Page 59 - THE REVELATION OF THE THIRD HEAVEN and THE MEAT OF THE WORD

Another example of the out-of-time nature of God’s perspective is when Jesus
refers to his having finished his work (John 17:4) when only later on the cross does
he say ‘it is finished’ (John 19:30). It was the Law that he had fulfilled and thereby
ended the curse by becoming the curse (Gal 3:10). All this whilst not changing His
nature (Mal 3:6) of being life (John 11:25, Rev 22:13).

The frequent referrals to Jesus in Zechariah illustrate the very rough timeline
involved rather as a jigsaw with many but not all the pieces muddled up as regards
the sequential order represented by our understanding of history. The following
verses describe His passion in order (Zech: 9:9, 11:13, 12:10, 13:6) but the verse
following Zechariah 13:6 refers to a time before. That is Zechariah 13:7 refers to a
time before the Passion whilst Zechariah 13:6 refers to a time after it.

Only the gospel of Luke is written in the normal human fashion, i.e. in sequential
order and can therefore usually be taken as a linear reference of the time order of
events - the timeline (Luke 1:3). The description of Mary’s anointing of Jesus is
described in John 12:3 but is described as having been done in John 11:2.

Sometimes the Word makes a statement that is written in the present tense but
refers not to an eternal present but only to a specific temporary phenomenon valid
at the time of writing, for example Philippi is no longer a colony (Acts 16:12).

The Word uses transference in its use of names as shown above and also between
David the King and Jesus the descendent (son of) David. Hosea 3:5 and Ezekiel
34:23-4 talk of Christ under the name of David establishing a linkage, so this use
of names to mean more than one individual at the same time is not unusual in the
Word. Remember it is written by an eternal being unbounded by space-time and
able to make connections between people and events that may strike us as bizarre.

Transference occurs between Job and Jesus in Job 16:10, the surrounding verses
refer to Job whilst that verse refers to Jesus (Mat 26:67, 27:30, Luke 22:64, John
18:22).

Duality of Reference

The Prince of Tyrus is just that at one point (Ezek 28:9) and is the Devil in the
following verses whilst still also being the King of Tyrus (Ezek 28:2-8, 13-19).

Sometimes only the context make clear the meaning of a word, for example ‘you’
in Luke 13:24-27 refers to many men (Luke 13:23, - 'them', 26 - ‘ye’), not
specifically the questioner of Luke 13:23.