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Ezekiel 9

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1 και-C ανακραζω-VBI-AAI3S εις-P ο- A--APN ους-N3T-APN εγω- P--GS φωνη-N1--DSF μεγας-A1--DSF λεγω-V1--PAPNSM εγγιζω-VX--XAI3S ο- A--NSF εκδικησις-N3I-NSF ο- A--GSF πολις-N3I-GSF και-C εκαστος-A1--NSM εχω-V1I-IAI3S ο- A--APN σκευος-N3E-APN ο- A--GSF εξολεθρευσις-N3I-GSF εν-P χειρ-N3--DSF αυτος- D--GSM

2 και-C ιδου-I εξ-M ανηρ-N3--NPM αρχω-V1I-IMI3P απο-P ο- A--GSF οδος-N2--GSF ο- A--GSF πυλη-N1--GSF ο- A--GSF υψηλος-A1--GSF ο- A--GSF βλεπω-V1--PAPGSF προς-P βορεας-N1T-ASM και-C εκαστος-A1--GSM πελυξ-N3K-NSM εν-P ο- A--DSF χειρ-N3--DSF αυτος- D--GSM και-C εις-A3--NSM ανηρ-N3--NSM εν-P μεσος-A1--DSN αυτος- D--GPM ενδυω-VX--XAPNSM ποδηρης-A3H-APN και-C ζωνη-N1--NSF σαπφειρος-N2--GSF επι-P ο- A--GSF οσφυς-N3U-GSF αυτος- D--GSM και-C ειςερχομαι-VBI-AAI3P και-C ιστημι-VAI-AAI3P εχω-V1--PMPNPM ο- A--GSN θυσιαστηριον-N2N-GSN ο- A--GSN χαλκους-A1C-GSN

3 και-C δοξα-N1S-NSF θεος-N2--GSM ο- A--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM αναβαινω-VZI-AAI3S απο-P ο- A--GPN χερουβειμ-N---GPN ο- A--NSF ειμι-V9--PAPNSF επι-P αυτος- D--GPN εις-P ο- A--ASN αιθριος-A1B-ASN ο- A--GSM οικος-N2--GSM και-C καλεω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--ASM ανηρ-N3--ASM ο- A--ASM ενδυω-VX--XAPASM ο- A--ASM ποδηρης-A3H-ASM ος- --NSM εχω-V1I-IAI3S επι-P ο- A--GSF οσφυς-N3U-GSF αυτος- D--GSM ο- A--ASF ζωνη-N1--ASF

4 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S προς-P αυτος- D--ASM διαερχομαι-VB--AAD2S μεσος-A1--ASF ο- A--ASF *ιερουσαλημ-N---ASF και-C διδωμι-VO--AAD2S ο- A--ASN σημειον-N2N-ASN επι-P ο- A--APN μετωπον-N2N-APN ο- A--GPM ανηρ-N3--GPM ο- A--GPM καταστεναζω-VM--XMPGPM και-C ο- A--GPM καταοδυναω-VM--XMPGPM επι-P πας-A1S-DPF ο- A--DPF ανομια-N1A-DPF ο- A--DPF γιγνομαι-V1--PMPDPF εν-P μεσος-A1--DSN αυτος- D--GSF

5 και-C ουτος- D--DPM ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ακουω-V1--PAPGSM εγω- P--GS πορευομαι-V1--PMD2P οπισω-P αυτος- D--GSM εις-P ο- A--ASF πολις-N3I-ASF και-C κοπτω-V1--PAD2P και-C μη-D φειδομαι-V1--PMI2P ο- A--DPM οφθαλμος-N2--DPM συ- P--GP και-C μη-D ελεεω-VA--AAS2P

6 πρεσβυτερος-A1A-ASMC και-C νεανισκος-N2--ASM και-C παρθενος-N2--ASF και-C νηπιος-A1A-APN και-C γυνη-N3K-APF αποκτεινω-VA--AAD2P εις-P εξαλειψις-N3I-ASF επι-P δε-X πας-A3--APM επι-P ος- --APM ειμι-V9--PAI3S ο- A--NSN σημειον-N2N-NSN μη-D εγγιζω-VA--AAS2P και-C απο-P ο- A--GPM αγιος-A1A-GPM εγω- P--GS αρχω-VA--AMD2P και-C αρχω-VAI-AMI3P απο-P ο- A--GPM ανηρ-N3--GPM ο- A--GPM πρεσβυτερος-A1A-GPMC ος- --NPM ειμι-V9--IAI3P εσω-D εν-P ο- A--DSM οικος-N2--DSM

7 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S προς-P αυτος- D--APM μιαινω-VA--AAD2P ο- A--ASM οικος-N2--ASM και-C πιμπλημι-VA--AAD2P ο- A--APF οδος-N2--APF νεκρος-N2--GPM εκπορευομαι-V1--PMPNPM και-C κοπτω-V1--PAD2P

8 και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S εν-P ο- A--DSN κοπτω-V1--PAN αυτος- D--APM και-C πιπτω-V1--PAI1S επι-P προσωπον-N2N-ASN εγω- P--GS και-C αναβοαω-VAI-AAI1S και-C ειπον-VAI-AAI1S οιμμοι-I κυριος-N2--VSM εκαλειφω-V1--PAI2S συ- P--NS ο- A--APM καταλοιπος-A1B-APM ο- A--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM εν-P ο- A--DSN εκχεω-VA--AAN συ- P--AS ο- A--ASM θυμος-N2--ASM συ- P--GS επι-P *ιερουσαλημ-N---ASF

9 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S προς-P εγω- P--AS αδικια-N1A-NSF ο- A--GSM οικος-N2--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM και-C *ιουδα-N---GSM μεγαλυνω-VX--XPI3P σφοδρα-D σφοδρα-D οτι-C πιμπλημι-VSI-API3S ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF λαος-N2--GPM πολυς-A1--GPM και-C ο- A--NSF πολις-N3I-NSF πιμπλημι-VSI-API3S αδικια-N1A-GSF και-C ακαθαρσια-N1A-GSF οτι-C ειπον-VAI-AAI3P εν καταλειπω-VX--XAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF ου-D επιοραω-V3--PAI3S ο- A--NSM κυριος-N2--NSM

10 και-C ου-D φειδομαι-VF--FMI3S εγω- P--GS ο- A--NSM οφθαλμος-N2--NSM ουδε-C μη-D ελεεω-VA--AAS1S ο- A--APF οδος-N2--APF αυτος- D--GPM εις-P κεφαλη-N1--APF αυτος- D--GPM διδωμι-VX--XAI1S

11 και-C ιδου-I ο- A--NSM ανηρ-N3--NSM ο- A--NSM ενδυω-VX--XAPNSM ο- A--ASM ποδηρης-A3H-ASM και-C ζωννυω-VM--XMPNSM ο- A--DSF ζωνη-N1--DSF ο- A--ASF οσφυς-N3U-ASF αυτος- D--GSM και-C αποκρινω-VAI-AMI3S λεγω-V1--PAPNSM ποιεω-VX--XAI1S καθως-D εντελλομαι-VAI-AMI2S - P--DS

   

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True Christianity #94

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94. In the Christian churches of today it is common to call the Lord our Savior "the Son of Mary;" it is rare for people to call him "the Son of God" unless they mean the eternally begotten Son of God. This is a result of Roman Catholics putting Mother Mary's sainthood above the rest and setting her up as the goddess or queen of all their saints.

Yet in fact, in the process of being glorified the Lord put off everything from his mother and put on everything from his Father, as we will fully demonstrate later on in this work [102-103]. Because the phrase "the Son of Mary" has become a common expression on everyone's lips, many horrendous things have poured into the church. This is especially true of those who have not taken into consideration things said in the Word about the Lord - for example, that the Father and he are one, that he is in the Father and the Father is in him, that all things belonging to the Father are his, that he called Jehovah his Father, and that Jehovah the Father called him his Son.

The horrendous things that have poured into the church from our calling him "the Son of Mary" instead of "the Son of God" are that we lose the idea of the Lord's divinity and we lose everything in the Word that is said about him as the Son of God. Furthermore, this concept lets in Judaism, Arianism, Socinianism, Calvinism in its original form, and finally materialist philosophy. Materialist philosophy brings with it the extreme position that the Son of Mary was Josephs child, or that his soul came from his mother, and as a result he is called "the Son of God," but truly he is not. All people, both clergy and laity, should check to see whether the idea they have spawned and nurtured of the Lord as "the Son of Mary" is any different from the idea of him as a mere human being.

Already by the third century a concept like this was becoming prevalent among Christians, as the Arians were on the rise. To salvage divinity for the Lord, the Council of Nicaea made up "the eternally begotten Son of God. " Although it was a fiction, this concept did succeed at the time in elevating the Lord's human nature to something divine; and it still works for many even today. It does not work, however, for those who see the hypostatic union as a union of two separate entities, one of whom is superior to the other.

What other outcome could this concept have but the destruction of the entire Christian church? The church is based entirely on worshiping Jehovah in human form; it is based on the Human God. The Lord states in many places that no one can see the Father, recognize him, come to him, or believe in him except through his human manifestation.

If people do not do this, all the church's precious seeds turn into seeds of little value. Olive seeds turn into pine seeds; seeds from an orange, a lemon, an apple, and a pear turn into seeds from a willow, an elm, a linden, and a holly; seeds from a grapevine turn into seeds from a swamp rush; and wheat and barley turn into chaff. In fact, all forms of spiritual food become like the dust that snakes eat. Our spiritual light then becomes nature's light; and in the long run it becomes the light of our physical senses, which is in reality a faint, deceptive light. Then we become like a bird that used to fly high but then its wings were cut off and it fell to earth; now as it walks around it does not see more than what lies at its own feet. Then when we think about the church's spiritual teachings that are necessary for our eternal life, our thoughts about them are no more than the thoughts of a jester. All this is what happens when we regard the Lord God, the Redeemer and Savior, as no more than the Son of Mary, a mere human being.

  
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