Wednesday, November 02, 2005

1 Timothy 6:10, Ezekiel 28:4-5

This post serves a double purpose. One is to expose a wonder out of the law of God, another is to demonstrate the King James Bible's perfection, which needs no amending from anyone.

In his book "The King James Only Controversy", Mr. White at one point takes issue with


1Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil

In trying to discredit this translation, he argues that a rape, for instance, could not have the source of its evil in the love of money.

Aside from committing a logical fallacy in the argument, there seems to have escaped him another scripture which sheds light on 1 Timothy 6:10

As Satan is directly addressed in Ezekiel 28 via the prince of tyrus, we read in verses 4 and 5:


With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches


We are given the reason behind Lucipher's distension of heart; "because of thy riches". He loved money so much he invested his wisdom and understanding in gathering gold and silver, and his heart was lifted up along with his treasures.

Turning to Isaiah 14, we see the consequence of that pride and the first chronological sin in the universe (v.13,14)


12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
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For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

also in

Ezekiel 28:2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

futhermore

Ezekiel 28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

His beauty was also a cause of his heart being lift up

Ezekiel 28:17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

But that beauty was closely linked with his riches, read


Ezekiel 28:12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
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3 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold

Shift your attention to:

Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man (Adam) sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

You see then how the Bible is teaching you that;

since sin and hence evil came into the world by Adam, and Adam was deceived by Eve, and Eve was deceived by Satan, and Satan was deceived by his own heart (Jeremiah 17:9) because of his riches;

therefore, quite literaly, the ROOT of ALL evil is the LOVE OF MONEY

Well look at that, the King James had it right afterall,,,my my my...

With this in mind, please reread the following and shiver

Matthew 6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
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The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
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But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

v21
heart and treasure are linked, just as they were with Satan in Ezekiel 28:4-5

vs 22,23
interesting that light is mentioned in the context when Satan is Lucipher
(lux fero; lightbearer), and that darkness is countless times associated with Satan.
hearken back also to Ezekiel 28:17 where his wisdom is corrupted because of his brightness (you can be sure that those gemstones in Ezekiel 28:13 did much to reflect and amplify that brightness)

v24 notice "hold to the one and despise the other" That's exactly what Satan did and could no more serve God. He held his riches so close he wore them! they were his "covering"! (Ezekiel 28:13)

Look how James hammers it in

James 5:2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

Do you get now why James links those images? No mere poetry my friends; but some dreadful truths to the one who delights in the law of God. Take heed to it.

Noticing moreover such mention of the flesh, now how do you read

Romans 13:14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

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There's what should be your covering and what you should hold to (Matthew 6:24)

Under a whole new light eyh?

may the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the God of the Bible, bless you and keep you