Revelation 21:17c
Bible, KJV Translation:
21:17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
Re-evaluation Translation:
21:17 Yehuveh explains the measurement His instruction, an hundred and forty and four items, presented in simple human language, a clear message.
Significant Words and Comments:
Commentary on Revelation 21:17 expansion (28 July 2008):
Structure #3: “Thou shalt not bow down . . . nor serve them.” Exodus 20:5-6.
Detail #3:1: “Ye shall therefore keep My statutes, and My judgments.”
Detail #3:2: Do not seek to learn the ways of idolatry.
Detail #3:3: Don’t turn aside from Yehuveh’s instruction.
Detail #3:4: We are not to fear other elohims.
Detail #3:5: “Thou shalt not bow down to their elohims, nor serve them.”
Detail #3:6: Do not sacrifice your values to idolatry.
Detail #3:7: Without Yehuveh’s limits, our imaginations go anywhere.
Detail #3:8: “Stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.”
Detail #3:9: “Rebellion is . . .” those who “refused to obey.”
Detail #3:10: Idolatry leads to taking away the lives of innocent people.
Detail #3:11: Yehuveh is angered by idolatry.
Detail #3:12: “The idols He shall utterly abolish.”
Structure #4: Do “not take the name of Yehuveh . . . in vain.” Exodus 20:7.
Detail #4:1: We praise “the name of Yehuveh” for His goodness.
Detail #4:2: We must “call upon the name of Yehuveh” only in truth.
Detail #4:3: We verify honor by “swearing in the name of Yehuveh.”
Detail #4:4: Trust in “the name of Yehuveh” saves us!
Detail #4:5: All true ministry is spoken in “the name of Yehuveh.”
Detail #4:6: “The name of Yehuveh” must be proclaimed.
Detail #4:7: Yehuveh does awesome things when we ask in His name.
Detail #4:8: We are to call ourselves by “the name of Yehuveh.”
Detail #4:9: Never use “the name of Yehuveh” in false appearances.
Detail #4:10: Never devalue “the name of Yehuveh.”
Detail #4:11: Never blaspheme “the name of Yehuveh.”
Detail #4:12: Never use “the name of Yehuveh” lightly in jest.
Gael Bataman
Originally Written: 29 July 2008
Latest Update: 30 July 2008
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