Gen 22:16-18
“And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.”
The Promised Seed
Promise of Blessing – Oath to Multiply
I Will Surely Bless – I Will Surely Multiply
Isa 49:3
“And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”
Bless By Becoming Israel (called Jacob & David also)
Ps 2:7
“I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.”
Multiply By Resurrection (Christ Church)
Isa 49:6
“And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.”
qalal: to be slight, swift or trifling
a small part of Christ’s Calling
“I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles,”
nathan: to give, put, set – or: a light – or: to be or become light – goy: nation, people – gav: the back – gev: among – gaah: to rise up – gab: a back
Israel has had The Light – yet to have The Glory
Bless By Becoming Israel
Luke 2:32
“A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.”
apokalupsis: an uncovering – apokaluptó: to uncover, reveal –
apo: from, away from – kaluptó: to cover – akin to kalubé (hut, cabin)
“The Revelation of Jesus The Christ”
Promise of Blessing – Oath to Multiply
Acts 13:47
“For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.”
tithémi: to place, lay, set – histémi: to make to stand, to stand – keimai: to be laid, lie
The Gospel
I Will Surely Bless – I Will Surely Multiply
Isa 49:6
“thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.”
hayah: to fall out, come to pass, become, be – hava’: breathe – avah: to incline, desire – yeshuah: salvation – yasha: to deliver –
ad: as far as, even to, up to, until, while – qatseh: after – qatsah: to cut off – qets: end – qatsats: cut off – erets: earth, land
Jesus The Christ
1 John 4:14
“And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.”
apostelló: to send, send away –
apo: from, away from – stelló: to arrange, prepare, gather up, hence to restrain – histémi: to make to stand, to stand – tithémi: to place, lay, set – keimai: to be laid, lie
“The Saviour of the world”
Bless By Becoming Israel – Multiply By Resurrection (Christ Church)
Eph 5:29-32
“For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.”
The Promised Seed
Promise of Blessing – Oath to Multiply
I Will Surely Bless – I Will Surely Multiply
Bless By Becoming Israel – Multiply By Resurrection (Christ Church)
Heb 12:1-4
“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.”
prokeimai: to be set before, to be set forth –
pro: before – keimai: to be laid, lie – tithémi: to place, lay, set – histémi: to make to stand, to stand – keimai: to be laid, lie
our calling – His Calling
Luke 9:22-24
“Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day. And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.”
Followers of The Way
The Promised Seed
Promise of Blessing – Oath to Multiply
I Will Surely Bless – I Will Surely Multiply
Bless By Becoming Israel – Multiply By Resurrection (Christ Church)
Heb 6:12-17
“That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. Where in God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:”
epaggelia: a summons, a promise – epaggellomai: to proclaim, to promise –
epi: on, upon – aggelló: to announce, report – aggelos: an angel, messenger – agó: to lead, bring, carry –
The Gospel
The Life of Christ
“Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. “
The Promised Seed
Promise of Blessing – Oath to Multiply
I Will Surely Bless – I Will Surely Multiply
“after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.”
Bless By Becoming Israel – Multiply By Resurrection (Christ Church)
“confirmed it by an oath:”
mesiteuó: to interpose, mediate – mesités: an arbitrator, a mediator – mesos: middle, in the midst –
horkos: an oath – akin to erkos (fence, enclosure) – horion: a boundary – horos (a boundary)
He Intervened
Gal 3:15-20
“Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.”
The promise was to Abraham’s faith
“And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.”
Jesus The Christ’s Faith
“A Just One, By His Faith, Will Live” (Habakkuk 2:4)
The Multiply By Resurrection (Christ Church)
1 Cor 12:12-20
“For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. And if they were all one member, where were the body? But now are they many members, yet but one body.”
potizó: to give to drink – potos (drink, for drinking) -pinó: to drink – heis: one – pneuma: wind, spirit –
As a Fountain
John 4:6
“Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.”
the natural spring
John 4:14
“But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.”
The Supernatural Fountain
The Holy Spirit of Promise
John 7:37-39
“In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)”
ek or ex: from, from out of – ho, hé, to: the – koilia: belly –
Of Jesus The Christ – Himself – The Giver
The Source of All Spiritual Blessings
“they that believe on him should receive:”
believers the receivers of:
The Supernatural Fountain
The Holy Spirit of Promise
2 Cor 8:6-12
“Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also. Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also. I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love. For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago. Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have. For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.”
ho, hé, to: the – prothumia: eagerness – prothumos: willing, ready –
pro: before – thumos: passion –
prokeimai: to be set before, to be set forth –
pro: before – keimai: to be laid, lie – tithémi: to place, lay, set – histémi: to make to stand, to stand
with a spirit of willing & unforced obedience
Rom 1:14-17
“I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise. So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.”
prothumos: willing, ready –
pro: before – thumos: passion –
euaggelizó: to announce good news –
eu: well – adverb from eus (good) – aggelos: an angel, messenger – agó: to lead, bring, carry –
The Gospel
The Life of Christ
“A Just One, By His Faith, Will Live”
Matt 25:21-23
“His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.”
Well Done
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Mark 14:6-9
“And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me. For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always. She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying. Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.”
Well Done
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Luke 19:16-19
“Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.”
Well Done
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Acts 15:28-29
“For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.”
Well Done
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Eph 6:1-3
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.”
Well Done
multiply members
Jude 5-8
“I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.”
apostates
israelites – fallen angels – sodomites – lawlessness
“are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.”
prokeimai: to be set before, to be set forth –
pro: before – keimai: to be laid, lie – tithémi: to place, lay, set – histémi: to make to stand, to stand –
deigma: a thing shown, specimen – deiknumi: to show – pur: fire – aiónios: agelong, eternal – aión: a space of time, an age – diké: right (as self-evident), justice (the principle, a decision or its execution) – deiknumi: to show –
hupechó: to hold or put under, fig. to undergo –
hupo: by, under – echó: to have, hold
pattern of days
days of Noe – days of Lot – Days of The Son of Man
Luke 17:26-30
“And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.”
2 Peter 2:4-17
“For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord. But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man’s voice forbad the madness of the prophet. These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.”
hupodeigma: a figure, copy, example – hupodeiknumi: to show secretly, to show by tracing out, to teach, make known –
hupo: by, under – deiknumi: to show
melló: to be about to – meló: to be an object of care – asebés: ungodly, impious –
alpha: alpha – sebó: to worship –
tithémi: to place, lay, set – histémi: to make to stand, to stand – keimai: to be laid, lie
Warning! Warning! Warning!
serpent seed
“These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.”
pégé: a spring (of water) – pégnumi: to make fast – anudros: waterless –
alpha: alpha – hudór: water – huetos: rain – huó (to rain)
snake pit – gates of hell
Christless – no Holy Spirit – no blessings
“to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.”
zophos: deep gloom – gnophos: darkness, gloom – dnophos (darkness) – nephos: a mass of clouds, a cloud – ho, hé, to: the – skotos: darkness – skia: shadow – téreó: to watch over, to guard – téros (a guard) –
Obscurity of Jesus The Christ’s Life
multiply hell
a ticket to hell
weeping – wailing – gnashing of teeth
Jude 11-13
“Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.”
mark of the beast
“to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.”
zophos: deep gloom – gnophos: darkness, gloom – dnophos (darkness) – ho, hé, to: the – skotos: darkness – skia: shadow –
eis: to or into (indicating the point reached or entered, of place, time, fig. purpose, result) –
aión: a space of time, an age – aei: ever, unceasingly – chronos: time – téreó: to watch over, to guard – téros (a guard) –
dark shadows – lost souls
Obscurity of Jesus The Christ’s Life
a ticket to eternal hell
weeping – wailing – gnashing of teeth
Rev 19:20-21
“And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.”
Rev 20:10
“And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.”
Rev 20:14-15
“And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.”
As It Is Written
torment forever- multiply (mark of the beast)
Jesus The Christ – Promise of Blessing – Oath to Multiply
jephfree a servant of The LORD
jephfree a friend of THE LORD