DANIEL CHAPTER ONE

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- In 1 Corinthians chapter 3, Paul says about his brothers that they aren’t spiritual but carnal ones, infant ones in the Anointed One!

- So close to what we have just read in Romans chapter 3!

- And once again, it shows the importance of keeping studying!

- Knowledge doesn’t come from nowhere except for those who think they know everything!

- But what kind of knowledge is it?

- We must never have enough!

- We must be hungry and thirsty!

- That’s the only way to get closer to Yah.weh!

- We can’t keep on drinking milk!

- We must eat solid food if we don’t want to stay in the flesh, if we don’t want envy being in us, contention and divisions!

- If someone plants and someone else waters, God makes it grow!

- We are laborers of God, we are the Work of God, We are the building of God!

- But for that we must be active, not passive!

- We can’t let the others do the job for us!

- Yah.weh will never tolerate that!

- Never!
 

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“The Foundation was set as a wise builder, but, another built on it. Yet, every man must watch how he builds on it,” “

- Here the expression “every man must watch how he builds on it” is visual!

-“Must watch how he builds on it”!

- First we must be active, we must build!

- If we don’t, we are good to nothing and we can’t expect anything!

- Second, the way we act or do things is essential!

- We must keep acting according to God’s will, not according to our will or to human tradition!
 

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“the work of every man must be revealed by the Fire which will separate it”

“and he whose work shall remain, he who builds receives the reward,”

“and he whose work shall burn, he shall lack, yet, he will be saved, but thusly; as from Fire.”

- Once again, acting is a necessity but not not enough!

- It must be accepted by God!

- Thus we must work according to God's will!

- And we must keep doing it!

- If we stop doing it, it’s good for nothing!

- We get so many examples in the Bible!
 

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“Do you not know that you are The Temple of God, and The Spirit of God dwells in you?”

- What a responsibility!

- Apparently too hard for the majority!

- We should think about that every day!

- Thus it could help us behave according to such a responsibility!

- I can look everywhere in the world, I don’t see that!

- NOWHERE!

- SIMPLE WORDS: “WE ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD DWELLS IN US”
 

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- For Paul it is clear, “the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God”!

- We should be conscious of that if we want to get closer to Yah.weh!

- The world is so far away from Yah.weh!

- He adds the wise are emptiness!

- For that reason, man shouldn’t boast in the sons of men!

- But they keep doing it!

- We should also never forget that we are of the Christ or Messiah and the Christ or Messiah is of God!
 

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- In 2 Corinthians chapter 3, Paul uses such words as “written in our hearts”, “that is written not in ink, but rather, in the Spirit of the Living God; not with Tablets of Stone, but rather, with Tablets of The heart”, “our strength is from God”,

- Does it speak to you?

- Something from the inside, not from the surface!

- Something this world has no idea of!

- Something which is not natural!

- Something we must learn to practice if we want to get closer to Yah.weh!

- Forget everything we learnt and start from scratch again to really get deep inside!
 

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- Paul tells us that The Scripture kills but The Spirit gives life!

- In the same way, there is the ministry of condemnation and The ministry of Righteousness!

- The second one is more abundant in glory!

- The second one means abundant Hope for us!

- The sons of Israel were blind in their understanding!

- But the Spirit of Yah.weh frees us!

- Thus we must take the right path!

- If we are not free, we are not on the right path!

- Each time we must feel more freedom connected to more action and activity!
 

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- In Romans chapter 4, Paul reminds us of the importance of our faith!

- Thus, he speaks about the importance of Abraham’s faith!

“blessedness is for those whose unrighteousness is forgiven, and whose sins are covered,
and blessedness is for the man whom God doesn't count sin unto him.”

- Yes, unrighteousness is forgiven and sins are covered by God!

- But of course, for that, we must deserve it!

- Paul opposes The Sign for the circumcised to The Seal of The Righteousness of Faith!

- But we must demonstrate this Faith!

- Abraham received The promise unto his Seed because of The Righteousness of his Faith!

- Abraham demonstrated his Faith by offering his son to Yah.weh!

- Thus everybody is concerned by the Promise Abraham received unto his Seed!

- But we must demonstrate our Faith in the blood of Jesus!
 

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- In 1 Corinthians chapter 4, Paul says we are Ministers of Messiah and house stewards of The Mysteries of God!

- Thus we must represent Jesus and Yah.weh!

- House steward is quite visual!

- A house steward must be ready to DO ANYTHING INSIDE THE HOUSE OF HIS MASTER!

- HE IS IN CHARGE OF EVERYTHING INSIDE THE HOUSE!
 

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- In 2 Corinthians chapter 4, Paul says: “we are not deceitful with The Word of God, but rather, with The Revelation of The Truth!

- Here Paul tells us that there are two ways, not three or four or many!

- We must choose one, the right one or the wrong one!

- It’s up to us!

- “whom the god of this age has blinded, concerning their understanding, so that they would not believe; so that The Light of The Good Message of The Glory of The Anointed One, He who is The Image of God, wouldn't shine unto them!

- Thus the devil is doing his best to prevent us from choosing the right track!

- But that is no excuse!
 

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In 2 Corinthians chapter 4, Paul says: “we are not deceitful with The Word of God, but rather, with The Revelation of The Truth!
If this is your paraphrase of verse 2, it does not really represent what is stated. "But rather (?) with the Revelation of Truth" will simply confuse anyone reading this. Here is the verse in the KJB: But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
 

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If this is your paraphrase of verse 2, it does not really represent what is stated. "But rather (?) with the Revelation of Truth" will simply confuse anyone reading this. Here is the verse in the KJB: But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
https://www.thearamaicscriptures.com/

2 Corinthians 4:2:

2 but rather, we have rejected the hidden things of shame, and we don't walk with cunning, and we are not deceitful with The Miltheh d'Alaha {The Word of God}, but rather, with The Revelation of The Truth, we are portraying our souls unto all the minds of the sons of men, before Alaha {God}.

3 And yet, if our Evangeliun {Good Message} is hidden, it is hidden to those who are perishing,

4 whom the alaha {the god} of this age has blinded, concerning their understanding, so that they would not believe; so that The Nuhreh d'Evangeliun d'Shubkheh d'Meshikha {The Light of The Good Message of The Glory of The Anointed One}, He who is The Image of Alaha {God}, wouldn't shine unto them.
 

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If this is your paraphrase of verse 2, it does not really represent what is stated. "But rather (?) with the Revelation of Truth" will simply confuse anyone reading this. Here is the verse in the KJB: But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
https://www.thearamaicscriptures.com/

2 Corinthians 4:2:

2 but rather, we have rejected the hidden things of shame, and we don't walk with cunning, and we are not deceitful with The Miltheh d'Alaha {The Word of God}, but rather, with The Revelation of The Truth, we are portraying our souls unto all the minds of the sons of men, before Alaha {God}.

3 And yet, if our Evangeliun {Good Message} is hidden, it is hidden to those who are perishing,

4 whom the alaha {the god} of this age has blinded, concerning their understanding, so that they would not believe; so that The Nuhreh d'Evangeliun d'Shubkheh d'Meshikha {The Light of The Good Message of The Glory of The Anointed One}, He who is The Image of Alaha {God}, wouldn't shine unto them.
 

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2 Corinthians 4:2:

Instead,
ἀλλὰ (alla)
Conjunction
Strong's 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.

we have renounced
ἀπειπάμεθα (apeipametha)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 1st Person Plural
Strong's 550: To renounce, disown, forbid, refuse. Reflexive past of a compound of apo and epo; to say off for oneself, i.e. Disown.

secret
κρυπτὰ (krypta)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 2927: From krupto; concealed, i.e. Private.

[and] shameful [ways].
αἰσχύνης (aischynēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 152: Shame, shamefacedness, shameful deeds. From aischunomai; shame or disgrace.

We do not practice
περιπατοῦντες (peripatountes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4043: From peri and pateo; to tread all around, i.e. Walk at large; figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow.

deceit,
πανουργίᾳ (panourgia)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3834: Shrewdness, skill; hence: cunning, craftiness. From panougos; adroitness, i.e. trickery or sophistry.

nor
μηδὲ (mēde)
Conjunction
Strong's 3366: And not, not even, neither�nor. From me and de; but not, not even; in a continued negation, nor.

do we distort
δολοῦντες (dolountes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 1389: To adulterate, corrupt, ensnare. From dolos; to ensnare, i.e. adulterate.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

word
λόγον (logon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3056: From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression.

of God.
Θεοῦ (Theou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

On the contrary,
ἀλλὰ (alla)
Conjunction
Strong's 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.

by open proclamation
φανερώσει (phanerōsei)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5321: A manifestation, disclosure. From phaneroo; exhibition, i.e. expression, a bestowment.

of the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

truth,
ἀληθείας (alētheias)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 225: From alethes; truth.

we commend
συνιστάνοντες (synistanontes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4921: To place together, commend, prove, exhibit; instrans: I stand with; To be composed of, cohere.

ourselves
ἑαυτοὺς (heautous)
Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1438: Himself, herself, itself.

to
πρὸς (pros)
Preposition
Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.

every
πᾶσαν (pasan)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

man�s
ἀνθρώπων (anthrōpōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

conscience
συνείδησιν (syneidēsin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4893: The conscience, a persisting notion. From a prolonged form of suneido; co-perception, i.e. Moral consciousness.

in the sight of
ἐνώπιον (enōpion)
Preposition
Strong's 1799: Neuter of a compound of en and a derivative of optanomai; in the face of.

God.
Θεοῦ (Theou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.
 

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2 Corinthians 4:3:

And
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

even
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

if
Εἰ (Ei)
Conjunction
Strong's 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.

our
ἡμῶν (hēmōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

gospel
εὐαγγέλιον (euangelion)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 2098: From the same as euaggelizo; a good message, i.e. The gospel.

is
ἔστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

veiled,
κεκαλυμμένον (kekalymmenon)
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 2572: To veil, hide, conceal, envelop. Akin to klepto and krupto; to cover up.

it is
ἐστὶν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

veiled
κεκαλυμμένον (kekalymmenon)
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 2572: To veil, hide, conceal, envelop. Akin to klepto and krupto; to cover up.

to
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

those who
τοῖς (tois)
Article - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

are perishing.
ἀπολλυμένοις (apollymenois)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 622: From apo and the base of olethros; to destroy fully, literally or figuratively.

2 Corinthians 4:4

The
ὁ (ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

god
θεὸς (theos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

of this
τούτου (toutou)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

age
αἰῶνος (aiōnos)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 165: From the same as aei; properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity; by implication, the world; specially a Messianic period.

has blinded
ἐτύφλωσεν (etyphlōsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 5186: To make blind, physically or mentally. From tuphlos; to make blind, i.e. to obscure.

the
τὰ (ta)
Article - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

minds
νοήματα (noēmata)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3540: From noieo; a perception, i.e. Purpose, or the intellect, disposition, itself.

of
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

unbelievers
ἀπίστων (apistōn)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 571: (passively) untrustworthy (person), or incredible (thing).

so
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

they cannot see
αὐγάσαι (augasai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 826: To flash, gleam, shine forth, appear white, bright; but perhaps: I see, see clearly, discern. From auge; to beam forth.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

light
φωτισμὸν (phōtismon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5462: Light, luster, illumination, enlightenment. From photizo; illumination.

of the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

gospel
εὐαγγελίου (euangeliou)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 2098: From the same as euaggelizo; a good message, i.e. The gospel.

of the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

glory
δόξης (doxēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 1391: From the base of dokeo; glory, in a wide application.

of Christ,
Χριστοῦ (Christou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.

who
ὅς (hos)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

is
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

[the] image
εἰκὼν (eikōn)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1504: An image, likeness, bust. From eiko; a likeness, i.e. statue, profile, or representation, resemblance.

of God.
Θεοῦ (Theou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.
 

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- Jesus used to speak Aramaic in everyday life when he was on earth!
 

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- Yet, in every thing we are constrained, but, we are not strangled;

- we are beaten, but, we are not guilty;

- we are persecuted, but, we are not abandoned;

- we are thrown down, but, we are not ruined.


- Here Paul tells us that there is always a door open!

- The door is never closed!

- But the option is often left to us!

- We must get through the door!

- The others won’t do it for us!

- Remember Lot and his wife and his daughters!

- Lot got through!

- His daughters got through!

- But his wife didn’t!
 

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- But the option is always left to us!
 

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2 corinthians 4:13


13 We also therefore, who each have The Rukha d'Haymanutha {The Spirit of Faith}; for, as it is written that, “I believe, because of this, I also speak.” We are believing, because we also are speaking,


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And in keeping with what is written: “I believed, therefore have spoken,” we ho have the same spirit of faith also believe and therefore (consequently) speak,


- Interesting, having the Spirit of Faith means believing and speaking!


- Believing is deeply connected to speaking!


- Thus no speaking, no believing!


- Or to demonstrate our faith, we must speak about it!


- IF WE REMAIN SILENT, WE HAVE NO FAITH!


- IN FACT, WE ARE GOOD TO NOTHING!


- OR IN OTHER WORDS, WE ARE USELESS!


- THINK ABOUT THE RECONSTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM!


- HARD WORKERS WERE REQUIRED!