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Let
me first thank my God through Jesus Christ; I offer this work in the fear of
the LORD. We pray in faith through supplication and thanksgiving asking to find
wisdom, and understanding and knowledge in the testimonies of the LORD:
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Chronological
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The King James Bible has been chosen for this course of
study because it is a uniform translation; done by the best learned biblical
scholars and linguists of their day, seeking the truth rather than their own
praise. Who by the grace of God produced a
translation of the whole Bible, as consonant as can be to the original Hebrew
and Greek.†
Peace be
unto you.
For me, I believe the KJV Bible gives the
chronological history of the days of Creation, as introduced in Genesis chapter
one. The testimony of the LORD reveal the creation of
heaven and earth from everlasting, in the beginning as put forth by Proverbs
8:22-31 and Genesis 1:1-2. The record begins in Genesis 2:4 unto the first day as
it is written in Genesis 1:1-5 and revealed Revelation 6:1-2. Genesis 7:1
begins with the second day as written in Genesis 1:6-8 and revealed in
Revelation 6:3-4. And the third day begins in Genesis 8:1 as it is written in
Genesis 1:9-13 and revealed in Revelation 6:5-6.
The fourth day, To day is told from the New Testament
according to Genesis 1:14-19 and revealed in Revelation 6:7-8 and those of the
first resurrection of the fifth day are heard and comforted in Revelation
6:9-11. Beginning in Revelation 6:12 comes the second coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ, as declared to his servants the prophets. Prophecy of the fifth day
starts in Revelation 20:1 according to Genesis 1:24-31. The sixth day begins in
Revelation 20:7, by Genesis 1:24-31 unto the seventh day and the everlasting,
following Revelation 22:21.
I believe the Holy Bible is the chronological record of the first principles of
the oracles of God, as written in the first chapter of the book of Genesis {Hbr
5:12} that God has spoken by the mouth of all of His holy prophets, ever since
the world began {Luk 1:70, Act 3:21 & Rev 10:7}. Wherefore, no prophecy of
the scripture is of any private interpretation because the prophecy came by
holy men of God as they were moved by the Holy Ghost {2Pe 1:20-21}.
The
primary goal of this work is to show how the 1611 King James Bible has given us
the Revelation of Jesus Christ in a subtle weave of prophet interpretation.
Because there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and
the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness
in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in
one {1Jo 5:7 & 1Jo 5:8}. We believe that in due time, there are three that
bear witness in the Word, the Old English, and the Hebrew, and the Greek: and
these three agree in one giving witness of the Revelation of Jesus Christ.
Working Hypothesis:
This 21st Century, literal exegesis of the Bible focuses upon
the way of the LORD as the primary meaning of the text. It suggests that HIS
testimonies may be found in the prophet interpretations, as they are woven
throughout the Bible from topic
association semantics, numerological syntax and scriptural connotation. This
weave of interpretation may have much to say about the mystery of God in the
Revelation of Jesus Christ. The primary focus of this study will be in the
places, the paths and the purpose of His testimonies.
We begin our journey in the scriptures with the words, “in the beginning” as
written in Proverbs 8:22. These words in Genesis 1:1, John 1:1 and Revelation
3:14 are in context and used as topographical symbols in a logical map of
biblical format. This map is not drawn with pen and paper; it is drawn of the
meanings in the arrangement of words.
The
first four words of Proverbs 8:22, “The LORD possessed me” may be symbolic of
biblical text from Genesis 1:1 through the book of Psalms. “In the beginning”
may symbolize the book of Proverbs and the three words following, “of his way,”
may symbolize biblical text from Ecclesiastes to the end of Malachi. The second
clause may be symbolic of the New Testament with John 1:1, and the book of
Revelation is symbolized by Revelation 3:14.
There is numerological symbolism with the Old Testament symbolized by
seven words and Proverbs symbolized by three.
So
it is asked, what is the significance in this logical map of the biblical
format? Is this why there is a difference of perspective between the
testimonies which occur before Proverbs and those which occur after? Does this
have anything to do with the perspectives of Psalms, Proverbs and Jeremiah? Are
the testimonies which precede formatted before
Proverbs from everlasting and the testimonies follow, from the days of old?
These are questions of interest in this study.
There is other
numerological symbolism in Proverbs 8:22 – “The LORD possessed me in the
beginning of HIS way, before his works of old.” The first seven words may symbolize the seven Spirits of
God from everlasting. The three words ending the first clause may symbolize The
Holy Trinity. The Creation of the heaven and the earth may be symbolized by the
words, “of HIS way”. The six words ending the first clause
may symbolize the six days of works in Genesis 1. The three days of the
foundation of the world may be symbolized by the words, “works of old”. The second clause may symbolize the
second day and the fifteen words of the whole verse may symbolize the fifteen
cubits of water on the second day of the works of the LORD {Gen 7:20}.
The underlying discourse pattern works in ways such
as follows: Proverbs 8:23 is part of Genesis 1:1 with the concepts put forth by
“I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.”
Genesis 1:2 is included by Proverbs 8”24, “when there were no depths” and “when there were no fountains abounding with water” because
the “deep” and the “waters” are prominent members in the second verse of
Genesis.
Psalms chapter ninety is spoken from the third day
where Moses says that from everlasting, the LORD was the dwelling place of all
generations. “Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst
formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting.” Proverbs
8:25-26 supports this with, “Before the mountains were settled and before the
hills was I [the Spirit of God] brought forth: while as yet he had not made the
earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.”
Therefore, we must conclude that the generations of the heavens and the earth
were created from everlasting and that the everlasting is the point of origin
for Genesis 2:4, as given in Psalms chapter ninety-three.
Psalms 90:3 then looks back to the second day flood
with “Thou turnest man to destruction” and the dry earth of the third day with
“and sayest, Return, ye children of men.” Psalms 90:4 then speaks of the
prophecy of the fifth day with “a thousand years” as given in 2Peter 3:1-8 and
the second coming of Christ with “as a watch in the night,” Mark 13:35. Psalms
90:5 revisits the third day and 90:6, the second day.
In Genesis 1:2 the heaven and earth had been made
but “the earth was without form and void” and “darkness was upon the face of
the deep” which is the point of origin for Jeremiah 4:23. The mountains had
been brought forth as seen in Jeremiah 4:24 and in the next verse it is said, “there was no man” and “the fruitful place was a wilderness.”
We think this was about the garden of Eden the first
day, after Adam had sinned but before the Lamb was slain. This is because of
Jeremiah 4:29, that is woven into Revelation 6:2 by “horsemen” and “bowmen” and
brings in the coming of the day of the Lord with "The whole city shall
flee” and “they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks," as
told in Revelation 6:12 through Revelation 7:4: and prophesied in Matthew
24:29-33, Mark 13:24-29 and Isaiah 13:9-13.
This appears to be the historical record of the
first day as written in the book from Revelation 5:1 when the Lamb opened one
of the seals in Revelation 6:1. Jeremiah 4:29 and verses such as in Deuteronomy
chapter thirty-two, 2Samuel 22:13-16, Psalms 18:13-15, Isaiah 5:26-30, Habakkuk
chapter three and others also may indicate that the Revelation of Jesus Christ
is told with the days of the Creation; beginning in Revelation 6:2.
The Word of God in the King James Bible can be
compared to Jesus’ coat at the cross. His coat was woven without seam from the
top throughout; the book is written without discourse notification from the
beginning to the ending. The logical process of this comparison is of the type
used in the hermeneutics of the interpretation, for both literary device and
grammatical structure may be considered for analysis. Therefore, this biblical
study is aware of the many aspects from which the KJV Bible may speak for a
deeper understanding of the Word of God.
Because the Bible says that heaven and earth were
not made in space/time until the fourth day of Creation {Gen 1:14-19}; things
of this dimension, specifically the four fundamental forces, cannot be used to
evaluate things from everlasting unto the third day. Therefore, scientific
theory has been removed from the argument regarding the creation of heaven,
earth, man or any event happening before the fourth day; because it was not
until the fourth day that things were made that can be studied by Science. But
God made the generation of Jesus Christ in truth, so the way that he did it can
be known through scientific research; wherefore, scientific discovery glorifies
the clever engineering of the witty inventions of the Word of the LORD. So Science is moot when analyzing
Genesis chapter one and we can get back to our faith in God to lead us in the
Bible.
The book of Revelation:
We
believe that the purpose of the last book of the Bible is to write the Revelation
of Jesus Christ into the Word of God; to show his servants things which must
shortly come to pass. John was in the spirit of the Lord’s Day in the isle of
Patmos, for the Word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. John is
told to write what he sees in a book and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and
unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto
Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
These are the seven churches from the beginning, unto days of old and the
foundation of the world.
After
an introduction, the Spirit of God speaks the Word of the LORD to the angels of
the seven churches about things from the beginning and thereafter. There are
things to be learned from these chastisements to understand the days of old in
the Creation of God.
In
the right hand of the Word of God was a book written within and on the
backside, sealed with seven seals, that only the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the
Root of David could open and loose the seven seals. This is the Lamb of God
having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God.
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“These
are the generations of the heavens
and of the earth when they were created and
in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens. And every plant of
the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it
grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground
{Gen 2:4-5}.”
“And the Spirit of God
moved upon the face of the water” {Genesis 1:2} and he established the clouds
above: he strengthened the fountains of the deep {Pro 8:27}. “And God said ‘Let
there be light’” {Genesis 1:3} and “there went up a mist from the earth, and
watered the whole face of the ground. And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed
into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul” {Gen
2:6-7}. “The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit
that was not first which is
spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
The first man is of the earth,
earthy: the second man is the Lord
from heaven” {1Cr 15:45-47}; “and there was light,” {Gen 1:3} as it is “written in the book of life
of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the worlds” {Rev 13:8}. And God saw
the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And
God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and
the morning were the first day.” {Gen1:3-5}.
Adam had harkened unto the voice of his wife and
eaten of the tree that the LORD God said he should not eat. Wherefore Jeremiah
4:25 relates, “I
beheld, and, lo, there was no man,
and all the birds of the heavens were fled.” “And the eyes of them both were
opened, and they knew that they were
naked;” {Gen 3:7} for they were not clothed upon with their house which is from
heaven {2Cr 5:3}. Adam had been sent forth from the garden to till
the ground from whence he was taken {Gen 2:24}. We find in Jeremiah 23:26 we
find the desolation of the garden of Eden, “I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities
thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger,” according to Psalms 90:7.
The "woman" in Jeremiah 4:30 may be the
"woman" from Genesis 3:15-16 and 1 Titus 2:14-15, unto Revelation
17:4-18.
With Jeremiah 4:31 there may be indication of the
woman of Genesis 3:6 and Revelation 12:2 because both had things in common.
Both were said to be mothers, one of all living the other of harlots {Gen 3:20,
Rev 17:5}, both were widows, one of Adam the other as in Revelation 18:7; both
lusted for fruit {Gen 3:6 and Rev 18:14} and both were an abomination of the
earth, one as seen in Genesis 3:17 and the other in Revelation 17:5. However,
these issues need further study there is still much to be understood.
The seven
Spirits of God:
There is no coincidence in
the Word of God and it is not by chance that there are seven Spirits of the LORD
mentioned in Isaiah chapter eleven which can be found in Proverbs eight. Wisdom
cries and Understanding puts forth her voice, standing in the top of high
places with the LORD most high {Psa 7:17}. In verse five of Proverbs eight it
is evident that “words” of the names of the Spirits are words that can be used in
other ways; “wisdom” and “understanding” as attributes of “the simple.” So it
is clear that words have meaning according to function that may change
according to need. The seven Spirits of God are named by HIM in Isaiah, testify
of HIM in the Proverbs and serve Him in Revelation.
In Exodus 31:3 we have
verification of the seven Spirits of God in Isaiah 11:2, and
indication that Wisdom, Understanding and Knowledge are primary in the works of
the LORD. “The Spirit of Wisdom” is written in the Bible four times: once with
the seven in Isaiah 11:2, and as one three times; two before Isaiah; Exodus
28:3 and Deuteronomy 34:9 and once in the New Testament, Ephesians 1:17. The
order in which Isaiah 11:2 has the seven Spirits of God may have implications
regarding the order of the seven days of the Creation. Wisdom is associated
with the first day, Understanding with the second day and Knowledge with the
fifth day, after the fourth part of the earth, as spoken of in Revelation 6:7-8.
And the name of the LORD is given in Exodus chapter three; rich in numerology, having
three other places in the Bible where source scriptures write “I AM”: Song Of Solomon 5:1, Isaiah 65:1 and John 15:1.
Exodus 3:14 “And God said
unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he
said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.”
Isa 11:1 KJV - And there shall come
forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
Isa 11:2 KJV - And The SPIRIT of the LORD [1] shall rest upon him, the Spirit
of Wisdom [2] and Understanding [3], the Spirit of Counsel [4] and Might [5],
the Spirit of Knowledge [6] and of the fear of the LORD [7].
Pro 8:12 KJV - I Wisdom [1] dwell
with prudence, and find out Knowledge [2] of witty inventions.
Pro 8:13 KJV - The Fear of the LORD [3] is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy,
and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Pro 8:14 KJV – Counsel [5] is mine, and sound wisdom: I am Understanding
[4]; I have strength [Might] [6].
Pro 8:22 KJV - The LORD [7] possessed me [the Spirit of God] in the beginning
of his way, before HIS works of old.
Rev 1:4 KJV - John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you,
and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the
seven Spirits which are before his throne;
Rev 3:1 KJV - And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things
saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy
works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
Rev 4:5 KJV - And out of the throne proceeded
lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire
burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
Rev 5:6 KJV - And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four
beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain,
having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent
forth into all the earth.
Our Understanding of the Days of
Creation: The LORD possessed the Spirit in the Word from
everlasting and created the heaven and the earth and all the host of them.
Lucifer denied his faith, and darkness was upon the face of the deep as said in
Isaiah chapter fourteen. Christ was called of God an
high priest after the order of Melchisedec, and being made perfect became the
author of eternal life. The heavens had been prepared and a place was set upon
the face of the depth.
And
the heavens were made by the Word of the LORD; and all the host of them by the
breath of HIS mouth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was
upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the
waters and man was created beneath the clouds above. The LORD God formed man of
the watered dust of the ground, planted him a garden and gave him HIS
commandment and Adam’s would live according to his faith in the Word of God.
The LORD God took a rib from Adam and made him a wife, woman. The first man
Adam denied his faith; hearkened unto the voice of his wife and broke the
commandment of God. Their eyes were opened and they knew that they were naked,
not clothed with an earthly house of their tabernacle.
The
Lamb was slain for the sins of Adam and there was light. And the LORD God made
coats of skins for Adam and his wife, and clothed them; but not from Adam’s
faith, they were made from the book of the generations of Adam. Adam had sons
and daughters and died. Noah was found righteous in the eyes of the LORD and
the generations of Noah were given the covenant of God. Noah was commanded to
build an ark, and Noah did according to all that God commanded. And the evening
and the morning were the first day.
The
LORD said to Noah and all his house to come into the ark.
Of every beast shall he take by twos, the male and the female, and the fowls
also, by twos, the male and the female. For yet seven
days, HE will cause it to rain forty days and forty
nights; and every living substance that HE has made will HE destroy from off
the face of the earth. And Noah did according to all that the LORD commanded
him to do. And after seven days, the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
And the waters prevailed fifteen cubits and the mountains were covered. And
every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, and
Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. And the
evening and the morning were the second day.
God
remembered Noah, and every living thing with him in
the ark; and God made a wind to pass over the earth and the waters abate. And
the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon
the mountains of Ararat. And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the
dove; which returned not again unto him any more. And it came to pass in the
six hundredth and first year, in the first month,
the first day of the month, the
waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the
ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. And in the second
month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
And
God spoke to Noah, saying “Go from the ark with all your generations and Noah
and his generations went from the ark; and Noah builded an altar unto the LORD;
and took of every clean beast and fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the
altar. And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, “I
will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of
man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every
thing living, as I have done. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest,
and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease”.
And
God blessed the generations of the sons of Noah, and said unto them, “Be
fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the
dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the
air, upon all that moveth upon the
earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb
have I given you all things [so they were given all the animals and every green
herb for meat: man was no longer able to eat of the trees of the garden and
were not given the fruit of the tree yielding seed] {Gen 3:24}. But flesh with
the life thereof, which is the blood
thereof, shall ye not eat”. And the sons of Noah had sons and daughters and God
gave the covenant to Abraham and his seed in their generation. And Jesus is the
son of Abraham, the son of David and the evening and the morning were the third
day.
And
God let the earth come forth according to the specification. And the Son of God
Jesus Christ came by the water and the blood and took the sin of the world on
the cross at Calvary; arose from the grave with life everlasting and the keys
of hell and of death. He returns in the day of the Lord, reap the harvest of
the earth, and the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
A
day as a thousand years, and the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
A
thousand years as a day, and the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Time
ends unto everlasting, the seventh day.
1. Hebrew and Greek definitions are
enclosed in parenthesis, (…).
Source: Strong’s Concordance with
Hebrew and Greek Lexicon.
2. Reference Scripture noted
in braces, {…}.
3. Scriptural connotations
are within brackets, […];
and reflect my own personal faith in God.
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A Brief History of the
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