The Becoming God

Sunday, October 24, 2021

Mark 11:24 and John 16:24 -- "believe that you will receive," "be assured* (satisfied) that your joy shall be complete"

John's "that your gladness may be full" equates with Mark's "believe ye receive." You believe that you receive, so you are glad. You imagine you are glad for having received, and you receive...and are glad. So watch what you image. Be careful with it. It is well known that if we constantly WANT something, we will never get it, because it is the wanting that is manifested. So also not wanting something to happen; not wanting it to happen is manifested. What we fear comes upon us, and the church is waiting for Jesus to return, because the church is waiting for Jesus to return. Joy becomes joy. Having becomes having. This is the horse we ride: what we want, we have to believe we receive with joyful gladness and appreciation.

"Because of this I say to you, all whatever -- praying -- ye do ask, believe that ye receive, and it shall be to you" (Mark 11:24 YLT).

"Till now ye did ask nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full" (John 16:24 YLT).

"That your joy may be full" at the end. When did your joy START? When you believed you received. For myself, believing Robert Young's analysis that the ancient Hebrew had no fututre tense (see Young's Literal Translation of the Bible's introduction), I read the Bible without most of the shalls and wills, converting them in my mind to present tense:

"Because of this I say to you, all whatever -- praying -- ye do ask, believe that ye receive, and it is to you" (Mark 11:24 YLT, note applied).

"Till now ye did ask nothing in my name; ask, and ye do receive, that your joy is full" (John 16:24 YLT, note applied).

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