The
American
Wisdom Series
Presents
Pamphlet
#1087
"Find and
Fill in the Gaps"
or you
may someday hear the Lord say,
"... I
never knew you; depart from me, ..."
Read Matt.
7:21-23
Throughout
the Bible there are many remarkable breaks
[unmentioned
events or periods of time],
sometimes
within verses,
sometimes
between verses,
that,
if never learned,
make
the Bible seem mysterious
and
hard to understand.
Jesus
Himself taught us about one of these breaks,
within
a verse from the book of Isaiah
In
the synagogue at Nazareth the book Esaias was delivered unto Jesus.
He
found and read, to the people in attendance,
where
it is written:
The
Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
because
He hath anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor;
He
hath sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
to
preach deliverance to the captives,
and
recovering of sight to the blind,
to
set at liberty them that are bruised,
To
preach the acceptable year of the Lord,
And
He CLOSED THE BOOK, without finishing verse 2,
and
He gave it again to the minister,
and
sat down. (Luke 4: 18-20)
Why
, this mysterious action?
Why
didn't He continue the reading of Isa.61:1-2?
Because
He could not;
for
the words which immediately follow
refer
to the end of this present Dispensation of Grace,
and
speak of the coming Dispensation of Judgment.
Had
He continued to read Isa. 61:1-2,
the
next line would have been
"and
the day of vengeance of our God;"
But
this part of the prophecy was not then to be fulfilled.
As
far as He read,
He
could truly say,
"This
day is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears."
But
He could not have said,
"This
day is the Scripture fulfilled",
had
He not "closed the book",
but
gone on to read the next line.
Yet,
in the Bible,
there
is only a comma between the two lines,
while
there is a period of nearly 2000 years between the two statements.
[In
the original MSS, there is no punctuation at all]
In
this example Jesus shows us the importance
of
"searching"
and
"looking into"'
the
"manner of time"
of
which the prophets wrote.
Other
examples of breaks may be found in:
Gen.
1, between versus 1 and 2.
If
you don't understand what happened between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2 you will
not understand anything you read in your Bible!
See Live Links to>
"Is There a Conflict Between Science and the Bible?"
and The Pre- Adamic World and the People that lived in it! and
"God's Elect"
Ps.
22, between versus 21 and 22.
Ps.118,
in the middle of verse 22.
Isa.
9:6, after the first clause.
Isa.
53, in the middle of verse 10.
Isa.
61, in the middle of verse 2 (see above)
Lam.
4, between verses 21 and 22.
Dan.
9, between verses 26 and 27.
Then
in the middle of this 26th verse, Daniel jumps two thousand years
later, all the way to 5 months prior to the end of this flesh and blood earth age, when Satan will
come to earth, in person, claiming he is God, at the sounding of the 6th trumpet, fulfilling
his role as the Antichrist, the "instead of Christ", and he will flood the entire
world with his lies;
Then 5 months later, the real Jesus Christ, will return, in person, at
the sounding of the 7th trumpet to end this flesh and blood earth
age we are now living in. See Live Link to> After two days will He revive us: in the third day He will raise us up, ..
Though Daniel prophesied that this final period to
be seven years, But by the time the New Testament was written God shortened the final half of that
prophetic week from three and one half years, for the elect's sake, to
a five months period of time.
See Daniel 9:26,27 & Revelations 9:5 & 10 Also read See Live Link to> Joel
Dan.
11, between verses 20 and 21.
Hos.
2, between verses 13 and 14.
Hos.
3, between verses 4 and 5.
Amos
9, between verses 10 and 11.
Micah
5, between verses 2 and 3.
Hab.
2, between verses 13 and 14.
Zeph.
3, between verses 7 and 8.
Zech.
9, between verses 9 and 10.
Matt.
10, in the middle of verse 23.
Matt.
12, in the middle of verse 20.
Luke
1, between verses 31 and 32.
Luke
21, in the middle of verse 24.
John
1, between verses 5 and 6.
I Corinthians 15, in the middle of verse 53. and also in the middle of verse 54.
I Corinthians 15:53 "For this corruptible must put on incorruption, [This happens at Christ's return to set up His Millenniul Kingdom] and
this mortal must put on immortality. [at the end of Christ's Millenniul Kingdom, after the Great White Throne of Judgment]"
I Corinthians 15:54 "So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption,[at Christ's return] and
this mortal shall have put on immortality, [at the end of the Millennium and the "Great White Throne of Judgment"] then shall be brought to pass the
saying that is written, "Death is swallowed up in
victory." [no chance
for any of those souls, to die after that.]
I
Peter 1, in the middle of verse 11.
Rev.
12, between verses 5 and 6.
"
If
you first recognize a break exists
and
search for the missing information
you
will find it, somewhere else, in the Bible.
How
do I know?
Because
Christ has said we have been told all things.
Mark
13:22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise,
and shall shew
signs and wonders, to seduce,
if it were possible,
even the elect.
[23] But
take ye heed: behold,
I have foretold you all things.
You
may ask,
why
would the Lord hide part of a truth
at
some other location in the Bible?
Why
would He not tell it all at one time,
in
one verse or one book?
The
answer to that question is,
so
you will have to search for the complete truth.
Why,
you ask?
Why,
would He make us search for truth?
The
answer is, so that only those who truly love the Lord and hunger for truth
will find it.
Kind
of separates the true believers
from
the pretenders,
doesn't
it?
Some
people refuse to search the scriptures
and
"look into" these things,
and
profanely speak of it as the "gap theory".
Whether
it be "theory",
let
the Scriptures decide,
and
the Savior Himself teach.
Yes,
some call it "Gap Theory",
but
without filling the Gaps the Bible can not be understood.
He
that has eyes to see, let him see
and
He
that has ears to hear, let him hear.
There
are two major points to keep in mind.
First,
it is important to keep an open mind
and
consider carefully that which is being discussed.
I
have often said that "if you do not know something,
then
you do not know that you don't know it."
That
is the very essence of deception, i.e.,
if
a person is deceived,
they
don't know they are deceived,
they
believe they have truth.
The
reason this is so important is that most Christians
with
whom I come in contact believe
that
they already "know" and understand the Bible.
However,
the manuscripts declare
that
which is mostly contrary to the "traditions of men".
The
second major concept to keep in mind is,
"Do
not take man's word as being God's Word."
When
studying the Bible, in depth,
you
will often be confronted with a choice,
"Am
I to believe what I just read in God's Word,
or
should I discard it and continue to believe that which I grew up believing?"
The
choice is yours.
The
apostle Paul gave us instruction as to how to handle
"listening
to man":
1
Thes. 5:21
Prove
all things; hold fast that which is good.
If
you can document from God's Word that which you believe,
then
you do well,
even
if we disagree.
For
if your attitude and mine is to believe our Father's Word,
regardless
of man's traditions,
then
we will eventually, through growth, harmonize in unity of thought.
If
you can't document it, you may be harboring a tradition,
which
could well be a lie,
disguised
as truth.
Romans
12:2
And
be not conformed to this world:
but
be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind,
that
ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Again,
the choice is simple,
continue
to be conformed to traditions,
or
PROVE that which is good and acceptable.
Find
and fill in the Gaps!
Read
Ezekiel chapter 13, especially 13:5. (Live Link) to- chapter
13,
Chapter
13 of Ezekiel is written explicitly for our pastors and teachers!
Ezekiel 13:5 Ye
have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house
of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.
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