodus 19:5, Deuteronomy 4:39, John 16, Leviticus 25:23, Hebrews 13:2)
We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory,
Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, no more to return to corruption,
He has spoken thus: ‘I will give you the sure mercies of David.’ And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, “why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”
And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and to the end of the earth.”
So they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.
God be merciful to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, Selah
That Your way may be known on earth.
When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, “Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!
For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion,
Now it came to pass, the blessings of your father have excelled the blessings of my ancestors, Up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills. And now, I pray, let the power of my Lord be great, just as You have spoken, saying,
“Let it be according to your word, that you may know that there is no one like the Lord our God. For all the work of the Most Holy Place, This is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created,
In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, and Barnabas they called Zeus, whose temple was in front of their city. And it was boundless;the whole area surrounding the mountaintop is most holy.(The way of a ship in the midst of the sea).
And he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. The excellency of dignity and the excellency of power.
Those closest to him being Meres, who had access to the king's presence, and ranked highest in the kingdom, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker, and Chiun,The star of your gods, which you made for yourselves.
And Jesus said to them, "Wisdom and knowledge are granted to you; and I will give You riches and wealth and honor, such as none of the kings have had who were before you, nor shall any after you have the like.”
The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger.
Your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame of which I heard. “The incense that you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the Lord remember them, and did it not come into His mind?
Then you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.’
Do they provoke Me to anger?” says the Lord.
“Do they not provoke themselves, to the shame of their own faces?”
So the Lord could no longer bear it, because of the evil of your doings and because of the abominations which you committed. Therefore your land is a desolation, an astonishment, a curse, and without an inhabitant, as it is this day.
And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, “By what power or by what name have you done this?”
Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, “You are gods”’?
"If He called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken), do you say of Him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world,
‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine; I have also established My covenant with them.
...We, however, will not boast beyond measure, but within the limits of the sphere which God appointed us—a sphere which especially includes you. With the precious fruits of the sun, with the precious produce of the months, the earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein. The poles shall be in the rings of the ark; The rings shall be close to the frame, as holders for the poles to bear the table. They shall not be taken from it not boasting of things beyond measure, that is, in other men’s labors, but having hope, that as your faith is increased, we shall be greatly enlarged by you in our sphere, to preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man’s sphere of accomplishment. But “he who glories, let him glory in the Lord.”
Therefore know this day, and consider it in your heart, that the Lord Himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
Selah.
‘The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with Me'.
Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels.
(read Gospel of Thomas)
(1 Corinthians 2:7, Matthew 16:21,1 Corinthians 15:1-4, Acts 13:34, Acts 1:10, Acts 1:11, Acts 1:7, Acts 1:8, 2 Chronicles 29:30, Psalm 67:1-3, Matthew 8:10, Romans 11:25, Genesis 6:1, Genesis 49:26,Numbers 14:17, Exodus 8:10, 1 Chronicles 6:49, Genesis 2:4, Acts 14:12, Acts 14:13, Ezekiel 43:12, Nahum 3:9, Proverbs 30:19, Genesis 16:12,Genesis 49:3, Esther 1:14, Amos 5:26, Matthew 9:15, 2 Chronicles 1:12, Jeremiah 7:17-19, 1 Kings 10:7, Deuteronomy 8:17, Exodus 6:4, 2 Corinthians 10:13, Deuteronomy 33:14, Psalm 24:1, Exodus 25:15, Exodus 25:27, 2 Corinthians 10:15-17, Acts 4:7, John 10:34-36, Exodus 19:5, Deuteronomy 4:39, John 16, Leviticus 25:23, Hebrews 13:2)
We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory,
Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, no more to return to corruption,
He has spoken thus: ‘I will give you the sure mercies of David.’ And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, “why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”
And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and to the end of the earth.”
So they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.
God be merciful to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, Selah
That Your way may be known on earth.
When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, “Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!
For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion,
Now it came to pass, the blessings of your father have excelled the blessings of my ancestors, Up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills. And now, I pray, let the power of my Lord be great, just as You have spoken, saying,
“Let it be according to your word, that you may know that there is no one like the Lord our God. For all the work of the Most Holy Place, This is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created,
In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, and Barnabas they called Zeus, whose temple was in front of their city. And it was boundless;the whole area surrounding the mountaintop is most holy.(The way of a ship in the midst of the sea).
And he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. The excellency of dignity and the excellency of power.
Those closest to him being Meres, who had access to the king's presence, and ranked highest in the kingdom, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker, and Chiun,The star of your gods, which you made for yourselves.
And Jesus said to them, "Wisdom and knowledge are granted to you; and I will give You riches and wealth and honor, such as none of the kings have had who were before you, nor shall any after you have the like.”
The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger.
Your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame of which I heard. “The incense that you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the Lord remember them, and did it not come into His mind?
Then you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.’
Do they provoke Me to anger?” says the Lord.
“Do they not provoke themselves, to the shame of their own faces?”
So the Lord could no longer bear it, because of the evil of your doings and because of the abominations which you committed. Therefore your land is a desolation, an astonishment, a curse, and without an inhabitant, as it is this day.
And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, “By what power or by what name have you done this?”
Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, “You are gods”’?
"If He called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken), do you say of Him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world,
‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine; I have also established My covenant with them.
...We, however, will not boast beyond measure, but within the limits of the sphere which God appointed us—a sphere which especially includes you. With the precious fruits of the sun, with the precious produce of the months, the earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein. The poles shall be in the rings of the ark; The rings shall be close to the frame, as holders for the poles to bear the table. They shall not be taken from it not boasting of things beyond measure, that is, in other men’s labors, but having hope, that as your faith is increased, we shall be greatly enlarged by you in our sphere, to preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man’s sphere of accomplishment. But “he who glories, let him glory in the Lord.”
Therefore know this day, and consider it in your heart, that the Lord Himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
Selah.
‘The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with Me'.
Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels.
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