Lesson 57 Amplified – SKANDALIZO

 SKANDALIZO

American: trip, entrap, scandalize 

SKANDALON -- SKANDALA

American singular: a stumbling block, a snare a scandal --

plural: stumbling blocks, snares, scandals 

PROSKOMMA

American: stub, tripper 

PROSKOPTAI

American: trips over 

Many, many times, in the New Blood Covenant, Jesus, the Christ, is portrayed as a tripper of the Judaeans. He upset their fervent wish for the Kingdom of God to be elevating them to reign in the present time. 

Almost Greek [Words in italics are translator’s additions.] 

1^st Corinthians 1.20: Where is the wise? Where is the grammateus [writer, recorder, scribe, secretary]? Where is the sophos [disputer, sophist] of this age? Didn't Theos make the wisdom of this kosmou [universe, world, cosmos] foolish? For since (in the wisdom of Theos) the kosmos not knew Theos via wisdom, Theos was pleased (via the foolishness of kerugmatos [proclamation] sosai [to make safe, to save] those pisteuontas [having faith]. Jews ask for a semeion [sign, indication] and Greeks seek wisdom but we kerussouen [herald, proclaim] the Christou [Anointed One, Messiah, Christ] having been crucified. To Judaeans He is a skandalon and to Greeks He is foolishness but to the invited ones (both to Jews and to Greeks [all non-Jews]) the Christon is the dunamin [force, power] and the wisdom of Theos. For the stupid one of Theos is wiser than men and the weak one of Theos is stronger than men. 

Romans 14.13: Then let us no longer krinomen [distinguish, decide, judge, put on trial] one another; conversely, krinate [judge] this: not to place a proskomma or a set a skandalon for a brother. I know (and am convinced in the Kurio Jesus) that not even one thing is common via [defiled of] itself, except to the one counting [deeming] anything to be defiled; to him it is defiled. If via your food, your brother is grieved, you no longer walk down to agapen [unconditional love]. Via your food, don’t utterly destroy him for whom the Christos died. Accordingly, not let the to-you-good foods be vilified for the kingdom of Theos isn’t eating and drinking; conversely, it is dikaiosune [equity, justification, rightness] and peace and joy to in the Hagios Pneuma. For the one serving the Christo in these ways is totally acceptable to Theos and approved by men. So then, let us pursue the issues of peace and the issues for building up one another. Don’t undo the work of Theos because of food. Everything is in fact clean, but kakon [worthless] to the man eating via a proskommatos. It is good not to eat meat nor to drink wine nor to do anything in which your brother proskoptai or is skandakizetai or is asthenei [feeble, weak]. Do you have pistin [faith]? Down to yourself, hold it in front of Theos. The one not krinon [judging] himself is supremely blest in what he tests but he discriminating, if he eats something that he regards as defiled, has been condemned because his eating is not emergent from pisteos. Everything not emergent from pistis is hamartia [missing the mark or goal; erring, offending, sinning]. 

Luke 17. Now, He said to the mathetas [learners, pupils, disciples], “It is inconceivable that skandala shouldn’t come but woe to him via whom they come. It is advantageous to him if a millstone (so large as turned of [by] an ass) be put around his neck and he be tossed into the sea than that he should entrap one of these micron [little ones]. Watch out for yourselves! Now, if your brother hamarte to you, admonish him and if he metanonse [thinks differently, turns about 180 degrees, repents], aphes [send forth, forsake, forgive] him. And if he hamarte seven times of the [in a] day to you and seven times of the day reverts upon you saying, ‘I metanoo,’ you apheseis [shall send forth, shall forsake, shall forgive] him.” 

Mark 6: And He went out (emergent from there) and comes into His native town [Nazareth] and his mathetai accompany Him. And it was caused to be a sabbath. He began to teach in the synagogue and many, hearing, were struck with astonishment, saying, “From where comes, to this One, these words? And what wisdom has been given to Him that truly this dunameis is caused to be via His hands? Isn’t He the carpenter, the Son of Mary, the brother of Jacob, and Joseph, and Judah, and Simeon. And aren’t His sisters in this same place near to us?” And they were eskandalizonto [tripped, snared, scandalized] in Him. And Jesus said to them that a prophetes [before teller, prophet] isn’t atimos [unvalued, not esteemed] if not [except] in His native town and in [among] His relatives and in His home. And He wasn’t able to do dunamin [power works] there, if not [except] laying His hands on puny [a few] infirm ones. Them He healed. 

Matthew 13.39: Now, the reaping is the total completing of the age. Now, the harvesters are aggeloi [messengers, angels]. Accordingly, just as the darnel is collected and totally consumed in fire, thus it shall be in the total completion of this age. The Son of Man shall send forth His aggelous and they will collect, emergent from His Kingdom, all the skandala and those doing illegality and they will throw them into the furnace of fire. There [in that place] shall be lamenting and grinding of teeth. Then is when the dikaioi will brightly shine, in the way the sun does, in the Kingdom of their Father. 

End of Fifty-seventh Lesson

Lesson 56 Amplified – IDIOTES

IDIOTES -- IDIOTAI

singular: know-nothing, ignoramus, idiot -- plural: know-nothings, ignoramuses, idiots 

We Americans throw the word “idiot” around rather loosely. It is often used to indicate the opinion that the subject of the remark is mentally inferior. The Koine Greek meaning is one who is ignorant or unschooled. 

Almost Greek [Words in italics are translator’s additions.] 

1st Corinthians 14.13: Therefore, let him, speaking in a glosse [tongue, language], proseuchestho [humbly beg God, pray] in order that he may be able to dierueneue [thoroughly explain, interpret]. For if I proseuchomai in a glosse, my pneumati [breath, spirit], proseuchomai but my nous [intellect, mind, understanding] is empty. Then, what is to be? I will proseuchomai with the [my] pneumati and I will also proseuchomai with the [my] nous. I sing with the [my] pneumati and I also sing with the [my] nous. If you eulogeses [speak well of, praise, bless] in the pneumati, how will the one occupying the position of the idiotes say the “Amen” to your eucharistia [gratefully giving thanks], since he not knows what you say? Indeed, you echaristeis well but the other isn’t built up. I echaristo to my Theos that I speak in glossais more than all of you. Conversely, in an ekklesia [assembly, church], I determine rather to speak five logoi [words] with my nous in order that I may also instruct others than murioi [10,000; innumerable, myriads] of logoi in glosse. 

1^st Corinthians 14.22: So, glossai are for a semeion [sign, indication], not to those pisteuousin [having faith]; conversely, to those apistois [without faith]. And propheteia [inspired speech, prophesy] isn’t to those apistois, conversely, to those pisteuousin. Therefore, if the whole ekklesia convenes together and all speak in glossais and in comes someone apistoi or idiotes, will not he say, “You rave!” But if all propheteuosin [before tell, speak under inspiration, prophesy] and comes in someone apistos or idiotes, he is scrutinized by everything spoken and so the musterion [secrets, mysteries] of his heart are caused to be shining [apparent] and so, falling on his face, he proskunesei [worships, as a dog licks his master’s hand] Theos, announcing in this way that Theos is in you. 

2^nd Corinthians 11.5: For I consider myself not in even one way inferior to the much superior apostolon [delegates, ambassadors, apostles] even if I am an idiotes in logos [speech], yet not in knowledge. In fact, I have revealed this to you in the whole of my communications.

 End of Fifty-sixth Lesson 

Lesson 55 Amplified – ETHNOS

 ETHNOS – ETHNOI 

American: sing; nation, race, non-Jew, gentile – plur; nations, races, non-Jews, gentiles

Hebrew: gowy 

There were two distinct groupings of people in the days of which the New Blood Covenant or New Testament writings were written -- the ethnoi and the Jews. The apostles treated them differently. They send one contingent to save the Jews and another contingent to save the ethnoi. 

Almost Greek [Words in italics are translator’s additions.] 

GENESIS 22.18: [YHWH speaking] “… surely, I will multiply your zera [descendants] as the stars of the skies and the sand which is on the lip of the sea. Your Zera [Jesus, the Christ] shall own the gate of His enemies. All the gowy of the earth shall be blest in your Zera …”

 

Romans 4.16: Because of this, it is of pisteos [faith, reliance] and that down to charin [graciousness], to set [confirm] the epaggelian [announcement, proclamation, promise] to the whole population of the spermati [descendants] (not only to the sperma of The Law [the Jews]), conversely, also to that of the pisteos of Abraham, who is the father of us all. Even as it has been written,

“As father of many ethnon, I have placed you.” 

GENESIS 17.4-6: Elohiym spoke with Abram saying, “I AM! LO! My blood covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of a crowd of gowy.” 

Continuing Romans: And this was before Theos, in Whom he episteuse [had faith], the One making alive the dead and calling the things not being into being. Near elpida [expectation, hope] upon elpidi, he episteusen [had faith] toward his being caused to be a father of many ethnon down to what was said, “So, shall your sperma be.” 

GENESIS 22.16: “By Myself have I sworn,” groans YHWH, “because you have obeyed My dabar [logos] and haven’t spared your son (your one and only son), I will bless you and bless you. I will increase and increase your zera as the stars of the heavens and as the sand that is on the lip of the sea. Your zera shall own the gates of their adversaries. In your zera, all the gowy of the earth shall be blest because you have listened to and obeyed My voice.” 

Romans11.11: I say then, didn’t they [the Jews] trip [stumble, err] in order that they fall? Not let it be caused to be! Conversely, by their paraptomati [unintentional sideslips, lapses, deviations] came soteria [rescue, safety, salvation] to the ethnesin to provoke them to jealousy. But if their paraptomati be wealth to the kosmou [universe, world, cosmos] and their deterioration [failure] be wealth to the ethnon, think how much more wealth their completion will be! In fact, I am apostolos [delegate, ambassador, apostle] over the ethnon, therefore, I speak to you, the ethnon. I glorify my service if (somehow) I may make my own flesh [race] jealous and soso [may make safe, may save] some emergent from them. 

Romans 11.25: Now, I don't want you to be ignorant of this musterion [secret, mystery], brothers, (lest you be wise in yourselves [your own estimation]) that a part off Israel is caused to be callous until the ethnon enter completion and then in this way all Israel sothesetai [will be made safe, will be saved], just as has been written, “The Rescuer will arrive emergent from Zion and He will turn away [back] Jacob from impiety.” 

ISAIAH 59.20: “... the Redeemer comes to Zion and to those in Jacob, turning them back from rebellion.” 

Acts 13.44: Now, the coming sabbath, all the city was convened to hear the Logon of Theos. Now, seeing the throng, the Judaeans were filled with zelou [heat: jealousy, envy, malice] and disputed the words being spoken through Paul; disputing and blasphemountes [speaking irreverently, profanely; blaspheming]. But Paul and Joses Bar Nabas said, “Firstly, it was necessary that the Logon [Word] of Theos be spoken to you but now, since you reject it and krinete [distinguish, decide, judge, put on trial] yourselves not deserving of eternal life, LO! we turn to the ethne for the Kurios commanded us: ‘I have placed you into a luminescence of the ethnon. You are to be to soterian, until [as far as] the ends of the earth.’” Now, hearing this, the ethnon rejoiced and rendered glory to the Logon of the Kuriou and as many as episteusan [had faith] were assigned into eternal life. Now, the Logos of the Kuriou was carried via the whole territory but the Judaeans incited the devout, well-formed [high-ranking] gunaikas [women] and the chiefs of the city and roused persecution upon Paul and Joses Bar Nabas and they ejected the same from their borders. 

Acts 15.12: Now, all the crowd kept silent and heard Joses Bar Nabas and Paul recounting what semeia [signs, indications] and terata [wonders, miracles] Theos did (via them) in [among] the ethnesi. Now, amidst their keeping silent, James Bar Joseph responded, saying, “Men! brothers! listen to me! Simeon the Rock has recounted, just as firstly, Theos saw fit to take emergent from the ethnon a people upon whom His name [authority] would rest. And the logoi of the propheton [before tellers, prophets] are harmonious to this,

 

Acts 15.19: [“James the Just” continues] “Via this, I not krino to further harass those from the ethnon who are reverting upon Theos. Conversely, command in writing to them to hold themselves off from the defilements of idols and off from porneia [whoring, incest, non-marital sexual intercourse] and off from eating the flesh of strangled and not bled animals and off from consuming blood.”

[The apostles thus freed the gentiles from circumcision and obeying The LAW which the Judaeans were attempting to foist upon the newly saved gentiles.] 

End of Fifty-fifth Lesson

Lesson 54 Amplified – GUNE

 GUNE -- GUNAI

American singular: woman, wife -- plural: women, wives

Hebrew Aramaic singular: ishshah 

Have you ever heard a man say, referring to his wife, my woman? In Koine Greek one word is used for woman, that is gune. Apparently, the men of biblical times used this word as the man mentioned above. 

Almost Greek [Words in italics are translator’s additions.] 

Galatians 4: Now, I say, over so long a time as the heir is an infant, he differs in not even one way from a slave. Although being kurios of the whole of existence, conversely, he is under guardians and managers until the date set (before) by his father. It is the same with us also. When we were infants, we were being enslaved under the system of the kosmos [universe, world, cosmos] but when the period of time was fulfilled, Theos sent forth His Son being caused to come into being emergent from gunaikos [woman]; being caused to come into being under The Law, in order that He might redeem those under The Law, in order that we might receive adoption as sons. Now, you are sons. 

1^st Corinthians 7: But concerning what you wrote to me, it is good for a man not to attach himself to a gunaikos but via [because of] porneias [whorings, incests, non-marital sexual intercourses] each one has his own gunaika and each gune has her own man [husband]. Let the man give due eunoia [kindness, conjugal love] to his gunaiki and likewise, the gune to her man. The gune hasn’t authority over her own somatos [body], conversely, her man has. Likewise, the man hasn’t authority over his own somatos; conversely, the gune has. Don’t deprive one another unless in accord (in order that you may take a vacation for a time) for fasting and for proseuche [humbly begging God, praying] and come back together (in conjugal love making) in order that Satanas may not tempt you via your having lack of self-restraint. Now, this I say as concession, not as a command, for I wish all men to be as I myself am but each one has his own charisma [gift, endowment, faculty, deliverance] from Theos; one thus and one thus. 

1^st Corinthians 7.8: I say to the unmarried and widows that it is kalon [beautiful, virtuous] for them if they also remain single as I am. But if they not exercise self-restraint, let them marry for it is better to marry than to be inflamed with lust. To those having married, I command (not I but the Kurios) that a gunaika isn’t to be separated [divorced] from her man but if she is separated [divorced], to remain unmarried or to be reconciled to her man. A man isn’t to send away his gunaika. To the rest I say (I, not the Kurios), if any brother who has an apistos [without-faith] gunaika and she is pleased to live with him, not let him send her away. A gune with faith in Jesus, who has an apistos man and he is pleased to live with her, not let her send him away. For the apistos man hegiastai [has been made holy] by the of-the-faith gunaiki and the apistos gune hegiastia by the of-the-faith man, otherwise your children are [would be] impure but now they are hagia [holy ones, sacred ones, consecrated ones; saints]. But if the apistos separates, let them be separated. The brother or sister isn’t in bondage in such matters. Theos has called us in peace. For how know you, O gunai! whether you will soseis [make safe, save] your man or how know you, O man! whether you will soseis your gunaika? 

1^st Corinthians 7.39: A gune has been bound by The Law [Pentateuch, Books of Moses, Torah, first five books of the Old Testament] for as long a time as her man lives but if her man sleeps in death, she is free thelei [to determine, to choose, to decide] to whom she is to be married (only in the Kurios [not to a heathen]) but in my opinion, she is happier if she remains as she is and I think I have the opinion of the Hagios Pneuma of Theos. 

GENESIS 18.10: And He [Son of YHWH] said, “For certain I will return to you at the time of life [birth?] and LO! a son to your ishshah Sarah.”

 

Luke 1.28: And entering to her [Mary, the mother of Jesus], the aggelos said,“Cheers, to you, the one charitoo [receiving graciousness]! The Kurios is amidst you. Eulogemene [spoken well of, praised, blessed] are you in [among] gunaichsin [women]!” 

Ephesians 5.31: For this reason, a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall adhere [bond] to his gunaika and the two shall be (as flesh) one! 

GENESIS 2.23: Adam said, “This is, now (at last), bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh. This shall be called ishshah [woman] because this has been taken out of iysh [man]. Therefore, shall iysh [a man] leave his father and his mother and dabaq [shall impinge upon, shall cling to, shall adhere to] his ishshah, and they shall become into one flesh.” 

End of Fifty-fourth Lesson

Lesson 53 Amplified – PROSKUNEO

 

PROSKUNEO

American: worships, as a dog licks his master’s hand 

PROSKUNETES

American singular: worshipper, adorer, fawner, kneeler 

PROSKUNETAI

American plural: worshippers, adorers, fawners, kneelers 

This Greek word gives a graphic picture of how we should approach Theos in a worship setting. This might be while we are alone on our knees or during a church service. 

Almost Greek [Words in italics are translator’s additions.] 

Luke 4.5: And leading Him up into a lofty mountain, the diabolos showed Him (in an instant) all the kingdoms of the land [continents] and the diabolos said to Him, “To You will I give mastery over all of this and their glory because it has been surrendered to me and to whomever I thelo [determine, choose, decide, decree] to give it. Accordingly, if you proskuneses in my face, it will be Yours.” And beginning to speak to him, Jesus said, “Get down out of My sight, behind My back, Satana, for it has been written,

‘You proskuneseis [shall worship] the Kuriou your Theos and Him alone shall you serve.’”

 

DEUTERONOMY 6.13: [Moses speaking] “You shall fear YHWH your Elohiym [Triune God] and you shall serve Him.” 

Luke 24.50: Now, He [Jesus] led them forth out as far as Bethany [“House of Unripe Figs”, a village on the southeastern slope of the Mount of Olives, about two miles east of Jerusalem] and raising up His hands, He eulogesen [fine spoke, commended, blessed, praised] them. And it was caused to be in His eulogein of them, He withdrew from them. And they, proskunesantes [having worshipped], Him, returned into Jerusalem amidst megales [big, large, huge, great] joy and were via all [continually] in the Temple ainountes [praising] and eulogountes Theos. Amen! 

Hebrews 1.8: And again (when He [Theos] brings the First-born [Jesus] into the oikoumenen [habitable land]), He says, “Let all the aggeloi of Theos proskunsatosan Him.” 

Matthew 2.9: Now, having listened to the King, they [the magi] departed. And LO! the star which they saw in the east led them forward until, coming, it stood above at which place the Child was. Now, seeing the star, they vehemently rejoiced megalen joy. And coming into the dwelling, they saw the Child with Mary His mother. And falling down, they proskunesan Him. And opening their treasure chests, they tendered to Him presents, gold and frankincense and myrrh. 

Matthew 14.28: Now, answering Him, Rock said, “Kurie! if You are My Lord, order me to come to You upon the waters.” Now, He said, “Come!” And descending from the sailboat, Rock walked all around upon the waters to come to Jesus. But seeing the powerful wind, he was [became] frightened and beginning to sink, he ekraze [cawed as a raven, shrieked, screamed, cried out], saying, “Kurie! soson [make safe, save] me!” Now, Jesus (stretching out His hand) directly seized him and says to him, “Oligopiste [Puny faith]! why did you vacillate?” And they embarking into the sailboat, the wind slackened. Now, coming to Him, we in the sailboat proskunesan [worshipped] Him, saying, “Truly You are the Son of Theos.” 

John 4.19: The gune [woman] said to Him, “Kurie! I perceive that You are a prophetes [before teller, prophet]. Our forefathers prosekunesan [worshiped] on this mountain but You Jews say that Jerusalem is the only place where it is proper proskunein [to worship].” Jesus said to her, “Gunai! pisteuson [have faith] in Me that a time is coming when you proskunesete [will worship] the Father neither merely on this mountain nor merely in Jerusalem. You Samaritans don't know whom you proskuneite [are worshipping]. We Jews do know Whom We proskunoumen for (after all) soteria [rescue, safety, salvation] comes emergent from the Jews. But a time is coming (indeed, it already is here) when the genuine proskunetai proskunesousi [will worship] the Father in pneumati [spirit] and in truth for the Father seeks just such people (as these) proskunountas [to worship] Him. Theos is a Pneuma [Spirit] Being and those proskunountas Him proskunein [must worship] in pneumati and in truth.” 

End of Fifty-third Lesson

Lesson 52 Amplified – BIBLION

 

BIBLION

American lower case: a roll, a scroll, a writing, a book

American upper case: Bible

Hebrew Aramaic singular: Megillach, cepher, ciprah 

Since we are researching the Kingdom of God, we will restrict our search to Biblion or Bible (the holy scriptures). 

Almost Greek [Words in italics are translator’s additions.] 

Luke 4.16: And He came into Nazareth, Galilee where He had been reared. And down to His habit in the day of the Sabbath, He entered into the synagogue and stood up to read. And the Biblion [book of the Bible] of the prophetou Isaiah was handed to Him. And having unrolled the Biblion, He found the place where it was written, “The Pneuma of the Kuriou is upon Me; wherefore, He anointed Me euaggelizesthai [to announce good news to, to evangelize] the paupers. He has set Me apart to cure the broken hearted; keruchia [to proclaim, to herald] freedom to the prisoners and restoration of sight to the blind; to send forth the crushed in aphesei [freedom, deliverance]; keruchia a year approved of the Kuriou.” 

ISAIAH 61.1 “The Ruwach [Pneuma] of the Adonay [Lord, Master] YHWH is upon Me for YHWH has anointed Me to call out good news to the depressed. He has sent Me to bandage the burst heart; to call out freedom to those transported into captivity and the opening of confinement to the yoked; to call out a year of delight of YHWH and a day of revenge of our Elohiym [Triune God]; to sigh over [comfort] the whole of the mourners, to put [grant] consolation and joy to the mourners of [in] Zion; to give them embellishment instead of the depths of ashes; the oil of joy instead of the depths of mourning; the vestment of praise instead of the depths of the ruwach [pneuma] of feebleness and all of this such that one calls out to them: ‘Strong of rightness, plants of YHWH,’ to make Him gleam.” 

[Continuing Luke]: Furling the Biblion and giving it back to the servant, He sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were intently gazing upon Him. Now, He began to speak to them, “On this day this Graphe [Scripture, part of Old Testament] has been fulfilled in your ears.”

Acts 7.38: “This Moses is the one having been in the ekklesia [assembly, church] (in the wasteland) with the Aggelos, speaking to the Same in Mount Sinai [Jabal al-Lawz, or Gebel el-Lawz, in Saudi Arabia] and to our forefathers (who received living Logia [Words] to give to us) to whom our forefathers didn’t want to be attentively listening. Conversely, they pushed away and twisted [turned back] their hearts to Egypt, saying to Aaron, ‘Make a theous [god] for us which shall precede [guide us] for this Moses, who led us forth from the land of Egypt, we not know what has been caused to be of him.’ And in those days, they made a statue of a calf and led up a sacrifice to the idol and rejoiced in the works of their hands. But Theos turned away and surrendered them to serving the likeness of military encampments of the ouranou [sky, heavens: constellations]. As it has been written in the Biblio of The Prophetoni [The Prophets], ‘Victims and sacrifices you not brought to Me (for forty years in the wasteland) O house of Israel. Also, you took up from Egypt the tent of Moloch [in Greek; “Molek” in Hebrew; “An Idol” in American] and the constellation of your theou, Remphan [incorrect Greek transliteration of Kijun, an Egyptian idol]; the die-made [cast] statues which you plunged [poured] to proskunein [worship, as a dog licks his master’s hand] them and I will exile you to the other side of Babylon.’” 

AMOS 5.26 [YHWH speaking] “Did you bring near to Me slaughter and portion [tithing] (driving for forty years in the desert) O house of Israel? Yes, you lifted [bore] the booth of your king and Kijun; your images; the stars of your elohiym [gods] which you made for yourselves. Therefore, I metoikio [will move as settlers or captives; will exile] you to the distance of Damascus, Syria,” says YHWH. The Elohiym of Shamayin [Ouranos: Heaven] is His name. 

Hebrews 9.11 But the Christos [Mashiyach] having appeared, as high priest of the coming good via the greater and more perfect tabernacle (not made with hands; that isn’t of this creation) nor via the blood of goats and of calves but via His own blood, entered once for everyone into the “Hagia of Hagion”, having found eternal redemption. For if the blood of bulls and goats and ashes of a heifer, sprinkling those having been polluted, agiazei [makes holy] to the cleanness of the flesh, by how much more does the blood of the Christou, Who via the Eternal Hagios Pneuma offered Himself without spot to Theos will cleanse your conscience from dead works for serving the Theos of the living. Because of this, He is a Mediator of a New Blood Covenant. So, as death having occurred for the ransom in full for violations under the first blood covenant, those being called may receive the epaggelian [announcement, proclamation, promise] of the eternal inheritance. For where a will exists, the death of the testator is needful to be offered. For a will of those dead is firm but it not ischuei [has force] when the testator is living. Not even the first will and testament was dedicated without blood for every command being spoken by Moses to all the people down to Law, taking the blood of calves and of goats (with water and red wool and hyssop), he sprinkled both the Biblion [Pentateuch: first five books of the Old Testament] and the people, saying, “This is the blood of the covenant which Theos commanded to you.” 

EXODUS 24.8 Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people and said, “LO! the blood of the covenant which YHWH has cut with you as to all these dabar [logoi].”

 

Hebrews 10: For having The Law is having a shadow of the coming good; not itself the eikona [image, likeness, statue, icon] of those things. Not even one of them [the priests] is able to perfect those drawing near with the same thusia [animal sacrifice] which they continually offer down to year by year, otherwise, wouldn’t they have ceased being offered because those serving not still having conscience [consciousness] of hamartion [missing the mark or goal; erring, offending, sinning], having once been cleansed? But in them is a remembrance of hamartian, down to year by year. It is impossible for blood of bulls and goats to take away hamartias. For this reason, He [Jesus] says, “Thusia and prosphoran [a presentation, a present, a gift] You not desired but You prepared a human body for Me. You weren’t pleased with whole-consumed [burnt offerings] and thusia as to hamartias. Then I said, ‘LO! I come’ (It has been written about Me In the heading of the Bibliou), ‘Theos, to do Your thelema [determination, choice, decision, decree].’” 

PSALM 40.6 “Zebach [thusia] and minchah [apportionment] You didn’t desire. You have opened ears to Me. Zebach and chataah [offering for sin] You haven’t requested. Then I said, ‘LO! I come,’ (In the Megillach, it is written of Me.) “I delight to do Your delight, My Elohiym.’” 

End of Fifty-second Lesson

Lesson 51 Amplified – APHIEMI

 

APHIEMI

American: send forth, forsake, forgive 

In today’s America, one of the most devastating and sometimes elusive emotional problems is guilt. Christians have been instructed to forgive, lest they be burdened with the weight of unforgiveness. Once we discover, in our psuche, a nodule of guilt we can exercise the wonderful graciousness of forgiveness by merely asking Theos to forgive us, claiming Jesus’s suffering and death for all our hamartiai. Moving forward from there, we must be on guard against the hurtful one bringing the guilt back into our consciousness. 

Almost Greek [Words in italics are translator’s additions.] 

Romans 4.7: “Makarioi [supremely blessed] are those whose lawlessness aphethesan [is sent forth, is forsaken, is forgiven] and whose hamartiai [misses of the mark or goal; errors, offenses, sins] are concealed. Makarios is the man to whom the Kurios not (in no way) will charge [count as] hamartian.” 

PSALM 32.16 A contemplation of David: “How happy is he whose rebellion is lifted up [aphiemi]; whose offense is smoothed over.” 

Luke 5.22: Now, Jesus being fully acquainted with their discussion [reasonings], beginning to speak, said to them, “Why do you reckon in your hearts? What is easier: to say, ‘Your hamartiai apheontai [have been forgiven],’ or to say, ‘Wake up [rouse yourself] and walk all around?’ But this is done in order that you may know that the Son of Man exousian [has the ability, has the privilege, has the authority], upon the earth, aphienai hamartias.” 

Luke 11.42 “Conversely, woe [grief] to you, Pharisees because you tithe the mint and the rue and every plant and pass by [miss] the krisin [decision, judgment rendered, verdict] and you miss the agapen of Theos. These you must do and likewise, those not aphiemai [send forth, forsake]. Woe to you Pharisees because you agapate the chief seat in the synagogue and the greetings in the marketplace! Woe to you Pharisee grammateis [writers, recorders, scribes, secretaries], hupokritai [deceivers, hypocrites]! because you are as the hidden tombs and the men are walking all around over them, not knowing they are there.” 

Luke 17.3: [Jesus speaking] Now, if your brother hamarte to you, admonish him and if he metanonse [thinks differently, turns about 180 degrees, repents], aphes him. And if he hamarte seven times of the [in a] day to you and seven times of the day reverts upon you saying, ‘I metanoo,’ you apheseis [shall send forth, shall forsake, shall forgive] him.” 

James 5.14: Is any infirm in you? Let him summon the elders of the ekklesias [assembly, church] and let them proseuxasthosan [humbly beg God, pray] over him (having first anointed him with olive oil) in the name [authority] of the Kuriou. The euche [wish; implies prayer] of pisteos [faith] sosei [will make safe, will save] those kamnonta [toiling; as if fatigued by toil, i.e., suffering] and the Kurios will waken him and if he might have done hamartias, it aphethesetai [will be sent forth, will be forsaken, will be forgiven] him. 

Mark 11.22: And beginning to speak, Jesus says to them, “Have pistin in Theos for Amen! I say to you that whoever says to this hill, ‘Be raised up and be thrown into the sea,’ and not doubts in his heart, conversely, pisteust [has faith], that which he says will be caused to be. The same will be, whatever he says. Via this I say to you, everything, whatever you ask proseuchomenoi to Theos, pisteuete that you receive it, and it will be given to you. And when you stand proseuchomenoi to Theos, aphiete if you have anything down to anyone in order that also your Father in Ouranois [Heavens] may aphe you your slip-ups.” 

Matthew 6.7: But when proseuchomenoi, don’t stutter [use repetitions] as the ethnikoi [nations, races, non-Jews, Gentiles] for they think that in their much self-repetition, they will be heard. Don’t do as they do for your Father knows of what you have need before you ask Him. Accordingly, you must proseuchesthe in this way:

‘Our Father in the Ouranois [Heavens]! Let Your Name hagiastheto [be made holy God]. Let Your Kingdom come. Let Your thelema [determination, choice, decision, decree] be caused to be as in Ourano, so also upon the earth. Give to us on the [this] day our needed bread and aphes us our debts in the way we also aphiemen our debtors. And not carry us into testing; conversely, rescue us from the ponerou [hurtful] one. Amen!’ For if you aphete their sideslips, your Heavenly Father also aphiesei [will forgive] you but if you not aphete their sideslips neither aphesei your Father your paraptomata [sideslips, lapses, deviations].” 

End of Fifty-first Lesson

Lesson 50 Amplified – AGGELOS

 

AGGELOS -- AGGELOI

American singular: messenger, angel; plural: messengers, angels 

Hebrew Aramaic: MALAK 

We have many fanciful images of Theos’ aggeloi. In Koine Greek the word merely means messenger. We Christians know, in addition, that these messengers can be armed and dangerous. 

Almost Greek [Words in italics are translator’s additions.] 

Galatians 3:19: Why then exists The Law? It was added because of the parabasis [going contrary to, violating], being instituted via aggeloi, resting in a go-between’s hand until the Sperma should come, upon Whom the epaggelian [announcement, proclamation, promise] epeggeltai [was announced, was proclaimed, was promised]. Now, the go-between [Moses] isn’t first but Theos is First. Is then The Law against the epaggelian of Theos? Let it not be caused to be! For if a law had been given that was able to make alive, indeed dikaiosune [equity, justification, rightness] would have been emergent from that law. Conversely, now the Graphe [Scripture, part of Old Testament] has subjected everyone under hamartian [missing the mark or goal, erring, offending, sinning] in order that the epagglia emergent from pistis [faith] might be given to those having pistis in Jesus, the Christou [Anointed One, Messiah, Christ]. 

1^st Corinthians 4.9: For I think that Theos sent us out (the apostolous) last (as doomed to death) because we were caused to be a theatron [spectacle, theater] to the kosmo [world, universe, cosmos], to aggeloi and to men. We are fools via the Christon, but you are wise in the Christo. 

Romans 8.37: Conversely, in these issues we overwhelmingly conquer via the One agapesas us. For I have been convinced that neither death nor life nor aggeloi nor commencement nor powers nor present forces nor impending forces nor height nor depth [profundity] nor any other creation will be able to separate us from the agapes of Theos in our Kurio Jesus, the Christo. 

Luke 1.26: Now in the sixth month, the aggelos Gabriel was sent forth (by Theos) into a city of Galilee (which is named Nazareth) to a maiden [virgin] having been engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, emergent from the house of David. And the name of the maiden was Mariam [in Greek; “Maryam” in Hebrew; “Mary” in American]. And entering to her, the aggelos said, “Cheers, to you, the one charitoo [receiving graciousness]! The Kurios is amidst you. Eulogemene [spoken well of, praised, blessed] are you in gunaichsin [women]!” And seeing that she was totally disturbed over his logo [word] and that she was thoroughly analyzing what possible sort of greeting this might be, the aggelos said to her, “Not fear, Maryam, for you have found charin [graciousness] from beside Theos and LO! you will conceive in your stomach [womb] and bear a son and you will call his name Jesus. The same will be megas [big, large, huge, great] and will be called the Son of the Highest. And the Kurios Theos will give to Him the throne of His forefather David and He will rule over the house of Jacob to the ages and there won’t be an end to His royalty.” And Mary said to the aggelos, “How will this be since I not know a man?” And beginning to speak, the aggelos said to her, “The Hagios Pneuma will come over you and the dunamis [force, power] of the Highest will overshadow you and consequently, that Being born emergent from you will be called the Hagion Son of Theos. And LO! your relative Elizabeth and in her senility, she has conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her (the one called sterile) because not will be called impossible any rhema [utterance] from beside Theos.” And Mary said, “LO! the slave of the Kuriou! May it be (caused to be) to me down to your rhema.” And the aggelos went off [away] from her.

Luke 7.24 Now, the aggelon [messengers] of John Bar Zekaryahuw going away, He began to speak toward the throngs concerning John. “What did you go forth into the desolate area to scrutinize? a reed waving under the force of the wind? Conversely, what did you go forth into the desolate area to see? a man dressed in soft clothing? LO! those in glorious clothing and born in luxury are in palaces. Conversely, what did you go forth into the desolate area to see? a propheten [before teller, prophet]! Yes, indeed I say to you, also superabundantly more than a prophetou! This man is he concerning whom it has been written: ‘LO! I send forth My aggelon [messenger], before Your face, who will thoroughly prepare the road in front of You.’” 

MALACHI 3.1 “LO! I AM sending forth a malak [aggelos] and he will turn [plow] a road before Me. And suddenly shall come to His large place [temple, body] the Sovereign Whom you are seeking, even the Malak of the Blood Covenant in Whom you are pleased. LO! He comes!” says YHWH of the hordes of Heaven. 

Luke 12.6: Aren’t five sparrows sold for two assaria [Roman coins] and not one emergent from them is having been forgotten before the face of Theos. Conversely, even the hairs of your head have been counted. Accordingly, not be frightened for you are of greater worth than many flocks of sparrows. Now, I say to you, all (whoever) covenant in Me before men, also the son of Man will covenant in them before the aggelon of Theos. But the one rejecting Me before the face of men, will be utterly rejected before the face of the aggelon of Theos. And everyone who speaks a logon into [against] the Son of Man, it aphethesetai [will be sent forth, will be forsaken, will be forgiven] him but those blasphemesanti [speaking irreverently, profanely; blaspheming] into the Hagios Pneuma, not aphethesetai. 

End of Fiftieth Lesson