Fw: The Open Scroll Blog - Numbering Our Days; Bioforming Pandemic; Bullinger's Insight into Bible Structure

The Open Scroll Blog Part 1 - To Number Our Days Aright - 3 Things and Then a 4th Part 10 - A Bioforming Pandemic - Update and Links as of 04-04-2013 Bullinger's Insight into Bible Structure Part 1 - To Number Our Days Aright - 3 Things and Then a 4th Posted: 04 Apr 2013 09:26 AM PDT 12 To number our days aright let [us] know, And we bring the heart to wisdom. ~ Psalm 90:12 YLT In this post, I'm going to offer some scriptural examples of the pattern the Lord revealed to me in 2008. In each case, further study of the extended context at the Lord's leading will provide added insight into our time. Having knowledge of the time when Y'shua comes is going to be critical, and few will know because that is carefully guarded. When I blog about the times and seasons reference is usually made to Beyond the Veil, where documentation may be found. It's a remarkable thing that the dates and descriptions of events can be put right out in the open, but it might as well be written in disappearing ink or in some arcane language for all the good it does most folks. It's like having a key to the treasure chest, but most don't want the real treasure badly enough. The vast majority are deceived and content with what they have, despite claims to the contrary. If folks had any idea what's really at stake, every effort would be made now to qualify for the prize! I'm not writing this way for drama's sake but because it's true and it must be declared. The wisdom in why the Lord guards what He does is granted as it becomes evident just how He does so. For those of you who feel the conviction, the following particularly address matters of qualification. Compete According to the Rules - or Forfeit the Prize The Testimony of Gethsemane - Part 1 - (The Mount of Olives) The Testimony of Gethsemane - Part 2 The Testimony of Gethsemane - Part 3 (Your Final Exam) I just wrote about what's coming in two years time, which is very nearly an exact span. See The Bridegroom and Bride - Two Years and Counting. I have such confidence to write this, even being acutely aware I'm going to be held accountable for these words, because the Lord has been working with me in these matters for a long time now, and I've seen confirmation of the work develop in more and more familiar ways. For context, here's a succinct description of how what I know about the chronology of the end times has been revealed to me. A celestial sign was given, following the precedent set at the 1st advent. A few key events were revealed with their timing identified by positioning within a single week of years. That week's relation to the celestial sign was revealed through forms of a simple pattern. The celestial sign was coded in Jacob's deathbed prophecy to Judah in the 49th chapter of Genesis and fulfilled in 1991. Crucial events appointed for the target biblical Shemittah match to where the exodus occurred on the millennial week template, in the middle of the third "day." The target Shemittah is identified by a simple count from the celestial sign, the fourth in sequence. I learned about the celestial sign first, in May of 1991. What I learned about the key events followed, which unfolding over the next several years. It wasn't until 2008 that I received the essential insight that links the other pieces of the puzzle together, how that, following the sign of 1991, three Shemittah would pass before the anticipated one would arrive. That was revealed to me through John 13, on a notable anniversary of the sign to the Bride. 36 Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, where are You going?" Jesus answered, "Where I go, you cannot follow Me now; but you will follow later." 37 Peter said to Him, "Lord, why can I not follow You right now? I will lay down my life for You." 38 Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for Me? Truly, truly, I say to you, a rooster will not crow until you deny Me three times. ~ John 13:36-38 I've already documented the celestial sign and the exodus sequence of events, but beyond the occasional notation of evidence perceived in the Adversary's domain of signage, nothing has been published to confirm the pattern of John 13:38 until now. Many kinds of patterns appear in the Bible, and what might be meant by them is only known really known by revelation because the Lord conceals and reveals the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I believe the following examples convey what the Lord revealed to me from John 13. Three things of one kind are followed in sequence by a fourth thing that is related, but yet, is distinctly different. What is not brought fourth in the three manifests in the fourth. The first example comes from the gospels, a parable that has had a very instrumental role for me. It's called the parable of the sower and the seed but is perhaps better called the parable of the soils. The version from Luke 8 is featured in the study titled, Keys to Developing a Hearing Ear - Part I: The Key Parable. It really is a key parable! 5 "The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell beside the road, and it was trampled under foot and the birds of the air ate it up. 6 Other seed fell on rocky soil, and as soon as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. 7 Other seed fell among the thorns; and the thorns grew up with it and choked it out. 8 Other seed fell into the good soil, and grew up, and produced a crop a hundred times as great." ~ Luke 8:5-8 Three situations are described where the seed was sown but no crop resulted. With the fourth came a great crop! Another level of insight is provided as versions of this parable appear in Matthew 13, Mark 4 and Luke 8, but not in the fourth Gospel of John, which seems to imply that this lesson is no longer necessary in the fourth season because it has been learned. The next example is one that I was given to relate to the parable of the soils way back when I wrote about it in Keys to Developing a Hearing Ear. 8 So the Lord called Samuel again for the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." Then Eli discerned that the Lord was calling the boy. 9 And Eli said to Samuel, "Go lie down, and it shall be if He calls you, that you shall say, 'Speak, Lord, for Your servant is listening.'" So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 10 Then the Lord came and stood and called as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for Your servant is listening." ~ 1 Samuel 3:3-10 After Samuel hears the Lord call his name and responds all three times as if it were Eli who had called him, Eli discerns the matter, and Samuel learns to recognize the Lord. In this awesome prophetic scenario, Samuel represents the 144k sons of Israel. His name means, "His name is of God," and "Heard of God." Because I am acutely aware of how Romans 11:15 will be fulfilled first in this people as interacting with the Bride (as pictured so dramatically in John 21), this scenario really speaks to me about the time factor. I had for so long failed to perceive how that amazing account in 1 Samuel 3 concealed and revealed one of the keys to when they would hear and recognize our Lord! If the Lord is bearing witness to that, you may rejoice with me in a reading of Psalm 115, which, according to the principle popularized by the late J. R. Church (and confirmed the celestial sign of 1991), is a prophecy about 2015. OK. OK. I'll stop dancing and praising Y'shua, but not just yet. OK. Oh, yeah, the Lord is so good to us! In 2 Kings 2, the pattern of interest is revealed in the structure of a peculiar scene's activity. On the day when Elijah is about to be taken up by a whirlwind to heaven, he and Elisha travel around from place to place in an awesome prophetic scenario where Elisha is engaging with Elijah as the 144,000 sons of Israel with the Bride! The notable events happen in the fourth place that is different from the three before it. Their conversations and activities mark off for us these four settings very distinctly. We follow Elijah and Elisha from Gilgal to Bethel then Jericho, which are three towns. Then they go to a river, the Jordan. Again, three things and then a fourth, different. There, Elijah is taken up and Elisha receives Elijah's mantle, and the double portion of the spirit he had requested! [At Gilgal (1)] 1 And it came about when the Lord was about to take up Elijah by a whirlwind to heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. 2 Elijah said to Elisha, "Stay here please, for the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel." But Elisha said, "As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you." [At Bethel (2)] So they went down to Bethel. 3 Then the sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came out to Elisha and said to him, "Do you know that the Lord will take away your master from over you today?" And he said, "Yes, I know; be still." 4 Elijah said to him, "Elisha, please stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho." But he said, "As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you." [At Jericho (3)] So they came to Jericho. 5 The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho approached Elisha and said to him, "Do you know that the Lord will take away your master from over you today?" And he answered, "Yes, I know; be still." 6 Then Elijah said to him, "Please stay here, for the Lord has sent me to the Jordan." And he said, "As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you." So the two of them went on. [At the Jordan (4)] 7 Now fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite them at a distance, while the two of them stood by the Jordan. 8 Elijah took his mantle and folded it together and struck the waters, and they were divided here and there, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground. 9 When they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, "Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken from you." And Elisha said, "Please, let a double portion of your spirit be upon me." 10 He said, "You have asked a hard thing. Nevertheless, if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so for you; but if not, it shall not be so." 11 As they were going along and talking, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire and horses of fire which separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind to heaven. 12 Elisha saw it and cried out, "My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!" And he saw Elijah no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces. 13 He also took up the mantle of Elijah that fell from him and returned and stood by the bank of the Jordan. 14 He took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him and struck the waters and said, "Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?" And when he also had struck the waters, they were divided here and there; and Elisha crossed over. ~ 2 Kings 2:1-14 The Elisha people are a special witness to the Elijah whirlwind Bride Theft. They receive Elijah's mantle and the double portion anointing. It's John 21 again, and John 13 and Genesis 45! These accounts are prophetic exhibits of the awesome fulfillment of the first of the Romans 11:15 interactions! Because the journey begins in Gilgal, we're provided with a clue to where special attention should be given. "Gilgal" means, "a wheel, rolling." The trip is indeed a rolling around like a wheel because the Jordan is behind them as they start out heading west towards Bethel. Going to Jericho takes them back towards the Jordan, and when they go from there to the Jordan they passed by Gilgal on their way eastward. Their circuitous route is highlighted by beginning this journey in the town whose name describes it. Even more attention is given to the route by noting how Elisha retraces the path, returning from the Jordan to Jericho, then to Bethel, before traveling over a considerable distance to Mount Carmel then returning back again to Samaria, through which he might have passed on his way to Mount Carmel. Attention is carefully directed to the routes, where the river Jordan and the miraculous crossings are featured as the special fourth destination. More to follow, Lord willing! Part 10 - A Bioforming Pandemic - Update and Links as of 04-04-2013 Posted: 04 Apr 2013 07:05 AM PDT By Aaron Hermann ( Revelation of Babylon blog) As of late the headlines have been chock full of attention grabbing stories. Pope Francis and his potential role as the false prophet, North Korea possibly launching a nuclear assault, Obama in Israel, Iran continuing to boldly proclaim America's imminent demise, and the looming global fiscal meltdown are all top stories capturing people's attention. Some of us recently watched as the world quietly passed a very important "countdown marker" on April 3rd, which you can read about here. With things moving at a frenetic pace and the constant barrage of important stories some may have lost track of the continuing ominous developments pointing towards a potential global pandemic in the not-too-distant future. I have put together a list of links from the last couple of weeks that paint a rather clear picture as to where things may be heading. I do still plan on writing a great deal more about how this potential global pandemic plays into biblical end-times events, Lord willing, but for now I felt obligated to present this report from the wall as I continue to fulfill my role as a watchman. Bird Flu NEW BIRD FLU STRAIN CAUSES FOURTH DEATH IN CHINA China Bird Flu Cases Fuel Fears of Epidemic SCIENTISTS: CHINA BIRD VIRUS LIKELY SILENT THREAT China reports 4 more H7N9 infections Two more H7N9 cases cited; virus may be adapting to mammals China reports three H7N9 infections, two fatal China bird flu: third person dies from new H7N9 virus NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Egypt, H7N3 in Mexico, research funding, experts call for shift in TB battle Cambodia reports 10th bird flu case this year H7N3 outbreaks, culling in Mexico have killed almost 4 million poultry Corona virus Germany, Saudi Arabia report new novel coronavirus cases WHO updates guidance on novel coronavirus surveillance UAE man dies from novel coronavirus in Germany Death toll from new SARS-like virus climbs to 9 Miscellaneous CDC warns of drug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae Scientists find how deadly new virus infects human cells There are zombies among us - forget free will – many of us could be taking orders from the parasites inside our brains Vial of Deadly Virus missing from Galveston lab WHO Suspends Vaccine After 26 Children Die in the Developing World More to come, Lord willing. By Aaron Hermann ( Revelation of Babylon blog ) Please feel free to contact me through my Gmail account. (theultimateplan@) Bullinger's Insight into Bible Structure Posted: 03 Apr 2013 08:13 PM PDT I just discovered a work that answers some questions I had about the history behind the thematic structures in Bullinger's Companion Bible. It's titled, The Scope of a Passage May Best Be Discovered by Its Structure, by E.W. Bullinger. You can see a sample structure in the companion section in the image below, from James 1. The following expresses very effectively what I've sought to convey. From "Introductory: The History and Importance of the Subject". "The facts being as thus stated, it shows that the subject has either not yet been grasped nor understood by Bible students; or, that it makes too much for the Inspiration and Divine Origin and Authority of the Word of God; and that there are spiritual powers, working with the human, whose one great object is to make the Word of God of none effect (Eph. vi. 12 and 17). And yet, we may say that, no more powerful weapon has yet been placed in our hands outside that Word, which is "the Spirit's sword." It affords a wondrous proof of Inspiration; it gives us a clearer and more comprehensive view of the scope of the Scriptures, than the most learned and elaborate commentaries can ever hope to do; and it is capable of even turning the scale in doubtful, doctrinal, and critical questions. By its means the student is led to views and truths, and reflections which, without it, would never have occurred to him. And it is not too much to say that until the Correspondences of the Biblical Structure are duly recognized we shall never get a correct translation or a true interpretation of many passages which are to this day dark and confused in both our Versions, the R. V. as well as in the AV. Preaching on another subject, Bishop Lowth truthfully and feelingly observed that " It pleased God, in His unsearchable wisdom, to suffer the progress of the Reformation to be stopped mid-way; and the effects of it to be greatly weakened by many unhappy divisions among the reformed."' The same may be said of the Law of Correspondence in the Structure of the Word of God, so wonderfully discovered and developed; and yet, needing to-day almost to be rediscovered, and certainly to be developed in its application to the whole Word of truth. Parts of the world, remaining yet unexplored, are eagerly sought out without stint of labour or money. Would that the same zeal could be seen applied in the interest of this great subject." About this development, Bullinger attributes a most significant advancement to Thomas Boys. It was reserved for Thomas Boys to raise the whole subject on to a higher level altogether, and to lift it out of the literary parallelism between words and lines; and to develop it into the correspondence between the subject matter and truth of the Divine Word. In 1824 Thomas Boys soon followed up Bishop Jebb by publishing his Tactics Sacra, and in 1827-30 his Key to the Book of Psalms.' While the successive works of Bishops Lowth and Jebb were enthusiastically and generally received, yet the works of Thomas Boys not only had to fight their way through much opposition, but are now practically unknown to Biblical students. Whether it is because they afford such a wonderful evidence of the supernatural and miraculous in the Bible, and such a proof of the Divine Authorship of the Word of God, that they are therefore the special object of attack by the enemies of that Word (both Satanic and human) He alone knows. But so it is. (...) It was, however, as we have said, reserved for Thomas Boys to lift the whole study out of the sphere of words and lines; and see the Law of Correspondence between subjects and subject-matter. Instead of occupying us with lines he bade us look at what he designated members. These members consisted of verses, and whole paragraphs. And the larger paragraphs were soon seen to have their own peculiar structure' or expansions. " I've updated a page on my regular website making note of this wonderful find. Bible Code Revelations - Thematic Patterns Expose Riddles Many examples of my own fruitful work are linked there. I've made quite a significant personal investement in them over the years. I designed a way to present the structures so you can interact with them in your browser to expose and highlight the levels of comparison, and access context sensitive commentary I've embedded in some of them. This effort has not exactly resulted in an explosion of interest. I think it's actually a means of chasing folks away. And that is as the Lord will have it, as His purposes are served.