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NASB | Matthew 7:23 "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.' |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 7:23 "And then I will declare to them publicly, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME [you are banished from My presence], YOU WHO ACT WICKEDLY [disregarding My commands].' [Ps 6:8] |
Subject: What is iniquity in Matthew 7:23? |
Bible Note: Ed. Paul said around 50AD, 2 Thessalonians 2:7 “For the mystery of iniquity doth already work:” John said around 90AD, 1 John 4:1 “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but TRY THE SPIRITS WHETHER THEY ARE OF GOD: because MANY FALSE PROPHETS are gone out into the world. After the Temple destruction in 70AD, the Romans wanted to wipe out the Hebrew culture. Everyone was under Roman control back then and it was safer to distance yourself from anything Hebraic. It was very easy for new Gentile converts to assume church authority and disregard the Hebraic aspects. This is partly how anti-Semitism started. The problem became institutionalized when the center of the faith went from Jerusalem to Antioch. “Many Greek-Jews lived there and it was here that the followers of Christ were first called Christians”. These Greek-Jews had adopted some of the world’s customs and compromised the faith. Antioch means “driven against” and is named after the great-grandfather of Antiochus Epiphanes, an infamous king who desecrated the Temple. The original apostles did not found Antioch. Notice the 1st letter in the book of Revelation talks about apostles and most agree it refers to the 1st 100 years of church history. Rev 2:2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them WHICH SAY THEY ARE APOSTLES, AND ARE NOT, AND HAST FOUND THEM LIARS:3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. The Pharisees were people just like Christians. Yeshua Himself preached the truth to them, some received others did not. Matthew 13:15 ”For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes THEY HAVE CLOSED; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. Remember when Elijah thought he was the only one worshipping YHWH 1 Kings 19:18 “Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him”. The question is how many millions of YHWH’s people were disregarding the prophets and actually worshipping Baal? Ecclesiastes 1:9 ”The thing that hath been, it IS THAT WHICH SHALL BE; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Prove all things, hold fast that which is good Greg Boone |