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GLORYExodus 33:18

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... men were not ushered into being for the purpose of being saved or lost. God-manifestation, not human salvation was the grand purpose of the Eternal Spirit. The salvation of a multitude is incidental to the manifestation, but it was not the end proposed.

The Eternal Spirit intended to enthrone Himself on the earth and in so doing, to develop a divine family from among to develop a divine family from among menmen, every one of whom shall be spirit because born of the Spirit, and that this family shall be large enough to fill the earth, when perfected, to the entire exclusion of flesh and blood.

John Thomas – Herald of the Kingdom, April 1858

GOD MANIFESTATIONGOD MANIFESTATION

And Yahweh descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of Yahweh. And Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, Yahweh, Yahweh El, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

Exodus 34:5-7Exodus 34:5-7

SHOW ME THY GLORYThe Background – The Background – Exodus 32 & 33Exodus 32 & 33

SHOW ME THY GLORYThe Background – The Background – Exodus 32 & 33Exodus 32 & 33

Yahweh’s Determination 32:10

Moses Pleads that Israel Might not be Destroyed 32:11-13

Yahweh’s Response 32:14

Moses’ Anger with Israel 32:15,19

Moses Appeals to the Faithful 32:26-28

Moses Pleads for Forgiveness for the Nation 32:30-32

Yahweh’s Reply 32:33-35; 33:1-3

Moses’ Action and His Relationship With Yahweh 33:7-11

Moses Pleads With Yahweh – “Show Me Thy Way” 33:12-17

“I BESEECH THEE, SHOW ME THY GLORY” 33:18

Moses’ Request is Granted in Part 33:19-23

MOSES said, “I BESEECH THEE, SHOW ME THY GLORY”.


HEBREW kabod from kabed

Kabed (3513) means ‘to be heavy’, mostly used figuratively e.g. to be honoured, to be great.

Kabod (3519) means ‘heaviness’ always used figuratively e.g. honour, glory, majesty, splendour.

The idea is expressed by Paul in 2 Corinthians 4:15-18

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of GLORYGLORY; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things that are not seen are eternal.”

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YAHWEH said,

• I will make all my goodness pass before thee,

• I will proclaim the name of Yahweh before thee;

• I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.

But thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.


FOR GOD, WHO COMMANDED THE LIGHT TO SHINE OUT OF DARKNESS, HATH SHINED IN OUR HEARTS, TO GIVE THE LIGHT OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GLORYGLORY OF GOD IN THE FACE OF JESUS CHRIST...

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of GloryGlory; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things that are not seen are eternal.

2 Corinthians 4:6,15-18

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YAHWEH said,



• I WILL BE GRACIOUS TO WHOM I WILL BE GRACIOUS, I WILL BE GRACIOUS TO WHOM I WILL BE GRACIOUS, AND WILL SHOW MERCY ON WHOM I WILL SHOW AND WILL SHOW MERCY ON WHOM I WILL SHOW MERCY. MERCY.



The Purpose of God According to ElectionThe Purpose of God According to Election

Romans 8:28,29 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the CALLEDCALLED according to his purpose. For whom he did FOREKNOW, he also did PREDETERMINE PREDETERMINE to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

Romans 9:11 …the purpose of God according to ELECTIONELECTION might stand, not of works, but of HIM THAT CALLETHHIM THAT CALLETH.

Romans 9:14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? By no means

Romans 9:15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.I will have compassion.

Hence Romans 9:16 So then it is not of him that willeth, So then it is not of him that willeth, (Moses)(Moses) nor of him that runneth, nor of him that runneth, (Israel)(Israel) but of God that but of God that showeth mercy. showeth mercy.

SHOW ME THY GLORYExodus 33:18,19


And (Moses) said, I beseech thee, show me thy GLORY. And He (Yahweh) said, I will make all my GOODNESS pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of YAHWEH before thee.

I WILL BE GRACIOUSI WILL BE GRACIOUS and bend and stoop in kindness as the Great Creator to the one he has created in order to show a favour that is both unearned and unmerited. This favour gracegrace chananchanan stems purely from my lovingkindness and furthermore it will be my choice as to whom I will be to whom I will be graciousgracious..

ALSO I WILL SHOW MERCYALSO I WILL SHOW MERCY even compassion, tender affection and pity arising out of my deep love for them and because of the relationship which I have with them as a father who pities his children and I will show this mercymercy racham on whomsoever I choose to show such mercyon whomsoever I choose to show such mercy. I know their need and I alone have the resources adequate to meet their need .

So then, (says Paul Romans 9:15,16) it is not of him that willeth (Moses), nor of him that runneth (Israel), but of God that showeth mercy.

And he (Moses) said, I beseech thee, show me thy glory. And he (Yahweh) said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of Yahweh before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.

Exodus 33:18,19Exodus 33:18,19

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• I will make all my GOODNESSGOODNESS pass before thee,


• I WILL BE GRACIOUSGRACIOUS TO WHOM I WILL BE GRACIOUS,GRACIOUS, AND WILL SHOW MERCY ON WHOM I WILL SHOW MERCY.MERCY.



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LONGSUFFERINGExodus 34:6

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THE DIVINE CHARACTEREXODUS 34:6,7


A.V.A.V. HebrewHebrew StrongStrong MEANINGMEANING

Merciful rachum 7349/7355 compassion, pity

Gracious channun 2587/2603 grace, favour

Longsuffering arek aph 750 & 639 slow to anger

Goodness chesed 2617 steadfast love

Truth 'emeth 571 faithfulness, sureness

Mercy chesed 2617 steadfast love

Iniquity ‛avon 5771 perversity, depravity

Transgression pesha‛ 6588 revolt, rebellion

Sin chattaah 2403 miss the mark or way

Hebrew rachum. Strong’s No 7349 - COMPASSIONATE

From root racham 7355 occurs as MERCY in Exodus 33:19. This word racham refers to deep love (usually of a “superior” for an “inferior”) rooted in some “natural” bond. It is used for the deep inward feeling we know variously as COMPASSION, PITY, MERCY. The depth of this love is shown by the connection of this word with the Hebrew rechem “the womb” (Psalm 22:10). Hence it is used of a mother’s love toward her nursing baby (Isaiah 49:15 “compassion”). It can also refer to a father’s love to his children (Psalm 103:13 “pitieth”). The Greek eleo is defined as “The outward manifestation of pity; it “The outward manifestation of pity; it assumes need on the part of him who receives it, and resources adequate assumes need on the part of him who receives it, and resources adequate to meet the need on the part of him who shows it”.to meet the need on the part of him who shows it”.

MERCIFUL Exodus 34:6Exodus 34:6


The Love and Compassion of a Parent to a Child.The Love and Compassion of a Parent to a Child. Psalm 103:8,13 Yahweh is mercifulmerciful and graciousgracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. Like as a father pitiethpitieth his children, so Yahweh pitiethpitieth them that fear him. Isaiah 49:15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassioncompassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

My Bowels are Troubled for Ephraim my Dear SonMy Bowels are Troubled for Ephraim my Dear Son (Lit Ver)Jeremiah 31:20 Is Ephraim My dear son? Or is he a delightful child? For as often as I spoke against him, I earnestly remember him still. So My heart is stirred for him; pityingpitying I will have pitypity on him, declares Yahweh.

Yahweh the Redeemer of Israel is Their Maker and HusbandYahweh the Redeemer of Israel is Their Maker and HusbandIsaiah 54:7,8 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great merciesmercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy mercy on thee, saith Yahweh thy Redeemer.

MERCIFULMERCIFUL

God’s Compassion to ManGod’s Compassion to ManPsalm 116:4,5 Then called I upon the name of Yahweh; O Yahweh, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. GraciousGracious is Yahweh, and righteous; yea, our God is mercifulmerciful.

Received When Sins are Confessed and ForsakenReceived When Sins are Confessed and ForsakenProverbs 28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercymercy.

The Story of HoseaThe Story of HoseaHosea 1:6,7; 2:1,23 Call her name Lo-ruhamahruhamah: for I will no more have mercymercy upon the house of Israel… But I will have mercymercy upon Judah. Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, RuhamahRuhamah … And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercymercy upon her that had not obtained mercymercy.

In Wrath Remember MercyIn Wrath Remember MercyHabakkuk 3:2 O Yahweh, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O Yahweh, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercymercy.

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Hebrew rachum. Strong’s No 7349 - COMPASSIONATE

From root racham 7355 occurs as MERCY in Exodus 33:19.

This word racham refers to deep love (usually of a “superior” for an “inferior”) rooted in some “natural” bond. It is used for the deep inward feeling we know variously as COMPASSION, PITY, MERCY. The depth of this love is shown by the connection of this word with the Hebrew rechem “the womb” (Psalm 22:10). Hence it is used of a mother’s love toward her nursing baby (Isaiah 49:15 “compassion”). It can also refer to a father’s love to his children (Psalm 103:13 “pitieth”). The Greek eleo is defined as “The outward manifestation of pity; it “The outward manifestation of pity; it assumes need on the part of him who receives it, and resources adequate assumes need on the part of him who receives it, and resources adequate to meet the need on the part of him who shows it”.to meet the need on the part of him who shows it”.

The root is frequently used of God. It incorporates two concepts:- The strong tie God has with those He has called His children (Psa 103:13). The second concept is that of God’s unconditioned choice. He is gracious and merciful to whomever He chooses (Exodus 33:19; Romans 9:15).



Hebrew channun. Strong’s No 2587 - GRACIOUS

From root chanan 2603 , the verb GRACIOUS in Exodus 33:19

It is derived from a root “to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior”; hence “to favour, to be gracious, to show favour, to have mercy on”.

If MERCY rachum speaks of Yahweh’s ability and desire to extend help and compassion, GRACE channun describes the spirit in which He does it. The Greek charis has been defined as “a favour done without expectation of return; absolute freeness of the lovingkindness of God to men finding its only motive in the bounty and free heartedness of the Giver; unearned and unmerited favour”.

GRACIOUSExodus 34:6Exodus 34:6


Numbers 6:25 Yahweh make his face shine upon thee, and be graciousgracious unto thee. 2 Sam 12:22 While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether Yahweh will be graciousgracious to me, that the child may live? Psalm 51:1 Have mercymercy upon me (Be graciousgracious unto me LITV), O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender merciestender mercies blot out my transgressions. Psalm 102:13,14 Thou shalt arise, and have mercymercy upon Zion: for the time to favorfavor her, yea, the set time, is come. For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favorfavor the dust thereof. Psalm 116:5 GraciousGracious is Yahweh, and righteous; yea, our God is mercifulmerciful.Isaiah 26:10 Let favorfavor be showed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness.Isaiah 30:18,19 And therefore will Yahweh wait, that he may be graciousgracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, … he will be very graciousvery gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. Malachi 1:9 And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be graciousgracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons?



Hebrew channun. Strong’s No 2587 - GRACIOUS

From root chanan 2603 , the verb GRACIOUS in Exodus 33:19

It is derived from a root “to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior”; hence “to favour, to be gracious, to show favour, to have mercy on”.

If MERCY rachum speaks of Yahweh’s ability and desire to extend help and compassion, GRACE channun describes the spirit in which He does it. The Greek charis has been defined as “a favour done without expectation of return; absolute freeness of the lovingkindness of God to men finding its only motive in the bounty and free heartedness of the Giver; unearned and unmerited favour”.

As with rachum, almost all occurences of channun refer to God and there is once again the important concept of God’s unconditioned choice. He is gracious and merciful to whomsoever He chooses (Exodus 33:19; Romans 9:15).





And (Moses) said, I beseech thee, show me thy GLORY. And He (Yahweh) said, I will make all my GOODNESS pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of YAHWEH before thee.

I WILL BE GRACIOUSI WILL BE GRACIOUS and bend and stoop in kindness as the Great Creator to the one he has created in order to show a favour that is both unearned and unmerited. This favour gracegrace chananchanan stems purely from my lovingkindness and furthermore it will be my choice as to whom I will be to whom I will be graciousgracious..

ALSO I WILL SHOW MERCYALSO I WILL SHOW MERCY even compassion, tender affection and pity arising out of my deep love for them and because of the relationship which I have with them as a father who pities his children and I will show this mercymercy racham on whomsoever I choose to show such mercyon whomsoever I choose to show such mercy. I know their need and I alone have the resources adequate to meet their need .

So then, (says Paul Romans 9:15,16) it is not of him that willeth (Moses), nor of him that runneth (Israel), but of God that showeth mercy.

LONGSUFFERINGExodus 34:6Exodus 34:6

LONGSUFFERINGExodus 34:6Exodus 34:6

Hebrew arek Strong’s No 750 SLOW, aph 639 ANGER

Greek makrothumia 3115 (makros LONG, thumos PASSION)

God’s Longsuffering to us – Romans 2:4; 9:22; 1 Timothy 1:16; 2 Peter 3:15

Our Longsuffering to others –Galatians 5:22; Ephesians 4:2; Colossians 3:12; Proverbs 15:18; 16:32

The N.T. word has sometimes been translated as “patience” but it should not be confused with hupomone 5278, 5281 also translated as “patience”.

“makrothumia is to exercise understanding and patience towards people while hupomone is to be patient towards things or circumstances.”

James 5:10,11 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience makrothumia. Behold, we count them happy which endure hupomone 5278. Ye have heard of the patience hupomone 5281 of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

MERCIFULMERCIFULMERCIFULMERCIFUL rachumrachum speaks of Yahweh’s ability and desire to extend compassion

GRACIOUSGRACIOUSGRACIOUSGRACIOUS channunchannun describes the spirit in which He extends it

LONGSUFFERINGLONGSUFFERINGLONGSUFFERINGLONGSUFFERING arekarek describes the way in which He does it .

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• I WILL BE GRACIOUSGRACIOUS TO WHOM I WILL BE GRACIOUS,GRACIOUS, AND WILL SHOW MERCY ON WHOM I WILL SHOW MERCY.MERCY.



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GOODNESS & TRUTHKEEPING MERCYFOR THOUSANDS

Exodus 34:6

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GOODNESS & TRUTHKEEPING MERCYFOR THOUSANDS

Exodus 34:6

I am not ashamed of THE GOSPEL: for it is the power of God unto SALVATION to every one that BELIEVETH (has Faith); to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is a RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD REVEALED from faith to faith: as it is written, “The just shall live by faith”. Romans 1:16,17.Romans 1:16,17.

THE GOSPELTHE GOSPEL is the power of God toSALVATIONSALVATION, when one

BELIEVESBELIEVES that therein is aRIGHTEOUSNESS OF GODRIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD

REVEALED, DECLARED, MANIFESTEDREVEALED, DECLARED, MANIFESTED

Thus the theme of the Bible is:-

GOD MANIFESTATIONGOD MANIFESTATION“…there is no God else beside me; a Righteous God and a Saviour.” Isaiah 45:21Isaiah 45:21

THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GODTHE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD

Thus RIGHTEOUSNESSRIGHTEOUSNESS is imputed because of faith.

Question! But WHY should God do this? He is under NO obligation to mankind.

Answer! It is because:-

THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GODTHE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD

• He is TRUETRUE to His Word

• His STEDFAST LOVE (Merciful Kindness)STEDFAST LOVE (Merciful Kindness) is the embodiment of all His attributes.

Psalm 117:2 For his MERCIFUL KINDNESSMERCIFUL KINDNESS is great toward us: and the TRUTH of Yahweh endureth forever. Praise ye Yahweh.

ABUNDANT in GOODNESS KEEPING MERCY for THOUSANDS

ABUNDANT in GOODNESS KEEPING MERCY for THOUSANDS

Exodus 34:6,7Exodus 34:6,7

Hebrew chesed Strong 2617 STEADFAST LOVE, LOVINGKINDNESS

From root chasad 2616 to be KIND, MERCIFUL (Psalm 18:25 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful)

The word chesed is associated both with Yahweh’s EVERLASTING LOVE and EVERLASTING COVENANT.

Jeremiah 31:3 Yahweh hath appeared of old unto me, saying, “Yea, I have LOVED thee with an EVERLASTING LOVE: therefore with LOVINGKINDNESS chesed have I drawn thee”.

Isaiah 55:3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an EVERLASTING COVENANT with you, even the SURE 'aman MERCIES chesed of David.

Psalm 89:28 My MERCY chesed will I keep for him FOREVERMORE, and my COVENANT shall stand fast with him.

MERCIFULMERCIFUL rachumrachum speaks of Yahweh’s ability and desire to extend compassion.GRACIOUSGRACIOUS channunchannun describes the spirit in which He extends it.LONGSUFFERINGLONGSUFFERING arekarek describes the way in which He does it .

Nehemiah 9:17 …in their rebellion (they) appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, graciousgracious and mercifulmerciful, slow to angerslow to anger, and of great kindnesskindness (chesed ), and forsookest them not. Psalm 103:8 Yahweh is mercifulmerciful and graciousgracious, slow to angerslow to anger, and plenteous in mercymercy (chesed ).Psalm 145:8 Yahweh is graciousgracious, and full of compassioncompassion; slow to angerslow to anger, and of great mercymercy (chesed ).Joel 2:13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Yahweh your God: for he is graciousgracious and mercifulmerciful, slow to angerslow to anger, and of great kindnesskindness (chesed ), and repenteth him of the evil.Jonah 4:2 Was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a graciousgracious God, and mercifulmerciful, slow to angerslow to anger, and of great kindnesskindness (chesed ), and repentest thee of the evil.

MERCIFUL GRACIOUS LONGSUFFERINGMERCIFUL GRACIOUS LONGSUFFERING

TRUTHExodus 34:6Exodus 34:6TRUTH

Exodus 34:6Exodus 34:6

Hebrew 'emeth Strong’s No 571 FIRMNESS, FAITHFULNESS, TRUTH, SURENESS, RELIABILITY, STABILITY, CONTINUANCE

From root 'aman 539 STAND FIRM, SUPPORT, BE FAITHFUL

GOD of TRUTHGOD of TRUTHDeuteronomy 32:3,4 Because I will publish the name of Yahweh: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a GOD OF TRUTHTRUTH and without iniquity, just and right is he. el‘ 'emunah

Psalm 31:5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Yahweh GOD OF TRUTHTRUTH el‘ emeth

Isaiah 65:16 That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the GOD OF TRUTHTRUTH; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the GOD OF TRUTHTRUTH'elohiym 'amen

RIGHTEOUSNESS, MERCY, TRUTHRIGHTEOUSNESS, MERCY, TRUTH1 Kings 3:6 And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great MERCYMERCY, according as he walked before thee in TRUTHTRUTH, and in RIGHTEOUSNESSRIGHTEOUSNESS, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great KINDNESSKINDNESS, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

Psalm 40:10 I have not hid thy RIGHTEOUSNESSRIGHTEOUSNESS within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy LOVINGKINDNESS LOVINGKINDNESS and thy TRUTHTRUTH from the great congregation.

Psalm 85:10 MERCYMERCY and TRUTHTRUTH are met together; RIGHTEOUSNESSRIGHTEOUSNESS and peace have kissed each other. Psalm 89:14 JUSTICEJUSTICE (RighteousnessRighteousness) and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: MERCYMERCY and TRUTHTRUTH shall go before thy face.

Isaiah 16:5 And in MERCYMERCY shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in TRUTHTRUTH in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting RIGHTEOUSNESSRIGHTEOUSNESS.

JOHN 1:14-18JOHN 1:14-18

14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of GRACEGRACE and TRUTHTRUTH.

15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

16 And of his fullness have all we received, and GRACEGRACE for (upon or on top of) GRACEGRACE.

17 For the law was given by Moses, but GRACEGRACE and TRUTHTRUTH came by Jesus Christ.

18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

THE SURE MERCIES OF DAVIDTHE SURE MERCIES OF DAVIDIsaiah 55:3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the SURESURE MERCIESMERCIES of David.

Acts 13:32-34 And we declare unto you glad tidings,… And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the SURESURE MERCIESMERCIES of David.

Romans 1:3,4 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the SEED OF DAVID according to the flesh; And declared to be the SON OF GOD with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.

Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the MERCIES OF GODMERCIES OF GOD, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

John 17:25,26John 17:25,26

O righteous Father, the world hath not known O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. known that thou hast sent me.

And I have declared unto them thy name, and will And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the LOVE wherewith thou hast declare it: that the LOVE wherewith thou hast LOVED me may be in them, and I in them. LOVED me may be in them, and I in them.

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And Yahweh descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of Yahweh.

And Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, Yahweh, Yahweh El, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.


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TRANSGRESSIONTRANSGRESSION

SINSINExodus 34:7Exodus 34:7

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SINSINExodus 34:7Exodus 34:7

INIQUITYExodus 34:7Exodus 34:7INIQUITYExodus 34:7Exodus 34:7

Hebrew ‛avon Strong’s No 5771 PERVERSITY, DEPRAVITY, INIQUITY, GUILT or PUNISHMENT of INIQUITY.

From the root ‛avah 5753 to bend, twist, distort, pervert

The N.T. equivalent Greek anomia 458 occurs as follows-

Matthew 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquityiniquity.Matthew 24:12 And because iniquityiniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.Romans 6:19 For as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquityiniquity unto iniquityiniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.2Thess 2:7 For the mystery of iniquityiniquity doth already workHebrews 1:9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquityiniquity1John 3:4 Everyone practising sin also practises lawlessnesslawlessness, and sin is lawlessnesslawlessness. LITV

TRANSGRESSIONExodus 34:7Exodus 34:7

TRANSGRESSIONExodus 34:7Exodus 34:7

Hebrew pesha‛ Strong’s No 6588 REVOLT, REBELLION

From the root pasha‛ 6586 to break away, trespass, rebel

Proverbs 12:13 The wicked is snared by the transgressiontransgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

Proverbs 29:16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgressiontransgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

Job 34:37 For he addeth rebellionrebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.

Isaiah 1:2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for Yahweh hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelledrebelled against me.

2Kings 8:20 In his days Edom revoltedrevolted from under the hand of Judah

2Kings 8:22 Yet Edom revoltedrevolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revoltedrevolted at the same time.

SINExodus 34:7

SINExodus 34:7

Hebrew chattaah Strong No 2403 AN OFFENCE, SIN

From the root chata‘ 2398 to miss the mark or way

The N.T. equivalent Greek hamartia 266 to err, sin

ROMANS 3:23 For all have sinnedsinned, and come short of the glory of God

INIQUITY, TRANSGRESSION & SINExodus 34:7Exodus 34:7

INIQUITY, TRANSGRESSION & SINExodus 34:7Exodus 34:7

Psalm 51:1,2 Have mercymercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness lovingkindness (chesed): according unto the multitude of thy tender tender merciesmercies blot out my transgressionstransgressions. Wash me throughly from mine iniquityiniquity, and cleanse me from my sinsin. For I ACKNOWLEDGE MY I ACKNOWLEDGE MY TRANSGRESSIONSTRANSGRESSIONS: and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: THAT THOU MIGHTEST BE JUSTIFIEDTHAT THOU MIGHTEST BE JUSTIFIED when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

Psalm 32:1,2 Blessed is he whose transgressiontransgression is forgiven, whose sinsin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom Yahweh imputeth not iniquityiniquity.

Psalm 32:5 I acknowledged my sinsin unto thee, and mine iniquityiniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressionstransgressions unto Yahweh; and thou forgavestforgavest the iniquityiniquity of my sinsin. Selah.

Romans 4:6-8 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.

Psalm 32:5Psalm 32:5

I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressionsI will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

1John 1:8-101John 1:8-10 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

If we confess our sinsIf we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

CONFESSION OF SIN IS TANTAMOUNT TO DECLARING THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD

SINSIN TRANSGRESTRANSGRESSIONSION

INIQUITYINIQUITY

According to ThyPsalm 51:1,2

Mercychananchanan

Lovingkindnesschesedchesed

Tender Mercyrachamracham

Wilt ThouPsalm 51:1,2

Cleanse me from my …

Blot out my… Wash me throughly…

I said I will…Psalm 32:5

Acknowledge my…

Confess my… Not hide my…

Blessed is he whose…Psalm 32:1,2

…is coveredkasah

… is forgivennasah

…is not imputedchashab

FORGIVING INIQUITY AND TRANSGRESSION AND FORGIVING INIQUITY AND TRANSGRESSION AND SINSIN

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THE GUILTYExodus 34:7

BY NO MEANS

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THE GUILTYExodus 34:7


YAHWEH said,








Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear and that will by no means clear thethe guiltyguilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, ; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth fourth generationgeneration. .


God's GOODNESSGOODNESS to His people, and SEVERITY upon His enemies, are the necessary result of His peculiar character. Hence His GOODNESSGOODNESS and character are inseparable; so that to declare "THE NAME" of Yahweh is at once to make known His character and GOODNESSGOODNESS, which stand related as effect and cause. Because of this it is written, "I will make all my GOODNESSGOODNESS pass before thee, and will proclaim the name of Yahweh before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will show mercy on whom I will show mercy“ (Exodus 33:19).

John Thomas – The Faith in the Last Days

THE GOODNESS OF GODTHE GOODNESS OF GOD

Yahweh, therefore, descended in a cloud, and stood with Moses on Mount Sinai, and proclaimed the attributes which constitute His character, saying, " Yahweh, Yahweh, a God merciful and gracious, long suffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity, and transgression, and sin, AND DESTROYING NOT AND DESTROYING NOT UTTERLY THE GUILTY;UTTERLY THE GUILTY; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth, generation" (Exodus 34:6,7).


EXODUS 34:7EXODUS 34:7John Thomas. Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity, and transgression, and sin, and destroying not utterly the guilty;and destroying not utterly the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth, generation.

Tanakh. Extending kindness to the thousandth generation, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin; yet He does not remit all yet He does not remit all punishment,punishment, but visits the iniquity of parents upon children …

Rotherham. Keeping lovingkindness to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, though he leave not though he leave not utterly unpunished,utterly unpunished, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon sons …

Young’s Literal. Keeping kindness for thousands, taking away iniquity, and transgression, and sin, and not entirely acquiting,and not entirely acquiting, charging iniquity of fathers on children …

Concordant. Preserving kindness to thousands, bearing with depravity, transgression and sin, yet He is not immediately making yet He is not immediately making innocent in order to make innocent,innocent in order to make innocent, but visiting the depravity of the fathers on the sons…

All His promises emanate from the essential goodness of His nature, which is favour, forbearance, abounding in truth, faithfulness, pardoning, AND CORRECTIVE BUT NOT AND CORRECTIVE BUT NOT UTTERLY DESTROYINGUTTERLY DESTROYING. His promises are made to Israel, and to Israel alone; nevertheless He has condescended to invite those of all nations who believe His promises to share in them when the time shall arrive to perform them. To Israel He is graciousgracious; to Israel He is long-sufferinglong-suffering; to Israel He is abundant in goodnessgoodness and truthtruth; for thousands of Israel He keeps mercymercy in store; He forgives Israel's iniquity, iniquity, transgression, transgression, and sin sin; and HE CORRECTS ISRAEL, BUTHE CORRECTS ISRAEL, BUT HE HE DOES NOT UTTERLY DESTROY HIMDOES NOT UTTERLY DESTROY HIM, as his history shows even to this day. He hath not dealt so with any other nation.


BY NO MEANS CLEAR THE GUILTYBY NO MEANS CLEAR THE GUILTYJer 30:11 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether will not leave thee altogether unpunished. unpunished.

Jer 46:28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave will I not leave thee wholly unpunishedthee wholly unpunished.

Jer 49:12 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunishedthou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.

The introduction of sinsin into the world necessitated the constitution of things as they were laid in the beginning. If there had been no sinsin there would have been no “enmity” between God and man; and consequently no antagonism by which to educe good out of evilevil. SinSin and evilevil are as cause and effect. God is the author of evilevil, but not of sinsin; for the evilevil is the punishment of sinsin. … The evilevil then to which man is subjected is the Lord’s doing.

Elpis Israel pp 126,127

All “the ills that flesh is heir to” make up the “evil”“evil” which has come upon man as the result of transgressing the law of God.

Elpis Israel p68

THE CONSTITUTION OF SINTHE CONSTITUTION OF SIN

SINSIN and EVILEVILThe word sinsin is used in two principal acceptations in the scripture. It signifies in the first place, “the transgression of the law”; and in the next, it represents that physical principle of the animal nature, which is the cause of all its diseases, death, and resolution into dust. It is that in the flesh “which has the power of death”; and it is called sinsin, because the development, or fixation, of this evilevil in the flesh, was the result of transgression. Inasmuch as this evilevil principle pervades every part of the flesh, the animal nature is styled “sinsinful flesh,” that is, “flesh full of sinsin”; so that sinsin, in the sacred style, came to stand for the substance called man. … The nature of the lower animals is as full of this physical evilevil principle as the nature of man; though it cannot be styled sinsin with the same expressiveness; because it does not possess them as the result of their own transgression; the name, however, does not alter the nature of the thing.

Elpis Israel pp 126,127

SINSIN and EVILEVIL“The primitive sense of the word (sinsin) is the transgression of law; and the derived sense that of evilevil in the flesh. Transgression is to this evilevil as cause to an effect; which effect re-acts in the posterity of the original transgressors as a cause, which, uncontrolled by belief of the truth, evolves transgression in addition to those natural ills, disease, death, and corruption, which are inherent in flesh and blood. Because he transgressed the Eden-law, Adam is said to have sinnedsinned. EvilEvil was then evolved in his flesh as the punishment of his sinsin; and because the evilevil was the punishment of the sinsin, it is also styled sinsin. ‘Flesh and blood’ is naturally and hereditarily full of this evilevil. It is, therefore called ‘sinsinful flesh’, or flesh full of sinsin. Hence, an apostle saith, ‘in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing’ (Rom 7:18) The absence of goodness in our physical nature is the reason of flesh and blood being termed ‘sin’‘sin’.. ‘The Word was made flesh’; a saying which Paul synonymizes by the expression, ‘God hath made Jesus sinsin for us who knew no sin’ (2 Cor 5:21).” J. Thomas, Clerical Theology Unscriptural p 9.



Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped. And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.


A GOOD AND EVIL CONSCIENCEIN ADAM IN CHRIST

“I was afraid” “There is no fear in...”FEAR LOVEGenesis 3:10 1 John 4:18

“Because I was naked” “White raiment ...”SHAME CLOTHEDGenesis 3:10 Rev 3:18; 16:15;19:8; Gal 3:27

“I hid myself” “Towards God we have”CONCEALMENT CONFIDENCEGenesis 3:10 Heb. 10:19-22; 4:16;

1 John 4:17; 3:21

THE RESULT THE RESULTA Defiled Conscience A good ConscienceTitus 1:15 1 Pet. 3:16-21

A Negative Attitude A Positive Attitudetowards God towards God

A GOOD AND EVIL CONSCIENCEIN ADAM IN CHRIST

“I was afraid” “There is no fear in...”FEAR LOVEGenesis 3:10 1 John 4:18

“Because I was naked” “White raiment ...”SHAME CLOTHEDGenesis 3:10 Rev 3:18; 16:15;19:8; Gal 3:27

“I hid myself” “Towards God we have”CONCEALMENT CONFIDENCEGenesis 3:10 Heb. 10:19-22; 4:16;

1 John 4:17; 3:21

THE RESULT THE RESULTA Defiled Conscience A good ConscienceTitus 1:15 1 Pet. 3:16-21

A Negative Attitude A Positive Attitudetowards God towards God

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I HAVE DECLARED

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THY NAMEJohn 17

I HAVE DECLARED

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THY NAMEJohn 17


YAHWEH said,






FOR GOD, WHO COMMANDED THE LIGHT TO SHINE OUT OF DARKNESS, HATH SHINED IN OUR HEARTS, TO GIVE THE LIGHT OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GLORYGLORY OF GOD IN THE FACE OF JESUS CHRIST...

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of GloryGlory; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things that are not seen are eternal.

2 Corinthians 4:6,15-18

GLORYGLORY

JOHN 1:14-18JOHN 1:14-18

14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of GRACEGRACE and TRUTHTRUTH.

15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

16 And of his fullness have all we received, and GRACEGRACE for (upon or on top of) GRACEGRACE.

17 For the law was given by Moses, but GRACEGRACE and TRUTHTRUTH came by Jesus Christ.

18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

... men were not ushered into being for the purpose of being saved or lost. God-manifestation, not human salvation was the grand purpose of the Eternal Spirit. The salvation of a multitude is incidental to the manifestation, but it was not the end proposed.

The Eternal Spirit intended to enthrone Himself on the earth and in so doing, TO DEVELOP A DIVINE FAMILY FROM TO DEVELOP A DIVINE FAMILY FROM AMONG MENAMONG MEN,, every one of whom shall be spirit because born of the Spirit, and that this family shall be large enough to fill the earth, when perfected, to the entire exclusion of flesh and blood.

John Thomas – Herald of the Kingdom, April 1858

GOD MANIFESTATIONGOD MANIFESTATION

The whole prayer is concerned with the Glory of the Father revealed in His family and is composed of three clear sections.

The Lord prays that “The Father’s Glory might be revealed...”

1‑5 Firstly in the Son

6‑19 Then in the Lives of his Disciples

20‑26 And ultimately in the unity & love manifested and experienced among all the believers

Without doubt, the dominant theme which comes through is that of the priestly aspect of Christ’s work as the Firstborn Son in the Divine family and the example he has left for us, the Royal Priesthood of the future age in prospect.

JOHN 17JOHN 17

The Father’s Glory Revealed in the SonThe Father’s Glory Revealed in the Son John 17:1‑5John 17:1‑5

‘‘Father’Father’ ‑ Simple but expressive. He is the Firstborn Son and therefore speaks to ‘the Father’. Cp Holy Father v 11 and Righteous Father v 25.

‘‘Glorify thy son, that thy son also may glorify thee’Glorify thy son, that thy son also may glorify thee’ v 1 This is said on the basis of what Jesus could claim to have already achieved in v 4, ‘I have glorified thee on the earth; I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do’.

Hence v 5 ‘Glorify thou me with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.’

The Father’s Glory in the Lives of the The Father’s Glory in the Lives of the DisciplesDisciples John 17:6‑19John 17:6‑19

In vv 6‑12 note the use of the word ‘gavest’ or ‘given’ in vv 6(2),9,11,12 and later in v 24 and 18:9.

In what sense have these men been given to the son?

Consider the previous occurrences in 6:37‑39; 10:27‑30.

This illustrates his priestly role as the firstborn son in the Divine Family. It is further illustrated by the use of the term Good Shepherd found in this latter reference.

‘‘Holy Father’Holy Father’ v 11. This has implications in the lives of the disciples in all ages.

The Father’s Glory Revealed in Unity & The Father’s Glory Revealed in Unity & Love Among All BelieversLove Among All Believers John 17:20‑26John 17:20‑26 ‘‘That they all may be one’That they all may be one’ v 20.

‘‘That they may be made perfect in one’That they may be made perfect in one’ v 23 Cp Eph 4:11‑16.

‘‘That the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them’That the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them’ v 26 Cp 1 Corinthians 13

JOHN 17:25,26JOHN 17:25,26

O righteous Father, the world hath not O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. these have known that thou hast sent me.

And I have declared unto them thy NAME, And I have declared unto them thy NAME, and will declare it: that the LOVE wherewith and will declare it: that the LOVE wherewith thou hast LOVED me may be in them, and I thou hast LOVED me may be in them, and I in them.in them.

JOHN 17:25,26JOHN 17:25,26

O righteous Father, the world hath not O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. these have known that thou hast sent me.

And I have declared unto them thy NAME, And I have declared unto them thy NAME, and will declare it: that the LOVE wherewith and will declare it: that the LOVE wherewith thou hast LOVED me may be in them, and I thou hast LOVED me may be in them, and I in them.in them.

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NOTE!

THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL SLIDES WERE NOT USED IN THE STUDIES BUT ARE RELEVANT AND COULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED HAD TIME AND OPPORTUNITY PERMITTED

The first one in Study 1

The second one in Study 3

The last four in Study 5

The Purpose of God According to ElectionThe Purpose of God According to ElectionOn what basis can an individual or nation be styled “CHOSEN”?

1Peter 1:21Peter 1:2 ELECT according to the FOREKNOWLEDGE of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ.

This reveals to us the MEANS and DESIGN of God’s election.

•The MEANS Through sanctification of the Spirit Cleansing of the Word•The DESIGN Unto obedience and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ Perfecting of the vessel by the potter fit for honour and glory.

Yahweh “chooses” people that His Glory might be seen in them - whether mercy or severity - but this does not necessarily relate them to salvation and certainly does not guarantee it.

Those to be counted worthy by Yahweh of a place in the Kingdom must be CALLED and CHOSEN and FAITHFUL - Revelation 17:14.

Jeremiah 42:5 Then they said to Jeremiah, Yahweh be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which Yahweh thy God shall send thee to us.

Revelation 3:14 And unto the angel of the ecclesia of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;

Revelation 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

Revelation 21:5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

Revelation 22:6 And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to show unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.

TRUE and FAITHFULTRUE and FAITHFUL

THE WORD SINTHE WORD SIN… “Sin is an exceedingly great sinner”—kath, hyperbolen amartolos—Rom 7:13. In this expression Paul personifies Sin; and says that it deceived him, slew him, and worked death in him.“Sin” is a word in Paul’s argument, which stands for “human nature,” with its affections and desires. Hence, to become sin, or for one to be “made sin” for others, (2 Cor. 5:21) is to become flesh and blood. This is called “sin,” or “Sin’s flesh,” because it is what it is in consequence of sin, or transgression. J. Thomas, Eureka Vol 1 p247

“Christ was ‘made sin’ in being born into a sin-constitution of things - a state in which evil prevails because of sin, for the cure of that evil and the removal of that sin in being treated as a sinner when he was not a sinner.”

R.Roberts, Logos, September 1954.

NO PHYSICAL SUBSTANCE CALLED SINNO PHYSICAL SUBSTANCE CALLED SIN“Because the condition of nature that we inherit came as the result of sin, it is frequently given that title in the Scriptures. … ‘Sin that dwelleth in me’ Rom 7:20). … There is no such thing as a physical substance called ‘sin’ in man, but the lusts of the flesh. This desire of the flesh to assert itself against the law of God is described as ‘sin’ which is therefore metonymical for human nature ... Why is the term ‘sin’ used in this metonymical sense? Because the condition of nature to which it refers came as a result of Adam’s sin. Thus ‘sin’ is used in two ways in Scripture: firstly for actual transgression; and secondly, to describe the state of nature that resulted from actual transgression on the part of Adam and Eve. This fact is fatal to the clean-flesh theorists who urge that ‘sin’ only relates to actual transgression.”

HPM, Notes on the Atonement, Woodville Ecc pp 11,12.

A Word of CautionA Word of Caution“By using words to which usage has given two meanings and transferring conclusions from one to the other we can get strange results. ‘Sin’ is used in the Scriptures in a primary literal sense, and also by a figure of speech in a secondary (but not unimportant) sense. Guilt attaches to ‘sin’ in the first sense but not in the second; but to transfer a conclusion that is true to the first definition to a statement in which the word is used in a figurative sense, while having a show of logic, is disastrous to truth.”

John Carter, A letter to the editor of The Advocate, 22 June 1953 re the views of Thomas Williams.

SIN USED IN A METONYMICAL WAYSIN USED IN A METONYMICAL WAYBecause this inherited tendency is so evident a characteristic of human nature, and because it is the result and cause of sin, Paul by the use of metonymy can describe it as sin…A similar usage of metonymy is found in 2 Cor. 5:21, where Paul says that “Him who knew no sin God made to be sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”… Christ the sinless was made to be sin in sharing in the effect of sin in his life, and by his death providing the conditions for the forgiveness of sins and, finally, the removal of all the effects of sin… It is a fallacy in reasoning to say that what is affirmable of sin literal must apply to sin used in this metonymical way. We are blameworthy for our sins, but we cannot help the possession of the natures with which we were born. Sins need forgiving and our nature needs changing. Sins are forgiven now for Christ's sake but the change of nature takes place when the Lord comes. “The most outrageous statement that has been made (in the Andrew controversy) is the one that men are objects of divine anger because they are flesh”

(“The Christadelphian,” 1894, page 466).Sin used as a literal term, and “sin” used by metonymy, cannot be classed in one category.

John Carter – Unity Book pages 20,63

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