04-02-2008, 11:55 AM
Hey people 
Here's a prophecy that may have been overlooked..
Acts 8:20-22
But Peter said to him: “May your silver perish with you, because you thought through money to get possession of the free gift of God.
You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not straight in the sight of God.
Repent, therefore, of this badness of yours, and supplicate Jehovah that, if possible, the device of your heart may be forgiven you; for I see you are a poisonous gall and a bond of unrighteousness.”
In answer Simon said: “YOU men, make supplication for me to Jehovah that none of the things YOU have said may come upon me.”
As we know this was the incident recorded in Acts where Peter condemned Simon Magus for trying to buy the power of the holy spirit, what I found interesting was the expression poisonous gall or gall of bitterness in the KJV.
Now the word rendered gall here is cholē which can be:
1) bile, gall
2) in the OT used of other bitter things
a) wormwood
b) possibly myrrh
Obviously we remember wormwood from Revelation
Revelation 8:10-12
And the third angel blew his trumpet.
And a great star burning as a lamp fell from heaven, and it fell upon a third of the rivers and upon the fountains of waters.
And the name of the star is called Wormwood.
And a third of the waters turned into wormwood, and many of the men died from the waters, because these had been made bitter.
Here is another scripture that may also be referring to the same thing..
Job 20:1-29
Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer because I am greatly disturbed.
I hear a rebuke that dishonours me, and my understanding inspires me to reply.
Surely you know how it has been from of old, ever since man was placed on the earth, that the mirth of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.
Though his pride reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds, he will perish for ever, like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'
Like a dream he flies away, no more to be found, banished like a vision of the night.
The eye that saw him will not see him again; his place will look on him no more.
His children must make amends to the poor; his own hands must give back his wealth.
The youthful vigour that fills his bones will lie with him in the dust.
Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,
though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,
yet his food will turn sour in his stomach; it will become the venom of serpents within him.
He will spit out the riches he swallowed; God will make his stomach vomit them up.
He will suck the poison of serpents; the fangs of an adder will kill him.
He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
What he toiled for he must give back uneaten; he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.
For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute; he has seized houses he did not build.
Surely he will have no respite from his craving; he cannot save himself by his treasure.
Nothing is left for him to devour; his prosperity will not endure.
In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him; the full force of misery will come upon him.
When he has filled his belly, God will vent his burning anger against him and rain down his blows upon him.
Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.
He pulls it out of his back, the gleaming point out of his liver.
Terrors will come over him; total darkness lies in wait for his treasures.
A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.
The heavens will expose his guilt; the earth will rise up against him.
A flood will carry off his house, rushing waters on the day of God's wrath.
Such is the fate God allots the wicked, the heritage appointed for them by God.
Could there be a prophetic connection between Simon Magus & the star wormwood?
Any thoughts friends?
http://e-jehovahs-witnesses.com/forum/in...wtopic=809
Agape Johnny
Here's a prophecy that may have been overlooked..
Acts 8:20-22
But Peter said to him: “May your silver perish with you, because you thought through money to get possession of the free gift of God.
You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not straight in the sight of God.
Repent, therefore, of this badness of yours, and supplicate Jehovah that, if possible, the device of your heart may be forgiven you; for I see you are a poisonous gall and a bond of unrighteousness.”
In answer Simon said: “YOU men, make supplication for me to Jehovah that none of the things YOU have said may come upon me.”
As we know this was the incident recorded in Acts where Peter condemned Simon Magus for trying to buy the power of the holy spirit, what I found interesting was the expression poisonous gall or gall of bitterness in the KJV.
Now the word rendered gall here is cholē which can be:
1) bile, gall
2) in the OT used of other bitter things
a) wormwood
b) possibly myrrh
Obviously we remember wormwood from Revelation
Revelation 8:10-12
And the third angel blew his trumpet.
And a great star burning as a lamp fell from heaven, and it fell upon a third of the rivers and upon the fountains of waters.
And the name of the star is called Wormwood.
And a third of the waters turned into wormwood, and many of the men died from the waters, because these had been made bitter.
Here is another scripture that may also be referring to the same thing..
Job 20:1-29
Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer because I am greatly disturbed.
I hear a rebuke that dishonours me, and my understanding inspires me to reply.
Surely you know how it has been from of old, ever since man was placed on the earth, that the mirth of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.
Though his pride reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds, he will perish for ever, like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'
Like a dream he flies away, no more to be found, banished like a vision of the night.
The eye that saw him will not see him again; his place will look on him no more.
His children must make amends to the poor; his own hands must give back his wealth.
The youthful vigour that fills his bones will lie with him in the dust.
Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,
though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,
yet his food will turn sour in his stomach; it will become the venom of serpents within him.
He will spit out the riches he swallowed; God will make his stomach vomit them up.
He will suck the poison of serpents; the fangs of an adder will kill him.
He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
What he toiled for he must give back uneaten; he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.
For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute; he has seized houses he did not build.
Surely he will have no respite from his craving; he cannot save himself by his treasure.
Nothing is left for him to devour; his prosperity will not endure.
In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him; the full force of misery will come upon him.
When he has filled his belly, God will vent his burning anger against him and rain down his blows upon him.
Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.
He pulls it out of his back, the gleaming point out of his liver.
Terrors will come over him; total darkness lies in wait for his treasures.
A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.
The heavens will expose his guilt; the earth will rise up against him.
A flood will carry off his house, rushing waters on the day of God's wrath.
Such is the fate God allots the wicked, the heritage appointed for them by God.
Could there be a prophetic connection between Simon Magus & the star wormwood?
Any thoughts friends?
http://e-jehovahs-witnesses.com/forum/in...wtopic=809
Agape Johnny
and thinking 
... and feel that there is much about this 'Wormwood' that may apply in various ways ...
They only had a 'partial' love and understanding for truth and for wanting to serve God with their WHOLE heart, soul, mind, and strength ... they NEEDED to know that service to God is about GIVING FREELY with no thought of what you will get out of it for yourself ... that in order to receive freely one has to give freely! 
