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Study to Shew Thyself Approved Unto God. . . / DID JESUS EMPTY PARADISE?

« Last post by doug on March 02, 2026, 01:06:59 pm »

[Acts 2:29 KJV] "Men [and] brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day."
[Acts 2:34 KJV] "For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,"...........Some say that when Jesus ascended he emptied paradise/Abraham's bosom and took them to heaven. I think that, it being said, that David upon his death did not ascend into heaven, dispels this notion. I think Jesus's ascension and leading captivity captive can have another explanation..........[Psalm 68:18 KJV] "Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, [for] the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell [among them]."
[Ephesians 4:8 KJV] "Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men."....... I think these verses are saying when Jesus ascended he led the captivity of the devil captive. The devil has taken us into captivity............[2 Timothy 2:26 KJV] "And [that] they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.".........I don't see this as saying Christ emptied Abraham's bosom upon his ascension.

Study to Shew Thyself Approved Unto God. . . / WHO IS THE FOOLISH NATION?

« Last post by doug on March 02, 2026, 01:00:47 pm »

[Deuteronomy 32:21 KJV] "They have moved me to jealousy with [that which is] not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with [those which are] not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.".........Many say that those who aren't his people and are a foolish nation are Gentiles. First of all the Gentiles aren't confined to being A NATION, they consist of nations, plural. This passage can found in a parallel passage here....... [Hosea 1:10 KJV] "Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye [are] not my people, [there] it shall be said unto them, [Ye are] the sons of the living God."..........This passage is solely referencing Israel. The nation of Israel was not the Israel of God and weren't his people. As Paul says, not all Israel is of Israel; only spiritual Israel are his people Israel.........[Romans 9:6 KJV] "Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they [are] not all Israel, which are of Israel:".........[Isaiah 65:1 KJV] "I am sought of [them that] asked not [for me]; I am found of [them that] sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation [that] was not called by my name."
[Isaiah 65:2 KJV] "I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way [that was] not good, after their own thoughts;"........The nation that was not called by his name and were a rebellious people was the nation of Israel. Those that found him were the Israel of God, the believing remnant of Israel...........[Romans 9:25 KJV] "As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved."
[Romans 9:26 KJV] "And it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye [are] not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God."
[Romans 9:27 KJV] "Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:"..........Paul quotes from Hosea/Osee in verse 25 and just as in Deuteronomy 32:21 (at the top of the page) says, Israel was not a people, not "my people", but will be called the "sons of the living God"/"the children of the living God". As can be seen in Romans 9:27, Paul is saying that Esaias/Isiah say that out of the nation Israel, a remnant will be saved. Both Deuteronomy and Hosea and Paul are talking about "my people" as being the believing remnant of Israel, which is the foolish nation. This isn't about Gentiles or Gentile nations.

Study to Shew Thyself Approved Unto God. . . / KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS

« Last post by doug on March 02, 2026, 12:52:23 pm »

[John 14:15 KJV] "If ye love me, keep my commandments.".............This verse commands Israel to obey the commandments Jesus gave them while on earth. If you think this applies to you then what that entails needs examination.

[John 13:1 KJV] "Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end."
[John 13:4 KJV] "He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.".................To evaluate Jesus saying "If ye love me, keep my commandments." you have to go back to who he was talking to. He was talking to the twelve disciples at the Lord's supper. If you think what he said to them is for you then let's look at what you have to obey:
1) [Mark 1:15 KJV] "And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel."..............you must believe the gospel. The gospel he preached was that the kingdom was at hand and Israel had to repent, believe the gospel, be water baptized and keep the law. You can't believe that gospel, nor is being preached, because the kingdom is no longer at hand at this time.
2) [Matthew 10:32 KJV] "Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven."
[Matthew 10:33 KJV] "But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven."................You must confess him publicly or be denied before the Father. This was spoken to Israel during Christ's earthly ministry and primarily was speaking of Jews who confessed him were put out of the synagogue..........[John 12:42 KJV] "Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess [him], lest they should be put out of the synagogue".
3) [Matthew 9:9 KJV] "And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him." .................You must follow Jesus by physically doing so, which you can't, because this was for Israel to obey during his earthly ministry.
4) [Matthew 5:19 KJV] "Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach [them], the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."...............Jesus commanded to keep all the law. You must keep all the law, which you can't because there is no temple sacrifices at this time.
5) [Matthew 5:20 KJV] "For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed [the righteousness] of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven."..................The scribes and Pharisees kept the law, so to exceed their righteousness you must keep the law perfectly. Also, Jesus was saying that this was to enter the kingdom, which you can't obey because the kingdom isn't being offered at this time.
6) Luke 13:24 KJV] "Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able [...............Jin order to obey this command you must enter the strait gate. By this gate Israel would enter into their kingdom on earth. Jesus wasn't speaking of entering eternal life through him, he was speaking pf being able to enter into the millennial kingdom on earth (the kingdom was in view as can be seen in a following verse; [Luke 13:29 KJV] "And they shall come from the east, and [from] the west, and from the north, and [from] the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.").
7) Last of all look at this verse................[1 John 3:22 KJV] "And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.".............This verse was for Israel, who were the ones to keep his commandments. Thinking you can, and do all of his commandments, will lead to disappointment and loss of faith when you find you aren't getting all you ask.

Jesus cane to Israel in the flesh.........[John 1:14 KJV] "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth."...........If we say we must keep all the commandments Jesus gave to Israel on earth, then we are only knowing Christ by the flesh. We are not to follow Christ in his flesh as found in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, and say we must keep his commandments...........[2 Corinthians 5:16 KJV] "Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we [him] no more."
We are to keep his commandments, the commandments given us by Christ Jesus through Paul's epistles...............[1 Corinthians 7:19 KJV] "Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God."

Study to Shew Thyself Approved Unto God. . . / OUR SPIRITUAL BODIES

« Last post by doug on March 02, 2026, 12:46:31 pm »

[1 Corinthians 15:40 KJV] "[There are] also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial [is] one, and the [glory] of the terrestrial [is] another."........Upon further reading, I find this verse may not be as I originally thought of it. Celestial may not be referring to heavenly planets and stars but maybe heaven itself/heavenly places. Terrestrial refers to things on earth. The only terrestrial bodies are living bodies, human and animal. Paul would not be discussing animals; animals have no spiritual connection to God.........[Ecclesiastes 3:21 KJV] "Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?"..........I think that Paul is talking about our different resurrected spiritual bodies.........[1 Corinthians 15:44 KJV] "It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body."...... The believing remnant of Israel will be given a terrestrial body suited to life on earth. The body of Christ will receive our celestial body suited for the heavenly places. There are differing glories just as there are differing resurrected bodies. Our glory is not ours, it is the glory of the Lord.........[2 Thessalonians 2:14 KJV] "Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ."........I think Paul was addressing the question of what body the raised dead will have,,,,,,,,,[1 Corinthians 15:35 KJV] "But some [man] will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?"

Study to Shew Thyself Approved Unto God. . . / A DRY BAPTISM?

« Last post by doug on March 02, 2026, 12:40:17 pm »

[1 Corinthians 10:1 KJV] "Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;"
[1 Corinthians 10:2 KJV] "And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;"........There is more than water baptism presented in scripture. Israel passed through the red sea on dry ground and didn't get wet.

Study to Shew Thyself Approved Unto God. . . / THERE IS NO ERROR IN JEREMIAH 27:1

« Last post by doug on March 02, 2026, 10:41:29 am »

[Jeremiah 27:1 KJV] "In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,"...............In the beginning of Jehoiakim's reign Jeremiah received the Word of the Lord. Some say this is a scribal error and it should be the beginning of Zedekiah's reign. This assertion is wrong.
[Jeremiah 27:2 KJV] "Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,"...............The Lord told Jeremiah to put bonds and yokes upon his neck.
[Jeremiah 27:3 KJV] "And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;"................There is a time gap between 27:2 and 27:3..............[Jeremiah 28:1 KJV] "And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, [and] in the fifth month, [that] Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which [was] of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,"............It's here in 28:1 that Zedekiah began to reign. In 28:1 Hananiah is recorded to be present during Zedekiah's reign...................[Jeremiah 28:10 KJV] "Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it."............Here in 28:10 we see Hananiah removing the yoke that Jeremiah placed upon his neck. This didn't happen in 27:3. In 27:3 Jeremiah was told to "send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah". To send them they had to be removed from his neck, this took place in 28:10 where Hananiah removed them.

Study to Shew Thyself Approved Unto God. . . / IS OUR FAITH A GIFT?

« Last post by doug on March 01, 2026, 02:29:26 pm »

[Ephesians 2:8 KJV] "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:"
I see it this way
It is by God's grace that we are saved
It is his grace being bestowed on us through faith. It is our faith. It's not God giving us faith. God wants all to be saved, so if faith is a gift, why doesn't he give the gift of faith to all for all to be saved? If God would give us all salvific faith, then why did Christ have to die? We are saved by believing God and placing our faith in Christ and his redemptive shed blood.
Grace isn't of ourselves, it is solely by his grace, This says it's not our faith that saves us. It;s the Gift of God by Jesus Christ...........[Romans 5:15 KJV] "But not as the offence, so also [is] the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, [which is] by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many."

Study to Shew Thyself Approved Unto God. . . / HERE IS A REFUTE TO THOSE WHO SAY 1 TIMOTHY 6:13-16 ISN'T ABOUT CHRIST

« Last post by doug on March 01, 2026, 01:06:36 pm »

Here you are mistaken. I will provide the passage and comment next to the verses. I will paraphrase this passage for understanding and flow.

[1 Timothy 6:13 KJV] "I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and [before] Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;"...............I give thee charge in the sight of God our Father, who quickeneth all things. I also give thee charge before our Lord Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;

[1 Timothy 6:14 KJV] "That thou keep [this] commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:"

[1 Timothy 6:15 KJV] "Which in his times he shall shew, [who is] the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;"..............The appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ will be in his time. It is our Lord Jesus Christ who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

[1 Timothy 6:16 KJV] "Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom [be] honour and power everlasting. Amen."..............I charged you before in the sight of God our Father and before our Lord Christ Jesus, who both only have immortality and it is God our Father who dwells in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ be honour and power everlasting. Amen

This is all one continuous passage. All these verses are not to be isolated from each other but are integrated. I will now just give my paraphrased passage:

I give thee charge in the sight of God our Father, who quickeneth all things. I also give thee charge before our Lord Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; That thou keep [this] commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which will be in his time. It is our Lord Jesus Christ who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; I charged you before, in the sight of God our Father, and before our Lord Christ Jesus, who both only have immortality, It is God our Father who dwells in the light which no man can approach unto, whom no man hath seen, nor can see. To God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ be honour and power everlasting. Amen

Here are supporting verses for my paraphrase assertions:

v13 ...........I give thee charge in the sight of God our Father, who quickeneth all things.

[Romans 4:17 KJV] "(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, [even] God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were."

v14............. [1 Timothy 6:14 KJV] "That thou keep [this] commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:"

This is Paul's commandment:
[1 Timothy 6:11 KJV] "But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness."

[1 Timothy 6:12 KJV] "Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses."
[1 Timothy 6:14 KJV] "That thou keep [this] commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:"

v15.............It is our Lord Jesus Christ who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

[Revelation 17:14 KJV] "These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him [are] called, and chosen, and faithful."

v15.............To God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ be honour and power everlasting. Amen

Jesus's honour
[Hebrews 2:9 KJV] "But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man."

The Father's honour
[Revelation 5:13 KJV] "And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, [be] unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever."

The Father's power
[1 Chronicles 29:11 KJV] "Thine, O LORD, [is] the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all [that is] in the heaven and in the earth [is thine]; thine [is] the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all."

Jesus's power
[Mark 13:26 KJV] "And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory."

Study to Shew Thyself Approved Unto God. . . / WHO IS BOTH KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS?

« Last post by doug on February 28, 2026, 05:38:43 pm »

[1 Timothy 6:14 KJV] "That thou keep [this] commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:"
[1 Timothy 6:15 KJV] "Which in his times he shall shew, [who is] the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;"

Someone said That God the Father is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, not Christ. He cited this verse.......[Deuteronomy 10:17 KJV] "For the LORD your God [is] God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:"........God the Father is indeed Lord of Lords. However, he isn't King of Kings. Look at these verses.The Lamb is Christ................ [Revelation 17:14 KJV] "These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him [are] called, and chosen, and faithful."
[Revelation 19:16 KJV] "And he hath on [his] vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS." ...........See that? King of Kings AND Lord of Lords. AND means he is BOTH. Scripture says God the Father is Lord of Lords, but NOT BOTH King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

Study to Shew Thyself Approved Unto God. . . / WHAT IS THE GIFT?

« Last post by doug on February 28, 2026, 04:13:23 pm »

[Ephesians 2:8 KJV] "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:"............Being saved by grace is the gift that's not of ourselves. Praise God for his grace!