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Forever settled in Heaven

Ben Yissaachar

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Psalms 119:89
For ever, O YHWH, Thy Word is settled in heaven.
Psalms 119:142
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Thy Torah is the Truth.

John 18:37
Pilate therefore said unto Him, “Art thou a king then?” YESHUA answered, “Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto The Truth. Every one that is of The Truth heareth My voice.”


Psalms 78:1-2

Give ear, O My people, to My Torah: incline your ears to The Words of My mouth.

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

Mark 4:34
But without a parable spake He not unto them: and when they were alone, He expounded all things to His disciples.

John 7:49

But this people who knoweth not The Torah are cursed.

Proverbs 28:4
They that forsake The Torah praise the wicked: but such as keep The Torah contend with them.

Isaiah 8:20
To The Torah and to The Testimony: if they speak not according to This Word, it is because there is no Light in them.

Proverbs 6:23
For The Commandment is a lamp; and The Torah is Light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

John 3:20
For every one that doeth evil hateth The Light, neither cometh to The Light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

The Greek word for "confess," homologeo (from homos, "same," and logos, "word" or "say"), literally means "to say the same thing as another" person or entity. In a theological context, it means to say the same thing about something as God does.

Matthew 10:32-33
Whosoever therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven.

But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.

Conversely , Deny means that a person does not say what He says.

1 John 2:6
He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also so to walk, even as He walked.

How did YESHUA walk? Live His Life? He Kept and Taught the Torah, Testified to the Truth, The Torah/Word of Elohim made flesh.

Isaiah 51:4
Hearken unto Me, My people; and give ear unto Me, O My nation: for Torah shall proceed from Me, and I will make My judgment to rest for Light of the people.
 
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Ben Yissaachar

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John The Apostle discipled Polycarp, Polycarp discipled Irenaeus.

Irenaeus of Lyons (c. 130–c. 202 AD), an early Church Father, is known for his work Against Heresies (Adversus Haereses), where he discusses eschatological themes, including the interpretation of Daniel’s 70th week (Daniel 9:24–27). His views, echoed by his pupil Hippolytus, frame the 70th week as a future event involving the Antichrist’s reign and the desecration of the temple in Jerusalem. Below are the key sources from Irenaeus’s writings that support this interpretation, specifically from Against Heresies, Book 5, where he addresses Daniel’s prophecy and the Antichrist.
  1. Against Heresies, Book 5, Chapter 25, Section 3
    • Context: Irenaeus discusses the rise of the Antichrist and his actions during the end times, explicitly linking them to Daniel 9:27 and the "abomination of desolation."
    • Quote: “But when this Antichrist shall have devastated all things in this world, he will reign for three years and six months, and sit in the temple at Jerusalem; and then the Lord will come from heaven in the clouds, in the glory of the Father, sending this man and those who follow him into the lake of fire; but bringing in for the righteous the times of the kingdom.”

    • Analysis: Here, Irenaeus interprets the "half-week" (three years and six months) from Daniel 9:27 as the duration of the Antichrist’s reign, during which he will desecrate the temple in Jerusalem. This aligns with his view that the 70th week is a future event, distinct from the previous 69 weeks, and involves the Antichrist’s actions, culminating in Christ’s return.
  2. Against Heresies, Book 5, Chapter 25, Section 4
    • Context: Irenaeus elaborates on the Antichrist’s actions, directly referencing Daniel’s prophecy about the 70th week.
    • Quote: “And then he [Daniel] points out the time that his [Antichrist’s] tyranny shall last, during which the saints shall be put to flight, they who offer a pure sacrifice unto God: ‘And in the midst of the week,’ he says, ‘the sacrifice and the libation shall be taken away, and the abomination of desolation [shall be brought] into the temple: even unto the consummation of the time shall the desolation be complete.’ Now three years and six months constitute the half-week.”

      Analysis: This passage explicitly ties Daniel 9:27 to a future event where the Antichrist halts temple sacrifices and sets up the "abomination of desolation" in a rebuilt temple. Irenaeus’s mention of "three years and six months" as the "half-week" indicates his belief that the 70th week is a seven-year period, with the latter half marked by the Antichrist’s desecration.
  3. Against Heresies, Book 5, Chapter 30, Section 4
    • Context: Irenaeus discusses the number of the Beast (666) and the Antichrist’s role, connecting it to Daniel’s prophecies.
    • Quote: “In which time [the end times], the apostle says, ‘The man of sin shall be revealed, who is the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he sits in the temple of God, showing himself as if he were God’ [2 Thessalonians 2:3–4]. And again, Daniel says: ‘And he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; and in the midst of the week the sacrifice and oblation shall cease, and in the temple there shall be the abomination of desolation’ [Daniel 9:27].”
    • Analysis: Irenaeus connects Daniel 9:27 with 2 Thessalonians 2:3–4, reinforcing his view that the Antichrist will desecrate a future temple during the 70th week. The "covenant with many for one week" and the cessation of sacrifices in the "midst of the week" are seen as future events, not fulfilled in his time.
 
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