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On Jun 27, 8:19 am, Hollywood wrote:
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On Jun 21, 5:47 pm, Velvet Elvis wrote:
Marana tha

Mah Nah Mah Nah... Do do do do do.

Marina del Rey

Sananda Maitreya (previously know as Terence Trent D'Arby)

Santeria
Santana

Julez or Carlos?
Carlos had a Black Magic Woman. He apparently took her from Mick
Fleetwood. Stevie Wonder's Jesus People of America (like Chung)
probably would burn her at the stake. Ditto any Santeria people.

Which would necessarily include America's most beloved Cuban
Santeria bandleader, Desi "Ricky" Arnaz. Probably also Lucy and
Little Ricky, guilty by association. Maybe even Fred and Ethel.

Amazing. It's a full circle.

Full circle, hell. There won't be enough trees in all of North
America
to fuel the pyres.

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On Jun 27, 8:19 am, Hollywood wrote:
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On Jun 21, 5:47 pm, Velvet Elvis wrote:
Maranatha

.. What Does Maranatha Mean?

Maranatha (1 Cor. 16:22) consists of two Aramean words, Maran'athah,
meaning, "our Lord comes," or is "coming." If the latter interpretation is
adopted, the meaning of the phrase is, "Our Lord is coming, and he will
judge those who have set him at nought." (Comp. Phil. 4:5; James 5:8, 9.)
Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary


(1 Corinthians 16:22 NASB)

22 If anyone does not love the Lord, he is to be ?1??a?accursed.
?2??b?Maranatha. [1]



(Revelation 22:20-21 NASB)


20 He who ?a?testifies to these things says, "Yes, ?b?I am coming
quickly." Amen. ?c?Come, Lord Jesus.

21 ?a?The grace of the Lord Jesus be with ?1?all. Amen.

[2]


O Lord, come! translates maranatha, an Aramaic expression used by the early
Christians. If spaced "maran atha" it means "Our Lord has come," and if
spaced "marana tha" it means Our Lord, come! [3]


22:20 Revelation closes with a promise and a blessing. The promise is that
the Lord Jesus is coming quickly. As mentioned previously, this could mean
soon or suddenly. The hope of a sudden return would not excite the same
anticipation or watchfulness as the hope of a soon return. Every redeemed
person responds to the blessed hope, "Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!"

GENESIS ==== REVELATION

Creation of heavens and earth (Gen. 1:1).
Destruction of heavens and earth (Rev. 20:11b).

Creation of new heavens and new earth (Rev. 21:1).

Start of Satan's reign on earth (Gen. 3:1&ndash7).
Satan cast into the Lake of Fire (Rev. 20:10).

Entrance of sin (Gen. 3:1-7).
Sin banished (Rev. 21:27).

Pronouncing of the curse on creation (Gen. 3:1-7).
The curse removed (Rev. 22:3).

Right to tree of life forfeited (Gen 3:24b).
Access to tree of life restored (Rev. 22:2, 19 marg. )

Eviction of man from the Garden of Eden (Gen. 3:24a).
Man welcomed back to [Paradise] (Rev. 22:1-7)

Entrance of death into the world (Gen. 2:17; 5:5).
Death forever removed (Rev. 21:4).

Marriage of the first Adam (Gen. 4:1)
Marriage of the last Adam (Rev. 19:7).

Sorrow comes to mankind (Gen. 3:16)
Sorrow eliminated (Rev. 21:4).


22:21 And now we come to the final blessing of this wonderful book of
Revelation, and of the word of God. It is a peaceful close to a book filled
with the thunders of divine judgment.

John wishes for "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ to be with God's
people." There are three interesting variant readings in the manuscripts
here.

1. In the critical (NU) text John wishes Christ's grace to all-which hardly
fits Revelation's theme of impending wrath on the majority.

2. The traditional (TR, ?KJV?, ?NKJV?) reading is better. Christ's grace is
wished to "you all"-many of the hearers and readers of Revelation will be
true believers.

3. The best reading in light of the sharp contrasts between saints and
sinners in this book is found in the majority text and ?NKJV? margin: "The
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all the saints. Amen."

[4]


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THE TREE OF LIFE

A Topical Study of

Revelation 22:2


It could rightly be said that the Bible is an account of three trees..

The Tree of Life

The Tree of Life was seen at the beginning of human history.

It will be seen again at the end of human history.

It was originally planted in the Garden of Eden.

It will be transplanted into the gardenlike city of the New Jerusalem.

Man chose not to eat of the Tree of Life in the Garden of Eden.

Man will eat freely of the Tree of Life in the New Jerusalem.

The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil

Also introduced in the opening chapters of Genesis, the Tree of the
Knowledge of Good and Evil was the one tree of which Adam and Eve were not
to partake. When they disobeyed and ate of the forbidden tree, death and
damnation were the result.

The question arises as to why God would place a forbidden tree in the Garden
in the first place. I suggest the following reasons..

Choice. Because God is love, He wants a loving relationship with humanity.
But true love always demands a choice. Therefore, God said to Adam and Eve,
"Because I want to live with you in a love relationship, I will provide you
the opportunity to reject Me, to turn your back on Me. Eating from the Tree
of the Knowledge of Good and Evil will be a sign to you and to Me that you
don't want to maintain a loving relationship with Me." Simply put, without
the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, there would be no choice. And
without choice love is questionable.

Dependence. Before they ate of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil,
Adam and Eve knew only good, because any time they had a question, they went
directly to God for the answer. This is the way God created them-not because
He wanted to cripple man, but because He wanted to bless man. Yet when man
ate of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, he knew good and evil
apart from God. He no longer realized he needed a moment-by-moment reliance
on the Father. Thus, he became independent-cut off from all the resources
and blessings of his Creator.

The same thing happens to us. Even we who love the Lord are vulnerable to
saying, "I don't need to be in close communication with the Lord because
I've walked with Him for years. I know my Bible; I understand theology; I
have experience.

Such was recently the case with me. Feeling I had already heard the word of
the Lord regarding an upcoming decision, I was already moving in a certain
direction when the Lord stopped me dead in my tracks with the account found
in Genesis 22..

Surely you're not that kind of God, Abraham must have thought when he was
told to sacrifice his son Isaac on Mount Moriah. But knowing he had heard
the word of the Lord, Abraham did, indeed, lay Isaac on the altar and take
knife in hand, ready to plunge it into his son's chest.

Suddenly, "The angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven and said, Lay
not thine hand upon the lad." (see 22:11, 12).

Perhaps, like me, a number of you have heard the word of the Lord clearly in
a Bible study or prayer meeting, through corporate worship, or private
devotions. You wrote it in your journal and are now moving in a certain
direction in obedience to His word to you. But you must realize that what
the Lord wants from you is constant communion with Him. You see, if Abraham
hadn't heeded the second word of the Lord-if he had stubbornly sacrificed
his son in obedience to the first word of the Lord-he would have made a
bloody mess and a very grave mistake.

"Got the word. I'm on my way," we so often say, failing to realize it might
change the very next day. How many unnecessary grave mistakes I've made that
could have been avoided had I said, "Lord it's not enough to act on what You
spoke to me three days ago. I must hear from you constantly."

"But what if I've already made a grave mistake?" you ask.

Go to the third tree..

The Tree of Calvary

The Tree of Calvary covers my mistakes, washes away my arrogance, and
cleanses my sin. You see, after offering the sacrifice of His own body for
the bloody messes I have made, Jesus arose from the grave to obliterate the
grave mistakes I have made.

The word of the Lord for us today is this, precious people: On the path to
heaven, we must keep current with the Lord. We can't rely on what we heard
yesterday, last week, or a year ago. If you're not receiving what the Spirit
says to you today, like Abraham, you could end up making a big mistake.

Turn away from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil-from what you
think you know-and begin to feast on the Tree of Life by saying,

.. "Before I make my plans for the afternoon, what's Your agenda, Lord?"

.. "Lord, how do You want me to parent my five-year-old son today?"

.. "Lord, what do You want me to do about the situation at work this
morning?"

Let us who love the Bible be those who seek the Lord intimately even as we
take in knowledge intellectually. Because of the Tree of Calvary, when we
get to heaven, we won't see the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil-only
the Tree of Life, from which we will partake freely, enjoying the fruit that
will keep us in perfect health and total harmony with our King, our Savior,
our Lord Jesus.

But you don't have to wait until then, saint. Heaven can be in your heart
today if you'll choose to eat daily from the tree of His direction.

[5]


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1 Gr anathema

a Rom 9:3

2 I.e. O [our] Lord come!

b Phil 4:5; Rev 22:20

[1]New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (1 Co 16:22). LaHabra,
CA: The Lockman Foundation.

a Rev 1:2

b Rev 22:7

c 1 Cor 16:22

a Rom 16:20

1 One early ms reads the saints

[2]New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Re 22:20-21). LaHabra,
CA: The Lockman Foundation.

[3]MacDonald, W., & Farstad, A. (1997, c1995). Believer's Bible Commentary :
Old and New Testaments (1 Co 16:22). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

KJV King James Version

NKJV New King James Version

[4]MacDonald, W., & Farstad, A. (1997, c1995). Believer's Bible Commentary :
Old and New Testaments (Re 22:20). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

[5]Courson, J. (2003). Jon Courson's Application Commentary (1799).
Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson.


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On Jun 27, 1:02 pm, Hollywood wrote:
On Jun 27, 8:58 am, "No One" wrote: "Hollywood" wrote in ooglegroups.com...

Maranatha!

The Core of the Christian Worldview

(1 John 4:6 NASB)

religious doggerel removed

Hey... I don't put my atheistic doggerel into your christian
goofiness, so I will be happy to see you keeping your christian
scariness out of my atheistic goofiness.

We could post 8 bazillion links that make literal Christianity look
goofy (6000 year old earth, anyone), but don't. So please, don't
embarrass yourself with your 8 bazillion links that make you look
goofy to anyone with a rational education.

Thanks.

Amen! g

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