http://thetrinityinjersey.org THE Trinity in Jersey - a series of weekly newsletters under the title "info for islanders" linking the Bible, Jesus Christ and Jersey. Immediately after his resurrection and just before his ascension in AD 33, Jesus Christ instructed his key followers to make disciples of all nations. They were to do this in two ways: first, by immersing them into the name (all the attributes and facts about) the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit; second, by teaching them to observe and obey all that he had commanded them. THE Trinity in Jersey "info for islanders" seeks to assist in both those ways in making disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ. en Tue, 18 Aug 2026 19:05:23 EDT http://thetrinityinjersey.org/newsletter.htm?id=953 Bible Jesus Christ Sinner Syvret And he was going through towns and villages, teaching and making way towards Jerusalem. But a certain one said to him, “Lord, those being saved - few?” (Luke’s AD 60 research report re Jesus: Chapter 13: 22-35) . . Who are these “saved”? Immediately before this question was asked, Jesus had reminded the crowd of the earth-shattering calamity arising from Adam and Eve which disastrously affected them and all their descendants, including you and me. See Info BU. Adam defied the LORD God and set the human race on our superiority worldview. Eve did the same by upholding her self-interest – her ME – ahead of loving the LORD God. And the one said to them, “Agonize to come in through the narrow door! Because many, I state to you, will seek to come in and will not have strength. From when the house-over-lord may have risen and shut fast the door, and you may begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, stating, ‘Lord, open to us!’ and, responding, he will say to you, ‘I have not known who you yourself are.’” Rather than answering the question, Jesus responded with deep concern for the questioner. “Agonize to come in through the narrow door!” Did you notice the “come in”? Is he already “in” as well as the way to “come in” and “be saved”? Is he also the “narrow door”? Those who “agonise to come in through the narrow door” and do “come in” are those who have become known to him. How awful to be told, “I have not known who you yourself are” after “the house-over-lord” locks the “narrow door.” http://thetrinityinjersey.org/newsletter.htm?id=953 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 EDT http://thetrinityinjersey.org/newsletter.htm?id=952 Bible Jesus Christ Sinner Syvret But he stated this parallel: “A certain one had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it and did not find. But he said to the vinedresser, ‘Look and see! Three years from this time I have come seeking fruit in this fig tree, and I do not find. Cut it down! Also, for what purpose is it making the earth useless?’ But, responding, he states to him, ‘Lord, forgive it also this year until which time I may dig around it and may cast manures and if indeed it may make fruit into the future; but if not, you will cut it down.’” (Luke’s AD 60 research report re Jesus: Chapter 13: 6-21) . .. . Jesus had just spoken to the crowds about avoiding the consequences of their present ways – Info BT. Above, he addressed the bigger picture. A fair proportion of those in the crowd classed themselves as descendants of Abraham (alive c. 1900 BC). Abraham had been blessed by the LORD God with an everlasting covenant and this covenant was extended to his grandson Jacob, later named Israel. He fathered 12 sons including one named Judah, from which we derive the adjective ‘Jewish’.The history of this family is recorded in the Bible’s Old Testament and it is one of continuing unfaithfulness to the LORD God. Do you think that Jesus, in the parallel, may have used “vineyard” to describe the earth and universe as a whole and used “fig-tree” to describe his chosen people? If so, the bigger picture would have been understood by many there to be a foretelling of future agony (“dig around … cast manures”) - for a while. http://thetrinityinjersey.org/newsletter.htm?id=952 Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 EDT http://thetrinityinjersey.org/newsletter.htm?id=951 Bible Jesus Christ Sinner Syvret “I came to cast fire upon the earth, which also I wish if it be already ablaze. But I have a baptism to be baptized, and how I am distressed until when it is accomplished.” (Luke’s AD 60 research report re Jesus: Chapter 12: 49-13:9) . .. .. . The words above – from Jesus to his closest disciples – need some thought. “Fire”, although fearsome, speaks of total cleansing from corruption and harm – speaks of purification from dross. This was to be “upon the earth” and Jesus wanted it. A righteous human world.But, associated with that, was his own “baptism to be baptised” with. He wanted that – his death on the cross, to be “accomplished." Once “accomplished”, it would be the answer for those, seeing the “fire” and being in it, were thirsting for righteousness. He would take their place.“You think that I have come to be near to give peace on the earth. No, I state to you, but instead division. Because from now it will be five in one house divided three over two and two over three. They will be divided, father over son and son over father, mother over daughter and daughter over the mother, mother-in-law over her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law over the mother-in-law.” In the centuries from around BC 400 to AD 30, the Israelites were longing for their promised Messiah to come and rescue them from their enemies. He would bring “peace on the earth”, the overcoming of the Roman Empire, the establishment of Israel with hegemonic power. Not so, Jesus said. Instead “division” between individuals – regarding himself. http://thetrinityinjersey.org/newsletter.htm?id=951 Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 EDT http://thetrinityinjersey.org/newsletter.htm?id=950 Bible Jesus Christ Sinner Syvret “Fear not, little flock, in this! That your Father is well pleased to give the kingdom to you. Sell your belongings! And give mercy! Make for yourselves non-decaying moneybags that do not grow old! An unfailing treasury in the heavens, where no thief draws near and no moth destroys. For where your treasury is, there also your heart will be. Be!” (Luke’s AD 60 research report re Jesus: Chapter 12: 32-48) . .. .. .. . What did Jesus mean when he commanded his disciples (above) “Be!”? As you can see he had just encouraged them to see themselves as sheep looked after by a loving “Father” who was (and is) “well pleased to give the kingdom to you.” By “Be!” was he commanding them to live (every part of their lives) in this new realization? Kind of, “Be born anew!”“Your hips having been dressed for service; your lamps being burning; and you yourselves like men awaiting the Lord of their own selves whenever he may move forward from the wedding contract so that, he coming and knocking, they may immediately open to him.” Jesus then indicated key things about this new “being”. Service ready. Light burning. Be anticipating your Lord to come to you. Be ready to open to him.But what’s this about “the wedding contract”? At that time, a “wedding contract” was a celebration of a permanent marriage contract. But it was not immediately followed by setting up home together. Instead, a groom went away to prepare the marital home. When that was done, he would return – often unexpectedly – to whisk away his bride into new life together.It seems that Jesus was referring to this. He would complete the “marriage contract” at the cross and resurrection and would return. In a later book (Acts of the Apostles), Luke records the return of Jesus in the form of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost around AD 30. He came to them there on earth. http://thetrinityinjersey.org/newsletter.htm?id=950 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 EDT http://thetrinityinjersey.org/newsletter.htm?id=949 Bible Jesus Christ Sinner Syvret But a certain one in the crowd said to him, “Teacher. Say to my brother to share the inheritance with me!” But he said to him, “Man, who appointed me a judge or arbitrator over you?” But he said to them, “Take care! And guard against all gain! Because not in the abounding to a certain one is his life from his belongings.” (Luke’s AD 60 research report re Jesus: Chapter 12: 13-34) . .. .. .. ... . A voice from the crowd (around AD 30) instructs Jesus to order the man’s brother to do something. Just like me asking a Judge in Court to make an Order to benefit me. That was not what Jesus was “appointed” to do. But what he was indeed appointed to do was to teach people about the mega problem inside each one of them. “Guard against all gain!”What was – and is – that problem within us? Do we really think that our “life” is – exists - from our “belongings”? Are those our "life"?But he said to them a parallel, stating, “The region of a certain rich man produced good things and he reasoned in himself, stating, ‘What may I do, in that I do not have where I will gather together my fruits.’ And he said, ‘I will do this: I will bring down my barns and I will house-build larger ones, and there I will gather together all the wheat and my good things. And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many good things lying for many years: Relax! Eat! Drink! Celebrate!” But God said to him, ‘Foolish one. This very night your soul is asked back from you. But you prepared these things. To whom will it be?’ Thus: the one treasuring to himself and not rich toward God.” What are we to make of this “parallel” spoken to all? This “rich man” was convinced that his “soul” (himself as a living human being) was all about his “good things … gathered together … for many years.” Not so. His "soul” – his whole being - was, “that very night … asked back from” him. http://thetrinityinjersey.org/newsletter.htm?id=949 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 EDT http://thetrinityinjersey.org/newsletter.htm?id=948 Bible Jesus Christ Sinner Syvret He himself going out from there, the theologians and the Pharisees began to be terribly hostile and to question him closely about many things, lying in wait for him, plotting to ensnare him in something from his mouth. (Luke’s AD 60 research report re Jesus: Chapter 11:53 – 12:12) . .. .. .. ... .. . The year is around AD 30. Deep hostility towards Jesus exists – covertly – on the part of these religious leaders.At which time, the crowd of unnumberable people having gathered together so then trampling one another, he began to state to his disciples first, “Protect your own selves from the leaven of the Pharisees, which is play-acting! But nothing is covered up which will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.” The “play-acting” of “the Pharisees” was something to be avoided by “the disciples first”. All others as well? Why? Because it was “leaven” (otherwise known as yeast) and permeated everything in them? The “play-acting … of the Pharisees” was a facade. Not for disciples of Jesus.“Instead of which, those things you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and the thing you spoke in the ear in store-rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.”Jesus wanted “the disciples first” (others after) to live their lives in total integrity of thought, word and deed - eliminating “play-acting.” Is it correct that nothing will remain secret? Nothing? http://thetrinityinjersey.org/newsletter.htm?id=948 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 EDT http://thetrinityinjersey.org/newsletter.htm?id=947 Bible Jesus Christ Sinner Syvret “But alas to you the Pharisees, in that you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass by the justice and the love of God. But it was necessary to do these things, not neglecting other things.” (Luke’s AD 60 research report re Jesus: Chapter 11:42-54) . .. .. .. ... .. .. . Jesus is breakfasting in the house of a certain Pharisee who is dismayed that Jesus had not undergone the compulsory religious cleansing rites. (See Info BO) Jesus has explained that the key issue was not external things at all but whether or not a person was clean within – was “made of light.” Now, above, he, sorrowfully, points out another neglected key issue – that of teaching and living out, daily, “the justice and the love of God.” By neglecting “the justice of God” do you think they became callously harmful in their lives? And what about neglecting “the love of God”? Would that have had a similar effect? What were they like – inside?“Alas to you the Pharisees in that you love the best seat in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.” It seems that, inside, the Pharisees wanted to be seen to be somebody. What happens when that becomes the important thing in my life? How then do I treat others?“Alas to you in that you are like unmarked tombs, and the people, those walking over, do not know.” Do you feel uneasy when walking off-path in a Jersey cemetery? Ordinary people there had no idea how close they were to hidden corruption. http://thetrinityinjersey.org/newsletter.htm?id=947 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 EDT http://thetrinityinjersey.org/newsletter.htm?id=946 Bible Jesus Christ Sinner Syvret But, the crowds being assembled together, he began to state, “This generation is an evil generation. It seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. Because, just as Jonah came to be a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation.” (Luke’s AD 60 research report re Jesus: Chapter 11: 29 – 41) . .. .. .. ... .. .. .. . The year is around AD 30. Jesus issues a wake-up call to “this evil generation” – people alive at that time. “Evil”? Why? Without “a sign” from him of their choosing, they would not change their evil ways.Jonah was a prophet around BC 750 who was 3 days within a huge fish before being discharged so as to call the Ninevites to repentance. Jesus would later rise from 3 days in the grave - a sign to “this generation.”“The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation and will condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and (look and see!) something greater than that of Solomon, here.”Jesus was referring to the Queen of Sheba, around BC 950. What “something” did Jesus have which was “greater than that of Solomon”?“Men of Nineveh will arise in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented towards the preaching of Jonah, and (look and see!), something greater than that of Jonah, here.”What “something” did Jesus have which was “greater than that of Jonah”? http://thetrinityinjersey.org/newsletter.htm?id=946 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 EDT http://thetrinityinjersey.org/newsletter.htm?id=945 Bible Jesus Christ Sinner Syvret “If you then, evil belonging, knew to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father, the one from heaven, give Holy Spirit to those asking him.” (Luke’s AD 60 research report re Jesus: Chapter 11: 13-28) . .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. . The above words of Jesus ended a teaching session of Jesus to his disciples, But, what - on earth - was “Holy Spirit” which, above all, the disciples could ask “the Father” to “give” to them? And he was casting out a dumbing mini-god. But it came to be, the mini-god having come out, the dumb spoke, and the crowd marveled. This was something new in Jesus’ miracles. Yes, evil, unclean spirits – mini-gods of all ideologies, habits and obsessions - had been “cast out” many times before. The freed person became, as it were, normal. But this instance was different because the freed person received something he did not have before. “The dumb spoke.” Was there a new spirit within?But some of them said, “through Beelzebul, the ruler of mini-gods he casts out mini-gods” but others, testing, were seeking from him a sign from heaven. For two different reasons, “some of them” dismissed Jesus outright. First, by a patent illogicality. “Through Beelzebul, the ruler of mini-gods he casts out mini-gods.” Second, by requiring Jesus to perform according to their wishes – to do what they specified. What thet saw was not enough. http://thetrinityinjersey.org/newsletter.htm?id=945 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 EDT http://thetrinityinjersey.org/newsletter.htm?id=944 Bible Jesus Christ Sinner Syvret And it came to be, in his being in a certain place praying, as he ceased a certain one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray! Just as also John taught his disciples.” (Luke’s AD 60 research report re Jesus: Chapter 11: 1-12) . .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. . Up until this point, it seems that Jesus’ disciples merely watched him as he prayed. On this occasion they longed to be able to do as he did – to pray. But he said to them, “When you may be praying, state this! “Father, be made holy your already holy name!” This first sentence – for them to pray – is absolutely amazing. They are to call on the one above using the word “Father” adding, immediately afterward that they know his name is “holy” and that their hearts prayer to him is for that “name” to be and to continue to be “made holy.”“Your realm come!” This second sentence – for them to pray – acknowledges that the world of their generation was not the “realm” of the “Father” above. They are to plead for the coming of that “realm”. That holy realm?“Give us each day our daily bread!” This third plea – is a prayer that they will be sustained daily by the Father. Those who pray this from the heart will know how reliant they are on him.“And forgive to us our sins because we also ourselves forgive everyone owing to us!” This fourth prayer – for them to pray – acknowledges unworthiness and evil in them as they pray to the one whose name is “holy.” At the very same time they themselves are to commit – and act accordingly – to “forgive everyone owing” whatever it may be - to them. http://thetrinityinjersey.org/newsletter.htm?id=944 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 EDT