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“As Moses lifted up the serpent [the serpent made of bronze described in Numbers 21:8–9] in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that whosoever believes in Him will have eternal life, for God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten [uniquely born] Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

“…for by grace you are saved through faith and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not as a result of works, lest any man should boast.”

Above is the content of John 3:14–16 and the content of Ephesians 2:8–9, respectively.  Itʼs worthwhile to refrain from receiving the mark referenced in Revelation 13:11–18 and to instead receive eternal life for free by believing that Jesus is the Savior.  Before doing any Bible studying and before praying to God the Father, it is useful for a person who has believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as the Savior to try to think of any sins that one might have committed since one last confessed oneʼs known post-salvation sins to God the Father, and if one has indeed committed any, to then silently confess those sins to God the Father—confessing only one time for each sin—in accordance with what is mentioned in 1 John 1:9:  

“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

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When studying the Word of God, it is beneficial to keep in mind the content of Hebrews 4:12:  

“Indeed, the Word of God is alive and powerful, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of the soul and the spirit and of the joints and the marrow and is a critic of thoughts and intents of the heart.”

Note:  The heart refers to the mind.  

It is also beneficial to keep in mind the content of 2 Timothy 3:16–17 when studying the Word of God:  

“All Scripture is God breathed and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God might be mature, having been thoroughly furnished unto all good work.”

It is the responsibility of a pastor-teacher to endeavor to correctly understand the Word of God and then to accurately teach the Word of God, as per the content of 2 Timothy 2:15:  

“Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the Word of Truth.”

A pastor-teacher is a communicator rather than a crutch on which to be leaned.  In that regard, a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ should refrain from putting oneʼs trust in and thereby serving as a devoted follower of and thus worshiping a pastor-teacher.  Likewise, a believer should refrain from putting oneʼs trust in and thereby serving as a devoted follower of and thus worshiping anyone other than the Trinity [God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit], as per Joshua 24:15, the content of which references Joshua speaking to the Israelites:  

If it is disagreeable/bad/evil/wrong/wretchedness/displeasing in your sight to serve/worship Jehovah / Yahweh / I am I am / the existing One, choose for yourselves today whom you serve/worship:  whether the gods ['elohiym / false gods] which your fathers have served/worshiped which were beyond the river or the gods ['elohiym / false gods] of the Amorites in whose land you are living.  As for me and my house, we serve/worship Jehovah / Yahweh / I am I am / the existing One.

Note:  Joshua, the leader of the Israelites after Joshua had been serving as the assistant of Moses while Moses was the leader of the Israelites, set the example for the Israelites.  Joshua chose to put his trust in and thereby serve as a devoted follower of and thus worship God the Father rather than Joshua choosing to put his trust in and thereby serve as a devoted follower of and thus worship the lesser of multiple evils amongst multiple choices of 'elohiym [el-oh-HEEM].  The word 'elohiym with a lowercase e can refer to false gods, to angels, or to human rulers or judges.  The word 'Elohiym with a capital E refers to the Trinity.  The word 'elohiym can also be used to refer to might as in mightiness.  In that regard, the use of the word 'elohiym in reference to false gods, to angels, or to human rulers or judges involves the connotation of mightiness in comparison to an average human.  When a person puts oneʼs trust in and thereby serves as a devoted follower of and thus worships an angel or human, that angel or human is that personʼs false god.  Regarding the foregoing, the content of Joshua 24:15 involves Joshua calling attention to the choices that the Israelites had, and that content involves Joshua permitting the Israelites to make their choices while Joshua led by example with his choice.  

The gift of pastor-teacher is for the purpose of each pastor-teacher functioning as a messenger who communicates the Word of God rather than functioning as a priest between the Trinity and mankind.  In that regard, the time period that can be referred to as the Church Age started fifty days after the Lord Jesus Christ was resurrected, and all Church Age believers in the Lord Jesus Christ are priests.  The Lord Jesus Christ is the High Priest of Church Age believers, and believers should be willing to acknowledge/confess/profess to people the believersʼ faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, as per Hebrews 4:14–15:  

Therefore, since we have a great High Priest Who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast the acknowledgment/confession/profession.  Indeed, we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One Who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.

Also, the Lord Jesus Christ is the High Priest according to the order of Melchizedek [mel-KIZ-uh-dek], who was the ruler of Salem when Abraham was still named Abram.  Melchizedek was both a king and a priest, as per Genesis 14:18, which references Melchizedek greeting Abram:  

Then Melchizedek king of Salem has brought out bread and wine, and he is a priest of 'El [AYL] 'Elyown [el-YOHN] / God [focusing on God the Fatherʼs power] Most High.

The Lord Jesus Christ is also both a king and a priest because the Lord is the Priest according to the order of Melchizedek, as per Hebrews 7:14–17:  

Indeed, it is evident that our Lord has arisen from Judah, a tribe with reference to which Moses spoke nothing concerning priests.  Also, it is still much more evident:  that according to the similarity of Melchizedek, Another of a different type of priest arises, Who has become such not on the basis of a law of fleshly command / physical requirement but according to the power of an indestructible life.  Indeed, it is attested:  “YOU ARE A PRIEST FOREVER, ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK.”

Note:  The Lord Jesus Christ is from the tribe of Judah.  Also, the Lord Jesus Christ is qualified to be a priest because He was resurrected and therefore has an indestructible body.  The above content in all capital letters is a reference to Psalm 110:4.  

Because a king is royalty, a king who is a priest is a royal priest.  In that regard, Church Age believers are royalty because they are members of the Lord Jesus Christʼs family.  Therefore, all Church Age believers are royal priests, as per 1 Peter 2:9–10:  

However, you are A CHOSEN PEOPLE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR ACQUISITION/PRESERVATION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him Who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light, for you once were NOT A PEOPLE, but now you are GODʼS PEOPLE.  You had NOT RECEIVED MERCY, but now you have RECEIVED MERCY.

Note:  Before the Church Age, Gentiles were not Godʼs people.  In the Church Age, both Jewish and Gentile believers are Godʼs people.  The content of 1 Peter 2:10 references Hosea 2:23.  In that regard, Peter uses references involving Israel in the Old Testament to refer to Church Age believers.  

Itʼs the message rather than the messenger that should be the focus of the believer in the Lord Jesus Christ.  Put succinctly:  itʼs the message rather than the messenger.  In that regard, it is beneficial to keep in mind the content of Revelation 22:8–9, which was written by the apostle John, who, in addition to writing The Revelation to John, wrote The Gospel According to John, The First Epistle of John, The Second Epistle of John, and The Third Epistle of John:  

I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things, and when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed me these things, but he says* to me, “Do not do that.  I am a fellow servant of yours and of your brethren the prophets and of those who keep the words of this book.  Worship God.”

*Note:  The word says is in the Greek historical present tense.  By means of the Greek historical present tense, past action or future action can be described from the perspective of someone seeing the action as it occurs.  

Regarding messages, believers should use the Word of God to examine what is being communicated.  That is what the Bereans who are mentioned in Acts 17:10–12 did:  

The brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, who, when they arrived, went into the synagogue of the Jews.  Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, who received the word with all eagerness / readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.  Therefore, many of them believed, and not a few prominent Greek women and men.

Note:  The phrase not a few means “quite a few.”  

Today, the return of the Lord Jesus Christ to meet believers in the Lord Jesus Christ in the clouds on the occasion of the Rapture is one day closer than it was yesterday.  The Rapture involves both deceased and living believers in the Lord Jesus Christ meeting the Lord in the clouds in the atmosphere of the earth, receiving glorified immortal resurrection bodies similar to the Lord Jesus Christʼs glorified resurrection body, and going to Heaven with those resurrection bodies.  Before the Rapture occurs, deceased believers in the Lord Jesus Christ are in Heaven without glorified bodies.  While it is possible that the Rapture will occur on the day of the Feast of Trumpets / Yom Teruah [yahm tuh-ROO-uh or yohm tuh-ROO-uh]—which is what some people call Rosh Hashanah and which some people celebrate for two days—the next occurrence of which will possibly be during August, September, or October of 2026, it is worthwhile for believers in the Lord Jesus Christ to get into the habit of being prepared every day for the return of the Lord, just in case the Rapture will occur on a day other than the day of the Feast of Trumpets / Yom Teruah.  Furthermore, it is worthwhile to be in the habit of being prepared for the Rapture so that if it does occur on the day of the Feast of Trumpets / Yom Teruah, one can be prepared for that day because of already being in the habit of being prepared.  Examples of being prepared for the Rapture include applying the content of 1 John 1:9 whenever one sins, being unselfish, and whenever circumstances are such that an opportunity arises, sharing the gospel—the good news that believing that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Savior Who was judged on the cross for the sins of humanity is the means by which a person is able to have eternal life.  Regarding sharing the gospel, one could also have a written or printed message containing the gospel with that written or printed message located somewhere where it could be easily noticed so that if a person or people were to read or hear that written or printed message either before or after the Rapture occurs, that person or people would thereby read or hear the gospel by means of that written or printed message.  

Regarding information about the Rapture, it is beneficial to keep in mind the content of 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 and 1 Corinthians 15:51–52:  

1 Thessalonians 4:13–18

Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope, for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again—and we do indeed believe that Jesus died and rose again—so also God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.  Indeed, this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive who remain until the coming of the Lord will not precede those who have fallen asleep, for the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout of command, with a voice of an archangel and with a trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.  Then we who are alive who remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.  Therefore, comfort one another with these words.

1 Corinthians 15:51–52

Behold, I tell you a mystery:  we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet, for a trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.

After the Rapture will be the seven-year Tribulation.  The believers who will be alive on the earth when the Rapture occurs will escape the Tribulation.  1 Thessalonians 5:1–11 covers that topic.  In that regard, in the book 1 Thessalonians, the content of 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 is immediately followed by the content of 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11.  

1 Thessalonians 5:1–11

Now as to the times and the epochs, brethren, you have no need of anything to be written to you, for you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord is coming just like a thief in the night.  While they are saying, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape.  However, you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day would overtake you like a thief, for you are all sons of light and sons of day.  We are not of night nor of darkness; therefore, let us not sleep as others, but let us be alert and sober.  Indeed, those who sleep do their sleeping at night, and those who get drunk get drunk at night.  However, since we are of day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and benevolence/goodwill, and as a helmet, the hope / absolute confidence of deliverance, for God has not destined us for wrath but for obtaining deliverance through our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him.  Therefore, comfort one another and edify one another, just as you also are doing.

Note:  In this context, the day of the Lord is the time period that consists of the Rapture, the seven years of the Tribulation, and the Second Advent.  In that regard, deliverance from the Tribulation is the deliverance in this context.  Also, unspecified is who will be saying “Peace and safety!”  In this context, sleeping refers to a lack of alertness.  The alertness in this context involves being ready for the Rapture.  In order to be ready for the Rapture, a believer needs to be filled with the power of God the Holy Spirit and to pay attention for historical trends such as people saying “Peace and safety!” and for historical trends that match the pattern of the world being on the brink of tremendous calamities like those that will occur during the Tribulation.  Regarding being filled with the power of God the Holy Spirit, once a believer commits a sin after salvation, that believer is no longer filled with the power of God the Holy Spirit and is out of fellowship with the Trinity.  After that believer has confessed/acknowledged to God the Father all of that believerʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins, fellowship with the Trinity and the filling with the power of the Holy Spirit are restored.  The procedure for confessing/acknowledging to God the Father all of oneʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins is mentioned in 1 John 1:9:  “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”  Fellowship with God the Father and God the Son is mentioned in 1 John 1.  Being out of fellowship with God the Holy Spirit is referenced in Ephesians 4:30.  In that regard, when a believer sins, that believer grieves the Holy Spirit.  Losing the filling of the power of God the Holy Spirit is referenced in 1 Thessalonians 5:19.  In that regard, when a believer sins, the power of God the Holy Spirit is quenched in that believer.  After a believer has confessed/acknowledged to God the Father all of that believerʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins, that believer is then filled with the power of God the Holy Spirit again and in fellowship with the Trinity again.  

The verses of the day for August 9th are Luke 12:6–7.  The title of the book Luke is also known as “The Gospel According to Luke.”  The book Luke was written by Luke.  He also wrote The Acts of the Apostles.  Because it is useful to study verses that share the same context, below is content related to Luke 12:1–12.  The words of the Lord Jesus Christ are in red.  

Note:  The Pharisees [FEHR-ih-seez] were a powerful group of Jewish people.  The Pharisees were opposed to the Lord Jesus Christ.  

Luke 12:1

Meanwhile, after myriads of the crowd had gathered together such that they were stepping on one another, He began saying to His disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Note:  In this verse, the Koine [KOI-nay] Greek noun that is translated as “myriads” is μυριάδων [pronounced as moo-ree-AH-dohn and transliterated as myriadōn].  That noun is an inflected form of the root word μυριάς [pronounced as moo-ree-AHS and transliterated as myrias].  The Koine Greek noun myrias can be literally translated as “ten thousand,” and the Koine Greek noun myriadōn, which is a plural form of myrias, can be literally translated as “ten thousands.”  Also, myrias and myriadōn can be used to refer to an innumerable quantity—in other words, to a quantity that is too large to be counted.  In that regard, a synonym of innumerable is countless.  Regarding innumerability, the English word myriad can be used to refer to a countless quantity or to a very large indefinite number.  The distinction between those two usages of the English word myriad is that a countless quantity is a quantity that is uncountable whereas a very large indefinite number involves a quantity that is countable but the precise amount of which is unspecified.  Also, the English word myriad can be used to literally refer to a quantity of ten thousand, and the English word myriads can be used to literally refer to a quantity of ten thousands.  The English word myriad can be used as a noun or as an adjective.  The English word myriad was used as a noun in the English language before myriad was used as an adjective in the English language.  Also, the English word myriad is derived from the Greek word myrias.  Regarding the translation of myriadōn, which is the plural form of myrias that is used in Luke 12:1, unspecified in this verse and the following verses is whether tens of thousands of people are being referenced or whether an innumerable quantity of people is being referenced.  Also, if tens of thousands of people are being referenced, unspecified in this verse and the following verses is the quantity of tens of thousands that would be being referenced.  Regardless of the precise quantity of people being referenced in this verse, the crowd was huge.  

Regarding the crowd being huge, that gathering of people was so crowded that people were stepping on each other.  In that regard, absent from this verse and the following verses is anything indicating that anyone fell down; therefore, it is logical to conclude that people were stepping on other peopleʼs toes or feet or both.  Also, in spite of the fact that the crowd was huge, absent from the content of this verse and the following verses is anything indicating the Lord Jesus Christ having a fixation on the size of the crowd.  Instead, the content of this verse indicates that the Lord launched into His message.  

In Luke 12:1, the phrase He began saying to His disciples first indicates that when the Lord began speaking what is referenced in Luke 12:1–12, His disciples were the people to whom He was directing His speaking.  Although the Lord was speaking to His disciples, there was a crowd of other people present.  Because absent from the content of Luke 12:1–12 is anything indicating that the Lord was speaking with a volume that was only audible to His disciples, it is logical to conclude that it is possible that at least some of the people in the crowd could hear what the Lord was saying.  In that regard, the audience that heard the Lordʼs message included His disciples and possibly at least some members of the crowd.  

Regarding the content of Luke 12:1 involving the Lord launching into a message, that message involves the word leaven.  As used in this verse, the word leaven metaphorically refers to corruption.  In that regard, the Pharisees were corrupt even though they pretended to be very righteous.  Because the Pharisees were corrupt rather than righteous, the Pharisees were being hypocritical.  Because the Pharisees were corrupt even though they pretended to be very righteous, the Lord warned his audience to beware of being corrupted by the Pharisees.  In that regard, the Pharisees thought in terms of human viewpoint.  The term human viewpoint refers to any viewpoint that deviates from the Word of God.  In contrast, the term divine viewpoint refers to the viewpoint of the Trinity [God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit].  All three Members of the Trinity have the same viewpoint.  Believers in the Lord Jesus Christ can learn divine viewpoint by learning the Word of God.  Therefore, divine viewpoint is the viewpoint that comes from a proper understanding of the Word of God.  With human-viewpoint thinking, a person has unrealistic expectations regarding life.  Such a person is divorced from reality.  

Because the human viewpoint of the Pharisees could lead a person astray from the truth of the Word of God, the Lordʼs audience needed to be alert.  With regard to being alert, levels of alertness can be categorized in terms of a mindset color code that involves four colors.  The mindset color code describes states of awareness.  The mindset color code can be utilized for matters outside oneself; for example, the color code can be applied to both physical dangers and also to the dangers of stumbling blocks that can lead a Christian to sin.  Also, the color code can be utilized introspectively with regard to the temptations that can originate from oneʼs old sin nature (OSN).  Every human except the Lord Jesus Christ has acquired an old sin nature, and each humanʼs old sin nature is in the body of that human.  The old sin nature, which is referenced in Ephesians 4:22 with the term old man, can also be referred to as the sin nature.  It is also referenced using the word flesh in Ephesians 2:3 and Galatians 5:16.  The content of Romans 6:6 associates the sin nature with peopleʼs bodies, and the content of Romans 7:17–18 references the sin nature being in peopleʼs bodies.  Adam and Ishshah [ish-SHAW] (the name of Eve before Adam renamed her Eve) were created without old sin natures, and they acquired old sin natures when they sinned.  All other human beings have been conceived.  Only the Lord Jesus Christ was conceived without an old sin nature.  All the other humans that were conceived have been conceived with old sin natures.  Likewise, all humans in the future will be conceived, and the conceiving of each of them will involve each of them receiving an old sin nature at the moment that each of them will be conceived.  Below are the conditions of alertness of the mindset color code and descriptions of them.  

Regarding there being absent from Luke 12:1 any reference to the Lord Jesus Christ being fixated on the size of the crowd, the Lord will be worshiped on earth during His 1,000-year reign known as the Millennium, but before that reign could occur, the Lord had to first be judged on the cross for the sins of humanity—in other words, the cross had to come before the crown.  With regard to the Millennium, below is a synopsis of human history as categorized into time periods known as dispensations.  In the below synopsis, there is the term hypostatic union [high-PUH-stat-ick YOON-yuhn].  This refers to the Lord Jesus Christ being 100% Deity and 100% humanity.  The English word hypostatic is derived from the Koine [KOI-nay] Greek word ὑπόστασις [pronounced hoo-PAH-stah-sees and transliterated as hypostasis].  After the Lord Jesus Christ was judged for the sins of humanity, His body was in the grave for three days and three nights.  He was then resurrected, and He was on the earth for forty days after He was resurrected.  He then ascended to Heaven, and ten days after that, the Day of Pentecost [PEN-tih-kahst] occurred.  The Day of Pentecost was the beginning of the Church Age.  The word Pentecost is derived from the Koine Greek word πεντηκοστή [pronounced pen-tay-kah-STAY and transliterated as pentēkostē].  That word is derived from the Koine Greek word πεντήκοντα [pronounced pen-TAY-kahn-tah and transliterated as pentēkonta], which means “fifty.”  Therefore, the word Pentecost is derived from the fact that that day occurred fifty days after the Lord was resurrected.  In that regard, the Church Age began fifty days after the Lord was resurrected.  The Church Age will end with the Rapture.  The Rapture involves both deceased and living believers in the Lord Jesus Christ meeting the Lord in the clouds in the atmosphere of the earth, receiving glorified immortal resurrection bodies similar to the Lord Jesus Christʼs glorified resurrection body, and going to Heaven with those resurrection bodies.  Before the Rapture occurs, deceased believers in the Lord Jesus Christ are in Heaven without glorified bodies.  Absent from the Bible is anything specifically indicating the precise date and time when the Rapture will occur, although it is possible that the Rapture will occur on the day of the Feast of Trumpets / Yom Teruah [yahm tuh-ROO-uh or yohm tuh-ROO-uh]—which is what some people call Rosh Hashanah and which some people celebrate for two days—the next occurrence of which will possibly be during August, September, or October of 2026.  

Regarding the word judgment, the proper way to spell that word is without an e between the dg and the m.  In that regard, the e of the root word judge is dropped when the suffix ment is added to that root word.  The formation of the word judgment is shown below.  

judge −e +ment

= judg +ment

= judgment

Another way to categorize human history is by means of civilizations.  Civilizations begin only with believers.  Regarding the timing of civilizations and dispensations, the first civilization began with Adam and ended on the occasion of the Great Flood (also known as the Flood).  That civilization is known as the antediluvian civilization and the predulivian civilization.  In that regard, the prefixes ante and pre mean “before.”  Also, there are various spellings of the adjectives that refer to the time before the Flood.  Those spellings include antediluvian, ante-diluvian, prediluvian, and pre-diluvian.  

After the Flood, there were only eight believers on the earth:  Noah, his wife, their three sons, and their sonsʼ wives.  With the removal of the unbelievers from the earth on the occasion of the Flood, a new civilization was started.  That civilization is known as the postdiluvian civilization (also known as the postdiluvial civilization).  Regarding the terminology, the prefix post means “after,” and the adjectives diluvian and diluvial mean “having to do with a flood.”  Also, there are various spellings of the adjectives that refer to the time after the Flood.  Those spellings include postdiluvian, post-diluvian, postdiluvial, and post-diluvial.  The postdiluvian civilization will end on the occasion of the Second Advent of the Lord Jesus Christ.  On the occasion of the Second Advent, the Lord will remove all unbelievers from the earth.  Their removal will be by means of physical death just as the removal of all unbelievers was by means of physical death on the occasion of the Flood.  This is called the Baptism of Fire, which is either a metaphorical description because fire can be used to represent judgment or a literal reference to the use of fire in the judgment of unbelievers on the occasion of the Second Advent.  The Baptism of Fire is referenced in Matthew 3:11–12; Luke 3:15–17; and 2 Thessalonians 1:7–9.  

Just as a new civilization started after the Flood, so also a new civilization will start after the Baptism of Fire.  That civilization is called the Millennium.  The Millennium is both a civilization and a dispensation.  The Eternal State is also both a civilization and a dispensation.  

The content of Luke 12:1 is repeated below for reference.  

Luke 12:1

Meanwhile, after myriads of the crowd had gathered together such that they were stepping on one another, He began saying to His disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Luke 12:2

“Nevertheless, there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.

Note:  As mentioned in the notes for verse 1, there was a crowd present, and absent from the content of Luke 12:1–12 is anything indicating that the Lord was speaking with a volume that was only audible to His disciples.  Therefore, it is logical to conclude that it is possible that at least some of the people in the crowd could hear what the Lord was saying.  In that regard, the content of verse 2 and verse 3 might have been in reference to some or all of the people in the crowd in addition to being in reference to the Lordʼs disciples.  

Unspecified in this verse and the surrounding verses is when the revealing and the becoming known will occur.  Regardless of when the revealing and the becoming known will occur, secrets will be revealed.  Also, unspecified in this verse and the surrounding verses is who will become aware of what has been secret.  The Members of the Trinity already know everything because the Members of the Trinity are omniscient [ahm-NISH-uhnt] [all-knowing].  Regardless of who is being referenced as becoming aware of what has been secret, the content of this verse calls attention to the fact that secrets will be revealed.  

Luke 12:3

“Accordingly, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed upon the housetops.

Note:  This verse emphasizes what is referenced in verse 2.  In that regard, secrets will be revealed.  

Luke 12:4

“I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have no more that they can do.

Note:  As mentioned in the content of verse 1, the Lord was speaking to His disciples; therefore, it is logical to conclude that the phrase My friends as used in this verse refers to His disciples.  In that regard, while it is logical to conclude that it is possible that at least some of the people in the crowd could hear what the Lord was saying, the absence of any indication that the Lord switched from directing His speaking toward His disciples to directing His speaking toward anyone else means that it is logical to conclude that the Lord was indeed still directing His speaking to His disciples.  

Whereas people can cause other people to experience physical death, people are unable to do anything beyond causing physical death.  Likewise, whereas animals can cause people to experience physical death, animals are unable to do anything beyond causing physical death.  Also, whereas angels can cause people to experience physical death, angels are unable to do anything beyond causing physical death.  

Note:  In the content of Luke 12:5 below, the word Gehenna [gih-HEHN-uh] refers to a valley where refuse was burned.  That valley was outside Jerusalem.  

Luke 12:5

“However, I will warn you / show you Whom to fear:  fear the One Who, after He has killed, has authority to cast into the Gehenna.  Yes, I tell you, fear Him!

Note:  In this verse, the reference to Gehenna is a metaphorical reference that refers to where unbelievers reside after physically dying.  Unspecified in this verse and the surrounding verses is whether the reference to Gehenna in this verse refers to Hades [HAY-deez] or to the Lake of Fire.  The word Hades comes from Greek.  A synonym for Hades is Sheol [SHEE-ohl].  The word Sheol comes from Hebrew.  

Hades/Sheol is somewhere under the surface of the earth in a location that is inaccessible to those humans who have not yet experienced physical death.  Hades/Sheol is different from the Lake of Fire.  The Lake of Fire is the place of judgment for the fallen angels and those who have had the mental capacity to make a decision about whether or not to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as the Savior but never believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as the Savior.  For each person who at some time in that personʼs life has the mental capacity to make a decision about whether or not to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as the Savior, the age of that person when that person first had the mental capacity to make a decision about whether or not to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as the Savior can be referred to as the age of accountability of that person.  The age of accountability varies for each individual person.  

Content in 2 Samuel 12:23 indicates that a person who dies before that person has reached the age of accountability receives eternal life.  The content of that verse references King David recognizing that when David died, he would be with his son who had died as a baby.  Below is content related to 2 Samuel 12:22–23.  

Note:  In the below content of 2 Samuel 12:22, the pronoun he refers to David.  

2 Samuel 12:22

Then he says, “While the child was still alive, I have fasted, and I weep, for I have said, ‘Who knows?  Jehovah / Yahweh / I am I am / the existing One has been gracious to me, and the child has lived.’  

Note:  The uses of a present tense in the verb says and the verb weep reference what has occurred in the past.  Such uses of a present tense have a rhetorical effect.  In that regard, using a verb in a present tense to refer to the past can help a reader or hearer of the Word of God imagine past events as though the reader or hearer is watching those events as they occur.  

2 Samuel 12:23

“However, now he has died; why should I fast?  Am I able to bring him back again?  I am going to him, but he does not return to me.”  

Note:  David indicated that he recognized that he would later be with his son who had died as a baby.  In that regard, David indicated that he recognized that the means by which David would be with that deceased son involved David going to be with that deceased son when David would die rather than that deceased son coming back to be with David before David died.  David is eternally saved; therefore, the content of this verse indicates that Davidʼs son who had died as a baby is also eternally saved.  

Unspecified in the Bible is the location of the Lake of Fire.  Hades/Sheol can also be referred to as the netherworld.  Also, the phrase the netherworld can alternatively be spelled as the nether world.  The word nether means “located down or below.”  

After the Lord was resurrected and He ascended to Heaven, the believers who were in Abrahamʼs Bosom were transferred to Heaven.  Now that the Lord has been resurrected and has ascended to Heaven, deceased believers go to Heaven rather than going to Abrahamʼs Bosom.  Unspecified in the Bible are details about how believers were transferred to Abrahamʼs Bosom other than the content of Luke 16:22 mentioning angels carrying the poverty-stricken believer named Lazarus to Abrahamʼs Bosom.  Also, unspecified in the Bible are details about how believers were transferred from Abrahamʼs Bosom to Heaven or how believers are transferred to Heaven.  

Deceased unbelievers resided and still reside in a compartment of Hades called Torments.  They will reside there until the Great White Throne Judgment of unbelievers, which will occur after the Lordʼs 1,000-year Millennial reign on the earth.  The unbelievers will then be cast into the Lake of Fire.  Satan and the other fallen angels will also be cast into the Lake of Fire.  Another compartment of Hades is Tartarus, which is where those fallen angels who mated with human females—as mentioned in Genesis 6—are currently incarcerated.  

Paradise / Abrahamʼs Bosom is referenced in Luke 16:19–22.  The words of the Lord Jesus Christ are in red.  

Luke 16:19–22

“Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day.  Also, a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores and longing to be fed with the things which were falling from the rich manʼs table.  Nevertheless, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores.  Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abrahamʼs bosom, and the rich man also died and was buried.”

Torments is referenced in Luke 16:23–26.  The words of the Lord Jesus Christ are in red.  

Luke 16:23–26

“In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and sees* Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom.  Then he cried out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue because I am in agony in this flame.’  Nevertheless, Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your life you received your good things and likewise Lazarus bad things.  Nevertheless, now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony.  Also, in all these things, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from here to you will not be able, and none may cross over from there to us.’”

*Note:  The word sees is in the Greek historical present tense.  

Tartarus and the context of the judgment of the angels who mated with human females are referenced in 2 Peter 2:4–5.  

2 Peter 2:4–5

Indeed, if God did not spare—and He indeed did not spare—angels when they sinned but cast them into Tartarus and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment, and did not spare the ancient world but preserved Noah, a preacher [or herald] of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly; 

Note:  In 2 Peter 2:4, the Koine [KOI-nay] Greek verb that is translated as “cast them into Tartarus” is ταρταρώσας [pronounced tar-tah-ROH-sahs and transliterated as tartarōsas].  That verb is an inflected form of the root word ταρταρόω [pronounced tar-tah-RAH-oh and transliterated as tartaroō].  The verb tartaroō is derived from the Greek noun Τάρταρος [pronounced TAHR-tah-rahs and transliterated as Tartaros], which can be translated as “Tartarus.”  The English noun Tartarus is also derived from the Greek noun Tartaros.  

Regarding terminology, when people use the word hell, they might be referring to Hades/Sheol, and they might be referring to the Lake of Fire.  Also, it is possible that some people are unaware that Hades and the Lake of Fire are different locations.  There are zero indications in the Bible that Satan has a headquarters located in Hades or in the Lake of Fire.  

Either God the Father or God the Son is referenced by the phrase the One Who, after He has killed, has authority to cast into the Gehenna and the phrase fear Him.  In that regard, each Member of the Trinity performs a different role.  Regarding the roles of the Members of the Trinity, God the Father does the planning, God the Son executes the plan, and God the Holy Spirit reveals the plan.  The Lord Jesus Christ is God the Son.  Because the Lord Jesus Christ is God the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ controls history.  

The content of Luke 12:5 is repeated below for reference.  

Luke 12:5

“However, I will warn you / show you Whom to fear:  fear the One Who, after He has killed, has authority to cast into the Gehenna.  Yes, I tell you, fear Him!

Luke 12:6

“Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria [ahs-SAH-ree-ah]?  Nevertheless, not one of them is forgotten/neglected before God.

Note:  The word assaria is a plural form of the word assarion [ahs-SAH-ree-ahn].  An assarion was a copper coin.  Because five sparrows were valued at the price of two assaria, one sparrow was valued at the price of 0.4 assarion (four tenths of an assarion).  In that regard, the price of five sparrows was inexpensive.  Even though sparrows might seem to be nearly worthless, they are of such value to God the Father that He remembers and cares about every one of them.  

Regarding animals dying and God the Father caring about animals, He knows the perfect timing for each animal to die.  In that regard, it is possible that just as angels and mankind can see the nobleness of a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ who continues to unselfishly experience suffering until the timing of physical death that God the Father has planned for that believer, it is possible that angels and mankind can see the nobleness of an animal who continues to unselfishly experience suffering until the timing of physical death that God the Father has planned for that animal.  What humans might think is unnecessary suffering can be something that God the Father has planned for angels and mankind to see.  It takes great faith in God the Fatherʼs omniscience [ahm-NISH-uhns] [all-knowingness], love, righteousness, and justice to wait for God the Fatherʼs plan to be completed for a beloved human or animal that is suffering.  When a believer has such faith in God the Fatherʼs omniscience, love, righteousness, and justice, that believer brings glory to God the Father.  Likewise, comforting a suffering human or animal until God the Fatherʼs plan for that human or animal has been completed brings glory to God the Father.  

Also, while some people might think that God the Fatherʼs plan for an animal to die instead of living many years is anything other than a manifestation of omniscience, love, righteousness, and justice, such peopleʼs perceptive capacity falls woefully short of omniscience.  Such people are unaware of what God the Father does regarding each animal after that animal dies.  In that regard, the mentioning of sparrows in the content of Luke 12:6 involves calling attention to a type of animals that are seemingly nearly worthless.  Because God the Father cares about a type of seemingly nearly worthless animals, He therefore cares about types of animals that seem to be more valuable than the seemingly nearly worthless animals.  In that regard, it is worth noting that absent from this verse and the surrounding verses is anything indicating that God the Father only remembers and cares about animals before they die.  Therefore, it is logical to conclude that God the Father continues to remember and care about animals, including after animals die.  

Luke 12:7

“Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered.  Do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

Note:  Because God the Father is omniscient, He knows how many hairs are on a personʼs head.  Regarding the pronoun you as used in this verse, that pronoun is used in reference to believers in the Lord Jesus Christ.  

Luke 12:8

“Also, I say to you, everyone who confesses/acknowledges Me before mankind, the Son of Man will confess/acknowledge him also before the angels of God, 

Note:  The title Son of Man refers to the Lord Jesus Christ.  That title focuses on the humanity of the Lord Jesus Christ.  In that regard, it is worth noting that that title contains the prepositional phrase of Man rather than a prepositional phrase indicating being of the category of creatures referred to as angels.  In that regard, by using the phrase the Son of Man instead of the pronoun I, the Lord Jesus Christ emphasized His humanity.  

In this verse, the pronoun everyone is used in reference to believers who communicate that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Savior Who was judged on the cross for the sins of humanity.  Believers who communicate that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Savior Who was judged on the cross for the sins of humanity will be honored by the Lord Jesus Christ for that communicating, and elect angels [good angels] will become aware of the honoring of those believers.  Regarding the angels mentioned in this verse, absent from the Bible is any reference to fallen angels as being angels of God; therefore, it is logical to conclude that the phrase angels of God in this verse refers to elect angels.  Fallen angels are also known as demons.  Also, this verse indicates that one aspect of the existence of human beings involves showing something or some things to angels.  

Luke 12:9

but he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

Note:  Absent from verses 8 and 9 are any references to eternal life.  In that regard, the denying referenced in verse 9 involves a believer denying that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Savior.  The Lord Jesus Christ will shame such a believer in front of elect angels.  Also, absent from this verse is anything indicating that a believer who denies that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Savior will receive zero honoring from the Lord Jesus Christ.  In that regard, it is logical to conclude that it is possible that the shaming will involve an instance of shaming for each instance of a believer denying that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Savior.  

Luke 12:10

“Also, everyone who will speak a word against the Son of Man—it will be forgiven him.  However, he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit—it will not be forgiven him.

Note:  The gospel is the message that the means of receiving eternal life is—for those who believed before the Lord Jesus Christʼs public ministry was revealed—by means of believing that God the Son would take the form of the One sinless Human Who would be judged for the sins of humanity, that the means of receiving eternal life is—for those who believed after the Lord Jesus Christʼs public ministry was revealed and before the Lord Jesus Christ was judged on the cross for the sins of humanity—by means of believing that the Lord Jesus Christ is that sinless Human Who would be judged for the sins of humanity, and that the means of receiving eternal life is—for those who believe after the Lord Jesus Christ was judged on the cross for the sins of humanity—by means of believing that Jesus Christ is that sinless Human Who was judged for the sins of humanity.  When an unbeliever hears or sees the gospel, God the Holy Spirit makes that message clear to that unbeliever.  During the time period before an unbeliever dies, if that unbeliever refuses to believe the gospel every time that that unbeliever becomes aware of the gospel, then that unbeliever will have blasphemed against the Holy Spirit.  

In contrast with blaspheming against the Holy Spirit, speaking a word against the Lord Jesus Christ involves something other than always refusing to believe the gospel.  In that regard, if an unbeliever speaks a word against the Lord Jesus Christ but later believes the gospel, that person who has thereby become a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ is forgiven for all sins that that person had committed before believing the gospel.  If a believer speaks a word against the Lord Jesus Christ but later confesses/acknowledges to God the Father all of that believerʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins, God the Father forgives that believer for those sins and any unknown sins, as mentioned in 1 John 1:9:  “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”  

Luke 12:11

“When they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not worry about how or what you are to answer for yourself / speak for yourself / speak in order to give an account of yourself, or what you are to say, 

Note:  The content of this verse is directed to believers in the Lord Jesus Christ.  

Luke 12:12

for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that very time what you ought to say.”

Note:  The Lord Jesus Christ indicated to His disciples that God the Holy Spirit would empower the disciples by causing to come to the mind of each disciple what to say each time that that disciple would be brought before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities.  Regarding the content of this verse referencing empowerment from God the Holy Spirit, while some believers had empowerment from God the Holy Spirit before the Day of Pentecost, such empowerment was available only to a limited number of people and for specific purposes.  That empowerment before the Day of Pentecost is known as enduement.  Enduement involves differences from the filling of God the Holy Spirit which occurs in the Church Age.  

When a believer who had enduement sinned, once that believer confessed that believerʼs sins to God the Father, that believer needed to pray to God the Father for the enduement to be restored.  In contrast, once a Church Age believer commits a sin after salvation, after that believer has confessed/acknowledged to God the Father all of that believerʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins, the filling with the power of the Holy Spirit is restored.  The procedure for confessing/acknowledging to God the Father all of oneʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins is mentioned in 1 John 1:9:  “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”  Fellowship with God the Father and God the Son is mentioned in 1 John 1.  Being out of fellowship with God the Holy Spirit is referenced in Ephesians 4:30.  In that regard, when a believer sins, that believer grieves the Holy Spirit.  Losing the filling of the power of God the Holy Spirit is referenced in 1 Thessalonians 5:19.  In that regard, when a believer sins, the power of God the Holy Spirit is quenched in that believer.  After a believer has confessed/acknowledged to God the Father all of that believerʼs known unconfessed post-salvation sins, that believer is then filled with the power of God the Holy Spirit again and in fellowship with the Trinity again.  

Sincerely,

John