The Bible is the God document to which the role of man is limited to the man the Spirit has chosen to serve as amanuensis. All glory is to God and not in KJV or any translation, which when insisted upon as some talisman is like the ‘golden calf’ set up the manner when the Spirit of Christ is all but forgotten There is no value in the printed word and of excellence of Biblical scholarship if the user has no heart to examine beyond the surface to the intent of the Spirit. I see so many heresies and megachurches where shades of TB Joshua and Oral Roberts from Christian nationalism to cults going round and round, -what else could have the five blind men of Benares do when presented with an elephant?, and it is simply a fool’s business to think it will edify any.
Leaving aside let us look at the manner the Spirit has rendered the Scripture for our spiritual growth.
Command numbers serve to make the realities of heaven and of the earth distinct and easier to follow.
Here is an example: “The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven./ As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.” (1 Co.15:47-48) Jesus Christ as the Lord from heaven is the same. But as the Word become flesh “for the things concerning me have an end.” Without which the Word cannot called perfect. He has to fulfill the scriptures. As a result in his all things consist and the three and a half year is used by the Spirit to set all events on the earth. The power given to the beast sets him as the son of Perdition as Satan is set as his adversary. 1260 days or Three and a half year is the scale to set all earth events. 42 months the beast shall lord over and shall be cut off. Elisha was jeered by 42 because Elisha is set down in the narrative as a double for Jesus. Three sets of genealogies in Matt 1 of 14 generations each. v.7) Earthly ministry of Jesus has another half an hour. (Re.8:1) Total 4 is the command number for the Word become flesh in heaven. It governs the four cardinal directions
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