PARACLETE.A paraclete is an advocate. The Holy Spirit is our advocate. Jn 14/16-17, 26. 15/26-27. But John also says that our advocate is Jesus-Christ 1 Jn 2/1. The Holy Spirit is our Paraclete, he lives in us Jn 14/18. And the Holy Spirit in us is Jesus-Christ in us Jn 14/21. It is Jesus-Christ who lives in us by His Spirit who is Holy, who is our Paraclete, our advocate. The Paraclete teaches and reveals Jn 16/12-15. He glorifies the name of Jesus-Christ, taking what is to Jesus-Christ, i.e. to Jesus-Christ glorified and announces it to us. It is by the Paraclete that the Bible has been written. It is by the Paraclete that the Word is put in order at this end of the time, so that the humble Bride of Jesus-Christ follows the true teaching of the Lamb and not the diverse confusions accumulated through the centuries by the lukewarm denominations. See Denominations. Name of the Church.
It is the region of the spirit world where the just are living who are no longer on the earth of the living and who are waiting for the resurrection. They are in a state of peace. It is the place where Jesus-Christ brought the good thief. Lk 23/43. It is also named the Garden of Eden, the earthly paradise, but this is not in the Scriptures. See garden. heaven.Hell
Fathers
and mothers who are spouses before God have to raise up their children according
to the Words of God, avoiding to irritate them Eph 6/1-4. Be worthy
according to what Jesus-Christ teaches, and you will be good parents, blessed
in the education of their children.
God
is the parent of His children. Adam is not the parent of all. Eve is the parent
of all the livings. See Eve. Seed
of the serpent. Patriarch.
The
feast of Passover was established by God. It reminds us the Exodus from Egypt,
the evening where the angel went above the houses of the country and killed
the first-borns of the Egyptians. Ex 12/21-28. 13/14-15.
The
Jews had received the order to kill a lamb without stain and to use the blood
of this lamb as a sign so that they could be saved. This lamb and his blood
symbolize Jesus-Christ who has spilled His blood which is now placed on the
life of those who are with Him.
Ordinance of Passover Ex 12/43. Jesus-Christ and His apostles celebrate the Passover, Jesus-Christ creates the Lord's Supper. Matt 26/17-29. Mk 14/12-25. Jesus-Christ is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world Jn 1/29, 36. Jesus-Christ is our Passover, he has been sacrificed 1 Cor 5/7. We are redeemed by the blood of Jesus-Christ, as a lamb without blemish or spot 1 Pt 1/18-19. See Resurrection. Lord's Supper. Ordinances.
He
who can persevere in the calm is a patient person. By your perseverance you
will save your souls Lk 21/19. We possess the hope by the patience and
the consolation which the Scriptures give Rm 14/5. Imitate those who
are patient ... and inherit the promises. Heb 6/12-15. The trial of
faith yields patience Jm 1/2-4. You have heard about the patience of
Job Jm 5/11. Moses was the most patient man in the world Nb 12/3.
The father of a family. See family. The father of a family. David was the father of a family Acts 2/9. The family of David was that of Abraham. The family of Abraham was that of Seth who descending from Adam who was son of God. Matt 1/2-17 and Lk 3/23/38.
The
twelve patriarchs are the sons of Jacob. Gn 49/11-28. See
Jacob They are the sons of Israel. Adam is the partiarch of the son of God.
Adam is not the patriarch of all mankind. See Adam.
Eve.
fall. Seed of the serpent.
Cain...
PAUL.
He
is the apostle of the gentles. His name was not Paul, but Saul. It is Jesus-Christ
who changed his name.
Paul
watching the lapidation of Stephen Acts 7/58 to 8/1. See
Stephen. Paul persecutes the disciples of Jesus-Christ Acts 8/3.
The way of Damas Acts 9/1-9. Paul baptised by Annanias Acts 9/10-18.
He goes to Arabia, then preaches to Damas Acts 9/19-25. He goes to Jerusalem
three years after his conversion Acts 9/26-30. Paul makes three missionary
trips Acts 13/1 to 14/26. 15/36- to 21/15. He is stopped when He comes
back to Jerusalem and is sent to Cesarea Acts 21/7 to 23/35. Spends
two years in prison Acts 24/1 to 26/32. He is sent to Rome after his
judgment and there is a wreck Acts 27/1 to 28/11. His coming on earth
had been announced by a prophecy which is found in the Testament of Benjamin
9/1 to 10/5, this book is found in the inter-testamentary speeches.
See Roman empire.
Letters of Paul. Israel....
Paul
is the angel to whom John had to send a letter dictated by Jesus on the island
of Patmos. Rev 2/1-7. Paul is indeed the messenger (the angel) of God
who marks with his influence the first age of the Church of the Nations, the
age of Ephesus. See Church. angel.
(Many
things are written about Paul in this Book.)
There
is the peace which is the absence of war and the peace which comes from the
Holy Spirit in the heart of the disciple. This peace, the world cannot know
it.
Be
in peace with all Rm 12/18-21. Jesus-Christ is announced by the prophet
Isaiah as being the Prince of peace Is 9/5. There is no peace for the
wicked Is 48/22. Peace on the earth among men with whom he is well pleased,
men of good will of His favour Lk 2/13-14. See
Predestination.
I
leave you in peace Jn 14/27. The peace of God transcends all understanding
Ph 4/7. March forward, those who procure the peace Matt 5/9.
See
Urim and Thummim.
The
soldiers carry a pectoral, an armour-plate, which serve to protect them. The
children of God also have the pectoral of justice so as to be protected of evil
in all its forms Is 59/17. Eph 6/14. But there is also the pectoral
that portrays the sovereign sacrificator. This pectoral was in linen and had
twelve stones. Ex 28/13-30. 39/8/21.
PELEG. O.T.
Peleg
was a son of Eber. His great-great grand-father was Sem. It is in his time that
the continents were divided up Gn 10/22-25. (Some contend that the territories
were divided up in diverse nations at the time of Eber. I cannot fully agree,
for only in chapter 11 of Genesis, God divided the people at Babel...)
the Hebrew word Palag means: to share, open, split, divide, separate).
PENTATEUCH. O.T.
It
is how we call the five Books of Moses. These are the five first Books that
you find in the Bible. See Genesis,
Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers,
and Deuteronomy. The Jews call
these five Books: the Torah.
God
established this feast of the Pentecost, or the Premices, fifty days after the
feast of the Passover Lev 23/16.
It
is also given the name of the feast of the harvests or of the weeks. It is during
this feast that the 120 disciples of Jesus-Christ received the baptism in the
Holy Spirit in the upper room in Jerusalem. Acts 2/1-13. All heard speak
in tongues they had never learnt. See Tongue. This miracle of the pentecost
is still experienced nowadays by hundreds of thousands of Christians throughout
the world. Jesus-Christ said just before ascending to heaven, that all those
who would believe in Him would speak in these tongues-miracles. Mk 16/17.
It is thus just a matter of your faith in what Jesus said on this occasion.
See
Seed of the serpent. Cain.
Judas. Church.
Angel.
Perfection
is integrity. 1 Kg 8/61 A person of integrity is a wholesome person.
What God is asking us, is that we completely belong to Him. Because it is lukewarm,
the church at the end of the time will be vomited. Rev 3/16. See Church.
The degree of perfection is not the same in eveyone. But the goal is the total
perfection that God will achieve within us. Phil 1/6. 1 Pt 5/10. God
has given the Church ministers of His Word who have the task to guide the faithful
to the perfect stature of Christ. Eph 4/11-13.
The
Bible does not necessarily give perfection to those who study it. It simply
teaches what is the Truth. It is also what the ministers of God are doing. But
what the ministers teache is not always of the highest quality, neither in the
diverse ages of the history of the Church, neither in the diverse denominations
which claim to be inspired by Jesus-Christ. On the earth, it is not only the
Lord Jesus-Christ who has been perfect in the sense that God intends. The true
disciples of Jesus-Christ are tending toward this perfection. Phil 3/12.
Love is the bond of perfection. Col 3/14. Be perfect as your Heavenly
Father is perfect Matt 5/8. If any one does not offend in speech, he is a perfect
man Jm 3/2.
He
who is harassed or oppressed because of his faith is victim of persecution.
It is never because a person affirms her belief in Jesus-Christ or in another
person or idea that she is persecuted. It is because of the life that her faith
leads her to live. Paul clearly states that all those who want to live with
piety will meet with persecution. 2 Tim 3/12. The apostle Peter also
says that if someone commits things that the law denies, he will be punished,
and this is absolutely normal. 1 Pt 4/15. If a person suffers as a Christian,
we can then speak of persecution. For a Christian does nothing which is contrary
to the law. Paul says that the authorities have been made by God and that he
is evil to resist them. He says that the magistrates are servants of God for
our good and that if we don't do anything evil, we should not fear anything
from them. Rm 13/1 to 7.
Jesus-Christ knew this all when He was facing his judges. All the Christians who have been persecuted and those who still are, know this. It is why we pray for those who rule. They will have to report to God. We have to pray like Jesus was praying for those who condemned him. Matt 5/44. We know that the country which practice the ''whitch hunt'' are countries declining and which have as their leaders evil men. The Bible is very clear, ''The Most High rules in the kingdom of men and gives it to whomever He will''. Dan 4/32-33.
''and
que the living may know that the Most High rules the kingdom of mankind and
gives it to whomever He will and sets over it the humblest and lowliest of men''.
Dan 4/17. The attitude of a disciple of Jesus-Christ is to be happy when
he is persecuted because of the justice. Matt 5/10.
On
the other hand, He must do all that is in his power of Christian so that these
things don't happen to his brothers and sisters.