Beware The Scribes

[whirlwind]

Christ Himself warns us of the "scribes," many times. Do we listen? Are we aware of how they work?

Mark 12:38 And He said unto them in His doctrine, "Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces. And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:

Mark 14:1 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take Him by craft, and put Him to death.

Mark 15:29-31 And they that passed by railed on Him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Ah, Thou That destroyest the Temple, and buildest it in three days. Save Thyself, and come down from the cross." Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, "He saved others; Himself He cannot save.

Scribe #1122 A writer, (professionally) scribe or secretary - scribe, town clerk.

From the few examples quoted above we see the purpose of these scribes, which is...to PUT HIM TO DEATH. They are most often affiliated with the "chief priests," who at that time had been appointed by Rome. These are Satan's workers and are not of our brother Judah. They are those Christ told...

John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

This thread concerns "the scribes." They are those that want to kill Him by "craft," which is by deceit. And...they did. They continue to. How? They are professional writers and through that media they kill Him over and over. He is the Word:

John 1:1-2 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God.

As they helped kill our Saviour they continue to kill Him by changing His Word. Christ Himself warns us of this! "Beware of the scribes." These professional writers didn't go away at His crucifixion....they are alive and well today for not only did they wish to kill Him....they strive to spiritually kill all believers and....they are. The many translations of the Bible are proof of their continued work where His truth is diluted and changed. It isn't just in the Bible for it includes writers in today's papers, books, etc. who destroy His Word and spread Satan's poison and deception. That includes on forums for we too are scribes and both sides battle!

Psalm 144:1 Blessed be the LORD my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

Proverbs 6:12-14 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

Add to the list the Strong's Concordance itself. In my Strong's Concordance the definition of air, as used in...

1 Thessalonians 4:17 Then we which are alive, and remain, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

is......#109 aer ah-ayr' from aemi (to breathe unconsciously, i.e. respire; by analogy, to blow); "air" (as naturally circumambient):--air. Compare 5594)

In other words....it IS NOT in the atmosphere but is us, our living, breathing breath of life. When you search for the meaning of breathe and respire we find it means....SPIRIT, which is our life. This is our spirit being taught. So, when we meet the Lord in the air, it means...in our spirit bodies, not up in the sky.

Now I have been told that there is an addition to this definition....the new and improved versions have added....

1) the air, particularly the lower and denser air as distinguished from the higher and rarer air

2) the atmospheric region[/quote](Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon)

Why was it added? Who added it? This addition changes the meaning but how? If one believes in rapture then....it HAS TO BE the atmosphere for....aren't all good believers to be flown away? It cannot just mean in spirit bodies...as the original stated it meant. Which is right? You must decide.


Now, knowing why Christ warned us to "beware of the scribes" and we now see how they continue to work to not only kill Him over and over but to also spiritually kill those that love Him, will we so readily accept newly translated...new and improved versions...newer and easier to understand and....additions to the Strong's Concordance? I hope not. Know your enemy and know they, the scribes, are in high places and look so very holy!


Take heed lest any man deceive you....[Mark 13:5] and especially those in sheep's clothing, those that come in His name...Christ/Christian.

[canny]

 additions to the Strongs Concordance? I hope not. 
  

don't misunderstand me Whirlwind, I am not about to say anything against Strong's Concordance, I am just wondering when God popped in to validate it ?

[whirlwind]

 additions to the Strongs Concordance? I hope not. 
  

don't misunderstand me Whirlwind, I am not about to say anything against Strong's Concordance, I am just wondering when God popped in to validate it ?

I think the Strong's Concordance is one of the greatest tools we've been given to understand His Word but I agree with you in that it's not Holy Writ. However, as there have been changes...and some serious...in the Bible there are changes in the Strong's. Why? (Beware the scribes) The one I mentioned in the OP has serious repercussions.

[canny]

I dunno Whirlwind, I cannot disagree with you, but if I read about the air, I would not assume the atmosphere was meant when referring to meeting Him.

I find it difficult to call the scribes, who really did not understand what was going on "of Satan". They had a job to do.

I know this is simplistic, and I apologise, but not everything that is not correct is of Satan IMO, just simply not correct.

I fully agree we must watch and test and use discernment, but I also wonder on what that discernment is based.

[whirlwind]

Mark 12:38-39 And He said unto them in His doctrine, "Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces. And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:


In reading back over the OP the above verse caught my eye. To further substantiate that the scribes Jesus warned about long ago now includes posters on forums today....please consider:

When we gather to learn and teach we are "at feasts." Here the milk and meat of His Word is provided. His bread and wine fill us but...there is also quail on the table. Flesh. Do we partake of the Manna or the quail for both are offered?

The deceitful scribes are at our feasts and the marketplaces. What does that word mean?

Marketplaces - any assembly, especially of the people, the place of assembly, for public debating, for elections, for trials, for buying and selling, for all kinds of business, market place, street

Marketplaces are where public debating (forums) are held, where assemblies of people (forums) meet and discuss, and where buying and selling go on. What kind of buying and selling?

Rev 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Our souls! Not commodities but our souls are being bartered. Those doing that buying and selling in the market (great city of Babylon - the carnal world) aren't of God. Just as the false witnesses (deceitful scribes) are peddling their wares in the streets of the world...so are God's witnesses.

Rev 11:8 And their dead bodies [shall lie] in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

[canny]

so on a forum, such as this, anything and everything that is said ( well with a bit of sense ) must be tested ? and once again I agree, but I am lost at the repeat ?

The Message often helps me get to grips with stuff,,, now some shout out loud that there are so many wrong things in there... But, once again,, I refer to,, the air. What is it about discernment that does not make me think of the atmosphere, and therefore, what is it that is wrong with the scribe ?

I am starting to lose myself now lol,, I know what I mean, I hope you do ?

[whirlwind]

I dunno Whirlwind, I cannot disagree with you, but if I read about the air, I would not assume the atmosphere was meant when referring to meeting Him.

I find it difficult to call the scribes, who really did not understand what was going on "of Satan". They had a job to do.

I know this is simplistic, and I apologise, but not everything that is not correct is of Satan IMO, just simply not correct.

I fully agree we must watch and test and use discernment, but I also wonder on what that discernment is based.

Not all scribes are of Satan. They, as you pointed out, had a job to do. Without them the pen wouldn't be laid to paper. Jesus is warning about certain ones. They purposefully deceive.

[whirlwind]

so on a forum, such as this, anything and everything that is said ( well with a bit of sense ) must be tested ? and once again I agree, but I am lost at the repeat ?

The Message often helps me get to grips with stuff,,, now some shout out loud that there are so many wrong things in there... But, once again,, I refer to,, the air. What is it about discernment that does not make me think of the atmosphere, and therefore, what is it that is wrong with the scribe ?

I am starting to lose myself now lol,, I know what I mean, I hope you do ?

You have not lost yourself. You stated it correctly. On forums...or anywhere God's Word is taught...it MUST BE TESTED. Some scribes purposely deceive, others are simply human and as such we are all prone to error.

The point about the addition to the Strong's wherein the description of "air" was changed, or added, to include in it's meaning "atmosphere", is deceptive and used as an example. Air, as used there, has nothing to do with the atmosphere but rather means spirit, pneuma, breath of life. We meet Him in spirit, in our spirit bodies...not up in the air as rapture enthusiasts believe.

1 Thessalonians 4:17 Then we which are alive, and remain, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

The clouds are clouds of witnesses, of which we are part...not fluffy air balls and the air is our spirits. Clouds of spiritual beings "and so shall we ever be with the Lord."

Hebrews 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

[canny]

ah, well I am not a literalist, (that does not sound quite right, but you know what I mean lol) so perhaps I am blessed to suffer less over these things .... who knows