Amos 6:1a, 4-7 – Pretending to be holy

[1a] Alas for those who are at ease in Zion, and for those who feel secure on Mount Samaria.

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[4] Alas for those who lie on beds of ivory, and lounge on their couches,

and eat lambs from the flock, and calves from the stall;

[5] who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp,

and like David improvise on instruments of music;

[6] who drink wine from bowls, and anoint themselves with the finest oils,

but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!

[7] Therefore they shall now be the first to go into exile,

and the revelry of the loungers shall pass away. פ

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In verse one, the ‘name’ that appear need to be read as the meaning of the words, from which the names are formed. The word “zion” (“tsiyyon”) comes from the root noun “sayon,” which means “dry place or sign post.” The Arabic root verb means “to defend.” This means the word written by Amos, sent to him through divine inspiration, bears an everlasting meaning that makes the statement: “Alas for those who are at ease in a dry place or standing individually as a fortress against evil, let those be sign posts that warn where not to go.”

When the first half of verse one then speaks of “Mount Samaria,” there is no such place. Further, Hebrew as a written language does not have capital letters, as do other languages, so that written says “the hill country of shomrom.” The place “shomrom” was the capital of the Northern Kingdom (after the splits), which is typically called “Samaria.” Still, the word behind that ‘name’ bears the meaning (from the root Hebrew word “shamar”) “place of watch keeping,” as the root verb means “to keep or guard.” Thus, the continuation of Amos’ warning in verse one says, “and for those who feel secure on higher ground keeping watch over their souls.” Because Amos was a prophet of Yahweh and spoke what Yahweh told him to speak (or write), the only concern Yahweh has for “those in a dry place” and “those who pretend to be vigilant from higher positions in life (the rich and famous), the material that relates to places and bodies of flesh is nothing. Yahweh spoke spiritually to a prophet, about the souls of those who pretended to serve Yahweh spiritually, when they only served themselves (self-egos).

Verse 4: “those lying down on beds of ivory , and those unrestrained on your couches ; and eat lambs from the flock , and calves from the midst of the stall

The symbolism of “lying down on beds” is sleep; and, sleep is metaphor for death. This makes the warning posed by Yahweh, through His prophet Amos, be those who find comfort and wealth (symbolism of “ivory”) from the material realm, where the soul is imprisoned in a body of flesh that is bound to die, releasing the soul for Judgement. To then be “unrestrained on your couches” is a symbolic statement about the Jews who only reclined to eat the Passover meal, because eating while lounging on a “couch” is a sign of the opulent royals of the world. To be “unrestrained” to pretend to be of royal blood (as children said to be of Yahweh, through His Law given to them by Moses) are further positioning their bodies of flesh in the ‘bound to die’ position. To then “eat lambs from the flock” is not only a statement of the Paschal lamb that spreads the blood of the Son on the doorway to one’s spiritual dwelling, saving the soul within its flesh, the statement by Yahweh is to devour the innocent “lambs of the flock” by teaching them nothing of value, while pretending to be rich in the Word of God (like Amos was as a prophet of Yahweh). The element of eating “calves from the midst of the stall” is then a statement about veal, where young calves are fed in cages, not allowed to exercise and strengthen their muscles. There is doubt about the slaughter of calves as being ‘kosher’ food for Jews; but the metaphor must be seen here as the calves reflecting the children of the Norther Kingdom, the leaders of which Amos preached. They kept the children in stalls, not allowing their souls to exercise the truth of Scripture, while being fed fattening falsehoods and half-truths, which weakened their ability to be ‘beasts of burden’ for Yahweh.

Verse 5: “those who chant upon the mouth a psaltery , like beloved they will account for their souls vessels of song .

In this verse, Yahweh led Amos to write the Hebrew construct “kə·ḏā·wîḏ,” which is typically read as “like David,” as if a proper name is the implication. Again, the meaning behind the name is “beloved one.” This means “those who chant upon the mouth” are those who sing the psalms of David, which all Israelites and Judeans (people of the two kingdoms, not the truth behind the meaning of those names) did. After the fall of those two kingdoms and the speaking of the prophets were recorded on scrolls, the Jews would read some of each every Sabbath, much like Christians in branches that are catholic or universal read Old Testament, Psalm, Epistle and Gospel. To simply “chant upon the mouth” those most divine words does not make one’s soul be in close relationship with Yahweh (His wife). The use of “psaltery” or “instrument like a harp,” the pretense of singing the psalms of David makes them spear (to each other) as “like beloveds” of Yahweh – when they are not. The reason Yahweh chose His prophet Amos to warn the pretenders was they endangered their souls, because “they will account for their souls” as if singing the words (or repeating them in unison, wholly or by alternate verses) makes them as if they are the “vessels of song,” like David or Amos. The danger is pretending to be a prophet (or saint), when one’s soul if filthy dirty from sins; and, singing psalms of David does nothing to wash away sins.

Verse 6: “those drinking from bowls wine , and with the choicest oils they anoint themselves ; but not they are sickened over the breaking of the increaser .

Once again there is what appears to be a proper name written, which is “Joseph” (from “yō·w·sêp̄”). The word behind the name means “increaser,” from the verb “yasap” meaning “to add, increase, or repeat.” The Biblical character known as “Joseph” was the most spiritually elevated of the sons of Jacob, who had “supplanted” his brother’s birthright and then fought his soul to be pronounced “Israel,” a word that means “who retains the elohim of Yahweh as his Lord. Because the sons of Jacob were all far from being spiritually elevated souls, they were those who “broke the addition” of the soul of Yahweh’s Son from being their personal Lord (each reborn as the truth of the word Israel). When this is seen, the Amos was led to write about the audacity of lost souls pretending to be the children of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob “drinking from bowls,” supposedly filled with the “wine” that is the blood of a Messiah or a Christ – the blood painted on the doorway of their dwellings, saving their souls from the pass over of death. Instead, they drink themselves drunk on the thought that they can do as they wish, never to be punished and forbidden life eternal with Yahweh. Likewise, they heap spoonfulls of oil – deemed holy by a false shepherd or hired hand – in the same way Christian employees of religious organizations use the finest olive oil to pretend to bless as holy. Meanwhile, none of these false shepherds “are sickened over the breaking of the increaser,” where the whole point of a holy lineage is spiritual salvation, requiring teachers of the truth of Scripture that leads the lost to be found and saved.

Verse 7: “thus now they will go uncovered as the head of those removed ; and those turned aside , banquet those who go free .

The use of the Hebrew construct “bə·rōš,” as a form of the word “rosh,” is translated as “the head,” where the saying goes, “as the head goes, the body will follow.” In between is two uses of “galah,” meaning “to uncover, remove.” Here, the dual meaning says the “heads” that lead the body wrongly will be “uncovered,” such that the result is that all who follow them (the body of those claiming bloodlines to Jacob) will be “removed” from that distinction. The segment that then places focus of “those turned aside” means the “head uncovered” will be as false shepherds and hired hands, whose profitability as religious leaders is all about turning the people away from Yahweh and to their control. Still, the reward for those who will turn away from those false leaders will find the wedding “banquet” as the celebration of their own soul’s union with the Spirit of Yahweh and being possessed divinely by His Son’s soul. Those will be the souls that “go free” to eternal life, no longer imprisoned by the beds and couches of bodies of flesh that lead to the sleep of mortal death.

Psalm 146 – Shine Yahweh and heed the warning of Amos

1 Hallelujah! Shine YAH!

Praise Shine Yahweh, O my soul! *

[2] I will praise shine Yahweh as long as I live;

I will sing praises lelohay while I have my being.

2 [3] Put not your trust in rulers, nor in any child of earth, *

for there is no help in them.

3 [4] When they breathe their last, they return to earth, *

and in that day their thoughts perish.

4 [5] Happy are they who have se-el of Jacob for their help! *

whose hope is in Yahweh elohaw;

5 [6] Who made heaven and earth, the seas, and all that is in them; *

who keeps his promise for ever;

6 [7] Who gives justice to those who are oppressed, *

and food to those who hunger. 7 Yahweh sets the prisoners free;

[8] Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind; *

Yahweh lifts up those who are bowed down; 8 Yahweh loves the righteous;

[9] Yahweh cares for the stranger; *

he sustains the orphan and widow, but frustrates the way of the wicked.

9 [10] Yahweh shall reign forever, *

elohayik, O Zion, throughout all generations. Hallelujah! Shine YAH!

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I have posted about this Psalm 146 three times prior. I advise those who are interested in what this Psalm 146 says to review the links to those three commentaries. The postings are as follows:

October 2021: Psalm 146 – Same song, Elijah verse

September 2021: Psalm 146 – Praising Yahweh as a reflection on Naomi and Ruth

August 2021: Psalm 146 – Praise Yahweh

All are the same verses, sung aloud in the Ordinary after Pentecost season for Year B. Psalm 146 is also scheduled to be sung aloud on Proper 5 Sunday, in the Year C, but the year 2022 had Trinity Sunday (the first Sunday of the Ordinary after Pentecost season) be on the equivalent of Proper 6, with no Proper 5 readings scheduled in 2022. Still, the point that must be seen in this (along with an absence from the Year A schedule) is this song that places focus on Praising Yahweh! (more accurately Shining Yahweh! from within one’s soul) is an advanced lesson, whose repetitiveness makes it vital to understand.

As the only public singing of this Psalm 146 in Year C for the calendar year 2022, it becomes important how it is companioned now with the Amos 6 reading selection, when Yahweh spoke through His prophet about the laziness of the wayward. That desire to sleep in beds of ivory, while devouring the souls of those putting their trust in false shepherds that wear fancy robes, high hats and carry ornate shepherd’s crooks (never been used to save any souls), this Psalm 146 warns the truly faithful to not follow the liars and cheats of the world.

In verse one, the main focus must go to David singing “nap̄·šî,” where this construct is the feminine (the “soul” – from “nephesh”) and “of me” or “mine,” which is stating the femininity of an eternal “soul” (masculine, as spiritual, non-material) in a body of flesh, where “my” is a statement of the flesh possessing the “soul” – not the other way around. This then makes the repetition of “shine YAH!” and “shine of Yahweh” become a statement that a “soul” alone is incapable of “shining” (therefore “praising” as well) as a feminine entity, a “soul” alone in its body made from the physical realm.

The ability to “shine” – from the word “halal” being an imperative masculine plural – comes from “YAH,” as “of Yahweh,” with both words in Hebrew being masculine singular nouns, denoting the spiritual allowing the material to “shine” a spirituality that is unseen physically, but depicted in Christian religious artwork as a halo. No leaders of temples or synagogues or cathedrals or churches can lead a soul trapped in a body of flesh to emit a divine radiance – the “shine” – as this is an individual commitment between the feminine soul and the masculine Yahweh. It says “to shine of Yahweh” is to be spiritually married to Him, so the outpouring of His Spirit upon one’s “soul” forever is the only way this “shine of Yahweh” can manifest.

In verse two the repetition if the first-person constructs that sing, “I will shine” and “I will make music (to Yahweh).” In that the first-person is a combined spirituality that is the masculine Spirit of “I Am” and the feminine soul that is the sacrificial “I” that receives the Spirit. This is then singing of a union of two as one, where this union brings the promise of eternal “life,” which is guaranteed by the offspring of that divine union, which is “to my elohim I gain my continuance.” The Spirit makes it possible to receive the seed soul of the Son, who merges with a soul forever, making a soul be saved as a reproduction of Yahweh’s Son of love.

It is after David sings two verses about “shining Yahweh,” through the presence of his “elohim” within his “soul” that David then warns of the dangers of following the lead of those who would steal that “shine of Yahweh” away.

While beginning verse three singing “not will put your trust in nobly inclined” humans berobed in the finest cloths, David sings loudly, “in the son of man.” In that, those who will falsely lead souls away from “shining Yahweh” will be deemed “sons of men,” denoting their obedience to bloodlines and souls trapped in sinful bodies of flesh. However, the double edge of that cutting segment says, “in the Son of Adam,” where the Hebrew word “’ā·ḏām” is the name of the Yahweh elohim of Genesis 2, when the divine priestly Man we call Adam was created by the hand of Yahweh. This segment then places a name on what David called “my elohim.” To this name, David then sang, “nothing else offers salvation;” and, here it is vital to know the name “Jesus” means “YAH Saves.”

In verse four, David sings about his inner “elohim” of “salvation.” When one sees “in the son of Adam,” where the preposition indicates this inner union with David’s soul, he then explains this phenomena of “the son” resurrecting there. He sings, “it departs his spirit it will return it to the flesh,” where the Hebrew word “adamah” means “ground, land,” this is metaphor for the material real where souls inhabit bodies of flesh (not ground or land). When the soul is seen as that “returning,” then “it departs” refers to the death of Adam’s flesh, which took 930 human years to accomplish, after the departure from Eden. It is then not the flesh of “the son Adam” that “will return,” but his “soul,” which will divinely possess a soul married to Yahweh, joining with that wife-soul in its body of flesh. This “return” will bring an eternity of “day” – the light of truth within – that will keep a host wife-soul from ever ‘perishing” of soul. Like Adam, when the death of the flesh comes, then the soul will be released to do the work of the Father, as He sees fit.

Verse five then begins with the Hebrew word “esher,” which means “happiness, blessedness.” The construct leads one to sing “blessed” as the first word of this verse. Here, David wrote a vertical bar of rest, which forces the singer to contemplate this word “blessed.” The insight comes from the Greek written by Matthew, which told what Jesus spoke on the mount by the sea, called the Beatitudes. They are called that because the Latin word “beātī” means “happy, rich, or blessed” (plural adjective). The Greek word written by Matthew is capitalized, as “Makarioi” (plural adjective), meaning “happy, blessed,” and implying “to be envied.” The capitalization of the Greek elevates this word to a divine level of meaning, which is “shining Yahweh.” The word then goes much higher than a word of human emotion (as “happy” or even “blessed”), so it should be read as Jesus explaining the attributes of “Saints.” Thus, David’s mark of pause to reflect on “blessed” relates to the “day” light of truth that “shines Yahweh” that is Yahweh’s “plan” to keep His souls from “perishing.” They avoid that fate as being “sainted.”

Following the mark of pause, David sang, “this el of supplanter it needs a helper.” In this, the singular construct “še·’êl” says “the soul” of a body of flesh acts as royalty, as a “god” that always runs into trouble, attempting to “supplant” the possessions and material things of others, to claim as one’s own. This is the guilt of sins heaping up to a debt that must be repaid; and, the only way to repay that debt is to join spiritually with “a helper.” This is the Advocate Jesus promised to send to his disciples who served Yahweh. That coming is then sung to be “his hope in Yahweh his elohim.” This says the “hope” of sins being forgiven comes from divine union with Yahweh’s Spirit, so “his elohim” (“the son of Adam”) will be sent as the savior.

In verse six, David sings about the power of Yahweh. As the Creator, David wrote the Hebrew construct “‘ō·śeh,” rooted in “asah,” meaning “making.” David then wrote a vertical bar of pause for the singers to reflect on this “Yahweh elohaw” that ended verse five. That says “Yahweh His elohim,” which is the Son “made” on the seventh day, after Creation was ended. In Genesis 1:1a, Moses had written (translated into English), “in the beginning created elohim.” This says Yahweh Created all the elohim of Creation, so spirit, angels, gods, laws, and souls did the work that Yahweh planned. Those “elohim of His” are those ethereal beings that were “making” everything; so, everything is “made” was of the plan of Yahweh. Following the vertical bar of pause, David sang of “heaven” and “earth,” which becomes metaphor for “souls” within “flesh.” The totality of mankind (created on day six, unlike Adam) is then a ‘sea” of these souls within flesh. Mankind is then like the fish of the sea, who breathe the least breath of Yahweh to live; so, like the fish of the sea, mankind must be caught by souls in flesh possessed by the Yahweh elohim that is Adam-Jesus – the “son of Adam.” Once caught, those would will be led to the altar of marriage (if willing and loving), where the “truth can be kept in them forever.”

In verse seven, David began with the same word as that beginning verse six (“ō·śeh”), but then he added the word “judgement” to “making,” before placing another vertical bar marking pause for reflection. By being filled with the “truth” that comes into one’s “soul and flesh” (“heaven and earth”) from Yahweh’s elohim, this is “making judgment” an event that a soul can face securely, or with great fear. Following the vertical bar, David wrote the Hebrew construct that places focus on “those who are the oppressing,” which are those souls who reject divine union with Yahweh, making their own souls be the lords over their flesh, seeing themselves as gods. It is they who “oppress” those other souls trapped in bodies of flesh, by leading them to believe there will be no harsh “judgment” to come. Thus, it is they who are “making judgment,” based on lies and half-truths.

Following a comma mark of separation, David then sang of the masculine soul (the son of Adam) that is “giving bread to the hungry.” While modern pastors and priests can take such words and see it as the duty of a religious organization to collect “food” donations and open “bread lines” for the poor, this is missing the intent. In the same way Jesus said, “Give a man a fish and feed him for a day, but teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime,” the purpose of pastors and priests is to offer spiritual food (the truth of Scripture) to seekers (“the hungry”), sos they can be led to themselves seek the truth of Jesus, through divine marriage to Yahweh. That will transform a lost soul into a saint, who will be transformed in that way to serve Yahweh as His Son on earth. It is then from such commitment (divine marriage forever) that David sang, “Yahweh is giving freedom to those in bindings.” This “freedom” is the promise to a soul for eternal life beyond the grave, as a saintly servant in the name of Jesus who saves other souls in His name.

Next, David begins verse eight with the singular word “Yahweh” (“יְהוָ֤ה”), followed by the placement of a vertical bar of pause. This makes one place reflective focus on “Yahweh” as the only way a soul that is bound in flesh, which is wrapped with the “bindings” of sin can be “freed” from repeating that eternal soul’s “imprisonment” in the worldly realm, away from “Yahweh” forever in His spiritual realm. Relative to the “truth” being told, David then sang of “Yahweh” – “opening the eyes of the blind,” which is as Jesus said to many, “you have eyes but cannot see.” The translation “of eyes” is assumed, as this fits the following “of the blind,” but in reality the “opening” is not physical (as making “eyes” see the “truth”) but spiritual. The “truth” is ‘seen’ through divine inspirations, such that the written word does not readily make the “truth” visible to the naked eyes reading those words. The inner “elohim” must whisper this truth to the mind’s ears, which project the “truth” onto the written word with the mind’s eye.

David then sang in verse eight, “Yahweh raises up those who have bowed down.” This is not a statement about religious ritual, where souls trapped in human flesh believe intellectually that they are born special and can do no wrongs on earth, as long as they enter holy buildings, where false shepherds and hired hands are employed, who then direct the believers to kneel before an altar and pray prayers from a book or scroll … mindlessly and without emotional commitment. The “truth” meant by “bowing down” is a soul kneeling spiritually at the altar of divine union, when that soul will become the wife-soul of Yahweh, receiving His outpouring of Spirit, so one’s soul will be pure and able to receive the soul of His Son, resurrecting there within. Thus, David sang of “Yahweh loving the righteous,” where “loving” is the bond of total commitment, where a soul self-sacrifices out of ‘love” for Yahweh, who then are given His “love,” as the Son’s soul resurrected within a wife-soul. It is the presence of the Son’s soul that leads the “sojourner” to change its path and walk “righteously.”

David then again begins verse nine with the word “Yahweh” (“יְהוָ֤ה”), which he also then followed with a vertical bar of pause. David then sings that “Yahweh” – “watches over sojourners,” who are eternal souls “traveling” from body of death to body of death, until “freed” from that cycle, through divine union with Yahweh, becoming His Son resurrected in flesh. Each of those lost souls are then said to be “fatherless and a widow,” which says their most holy Husband has died to them and they have no Son in His name to be their redeemer. At this point, David sang of “Yahweh,” – “he will return them,” – which sings both of the repetition of reincarnation of souls “returning” to the material realm, while also singing the wonder of a soul being found by a saintly priest, who has those lost souls “returning” to be one with Yahweh, in divine marriage of their souls to His Spirit. This then happens to ‘those who sojourn the paths of the wicked,” when “Yahweh” will “bend their course,” or turn their paths “upside down,” so the “criminal” can become lawful (out of love).

In verse ten, David begins with the words that say, “will reign Yahweh.” Here, he again posted a vertical bar mark of pause and reflection. From seeing the end of verse nine speak of “the journey of the wicked will be bent,” we can now confirm that the change of course will be relative to a future course coming, when “will reign Yahweh” over all souls who marry with His Spirit. This means a total and complete subjection of self-will and self-ego, so a soul will never ‘think’ it is an equal to Yahweh. Yahweh “will reign” as King, just as Yahweh told Samuel (when the people asked for a king to be like other nations), “I Am their King.” Yahweh commands and His wife-souls respond, “Yessir, with love to You Master.” David then sang, following the vertical bar of pause, “forever.” This is a statement of eternal salvation, saying that a soul has “returned” to be one with Yahweh and will “forevermore” serve Him as a Yahweh elohim, in the name of His Son.

Following a comm mark of separation, this “foreverness” is confirmed to be as a Yahweh elohim, as David sang, “your elohim” (from “elohayik”). To this, David added “Zion,” which is a word that means “dry place.” This “dry place” is then “to all the generations,” which becomes a statement that Yahweh is not related to any souls trapped in human bodies of flesh, based on a bloodline or a lineage of physical birth. This means “a dry place” is the emotionless flesh that is devoid of spirit relating it to Yahweh, when only a lost soul animates dead ground to mimic life. This then says “your elohim” is the flow of Yahweh’s Spirit that relates all lost souls to Him, which is then the symbolism of the blood of the lamb on a doorway and the blood of Jesus metaphor for that symbolism, where his blood was spilled and run dry in death on a cross. Likewise, all lost souls must bleed their self-egos dry, so they can open their souls to receive the Spirit and be saved. It is at this point that David again sang, “shine YAH!” The flow of the blood of a Christ comes into a wife-soul of Yahweh when it has become reborn in the name of the Son. Then, it can “shine of Yahweh,” as that Son again on the earth in ministry, in new flesh that has been purified forevermore.

Here, with the lesson of Psalm 146 presented, it is important to look back at my reproduction of the reading above, where verses six through ten have many bold references to “Yahweh,” which routinely is translated into English as some generic “Lord.” Beginning in verse six, David placed vertical bars at the beginning of all verses following. To look simply at those words that are supposed to be paused and reflected upon, the following is sung by David:

6 “him making ׀

7. “him making judgment ׀

8. “Yahweh ׀

9. “Yahweh ׀

10. “shall reign Yahweh ׀

Relative to this Psalm 146 being chosen as the companion to the Amos 6 reading selection (Track 2), it should be seen that David is likewise making it a clear warning that it is much easier to do nothing that seeks eternal salvation, when one is born as a baby and told, “You are special and can do no wrong in God’s eye.” These five places where David makes the singer pause and reflect says, “You have to be made special by a relationship with Yahweh. That relationship begins by realizing unrepentant sins will bring a surprise judgment from Yahweh. Yahweh is the only way. Yahweh is the only one who can wash away sins. To have that purification as repayment of past crimes against the Law, you must fully submit before Yahweh and serve him in your cleansed flesh – as His Son reborn anew – or salvation will not be found.” The name “Jesus” must be understood to mean “YAH Saves.” Jesus does not save. Jesus was Adam, who was made by Yahweh for the purpose of saving lost soul; but to do that, Adam had to die in the flesh, so his soul could be released to serve the Father, as the Son of Adam being resurrected in new flesh throughout the ages. Submission unto Yahweh in divine marriage does not allow any soul to ‘think’ “There can only be one Adam and one Jesus, because Yahweh cannot make one soul return as the same soul in different flesh.”

1 Timothy 6:6-19 – More than this appears to be at first glance

[6] There is great gain in godliness combined with contentment; [7] for we brought nothing into the world, so that we can take nothing out of it; [8] but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. [9] But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. [10] For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.

[11] But as for you, man of God, shun all this; pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness. [12] Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life, to which you were called and for which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. [13] In the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, [14] I charge you to keep the commandment without spot or blame until the manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ, [15] which he will bring about at the right time– he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords. [16] It is he alone who has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see; to him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

[17] As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty, or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but rather on God who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. [18] They are to do good, to be rich in good works, generous, and ready to share, [19] thus storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of the life that really is life.

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Foreword:

These fourteen verses are much more than the first appear to be. My main reference for the Greek text (BibleHub Interlinear) divides these fourteen verses into three separate sections, each with a heading that is added by translators to lead the reader as to what Paul wrote (Paul is so deep, it makes translators scratch their heads from time to time, and feel a need to organize their paraphrases, when they seem to go off-track). The first heading (verses 6 – 10) says “Contentment in Godliness.” The second header (verses 11 – 16) says “Fight the Good Fight.” The third heading (verses 17 – 19) states “A Charge to the Rich.” The NRSV does not see this the same, including verses 3 – 5 with verses 6 – 10 and puts those under the heading “False Teaching and True Riches.” They then place the rest of these verses under a header that says, “The Good Fight of Faith.” Other references (certainly) will offer similar additives. Buyer beware! All are wrong.

These fourteen verses all run smoothly together, telling a continuous lesson that is Paul (a saint) writing to Timothy (a saint) about what others will need to know to become saints. There is nothing about material riches intended to be read in this lesson.

Because Paul is so deep to interpret, sixteen verses is more than most ‘Sunday Christians’ can handle. I imagine this ‘article’ has over 6,000 words of explanation about what Paul intended saints to understand. Becoming a saint is not as easy as going to a church, sitting on a pew, drifting off during a sermon, then swallowing an industrial wafer with some sweet wine. It requires work and effort … like reading this entire commentary … even if it takes a few days to digest it all completely.

The problem with the world today is Christianity has fallen into the laziness that the story of King Arthur tells, when the sword was lost and the kingdom fell into squalor. There are not enough saints around to search for the ‘holy grail’ and save the kingdom.

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Verse six actually begins with the capitalized Greek word “Estin,” which is the third-person singular form of the verb “eimi,” meaning “I am, I exist.” This is then a divine statement of “Being,” where the capitalization raises the meaning to a level equal of Yahweh. This is then a major statement by Paul that “It Exists.” Paul then added “now a means of gain great”. This says a soul in human flesh is raised to a divine level of “Existence,” such that at the time that raising up takes place (“now,” thus forevermore) there is a presence of Yahweh that is “a means of gain” that is far beyond normal human “existence,” which is quantified as “great.”

Paul then explained “this” divine “greatness” as “piety,” which means a state of saintliness having been that “gained.” To “this” Paul added that state came “in company with a state of “contentment,” which also means “self-sufficiency, self-satisfaction, and independence.” (Strong’s) Here, one must see a “great gain” that attaches to oneself – meaning one’s soul – is spiritual and the truth of all who are “raised up” to a level of divine “Existence” is the “great gain” that is not singular, but “in company with” another soul being added to one’s soul, which is the soul of Yahweh’s Son – Jesus. Therefore, verse six points one (all readers who understand this divine text) to a conclusion that “independence” or “self-sufficiency” means one is freed from needing to crawl to a place where false shepherds and hired hands know nothing of spiritual matters (i.e.: Nicodemeans), because the divine “Existence” means the source of all truth being “now” within all saints reborn as Jesus.

In verse seven, Paul wrote, “nothing indeed we brought into this world , then moreover not carried out anything we are able .” This states the obvious that is somehow impossible to souls in human bodies of flesh to grasp. The words “nothing” (“ouden”) and “anything” (from “ti”) are relative to the material realm, from which every particle of human flesh and bone is made. The “nothing” is reference to a soul, which is spiritual and thereby non-material – “no thing.” When we ponder the ability to “bring into” and “carry out,” the negatives “nothing” and “not” (or “neither) say we are not even capable of controlling where our souls go: into the pretense of life in the flesh; out of the flesh at death to stand naked before the altar where Yahweh will cast Judgment on our souls.

In verse eight, the easy translation of the Greek word “echontes” is as “having,” where “food” (above) or “sustenance” becomes a material possession one needs for the flesh. The word “echontes” should be read as if Paul were saying, “possessing now nourishment,” so this fits the set-up of the two prior verses. The divine “Existence” within one’s soul is “now” explained as a spiritual “possession” – by the Spirit of Yahweh and the soul of His Son resurrected within one’s soul – so that divine presence is “now” one’s “ability” to understand Scripture, thereby being “nourished” with spiritual “food.” This is then followed by Paul writing the Greek word “kai,” which is a marker word that does not translate, but indicates importance to follow.

That importance is then said to be “raiment’s,” where the divine “Existence” that is “possessing now” and “nourishing” one’s soul is worn like the robes of a high priest, with the possessing “ability” to understand spiritual matters is “covering” one’s “Being” totally. It is then (following a comma mark of separation) explained by Paul as “to these” [“raiment’s” of “piety”] that the prior statement of “contentment” or “self-sufficiency” is confirmed, as Paul said “these raiment’s bring contentment to us.” Here, the Greek word “arkeó” is “contentment” through one being of “assistance” to a higher power (“being able”) that brings one’s soul complete “satisfaction.”

Paul then began verse nine with a capitalized “Hoi,” which is the plural article indicating “Those.” The divine elevation in meaning raises this meaning to the level of “Those” like Paul, who are divinely possessed by Yahweh’s Spirit and the soul of His Son Jesus. After pointing out that “contentment” can only come to “Those,” Paul then wrote “now,” which can be read as “on top of this,” “moreover,” or a statement of exception, as “but.” This points one away from “Those” who are “content” through divine possession, as the greater portion of “those” in the world (Jews and Gentiles), who are full of discontent.

Paul then explained that the discontent are “desiring to become rich,” which means lusts for “having many resources” that are material or only applicable in the physical realm. This “desire” is the motivation they seek, which is unlike the “desire” found in seekers of truth, who “wish” to please Yahweh and obey the Law, seeing the path to eternal salvation as the great wealth “Those” prefer. For the exceptions of humanity that are discontent without “riches,” they “fall into temptation”. The elohim who leads the fallen angels, who were cast into the earth – Satan and his demonic minions – become the influences and whisperers of the earth that play on the “desires” of the flesh. Thus, Paul wrote “kai snares,” which importantly says the souls trapped in bodies of flesh will follow the desires of their flesh, influenced by satanic whispers, so their hunt for “riches” leads them into the “snares” of sins.

Following a comma mark of separation, Paul then wrote another “kai,” which importantly led to Paul writing, “lusts many not understanding.” Here, the importance can be seen in the Jewish (and then Christian) concept that taking steps in life to secure financial gains and amass great possessions. This includes the power of influence over others, so the rich can sway the poor to think desires to get rich are favors from God. This is the legacy of the Jews since their failed revolt against Roman domination, when they were cast to the four corners of the globe. The “many not understanding” comes from those who teach Jewish Scripture (having nothing to do with accepting Jesus and the New Covenant), which becomes a state of the ‘blind leading the blind,’ so none are divinely possessed by Yahweh nor His Son, so the teachers teach lies and half-truths to the masses who learn nothing; so, all not “Those” have been caught in the “snares” of sinful “lusts for riches,” because they no longer seek divine knowledge and true understanding” what being a child of God means.

The Greek word written that I have translated as “not understanding” is “anoētous.” The translation above (NRSV) shows this as “senseless,” with “foolish” another possibility, which adds to the “not understanding” as being without forethought and reckless. After this word written by Paul, he wrote another “kai,” leading to the word meaning “hurtful, injurious,” implying “harmful.” The importance of being reckless with one’s “desires” in life is it not only “hurts” those whose riches are taken as one’s own (through a variety of schemes and business practices) is it is most “harmful” to one’s own soul. The traps set for souls in flesh, leading lustful bodies to seek riches, influenced by demon spirits, is one’s soul becomes a debtor to Yahweh. The “injury” comes when a soul refuses to pay those debts, prior to physical death, when the soul will have to pay spiritually.

To that regard, Paul then followed a comma mark of separation to explain this “hurt” experienced, writing “whatsoever they sink these humans into death kai eternal ruin”. When one sees how a wealthy individual of philosophical beliefs teaches those beliefs to followers of his or her riches, so they seek the same great gathering of material things, they too will be led to the same “hurtful” experience of those teaching lies as believable. This becomes the rich man who died, who stood apart from Father Abraham (alongside the soul of Lazarus, the beggar), pleading for Lazarus to go tell his five brothers not to make the same lustful mistakes he made. The same response fits here, as the soul of Abraham said, “They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them,” adding “‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.” (Luke 16:29 & 31)

In verse ten, Paul begins by saying, “a root indeed of every kind of of this of evils it exists this love of money” or “of covetousness.” To paraphrase this simply as “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil” misses the deeper truth that “love” (the “philia” of “philarguria”) or “affectionate regard, friendship, usually between equals” is a strong statement of where a soul’s adulterous affairs come from. Rather than have a true “love” of Yahweh (“agápē”), one believes the accumulation of riches makes one be an equal to a god on earth, as blessed by Yahweh above. There are many laws written by Moses, all coming from Yahweh, which reject all forms of “covetousness,” where that accumulated is more than the jingle-jangle of precious metal coins (“money”) in one’s purse. Thus, the “affectionate regard for material realm things” (what a neighbor possesses, women married to others, reputations held by others, etc.) is the true “root” from which “evils of every kind” grow.

Following a comma mark of separation, Paul then added, “of which some reaching after to acquire they have been led to go astray away from of this of faithfulness”. Here, the explanation for this “love of money” or the “covetousness” for material possessions is easily manipulated by demon seductions made to the flesh. A natural soul is inquisitive and through the growth period its brain is expanded with knowledge; but, once puberty hits, the body begins to learn to lust after things that are not part of his or her routine world. The body is then primed to be “led astray away from” the possession of religious knowledge taught before puberty hits. The foundations of “faithfulness” are then being able to find the truth in Scripture that not only supports the identification of sins – which come so naturally to all souls born into human flesh – but advanced teaching that become intellectual knowledge how not to fall into these snares of sin. This then says it is not only the natural influences of the world upon the flesh to sin, but the failure of the parents and leaders to teach their children how to seek Yahweh in divine marriage. Because nobody taught them that lesson, they sinned like their children sinned; so, there is only the contentment of blessing sins, with nothing leading the lost sheep back to the fold.

Following a comma mark of separation, Paul then wrote the word “kai,” denoting importance that must be understood that is relative to this waywardness from “faith.” Paul wrote, “their souls they have pierced to pains to much”. Here, the importance is saying “their souls” (from “heautous,” meaning “themselves, but a “self” equals a “soul”) are that that “led astray away from faithfulness.” In the parable of the Prodigal Son, which Jesus told, the son that left and squandered his inheritance in a world that sees easy targets and strips them of everything valuable, leaving them in a squalor of sorrow, the pains of the flesh can be repaired in many cases. When it is “their souls,” however, which “they have pierced to pains,” this becomes an important statement of addiction to sins. Even if the flesh feels continuing down a certain path will be ruinous, the soul “pierced to pains” will keep driving its body of flesh to seek more self-gratification. This is then what becomes “to much,” where a soul will never seek salvation or redemption.

In verse eleven, Paul began by writing a capitalized “Sy,” which is the second-person singular possessive pronoun that translates as “You.” It is the capitalization that elevates this to a divine level of meaning, on a level of Yahweh, where “You” must be converted to “Yourself,” which becomes “Your soul.” This is an indication that Timothy (and all others who read this epistle) are pointed to by Paul as being a soul saved. As such, Paul wrote, “now , oh human of God.” In his writing the capitalized “Theou,” in the genitive case, this states a divine possession of “Your soul” by “God.” As a “human of God,” this indicates one has become like Paul and Timothy, as saints.

Following a comma mark of separation, Paul then indicated these who were “human souls” possessed by “God” were not to be heaped with the lost souls, as “to these” the possessed by “God souls” escaped that painful outcome, where too “much” sin has addicted their soul-bodies from seeking Yahweh for salvation. After a semi-colon mark of separation, where a new but related statement is written, Paul said, “[Your souls] pursue now righteousness , piety , faith , love , steadfastness , gentleness .” Each of these qualities can be seen as led by the possessing soul of Jesus, who becomes the Lord over “Your soul” and its body of flesh. A path of righteousness cannot be lived without this presence. That divine presence within then leads one to a state of “piety” that is true sainthood. It expresses in ministry to others, so one’s “faith” is shared with those lost souls seeking to be found. This is the radiance that David sang of, where “hallu YAH” says sine Yahweh with the halo of “faith.” The presence of Jesus’ soul means one knows the truth of the “love” of Yahweh, which far surpasses any human emotion that can be described. The “steadfastness” or “endurance” is a statement of eternal life, which is secured by one’s soul becoming reborn as the Son of Yahweh forevermore. The “gentleness” says one’s soul stands back and follows the lead of Jesus within, with absolutely not self-will or self-ego that challenges his Lordship.

In verse twelve, it appears that Paul says (translation above – NRSV), “Fight the good fight of the faith”. This is a wonderful suggestion for everyone to hop on the band wagon and cheer loudly; but the reality is there is a double edge to this statement that is missed. The Greek written translates as this: “you fight this good fight of this of faith.” When one sees that Paul has just stated that “faith” (“pistin”) is a reward of receiving the presence of Jesus within one’s soul, for him to then say “you fight” or “you contend for a prize” or “you struggle,” especially following the last word of verse eleven – “gentleness” – Paul is now saying there are those who “struggle” and “contend” with “this good” that comes from the presence of Jesus within. Thus, to “struggle” with “this good” – which is Yahweh (and Jesus explained that the only “good is God”) – means to “contend” with the self-sacrifice demanded for Yahweh’s Spirit to be poured out upon one’s soul forever. Therefore, this “contention” will a “struggle” finding the path of “righteousness” that leads to “piety” (sainthood, as Jesus reborn) and being the aura (halo) of “faith” that shines Yahweh through the Son’s resurrection within.

Following a period mark that ends that statement of “struggle,” Paul began a new statement that says, “you taken hold of this of eternal of life”. Here, three words are stated in the genitive case (the possessive), which says one’s soul (“you”) is “seized” and “taken hold of” in Yahweh’s possession. This Baptism by the Spirit then envelops one’s soul, possessing it “of this” (Spirit), which promises that soul to be in possession “of eternal” – Yahweh and His spiritual realm that never ends – and this means the soul is given possession “of life,” no longer worried about the consequences of sins of the flesh to pay for, upon death and the release of the eternal soul for Judgment. After a comma mark of separation, Paul added, “into which you were called” or “invited.” This adds that “eternal life” is already granted to a soul, as no soul ceases being after the death of its body. This then says one must respond to this “call” or “invitation,” meaning one must do acts of commitment that show Yahweh one’s sincerity towards His “invitation” to divine marriage.

After a comma mark of separation, Paul then wrote the Greek word “kai,” which denotes importance to follow. That importance explains this “call,” which a soul must hear and respond to. Paul then wrote: “you did agree this good before the face of of many of witnesses .” Here, the Greek word “hōmologēsas” is the second-person form of “homologeó,” meaning “to speak the same, to agree,” implying “(a) I promise, agree, (b) I confess, (c) I publicly declare, (d) a Hebraism, I praise, celebrate.” This must be recognized as a statement of kneeling at the marriage altar, where both parties say, “I do.” This is a “promise,” which “confesses” love and commitment for a partner, which is done “publicly” or “before witnesses.”

The importance that must be seen is a divine “promise” made, following a “call” or “invitation” to join as one. When Paul then wrote the Greek word “enōpion,” meaning “in sight of, before,” implying in usage “before the face of, in the presence of, in the eyes of,” the translation allowance of “before the face of” refers one to the First Commandment, which says “you shall wear the face of no other gods before My face.” This is then why a bride wears a veil in a marriage ceremony, because it hides her “face,” so she is submitting fully to the “face of” her Husband. As a kneeling “before the face of many of witnesses,” this says those who are “of many of witnesses” are all also the brides of Yahweh, who have made the same commitment in “agreement” and “promise,” so when the bride and her Bridegroom are wed, the bride may lift the veil and be the “face” of her Husband, then wearing His name forevermore.

In verse thirteen, Paul began with the capitalized Greek word “Parangellō,” which in the first-person is a statement of “I.” The root verb “paraggelló” means “to transmit a message, to order,” implying “I notify, command, charge, entreat solemnly.” The capitulation raises this word to a divine level of meaning, where it is on the level of Yahweh. That makes the “I” be the voice of Yahweh, which comes through the Son ‘s soul within. Paul was a prophet of Yahweh, in the same manner as were every writer of holy books, many of which are collected into the library of holy books, called the Holy Bible. Seeing this as Yahweh speaking through Paul’s pen, the verse begins with him writing, “I command < to your soul > before the face of of this of God”. In this, the Greek word “soi” is enclosed within angle brackets, which says the voice of Yahweh (through Paul) is not heard by ears of flesh (those possessed by “you”), but by the “soul” within “you,” which can hear the voice of Yahweh speaking, rather than Paul’s. Following the enclosure of “your soul” is written “before the face of” again, in the same way it was written in verse twelve. This says Yahweh “Commands” those souls possessed by Him in divine union, which is seen in the genitive case words stating “of this of God.” This confirms that Paul’s soul was “of this of God,” so it was Yahweh who had him write, “I command.”

Following a comma mark, Paul identified “of God,” by writing “of this of bringing forth life these all,” which is a statement that there would be no “life” on earth, if not for Yahweh breathing eternal souls into material void of life breath. “All” that breathes the oxygen of life on earth are souls breathed out by Yahweh, at their births. Here, Paul separated that though from the next with a comma mark, followed by the word “kai,” indicating an important statement will follow, relative to his writing “of this of bringing forth life these all.” Here, Paul wrote, “of Christ of Jesus,” where two capitalized words are written in the genitive case, as divinely elevated words on the level of Yahweh, indicating His possession of those possessing His eternal life. Each of those souls has been Baptized by Yahweh’s Spirit, in divine union. That means each soul has had the Spirit of Yahweh poured out upon each individual soul, “Anointing” it as His forevermore. The Greek word “Christos” is the equivalent to the Hebraic word “mashiach,” with the level of Yahweh being a divine “Anointment” that can only come from Yahweh. The capitalization of “Iēsou” means “these all importantly Anointed” are then each the resurrection “of Jesus” within those “Anointed” souls. Here, the name “Jesus” must be understood to mean “YAH Saves.” Therefore, to be saved by Yahweh, one’s soul must be merged with the soul “of Jesus,” who then becomes the Lord over that soul-body, who is “Anointed” to go into ministry for Yahweh, in the name of His Son.

Following a comma mark of separation, this concept “of Christ of Jesus” as divine possession by Yahweh, Paul explained, “of this of bearing witness to of Pontius of Pilate this good agreement”. In this, the genitive case is stating the soul “of Jesus” [“of this”] stood before Pilate and was asked, “Are you a king?” It was then the soul “of Jesus” that “bore witness” or “gave evidence” in “testimony” that did not deny the man Jesus most certainly “Anointed” as a king [remember the “Anointment” of boy David here], but that kingdom was not of this material world. Again, the use of “good” (“kalēn”) must be read as a statement of Yahweh, as the one who “Anointed Jesus” as the king soul whose kingdom would be all the souls married to Yahweh. The “agreement” to the Covenant meant the possession “of Jesus” was the soul of Yahweh’s Son coming in to defend that portion of Yahweh’s kingdom. Here, the genitive case “Pontiou” must be read as the meaning behind that name, which is “of Five.” The number “Five” is divinely elevated to reflect the Torah’s “Five” holy books. The capitalized “Pilatou” then means “of Freedman.” This takes “of Christ of Jesus” and relates it to “of Pentateuch of Saved souls,” with the name Pontius Pilate a secondary interpretation, as a historical figure.

In verse fourteen, as a confirmation of those who “confess” to be a “Christ” in the name “of Jesus,” who authority to be king over the kingdom possessed by the Father, which is “your soul,” Paul then wrote, “guarded your soul this commandment unstained”. Here, this is a statement that one’s soul has been reborn in the name of the Son, who is the true “guardian” of “your soul,” which relates back to Yahweh speaking through Paul, saying “I Command,” spoken in a voice only heard by “your soul,” which wears the “face of God.” That “face of God Commanded” is the Son. It is then Jesus’ soul who “guards your soul” so it will forevermore remain “unstained.” That level of “guardianship” is then said to be “without reproach,” where the Greek word written (“anepilēmpton”) means “never caught doing wrong.” This makes “unstained” be clarified as an eternal “guard” over a soul, so it earns the salvation of eternal life with Yahweh.

Following a comma mark of separation, Paul then clarified this state of being that is “irreproachable,” writing “as far as of this of manifestation of this of Lord of Jesus of Christ”. Here, the genitive case is stating a divine possession can be the only way one’s soul is “guarded unstained” and “without reproach.” This is only achieved “of this” that is divine possession, which is “of manifestation” or “of appearance” in a body of flesh that ministers to the world as did Jesus,” which proves to the true seekers of salvation “of this” guardianship being possible through divine union with Yahweh. When one is married to Yahweh’s Spirit and the resurrection of His Son comes into one’s soul, then those twin souls agree that the soul “of Jesus” is the “Lord of” one’s whole being. This makes one be reborn “of Jesus” [“YAH Saves”], because one’s soul has been forgiven it past sins and is “Anointed” by Yahweh, so “of Christ” status.

After a comma mark of separation, Paul then began verse fifteen by writing, “which to fitting season to one’s own he will make known , this blessed kai alone Ruler , this King of those of those reigning over , kai Lord of those of those reigning over”. Here, the Greek word written (“kairois”) is the dative plural that means “times, seasons,” implying in usage “fitting seasons, opportunities, and occasions.” When this is connected to the word translating as “to one’s own,” this becomes a statement of divine possession taking advantage of the talents a wife-soul has shown, through it “time” of commitment and serious submission to study (keeping the oil in the lamp that shines the light of truth).

In my case, I had prior knowledge of astrology and some idea about Nostradamus, which became useful in my service to Yahweh, when the “times” brought about the events of September 11, 2001. Those ‘talents’ were then put to use evolving my understanding of the truth, because I did not resist going where I was led to go. These ‘talents,’ just like the ’times’ and ‘seasons,’ will certainly differ in all who become reborn as Jesus, each “Anointed” as a “Christ.” That divine presence makes one’s soul-body “blessed,” which is a statement of being used as a saint in the name of Jesus.

The soul of Jesus joins with the soul of the saved, with the soul of Jesus becoming the “Lord” over each individual saved soul and its body of flesh. This is the truth of what Jesus told Pontius Pilate, as he is the “King” over “those” souls who will submit in divine marriage to Yahweh, so that union brings forth the divine presence of Jesus’ soul to become the “Ruler”-guardian of “those whom his soul is reigning over.” Likewise, the soul of Jesus becomes the “Lord” over “those” souls who submit fully to Yahweh and willingly (and lovingly) become “those being lorded over.”

Following another comma mark of separation, Paul then wrote in verse sixteen: “this alone possessing freedom from death , light inhabiting unapproachable , which it has experienced no one of mankind not to perceive it can , to which a price kai dominion eternal . amen .” This becomes a clear statement that the only way to Salvation, when a soul has been redeemed of all past sins by the Baptism of Yahweh’s Spirit, making it possible for the soul of Jesus to “inhabit” and “dwell” in a soul with a body of flesh, but it says once this inner change takes place, it is “unapproachable” or far beyond the possibility of any of mankind to duplicate it alone. It is the “light” of truth that cannot be seen through normal eyes. The presence of Jesus’ soul – the truth of the love of God – cannot be imagined by unsaved souls. Paul says there is “a price” that has to be paid for this presence; and, that is to serve Yahweh, as His Son reborn into the world, as a priest or minister in his name. To pay that price importantly means “freedom from death,” allowed to return an be one with Yahweh in His “eternal dominion.” To end this verse with the word “amen” means this (and everything else written by Paul, et al) is the “truth.” To see the “truth,” one needs divine assistance.

When verse seventeen is shown (above, NRSV) to say, “As for those who in the present age are rich,” this misses the truth that was written. Paul began the verse with a capitalized “Tois,” which is the dative masculine singular article that says, “to Those” or “to These.” Because this is capitalized, the word is elevated to a divine level of meaning, which is on the level of Yahweh. The masculine gender becomes an indication of the spiritual realm, from which all spirits, angels, gods, and souls are immaterial and eternal. This means Paul is not pointing “to those who in the present age are rich,” as the lost souls who squander their souls for material gains, but “to These” he just wrote the “truth” about, who importantly share in the “dominion eternal.” This awareness then makes one see the Greek word “plousiois” as meaning spiritually “wealthy,” as “to These” spiritually “rich” and “abounding in” the “dominion eternal” of Yahweh. This means Paul is not asking for prayers to control the souls in slavery to Satan and his worldly offerings, but to all souls that are saved to project this spiritual “wealth” to all lost souls seeking “in the present age.”

Following a comma mark of separation, Paul then wrote, “you transmit a message not to be high-minded , and not to expect upon of wealth to indefiniteness , but upon to God to this to furnish to our souls all abundantly into enjoyment .” In this, the Greek word “hypsēlophronein” translates as “to be high-minded,” but the inference of this means “to be self-exalted,” which “reeks of unwarranted pride (a false sense of superiority).” (HELPS Word-studies) As such, Paul is saying that the spiritual “wealth” of marriage into Yahweh’s family, led by the voice of Yahweh through His Son’s soul as Lord over one’s soul-body, is “not to be self-exalted,” as the Pharisees, Sadducees, scribes and high priests of the Temple in Jerusalem acted. To act in that way speaks loudly, saying, “I am not saved. I have no promise of eternal life beyond physical death.” This arrogance is seen projected by people who call themselves pope, archbishop, cardinal, bishop (presiding or otherwise), and all underlings who wear fancy robes and act holier than thou … because they studied religion in a special school that offers employment in religious organizations.

Paul clearly stated, “you transmit a message,” which is the ministry that spreads the truth of Scripture, which makes the voice of Yahweh be heard in seeking souls, so they are led to marry Yahweh and become saints in ministry, in the name of Jesus. None of the truth comes from preparation of sermons, which explain personal moments in life when one realized, “I am special!” All truth comes from the Godhead, through the Lord Jesus within, for the purpose of exposing the truth to the unsaved. It is not for self-exaltation. Instead, it is a permanent state of “enjoyment” that comes to one saved, hearing the truth being poured out of one’s mouth, as an ever-widening understanding that was makes one smile at the depth the truth holds.

Following a comma mark of separation, verse eighteen states: “to perform good deeds , to be rich within to acts to good , willingly sharing to exist”. In this, the key word of translation is “en,” which ordinarily translates as the simple preposition “in.” The truth of the meaning coming from this word is it means “within,” The word “properly [means], in (inside, within); (figuratively) “in the realm (sphere) of,” as in the condition (state) in which something operates from the inside (within).” (HELPS Word-studies) When that is seen, the second segment says “wealth” or “riches” are not external to one’s being (as material things), but the spirituality that is “within,” “in” one’s soul. It is from this inner presence of divine leadership that the ministry of a saint, in the name of Jesus, is “to perform good deeds” (with all that is “good” being from Yahweh). This is a “willingness to share” what one has divinely received, so others can likewise come “to exist” in the same spiritual way.

Following a comma mark of separation, Paul wrote in verse nineteen: “they storing away to their souls for a foundation good into this in general sure to happen , in order that they might take hold of of this truly life .” In this, the Greek word written (“apothēsaurizontas”) is the plural participle form of “apothésaurizó,” meaning “they storing away” or “them treasuring up,” which must be read as “them” or “they” (the plural) being like chests in which “riches” or “valuables” are “stored away” or “treasured up.” This is the “foundation” of “good” that comes when the Spirit of Yahweh has paved the way for the soul of His Son to enter a wife-soul and become the Son reborn in new flesh on the earth. The works of a minister are not preset by design, but “in general sure to happen,” based on the talents displayed by the wife-soul during the term of the engagement to Yahweh. It is this “wealth stored away” that is Jesus within that leads one into ministry in his name. This is a mandatory repayment for the absolution of past sins, so all debts are squared away. This then allows ministry in the name of Jesus to lead one on the path of righteousness (a saint in his name) that assures a soul it will “truly” find the promise of eternal “life” awaiting, beyond death of the flesh.

Luke 16:19-31 – The Man wealthy and the poor man God has helped

Jesus said, [19] “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. [20] And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, [21] who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man’s table; even the dogs would come and lick his sores. [22] The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. [23] In Hades, where he was being tormented, he looked up and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side. [24] He called out, `Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in agony in these flames.’ [25] But Abraham said, `Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in agony. [26] Besides all this, between you and us a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who might want to pass from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.’ [27] He said, `Then, father, I beg you to send him to my father’s house—[28] for I have five brothers– that he may warn them, so that they will not also come into this place of torment.’ [29] Abraham replied, `They have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them.’ [30] He said, `No, father Abraham; but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ [31] He said to him, `If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'”

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This reading selection is led by Jesus being asked by Pharisees ridiculing Jesus about his parable of the unrighteous steward. This led Jesus to speak of the law and the prophets, which comes up as the conclusion of this story. In verse seventeen (not read aloud from above), Jesus said, “it is easier for heaven and earth to fall away, than to have one stroke of a letter of the law be dropped.” After that, Jesus said, “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and whoever marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery,” which was a law ignored by many Jews. This is comparable to what Jesus said in Matthew 5:31-32.

I wrote about this parable in a book I published (Explaining the Parables: From the Gospel of Luke). In that work, I realized the translation above paints a poor picture of what Jesus intended to be seen. I invite readers to buy that book and see the depth that I revealed, as I will not rewrite the entirety of that interpretation here.

First, it is important to see that the Greek written by Luke begins verse nineteen with a capitalized “Anthrōpos,” where the capitalization elevates “A Man” to a level of Yahweh, where this “Man” is related to Yahweh. When this is followed by Luke writing, “de tis ēn,” which translates to say in English, “now certain he was,” this means “A Man” was a Jew, so he was taught the Torah, Psalms, and Prophets. It is then this knowledge of Yahweh and the Law that made this “Man wealthy” (from “plousios”). This becomes a statement that the “wealth” possessed by the “Man” was relative to his knowing about Yahweh and the Word sent by Yahweh to His people.

When Luke then wrote a comma mark of separation, followed by the Greek word “kai,” denoting importance that must be found next, relative to the “wealthy Man,” was the “Man” was “clothed in robes colored purple kai fine linens.” This is what says the “Man” took his “wealth” of religious knowledge and then sold it to Jews, as if he were royalty because he had memorized the Hebraic scrolls. From the profit as a ‘lawyer,’ the “Man” ruled over the Jews as if he were connected to some line of David or another king of Israel or Judah. Luke then added in the last segment of verse nine that the “Man” lived every day in the lap of luxury, always cheerful for being rich and respected as powerful, with no one making his life miserable.

Now, from seeing that this “Man” is not just some ordinary Joe rich guy (like a Roman or other nationality that makes a living as a vendor of wares people love to spend their money on), it is important to see verse ten setting up a description of the opposite of the “Man” who profited from Yahweh’s Word. Here, Luke wrote of “a poor man now certain,“ where there is no capitalization that relates this Jew’s “poverty” to the level of Yahweh. This says the “man poor” was a Jew, whose lack was not from worldly possessions, but from being unable to find the spiritual wealth he sought. Whereas Luke did not bother to name the “Man now wealthy,” he wrote this “poor man now certain” was “name Lazarus.” Here, the repetition of “now” (from “de”) is a statement that both the “wealth” of the “Man” and the “poverty” of the “man” were relative to a temporary slice of time, which was then the present. The present does not forecast the future; so, one who is “wealthy” may not always be so, neither can a “poor man” always be projected to be “poor.” Thus, the name “Lazarus” means “God Has Helped” or “God Is My Helper.” That is an indication that the spiritual poverty of the “poor man” that was a Jew would be supplied with spiritual food, whereas there was nothing naming the “Man wealthy” as having such help to count on in his future.

Now, when the English translation says “at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,” this implies that Lazarus was either lazy and unwilling to stand, or he was crippled and could not stand on his own. This is not what was written. The Greek text literally translates into English saying, “[Lazarus] was cast (or thrown) advantageous for this porch (or gateway, vestibule) of him [the “Man wealthy”]. This does not say that Lazarus lay at the gate of some mansion owned and lived in by the “Man wealthy,” but it says the “Man wealthy” wore his fancy robes and clothing in the Temple of Jerusalem, where the “poor man” was an outcast, one who had to remain outside the steps where the Pharisees orated. He had to wait with the great ‘unwashed’ Jews, on Solomon’s Portico. The reason for this casting out of the Temple was the “poor man” “was full of ulcers, sores, or wounds,” which to Jews was an indication the “poor man” was a sinner.

With verses nineteen and twenty developing two different Jews, one welcomed into the Temple and one outcast, verse twenty-one then ties the two together in a relationship. This verse is led by Luke writing a “kai,” indicating importance needs to be understood from what is written next. Here, Luke wrote (literally translated into English): “desiring to be fed from of these of their fallings away from of this of dining table”, this says the “poor man” Jew was not simply interested in what the Temple ‘lawyers’ said Scripture meant, he was “desiring” or “lusting after” spiritual food from Scripture. His expectation was to be “fed from” the lessons and sermons “of these” who were all “wealthy” from knowing the Law to afford “purple robes kai fine linens” to wear, as ornate and haughty rulers. Instead, the ‘crumbs’ that were “their fallings away” were not dropping that fell on the floor, but indications “of these” who sold knowledge of Scripture had “fallen under” the condemnations of Yahweh. The “dining table” where the truth of Scripture would be shared by saints and true men in sacred standing with Yahweh was empty, with no spiritual food upon it.

Following a semi-colon, which says a new statement is made, relative to the prior statement where those of the Temple were worthless, empty of spiritual knowledge about Scripture, Luke then wrote: “on the other hand kai these dogs , coming , they were licking these wounds of him (the poor man)”. This has nothing to do with physical canine animals; and, it has nothing to do with physical lesions of the flesh, such as sores would be. The use of “dogs” must be seen as all of the outcast Jews who were just like this “poor man,” who were also “coming” to the Temple for spiritual nourishment. The “wounds” were the heartfelt sorrows that the “poor man” felt from not getting the answers he sought from the truth of Scripture. To the “Man wealthy,” all the outcast Jews were “dogs,” which means they were sinners. He, nor any of the Temple rulers like him, saw in value in “dogs,” as they had no money that could be taken and kept for their own “rich” tastes in material things. This lead all the “dogs” that were Jews and even though outcast were still “coming” to hear the Word of Yahweh spoken, so they could be forgiven for their sins. They commiserated with the “poor man,” which led him to be divinely inspired to begin preaching the Word of Yahweh, which made the “poor man” who “God Has Helped” become a saint like Jesus.

In verse twenty-two, we have statements that both the “poor man” and the “Man wealthy” die. This parallels the statements on verses nineteen and twenty, about the two different lives these Jews led. With the “poor man” death, we find he “was carried away by angels” and then taken “into the bosom of Abraham.” Here, it is vital that one has a grasp of the meaning of the name “Abraham” – “Their Shield.” The Jews believe they are the children of God because of the covenant Yahweh made with Abraham, about all of his descendants being more numerous than the stars in the heavens. The truth of that lineage is it is spiritual, not a promise made to a bloodline. Only those souls who marry Yahweh and become His Son reborn – as had Abram – are those descendant that shine the light of truth in the vast darkness of those souls lost in their flesh. Thus, to be taken “into the bosom of Abraham” says the “poor man’s” soul was indeed one reborn as Jesus, thus a shining star of Abraham’s spiritual line. It is also a big clue for this conclusion that the soul of the “poor man” was “carried away by angels” – Yahweh’s elohim.

When we read of the “Man wealthy” dying, Luke wrote, “within to this Hades,” where “within (from “en”) means the soul of the “Man wealthy, and “Hades” means “Underworld,” which is where valuable ores are mined. While the source of the “Man wealthy’s” riches were precious metals (coins), to have his soul go to the “Underworld,” which was the “Land of the dead,” the connection between that mined from underground and their material value is they both remain in the realm of the earth, which is where mortals come to die. It was in this place of death that the “Man wealthy” was placed when buried – death to be mined for more death.

When the once “wealthy” man sees Lazarus with Abraham, he calls out to Abraham as if his is part of his lineage, when he is not. Lazarus never responds to the calls from the man’s soul in Hades. This says the soul gone to Hades is actually amid a sea of other lost souls awaiting their Judgment, but none of them can see the others. In the same way, Lazarus can neither see not hear the calls from the soul of the “Man” who was once materially “wealthy,” falsely profiting from the name of Yahweh (and Abraham). The refusal of Abraham to do anything to assist the wants of the soul suffering in Hell says the soul was no longer a “Man certain,” as his soul was no longer a Jew, no longer associated in any way to Yahweh, His Law, or His Word. The responses of Abraham say to the lost soul, “Yahweh does not know you.” The element of the Law and the prophets can save the soul’s five brothers (who his soul was no longer related with, because of his physical death) says the “Man wealthy” had everything he needed to warn his physical brothers, when he was a ‘lawyer,’ but he chose to do like everyone in his physical family, which was cheat the poor and steal the wealth of Yahweh as their own worldly gain. To have in the material world means to have not in the spiritual world.

Lamentations 1:1-6 – Being a princess, rather than a prince

[1] How lonely sits the city that once was full of people!

How like a widow she has become, she that was great among the nations!

She that was a princess among the provinces has become a vassal. ס

[2] She weeps bitterly in the night, with tears on her cheeks;

among all her lovers she has no one to comfort her;

all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they have become her enemies. ס

[3] Judah has gone into exile with suffering and hard servitude;

she lives now among the nations, and finds no resting place;

her pursuers have all overtaken her in the midst of her distress. ס

[4] The roads to Zion mourn, for no one comes to the festivals;

all her gates are desolate, her priests groan;

her young girls grieve, and her lot is bitter. ס

[5] Her foes have become the masters, her enemies prosper,

because Yahweh has made her suffer for the multitude of her transgressions;

her children have gone away, captives before the foe. ס

[6] From daughter Zion has departed all her majesty.

Her princes have become like stags that find no pasture;

they fled without strength before the pursuer. ס

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Unseen in this English translation above is the use of a vertical bar ( ׀ ) and enclosure marks ( [ ] and ( ) ). The vertical bar indicates a sign of pause, telling the reader to take time and grasp the meaning of the word or words that are set off by that mark. The enclosure marks are also signals to the reader to understand the repetition of words enclosed are statements of their focus being internal – within one’s soul – and not a statement of physicality.

The vertical bar is placed after the first word in verse one, which asks “how?” The English translation above, by not making this mark of pause be known, makes “how” acts as some innocuous word of unknown value (left for the reader to figure out the precise amount) that says, “how lonely sits the city.” That makes it appear as if Jeremiah (the divinely inspired author of Lamentations) is saying “a city sits lonely in an amount of great magnitude that cannot be precisely measured.” In reality, the words following the mark of pause say simply, “it remains separation,” followed by a comma mark, indicating another pause of separation. Therefore, the question “how?” is projected on “he, she, or it” (the third-person) can “dwell” or “sit” or “remain” in a state of “separation” or “isolation.” This makes the question become: “how can it choose a state of separation as a way to dwell in this world?”

Following the comma mark, Jeremiah wrote “the excitement great with people.” Here, the word “excitement” (Hebrew construct “hā·‘îr”) is commonly translated as “the city,” such that a place where a “great many people” live in close proximity to one another means the ‘hustle and bustle’ of such a place keeps human life ‘busy, busy, busy’ with things to do and people to see. This is unlike the boredom of a rural setting, where only one’s family and close relatives are who one goes to see and do things with. This then contrasts the “separation” of “dwelling” as an alternative lifestyle to one that is filled with “the excitement great with people,” who are not of close blood relationship. Therefore, “how?” becomes a reflection on choosing non-family as the ‘spice to life,’ as asking “how can family not excite one to a love of commitment?”

To answer this question, the Hebrew word written after the comma mark is in the third-person feminine singular, where “she has come to pass” is compared to being “like a widow” (another feminine singular word). Here, the feminine has to be read as metaphor for a soul trapped in a body of flesh, where the earthly realm (dust, clay, ashes and bodies of dirt) is feminine, whereas the spiritual realm of Yahweh and His elohim-angels-spirits- souls is masculine. The feminine is thus always without life, while the spiritual is always with life. When an eternal soul is trapped in a body of inertness, this makes the soul be trapped within the restrictions of mortality, where death is surely “coming to pass.” Therefore, a “widow” becomes a soul that has died and lost its flesh that it was married to; but a soul should be married to Yahweh, in order to be rescued from the death of the flesh. This state of being “like a widow” is then relative to the question asking “how?” which then focuses on dwelling in separation” from Yahweh, choosing the “excitement of other people” as a marriage to the worldly realm and the pleasures of the flesh.

Following a semi-colon mark, Jeremiah then wrote a feminine singular adjective, which is then a reflection on this “she” who has “come to pass” and die, becoming “like a widow” to its body of flesh returned to inertness. Here, we find “she is great among the people.” In that, “the word translating as “among the people” is masculine, therefore a reference to the soul within the body that has died. The feminine says the body of flesh became a “greater” influence – a stronger love and desire for – that that of Yahweh, whose Spirit dwells “among the people” calling themselves His children. They (the ‘shes’) mourn the loss of a bag of dead dirt, more than they praise Yahweh for rescuing their souls and releasing them from their imprisonment in the flesh.

That sense of mourning is then explained in the words following a comma mark of separation, where the “greatness she knew before coming to pass” was that as a “princess.” Here, the feminine singular is again placing focus on a soul trapped in the femininity of the earthly realm; but that sense of royalty, as a “princess,” says “she” found “greatness among the nations” as a child of the One God, who was not the God of those other “people.”

As a “princess” the soul felt enabled to do as “she” pleased and gather as “many” riches as possible, due to being a feminine child of Yahweh. This mindset was owed “her” from all the “provinces” of the lands surrounding Judah. Thus, the whole world was to be subjected to “her” wishes; and, “she” was blinded to the threats coming upon “her” dream state, because “she” was not reborn as a prince, as the Son of Yahweh, who would protect the “people” by leading them to spread favorable knowledge about the One God to all the “provinces.” Instead, the “people” of Judah spread weakness in commitment to their “great” God, making them “come to pass” as a former “nation.”

This then led Jeremiah to follow a comma mark with a repeating of what “she has become” – previously as “like a widow” – such that “she has become a slave.” Collectively, when all of a fallen Judah is seen as a “feminine singular” that “has come to pass [become],” all “the people” of Judah have died as “princesses” and become a “body of forced laborers.” Because this is the first verse of the first chapter in Lamentations – a book of the captives in Babylon – the question originally asked – “how?” – asks, “why would you choose a separation from the great Yahweh, where one’s service could only be for Him, with His taskwork being to minister as saintly princes in His name [Israel], only to instead be driven away from your provinces into another nation and become forced laborers to a foreign people, who serve lesser gods?”

When this element of femininity is realized to be a statement of the marriage of a soul to the lusts of the material plane – where a soul is not only imprisoned in a body of matter, but is also married to the feminine spirits of the worldly realm [Satan-led] – The remainder of these selected verses refer to words that place names to this feminine state of being: Judah and Zion. The meaning behind those two words appearing as names are as such: “Judah” is a masculine singular noun, meaning “Praised, Let Him Be Praised;” while “Zion” is a feminine singular noun, meaning “Dry Place, Sign Post, Tradition,” or “Fortress.” These meaning should be read as the intent to be stated by Jeremiah.

In verse two, it is clear that the constructs stating “she weeps” and “her tears” are the nature of the lamentations that come after one has gone too far and is punished for one’s bad choices and actions. To find that “her lovers” and “her friends” have turned against her, becoming “her enemies,” this is a statement that says the weeping and crying of tears is based on the choices that made “her lovers” and “her friends” be wrong. The waywardness that is punished is due to marriage to false gods [self, money, power, knowledge, etc.] and hired hands [religious affiliations, philosophical groups, business companions, etc.] that led to a life of sins and wicked actions. Those actions will be held against one’s soul, bringing forth much sorrow, because the stench of who one laid down with will become the “enemies” that divine Judgment will focus upon.

In verse three, the history of a fallen Judah leading to the “captivity” in Babylon is a physical ramification of past sins. However, the spiritual Judgment that comes upon a soul says “captivity” is the Judgment that a soul return to the imprisonment of a body of flesh. This is a sentence of reincarnation. To find that reincarnation brings about “harsh affliction of servitude,” “dwelling among the people who find no rest,” “her persecutions overtaking her” says the likelihood of returning in another body of flesh born to wealthy Jewish parents is nil. Reincarnation becomes like picking up the Monopoly card that says, “Go to jail, Do not pass Go, Do not collect $200.” It means one is reborn into flesh that had a harder path towards finding eternal salvation, with the probability of many reincarnated lives ahead before that work successfully completed can bring about another shot at the ‘big prize’ of freedom.

In the word “Zion,” one needs to see oneself as being “A Dry Place,” where the flood of all material lusts is kept away from one’s reach. This is the meaning of the words written after the question “how?” is raised, which says “she remains in separation.” The “excitement from the people” is avoided, so there is nothing but arid conditions surrounding one’s soul. When a soul finds this “lonely” state hard to accept, “mourning” a lack of “feasts” being set before one, the “gates” opened for the people to come and bow before one are closed. When one’s inner “priests” are ”groaning” and the souls “virginal” state has become an “affliction,” then “bitterness” will keep a soul in “A Fortress” that is one’s place of imprisonment. The failure to seek a return to Yahweh and loving self-sacrifice to His Will means He will not pour out His Spirit upon one’s soul forevermore, keeping that soul set for future reincarnations into the same “Dry Place,” without a flood of living waters raining down upon one’s soul.

In verse five, this rejection of Yahweh is said to be maintained by those who persecute a wayward soul will be given divine powers to act as harsh ‘jailers’ in one’s reincarnated lives. It will be “her adversaries” that will become her “masters,” while “her enemies will prosper” in worldly gains. When Jeremiah wrote of “of the multitude of her transgression,” this “multitude” should be seen as a number of lives in the flesh to serve, under the yoke of “Yahweh’s” punishment. The projection of “her children have gone into captivity with the face of distress” says the “multitude of her transgressions” will be found to be “her children” reincarnated as “her,” time and again. Each return will wear the “face of distress” from past “transgressions.”

In verse six, the first word says, “and has departed” or “and has gone out of,” which must be seen as a statement of death, as the dead are called the ‘dearly departed.’ This is when the presence of enclosure marks repeat “[ from the daughter ] ( from the daughter )”. This must be seen as signals that it is the “soul departed from the daughter,” where (again) the word “daughter” (“bat”) is a statement of the feminine singular, making it a reference to “she” and “her,” who perceived a soul in a body of death to be a child of God, without ever doing anything to please Yahweh. The enclosure marks are indications that the soul has left its body of flesh, at death.

Following the repeating of “from the daughter” within enclosure marks, Jeremiah was divinely led to write “of A Dry Place all her honor.” This is a statement that a reincarnated life that “remains in separation from the excitement of the people” is an “honor” seen in that souls departed, by Yahweh. She has “come to pass [death] her princes,” which is a statement of the spiritual angels – her inner elohim – that were sent by Yahweh, after divine marriage of a soul to Him, having received His Spirit as the flood of living waters flowing within that soul, unseen in worldly lifestyle. The saved soul is “like deer having not found pasture,” which is a statement of the souls having sought spiritual nourishment, rather than material food. This experience of the spiritual realm being nourishing to the soul, then makes death be like “those fleeing without strength in the face of the pursuer.” This is a statement that the soul in its flesh refused to wear the “face” of lesser gods, in order to please those who would persecute that rejection, even to the point of death. This makes a soul rewarded with eternal life be a willing sacrifice in the physical realm, having faith that self-sacrifice to Yahweh will have greater reward in the realm beyond mortal death.

As a final note, each of these verse ends with the Hebrew letter samekh, which means each of these verses is “closed” or “blocked,” ending each as in separation from the others. This means each verse makes a statement that is profound alone; and, each should be read with that singularity of divine purpose.

Lamentations 3:19-26 – Remembering one’s sins after being saved

[19] The thought of my affliction and my homelessness is wormwood and gall!

[20] My soul continually thinks of it and is bowed down within me.

[21] But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: ס

[22] The steadfast love of Yahweh never ceases, his mercies never come to an end;

[23] they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

[24] “Yahweh is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.” ס

[25] Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.

[26] It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of Yahweh.

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Verse twenty-seven (not read) completes the three verse section ending with a samekh, such that a nine-verse reading selection would not leave anything important out. However, the Episcopal Church has chosen to not include verse twenty-seven in this reciting of Jeremiah’s song of lament.

This is ‘option A’ as a companion psalm to the Track 1 Old Testament reading selection from Lamentations 1. It may be chosen for reading aloud in unison, over the ‘option B’ singing of Psalm 137.

In verse nineteen, every Hebrew word written is a construct of the masculine singular, with the two exceptions of “my afflictions” (“oniy”) and “wormwood” (“laanah”), which are a feminine singular possessive pronoun [“my” added to a masculine singular noun] noun and a feminine singular noun. The masculine focus says these words are spoken from an inner presence of an elohim, which is in control of Jeremiah’s soul in his flesh (the feminine state). Jeremiah writes as one like all the other saints who will be married to Yahweh, with his soul then possessed by the soul of the Son. All “will remember” individual past histories that include failures that lead to sins. Thus, the better way to translate this into English is as: “he will remember my affliction and straying bitter and poisonous .” This can be seen matching the verbiage used in Lamentations 1:4, where Jeremiah wrote: “the journey to a dry place [Zion] mourning , because no one come to the set feasts , all her gates are desolate , her priests groan , her virgins and she bitterness to .” The sins “remembered” here are of times when the soul served the flesh, bring on “my afflictions” that are the bitterness of “wormwood.”

In verse twenty, Jeremiah used enclosure marks to denote a spiritual “sinking” that is repeated. The use of brackets, followed by parentheses, both surrounding “and she will sink down” ( “[ wə·ṯā·šî·aḥ ] ( wə·ṯā·šō·w·aḥ )” ) follows “to remember she will remember,” which has the spiritual direction marks saying this memory of a sinful past will cause the feminine soul (that imprisoned within a body of flesh) will recall the bitterness and the poison of sins, so it will forevermore become ‘bowed down’ (the NRSV translation) in submission to the inner elohim sent by Yahweh to ensure these past memories are as close as a soul will come again to wickedness. Thus, Jeremiah finished the verse (following this spiritual sinking) by saying “within me my soul.” This is, again, the submission of the host soul to the elohim “within me,” which become the new Lord over “my soul.” This means “my soul” has been “sunken” into the role of follower to this Lord elohim, having learned it is incapable of leading its flesh away from temptations.

In verse twenty-one Jeremiah wrote, “this I recall to the heart [inner man] therefore I will await .” This takes the prior verses referring to “remembering” and place that memory within one’s “inner man, mind, will, heart” (from “leb”). This means the soul is reminded of the sins that have been a threat to its salvation, while the Baptism of Spirit from marriage to Yahweh has washed away those sins from Yahweh’s recall. The Hebrew word “yachal” (construct “’ō·w·ḥîl”) means “to wait, await,” implying “hope,” but the hidden intent is the “expectation” of service to Yahweh, as payment for being saved. This means ministry in the name of Yahweh – “Israel.”

In verse twenty-two, Jeremiah sings of “the mercies Yahweh” brings to a soul receiving His Spirit and His Son’s soul. In the Hebrew word translated as “mercy,” it is better read as “goodness” and/or “kindness.” This becomes a statement of the presence of Yahweh transforms a soul that has sinned in the past, to a new state that wears the face of Yahweh, which is the shine of “goodness.” Jeremiah then continued that this presence that leads one righteously is so “that not we are finished.” In that, the “we” (first-person common plural) are all souls that marry Yahweh and are cleansed of all past sins, via His Baptism of Spirit. The souls are “not finished” or “not completed” as those lost. Thus, “we are returned” and “we are completed in circuit” to the source of our origin. This is the desire of Yahweh that our souls “not fail” to return to His “compassions,” which leads our souls to His “goodness” as our “compassions,” via the inner elohim we follow.

In verse twenty-three the verse says, “these new to the dawning , much is your stability .” This is now singing of the wealth of insights that come to a servant-wife soul of Yahweh. There is no darkness, due to the outpouring of “new revelations of truth.” This comes from Yahweh to make sure the faithfulness of a wife-soul is forever “stabilized.” No questions go unanswered.

In verse twenty-four then sings, “my share Yahweh she says my soul , over thus I will wait on him .” Here, we find a repeat of the construct that says “to wait, await,” which ended verse twenty-one. Now, we are told that Jeremiah’s soul “shares Yahweh,” which comes from the presence of the “soul” of His Son [Adam-Jesus], at which point the feminine soul of Jeremiah (“my soul”) says it is possessed by that new soul’s presence, where “my” states that possession. This is a higher power soul – from “above” or “over” – that this states submission to that lower status. Again, “to wait” means to be led into ministry, now in the name of the Son (as Jesus, a name meaning “Yah Saves”).

In verse twenty-five we read, “good Yahweh to the soul waiting for him , to the soul who will seek him .” In this verse, a different root word is used, which translated as “to wait for” (“qavah”). This word implies a “gathering together,” which is not a word of inactivity, as waiting might seem. The word “good” does not apply only to “Yahweh,” as it means (as Jesus told the rich man who addressed Jesus as “good teacher”) no credit can be given to human beings for being “good.” The truth of that word means a soul in a body of flesh must be cleansed by Yahweh’s Spirit (the binding of divine marriage), so the Spirit projects the “good” of “Yahweh” because one then wears His face over one’s own. This “good Yahweh” is the halo that is the aura of a saint, which only comes to those possessed by the soul of the Son, Jesus. When one is then in the name of the Son, one enters ministry and is a “soul waiting for him.” This does not come to all souls, but only “to those souls who will seek him” in divine union. The proposal of divine marriage is spread by ministers in the name of Yahweh (Israel) and His Son (Jesus); but it is up to the soul to deny its flesh and accept the proposal as serious and a commitment necessary for salvation, so the soul seeks union with Yahweh out of love and spiritual desire.

In verse twenty-six we read, “good that to dance and silently , for the salvation Yahweh .” Here, the aspect of “dancing” should be seen as it is best done in pairs. The element of “silence” is metaphor for that within and unseen, rather than physical and visible. This “silent dance” is then done between two souls that are joined as one within one body of flesh. The lead position is that soul of the Son (Jesus), with the follower the soul married to Yahweh and the virgin mother [regardless of human gender] of the Son reborn. That means the host soul projects the “good” of Yahweh that comes through the Son, but the host soul is allowed to live and choose, just as it was when born of its mother. Because the host soul is subservient to Yahweh and allows the soul of the Son to be its Lord, it willingly and lovingly serves as a priest that projects the “goodness” of Yahweh so others will hear His proposal is for them too.

Again, the ending verse of this three-verse set is verse twenty-seven; but it is not read aloud today. I will present it in a literal English translation, leaving it up to the reader to complete the thought begun by Jeremiah. It says, “good for the man , to carry the yoke in their youth .

Psalm 137 – Don’t get misled by the names you do not understand

1 By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, *

when we remembered you, O Zion.

2 As for our harps, we hung them up *

on the trees in the midst of that land.

3 For those who led us away captive asked us for a song, and our oppressors called for mirth: *

“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”

4 How shall we sing Yahweh song *

upon an alien soil.

5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, *

let my right hand forget its skill.

6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, *

if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy.

7 Remember the day of Jerusalem, Yahweh, against the people of Edom, *

who said, “Down with it! down with it! even to the ground!”

8 O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, *

happy the one who pays you back for what you have done to us!

9 Happy shall he be who takes your little ones, *

and dashes them against the rock!

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Verse 1: “above streams gate of God [Babel] , there we dwelt also we wept ; until we remember the dry place [Zion] .

This is a profound statement of reincarnation. Our souls are sent to the earthly realm by Yahweh, as prisoners locked in that lower state of being until “we remember the dry place.” This “dry place” is a state of submission and commitment in divine marriage to Yahweh, where we self-sacrifice for a “higher” cause: “above streams” that flow from the Spirit in divine marriage and the coming of the soul of Yahweh’s Son to possess our souls in its flesh and become our Lord to salvation. When this state has not been “remembered,” then at death our soul is released for Judgment, where for a brief time (time does not exist in the spiritual realm) “we dwelt,” before “we wept” when our sins of the flesh bring forth a judgment of return to the prison of flesh that simulates life when a soul is present, but always is death animated, until it returns to its natural state. The “dry place” means each soul is called to be “Zion,” shunning the lures of a sinful world, while the hidden flow of Spirit within our souls keep us prepared to serve Yahweh and earn a return to eternal life in the spiritual realm.

Verse 2: “above the willows a trapped soul in the midst of ; imprisoned souls have been hung up , our harps .

Here, the use of “willows” (“arabim”) is symbolic of the “hopes” of redemption and salvation that are infused within each soul, although that inner quest implanted to seek Yahweh is most easily forgotten. [Willow Place for Women] This means “the willows” are relative to the “remembering the dry place” of verse one. Each soul trapped in a body of flesh takes on a feminine essence, whereby “she” (the third-person feminine singular written in “bə·ṯō·w·ḵāh”) has been replaced as “a trapped soul.” The “midst” is the body of flesh, which is beneath the masculine realm of spirituality and Yahweh.

This is again repeated in “imprisoned souls,” where the first-person common plural written into “tā·lî·nū” is reference to the “she” prior (before the semi-colon mark). The aspect of being “hung up” is dual in nature, as it indicates a method of execution to death (by “hanging”), while also making a statement of “suspension” in the material realm, when a soul is natural to the spiritual realm. We are “hung up” souls by the lures of sins, which make us forget our inane quest to seek salvation. The element of “our harps” or “our lyres” is the tunes we play our life to. Either we will be like David and “suspend” his “harp” over his bed, so he can sing the praises inspired by Yahweh within (His Son’s soul), which become songs that lead other souls to divine marriage to Yahweh; or, we fiddle away our lives, plucking on the strings that please our selfish wants of material gains.

Verse 3: “for there he asked of us those being taken captive word songs and those wasting us mirth ; he sings to us in the songs of a dry place .

This verse sings of the figurative “streams of the Negev,” which are not visible in that dry place, but underground. This states the forgotten request made by Yahweh to souls returning to the material realm, which asks them to remember. This is then the written “word” of Scripture, to which the children of Yahweh will be taught; but it is from these dry words that “songs” of praise come from. This has to be a direct relationship established by Yahweh and “those” souls, as teachers not so connected will be “wasting us” who depend on them for our souls to find “mirth.” They, instead, will find “happiness” in misleading soul, sending them away from Yahweh and keeping them from remembering their goal set before them. When an individual soul hears the “songs sung” by divine inspiration (as did David), then that soul will flow with the Baptismal Spirit and its ever living waters unseen, but streams within the soul.

Verse 4: “how we will sing the song of Yahweh ; above , land foreign .

Here, it is important to be aware of the punctuation marks, as it is easy to discount them and rewrite that written in a paraphrase that leads away from the truth. The first segment sing praise that is made by the wife-souls “of Yahweh,” who will be the only ones hearing the lyrics of His “song” of inspiration. As ministers in the name of His Son, those saints “will sing” in the same manner as did David and all the prophets. The semicolon mark separates that from a new statement that is relative to these wife-souls “singing His sons,” which simply states “above” or “over.” This is a word (“‘al”) that denotes a higher realm as the source of these divinely led “songs.” This word is written four times in this Psalm 137, with it being the first word written in verses one and two. The comma mark of separation that follows “above” then says “land foreign,” which must be read metaphorically, such that “land” is the material realm, therefore representative of the flesh surrounding a soul. This then clarifies “above” as the spiritual source of the “songs sung,” with the fleshy brain having nothing to do with the origin. To mimic such songs would produce lies and false lessons, without divine inspiration being the origin. This means the spiritual meaning of the “sons sung” coming from Yahweh have “foreign” meaning to those who live only in the flesh, denying marriage to the Spiritual.

Verse 5: “if I will forget you teaching peace [Jerusalem] , she will forget her right hand .

This verse must be read as an explanation of “land foreign” or “flesh alien” to Yahweh. The Hebrew word “im” means “if,” thereby presenting a scenario of choice, where options are available. This is a statement relative to verse one singing “until we remember,” where “forgetting” is part of the process that covers a soul in its flesh with sins. The meaning behind the name “Jerusalem” (“yə·rū·šā·lim”) is “teaching peace,” where the word “peace” (as spoken by the resurrected soul of Jesus to his disciples in hiding – “Peace be with you” – actually translates as “wholeness” [from “Eirēnē”]. This means “teaching peace” is the purpose of Scripture, understood by Yahweh singing songs of inspiration to a soul in its flesh, led by the soul of His Son. To “forget” these lessons that were prior to reincarnation, which leads to “weeping,” from “forgetting,” the “she” (third-person feminine singular construct “tiš·kaḥ”) “forgetting the right hand” is a statement about a soul’s failure to receive the Spirit and the resurrected soul of the Son, sent to be Yahweh’s “right hand” extended into the worldly plane. This is “forgetting” to become reborn in the name of the Son, and go forth into ministry in that name.

Verse 6: “she will keep close my tongue ׀ to the palate if you will not remember I if not I will ascend in teaching peace ; above head of my mirth .

In this verse is placed a vertical bar, which is a signal to pause (as a musical direction), where reflection must be made on singing “she will keep close my tongue.” The third-person feminine singular makes the focus be on the soul within a body of flesh, which is of feminine essence, having forgotten to submit to Yahweh in divine marriage and let the eternal soul imprisoned on the earth to be released spiritually as a possession of Yahweh (the masculine essence). To have the ”tongue kept close” means to silence it, so it cannot speak the truth of Scripture as a minister in the name of the Son. This then leads to a focus on the “palate” or “the roof of the mouth,” which implies the spiritual has been silenced by “tastes” preferred from the world. Here, a double “if” scenario says “not remembering” the goal set for a soul by Yahweh (prior to rebirth in the flesh) will not only lead to a life where sins must be forgiven, but the scenario where known sins will be one’s worldly addictions, keeping one’s soul from “ascending” in divine union, with repentance cleaning away sins through Baptism of the Spirit, so the soul of the Son can lead one’s soul in ministry – “teaching peace” to other lost souls. The “if” scenarios say salvation is “above,” where Yahweh’s spiritual realm must be welcomed into one’s “head,” so the Son becomes one’s Lord. “If” not, the “head” is led by a fleshy brain that lusts after those illusions of the lower realm. The “if” determines the type of “mirth, joy, or happiness” one’s soul seeks.

Verse 7: “remember Yahweh ׀ not the sons of red [Edom] , the day teaching peace them saying they naked ׀ bare ; until , his foundation to her .

In this verse are two uses of a vertical bar, forcing the reader to paus and reflect on that written prior. David began by saying “remember Yahweh,” where the pause needs to be seen as a reflection of the “if” scenario stated in verse six, where the opposite of “forgetting” (“not remembering”) is now explained as “remembering Yahweh” is a soul’s goal in an incarnated stated of being. Following the vertical bar, David stated the other “if” scenario as what “not” a soul does, when it “remembers Yahweh.” Here, David writing “not the sons of Edom,” where “Edom” is the nation of Esau, the brother of Jacob, who was given his name because his skin was ruddy, means “not” to remember “the sons” of the flesh, whose skin tone in the sun will turn “red.” This exposure to “daylight” is then said to “not” be for doing things of the flesh in the light of “day,” but to “remember Yahweh” means to have the truth of the light of “day” be the inspiration shining upon one’s soul, leading it to be “teaching peace,” not known for one’s physical attributes. The second vertical bar comes after one of two use of “arah” (construct “‘ā·rū”), which means “to be naked or bare.” The first use makes one pause and reflect on the physicality of being “naked” in the sun of “day,” where the repeated use of the same word means to “bare” one’s soul to Yahweh Spiritually. The use of a semi-colon says the same theme is continued (exposure to Yahweh’s Spirit), while going in a different direction. This says simply, “until,” which means there is no fixed timeframe for this exposure. A committed soul married to Yahweh will endure forever in His light of truth, with that truth coming in the resurrection of the Son’s soul adjoining one’s soul, becoming the “his foundation to her.” It is from this possessive “foundation” that a soul is then able to be “teaching peace.”

Verse 8: “daughter gate of God [Babel] , she having been ruined blessedness he will complete you ; it recompense , as she has dealt fully with us .

In this, the femininity of a soul in a body of flesh is called a “daughter.” Then, we have a repeating of “Babel,” last read in verse one, meaning “gate of God.” Rather than read this “gate” as an entrance to “God,” like the gate forbidding souls from entering Eden, guarded by the cherub Uriel – “Uriel is often identified as a cherub and the angel of repentance. He “stands at the Gate of Eden with a fiery sword” (Wikipedia) – the “gate of God” should be seen as a forbidden point of entry, requiring an angelic escort to get into Yahweh’s presence. It is this “daughter” (the feminine essence of the material plane) that must be “destroyed” or “ruined,” before a soul can reach a state of “blessedness,” which is a soul’s marriage to Yahweh and the outpouring of His Spirit that cleanses a soul of the “daughter” (much like the laws of women needing to bathe clean after their periods, before be allowed into a sanctuary), so the soul (a masculine, thus eternal essence) can be released to pass the “gate of God.” When David sang, he will complete you,” this is like the aspect of “peace” meaning “wholeness.” When a soul is sent into the worldly realm, it becomes incomplete, as separated from Yahweh. The goal (we recall) is to “remember Yahweh.” To “remember Him” means to be made “complete.” The “recompense” is then the payment a soul must pay for being cleansed by the Spirit of Yahweh, allowing one beyond His gate. This making “amends” means service to Yahweh, in the name of His Son, in ministry leading others to hear the truth of Scripture. That becomes the meaning of “she has dealt fully with us,” as “she” (the second-person feminine singular) is a priest in the name of the Son, with “us” being those in need of salvation.

Verse 9: “blessedness ׀ he will take possession and he shatters her children , into the mountain .

Here, a vertical bar follows a repeating of the word “blessedness” (“’aš·rê”), which was stated in verse eight. The signal to pause and reflect on this meaning, where many read “blessed” and “blessedness” as an attribute of Yahweh, it is only souls that find their ways to married Yahweh that become “blessed” by Baptism by Yahweh’s Spirit. In the Greek word meaning “blessed” (“Makarioi”) is repeated in the verses of Matthew 5 that are called ‘The Beatitudes’ (from the Latin “Beato,” which means “blessed, lucky”). The meaning of one who finds this “blessedness” of Yahweh is a saint in the name of His Son. Thus, when we read “he will take possession,” this is the dual possession of Yahweh owning His wife-soul, while also the possession of His Son’s soul over the host soul in its body of flesh. The word “olel,” meaning “a child,” should not be seen as physical “children,” but the judgment of future “infants” into which a soul will be reincarnated, if it remains a “daughter” of sins. For those “children” to be shattered” means Baptism by the Spirit will wash them all always. To then read “into the mountain,” this is the soul of Yahweh’s Son becoming the Lord over the soul-flesh he possesses. His strength is the “mountain” that “dashes” any future sins from being born to a soul saved.

2 Timothy 1:1-14 – Another use of names that expand the details of truth

[1] Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, for the sake of the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,

[2] To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

[3] I am grateful to God– whom I worship with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did– when I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. [4] Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy. [5] I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, lives in you. [6] For this reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands; [7] for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.

[8] Do not be ashamed, then, of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God, [9] who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace. [10] This grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. [11] For this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher, and [12] for this reason I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that day what I have entrusted to him. [13] Hold to the standard of sound teaching that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. [14] Guard the good treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit living in us.

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This reading needs to be compared to the reading from 1 Timothy 1, read aloud on the nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost (three Sundays prior). In that the story was deepened by understanding the meaning behind the appearance of names. While there are less such ‘names’ in this reading, there are enough to make the deeper intent stand out. The first comes from seeing verse one beginning with “Paulus,” which is actually a Latin word, where the capitalization indicated a divine level of elevation in the meaning “Little” or “Small.” Here, it is important to remember the name given to Paul was Saul. It was after his soul was married to Yahweh, his past sins cleansed by Yahweh’s Spirit and his soul-body possessed by the soul of Jesus resurrected within his did the soul of Saul take on a “Small” presence, with the soul of Jesus becoming Saul’s Lord. The writing of “Paulus,” followed by a comma mark of separation speaks loudly that this ‘diminished self-ego’ is once again writing this epistle sent to his co-Apostle Timothy.

Verse one then follows this recall by stating in the Genitive case (the possessive), “an apostle of Anointment [Christ] of Yahweh’s Salvation [Jesus] on account of of an act of will of God”. In this the supposed ‘names’ “Christ Jesus” are mistranslated without the Genitive possession applied to the meaning behind each word: “Christou” means “of Anointment,” where the capitalization elevates this to the divine level of Spiritual Anointment; and, “Iēsou,” a name meaning “Yah Saves,” where the Genitive possession says the presence of the Son’s soul is due to “Yahweh’s Salvation.” This state of being “Small” in self-ego means being “Anointed” by Yahweh’s Spirit, so the soul of His Son can possess the soul of Yahweh’s wife-soul. Everything is “on account of” this dual possession that is “of an act of God.” This means to read Paul writing words that make worship of a man named “Jesus” as the one and only “Christ” takes all power away from Yahweh – “of God” – and places it in the hands of self-ego, spawned by translators of the truth into paraphrased English. It then becomes the English mistranslations that act as a god over the brains of Western Christians.

The remainder of verse one says, “according to a promise of life of this within to Anointment of Yahweh’s Salvation”. This says there is a set “promise” that is to a spiritual life (as a soul is an eternal spirit of Yahweh, placed in a mortal body of flesh), which exceeds the limits of a physical life on earth. This means the use of the Greek word “en” has its proper intent read into it, as “within,” which is a statement of the soul “within” its body of mortal flesh. Here, Paul repeated (in the same order, but one written the dative case) the words “Christō” and “Iēsou”. The same divine elevation of each word (separately) speaks as a Paul confirming that stated prior in the possessive case.

Verse two then begins with the capitalized ‘name’ “Timothy,” but is written in the dative case, which makes it be read as an address of Paul “to Timothy.” That is wrong, as it ignores the fact that verse one ended in a comma mark of separation, not a period mark of ending. The comma then connects Paul writing “according to a promise of life of this within to Anointment of Yahweh’s Salvation” as now being relative “to Timothy.” Rather than a letter being addressed to a man named Timothy, Paul is stating that the “Anointment of Yahweh’s Salvation” (being possessed in the name “of Jesus”) is divinely elevated “to honoring God,” as being possessed by “God’s Values” – the meaning of the name “Timothy.” This divinely elevated “Honoring of God” is then due to being one raised “to beloved” status, which means a soul married to Yahweh, due to shared “love.” Further, this “beloved” marriage then leads to a “child” being born to the one “Honoring God” as His “beloved,” where that Spiritual union brings forth a “child.” This “child” not only seals a soul’s love relationship to Yahweh, but it brings forth “Yahweh’s Salvation,” which is the “child” Son of Yahweh. When that “child” is reborn into the flesh of a wife-soul, then that soul-body becomes reborn as the Son, making the relationship expand from divine wife-soul to the Son reborn in flesh to share the same spiritual “Father.” This will be confirmed later in verse two.

Following a colon mark that clarifies this statement explaining “to Honoring God beloved child” Paul then wrote one word: “Charis,” typically translated as saying “Grace.” The proper intent of “Charis” is as “Favor.” The capitalization divinely elevates this “Favor” to the level of Yahweh, where this “Favor” is relative to the verse one statement of “a promise of life.” Such a “Favor” is not granted to every soul born into mortal flesh. It is only given to the “beloved” souls married to Yahweh. That “Favor” is then furthered by the resurrection of His Son’s soul in the wife-soul (consummating the marriage spiritually), so the “Favor” is to be the “child” of Yahweh (Adam-Jesus) reborn into mortal flesh.

Following the capitalized “Charis,” Paul next wrote another one-word statement, set alone by comma marks. That word translates into common English as “mercy.” The proper meaning is “mercy” as it is defined by loyalty to God’s covenant.” [HELPS Word-studies] To bring God’s covenant into this meaning says a soul has said “I do” at the altar of divine marriage, where the Commandments represent the terms of marriage agreed upon. When a soul in flesh has willingly and lovingly submitted one’s soul to Yahweh [become “Small”] then all past sins will be washed clean through divine Baptism of Spirit. This “mercy” can only come after one’s soul has sacrificed self-ego [no other gods before Yahweh’s face – 1st Commandment]. The marriage agreement is forever binding; and, this is why Yahweh sends His Son to merge with His wife-soul, because the Son will become the Lord that ensures the Commandments are written on the walls of one’s heart forevermore.

The rest of verse two is divided by the placement of the Greek word “kai,” which should not be read as the conjunction ‘and,’ but instead as a marker word that denotes importance that comes after its placement. The words written (translated into literal English) say: “peace away from of God of Father kai of Anointment of Yahweh’s Salvation of this of Lord of us .” Here, there are seven words written in the Genitive case, which (again) denotes possession. After writing the Genitive words that say “of God of Father,” the word “kai” says importance must be seen in this being “of Anointment [Christ] of Yahweh’s Salvation [Jesus] of this of Lord of us”. All of this follows the word “eirēnē,” meaning “peace,” but the proper intent of the word is to denote “wholeness.” This “wholeness” is stated as a way to say a soul in a body of flesh has been “away from” the possession “of God,” where His possession being returned makes the possession “of God” be as the “Father,” who possesses His Son. As all souls-spirits-angels are masculine in essence – in the realm of Yahweh the Father – all wife-souls who are where the resurrection of His Son’s soul come and joins, possessing that soul-body as its “Lord,” then those wife-souls (wives as souls trapped in flesh – the feminine essence) identify as Sons (regardless of human gender). Therefore, as stated prior, such a soul becomes Yahweh possession as “of Anointment” and possessed by the Son as “of Yahweh’s Salvation,” coming to possess as “this Lord of us.”

Verse 3: “Favor I possess to this to God , who I serve away from of ancestors within to upright joint-knowing , even as unceasing I possess this concerning of your soul remembrance within to these to prayers of my soul of night kai of day ,

Here, Paul gives all credit to his divinely elevated “Favor” (Grace), which he stated as that coming from “Honoring God” through a marriage from “love,” which led to the “child” of God the Father being resurrected within one’s soul, by saying his soul “possesses this,” due “to God” and His “Favor” granted a wife-soul. The element of a soul – the spiritual trapped within an earthly [dead] body of flesh – is then stated to be the “service” that makes a soul be an “ancestor’ of the spiritual lineage promised Abram, where a soul trapped in flesh is “within” brought “to upright” purification of that soul, through the “joint-knowing” (as “conscience,” which properly means a state “which joins moral and spiritual consciousness as part of being created in the divine image” [HELPS Word-studies]) union with the soul of the Son, a soul’s new Lord within the flesh. Paul then stated that the same state in him exists in those reading this letter (“even as”), where all “possess” and are ”possessed” as identifying egos “remembrance” [“a bringing to mind, a mention (recollection); a personal remembrance recalling a particular aspect of a person” – HELPS Word-studies] of who brings a soul “Favor.” It is “unceasing” and the constant state of communication with the divine, through “prayers of my soul” (where “mou” means “myself” and a “self” equates to a “soul”), during times of darkness and doubts (“of night”). These “prayers” then importantly (“kai”) bring forth the light of inspiration from divine insight (“of day”), which comforts the soul and eliminates all doubts or fears.

Verse 4: “longing for your souls to experience , remembering of your souls of these of tears , in order that of joy I could have been made complete ,

Here, the Greek word that translates as the participle “longing” is said: “This root (epipoth-) means “yearn affectionately,” having “a great affection for, to have a yearning love for,” i.e. to “long for, strain after, desire greatly” (Souter).” [HELPS Word-studies] This relates to the desire to marry Yahweh out of love and affection, where His proposal of divine union brings a soul to “remembering” the sins of the past and the guilt that leads to “teardrops.” To submit to Yahweh in spiritual marriage brings a soul the presence “of joy,” which is the love of Yahweh that is born through possession by His Son Jesus. When the soul of Yahweh’s Salvation comes to become one’s Lord, then a return to Yahweh brings the “wholeness” (peace) that “has been made complete” when a soul and Yahweh become one again.

Verse 5: “remembrance having taken hold of this within to your soul of sincere of faith , whosoever it dwelt in before within to this to grandmother of your soul , Without Husband (Lois) , kai to this to mother of your soul , Great Victory (Eunice) ; I have confidence now because kai within your soul .

Here we find the appearance of women being named as “grandmother” and “mother,” giving the impression that Paul is mentioning women close to Timothy. It may or may not be that there was actually some man named Timothy, to whom Paul wrote letters (a dangerous thing to do, given the persecution against Christians at that time), as the spiritual truth of the intent of names is the meaning behind the names. As such, naming two women is pointless; but the meaning makes this cloaked verse expand, so a deeper message is conveyed, which not only applied in ancient Greece but throughout all times this letter is read, by all who see the truth rising from the words.

This verse begins with “remembrance,” which makes the verse be directed to explaining that written in verse four, about a “remembering of your souls of these of fears,” which are the sins all souls in flesh will have done. It is this “remembering” that motivates a soul to be “longing to experience” salvation and forgiveness. Here, Paul is saying this “longing” must be from “remembrance” that brings about deep, heartfelt regret, so a soul is “sincere of faith,” where “faith” is from the spiritual ”experience” coming to one’s soul, knowing Yahweh and Jesus, more than hearing people talk about the two. This is then the lineage of Abram, which is spiritual and soul-based, not a direct bloodline. Because all humanity is a neutered soul in a feminine essence body of flesh (earth is femininity), then the souls of the past that are linking to the present state of being means “grandmother” and “mother” are prior incarnations the soul has lived, which prepared the soul of the present life to be prepared to sacrifice totally to Yahweh (as did Abram, therefore all his spiritual descendants). The name “Lois” means “Without Husband” (“lo” = not, “is” = “ish” or man, as “no man”). Because this is capitalized to a divine level of meaning, equal to Yahweh, “Without Husband” says the “grandmother” had not married Yahweh. The name “Eunice” means “Great Victory” (“eu” = “good, great”, with “nice” as “nike” or “victory”), which says the past life prepared the present soul to marry Yahweh and become the “mother” of His Son Jesus, reborn in one’s flesh. The important connecter segment between the two names says, “to this to mother of your soul,” which says the present soul has come “to this” state of commitment to take a Husband and become a virgin “mother of your soul” as one cleansed of all past sins (those “remembered”).

An Unmarried Woman

When Paul then followed a semi-colon by writing a word in the first-person, his saying “I have confidence now because,” the “I” of “I have” is the submission of one’s self-ego to Yahweh, so Yahweh (I AM) is “now” one’s stronghold and source of all confidence. This is then importantly noted as being “within your soul,” which is where Yahweh’s Spirit outpours forever and where the soul of the Son resurrects.

Verse 6: “On Account Of this cause I call to your remembrance your soul to stir up the fire this gift of grace of this of God , which it exists within to your soul on account of of this of assault of these hands of my soul .

This verse begins with a capitalized “Dia” (abbreviated as “Di’ ” or “Δι’ ”) , which becomes divinely elevated as a statement why Paul is sent to minister to the faithful, even while imprisoned in Rome. It is “On Account Of this cause I call,” where (again) Paul is “called to remind” the saints who serve Yahweh as His Son reborn” that selfishness is not a virtue. Each and every soul saved must “stir up a fire” or “be kindled afresh,” such that the “longing within” can turn to smoldering embers, as a soul that has lost touch with the “promise of life” the soul agreed to return to Yahweh and “complete” that “wholeness.” To “rekindle the fire” a soul needs to add the Spirit of the Father and the soul resurrected of the Son “within,” so the fire begins raging again. This is the strong desire and love of Yahweh that brings one the “gift of Grace” from Yahweh – the promise fulfilled to eternal life.

In the second segment of words written in this verse, it appear that Paul is reminding Timothy about his being saved by coming in contact with a physical man, who “laid hands upon” his body and soul. This is not the truth stated, as salvation does not come from human touch … like magic possessed by a magician. Paul wrote in the third-person that “it exists,” where “exists” means to be alive. This is the promise of “life” that cannot be seen physically, as “it exists within to your soul.” It is here that the Greek written is translated as saying, “through the laying on of my hands,” when that translation ignores truth of the Greek word “epithesis,” which has “laying on” be a strong and forceful “assault” of “attack.” When this one word is read as separate from those surrounding it, the word itself is stating the receipt of the “gift of life” becomes a powerful presence that is Yahweh’s possession (the Genitive case), where this “existence of life” is “of this of assault.” That means the Spirit does not calmly ooze around one’s soul, it is a powerful outpouring that rushes all demonic presences out of one’s body and soul, where it is those attackers of life that are “assaulted” and removed. It is this cleansing of a soul-body that makes them then be possessed (Genitive case) “of this of hands,” where each new saint becomes extensions of the “hand” of Yahweh on earth, as His Son reborn many times over. Each is then possessed in the same way as Paul, who ended the verse saying “of my soul.” This says Paul is also one of the “hands” of Yahweh. It is misread when it is thought to mean Paul could touch people and save their souls. ONLY YAHWEH can save a soul; and, that is why “Jesus” means “Yah Saves.”

Verse 7: “not indeed he has offered to our souls this God spirit of timidity , on the other hand of strength , kai of self-discipline .

In this most important verse, one’s eyes must be adjusted to see the intent behind them as being the resurrection of the soul of Jesus within each soul that has married Yahweh and become saved by the force of His Spirit. The “strength” necessary is the presence of the Son’s soul in a newly cleansed soul and body. This is “indeed not” and “offering” or a useless “gift” to “our souls” (all individually and inclusive). Instead, “offered to our soul” from “this God,” where “this” is the “gift of grace” and the “strength” necessary to be the “hands of God,” where that rock is the “God spirit” that is the Yahweh elohim that is His Son – Adam-Jesus. To be without Yahweh’s Spirit is to be timid and weak. Therefore, Yahweh does “not offer this God spirit” to possess one “of timidity.” Paul wrote, “on the other hand” the divine marriage of Yahweh’s Spirit to a weakling and submissive wife-soul is to place His “strength” within that soul-body. In addition, it is important to know that the coming presence of the Jesus “spirit” is to be a possessor (Genitive case) “of self-discipline.” All the weaknesses of an unsaved soul in a body of flesh that influenced the soul to allow sins to take place are washed away in an “assault” led by “this God spirit” that is the new Lord over a soul and its flesh. The self-sacrifice made in submission at the altar of divine marriage to Yahweh is then replaced by the self-identity that is the name of Jesus, whose inner voice disciplines a soul-body to do Yahweh’s Will in ministry, while remaining pure forevermore.

Verse 8: “Not therefore you should be ashamed this witness of this of Lord of our souls , and not of my soul this bound of his soul ; on the other hand you will have suffered hardships together with to this to God’s good news , according to strength of God ,

Here, Paul capitalized the Greek word “,” which means “Not.” As a divinely elevated statement rising to the level of Yahweh, this refers back to the prior verse, where Paul was led to write “not indeed he has offered to our souls this God spirit of timidity,” using the lower-case spelling of “ou.” According to HELPS Word-studies, “(mḗ) negates “subjectively,” ruling out any implications (“suggestions”) that could be involved with what should (could, would) apply.” This is then a stand-alone statement (so to speak) that sums up the “existence” of Yahweh’s Spirit outpouring over a soul, so it is no longer liable to suffer human failures, from weaknesses of the flesh. With this statement made, Paul then wrote the conjunction “therefore,” which connects verse seven to what is next to be stated in verse eight.

That stated next deals with “shame,” which is a word reflecting a soul-body returning to a state of sin and the guilts they bring. When the “Not” condition surrounds a soul-body protectively, then one’s soul stands behind the leadership of its new Lord, as a “witness” that possesses “evidence” and “proof” of a divine presence, which is what creates true “faith,” making one capable of “testifying” in the name of Jesus. The soul of Jesus becomes in possession (the Genitive case) “of our souls,” as the “Lord” over each soul individually (not a group that experiences an external Jesus, like the disciples did when Jesu walked the earth as a man). In the second segment of words, Paul makes it clear that the soul of Jesus is “not of my soul” (so Paul cannot magically transform anyone else’s soul), but the soul of Paul (and all saints) is a “soul bound to his soul.” That is a powerful statement that two souls are “bound” or “prisoners” within a body of flesh together. This is a divine possession, similar to the ancient recognition of Eudaimonia (possession by a good spirit that brings happiness), as opposed to Desdemona (ill-fated or unfortunate, due to demonic possession). Paul then says the soul-body along with the soul of Jesus “bound together with” one’s soul will “experience hardships,” which are the trials of persecution that are Satan’s way of testing all saints. That test is to lead others away from the “Gospel,” which is the “good news” of salvation, through speaking the truth of Scripture, so other souls can be led individually to choose to love Yahweh and seek Him in divine union. All of this is led by “the strength of God,” which comes from His Son within.

Verse 9: “of this of having saved our souls , kai of having named to a calling to sacred , not according to these works of our souls , on the other hand according to one’s own predetermination kai favor , this having been offered to our souls within to Anointed [Christ] to Yahweh’s Salvation [Jesus] earlier of time of eternal ,

This verse begins with two possessive words (Genitive case), where “of this” is the possession “of this of Lord of our souls” (verse 8), which is possession by Jesus’ soul. This possession is then “of having saved our souls,” where the name “Jesus” means “Yah Saves.” Realizing this said, Paul then separated that by a comma make, followed by the Greek word “kai,” which is a marker word denoting ‘importance to follow.’ That importance states the possessive “of having named to a calling to sacred,” which is sainthood in the “name” of Jesus (as a Christ – Anointed by Yahweh’s Spirit). When Paul then wrote this “calling” of divine “invitation” is “not according to these works of our souls,” this says the deeds done by a soul trapped in a body of flesh does “works” that are unholy and sacrilegious. Instead, the “calling” is a promise for eternal life made before a soul is placed into its newly born infant body, with that “remembrance” is forgotten once the body of flesh reaches puberty and begins urging the soul to allow sin after sin. That failure must be experienced, so the soul will then recall the proposal of marriage set forth by Yahweh (to all souls in need of salvation) to seek Him. This “predetermination,” “setting forth,” or “purpose” to seek Yahweh is importantly to receive the “favor” of Yahweh and be forgiven of one’s past sins, following sincere repentance and “works” of submission to Yahweh’s Law. This means each soul is predestined to accept the “offering” of divine marriage, so each submissive wife-soul can then be “Anointed” as a Christ of Yahweh and receive His Son “Jesus,” whose name means “Yah Saves.” This expectation is only known once experienced, when that experience will then release a soul’s “remembrance” of that promise for eternal life “earlier in time eternal.”

Verse 10: “having been made clear now the present on account of of this of manifestation of this of Savior of our souls , of Anointed [Christ] Yahweh’s Savior [Jesus] , of having rendered inoperative truly this death , of having made evident now life kai incorruptibility , on account of of this of God’s good news ,

The key point to grasp in the first segment of words in verse ten is “of this of manifestation of this of Savior of our souls,” which is clearly stating the divine possession (five Genitive case words strung together) of Jesus. The word translated as Having been made clear” can also translate as “having been made visible,” where an alternate to “visible” is “made to manifest.” The point is the clarity that comes from knowing (not simply believing) a “Savior” has “manifest in one’s soul.” The Greek word “epiphaneia” is another word that can translate as “manifest,” but is more accurately meaning “appearance.” Thus, the “appearance of this of Savior of our souls” means a “glorious display,” and an “epiphany” takes place, which is the halo of a saint, when a soul within its body of flesh becomes reborn in the name of Jesus and Jesus’ soul is resurrected within new flesh, in which he walks the earth in ministry anew. This can only take place when a host soul has been “Anointed” by Yahweh’s Spirit (in divine marriage) and then (immediately) a soul joined with the soul of Jesus – the Son of Yahweh – THE Yahweh elohim – who brings eternal salvation to that soul. With Jesus in place as one’s Lord (a presence clearly manifest and known) then “renders spiritual death” as “inoperative” or “annulled, brought to naught, made idle, separated from (the body’s death), and having no effect” on one’s soul (unlike reincarnation for sins not forgiven). That “made evident is the promise of eternal life,” because importantly the soul in its flesh is no longer capable of being corrupted by evil influences, due to the guardianship of Jesus as one’s Lord. As Jesus reborn, one then enters ministry assured that the “good news of God’s” Scripture is presented to those souls still lost, so they can find their way to “remembrance” and begin their steps towards self-sacrifice to Yahweh and His Spirit’s redemption of sins.

Verse 11: “into which I was set my soul a preacher , kai a messenger , kai an instructor .

With verse ten ending with Paul talking about spreading the “Gospel,” verse eleven then says this is not his brain calculating what to say, such that some generality is spoken, urging others to “believe in Jesus and be saved.” It is the “soul” of Jesus that possesses the “soul” of Paul, so two souls are “my soul,” and the “soul” of Jesus leads the “soul” of Paul to be a “preacher.” In that translation, the Greek word “kérux” means “a herald,” which implies “a preacher or proclaimer.” This infers one who gets the attention of others, so they will then listen further to the details of the “good news” “proclaimed.” This importantly is a saint in the name of Jesus passing on the “message” of Yahweh, through the Son, which is explaining the “message” of divine texts the Jews routinely read, but did not understand fully. This now includes the New Testament “message,” which is likewise misunderstood by Christians today (few actually read Scripture or memorize it, as did the Jews of Jesus and Paul days). This then has the “preacher” become importantly “an instructor,” where the Greek word “didaskalos” also implies “a teacher or a master.” That implication says a saint in the name of Jesus knows the meaning behind the words written in holy texts, so students can be led to see that truth with their own eyes, brains, and logic; so, each student learns the truth and can achieve faith from that.

Verse 12: “On Account Of that reason kai these I act upon in certain ways . on the other hand not I am ashamed ; I perceive indeed to whom I have faith in , kai I have confidence because able he exists this trust of my soul to guard towards that one there this day .

This verse begins with a capitalized “Di’” (“Dia”), which means “through, on account of, because of.” The proper intent of the word is said to be this: “is commonly used as a prefix and lend the same idea (“thoroughly,” literally, “successfully” across to the other side).” (HELPS Word-studies) The capitalization then elevates this simple preposition to a higher level, where “Thoroughly” is a divine statement of Yahweh’s “Total possession” of one’s soul, which allows one to speak the truth so others can hear it. This then leads to Paul writing “that reason,” where “reason” is “a cause (as if asked for), i.e. (logical) reason (motive, matter), (legal) crime (alleged or proved) — accusation, case, cause, crime, fault, (wh-)ere(-fore).” (Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance) This is then the ability to explain the Law, so those devoted to belief in Yahweh and Mosaic Law can understand right from wrong. This “reason” is not explained by the legal minds of the Temple of Jerusalem, just as it is not explained by Christian leaders today. The explanations of “cause” are importantly explaining why all souls in flesh have come to become seekers of truth, because they all have felt the pains and guilt of sins, according to their understanding of the Law. They have “acted in certain ways,” either to justify sins or to force themselves not to sin, when they want to … thereby seeking “reasons” why sins are forbidden.

In the second segment of words, the use of “not” makes this become a double-edged statement that says: I am not ashamed because I have acted in certain ways; and, I am ashamed if I have not ceased acting in certain ways. Everybody influences its soul to sin, seeking “reason” to justify one’s actions. To “not” find the truth makes one “not ashamed” of sins. However, to seek and find the truth of Scripture, then one is “not” led by the ways one once acted, because one is “ashamed” of what one has done.

Following a semi-colon mark that separates to a new statement, but one relative to this about finding one’s way, Paul wrote that “reason” comes from one’s persona “perception” that is divinely inspired by the soul of Jesus within one’s soul, who becomes one’s source of true “faith.” Importantly, this “faith” becomes the “confidence” that leads one into ministry in his name. One’s soul-body is “empowered” by this inner “faith” and “confidence,” knowing that one’s life is protected by Yahweh, through His Son. This becomes the eternal light of the truth shining, which is the metaphor of “day.”

Verse 13: “An Outline you possess of sound condition of words , of whom by the side of of my soul you listen , within to faith kai to love to this within to Anointed [Christ] to Yahweh’s Salvation [Jesus] .

This verse begins with the capitalized Greek word “Hypotypōsin,” which means “an outline, sketch, an example,” implying in usage “a pattern; a form, sample.” When this word is realized to be capitalized to a divine level of meaning, equating with Yahweh, this becomes a statement of the halo depicted in art that surrounds the head of saints. The word is a combination of “under” (hupo) and “typically” (tupos), where the whole leads one to see an “imitation” of an original. This is then a statement of the saint being an “Imitation” of Jesus, who walks in ministry in his name, doing the same feats of righteousness in another body of flesh. This condition is due to a soul being “you possessed,” thereby capable of speaking “words” that place “sound condition” onto misunderstood Scripture. It is then those words of truth that come from Jesus within – him “by the side of my soul” – to “whom you listen.”

In the last segment of words, the element of “faith” is repeated (from verse twelve), with an important addition to this being stated to be “to love to this within.” This says Jesus’ soul is the truth of Yahweh’s “love,” which is far beyond the comprehension of normal humans, where love is one of many changing emotions. This is Paul stating that the soul of Jesus is Yahweh’s “love” sent “within” one’s soul-body; so, that presence of “love” equates to Yahweh’s “Anointment” by His Spirit of cleansing, so one can become another “Imitation” of “Yahweh’s Salvation” in the flesh, in the name of “Jesus.”

Verse 14: “this as an outward sign of inner good committed to one’s trust you guard , on account of of Spirit of Sacred , of this of dwelling within our souls .

In this verse, the Greek word “kalos” (written “kalēn”) means “beautiful, good,” implying “beautiful, as an outward sign of the inward good, noble, honorable character; good, worthy, honorable, noble, and seen to be so.” Here, the aspect of “good” must be realized to only come from Yahweh’s presence. Thus, the intent of the word’s usage is “as an outward sign of inner good,” which relates back to the capitalized “Imitation” or “An Outline” that is a halo of Spirit. Paul then says that this “inward good” is so “beautiful” to behold that one’s soul is “committed to one’s trust to guard.” This presence is so strongly sought to hold onto (to be held onto) that the soul submits totally unto the Will of Yahweh, spoken through His Son’s possession of a wife soul-flesh. This is then due to the Baptism of Yahweh’s “Spirit,” which then makes one’s soul flesh free of all impurities (sins and transgressions), so one’s soul is made “Sacred.” This is then ensured by the presence of the “love” of Yahweh, who brings His “goodness” into one’s soul-flesh, eternally living with that soul that has been saved.

Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4 – A message carved in stone

[1] The oracle that the prophet Habakkuk saw.

[2] Yahweh, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not listen?

Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save?

[3] Why do you make me see wrong-doing and look at trouble?

Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise.

[4] So the law becomes slack and justice never prevails.

The wicked surround the righteous– therefore judgment comes forth perverted.

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[2:1] I will stand at my watch post, and station myself on the rampart; I will keep watch to see what he will say to me, and what he will answer concerning my complaint.

[2:2] Then Yahweh answered me and said: Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so that a runner may read it.

[2:3] For there is still a vision for the appointed time; it speaks of the end, and does not lie. If it seems to tarry, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay.

[2:4] Look at the proud! Their spirit is not right in them, but the righteous live by their faith.

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The Hebrew word translated above as “the oracle” is “ham·maś·śā.” The root noun “massa’” means “a load, burden, lifting, bearing, tribute.” While it can imply “oracle,” it is better to understand that a “prophet” of Yahweh “bears” a responsibility to receive (“see”) insights that must be passed on to others.

Because verse two is separate from Habakkuk stating he bore the responsibility of a vision, it is not Habakkuk that should be seen as lamenting to Yahweh. The laments come from those who are crying out for help, but are not heard because they do not have a relationship with Yahweh, as does Habakkuk. When Yahweh does not hear a call for help (“you will not listen”), the reason is those crying out have turned their backs to Yahweh, which means they serve lesser gods (including self), while calling those gods by His name. In essence, they are calling to the demons they worship for help; but demon spirits are gods that cannot manifest in the material realm, although they can only influence souls there.

In verse three, the question about why those crying out for help were instead seeing “sorrows,” “troubles,” “devastating violence,” with “strife and contention” says Yahweh responded to their prayers in His name, by showing them themselves. It was they who had acted in ways that projected anger upon others, who were returning the face of their gods to them

In verse four the focus turns to a mishandling of the law, which renders the “law powerless.” The Hebrew word “tā·p̄ūḡ” (construct of “pug”) means “it grows numb,” which is a statement that the “law” no longer serves as the marriage vows between a soul and Yahweh. As such, the “law” is little more than empty words, lacking the true commitment that divine marriage demands, where spiritual love never grows “numb.” This then leads Habakkuk to add that a lack of commitment then keeps “judgment” from being based on a cleansed soul-flesh; so, those pretending to be married to Yahweh (as His chosen children, not His wives in divine marriage) will die and be found unworthy of heaven. This state is magnified when the “wicked surround the righteous,” so those who are married to Yahweh in soul-spirit are persecuted by “perverse judgment,” which demands their prophets declare sins legal.

When the transfer goes from chapter one to chapter two, we hear the voice of Habakkuk speaking his commitment to Yahweh in divine marriage. The last segment of words are poorly translated in the above NRSV translation, as it should be read as saying, “and what I will answer when I am corrected.” This makes the whole of verse one not be about Habakkuk keeping physical watch on some rampart of a city wall, but his spiritual vigilance that makes his soul-body be a fortress that is surrounded by the Spirit of Yahweh and the presence of His Son as His voice that speaks to Habakkuk. Thus, to “be corrected” is then the role of a prophet who goes to the wayward and speaks the truth, so the wayward can be “corrected” from their evil ways.

In verse two we again have a weak translation shown above. Instead of a “runner may read it,” the participle is stated in the Hebrew text, where the intent is for a courier to deliver “a vision” of Yahweh through a prophet, which those to whom the “runner” has been sent will be “reading” it. This message is clear in its statement from Yahweh, as the element of “making it plain on tablets” means the message is ‘carved in stone,’ which is a repeating of the Law that has been disobeyed.

In verse three, Yahweh had Habakkuk tell those that the “vision is for an appointed time,” which will definitely be found true, as the message conveyed in the “reading will not lie.” While it might seem the prophecy envisioned might have been ‘lost in the shuffle,’ it will come when it will come; so, it is best to forever “wait for it” to come true, than to think it is no longer prophesied. When it does come true, it will come like a powerful rush that nothing can stop.

In verse four, the prophecy sent as a “vision” ‘set in stone’ by Habakkuk will only overtake those whose egos “swell” with self-pride. They are the ones who think they are above the Law, simply because their blood is descended to some long gone Israelite. They will find that lineage by blood is meaningless, as only a lineage of “righteousness,” made possible by a soul’s divine marriage to Yahweh, will be spared the wrath of the “vision” to come. Only those “upright in his or her soul,” who have become “righteous by their faith will live.” Here, “life” means the eternal life of a soul beyond death.

Psalm 37:1-10 – Relax those angry faces

1 Do not fret yourself because of evildoers; *

do not be jealous of those who do wrong.

2 For they shall soon wither like the grass, *

and like the green grass fade away.

3 Put your trust in Yahweh and do good; *

dwell in the land and feed on its riches.

4 Take delight in Yahweh, *

and he shall give you your heart’s desire.

5 Commit your way to Yahweh and put your trust in him, *

and he will bring it to pass.

6 He will make your righteousness as clear as the light *

and your just dealing as the noonday.

7 Be still before Yahweh *

and wait patiently for him.

8 [7] Do not fret yourself over the one who prospers, *

the one who succeeds in evil schemes.

9 [8] Refrain from anger, leave rage alone; *

do not fret yourself; it leads only to evil.

10 [9] For evildoers shall be cut off, *

but those who wait upon Yahweh shall possess the land.

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In verse one, the word “not” (“’al-”) is attached to words twice, as a combined word statement of “not do fret” and “not be envious.” This separation and repetition should be read as a dual statement that tells the faithful to “not” be like those who are of no faith, who are those who are “angered because of evildoers” and are “envious of those acting unrighteous.” Thus, verse one states both what the faithful will do, in regards to those who customarily break Yahweh’s Law, while setting the example of a lack of faith as being that which “angers” and “makes envious” those forcing themselves to comply with the Law, when they do not understand how so many so-called Israelites can sin without punishment from Yahweh.

In verse two, David pointed out why one should “not” be like those who lack faith. His metaphor was they were “like the grass they shall be cut down soon,” as the “grass” is like “green herbs that wither.” This metaphor compares the faithless as those who are connected to the earth, where everything of the material realm is part of an endless cycle of birth, growth, withering and death, to be repeated. Those who have faith, on the other hand, have the consistency of eternal life on the spiritual plane, where death (reincarnation back into a body that will be born, grow, wither, and die) is assured. Those of true faith avoid this cyclic repetition.

In verse three, the concept of faith is repeated in David singing the words “trust” and “his steadfastness.” David here explains that those of faith “trust in Yahweh,” which means their souls are led spiritually to guide their bodies to “do good.” The truth of “doing good” (as Jesus reminded the rich man who called him “good Teacher”) is only possible by Yahweh, which manifests through His hands on the earthly plane. When it appears that David is saying the faithful “pasture on the land,” as the rewards of the “faithfulness” His presence brings, this is wrong to see. David said that the saved souls “of the land” will themselves become the nourishment (like lush green grass feeds the sheep) that those lacking faith shall “feed on,” so they can also find “his faithfulness.”

In verse four, it appears (again) that having faith in Yahweh is greatly rewarding, as the NRSV translation has David singing, “he shall give you your heart’s desire.” This also is the wrong way to view these lyrics. The verse begins with a statement that says, delight in your souls, where the meaning to “have delight self” is a statement that equates a ‘self” to a soul.” No body of flesh has a “self” without a “soul.” A body without a soul is a corpse and has no identity. This “soul-delight” comes because a soul has become elevated by the Spirit of “Yahweh above” that “soul,” bringing the soul “delight” in that presence. When this “delight” of presence is felt spiritually by the soul, then it is because “Yahweh has given you” the wedding gift of His Spirit. The “delight” is then the divine union between a soul and Yahweh. The “gift” fulfills the “desires” or “prayers” for redemption, through repentance that leads to the altar of divine marriage. Once a soul has knelt before this altar in complete submission to Yahweh – as His wife-soul – then this marriage will be “of your heart,” where the Hebrew word “leb” means “inner man, mind, will, heart.” The “heart” of all human beings is their souls; so, the “desires of their hearts” is eternal salvation for their souls.

In verse five, this concept of divine marriage is stated in David singing, “commit to Yahweh your path,” where commitment is the whole foundation of marriage. The Hebrew word translating as “commit” is “galal,” which actually means “to roll” or “roll away,” such that when connected to “dar·ke·ḵā” (from “derek”), meaning “your journey, road, path, way, manner, or distance,” the suggestion is to cease “rolling away” from Yahweh and turn “your path” into His. This is the commitment one takes in marriage, where two separate ways must be blended into one. As a soul being the wife and Yahweh the Husband, faith is then the “trust” that His “path” is the best for one’s soul. When this “commitment” is made, then “he will bring to pass” this new “way.” That is the “path” of righteousness.

This concept of “righteousness” is then sung of in verse six. Following David singing at the end of verse four, “he will bring it to pass,” he begins verse five by singing, “and he will bring forth” (from the construct “wə·hō·w·ṣî,” rooted in “yatsa”). This means the darkness of one’s past “path” or “way” will be exposed by “his bringing out the light,” which is symbolic for the “light of truth” that comes from His Son (Adam-Jesus), being “brought out” (reborn) in one’s soul, as its possessing Lord. This resurrection of the Son’s soul in a wife-soul will then lead one along the “path” of Yahweh, as the “path of righteousness,” only possible through His Son’s guidance, protection and revelations. This “path” led by the Son’s soul will then ensure a wife-soul’s “judgment” upon death, where the worthiness of a soul will be clearly seen in the “bright light of the noonday” sun. One’s soul will become the Son reborn, thereby perfected by his “light.”

In the Episcopal Church’s presentation of Psalm 37 (above), it is at verse seven that it is divided into two verses, creating a pseudo verse eight, which is not so. The rest of this analysis will then stay true to the written word and not veer onto the path set by the Episcopal Church, for whatever motivations they might have had to alter the divine test of David’s Psalm 37. It should be noted that the NRSV (supposedly the source for the Episcopal readings) does not divined verse seven as shown above.

Verse seven then begins by saying one word, before a vertical bar is placed, denoting a place to pause and reflect on that one word. David wrote, “dō·wm ׀,” where the root verb (“damam”) means “to be or grow dumb, silent or still.” This statement is then prompting a soul to see that self-will or self-ego must be completely surrendered in this state of marriage with Yahweh, where that union “brings forth the light” of His Son as one’s Lord. This means one’s soul must “be silent” and listen. Nothing of importance can ever come from a soul, whose fleshy brain is no match for the Mind of God. The soul of His Son (Adam-Jesus) speaks the Word of Yahweh to the soul, as the soul obeys the commandments given and listens to the truth being exposed in the “light.”

Following the vertical bar, David then sang, “in Yahweh and make bring forth for him not you are angered by those rushing onto his path”. Here, the element of “in Yahweh” must be read as verse four is the “delight in one’s soul” because the presence of “Yahweh” comes “over” or elevates one’s soul “above” the ordinary. Here, “in Yahweh” should be seen as a soul being “within” that protective envelopment of Spirit, as well as the divine possession surrounding one’s soul by His Son. This inner presence that is “in Yahweh” – Adam-Jesus – is then the influence that is the “not” of verse one. Here, one’s soul is “not angered” by those with no faith, who come “rushing” to Yahweh as His children, when the only children of Yahweh are those who have the resurrected soul of Adam-Jesus as their Lords. This pretense does “not raise ire” within a saved soul, because “only those rushing are doing their souls harm.”

This is then explained by David singing, “because the man who brings to pass wicked schemes,” which says a “man” is a soul not married to Yahweh (not His child reborn), and one “rushing onto the path of Yahweh’ (to prosper from such pretense) will not be led divinely by the Son. All a “man” is capable of “bringing to pass” is “wicked schemes,” which will be trespasses dirtying the soul.

Verse eight then repeats this warning that “anger causes harm.” David sings here, “relax from face,” where the root noun “aph” implies flaring “nostrils” and a “face” that is marked by hard lines along the brow, in “anger.” To ‘relax from (this) face,” one’s soul must not be influenced by the feelings submitted it by the flesh (especially a big brain). This “relaxation” then allows one to “release from rage” or “leave the heat” of troubling times. Then, again, David sang, “not you be angered,” as this “only causes harm.” The “harm” is not to one’s body of flesh, but to one’s soul, as determined when Judgment of a soul comes.

In verse nine (the last of this reading selection), David wrote, “for those doing evil will be cut off ; but those waiting on Yahweh they shall take possession of the earth.” This says that the souls of those who are sinning will not be facing Yahweh, so their pleas and prayers, supplications and requests will be unheard. They are those who wear the distorted “face” that does not reflect the presence of Yahweh within. This breaks the first vow of marriage stated in Mosaic Law – Thou shall not wear the face of another god before my face – which says a rejection of that first agreement in marriage disallows their souls to be granted ‘children of God’ status. When David says “waiting on Yahweh” (“wə·qō·wê Yah weh”), this is another word of dual meaning, where “waiting” is not only sitting silently and doing nothing until told, but it is also the actions that come after being told an order; so, a soul is ‘waiting on Yahweh” as a servant that is obedient to His Will. Those who enter ministry in the name of the Son will then be taking His orders and “waiting on Yahweh” as His priests on the earth.

In the final segment of words, which say “they shall take possession of the earth,” the use of “erets” or “earth, land” must be read as metaphor for one’s body of flesh (which is made of the matter of the “earth”). This segment of David’s Psalm 37 is then like Jesus saying in Matthew 5, “and the meek shall inherit the earth.” Those souls of “humble” submission to Yahweh will be “taken possession of” by the soul of Yahweh’s Son and become his ministers on earth, who “wait” on Him. This makes the plural “they” be less about those souls who submit to Yahweh in marriage and more to the Spirit of Yahweh that cleanses a soul-body of all past sins, so Yahweh and His Son (“they”) “will take possession of the flesh” of one’s soul.

Verses ten and eleven are not part of this reading, but the element stated in verse nine is furthered in the following verses not read aloud on this seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 22), Year C.