Lesson 90 Amplified -- EPIKALEOMAI

 EPIKALEOMAI

American: to call out to, to appeal to, to invoke

Hebrew Aramaic: qara

            When the planet earth begins to crumble, if we call out to Theos or appeal to Him or invoke His authority, we shall be saved from the destruction. 

Almost Greek: (Words in italics are translator’s additions) 

Acts 2.14 But Rock (standing with the eleven) raised up his phonen [sound, tone, noise, voice] and plainly enunciated [declared] to them,

“Men! Jews! and all those inhabiting Jerusalem, let this be known to you and take into your ear [listen to] my rhemata [utterances]. For these men aren’t intoxicated as you assume for it is merely the third hour of the day [9 AM]. But this is that even being spoken via the prophetou Joel: ‘And it shall be in the final days,’ says Theos, ‘I will pour forth (from My Pneuma) upon all flesh and your sons and daughters propheteusousin [will before tell, will speak under inspiration, will prophesy] and your youths will stare wide-eyed at visions and your elders will dream dreams. And in those days (upon My male slaves and upon My female slaves), I will pour forth from My Pneuma and they also propheteusousi. And I will give terata [wonders, miracles] in the ourano [elevation, the heavens, the sky, aloft] above and semeia [signs, indications] upon the earth below; blood and fire and mist of smoke. The sunshine will be changed to shadowiness [an eclipse] and the moon into blood [an eclipse] prior to the coming of the megalen [big, large, huge, great] and notable Day of the Kuriou. And it shall be that all (whoever epikalesetai the name [authority] of the Kuriou) sothesetai [will be rescued, will be saved].’”

 

JOEL 2.28 “…It will be, afterward, I will pour forth My Qodesh Ruwach [Hagios Pneuma] upon all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will naba [prophetueo]. Your old will dream dreams. Your youths will see visions. And in those days (on both My male slaves and My female slaves), I will pour forth My Qodesh Ruwach. I will give mopheth [terata] in the sky and on the earth; blood and fire and timarah [pillars, columns] of smoke. The sun will be turned over to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and awesome Day of YHWH. For it will be that all who qara [call out to, appeal to, invoke] the name [authority] of YHWH malat [will be smooth, will be slippery, will escape], for in Mount Tsijon [Zion] and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance,” as YHWH has said, “and deliverance among the survivors to whom YHWH qara [shall call out to].”

 

Acts 7.54 Now, hearing these words, they were cut in half [“to the quick”] in their hearts and ground their teeth over him. Now, being caused to be completely covered by the Hagios Pneuma (intently staring into the ouranon), he [Stephen] saw the glory of Theos and saw Jesus standing emergent from the right of Theos and he said,

"LO! I see the ouranous having been opened and the Son of Man standing emergent from the right of Theos.”

Now, shrieking a megale phone, they held their ears and unanimously surged upon him. And expelling him from the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses threw off their outer garments near the feet of a youth called Saul. And as they stoned Stephen, he epikaloumenon [called out to, appealed to, invoked], also saying,

“Kurie Jesus! receive my pneuma.”

Now, falling to his knees, he shrieked a megale phone,

“Kurie! not cause this hamartian [miss of the mark or goal; error, offense, sin] to stand to [against] them.”

And having said this, he fell asleep. 

End of Ninetieth Lesson