Beginning of Sorrows. Rejoice!

Jesus Christ Is Lord!
20 February 2011

Let’s look at the word sorrows. The Greek word it is translated from, odin, is one of those words that has been translated into several words even though used only a few times.

It is used in Galatians 4:27 in a direct quote from Isaiah 54:1.

The Greek word odin literally means the actual birth process, or the event of the birth itself.

The complete use I am about to describe is a fulfillment of Genesis 3:16.
16Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

Isaiah 53, 54 & 55 is a description of this birth.

Odin is translated pains in Acts 2:24 in describing the resurrection of Christ from the dead.
24Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

It is the travail of Galatians 4:19, “My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,’’ as Paul is urging you to understand that this isn’t about the letter of the law but it is about the Spirit. That is what is described in this chapter and book.

Odin is also the travail of 1 Thessalonians 5:3 in describing the coming of the Lord.
1But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
4But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
8But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
9For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
10Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

It is translated travailing in Revelation 12:2 to describe the women bringing forth the man child who will rule all nations.

It is the sorrows from Matthew 24:8 and Mark 13:8 and Christ’s descriptions of this time.
7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
10And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
11And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
12And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
13But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
15When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)

This context of Matthew 24 also connects to the descriptions of Revelation 12 and the others but more specifically to Thyatira and Revelation 2:18 – 29.

You need to read these chapters.

Psalms 16 & 21

The opposites, what are they? One serves the other demands to be served. One teaches self control and the other seeks to control others. One seeks understanding and the other confusion. One edifies the other destroys. One brings life and peace the other desolation, chaos and hell.
One is Spirit and the other is beast. Ones is the life of all humanity the other the death of it.

In the Name of
Jesus Christ My Lord
Thank You My Father