"Ryoko"..... "Ryoko"... "Ryoko"....
I'm nt waiting for ryoko anymore.... am I??
She got sweaty palms... When i know abt it.. I felt happy inside me.. why? Is it because she has something that "she" has it too... I shouldnt felt this way? hmm... "Ryoko" Too many whys????
Work isnt tht smooth ... doesnt feel happy at all ... counting my daes in the force, hope it will come real soon. However it seems so far far away. When you dont like the place you are working in... time seems to drag pass.
Friendship are so unpredictable... ur may be very close friend now but who knows? Sick of it!!
Get out of my life!! I want to be myself just me! I aint special!
Everything is just out of control!!!! ZZZzzzzzzz........ frustrated!!
ORD!!
Have been awhile since i last blog...
Work : As usual HAtE IT!! I'm leaving Feb 09 something to cheer about. Yippee!! I just cant wait to leave.
Jap : Not doing vwell for my Japanese language course... Still considering going on...
...... ZZZzzzzzzz .....
Mustard Seed
The third parable is about the ‘mustard seed’ (13:31-32, an unusually small seed which grows to represent the ‘largest of garden plants’ (NIV), about 10-12 feet.[24] The KJV reads ‘it is the greatest among herbs’ (Gk: vegetable).[25] The bible does not say which mustard seed is referred to, but it is most likely the black mustard seed (brassica nigra, also called sinapi in Greek for mustard)). Other well known types are white or brown mustard seeds.[26] The word ‘plant’ (NIV) in Greek, refers to a garden or vegetable plant,[27] not a tree. Technically, the mustard seed is not the smallest seed in the world, but it is the smallest in Palestine (modern Israel). Though some mustard plants only grow to about 3 feet tall and therefore are too tender for the birds to make their nest, this is not the case in Israel, where the mustard plants can grow up to about 12 feet (see Appendix 1 for diag).
Some liberalist will argue that Christ got His facts wrong, because birds cannot possibly sit on such a tender plant when it is only 1-3 feet tall; obviously they do not take Christ parable seriously and have forgotten all about the mustard plants in Israel, such as around Galilee. They will find that such vegetable plants do have big branches that are strong enough to support the birds (Matt 13:32; Mk 4:32). Our Lord knew exactly what He was talking about.
Mustard seeds are grounded and used as a spice in cooking for its hot and spicy flavours.[28] It is also used as a herb for taste and medicinal properties.[29] Different types of mustard sauces also come from the mustard seed.[30]
The mustard plant is indeed a garden herb,[31] but is abnormally greater than the herbs (13: 32) because it stands out from the rest of the garden plants and even looks like a tree, but as mentioned earlier it is abnormally tall for a garden plant which illustrates an unusual large growth of Christendom,[32] which will mature in the tribulation. Christendom will grow outwards from an insignificant beginning (the tiny 1mm seed) to exert the greatest worldwide influence of an evil religious system (the abnormal growth of the plant) comprised of mainly empty professors of Christ.[33] In the same way as the tiny seed (i.e. the Word as in Matt 13:18-23) was meant to grow into a normal garden plant, but the truth of Christ ended up being overtaken by an abnormal growth of evil–the corrupted Christendom. The Church (true believers) only plays a temporary role in Christendom because she will be raptured prior to the tribulation.
Implications in the book of Revelations speak of Rome becoming the head office for Christendom. The end result within the last half of the tribulation will be a one world religious system.
‘MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.’ (Rev 17:5)[34]
(1) Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters…(4) The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication. (Rev 17:1, 4).
Who wears purple and scarlet today? The Pope and Cardinals. Where is their head office? Rome.
As Arnold C Gaebelein puts it: ‘This unnatural thing, this monstrosity, is professing Christendom as a system of the world, professing Christ, without possessing Him and His Spirit.‘[35]
In the meantime while Christendom is growing, there will be religious opposition against true born again believers in Christ within the system. The world is not getting better, but worse! To give you an idea, Zech 13:8-9 specifically states that only 1/3rd of the Jewish population will enter the kingdom of God. The current Jewish population in 2007 is about 17 million, 1/3rd makes up about 5 million saved if Jesus came today. The number of saved Gentiles is not mentioned.
In Nebuchadnezzar’s dream (Dan 4:12) the birds benefited from the tree, implications are that evil will also benefit from the size of Christendom influenced by false teaching, deception, signs and wonders.
The OT saints knew that one day the Messiah will restore the Davidic kingdom to Israel, and that this kingdom will be filled with peace and righteousness, but they did not know that unrighteousness will dwell in the new kingdom–the mystery kingdom. In fact the OT saints and the Apostles didn’t even know of a mystery kingdom until the Messiah was rejected. But now it has been revealed to them and to us. That is Christendom must run its course before God establishes the kingdom of God which they always though was the Messianic kingdom.
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