The Prophetic Presbyterian & His Narrow Way

  Behold, in this you are not right. I will answer you, for God is greater than man. 13  Why do you contend against him, saying, ‘He will answer none of man’s words’? 14  For God speaks in one way, and in two, though man does not perceive it. 15  In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, while they slumber on their beds, 16  then he opens the ears of men and terrifies them with warnings, 17  that he may turn man aside from his deed and conceal pride from a man; 18  he keeps back his soul from the pit, his life from perishing by the sword.  ( Job 33:12–18 , ESV)

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38  For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39  nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.  ( Romans 8:37–39 , ESV)

Apocalypse Aesthetic Alchemy Conquest Empire Parasitic War Destruction Correspondence Famine Pestilence Contagion Death Works Righteousness Parody In the Book of Revelation, the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse aren’t merely ciphers for literal conquest, war, famine & death, they are the metaphysical personification of those concepts & represent beings, forces, & institutions which are all deeply invested in who & what exercises control, authority, & presence with respect to Monarchial Dominion in, through, over, & around the very fabric of reality itself.   Conquest  presents itself/manifests itself as that which glories in the rise & fall of moral empire &  imperial structures (Principles of Faith & Practice).  Its Aesthetic (defining characteristic) is the rise & fall of moral &/or literal empire/government.    It expresses itself in Black Magick/Sorcery via the the principle of parasitism insofar as...

Apostasy Aesthetic Alchemy Moral Declension Enfeeblement Parasitic Moral Stupidity (False) Devotion Correspondence Moral Rebellion Plague Contagion (Moral) Death Expiration Parody Apostasy both comprises & embraces 4 evils: moral declension, moral stupidity, moral rebellion, & ultimately moral death.   Moral Declension  presents itself/manifests itself as that which glories in the rise & fall of moral empire’s imperial structures (Principles of Faith & Practice).  Its Aesthetic (defining characteristic) is the enfeeblement of moral empire/government.    It expresses itself in Black Magick/Sorcery via the the principle of parasitism insofar as it grafts, bonds, joins, unites, &/or merges or seeks to merge or attach itself to one or more targets in order to redefine & conquer them. (Romans 7 & 8) Moral Stupidity  presents itself/manifests itself as that which glories in  conflict & conflict resolution t...

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.  2  For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. 3  For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,  4  in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.  5  For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.  6  For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.  7  For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. 8  Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. 9...

Absolutely it is!   The answer is simple & straightforward.  The Bible, in Hebrews, argues that the person & work of Jesus Christ (Yeshua) is fully sufficient & once for all time (Hebrews 9).  In Genesis 9 plainly states that all living things are included in the covenant.  Christ’s work therefore includes fallen angels, insofar as His person & work underwrites every biblical covenant that emanates from God & angels, including fallen ones, are living things.  May God bless us all, each & every one, and “Go & sin no more.” 

  And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate  the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.  ( 2 Corinthians 3:18 , NIV)

What is the Gospel?  That depends on the meaning of the question.   1. What must I do to be regenerate?  Answer: Nothing! Regeneration precedes both saving repentance & saving faith.  (I John 5, Romans 8) 2. What must I do to be justified?  Answer: (1) Be regenerate (2) Lay down your rooted works righteousness. (Romans 9:30 - 10:4) turn to the LORD (ONLY!!) Romans 10:5 - 13, Joel 2:32) because of what Christ has accomplished (Hebrews).  3. What must I do to be salvifically sanctified?  Answer: (1) Be regenerate (2) Lay down your rooted works righteousness. (Romans 9:30 - 10:4) turn to the LORD (ONLY!!) Romans 10:5 - 13, Joel 2:32) because of what Christ has accomplished (Hebrews).  Depend on God’s grace (Ephesians 2:8,9; Phil.2:12 - 13, 2 Corinthians 7:1) 4. Is it really true that Christ rose from the dead, or is it a myth?  Also, if Christ really did rise from the dead, did He rise figuratively or literally, and was His resurrection...

 Againstthegrain Podcast . has reminded us that revival runs through getting right with God.  On the face of, that’s true.   However, we should do so with a right understanding of what the Bible teaches about sin & righteousness.   If not, then our efforts to get right with God will surely peter out on the altar of legalism, works righteousness, & Situational Ethics.   “Stop stealing” (to take just one example) most certainly is the grounds of legalism if you define theft as taking property away from someone else regardless of the quality of the thief’s love for God, others, & themselves.     God doesn’t define theft as a sin apart from the inner workings of the thief’s internal volitional mechanism.    Defining sin in terms of the bare act is at the heart of works righteousness & legalism.    If God judges two cohabitating people sinners based on the bare act of them having sex & cohabitating without r...

    The Thousand Years 20  And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain.   2  He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.   3  He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time. 4  I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. Theyhad not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reignedwith Christ a thousand years.   5  (The rest of the dead did not come to life unt...