Greek verb 1651 elegcho meaning to prove wrong was translated into English “thou art rebuked” in Hebrews 12:5. Greek noun 3809 paideia which is the disciplining and raising up of one’s own child was translated into English “the chastening” in Hebrews 12:5. Greek verb 3811 paideuo meaning to discipline and train up one’s child was translated into English “chasteneth” in Hebrews 12:6 and 12:7 and into “chastened” in Hebrews 12:10. God performs the action of Greek verb 1651 elegcho and Greek verb 3811 paideuo for the “election” God said “I have reserved to myself”. God’s grammatical objects are the recipients of the action God performs and the bible refers to the receipt of said action as “grevious”. The “cloud of witnesses” in Hebrews 12:1 below is every human being other than God’s “election”. Most people are familiar with but do not understand Matthew 7:13-14 “Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat” “Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it”. English “narrow” in previous bible verse was translated from Greek verb 2346 thlibo meaning to pressure by crowding, which is the role of “so great a cloud of witnesses”. Greek verb 2346 thlibo is the verb form of Greek noun 2347 thlipsis being the pressure. Greek noun 2347 thlipsis was most often translated into English “tribulation” as is the case in 2Thesselonnians 1:6 as follows: “Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you”. English “them that trouble you” in 2Thesselonnians 1:6 was translated from Greek verb 2346 thlibo. The “so great a cloud of witnesses” “are compassed about” the pathway to God’s kingdom forming a gauntlet of grammatical subjects crowding those on God’s pathway away from God’s pathway by pressuring them to join a plethora of social networks in the world today “and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat”. “Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto” “the kingdom of heaven”. John the Baptist was killed before Jesus “spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified”. The role of God’s “election” God said “I have reserved to myself” is to fulfill the role of John the Baptist. “Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight” “Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee” “To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace” “Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth” “For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he” “For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them” “By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh”. “The Spirit” of Romans 8:16 “The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God” was not yet available to John the Baptist “for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified”. English “to see” and “seen them” in Matthew 13:17 above were translated from Greek verb 1492 eido meaning to see through the eyes and know through the thoughts of one’s grammatical subject. Grammatical objects of God as their only grammatical subject see through God’s spiritual eyes and know through God’s spiritual thoughts. “The Spirit” is not present in English words but is present in God’s Hebrew and Greek words as documented in the Greek words of Hebrews 10:7 which did not exist when John the Baptist walked the earth. The “election” God said “I have reserved to myself” have “greater” tools than John the Baptist whereby God’s “election” shall “overcometh” the “cloud of witnesses” of Hebrews 12:1 “And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations” “And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father”. The preceding English words are far more ominous than the original Greek words from which the English words were translated. English “shall rule” was mistranslated from Greek verb 4165 poimaino meaning to feed. The “rod of iron” is “the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God”.
The crux of the 12th chapter of Hebrews is that God’s process of proving flesh human beings wrong and then disciplining them as God’s own spiritual child is a “grievous” process. Membership in the social networks of the “cloud of witnesses” appeals to flesh human nature. The “tribulation” is pressure to belong to flesh social networks such as friends, family, education, government/politics, finance and the largest being religion. “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus”. God’s “election” are not mediators. God’s “election” are not grammatical objects of flesh social networks. The role of God’s “election” is to “make his paths straight” “that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way” “into the kingdom of God” “the kingdom of heaven”. God’s “election” perform the action of Greek verb 601 apokalypto meaning to reveal God’s truth by taking off the flesh thoughts and feelings covering God’s spiritual truth reflected in original Greek and Hebrew Bible words. English “truth” throughout the New Testament was translated from Greek noun 225 aletheia from a compound of Greek 1 a negative particle synonymous with English un or not and Greek verb 2990 lanthano meaning to hide by covering. God’s inherent truth has been hidden by covering with flesh thoughts and feelings. The role of God’s “election” is to take off the cover as did God for the “election” God said “I have reserved to myself”.
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