During Sunday Evening Story-Time, on September 5, 2010, the IL teaching elder was talking about inheritance and getting out from under the authority of Satan .... when, referring to Jesus, he said the phrase, "to OUR KING". I was absolutely shocked! In nearly 30 years of listening to the Cunning Royal Jester -- and his Jokers, too -- preach .... I NEVER heard him -- or any of them -- EVER say ANYTHING about Jesus being OUR KING! To my knowledge, not during any conferences or meetings; not on any recorded old 8-track tapes, cassettes, MP3’s, CD’s, DVD’s, or live webcasts; not in printed literature, tracts, or books .... no where .... no time .... was Jesus called OUR KING. I remember one time that a lady sang a song at a conference about Jesus being King and people rolled their eyes with facial expressions to indicate she just didn’t know ‘right-division’ yet! She wasn’t ‘in the know’ like WE were! Someone needed to straighten her out and teach her the scriptures!
To give credit where credit is due, ‘mid-Acts-ers’ do acknowledge Jesus is King -- but the problem is, that they see Him as only as King OF THE JEWS. They know He was born KING OF THE JEWS (Matt 2:2). They know He was crucified as KING OF THE JEWS (Matt 27:37, John 19:19). But ‘mid-Acts-ers’ believe the ‘earthly’ Jesus .... was ‘another Jesus’ .... a ‘different’ Jesus from Who-they-call the ‘risen, glorified Lord’ that appeared to Saul/Paul on the road to Damascus. Therefore, they do not accept or believe Jesus as their King, thinking that Jesus was "operating in Israel’s program" then.
Since I am no longer a ‘mid-Acts-er’ and I do not follow the Cunning Royal Jester’s stories anymore .... I have been presenting the fact that Paul, the apostle of the Gentiles (Rom 11:13) which ‘mid-Acts-ers’ CLAIM to follow (but don’t), by inspiration of God, TWICE named Jesus as KING .... once, obviously, Who He is NOW:
1 Tim 1:17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
.... and again, Who He ‘IS’ now, and Who He will be shown to be at His appearing .... namely, the KING of kings:
1 Tim 6:14-15 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
15 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
How could anyone read that verse .... and then read this passage .... and still think that PAUL taught a SECRET, MYSTERY APPEARING of King Jesus that was a DIFFERENT APPEARING than the rest of the prophets wrote of? The Cunning Royal Jester has blown smoke:
Rev 19:11-16 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
John wrote of the revelation (the appearing) of Jesus Christ, as did Paul .... when He appears as King of kings .... one and the same coming!
Just for the record, I have been teaching for over a year now, that JESUS IS KING. The Cunning Royal Jester may be trying to make a change (by calling Jesus our King) without anyone drawing attention to it, so he can say he’s taught that before. Yes, the winds of change are blowing .... the Cunning Royal Jester called Jesus "our King". I’m pointing it out for you to notice, so you will not be blown away if he claims he preached it all along, when he didn’t.
This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"
Friday, September 10, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Thinking Like He Thinks?
During September 5, 2010, Sunday Evening Story-Time with the IL teaching elder .... he said, ‘You thinking like I’m thinking? You know how to do that!’ Whether intentional or not, the Cunning Royal Jester just slipped us a glimpse that he is accustomed to folks unquestionably following his teaching, trusting his judgment, and accepting his paradigm. He is aware that people give him their full confidence, so he can embellish his stories .... without fear of being embarrassed. He said of people who disagree with his pre-tribulation rapture doctrine in 1 Cor 15:51, that they are having a ‘hallucination, when the wish is father to the thought’ (7-25-10).
Rom 12:16-a Be of the same mind one toward another.
The Cunning Royal Jester takes pot-shots at people, calling them ‘Bible-thump-heads’ and ‘block-heads inexperienced at reading the Bible’ (8-4-10), ‘bums at the rescue mission’ and calling the Lord ‘the Big Cheese’ (8-22-10). He called some names and said they had great music, but they didn’t know what they were talking about (9-1-10).
Rom 12:16-b Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate.
The Cunning Royal Jester said that without his wife he could go to ‘heretic churches’ that claimed to be ‘Spirit-filled’. He mocked people who used Greek, saying they can’t recite the Greek alphabet, but think they can teach Greek (9-5-10). But he reads the phone book and the dictionary and 5 books at one time.
Rom 12:16-c Be not wise in your own conceits.
The Cunning Royal Jester has certainly earned his own title by making fun of saints who have a different understanding than he has .... and his Jokers laugh right along. I heard one of them preach from the pulpit that ‘other’ churches were ‘whorehouses’ and their preachers, ‘altar pimps’.
1 Cor 10:12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
It seems the Cunning Royal Jester has a insatiable habit of putting others down and lifting himself up. I don’t ‘think like he thinks’ anymore!
This is David Dowell saying, "Think about it!"
Rom 12:16-a Be of the same mind one toward another.
The Cunning Royal Jester takes pot-shots at people, calling them ‘Bible-thump-heads’ and ‘block-heads inexperienced at reading the Bible’ (8-4-10), ‘bums at the rescue mission’ and calling the Lord ‘the Big Cheese’ (8-22-10). He called some names and said they had great music, but they didn’t know what they were talking about (9-1-10).
Rom 12:16-b Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate.
The Cunning Royal Jester said that without his wife he could go to ‘heretic churches’ that claimed to be ‘Spirit-filled’. He mocked people who used Greek, saying they can’t recite the Greek alphabet, but think they can teach Greek (9-5-10). But he reads the phone book and the dictionary and 5 books at one time.
Rom 12:16-c Be not wise in your own conceits.
The Cunning Royal Jester has certainly earned his own title by making fun of saints who have a different understanding than he has .... and his Jokers laugh right along. I heard one of them preach from the pulpit that ‘other’ churches were ‘whorehouses’ and their preachers, ‘altar pimps’.
1 Cor 10:12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
It seems the Cunning Royal Jester has a insatiable habit of putting others down and lifting himself up. I don’t ‘think like he thinks’ anymore!
This is David Dowell saying, "Think about it!"
Monday, September 6, 2010
The World of Angels?
During September 5, 2010, Sunday Evening Story-Time with the teaching elder .... he assigned the meaning of ‘which’ world the saints will judge. He said, ‘The saints will judge the world. What world are they going to judge? The angelic world .... up here in the heavens. The saints will judge angels.'
1 Cor 6:1-8 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world?
and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels?
how much more things that pertain to this life?
4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
6 But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.
7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
Staying in the context of saints who were taking each other to civil court rather than settling matter between themselves in the church, and honestly using your OWN brain .... do YOU think that when verse 2 says the saints will judge the world .... that it means the angelic world? I don’t. But that is what the Cunning Royal Jester said it meant. It looks to me like he makes false assignments.
This is David Dowell saying, "Think about it!"
1 Cor 6:1-8 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world?
and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels?
how much more things that pertain to this life?
4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
6 But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.
7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
Staying in the context of saints who were taking each other to civil court rather than settling matter between themselves in the church, and honestly using your OWN brain .... do YOU think that when verse 2 says the saints will judge the world .... that it means the angelic world? I don’t. But that is what the Cunning Royal Jester said it meant. It looks to me like he makes false assignments.
This is David Dowell saying, "Think about it!"
Physical Proximity (Nearness)?
On September 5, 2010, during Sunday Evening Story-Time, the Cunning Royal Jester repeatedly said that 1 Thess 4:17 (when we meet the Lord in the air, to ever be with Him) was ‘obviously NOT talking about PHYSICAL PROXIMITY’ (nearness).
Question: Well .... why not?
Answer: Because HE said it wasn’t.
1 Thess 4:14-17 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with [sun] him.
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven
with [en] a shout,
with [en] the voice of the archangel,
and with [en] the trump of God:
and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together
with [sun] them in the clouds,
to meet the Lord in the air:
and so shall we ever be with [sun] the Lord.
I don’t want to start a Greek war, especially since I am one of those who can’t even recite the Greek alphabet (that the Cunning Royal Jester mocked). But since I got away from him, I have learned and I am able to study the translation and meaning of Greek words.
The Cunning Royal Jester, with HIS vast, ‘unquestionable’ Greek knowledge, stated that there are 15 different Greek words that are translated ‘with’. OK. Then he mentioned 3 of them. He said,
[meta] means ‘physical proximity’,
[sun] means union, agreement .... like fellow, joint, and oneness,
and [en] means -- (He spoke so fast, I didn’t write this one down, but when I looked it up, it is written 2,800 times, and translated ‘in’ 1,902 of them and ‘with’ 140 times).
When I researched the Greek word [meta] .... using the Cunning Royal Jester’s ‘physical proximity’ meaning .... I found several verses where that meaning did not fit the context. Thus, for HIM to assign ‘physical proximity’ to the Greek word [meta] .... and thereby, EXCLUDE us being NEAR the Lord for ever (since [meta] is not used in 1 Thess 4:17) .... is his condescending way of intimidating people into trusting what HE says. I don’t fall for that scam anymore.
He has to eliminate ‘physical proximity’ from the way we will ‘ever be with the Lord’ .... because he teaches that who-he-identifies-as ‘the body of Christ’ (Paul’s converts only) will stay in heaven eternally .... while Jesus Christ and God the Father will be living on the new earth forever in the new Jerusalem (which PAUL, by inspiration of God, said is the mother of us all in Gal 4:26).
The Cunning Royal Jester spoke with a forked tongue, because he taught that the alive saints will have a great REUNION with the dead saints .... ‘WITH’ [sun] them in the clouds .... obviously IN their ‘physical proximity’ --- but then he CHANGED the use of the same Greek word [sun] about us ever being ‘WITH’ [sun] the Lord, stating that it was NOT talking about our ‘physical proximity’ with the Lord. The Cunning Royal Jester made the same word [sun] (‘with’) .... be different .... in the same verse! What a cunning royal jester he is!
Naturally reading the verse (1 Thess 4:17), when we "meet the Lord in the air" .... we will be in His ‘physical proximity’ .... near Him. ".... and so shall we ever be with the Lord" is in the same manner. I understand it like, ‘in the same way we meet Him, we will always be with Him’. We will be near Him when we meet Him, and we will be near Him when we are ever with Him. THEREFORE, when HE comes to earth to set up His kingdom .... WE will come to earth WITH Him. No joke! (But the Cunning Royal Jester and his Jokers are planning to stay in heaven. Fine with me! I wish they would, but I don’t want them to deceive others with their folly.)
This is David Dowell saying, "Think about it!"
Question: Well .... why not?
Answer: Because HE said it wasn’t.
1 Thess 4:14-17 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with [sun] him.
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven
with [en] a shout,
with [en] the voice of the archangel,
and with [en] the trump of God:
and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together
with [sun] them in the clouds,
to meet the Lord in the air:
and so shall we ever be with [sun] the Lord.
I don’t want to start a Greek war, especially since I am one of those who can’t even recite the Greek alphabet (that the Cunning Royal Jester mocked). But since I got away from him, I have learned and I am able to study the translation and meaning of Greek words.
The Cunning Royal Jester, with HIS vast, ‘unquestionable’ Greek knowledge, stated that there are 15 different Greek words that are translated ‘with’. OK. Then he mentioned 3 of them. He said,
[meta] means ‘physical proximity’,
[sun] means union, agreement .... like fellow, joint, and oneness,
and [en] means -- (He spoke so fast, I didn’t write this one down, but when I looked it up, it is written 2,800 times, and translated ‘in’ 1,902 of them and ‘with’ 140 times).
When I researched the Greek word [meta] .... using the Cunning Royal Jester’s ‘physical proximity’ meaning .... I found several verses where that meaning did not fit the context. Thus, for HIM to assign ‘physical proximity’ to the Greek word [meta] .... and thereby, EXCLUDE us being NEAR the Lord for ever (since [meta] is not used in 1 Thess 4:17) .... is his condescending way of intimidating people into trusting what HE says. I don’t fall for that scam anymore.
He has to eliminate ‘physical proximity’ from the way we will ‘ever be with the Lord’ .... because he teaches that who-he-identifies-as ‘the body of Christ’ (Paul’s converts only) will stay in heaven eternally .... while Jesus Christ and God the Father will be living on the new earth forever in the new Jerusalem (which PAUL, by inspiration of God, said is the mother of us all in Gal 4:26).
The Cunning Royal Jester spoke with a forked tongue, because he taught that the alive saints will have a great REUNION with the dead saints .... ‘WITH’ [sun] them in the clouds .... obviously IN their ‘physical proximity’ --- but then he CHANGED the use of the same Greek word [sun] about us ever being ‘WITH’ [sun] the Lord, stating that it was NOT talking about our ‘physical proximity’ with the Lord. The Cunning Royal Jester made the same word [sun] (‘with’) .... be different .... in the same verse! What a cunning royal jester he is!
Naturally reading the verse (1 Thess 4:17), when we "meet the Lord in the air" .... we will be in His ‘physical proximity’ .... near Him. ".... and so shall we ever be with the Lord" is in the same manner. I understand it like, ‘in the same way we meet Him, we will always be with Him’. We will be near Him when we meet Him, and we will be near Him when we are ever with Him. THEREFORE, when HE comes to earth to set up His kingdom .... WE will come to earth WITH Him. No joke! (But the Cunning Royal Jester and his Jokers are planning to stay in heaven. Fine with me! I wish they would, but I don’t want them to deceive others with their folly.)
This is David Dowell saying, "Think about it!"
Saturday, September 4, 2010
One and the Same
I have often heard the Cunning Royal Jester say, ‘Things that are different can’t be the same’.
Well, here’s ‘one’ for you, ‘Things that are the same are not different’.
When GOD says ‘ONE’ in the scripture .... then, we ought to accept ONE:
Eph 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
It is clear from the verse that Paul preached ‘the one and the same’ faith that he was persecuting in times past:
Gal 1:22-23 And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ:
23 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
In ‘the words of Pauline’ (What?) .... asking a Joker’s song, "Why do you divide?"
This is David Dowell saying, "Think about it!"
Well, here’s ‘one’ for you, ‘Things that are the same are not different’.
When GOD says ‘ONE’ in the scripture .... then, we ought to accept ONE:
Eph 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
It is clear from the verse that Paul preached ‘the one and the same’ faith that he was persecuting in times past:
Gal 1:22-23 And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ:
23 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
In ‘the words of Pauline’ (What?) .... asking a Joker’s song, "Why do you divide?"
This is David Dowell saying, "Think about it!"
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Count Me Out
On August 22, 2010, during Sunday Evening Story-Time, the ‘teaching elder’ told a tale of a man who was ‘padding his numbers on his internet site with a program that would force his visitor counter continually upward’. The Cunning Royal Jester made the statement that ‘anybody in advertising knows how to do that’. Well, I am ‘in advertising’ and I never heard of it. But since he brought it up, will say that I’m not surprised that there are programs available to jump up numbers, even though I was unaware of them before.
Some preachers frequently pull verses and portions of them out of context, with which they teach incorrect doctrine. Here is an example of how they could mis-use scriptures and mis-apply them to a particular situation:
2 Sam 18:1-a And David numbered the people that were with him,
2 Sam 24:10-a And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people.
Personally, I don’t feel bad about having had a visitor counter on my website for over 10 years. It was a common feature at the time it was initially set up. I never realized it could be suggested of number inflating.
1 Cor 8:9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
Many factors, even desperation or fear, can motivate a person to make false accusations in an effort to lessen the credibility of an opposing position. I just had my visitor counter removed, so now, no one can see how MANY people hit my website daily. Actually, after I ‘thought about it’ .... no one should follow a crowd anyway. The website is maintained because of my desire to provide informative studies and sensible messages, that do not isolate and disregard 80% of God’s word of truth. The number of folks who view and study with www.magnifiedword.com should not be influenced by what others do or don’t do, nor of what a jester may say or not say. I don’t need to know the numbers because I go with the verses. The VERSES speak for themselves and I am pointing them out.
Psa 107:8-9 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
If you’re hungry, the table is set and ready. The food is plenteous, good, and free, so eat all you want.
Matt 22:9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
As for counting the number of guests, it is unnecessary. All are welcome.
This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"
Some preachers frequently pull verses and portions of them out of context, with which they teach incorrect doctrine. Here is an example of how they could mis-use scriptures and mis-apply them to a particular situation:
2 Sam 18:1-a And David numbered the people that were with him,
2 Sam 24:10-a And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people.
Personally, I don’t feel bad about having had a visitor counter on my website for over 10 years. It was a common feature at the time it was initially set up. I never realized it could be suggested of number inflating.
1 Cor 8:9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
Many factors, even desperation or fear, can motivate a person to make false accusations in an effort to lessen the credibility of an opposing position. I just had my visitor counter removed, so now, no one can see how MANY people hit my website daily. Actually, after I ‘thought about it’ .... no one should follow a crowd anyway. The website is maintained because of my desire to provide informative studies and sensible messages, that do not isolate and disregard 80% of God’s word of truth. The number of folks who view and study with www.magnifiedword.com should not be influenced by what others do or don’t do, nor of what a jester may say or not say. I don’t need to know the numbers because I go with the verses. The VERSES speak for themselves and I am pointing them out.
Psa 107:8-9 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
If you’re hungry, the table is set and ready. The food is plenteous, good, and free, so eat all you want.
Matt 22:9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
As for counting the number of guests, it is unnecessary. All are welcome.
This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
The Bride of Christ, not a Biblical Term?
During Sunday Evening Story-Time on August 29, 2010, the Cunning Royal Jester made, what seemed to me to be a negative issue, out of the phrase ‘the bride of Christ’ not being in the Bible. He stated that it is purely a Roman Catholic term, all over their literature in their churches. He said, as if it was a stretch, the closest you’ll come to ‘the bride of Christ’ in scripture is in:
Rev 21:9-10 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
It looks to me like ‘the bride of Christ’ and ‘the bride, the Lamb’s wife’ are more accurate, related phrases .... than ‘rapture’ and ‘caught up’. So why fault ‘the bride of Christ’ users?
Rev 21:2-3 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
Even being careful with the words, I believe you could rightly say that ‘Christ, the bridegroom, hath the bride’. Is that not ‘the bride of Christ’?:
John 3:28-29 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said,
I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
Paul wrote to ‘the church of God’ (at Corinth), ‘with all the saints’ (in Achaia) .... that they were espoused as a chaste virgin to Christ, their husband:
2 Cor 11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy:
for I have espoused you to one husband,
that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
Paul taught the same principle John taught concerning Christ and the church, as a man joined unto His wife:
Eph 5:31-32 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
The prophet Isaiah wrote to Israel about them being a virgin, a bride, and a wife .... and the LORD being a man, their husband and their bridegroom:
Isa 54:5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
Isa 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Isa 62:5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin,
so shall thy sons marry thee:
and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride,
so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
The prophet Jeremiah also spoke of Israel as the LORD’s wife:
Jer 3:20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.
Jer 31:31-33 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. (like Rev 21:2-3 and 2 Cor 6:16)
Paul also applied the promise to the church of God .... that was originally given to Israel:
2 Cor 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Since John taught it in his gospel and in the Revelation ....
since Paul taught it to the church of God in 2 Corinthians and Ephesians ....
obviously, WE, the church of God, are the bride, the Lamb’s wife!
According to Paul, we will all be in our mother, new Jerusalem:
Gal 4:26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Oh, I want to see Him, look upon His face,
There to sing forever of His saving grace,
On the streets of glory, let me life my voice,
Cares all past, home at last, ever to rejoice.
This is David Dowell saying, "Think about it!"
Rev 21:9-10 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
It looks to me like ‘the bride of Christ’ and ‘the bride, the Lamb’s wife’ are more accurate, related phrases .... than ‘rapture’ and ‘caught up’. So why fault ‘the bride of Christ’ users?
Rev 21:2-3 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
Even being careful with the words, I believe you could rightly say that ‘Christ, the bridegroom, hath the bride’. Is that not ‘the bride of Christ’?:
John 3:28-29 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said,
I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
Paul wrote to ‘the church of God’ (at Corinth), ‘with all the saints’ (in Achaia) .... that they were espoused as a chaste virgin to Christ, their husband:
2 Cor 11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy:
for I have espoused you to one husband,
that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
Paul taught the same principle John taught concerning Christ and the church, as a man joined unto His wife:
Eph 5:31-32 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
The prophet Isaiah wrote to Israel about them being a virgin, a bride, and a wife .... and the LORD being a man, their husband and their bridegroom:
Isa 54:5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
Isa 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Isa 62:5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin,
so shall thy sons marry thee:
and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride,
so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
The prophet Jeremiah also spoke of Israel as the LORD’s wife:
Jer 3:20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.
Jer 31:31-33 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. (like Rev 21:2-3 and 2 Cor 6:16)
Paul also applied the promise to the church of God .... that was originally given to Israel:
2 Cor 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Since John taught it in his gospel and in the Revelation ....
since Paul taught it to the church of God in 2 Corinthians and Ephesians ....
obviously, WE, the church of God, are the bride, the Lamb’s wife!
According to Paul, we will all be in our mother, new Jerusalem:
Gal 4:26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Oh, I want to see Him, look upon His face,
There to sing forever of His saving grace,
On the streets of glory, let me life my voice,
Cares all past, home at last, ever to rejoice.
This is David Dowell saying, "Think about it!"
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