Lesson 127 Amplified -- MEGA

 MEGA

American: big, large, huge, great

Hebrew Aramaic: rachab

MEGALUNO

American: to make or to declare great 

The word “mega” is now in our American vernacular but notice that the appendage “luno” makes it active; to declare or to actually make great. 

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

Luke 1.8: Now, it was caused to be in the arrangement of his daily serving as a priest, he was in front of [before] Theos down to custom of the priestly function. His lot was to burn incense while entering into the Kuriou [“Holy of Holies” or most sacred room of the Temple]. And all the populace of the people was proseuchomenon [humbly begging God, praying] outside at the hour of the burning of incense. Now, he gazed wide-eyed at an aggelos [messenger, angel] of the Kuriou [Lord, Master] who was standing emergent from the right of the altar of incense. And Zekaryahuw [in Hebrew, Zacharias in Greek, Zachary or Zachariah in American] was agitated, seeing the angel and fear seized upon him but the aggelos said to him,

“Not fear, Zachariah, since your deesis [petition, request, prayer] was heard and your gune [woman, wife], Elizabeth, will give birth to a son to you and you shall call the name of the same, John. And he shall be to you chara [cheerfulness, calm delight, joy] and exultation and many will rejoice over his birth for he will be megas in the face [eyes] of the Kuriou and he may imbibe neither wine nor hard liquor and he will be filled of the Hagios Pneuma, even as emerging from his mother’s womb. And he will revert many of the sons of Israel onto the Kurion their Theos. And he will precede Him [Jesus] in His face [sight] in the Hagios Pneuma and the dunamei [force, power] of Elijah to revert the hearts of the fathers upon their children and to revert the insubordinate into the mentality of the dikaion [equitable, just, right]; to prepare for the Kurio a people having been thoroughly prepared.”

 

MALACHI 4.6: And He shall turn back the hearts of the fathers to the sons and the sons to their fathers.

 

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 parthenon [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 [among] 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, Mary, 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 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.” 

Luke 1.39: And in these days rising, amidst speed, Mary traveled into the hill country into a city of Judah and entering into the dwelling of Zachariah, hugged Elizabeth. And it was caused to be that as Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby jumped for joy in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Hagios Pneuma and she exclaimed with a megale phone [sound, tone, noise, voice] and said, “You eulogemene of gunaichi and eulogemene is the fruit of your womb. And why is this happening to me? in order that the mother of my Kuriou comes to me for LO! as the phone of your greeting came into my ears, the babe (in my womb) jumped inexultation. And makaria [supremely blest] is the one pisteusasa [having faith] because there will be a completion to the words spoken to her from beside the Kuriou.”

1.46 Mary said, “My psuche [soul, life, psyche, ego] megaluno the Kurion and my pneuma [breath, spirit] exults over Theos my Soteri [Deliverer, Savior] because He gazed with favor upon the low estate of His slave. For LO! from now on all the generations me makariouai [will call supremely blest] for the Mighty One magnificently did to me and Hagiou is His name, and His eleos [compassion, pity, mercy] is to generations of generations of those fearing Him.”

 

PSALM 103.17: The kindness of YHWH is from eternity even so far as eternity on fearers of Him. 

Luke 2.8: And in the same territory there were shepherds camping out and keeping guard (in the night) over their flock. And LO! an aggelos of the Kuriou stood before them and the glory of the Kuriou illuminated all around them, making it as light as day. And they feared with megan fear and the aggelos said to them, “Not fear for LO! I euaggelizouai [announce good news] to you of megalen charan [cheerfulness, calm delight, joy] which will be to all the people because on the [this] day was born to you a Soter [Deliverer, Savior] who is the Christos [Anointed One, Messiah, Christ], the Kurios, in the City of David. And this is a semeion [sign, indication] to you. You will find a baby (having been swathed in burial strips) lying in a manger.”And suddenly there were caused to be with the aggelos a throng of the heavenly army praising Theos and saying, “Glory in the Highest [Heaven] to Theos and upon the earth, peace in men of His satisfaction.”

 

Luke 4.31: And He went down into Capernaum, Galilee and He was teaching them in [on] the sabbaths. And they were amazed over His teaching because His logos was in mastery [authority]. And in the synagogue, there was a man holding an impure pneuma of a demon and it shrieked out with a megale phone, saying,

“Aha! and what is there to us and to You, Jesus? Nazarene! Did You come to fully destroy us? I know You, Who YOU ARE! YOU ARE the Hagios One of Theos!”

And Jesus admonished him, saying,

“Shut up and issue forth emergent from him.”

And flinging him down in their midst, the demon issued forth from him; not in no way hindering [harming] him. And there was caused to be amazement upon all, and they conversed to one another, saying,

“What is this logos that in mastery and dunamei [forces, powers, power works] He orders the impure pneumasi and they come out?”

And a rumor was projected (concerning Him) to every place in the surrounding region.

4.38: And rising up emergent from the synagogue, He entered into the house of Simon [in Greek; “Simeon” in Hebrew: “Hearing”]. The mother-in-law of Simon was besieged with a megalo fever, and they made request (concerning her) of Him. And standing over her, He admonished the fever, and it instantly went forth from her and arising, she served them.

 

Luke 7.11: And it was caused to be in the next day, that He traveled into a city called Nain [“Pleasantness”], Galilee and an ample number of His mathetai [learners, pupils, disciples] and a great crowd journeyed with Him. Now, as He approached the gate of the city, LO! the onlyborn son of his mother (and she was a widow) having died, his body was being borne forth for burial. And the populace of the city appropriately was with her. And the Kurios had His splen [spleen, guts, bowels, sympathy] yearn over her and said to her,

“Not sob!”

And approaching, He touched the bier. Now, those bearing the bier stood still. And He said,

“Youth! to you I say, eleken [arise]!”

And the formerly dead one sat up and began to speak and He gave him back to his mother. And fear seized all and they glorified Theos, saying,

“A megas Prophetes [before teller, prophet] has risen in us, and Theos has visited His people.”

And this logos (concerning Him) issued forth in the whole of Judea and in the whole surrounding region.

 

Luke 8.26: And they sailed down into the territory of the Gadarenes which is on the opposite side of the Sea from Galilee. Now, He issuing upon the land, a certain man (emergent from the city) encountered Him, who had had demons for some time, and he not put on clothing and not stayed in a house but stayed in the tombs. Now, seeing Jesus and shrieking out, he prostrated himself before Him and with a megale phone, said,

“What is there between me and You, Jesus, Son of Theos the Highest? I beg You not to torture me!”

For He had commanded the impure pneumati to come forth from the man. For many times it [they] had seized him and he was [had been] shackled with manacles and shackles and was being guarded when tearing apart the bands, he was driven into the wastelands under the power of the demons. Now, Jesus questioned him [the spokes-spook], saying,

“What is your name?”

Now, he said,

“Legion,”

because many demons had entered him and they implored Him in order that He not order them to go off into the abusson [depthless, bottomless, abyss]. Now, there was a considerable herd of swine rooting in the mountain and they [the demons] implored Him in order that He would allow them to enter those swine. Now, issuing emergent from the man, the demons entered the swine and the herd bolted down the precipice into the lake and was drowned. Now, the herdsmen (seeing the event being caused to be) ran away. And going off, they announced these events to the city [Gadara, the capital of the Roman province of Peraea] and to the country. Now, they came forth to see the event (being caused to be) and came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had issued, clothed and of sound mind, sitting down near the feet of Jesus. And they were frightened. Now, those seeing how the man formerly manipulated by demons was esothe [made safe, saved], they apaggeilan [reported] this to them. And the populace all around the region of the Gadarenes requested Him to go away from them because they were gripped with megalo fear. Now, He (embarking into the sailboat) returned to Galilee. Now, the man, from whom the demons had issued, begged to be with Him but Jesus dismissed him, saying,

“Return to your home and tell everything, especially of what Theos did to you.”

And he went off (down the whole of the city) kerusson [proclaiming, heralding] what things Jesus did to him.

 

Luke 9.46: Now, a discussion entered [arose] in [among] them as to who of them might be the meizon [larger, greater]. Now, Jesus having seen the discussion [reasonings] of their hearts, grabbing a boy-child, He stood him beside Himself and said to them,

“Whoever receives this child over My name, receives Me and whoever receives Me, receives the One having sent out Me. For the mikroteros [lesser] existing in all of you, the same shall be megas.”

 

Luke 19.35: And they led it toward Jesus. And throwing upon the young ass their outer garments, they caused Jesus to mount it.

 

II Kings 9.13: They hurried and took off (each man) his outer garment and put them under his bones and blew with the ram’s horn [Shofar] and said [shouted],

“Jehu [in Hebrew & written as “YHWH”, Americanized to “Jehovah”] reigns!

 

[Luke resumes] Now, Him going, they [others] spread out their outer garments in the road for the ass to walk upon them. And even now (drawing near to the descent of the Mount of Olives), all the crowd of the matheton began rejoicing to praise Theos with megale phone concerning all the dunamen [works of power] they had seen, saying,

“Blest is the King coming in the name [authority] of the Kuriou!”

 

PSALM 118.26: “Kneel to Him, coming in the name [authority] of YHWH!”

 

[Luke resumes] “Shalom [safety, peace, health, happiness, prosperity, friendship] in Ourano [Heaven] and glory in the Highest [level of Heaven?]”

And some of the Pharisees (from the crowd) said toward Him,

“Teacher! admonish Your mathetais!” And answering, He said to them, “I tell you that if these are caused to be silent, the stones kekrxontai [ will shriek, will scream, will cry out, will caw as ravens]!”

 

Luke 24.50: Now, He led them forth out as far as Bethany [“House of 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] them. And it was caused to be in His eulogein of them, He withdrew from them. And they, proskunesantes [having worshipped, as a dog licks his master’s hand] Him, returned into Jerusalem amidst megales charas [joyfulness] and were via all [continually] in the Temple ainountes [praising] and eulogountes [speaking well of, blessing] Theos. Amen!

 

Acts 4.32: Now, the mass of those pisteusanton [having faith] were of one heart and psuche and not even one (to anything he owned) said these were his own property; conversely, to them all was common property. And with megale dunamei, the apostoloi gave [presented] the evidence [testimony] of the anastaseos [a standing up again, resurrection] of the Kuriou Jesus. And megale charis [graciousness] was upon all of them for neither existed needy in [among] them for as many as were owners of plots of land or homes, having sold them, brought the value [money] paid of [for] those possessions being sold and placed the money at the feet of the apostolon. Now, it was meted out to each as much as what he had any need.

 

Acts 10.44: While Rock was still speaking these rhemata [utterances], the Hagios Pneuma embraced [grabbed, descended upon] all those hearing the logon. And those pistoi [trustworthy, faithful] of the circumcision, who had come with Rock, marveled because the gratuity of the Hagios Pneuma was poured forth on the ethne [nations, races, non-Jews, gentiles] for they heard them speaking in glossais [tongues, languages] and megalunonton [declaring mega] Theos. Then Rock began to speak.

“Can anyone block the application of water? that these not baptisthenai [be baptized], who also have received the Hagios Pneuma, just as we have.”

He arranged [instructed] that they also baptisthenai in the name [authority] of the Kuriou. Then they requested him to stay over some days.

 

Acts 16.16: Now, it was caused to be, as we were going to a place of proseuchen [humbly begging God, praying], a slave girl encountered us [apparently Luke was with them] holding a pneuma of Python [the region about Delphi; seat of the famous oracle] who afforded much profit to her kuriois by divining [soothsaying]. The same closely followed Paul and us and krazo [cawed as a raven, shrieked, screamed, cried out], saying,

“These men are slaves of the Highest Theos, who kataggellousin [promulgate, publish, officially make known] to us the road [way] of soterias [rescue, safety, salvation].”

Now, she did this upon many days, but Paul was being (caused to be) irritated and turning to the pneumati [spirits], said,

“I command you in the name of Jesus, the Christou, to come forth from her.”

And it came forth at that same hour [very time].

16.19: Now, her kurioi, seeing that their elpis [expectation, hope] of profit had come out of her, seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them toward the rulers into the town square. And having led them toward the magistrates, they said,

“These men are wholly disturbing to our city and having been born Jews, they kataggellousin [promulgate, officially make known] customs which aren’t proper for us to accept nor to do, being Romans.”

And the crowd stood together with them, down on them [Paul and Silas]. And the magistrates, tearing their clothes off them, ordered the lictors to flog them (Paul and Silas) with rods. They were both imposing many strokes on them and throwing them into a place of confinement, charging the jailer securely to guard them, who accepting this sort of charge, threw them into the interior keep [cell] and rendered their feet secure into timber [stocks]. Now down to midnight, Paul and Silas proseuchomenoi and humnoun [hymned, sang praises] to Theos. Now, the other prisoners intently listened to them. Now, there unexpectedly was caused to be a megas earthquake such that the foundations of the place were broken open. Also, all the doors and all the shackles instantly were loosened. Now, the jailer being caused to be awake and seeing the doors of the keep having been opened (having drawn his knife), was about to do away with himself; supposing the prisoners to have escaped. But Paul called out with a megale phone, saying,

“Do not even one kakon [worthless] act to yourself for we are all within.”

Now, asking for a light, he rushed in and being caused to be terrified, he prostrated himself before Paul and Silas. And having led them outside, he said,

“Kurioi! what is it necessary for me to do in order that I may be sotho [be made safe, be saved]?”

Now, they said,

“Pisteuson [have reliance, have faith] upon the Kurion, Jesus, the Christon, and you will be sothese; you and your household.”

And they spoke to him and to all those in his house, the Logon of the Kuriou. And taking them in that very hour of the night, he washed their stripes and was immediately ebaptisthe; he and all those of his household. Leading them up to his house, he both presented them a table of food and exulted with his whole household, pepisteukos [having put all their faith] in Theos.

 

Hebrews 1: In many times and in many ways of old [long ago], Theos spoke to the forefathers via prophetai. In these last days, He spoke to us in the Son Whom He appointed heir of all, in fact via Whom He made the ages [eternity]. Who [Jesus] being the radiance of the glory and the charakter [express human image] of Him and upholding all by the dunamis of His rhemai [utterances], having made katharismos [purging] of our hamarton [misses of the mark or goal; errors, offenses, sins] via Himself [Jesus], He sat down at the right of the Megalesunes [Majesty] on high. By being (caused to be) so much better than the aggelon, He has inherited a name more excellent than them for to which of the aggelon has the Father said,

“YOU ARE My Son. Today I gegeneka [have created, have given birth to] You.”

 

PSALM 2.7: “I will declare of the statute of YHWH: He said to Me, ‘YOU ARE My Son. Today I have yalad [given birth to] You.’”

 

[Paul continues] And again, “I will be to and for Him a Father. He shall be to and for Me a Son.”

 

2^nd SAMUEL 7.14: [YHWH speaking] “I shall be to and for Him a Father, and He shall be to and for Me a Son.” 

[Paul continues] And again (when He brings the First-born into the oikoumenen [habitable land]), He says, “Let all the aggeloi of Theos proskunsatosan [worship, as a dog licks his master’s hand] Him.” And as to the aggeloi, He says, “… Who making His aggelous pneumata [winds, breaths, spirits] and His servants a flame of fire.” 

PSALM 104.4: [YHWH] “He makes His malak [aggeloi] ruwach [pneumai]; His servants a flame of fire.” 

[Paul again] But as to the Son, He says, “Your throne, O Theos! is to the ages of the ages [forever]. The rod [scepter] of Your rectitude is the rod of Your Kingdom. You egapesas [unconditionally loved] dikaiosunen [equity, justification, rightness] and detested lawlessness; therefore, Theos (Your Theos) anointed You with oil of gladness above Your fellows. At the beginning, You (Kurie!) founded the earth and the ouranoi are the works of Your hands. They will perish but You will remain. All creation shall be caused to be old (as a garment) and You shall roll them up (as a covering) and they shall be changed but YOU ARE the same and Your years shan’t fail.” 

PSALM 45.6: [YHWH] “Your throne (O Elohiym!) is forever. A scepter of rectitude is the scepter of Your Kingdom. You aheb [phile: love] right and sane [hate] the wrong therefore Elohiym (Your Elohiym) has anointed You with oil of gladness more than Your fellows; myrrh, aloes, and cassia upon all Your garments.”

 

PSALM 102.25: [YHWH] “Of old You founded the earth. The shamayim [ouranoi] are the work of Your hands. They perish but You shall stand. Yes, they all shall grow old (as a garment). You shall change them (as clothing) and they shall be changed but YOU ARE HE and Your years shan’t be ended.” 

End of One Hundred Twenty-seventh Lesson

HOLY SPIRIT

 HOLY GHOST

Koine Greek: Hagios Pneuma

Hebrew Aramaic: Qodesh Ruwach 

Sometimes referred to as the third Person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit is the “earnest” of one’s inhabiting the Kingdom of God. 

WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD DICTIONARY of the American Language defines

“earnest” (as a noun):

“1. Money given as part payment and pledge in binding a bargain: in full earnest money.

2. Something given or done as an indication or assurance of what is to come: token, pledge.

Some Christians are personally convinced that they have received the enduement or implantation of the Holy Spirit because they enjoy a prayer language with which the Holy Spirit (in them) speaks (for them) to Father God. The first such enduement occurred in Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost. 

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

Acts 2. Now, in the fulfilling of the Day of Pentekostes [Hebrew Feast of Pentecost], they were all unanimous at the same place. Unexpectedly emergent from the ouranou [sky, heavens] was an echos [loud noise], just as borne of a violent wind, and filled up the whole dwelling where they were sitting. Themselves [They] stared wide-eyed at thoroughly partitioned tongues as of fire. It also sat upon each one of them and they were all filled of the Hagios Pneuma and began to utter words in different glossais [tongues, languages], just as the Pneuma gave to them to enunciate. 

2.5: Now, there were Jews residing in Jerusalem, pious [devout] men from every ethnous [nation, race] of those under the ouranon. Now, these phones [sounds, tones, noises, voices] being generated, the populace assembled and were confused because each one heard them speaking his own dialekto [language, dialect]. Now, all were amazed and marveled, saying to one another, 

"LO! aren’t all these speaking Galileans? and how hear we each our own dialekto in which we were born: Parthians, Medes, Elamites and those inhabiting Mesopotamia, both Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, both Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the regions of Libya over against Cyrene and alien-resident Romans; both Jews and proselutoi [non-Jewish converts to Judaism], Cretans, and Arabians. We hear them (in our own glossais) articulating the magnificence of Theos.”

And they were all astounded and were thoroughly disconcerted, one to another posing the question,

“What do you suppose this to be?” 

Galatians 3:. O foolish Galatians! who bewitched you not to be convinced of the truth, to whom Jesus the Christos [Anointed One, Messiah, Christ] was previously written; crucified before your very eyes? Only this do I want to learn from you, did you receive the Hagios Pneuma emergent from working law or of pistis [faith into, reliance upon] emergent from hearing? Are you so foolish, having begun in the Hagios Pneuma, do you now finish in the flesh? Vainly suffered you so much (if indeed vainly)? Is it emergent from working law or of pistis emergent from hearing that He is fully supplying the Hagios Pneuma to you and active in you in dunameis [forces, powers, or works of power]? 

Galatians 4.3: 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 [Pentateuch, Books of Moses, 1^st five books of the Old Testament], in order that He might redeem those under The Law; in order that we might receive adoption as sons. Now, you are sons. Now, because you are sons, Theos sent forth the Hagios Pneuma of His Son into your hearts, krazlon [cawing as a raven, shrieking, screaming, crying out] “Abba [in Chaldee; “Daddy” in American] Father”. So, you are also no longer a slave, conversely, a son and if a son also an heir of Theos via the Christou.

 1^st Corinthians 2.10: But to us, Theos revealed the mysteries via His Hagios Pneuma for the Hagios Pneuma searches all, even the profundity of Theos. For whom (in men) knows the thoughts of a man except the pneuma [wind, breath, spirit] of the man which is in him? So also, the thoughts of Theos not even one being has known except the Hagios Pneuma of Theos. Now, we have not received the pneuma of the kosmou; conversely, we have received the Hagios Pneuma Who is emergent from Theos in order that we may know the truths gratuitously given to us by Theos. These words I also speak, not in wisdom logoi [words] taught of man, conversely, in words taught of the Hagios Pneuma, comparing the spiritual thoughts with the spiritual words. A natural man not receives the truths of the Hagios Pneuma of Theos for they are foolishness to him, and he is unable to know them because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual One in fact discerns all but He is discerned by not even one person. For who knew the mind of the Kuriou [Lord, Master]? Who will teach Him?

 

ISAIAH 40.13: Who has meted out the Qodesh [Hagios] Ruwach [Pneuma] of YHWH? or a man His counsel taught Him? 

1^st Corinthians 3.16: Don’t you know that you are a temple of Theos and the Hagios Pneuma of Theos dwells in you? If anyone shrivels the temple of Theos, Theos will shrivel him. For the temple of Theos (whom you are) is hagios. 

1^st Corinthians 6.17: But he being joined to the Kurio is in pneuma with Him. Flee porneian [depravity]! Every other hamartema [miss of the mark or goal; error, offense, sin] that a man may do is outside the somatos [body] of the man but he doing porneuon [whoring, incest, non-marital sexual intercourse] commits hamartanei into his own soma. Or not know you that your soma is a sanctuary of the Hagios Pneuma (Who is in you)? Whom also you have from Theos, and you aren’t your own selves for you were bought for a price. Then esteem as glorious, Theos, in your somati and in your pneumati, which same are His. 

1^st Corinthians 12.4: There are varieties of charismaton [gifts, endowments, faculties] but the selfsame Hagios Pneuma. There are varieties of service, yet the selfsame Kurios. There are varieties of effects, and the selfsame Theos is active in the whole of existence -- in all. To each one is given the exhibition of the Hagios Pneuma to bear together [for the common good]. For via the Hagios Pneuma, one is given a logos of wisdom; to another, a logos of knowledge (down from the selfsame Hagios Pneuma); to another, pistis (by the selfsame Hagios Pneuma); to another, charismata [gifts, endowments, faculties, deliverances] of healing (by the selfsame Hagios Pneuma); to another, effect of dunameon [force, power, power works]; to another, propheteia [before telling, speaking under inspiration, prophesying]; to another, discerning of pneumaton [spirits]; to another, kin [families] of glossai [tongues, languages]; to another, translation of glossai. In all of these, One and the same Hagios Pneuma is active, separately apportioning to each as He [Father] bouletan [wills, resolves, intends]. 

2^nd Corinthians 1.20: For as many as are the kerugma [proclamations] of Theos, in Him is the “Yes” and in Him is the “Amen” [firm, sure, so be it] toward glory to Theos via us. But He stabilizing us (with us in the Christon and chrio [anointing, consecrating] us) is Theos, He having sealed [stamped, marked] us and having given the arrhabon [pledge, earnest, down payment] of the Hagios Pneuma in our hearts. 

2^nd Corinthians 5: For we [I] know that if our [my] earthly, temporary residence is disintegrated, we [I] have an architecture emergent from Theos in the Ouranois [Heavens]; an eternal, not-manufactured residence. For in this earthly residence, we are [I am] indeed under stress, yearning to don our [my] residence emergent from Ouranou; if indeed we [I] shall be found clothed in a garment (not naked). For indeed being in our [my] temporary residence, we are [I am] under stress (overburdened), determined not to be stripped, conversely, to be clothed in order that the mortal may be swallowed down by life. Now, Theos (He having fully worked in us [me] to this same thing [goal]), He is also giving to us [me] the arrhabona [pledge, earnest, down payment] of the Hagios Pneuma. 

Romans 8.12: Accordingly, brothers, we aren’t debtors to the flesh to live down to flesh. For if you live down to flesh, you are about to die off but if disposed to the Hagios Pneuma, you kill the practices of the somatos [body], you will live. For as many as are led by the Hagios Pneuma of Theos, these are the sons and daughters of Theos. For you not received a pneuma of slavery toward fear again, conversely, you received a Hagios Pneuma of adoption in Whom we shout, “Abba” [in Hebrew; “Daddy” in American], “Pater” [in Greek,“Father” in American]! The Hagios Pneuma Himself jointly testifies with our pneumati that we are children of Theos. Now, if children, also heirs, indeed heirs of Theos and co-heirs with the Christou; if perhaps we suffer together in order that we may be glorified together. 

Romans 8.26: In the same way, the Hagios Pneuma also joins in to help overcome our feebleness. For we not precisely know what we make proseuxometha [humble begging to God, prayers] as is necessary, conversely, the Hagios Pneuma Himself intercedes on our behalf with ineffable sighs. But He searching the hearts knows the bent [inclination] of the Hagios Pneuma because He entreats over hagion [holy ones, sacred ones, consecrated ones; saints] down to the decision of Theos. 

Acts 2.36: “Accordingly, surely let all the House of Israel know that Theos made Him both Kurion [Lord, Master] and Christon [Anointed One, Messiah, Christ]; this Jesus Whom you impaled on a stake.”

And having heard, they were thoroughly pierced to the kardia [heart, core] and spoke toward Rock and the remaining apostolous,

“What may we do? men! brothers!”

And Rock spoke toward them,

“Metanoesate [think differently, turnabout 180 degrees, repent] and baptistheto [be baptized] (each of you) upon the name [authority] of Jesus the Christou into freedom from hamartioi and you will receive the gift of the Hagios Pneuma. For the epaggelia [announcement, proclamation, promise] is to you and to your children; also, to all those to [at] a distance, as many as may call toward themselves, ‘The Kurios our Theos!’” 

Ephesians 1.3: Eulogetos [Fine spoken of, Commended, Blest, Praised] be the Theos and Father of our Kuriou Jesus, the Christou, Who blest us with all spiritual eulogesas [blessing] above the sky [in Heaven], in Jesus, the Christo, as He selected us before the founding of the kosmou to be hagious and unblemished before Him. He was predestining us (in agape) to adoption via Jesus, the Christou, to Himself down [according] to His good pleasure and thelematos [determination, choice decision, decree], to the praise of His glory and charitos [graciousness] with which He favored us in the Egapemeno [Beloved] in Whom we have redemption via Jesus’ blood; aphesin [forgiveness] of paraptomaton [side slips, lapses, deviations] down to the riches of the Father’s charitos. Which graciousness He caused to abound to us in all wisdom and intelligence, making known to us the musterion [secrets, mysteries] of His thelematos down to His good pleasure, which Father proposed (in Himself) for administration of the fullness of times, to head up all the ouranois [skies, heavens] and the earth in the Christo. In Him [Jesus], we have been selected to be an inheritance, being predestined down to the purpose of the Father, all working down to His boulen [will, resolve, intention]; His thelematos [determination, choice decision, decree], for us to be His praise and glory, those having previously trusted in the Christo. In Him [Jesus], you were also hearing the logon of truth, the euaggelion [good news, gospel, evangel] of your soterias [rescue, safety; salvation] and in Whom you pisteusantes [were also having reliance upon or faith into]. You were sealed up with the epaggelias [announced, proclaimed, promised] Hagios Pneuma, Who is the arrhabona of our inheritance until the redemption of the possession to Jesus’ praise and glory. 

Jude 17: But you, agapetoi, remember the proeiremeon [already saying, predictive] rhematon [utterances] of the apostolon of our Kuriou Jesus, the Christou, because they told you that in the final time there will be scoffers walking down to their lusts -- the impious. These are instinctive, they separating themselves, not having the Hagios Pneuma. But you, agapetoi, building upon your most hagiotate pistei, proseuchomenoi [humbly beg God, pray] in the Hagios Pneuma. Guard yourselves in the agape of Theos, awaiting the compassion of our Kuriou Jesus, the Christou, into eternal life. And (in fact) have compassion upon some thoroughly separating themselves but sozete [make safe, save] others, in fear snatching them emergent from the fire, also detesting the from-the-flesh-stained garment. 

End of Lesson

Lesson 126 Amplified -- SACRIFICE

 THUSIA

American: animal sacrifice

Hebrew Aramaic: zebach

THUO

American: to sacrifice or to kill an animal

 

Hebrew Aramaic: chataah

American: offering for sin

 

The Old Blood Covenant (Old Testament) was ratified with the slaughter of animals. Genesis 15.9 And He [YHWH] said to him [Abram], “Take for Me a three-year-old heifer, and a three-year-old she-goat and a three-year-old ram and even a nestling dove.” And he took for Him all these and he divided [split] them in the middle and he laid each piece opposite its neighbor, but the bird he not divided. And down came the birds of prey on the carcasses and Abram drove them away. And it was the sun setting and a deep sleep fell on Abram. And LO! A terror of great darkness falling on him. And HE said to Abram, “You must surely know that alien [Israelites living in Egypt] shall your zera [sperma] be in a land not to them [theirs] and your seed will serve them. And they will afflict them for four hundred years. And (also), I will judge the nation whom they shall serve and after that [400 years] they will come out with great substance. And you shall know [come to] your forefathers in shalom [safety, peace, health, happiness, prosperity, friendship]; you shall be buried in a good old age. And [Then] in the fourth generation, they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full [complete]. And LO! The sun had gone down, and it was dark. LO! [Abram saw] A small furnace and a torch of fire that passed between the pieces of these animals in the day that YHWH cut a covenant with Abram. 

So, the shedding of the blood of animals ratified the Old Testament, but the New Testament [New Blood Covenant] was ratified with the blood of our Lord Jesus the Christ [Anointed One, Messiah], the Only-given-birth, Son of Theos. 

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

1^st Corinthians 5.6: Your boast is not good. Don’t you know that a little leaven leavens the whole mass of dough? Then thoroughly cleanse away the old leaven in order that you may be a new mass of dough, just as if you are unleavened. For our Passover Lamb, the Christos, ethuthe [was sacrificed] for us. So, let us keep feast, not with old leaven; not with leaven of kakia [worthlessness] and of ponerias [depravity]; conversely, with the unleavened bread of clarity and of truth.

 

1^st Corinthians 10.15: Distinguish what I say. Isn’t the cup of eulogias [fine speaking, commendation, blessing, eulogy] that with which we eulogoumen [speak well of, praise, bless] a koinonia [sharing, partnership] in the blood of the Christou? Isn’t the bread which we break a koinonia in the somatos [body] of the Christou? Because of the One Bread, we many are one soma, for we all share the One Bread. Look at Israel. Down to flesh, aren’t those eating the thusia koinonia in the altar. What then, do I say that an eidolon [image for worship, idol] is something? but what an ethne thuo, they thuo to demons and not to Theos. I not want you to be caused to be koinonia of demons. You can’t drink the cup of the Kuriou [Lord. Master] and the cup of the demon! You can’t share of the table of the Kuriou and the table of the demon! Or do we incite the Kurion  to rivalry? We aren’t stronger than Him, are we?

 

Luke 22.7: Now, came the day of unleavened bread (in which thuesthai [must be sacrificed] the Passover Lamb). And He sent forth Rock and John, saying,

“Go to prepare for us the Passover meal in order that we may eat it.”

 

Acts 7.42: [YHWH] ….. As it has been written in the Biblio [sheets, rolls, scrolls, book] of The Prophetoni [The Prophets], “Victims and thusias [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 [god] Remphan [incorrect Greek transliteration of Kijun, an Egyptian idol]; the die-made [cast] statues which you plunged [poured, cast] proskunein [to 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] “Did you bring near to Me zebach 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 will metoikio [move as settlers or captives; exile] you to the distance of Damascus, Syria,” says YHWH. The Elohiym of Shamayin [Ouranos, Heaven] is His name.

 

Hebrews 5: For every high priest (having been taken out of men) is appointed on behalf of men (in the matters as to Theos) in order that he may offer both gifts and thusias on behalf of hamartion [misses of the mark or goal; errors, offenses, sins]; being able to feel in due measure for those not knowing and being led astray, since he also is encompassed by feebleness. For this reason, he ought to offer (on behalf of hamartion) as concerning the people; so also, concerning himself. No one takes the timen [value, esteem, dignity] to himself, except the one being called by Theos [Father God; Hebrew: El]; in fact, even as Aaron was called. So also, the Christos [Mashiyach] not glorified Himself to be caused to be a high priest but the One speaking to Him did so: “YOU ARE My Son! Today I gegeneka [have created, have given birth to] You.”

 

Hebrws 7.26: For such a High Priest was fitting to us; hagios, akakos [without worthlessness], undefiled, having been separated from hamartolon and being caused to be higher than the ouranon [heavens, skies], Who hasn’t need (as do the high priests) to offer thusias down day by day (firstly, for their own hamartion, then for those of the people). For He did this once for everyone, offering Himself up. For The Law [Pentateuch, 1^st Five Books of the Old Testament, Books of Moses] appoints men (having infirmity) high priests but the logos of the oath-taking, after the giving of The Law, appoints a Son having been perfected to the age.

 

Hebrews 8: Now, a summary of the words being said: “We have such a High Priest, Who sat [sits] at the right of the throne of the Megalosunes [Majesty] in Ouranoi [Heavens]; a minister of the hagion [holy ones, sacred ones, consecrated ones; saints] and of the true tabernacle which the Kurios (and not man) raised up. For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and thusia, from which it is also necessary for this One to have something that He may offer. For if (in fact) He were on earth, He wouldn’t even be a priest; there being those priests offering gifts down to The Law.

[Only descendants of Levi were earthly priests; Jesus was a descendant of Judah.]

 

Hebrews 9.21: Likewise, he sprinkled both the tabernacle and all the service vessels with blood. Almost all is cleansed by blood down to The Law and no remission comes without blood-shedding; thus, it was needful for the articles to be truly examples of those in the Ouranois [Heavens], to be cleansed with these [blood] but the heavenly articles themselves are cleansed by better thusiais [sacrifices] than these. For the Christos entered the “Hagia of Hagion” not made with hands (which are figures of the true entities) but He entered into Ouranon itself, now to appear in the presence of Theos, for us. Not that He should offer Himself often, even as the high priest enters into the “Hagia of Hagion” down to year by year with blood of others (since He must have [would have] often suffered from the founding of the kosmou) but now once! at the completion of the ages. He has been revealed for the putting away of hamartias via thusias of Himself. As it is reserved to men once to die and after this, krisis [decision, judgment rendered, verdict], so the Christos (having been offered once to bear the hamartias of many) will appear a second time (without bearing hamartias) to those expecting Him into [for] soterian [rescue, safety, salvation].

 

Hebrews10: 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 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, 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 says,

“Thusia and prosphoran [a presentation, an offering] You not desired but You prepared a human soma 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 [Bible].), ‘Theos, to do Your thelema [determination, choice, decision, decree].’”

 

PSALM 40.6: “Zebach and minchah [apportionment] You didn’t desire. You have opened ears to Me. Zebach and chataah You haven’t requested. Then I said, ‘LO! I come;’ in the Megillach [Roll, Scroll, Bible], it is written of Me. ‘I delight to do Your delight, My Elohiym.’”

 

[Hebrews continues] Saying above,

“You not desired, nor were pleased with thusia and prosphoran as to hamartias (which are prospheran [borne toward, brought near to an altar] according to The Law),” then He said, “LO! I come to do Your thelema, Theos.”

He takes away the first [1^st Blood Covenant, Old Testament] in order that He may set up the second [2^nd Blood Covenant, New Testament], by which Will and Testament we hegiasmenoi [are made holy, are sanctified] via the prosphoras of the somatos of Jesus, the Christou [Mashiyach]; once for everyone. Every priest stands (down to day by day, as a public servant), serving and often prospheron the same thusia of which not even one can take away hamartias. But He, prosenelkas [having offered] One thusia on behalf of hamartion, in perpetuity sat down at the right of Theos; from then, accepting [awaiting] until His enemies are placed as a stool for His feet. For by One prosphora He has perfected (in perpetuity) those hagiazomenous [being made holy,being sanctified]. The Hagios Pneuma also testifies to us. For after having said before,

“After these days, this is the blood covenant which I covenant to them,” says the Kurios, “Giving My laws on their hearts and I will write them on their dianoion [deep thought, understanding] and not (in no way) will I still remember their hamartion and their lawless deeds.”

Now, where there is aphesis [forgiveness] of these, there is no longer prosphora concerning hamartias. 

End of One Hundred Twenty-sixth Lesson

Lesson 125 Amplified -- EKDIKOS

 EKDIKOS

American: One meting out punishment, Avenger (Theos) 

EKDIKESIS

American: vindication, retribution, punishment

Hebrew Aramaic: shillem 

EKDIKESAI

American: to vindicate, to retaliate, to punish, to avenge

Hebrew Aramaic: naqam 

It seems inborn (in human nature) to seek retribution over a wrong received. But we are instructed in the Bible not to do so. In fact, we are told to bless those, even materially, who wrong us. Nevertheless, when the offender is to be punished, Theos will do the punishing. 

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

1^st Thessalonians 4: Finally then, brothers, we request of you and parakaloumen [call near, invite, urge, exhort, encourage, console] you in the Kurios [Lord, Master] Jesus, even as you received from us how it is necessary to walk and to please Theos [Father God] in order that you superabound the more. For you know what commands we gave to you via the Kurios Jesus. For this is the thelema [determination, choice, decision, decree] of Theos -- your purification: for you to abstain from porneia [whoring, incest, non-marital sexual intercourse], for each one of you knows how to possess his own vessel [body] in hagiasmos [holiness, purity] and time [value, esteem], not in passion of forbidden desire as the ethnoi [nations, races, non-Jews, gentiles] not knowing Theos. Not shall you climb over or be covetous of your brother in a deed because the Kurios is the Ekdikos concerning all these as indeed we earnestly testified and forewarned you. For Theos not called us to impurity, but in hagiasmos [holiness, purity]. So those despising you, not despise man but Theos, the One giving His Hagios [Holy, Sacred, Consecrated] Pneuma [Breath, Spirit, Ghost] to You. 

2^nd Thessalonians 1.3: We ought always to eucharistein [gratefully give thanks] to Theos concerning you, brothers, as it is due because your pistis [faith, reliance] exceedingly grows and multiplies the agape [unconditional love] of each and every one of you to one another, so much so as for us to boast ourselves in you in [among] the ekklesiai [assemblies, churches] of Theos for your endurance [constancy] and pistis [faith, reliance] in all your stress that you endure. A clear indication of the dikaios [equitable, just, right] kriseths [decision, judgment rendered, verdict] of Theos is for you to be deemed entirely deserving of the Kingdom of Theos (for which, indeed, you suffer); since it’s a dikaios act from beside Theos to requite to those squeezing you, stress, and to you (those being squeezed) rest, with us, at the revelation of our Kurios Jesus from ouranos [the sky, the heavens] with aggeloi [messengers, angels] of His dunamis [force, power] in flaming fire, giving full ekdikesin to those not knowing Theos and to those not heeding the euaggelion [good news, gospel, evangel] of our Kurios Jesus, the Christos [Anointed One, Messiah, Christ]. They will pay the penalty (eternal death away from the face of the Kurios and away from the glory of His might), when He comes to be glorified in His hagioi [holy ones, sacred ones, consecrated ones, saints] and to be admired in all those pisteuousin [putting their faith in] Jesus in that Day. This is because you episteurthe [put your faith] in our testimony to you. Indeed, we constantly proseuchometh [humbly beg God, pray] concerning you that you may be deemed suitable for the calling of our Theos and may fulfill every satisfaction of goodness and work of pistis in dunamis such that the name of our Kurios Jesus, the Christos, may be glorified in you and you in Him down to the charis [graciousness] of our Theos and Kurios Jesus, the Christos. 

2^nd Corinthians 7.8: For I see that that letter (even if indeed it grieved you for an hour) has caused change. Now, I am joyful, not that you were grieved, conversely, that you were grieved to metanoian [thinking differently, turning about 180 degrees, repenting]. For you grieved down to the choice of Theos in order that you might not be injured in even one word emergent from me. For sadness down to the choice of Theos works metanoian to irrevocable soterian [rescue, safety, salvation] but worldly sadness fully works out death. Notice this same issue (for you to be grieved down to the choice of Theos), how much it fully worked out (in you) spouden [speed, alacrity, eagerness], also apologian [a plea, giving an account, a defense], also indignation, also fear, also a longing, also zelon [heat, zeal, ardor], also ekdikesin! In all you present yourselves clean of this deed [incest]. Therefore, even if I wrote to you, it was not for the one being unjust nor for the one being wronged, conversely, it was because of my spouden [speed, alacrity, eagerness] toward you before the face of Theos. 

2^nd Corinthians 10: I myself, Paul, parakalo you via the gentleness and appropriateness of the Christou. I who face to face indeed am lowly in [among] you but courageous toward you when absent. But I request that, when I am near to you, I may be not courageous with confidence which I estimate to be bold over some, those regarding me as walking down to flesh. Although walking in flesh, I not war down to flesh for the implements of my soldiering are not fleshly, conversely, dunata [forceful, powerful] to Theos toward demolishing castles [strongholds], demolishing imaginations and every elevated thing exalting itself down to [against] the knowledge of Theos and making captive the whole perception in attentive hearkening to the Christou and being ready ekdikesai all inattention [disobedience], whenever your attentive hearkening is made replete [complete].

 

Romans 12.14: Elulogeite [Speak well of, Praise, Bless] those pursuing [persecuting] you; elulogeite and not put a curse upon them. Rejoice with the rejoicing and wail with the wailing. Have the same interest into all of one another, not only having interest in the lofty; conversely, yielding to the lowly. Not be caused to be wise near yourselves [in your own estimation]. Give back to no one kakon [worthless] for kakou [worthless]. Promote the kala [beautiful, virtuous] before all men. If possible (emergent from yourselves), be peaceable to all men. Not ekdikountes [vindicating, getting retribution, punishing] yourselves, agapetoi [unconditionally beloved]; conversely, give place [space, room] for the orge [violent passion, fury, rage, wrath] of Theos for it has been written, “Ekdikesis belongs to Me. I will repay,” says the Kurios.

 

DEUTERONOMY 32.35 [YHWH] “... Shillem [requital, recompense] belongs to Me.”

 

Romans 13: Let every psuche [soul, life, psyche, ego] be subordinate [subject] to superior [higher] authorities for there isn’t authority if not from Theos but the existing authorities exist due to having been arranged [instituted] under Theos. So too, the one opposing authority opposes the arrangement [institution] of Theos and those having opposed Him will receive a krima [decision, judgment rendered, verdict] to themselves. Rulers aren’t a cause of fears to those doing good works, but they are to the kakon [worthless]. Now, do you want not to fear authority? Do good and you will have praise emergent from the same for he is a servant of Theos for good to you but in case you do kakon, do fear! for he not eike [idly, vainly] wears the sword for he is a servant of Theos, an ekdikos [punisher, avenger] to orgen of the one practicing kakon. Because of this, it is necessary to be in subjection, not merely because of orgen, conversely, because of conscience.

 

Luke 18: Now, He also told to them a parable toward it being necessary (at all times) to proseuchesthai and not to weaken, saying,

“There was a certain judge in a city, not fearing Theos and not respecting man. Now, there was a widow in that city, and she came to him saying, ‘Ekdikeson [Vindicate] me from my adversary.’ And for a time, he ethelesen [chose, decided] not to do so but after these events, he said within himself, ‘If I not even fear Theos and not respect man, yet via [because] this widow affords me pain, I will ekdikeso her in order that coming, she not subdue me in the end.’”

Now, the Kurios said, 

“Hear what the unjust judge says! Now, not (in no way) would [wouldn’t] our just Theos do the ekdikesin [vindicating] of His chosen (those shouting to Him for help day and night) and being makrothumon [forbearing, patiently restraining] over them? I say to you that (in haste) He will do the ekdikesin of them. Yet the Son of Man coming, will He then find persistence in pistin on the earth?” 

Luke 21.20: “Now, when you see Jerusalem being encircled by a camping ground of troops, then know that its pillaging has been caused to be. Then, let those in Judea flee into the mountains and let those in the middle of it leave and not let those in the outside regions enter into it because these days of ekdikeseos [vindication, retribution, punishment] are to be fulfilled; that is all the things having been written. But woe in [to] the pregnant women and those nursing in those days for megale stress will be upon the earth and orge [violent passion, fury, rage, wrath] in [to] this people and they will fall by the mouth of the knife and will be made led captive into all the ethne, and Jerusalem will be trampled under the ethnoi until the times of the ethnon are fulfilled.” 

Acts 7.24: 7.24 “And seeing one being wronged, he [Moses] defended him and did ekdikesin for the one being beaten down, striking the Egyptian. Now, he supposed that his brothers understood that Theos would give deliverance to them via his hand, but they not understood. 

Hebrews 10.26: For if we are voluntarily [willfully] hamartanonton [missing the mark or goal; erring, offending, sinning], after receiving the full knowledge of the truth, no more thusia [sacrifice] concerning hamartion remains but some awful edoche [expectation] of kriseos [accusation, condemnation, judgment] and hot fire being about to consume the adversaries. Anyone, disregarding the Law of Moses, dies without oiktirmon [pity] upon the testimony of two or three witnesses. How much worse punishment (think you?) will he be thought worthy to receive, having trampled the Son of Theos and having deemed common the blood of the covenant by which he hegiasthe [was made holy, sanctified] and having insulted the Hagios Pneuma of charitos [graciousness]? For we know the One having said, “Ekdikesis [Vindication, Retribution, Punishment] is to Me. I will repay,” says the Kurios and again, “The Kurios krinei [will distinguish, will decide, will judge, will put on trial] His people.” 

1^st Peter 2.13: Accordingly, subordinate yourselves (via the Kuriou) to all men of the hierarchy; whether to a king as being superior; whether to leaders [governors] as having been sent via him; (in fact) ekdikesin to the kakopoion [worthless doer] but praise to well-doers because such is the thelema [determination, choice, decision, decree] of Theos. Muzzle the ignorance of mindless men by doing good. Be as free yet not holding freedom as a covering for kakias [worthlessness], yet as slaves of Theos. Timesate [value, esteem, revere] all. Agapate the brotherhood. Fear Theos. Timate the King.

 End of One Hundred Twenty-fifth Lesson