My Lord, What a Mornin’ – 3
and The Bible’s Genome Stability
The third stanza of Matthew 28.
TRANSCENDENCE
Creation – Ark (true testimony)
While the women were on their way,
HIERARCHY
Division – false delegation
some of the guards went into the city
ETHICS
Ascension – seal broken on the mystery
and reported to the chief priests (Land)
everything that had happened. (Fruits)
Testing
When the chief priests (Covenant authority)
…..had met with the elders (Covenant hierarchy)
……….and devised a plan, (counterfeit Covenant)
……………a large sum of money (the serpent’s offer)
……..they gave to the soldiers, [1] (Deutero-autonomy-money)
…..telling them, (Notice there’s no rest for the wicked in this stanza)
Maturity – five points means the tomb-scroll testimony is sealed shut
“You are to say, (False light)
…..‘His disciples came (False firmament)
……….during the night (Ethics remain closed – no stars)
…..and stole him away (Atonement repressed)
while we were asleep.’ (False rest)
SANCTIONS
Conquest
If this report
…..gets to the governor,
……….we will satisfy him
……………and keep you out of trouble.” (deliver you from evil)
……….So [they] took the money
…..and did as they were instructed.
SUCCESSION (False inheritance in history)
And this story (Darkness – false testimony)
…..has been widely circulated (Firmament/Hierarchy)
……….among the Jews (The Land)
……………to this very day. (No Sun, Moon or Stars for Jews)
Denial of Christ’s resurrection brought about the end of the Herods. Psalm 110 would be fulfilled. (See Heads Will Roll). Our culture is no different. History belongs to those who believe the testimony of Jesus.
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[1] I usually use the NKJV because it tends to keep the Greek word order, but here it’s the NIV because some of this was for a sermon (that’s the version that sits in our pews). The NIV swaps the order of the money and the soldiers. It didn’t fit the matrix and I noticed it in the English. How’s that? Perhaps this method may be helpful in ironing out some textual difficulties in the future. Turns out there’s a self-correcting mechanism built into the text, just like DNA.
