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Book 1 Chapter 1.
A Summarized List of TOOLS that SIMPLIFY the Bible!
I have heard Christians say things like, “I would read the Bible more if I could understand it.” Or, “I try to read the Bible, but I lose interest because I do not understand it.”
And over the years, I have observed that EVERY Christian wants to know HOW to UNDERSTAND the Bible.
So, I compiled the following list of things that I have learned throughout my forty plus years of being a Christian.
I call it a summarized list of TOOLS because every job needs tools.
A carpenter needs tools and also the UNDERSTANDING how to use those tools. What good is having a tool, even knowing which tool to use, if you do NOT know HOW to use those tools.
Keep in mind that chapter 1 is only a SUMMARY listing the tools needed to correctly understand the Bible.
In other chapters I will explain how to use these tools.
These tools will make the Bible SIMPLE to understand. For you see, it is “RELIGION” that has made the Bible confusing to some Christians.
Thus, here is tool number one.
Tool #1 to make the Bible SIMPLE to Understand!
Lay aside any preconceived VIEW of God that you have.
For you see, if your “understanding” of God is God sitting on His throne watching every move you make just so He can PUNISH you, then that is HOW you will “interpret” the Scriptures.
So then, it is very important to have the CORRECT VIEW of God in your mind as you read the Bible.
Now, the remaining list of tools will help you learn what the Bible ACTUALLY teaches so that you will have the CORRECT UNDERSTANDING of who God is and who Jesus is, according to the Bible ITSELF.
Again, this chapter is only a LIST, which I will explain in other chapters giving my readers all of the Scriptures.
WHY do I teach this list of things to keep in mind as you read the Bible?
Well, for me and also for other Christians, having a summarized list of things to keep in mind as we read the Bible helps us discern truth from error.
And since you cannot read my mind to know my understanding of God and His word, I will list what things I keep in my mind as I read and study the Bible.
Tool #2.
Understanding that there are different AGES of the earth!
Please know and understand that there were previous ages of the earth BEFORE God created Adam and Eve, according to Deuteronomy 4:32.
Know and understand that there will be another AGE of the earth after this PRESENT age, according to Luke 18:30.
Know and understand that the age to come next will be 1000 years, then comes the White Throne Day of Judgment, according to Revelation 20:1-15.
Then there will be FUTURE ages for all eternity after the final Day of Judgment, according to Ephesians 2:7, Ephesians 3:20,21.
God will create a NEW earth and a NEW Heaven for His SAINTS to inherit, according to Isaiah 65:17, Isaiah 66:22, 2 Peter 3:13, and Revelation 21:1.
And not correctly understanding the ages will cause confusion that could lead you into error to believe a false doctrine.
For example, some Christians wrongly teach that Jesus ALREADY came and we are living in the 1000-year reign of Jesus right now.
Tool #3.
The BEGINNING in Genesis 1:2-31, Proverbs 8:22-31, John 1:1, and 1 John 1:1 is ANOTHER beginning around 6,000 years ago, and NOT the very beginning in the eternity past billions of years ago.
In other words, the beginning in the Bible is the beginning of THIS PRESENT world or age.
And when Jesus comes there will be yet another BEGINNING of the 1000-year reign of Jesus.
Tool #4.
The Lamb was SLAIN in the mind and plan of God at the beginning of this PRESENT world around 6,000 years ago and NOT in the eternity past billions and billions of years ago.
Please read the study What Does the Foundation of the World TRULY Mean?
Tool #5.
The AGE of the earth is ANCIENT, billions and billions of years old!
However, Adam and Eve were created just around 6,000 years ago to BEGIN this present world.
Please read the study Psalm 8:5 Jesus was Made Lower Than the Gods!
Tool #6.
There was a WAR throughout the universe between the angels that began around 15,000 years ago.
And the earth BECAME without form and void between 15,000 years ago to 12,000 years ago.
Please read Book 6 WHY God Created Us!
Tool # 7.
A DAY is as 1000 years and 1000 years is as a DAY, according to 2 Peter 3:8.
Tool #8.
God RESTORED the earth in 6 ONE THOUSAND years-long days for a total of 6,000 years.
And 6,000 years of this present world plus 6,000 years to restore the earth is 12,000 years ago when God FLOODED the earth to end that war in the universe.
Please read the study D-28 The Pre-Adamic Luciferian Flood!
Tool #9.
God created MAN and the Son of MAN BECAUSE of His ENEMIES, according to Psalm 8:1-6.
Tool #10.
In Genesis 1:26, God is talking to the Elohim with a HIDDEN message to His Messiah to read in the fullness of time.
Tool #11.
The word “God” is a TITLE the same as the word “King” is a TITLE.
Simple common sense teaches us that Satan is NOT Almighty God the Father, who alone is the Creator.
Therefore, Satan being CALLED the god of this present world in 2 Corinthians 4:3,4 which teaches us that the word God, god, and gods are TITLES.
Tool #12.
The word “Lord” is a TITLE the same as the word “priest” is a TITLE.
Please read the study Acts 2:36, What Acts 2:36 TRULY Means!
Tool #13.
The Son of God was SET by Yahweh to be Yahweh’s King, according to Psalm 2:6,7.
Tool #14.
Jesus teaches in John 18:37 the reason he was born, to this END I was BORN to be the King of Israel.
Tool #15. The Bible SIMPLE to Understand!
Right now, Jesus is called our Prince in Revelation 1:5.
Tool #16.
God VISITED the child Jesus morning by morning TEACHING him the Scriptures, according to Isaiah 50:4-11.
Tool #17.
God ANOINTED the Son of MAN, Jesus, with His Holy Spirit and POWER, according to Acts 10:38.
And Jesus went about doing good, healing those oppressed by the Devil, for God was WITH him.
Tool #18.
The Son could do NOTHING of himself according to John 5:19.
Tool #19.
It was Almighty God the Father dwelling in the Son of MAN, who did the works through His Son, according to John 14:10.
Tool #20.
It was Almighty God the Father DWELLING in His human Son RECONCILING the world to Himself, according to 2 Corinthians 5:19-21.
Tool #21.
According to Hebrews 12:2, God set a JOY before Jesus to ENDURE the cross.
Tool #22.
And, according to Philippians 2:8-11, the Son of MAN, Jesus was HIGHLY EXALTED by God BECAUSE he OBEY all of the will of his God even to die on the cross.
Tool #23.
The HUMAN Son of God was MADE Lord AFTER the cross and resurrection, according to Acts 2:22-36.
Tool #24.
According to 1 Corinthians 8:4-6, there are MANY gods, and MANY lords. But we are NOT to worship the angels, according to Colossians 2:18.
So then, to us, as Christians, there is but ONE God, who is always clearly identified in the Bible as being the FATHER.
And also, to us, as Christians, there is but ONE Lord, Jesus, ANOINTED by his God to be made our Lord and Savior.
Tool #25.
Do you not KNOW and Understand that WE will JUDGE to world and the fallen angels, according to 1 Corinthians 6:2,3?
Tool #26.
Do you not KNOW and UNDERSTAND that WE will be given the SAME GLORY that Almighty God GAVE to His human Son Jesus, according to John 17:22-26?
Tool #27.
Almighty God is THE God of Jesus and the God of gods, both the good gods and the fallen gods.
And Almighty God the Father, the Godhead, or the HEAD God over the gods that He Himself SET to become gods will judge the “KOSMOS” by the MAN whom He ORDAINED and raised from the DEAD, according to Acts 17:29-31.
So then, my VIEW and UNDERSTANDING of MONOTHEISM, the belief in ONE God, is the sound Biblical understanding of ONE God ruling over the gods whom He Himself made gods.
And we are not to be seduced and deceived by those FALLEN gods to worship them instead of worshiping the only TRUTHFUL God who ALONE in the Father.
We are commanded by Almighty God to HONOR His now glorified Son even as we HONOR the Father.
John 5:22-27.
“For the Father judges no man, but has COMMITTED all judgment unto the Son:
John 5:23. THAT all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honors NOT the Son honors NOT the Father which has sent (Or COMMISSIONED) him.
John 5:24. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that hears my word, and believes on Him that sent me, (Or COMMISSIONED me) has everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
John 5:25. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
John 5:26. For as the Father has life in himself; so has He GIVEN to the Son to have life in himself;
John 5:27. And has GIVEN him authority to execute judgment also, BECAUSE he is the Son of MAN.”
Please read the study called 37 FACTS to Ponder About Jesus Being Called God!
Those 37 sound Biblical FACTS cannot be changed nor denied. These 37 facts are 37 more TOOLS to help you UNDERSTAND who Jesus TRULY is in the LIGHT of the WHOLE word of Almighty God.
And all of these TOOLS or sound Biblical FACTS will help root and ground you in the CORRECT sound Biblical VIEW of Almighty God the Creator and His NEW CREATION, the firstborn of every creature, the firstborn from the dead, the firstborn among many BRETHREN.
For you see, Jesus, is the BEGINNING of God’s CREATION of NEW Creatures created in His Messiah Jesus.
To continue reading Book 1 “The Bible Made SIMPLE to Understand!”, please click on Book 1 Chapter 2 How to UNDERSTAND the Parables of Jesus!
And, as you read the following chapters of this book, please be sure to watch for OTHER TOOLS to help the Bible to be made SIMPLE to UNDERSTAND!
In the next chapter, we will take a closer look at the parable of the Sower sowing seed.
Thanks for reading, and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God.
And to me, the truth concerning who Jesus TRULY is, according to the Bible ITSELF, is the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus.
Once Christians, Jews, Muslims, and even atheists understand the REASON that Yahweh CREATED the Son of MAN, Jesus, was to have DOMINION over the work of Yahweh’s hands.
And after you understand that the REASON that Yahweh did that is to STILL His ENEMIES, Satan and the fallen angels.
Then you can understand that God made His human Son to become “a” Lord, “a” King, and “a” God, under and subject to his God and Father in order to JUDGE Satan and the fallen angels.
For a deeper understanding of this WAR that Lucifer and one third of the angels waged against the throne of Almighty God, please read the studies under the subject category called ** Q-0 Why Are We Here? Is God at WAR? **.
More studies are coming in this SHORTER Biblical Unitarian view of who Jesus is according to the WHOLE word of God.
If you have a PARTICULAR verse of Scripture that you would like to know the sound Biblical Unitarian meaning, then please email me at MarkatAMatterOfTruth@Gmail.com and let me know.
For further and more in-depth studies on this subject of Jesus being created to STILL the enemies of Yahweh, please read the studies called D-25. A NEW LOOK at JOHN 1:1, In the BEGINNING!
And also read the study called D-28. The PRE-ADAMIC LUCIFERIAN FLOOD!
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Thanks again for reading, and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God.
And to me, the truth concerning who Jesus TRULY is, according to the Bible ITSELF, is the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus.
And again, for ALL of the studies on the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus, please click on the subject heading ** D-0 The BIBLICAL UNITARIAN VIEW of Jesus! **
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