tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post1115994183819519464..comments2023-09-30T05:42:51.940-04:00Comments on BLOGINTHENOW: MkITN XIV, Verse 12 - 26Bishop Jim Swilleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17367155153494024919noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-80381094566471583712009-08-15T09:49:04.608-04:002009-08-15T09:49:04.608-04:00v. 15. Reading this version illuminates that Jesus...v. 15. Reading this version illuminates that Jesus was referring to Himself, when He said, "Make the preparations for the meal there." (v.22)<br /><br />Love how this verse reminds me of 2 Ti. 3:16,17.Izumi/JOYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-51382550957894479512009-08-15T09:33:23.167-04:002009-08-15T09:33:23.167-04:0015. Oh man.... when you say those words. Which...15. Oh man.... when you say those words. Which? <br /><br />His.Izumi/JOYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-69076092358838105242009-08-15T04:28:34.360-04:002009-08-15T04:28:34.360-04:00It's always good to read things in context, wh...It's always good to read things in context, which I suggest you do, but I pulled a few things here out of Isaiah that really spoke to me today, for it seems to me, to speak to all of us as spiritual Israel, the church. You can agree or disagree, just puttin' it out there.<br /><br />...My righteous servant will justify many and He will carry their iniquities. Therefore I will give Him the many...He bore the sin of many and interceded for the rebels. (taken from Isaiah 53:11,12)-this reminds me of when Jesus said, "pray for your enemies."...He didn't condemn them, not even on the cross, He cried to the Father, "forgive them."<br /><br />The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;...the Lord has called you...and will take you back with great compassion, with everlasting love. (from Isaiah 53:5-8)<br /><br />...so I have sworn that I WILL NOT BE ANGRY WITH YOU OR REBUKE YOU.<br />Though the mountains move and the hills shake, My love will not be removed from you and MY COVENANT OF PEACE will not be shaken," says your compassionate Lord. -from Isaiah 54:9,10<br /><br />...you will be established on a foundation of righteousness...their righteousness is from Me. Isaiah 54:14,17<br />-------<br />Your Father's love is a firmer foundation than mountains and hills....nothing can separate you from His love that is in Christ Jesus. Jesus doesn't condemn you. You may condemn yourself or others may judge and condemn you like the woman caught in adultery, but He said, "where are your accusers?"...and back in Isaiah, you will refute any accusation raised against you in court, this is the heritage of the Lord's servants-Isaiah 54:17<br /><br />I heard a song today also that sang something like this..."so I'm working 9-5 trying to earn my own salvation, but there's no condemnation for me now"..."child, you're forgiven and loved."<br /><br />Right after this song I flipped open a devotional (A Year In The Now), to read, uh, while eating my burrito, and the first thing my eyes hit was this statement..."Today I will overcome condemnation by the words of my mouth!"<br /><br />So...proclaim peace, bring news of good things, proclaim salvation, say to all, "Your God reigns!"<br />...lift up your voice, shout for joy together, burst into song! For the Lord has redeemed us and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.Karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13045858173370816554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-64517087308022041632009-08-15T04:01:53.059-04:002009-08-15T04:01:53.059-04:00Things are heating up.Things are heating up.Son of Zadokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10730598365284738623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-88025507719327649332009-08-15T02:46:54.437-04:002009-08-15T02:46:54.437-04:00hmmm...covenant.
For this is like the days of Noa...hmmm...covenant.<br /><br />For this is like the days of Noah to Me: when I swore that the waters of Noah would never flood the earth again, so I have sworn that I WILL NOT be angry with you or rebuke you.<br /><br />Though the mountains move and the hills shake, My love will not be removed from you and MY COVENANT OF PEACE will not be shaken, says your compassionate Lord. Isiah 54:9,10karl cobosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-53426241131018673252009-08-15T01:28:30.317-04:002009-08-15T01:28:30.317-04:00What the 11 befor me said, it does really pull you...What the 11 befor me said, it does really pull you in and grab you. great stuff as always . ***KeithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-57168816777358199162009-08-14T22:54:32.459-04:002009-08-14T22:54:32.459-04:0014. Love the sensation of co-laboring, as well as ...14. Love the sensation of co-laboring, as well as juxtaposition when I read John 14:2,3.Izumi/JOYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-16011463574266564242009-08-14T20:06:05.673-04:002009-08-14T20:06:05.673-04:00Melissa Mason said...
I heard you were writing a ...Melissa Mason said...<br /><br />I heard you were writing a book, but I didn't know that book was a version of the Bible. THAT IS SO AWESOME!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-48344735117674648072009-08-14T17:14:02.299-04:002009-08-14T17:14:02.299-04:00I appreciate how the pic (and v. 12) seems to flow...I appreciate how the pic (and v. 12) seems to flow with Romans 13:10,11.<br /><br />What I especially enjoy is how His disciples didn't question amongst themselves when Jesus told them about the water bearer. (is it just me? I love wondering if it was a cameo from John the Baptist! Remember... he was a forerunner, and the Lord's baptizer.)<br /><br />13. I never thought about it. How many instances did Jesus say, "I want..."<br /><br />Great imagery, and so much to discuss! (dinner hour, but back later)Izumi/JOYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-50065790714529715372009-08-14T12:55:29.344-04:002009-08-14T12:55:29.344-04:00Teresa A. Wilkerson Mason said...
Wow, Bishop you...Teresa A. Wilkerson Mason said...<br /><br />Wow, Bishop you are such blessing! I thank God for you! It is such a good thing that you were born into this world. I gotta get this Bible!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-8762275551039463532009-08-14T12:52:06.694-04:002009-08-14T12:52:06.694-04:00This is my own paraphrase, Teresa, called Mark In ...This is my own paraphrase, Teresa, called Mark In The Now...John in the Now was published a couple of years ago and is available @ www.churchinthenow.org...I've just finished Matthew, have 2 more chapters to do in Mark, and then get started on Luke (I post the passages on the blog as I complete them)... The combined Gospels In The Now will be out by Christmas...Bishop Jim Swilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367155153494024919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-32886362394795664522009-08-14T12:46:21.814-04:002009-08-14T12:46:21.814-04:00Teresa A. Wilkerson Mason said...
This is awesome...Teresa A. Wilkerson Mason said...<br /><br />This is awesome! What version of the bible is this? I've never read this passage in these particular words before, not written this way! Do you still collect bibles, Bishop? I bought the Message Bible on your recommendation and I love it. But I still love NIV and King James (it's so poetic) and I now use Holman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-24373706182254235812009-08-14T12:45:08.005-04:002009-08-14T12:45:08.005-04:00Thanks, P. Willie! I don't remember where I fo...Thanks, P. Willie! I don't remember where I found the pic...looks like it may be a Russian Orthodox icon, and those artists were usually anonymous...Bishop Jim Swilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367155153494024919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-47098008642570778722009-08-14T12:43:04.916-04:002009-08-14T12:43:04.916-04:00Thanks Friend4life...nice to see you here...Thanks Friend4life...nice to see you here...Bishop Jim Swilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367155153494024919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-67990341086905873782009-08-14T12:41:46.187-04:002009-08-14T12:41:46.187-04:00I've actually taught on that, NL...the fact th...I've actually taught on that, NL...the fact that each of them asked the quation meant that it was in the realm of possibility for each of them...the thought of betrayal had apparently crossed all of their minds at some point...it's a scary thought, but it also humanizes these men whose lives were interrupted by Jesus, and gives us some insight into human relationships...Bishop Jim Swilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367155153494024919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-18437731852994103792009-08-14T12:38:02.036-04:002009-08-14T12:38:02.036-04:00Beautifully stated, Anon@909...thanks...Beautifully stated, Anon@909...thanks...Bishop Jim Swilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367155153494024919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-33280389595211527312009-08-14T12:36:06.915-04:002009-08-14T12:36:06.915-04:00Yeah, I know Mystic...it all gets really real, esp...Yeah, I know Mystic...it all gets really real, especially at this point...Bishop Jim Swilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367155153494024919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-25631674939642853202009-08-14T12:34:58.676-04:002009-08-14T12:34:58.676-04:00Thanks, Donald...what an ancouraging word!Thanks, Donald...what an ancouraging word!Bishop Jim Swilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367155153494024919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-46378067790802361702009-08-14T12:32:21.977-04:002009-08-14T12:32:21.977-04:00Willie Bush said...
Your words make the passages ...Willie Bush said...<br /><br />Your words make the passages feel "real", and true to life. excellent. the painting perspective is unlike any supper painting I've seen before. very interesting. maybe i will see the original one day. do you know the painter's name?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-59791847705977002352009-08-14T10:31:00.904-04:002009-08-14T10:31:00.904-04:00Hey Bishop,
I haven't blogged here in awhile,...Hey Bishop,<br /><br />I haven't blogged here in awhile, but wanted to say I read MKITN today. I had to comment b/c verse 15 just stood out. <br /><br />For me personally; it brought tears to me. I am so grateful!! God loves us and thinks of us all the time. Hasn't forsaken us at all. Prepared the supper before we even thought about what and where. Reminds me that the table is ready and set for me; for us. <br /><br />Had to comment and let you know..how GRATEFUL I am TODAY! For everything!<br /><br />~Amen~Friend4Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01865522816406678627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-55122764486833279322009-08-14T09:09:25.387-04:002009-08-14T09:09:25.387-04:00I love this particular event, always have, always ...I love this particular event, always have, always will. What occured to me reading it just now, (and never before) was in verse 19 when Jesus tells them that one of them will betray him; it then says one by one they said to him, "Please, Lord, tell me that it's not me!" <br /><br />One way of interpreting it (and the way I always had before now) is that they were indicating to Jesus, that it would not be "he" who would be the one. <br /><br />Today I wonder, WHY would you even think it may be you, to have tried to get assurance from Jesus that it would not be you, was there some point at which they all may have "drawn a line" in their devotion? <br /><br />HHmmm..........I don't even know where that perception came from.<br /><br />Peace,<br />Northern LightNorthern Lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16807059316417009907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-84556425544565505822009-08-14T09:09:22.943-04:002009-08-14T09:09:22.943-04:00This is one of those events that could only happen...This is one of those events that could only happen one time in the course of human events. I love how perfectly well you described the internal torment that Jesus predicted of Judas with the act of betrayal. Thank God for grace and mercy beyond measure or else we all would live short depressed lives and die by our own hand. Some may argue with their doctrines of punishment in this life and the one to come that is precisely what we are doing but they are missing the whole point of our existence and consciousness of that existence.<br /><br />Donald is right about your ability to make this part of the gospel real for us and this gospel in its fulness is about the complete recovery of our relationship with God through the recognition of the whole body. I love how that is outlined in verse twenty two. Then verse twenty three seals the deal of our common bloodline.<br /><br />Once again this is an enlightening view of the covenant established to remind us of our human birthright as children of the most high God.<br /><br />The blessed communion of God and man is forever established and sealed with an unbreakable seal that none but the precious Lamb can reveal as it was done here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-10399519331408503802009-08-14T03:20:50.857-04:002009-08-14T03:20:50.857-04:00Donald,
I agree completely...we are so fortunate t...Donald,<br />I agree completely...we are so fortunate to have such a dynamic instructor in the Word!<br /><br />Bishop...you're getting to that part again...it's always a little difficult for me at this point because of the level of involvement with the events. I assume it's very difficult for you to do this a third time, yes?<br /><br />I know I had times during the others in which I realized I wasn't breathing while I absorbed it. Maybe I won't read this one word for word...who am I kidding...of course I will...I should prepare for it.<br /><br />I suggest everyone does the same...when you're really involved with it...it's powerful! Hold on to your emotions...<br /><br />Blessings Bishop...and Blog Fam!PattiL007https://www.blogger.com/profile/02708593552345736510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-86070795164494824782009-08-13T23:59:56.192-04:002009-08-13T23:59:56.192-04:00In my first semester of college, I had a history p...In my first semester of college, I had a history professor who actually made the subject exciting. She would narrate the stories sort of like what Andy Griffith did when he was telling the boys about the gun that fired the shot that was heard clear around the world.<br />I almost felt like I was a part of the story the way she could pull me into the situation.<br />Bishop, the way you are paraphrasing the scriptures has much the same effect as that of my college history professor.<br />Great job, keep it up.Donaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06539338756284929311noreply@blogger.com