Dave G
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Joshua 24:1-25.
Context established:
" Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.
15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that [were] on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." ( Joshua 24:14-15 )
The choice is laid at the feet of all Israel prior to Joshua's death ( Joshua 24:29-31 ), whether to obey God and continue in the promises that they had made to God in the days of Moses ( Deuteronomy 28:1-68 ), or to disobey and inherit the earthly curses that God, through Moses, had promised those who would not obey.
This covenant and its promises was never given to anyone outside the land of Israel or its people ( except those Gentiles which joined themselves to the nation and lived among them ).
The words do not even apply to men in the eternal sense, and never did.
"Choose you this day whom ye will serve" has a qualifier.
Israel and those under the covenant of Law.
Revelation 22:17.
Context established:
" And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward [is] with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
14 Blessed [are] they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
15 For without [are] dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, [and] the bright and morning star.
17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
19 and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and [from] the things which are written in this book." ( Revelation 22:12-19 )
14) Blessed are they who DO His commandments ( Matthew 7:21 ).
Those that do not DO His commandments, no matter what comes out of their mouths or their best intentions, are not blessed and do not have right to the tree of life.
Only those who do the Lord's will are going to enter into eternal life.
15) Those that are outside the city are those who love sin and refuse to forsake it.
According to Scripture, this is all men whose nature has not been changed...who have not been made new creatures in Christ.
16) The Book of Revelation was written to His servants ( Revelation 1:1 ) and to the seven churches ( local assemblies of believers ) that were in Asia ( Revelation 1:4 ). It is in no way written to unbelievers or contains promises that involve unbelievers.
17) These promises are made to those who have believed on Christ...those that "hear" and "see" Him ( Matthew 11:15, Matthew 13:9, Mark 4:9, Mark 4:23, Luke 8:8, Luke 14:35, Revelation 2:7, Revelation 3:6, Revelation 3:13, Revelation 13:9 ), not to those whose "ears" and "eyes" have not been supernaturally opened and are blinded ( Luke 24:45, Acts of the Apostles 16:14, 1 Corinthians 2:14, 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 ) to the truth of God, His Son, and His words.
Who are they that hunger and thirst?
They are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness ( Psalms 63:1, Psalms 107:9, Proverbs 10:24, Proverbs 21:21, Matthew 5:6 ) and look for a new city, in which righteousness dwells ( Hebrews 11:10-16, Hebrews 13:14 ).
18) The promises of Revelation 22:17 are made to every man that "hears" the words of the prophecy of this Book, not to those who are deaf to them.
In other words, they are made to a restricted group, not to all men indiscriminately.
"Whosoever will" has a qualifier.
"Every man that hears".
Context established:
" Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.
15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that [were] on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." ( Joshua 24:14-15 )
The choice is laid at the feet of all Israel prior to Joshua's death ( Joshua 24:29-31 ), whether to obey God and continue in the promises that they had made to God in the days of Moses ( Deuteronomy 28:1-68 ), or to disobey and inherit the earthly curses that God, through Moses, had promised those who would not obey.
This covenant and its promises was never given to anyone outside the land of Israel or its people ( except those Gentiles which joined themselves to the nation and lived among them ).
The words do not even apply to men in the eternal sense, and never did.
"Choose you this day whom ye will serve" has a qualifier.
Israel and those under the covenant of Law.
Revelation 22:17.
Context established:
" And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward [is] with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
14 Blessed [are] they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
15 For without [are] dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, [and] the bright and morning star.
17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
19 and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and [from] the things which are written in this book." ( Revelation 22:12-19 )
14) Blessed are they who DO His commandments ( Matthew 7:21 ).
Those that do not DO His commandments, no matter what comes out of their mouths or their best intentions, are not blessed and do not have right to the tree of life.
Only those who do the Lord's will are going to enter into eternal life.
15) Those that are outside the city are those who love sin and refuse to forsake it.
According to Scripture, this is all men whose nature has not been changed...who have not been made new creatures in Christ.
16) The Book of Revelation was written to His servants ( Revelation 1:1 ) and to the seven churches ( local assemblies of believers ) that were in Asia ( Revelation 1:4 ). It is in no way written to unbelievers or contains promises that involve unbelievers.
17) These promises are made to those who have believed on Christ...those that "hear" and "see" Him ( Matthew 11:15, Matthew 13:9, Mark 4:9, Mark 4:23, Luke 8:8, Luke 14:35, Revelation 2:7, Revelation 3:6, Revelation 3:13, Revelation 13:9 ), not to those whose "ears" and "eyes" have not been supernaturally opened and are blinded ( Luke 24:45, Acts of the Apostles 16:14, 1 Corinthians 2:14, 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 ) to the truth of God, His Son, and His words.
Who are they that hunger and thirst?
They are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness ( Psalms 63:1, Psalms 107:9, Proverbs 10:24, Proverbs 21:21, Matthew 5:6 ) and look for a new city, in which righteousness dwells ( Hebrews 11:10-16, Hebrews 13:14 ).
18) The promises of Revelation 22:17 are made to every man that "hears" the words of the prophecy of this Book, not to those who are deaf to them.
In other words, they are made to a restricted group, not to all men indiscriminately.
"Whosoever will" has a qualifier.
"Every man that hears".
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