In the beginning was the Word… .John 1:1-3
‘In the beginning was
the Word’ echoes Genesis 1:1, John identifies “The Word” as “Jesus” John
1:14 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by
him;” In John 1:1-3, his first
three verse on those words – “Word of God” – are the verses we focus on today..
Here he highlights Jesus’ existence throughout ETERNITY with God. “The Word”
conveys the idea of Divine self-excretion or speech, and things
come into being Psalm 33:6 “By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and
all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.” See Genesis 1:3 and Isaiah
55:10-11 by the guidance of The Holy Spirit he declare Jesus’ true identity
“And the
Word was with God” indicates interpersonal relationship with God—The only
begotten Son of God. John identifies “The Word” with “God” “And The Word was God”
affirms that this word was also in essence the same God who created the
universe. Here John’s introduction Jesus as the eternal,
pre-existent Word – become – flesh John 1:14 “And the Word
was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of
the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” and
as the One – of – a – kind Son of the Father who is Himself a God John
1:18 “No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the
bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.”. and Jesus
concluded God’s plan of Salvation. Previous to Jesus this plan included God
giving the law through Moses John 1:17 “For the law
was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.” His
dwelling among His people in “the Tabernacle” and sending of John the Baptist
and introduce Jesus as The Saviour, The Light, and The Truth, Believers as
God’s children, and the world’s rejection of Saviour John
1:6-8 “There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 The same came for
a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might
believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.”
And John 1:15. In John 1:3 “Made by Him..” here John
emphasize God the Father did His work of creation through the activity of the
Son. Colossians 1:16 “For by him were all things created, that are in
heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones,
or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and
for him” Did you see, Paul mentions “all creations” and “all things” and
“every creature” – thus stressing that Christ Jesus is Supreme over
everything “Thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers.” Now go
back to the verse John 1:3, is disapprove any suggestion that the word
“the Son” was created being John 1:14 “And the Word
was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of
the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”. and
this is important!
Holy Bible teaches that Jesus is a
separate and distinct God who existed with The Father before anything was created, to
understand this more in detail read John 8:51-59 where
Jesus claim to be God. In John 8:51, Jesus says “If a man keep my
saying…” - the whole of Jesus’ message, which when accepted bring
deliverance from death. John 8:53, When Jews asked
Jesus “Art Thou greater than our father Abraham..” they
expect answer “no”. This is ironic, since JESUS was indeed far GREATER than
Abraham, even as He was GREATER than Moses. They said, “Thou Art not yet fifty
years old…” Generous allowance for Jesus’ maximum possible age. Jesus about 30
when He began His ministry. In the verse John 8:58 “Jesus said
unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.”, Jesus
claims to have been alive BEFORE Abraham was. He does not mean that He
is more than 2000 years old. Rather, He uses the present tense I AM in speaking
of existence more than 2000 years earlier, thus He claims an existence apart
from time that is TRULY ONLY OF GOD. See John 8:56, John
wrote, “Abraham rejoiced to see Lord’s day…” Abraham
saw promise of Christ from distance, (Abraham saw Jesus)Hebrews
11:13 “These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having
seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and
confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.” and he
was joyful in the fulfilling of the purposes of God in Christ, by which ALL THE NATION ON EARTH would
receive blessing Genesis 18:18 “Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great
and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in
him?”. And Romans 9:7 “Neither, because they are THE SEED OF
ABRAHAM, [are they] all children: but, In Isaac shall thy
seed be called.” And Galatians 3:7-9 "Know ye therefore that they which
are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. And
the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith,
preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.....” Jesus
Christ is “The promised seed” of Abraham and we who belong to
Jesus Christ, are “the true children of Abraham”, the thing that qualifies us
all to inherit Abraham's blessing is “Faith”, there is no Jews and gentiles, neither
male nor female; for we are all one in Christ. This probably refers to
universal scope of “Abrahamic covenant” (See Genesis
Chapter 12-17 and Galatians 3:14-29). Through His
covenant with Abraham, God has promised to bless all the faithful with truth,
priesthood ordinances, exaltation, and eternal increases. But as for the
Land of Israel Almighty God is always and forever their God, He wrote
His Name on the land of Jerusalem. 2 Chronicles 6:6 “But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name
might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.” As the
Promise all Israel will be saved, as it
is written, “And so all Israel shall
be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and
shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: 27 For this is my covenant unto them,
when I shall take away their sins…” Romans 11:26-32 and John 3:16-17 “For God
so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the
world through him might be saved.” SAVED BY GRACE THOUGHT FAITH
ON JESUS CHRIST.
Our God is TRIUNE
HOLY GOD. The Bible clearly speaks of: GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON JESUS
CHRIST and GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT—THE HOLY
TRINITY. John 4:24 “For God is Spirit, so those
who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.” GOD THE
FATHER is Spirit, He the creator of all things, GOD THE SON
(JESUS CHRIST) by whom all things were created and He became flash for our
salvation, and GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT indwells us; He Himself is our “Seal” or
the Token of security, our Guide and Helper, until Jesus Christ come to take us
with Him (Rapture—the day of Redemption--we will talk about this below) There are
three and those Three are One, it emphasizes that there is only ONE God.
In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of
truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were SEALED with that holy Spirit of promise, 14 Which is the earnest of our
inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
Ephesians 1:13-14
Go ye therefore, and
teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the FATHER, and of the SON,
and of the HOLY GHOST:
Matthew 28:19
In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with GOD, and the Word was GOD.
John 1:1
I and [my] Father are
one.
John 10:30
For there are three that
bear record in Heaven, the FATHER, the Word, and the HOLY GHOST: and
these three are one.
1 John 5:7
And the Word was made
flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only
begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
John 1:14
But the Comforter, [which
is] the HOLY GHOST, whom the FATHER will send in my name, he shall teach you
all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said
unto you.
John 14:26
But to us [there is but]
one GOD, the Father, of whom [are] all things, and we in him; and one LORD
JESUS CHRIST, by whom [are] all things, and we by him.
1 Corinthians 8:6
The grace of the LORD
JESUS CHRIST, and the love of GOD, and the communion of the HOLY GHOST, [be]
with you all. Amen. ([The second [epistle] to the Corinthians was written from
Philippi, [a city] of Macedonia, by Titus and Lucas.])
2 Corinthians 13:14
And the LORD God said,
Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he
put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for
ever:
Genesis 3:22
For GOD so loved the
world, that he gave his only begotten SON, that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:16
For [there is] one GOD,
and one mediator between GOD and men, the man CHRIST JESUS;
1 Timothy 2:5
Romans 10:13 "For
whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." And Romans
10:11-13 "For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be
ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same
Lord." No one can be saved by placing their faith on idols and pagans, No
one can forgiven by doing certain deeds. Salvation is not the base on our own-righteousness,
but that of Jesus Christ that saves us; the only way to get saved is to accept
Jesus as your Saviour, Romans 10:9-10 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth
the Lord Jesus, and shalt
believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth
unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” trusting
in His death as the payment for your sins and His resurrection as your
guarantee of eternal life Ephesians 2:8-10 “For by grace are ye saved
through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of
works, lest any man should boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should
walk in them.” . Believers on Jesus must go on believing in
Jesus in order to be saved in the end. Jesus said in John
15:6, “If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and
withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and
burned.” And in John 8:31, He said, “If you abide in my word,
you are truly my disciples” and In John
8:51, He said “If a man keep my saying…” - the whole of Jesus’
message, which when accepted bring deliverance from death.
John 8:51-59 (Psalm
105:4-9, Genesis 17:3-9)
Verily, verily, I say
unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
52 Then said the Jews
unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the
prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of
death.
53 Art thou greater than
our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou
thyself?
54 Jesus answered, If I
honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom
ye say, that he is your God:
55 Yet ye have not known
him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar
like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
56 Your father Abraham
rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
57 Then said the Jews
unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
58 Jesus said unto them,
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
59 Then took they up
stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going
through the midst of them, and so passed by.
Everyone who has faith in
CHRIST JESUS will be SAVED. John 1:29 “ The
next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God,
which taketh away the sin of the world.” He gave the promise that “because
I live, you also will live.” but a true deliverance from a
life of bondage to sin and death to a life of freedom in eternity.
Jesus is the only way to God
The Father—Jesus is our Salvation, our Lord and Saviour 1
Peter 2:4 “To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed
of men, but chosen of God, and precious,”. Jesus, The
Son of God came down from the Heaven and became a flash (means born as a man), took
punishment on our behalf on the cross, died and Resurrected from the death on
the third day and returned to Heaven, sited on the Right Side of the God’s
Throne John 3:13 “And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came
down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.”. He
is the only person to have lived a perfect human life Hebrews
4:15 “For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched
with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we
are, yet without sin.”. He is the only Perfect sacrifice for sin 1
John 2:2 “And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours
only, but also for the sins of the whole world.”.
He alone
fulfilled the Law of the Old Testament and the Prophecies Matthew
5:17 “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the
prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.”. He
is the only Man (and God) to have conquered death forever Hebrews
2:14–15 “Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and
blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he
might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; 15 And
deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to
bondage.”. He is the only Mediator between God and men 1
Timothy 2:5 “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and
men, the man Christ Jesus;”. He promised that those who
believe in Him will have eternal life John 3:14–15 “And
as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man
be lifted up: 15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
eternal life.”. Eternal life in Heaven is made possible only through
Christ . He is the one and only Gate of the
sheep John 10:7 “Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say
unto you, I am the door of the sheep.”. The bread of life John 6:35 “And
Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never
hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.”. The resurrection John
11:25 “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life:
he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:” The only
begotten Son of God, The Holy One of God. Let’s lean more in
detail…
During the Old Testament
times, no final offering for sin was made because each year the high priest
went into the Holy of Holies on the Day of Atonement and
sprinkle blood on the Mercy Seat on “the Ark of the Covenant”. Even the Day of Atonement was a temporary provision. It
had to be observed year after year until
Christ came as the Lamb of God to take away sins. It demonstrates for us that Christ’s sacrifice for the
people’s sins, when He died on the cross, was not an annual Day of Atonement
fast to be repeated each year, but a ONCE FOR ALL complete and final
sacrifice for sin…(Read whole Hebrews
Chapter 9-10 for details)
The sacrifice of Christ
on Calvary is symbolize by five major sacrifices offered in the Old Testament
(See Leviticus 1:2).
The
whole burnt offering emphasize Christ’s offering of Himself without spot to God
in complete obedience to the will of God.
The
Meal offering emphasize the balance, fragrance, and purity of the life with was
offered.
The
Peace offering emphasize the reconciliation that was accomplished on the cross.
The
sin and the trespass offerings emphasize the atoning nature of Christ’s
sacrifice, saving men from all sin past, present and future.
The system of animal
sacrifice and the functions of the Old Testament priesthood were intend to be
in effect for only a period of time (See Exodus 29). The
sacrifice system was NEVER intend to remove the people’s sin but only to cover
sin until GOD’S PROMISED MESSIAH WOULD COME TO ACOMPLISH ONCE AND FOR ALL WHAT
THE OLD TESTAMENT SYSTEM COULD NOT. The priest were ordinary
men with human flaws, men who like ourselves, needed to be rescued from the
effect of sin. At best they could only represent what Jesus would later do
perfectly.
Levi’s priesthood
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JESUS as our Priest
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Epistle of Hebrews
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Temporary
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Eternal
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7:21-23
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Fallible
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7:26
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Changeable
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Unchanging
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Continual
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Only Christ offered the
complete and perfect sacrifice for sin. It was His death that effected THE NEW
COVENANT. His sinless life qualified Him to make the perfect sacrifice
for sin and pay our sin debt. The death of Christ to pay our sin debt was
all-sufficient because He only had to die once. His sacrifice was FINAL and
complete. He dealt with our sin once and for all. The blood of Jesus Christ obtained our "eternal redemption." By faith we laid our sins on Jesus and He bore them in
His own body in His death on the cross. When we confess our sins to God and
believe on Jesus Christ as our saviour and Lord we have the privilege of
transferring all our guilt upon Him. The LORD God has provided the perfect
sacrifice for all of our sins. We lay our hands upon His head when we confess
our need for His atoning sacrifice and believe on Him. Because He died in our
stead we will not have to bear the punishment, He did it for us on our behalf.
Hebrews
9:11-15
But Christ being come an
high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle,
not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
12 Neither by the blood
of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy
place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
13 For if the blood of
bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean,
sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh
14 How much more shall
the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without
spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
15 And for this cause he
is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the
redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they
which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
We know that “nothing can
happen without God's permission” HE is Almighty
GOD Matthew 8:27 "Even the winds and the waves
obey Him..". Jesus' rejection as Messiah, crucifixion, death on the
cross, resurrection were already God's plan. God did this for our
Salvation, so that we can obtain His Righteousness by the sacrificial death
of His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ. God made the Chief Priest and Pharisees
spiritually blind that they didn't accepted Jesus as The Messiah, even though
He has fulfilled all the prophecies and did all the miracle. God made Jesus'
opposition and persecutor to fulfill His will. The main thing is we put our
faith on God’s sent, His Son Jesus Christ, the perfect God/Man, came to offer the pure,
complete and everlasting sacrifice to remove, atone, and make eternal payment
for sin. “Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our
Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.” Romans 6:23 "For the
wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ
our Lord" Read also John 3:16-17, Hebrews 4:14-16.
The True Gospel is the
good news that God saves sinners… God sent Jesus Christ, His Only Begotten Son
to bear all the sins and iniquities; once for all, whoever REPENT, BELIEVE (and be BAPTISED) will be saved from God's
wrath, Revelation 6 to 19. When we confess our sins to God and believe on
Jesus Christ as our saviour we have the privilege of transferring all our guilt
upon Him. (See John 3:34,36, John 5:19-26, 6:40, 8:35-36, 14:13,17:1). This
is our God full of Mercy and Grace that through Jesus His Son we will receive
Eternal Life in His Everlasting Kingdom. And Jesus is our “Blessed Hope” that
we may get right with God though Him, He is our Advocate our Shepherd and Lord.
Click on
the link below to read more about JESUS' Final week before The
Crucifixion (Holy Week) .
The Final week of JESUS
CHRIST' earthly Ministry (Holy Week)
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Our LORD JESUS is our
SALVATION (Psalm 27) and He purified us with His PRECIOUS BLOOD and with HIS
SACRIFICIAL DEATH ON THE CROSS, 1 John 1:7 “But if we
walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with
another, AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST HIS SON CLEANSETH US FROM ALL SIN.” (Read
Hebrews 9:13-10:18 ). That is why scripture says God has plan for
Salvation for ALL people, and "His salvation" is no other but His
only begotten Son Jesus Christ (John 3:16-17)... “For
this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4 Who will have
all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.” (Read
full 1 Timothy 2:1-7) “for the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath
appeared to ALL men,” Titus 2:11 God’s salvation for ALL, all means all; even
for dead.” So, Jesus preached to the dead - just as God our Father planned,
in order to rescue us from the power of evil and death. “The
LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in
whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my.” Psalm
18:2-6 God is our Rock the very foundation of our Salvation and
Faith, He has chosen us in Him before we were born, before the foundation of
the Earth (We are His Church, His indwelling place and His people). We are not
capable to know what is good for us and what is not but the Lord our God who
can see our past-present and future knows. Have faith on Him, after all He is
the creator of all things. “For by him were all
things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and
invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers:
all things were created by him, and for him...” Colossians 1:16-20. Jesus
died for our sins and iniquities THEN, ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE
AGAIN FROM DEATH TO LIFE (on Easter), manifestly showing
Himself to His Disciples, eating with them, and speaking of the Kingdom of God
and on the 40th day He ascended to the Heaven “But
from now on THE SON OF MAN WILL BE SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND of the power OF
GOD” Luke 22:69 and Acts 2:33 and He sent The Holy
Spirit as the Helper on the day of the PENTECOST, 50th
day after His resurrecting ( Acts 2). The
Holy Spirit, who seals us until the day of Redemption (RAPTURE) “And
grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of
redemption.” Ephesians 4:30 and once you received
“The Seal of The Holy Spirit” and once we got this seal then devil, all evils
and even death has no power over us.. Christ will
return at any moment for the Rapture of the Church (Christians/ Believers), and
take all of us with Him in secret, the world will get confused about our
disappearing and false prophets will give them a good explanation of our sudden
disappearing, like alien attack!! It will be
Pre-Tribulation Rapture because Jesus said in Revelation 3:10 He will took us
before the Tribulation “the hour of temptation” (from the great
tribulation)(RAPTURE, Read 1 Corinthians 15:51-56, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Revelation
3:10)“I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which
shall come upon all the world,..” Revelation 3:10-11 , we must be ready because “But of
that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father
only.” Matthew 24:36, “Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every
man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and
the.” Revelation 22:12-14, “I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall
come upon all the world” Revelation 3:10 (Read
Matthew 28, Luke 14, Ephesians. 4, 1 Corinthians. 15, The Acts 1.) HE IS GOD,
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM. Acts 2:31: "...He,
foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul
was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. He is
the creator of Heaven and earth “All things were made by
him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. John
1:3” and “I Am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending,
saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.”
Revelation 1:8 and He has the key of hell and of death “I
am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen;
and have the keys of hell and of death.” Revelation 1:18
Galatians 3:13 “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law,
being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth
on a tree:” and suffered the agony of painful death for us “He..
cried.. with a loud voice…” as a shout of triumph, and He
gave up His Spirit to God’s hands. In other words, having borne
the wrath of God’s judgment against sin, He knew He had triumphed over satan
and the curse of sin. Matthew 27:51-53, the event immediately
following Jesus’ death are remarkable indeed. “The
veil of the temple…” refers ether to the curtain over entrance to
the Holy place or the curtain separating the Holy place from the Holy of
Holies. The latter is probable here and symbolizes the permanent opening of
God’s presence to man and man’s direct access to God through the atoning death
of Christ. The other side, Peter cry and beg for the forgiveness for he denies
Jesus three times (and he received it; not only is he forgiven of his denial of
Christ, he is the one to enter the empty tomb where Jesus was laid and the one
whom God uses to preach to the crowd on the Day of Pentecost, when the Holy
Spirit visited with Christ’s followers (Read The Acts 2 – God’s mercy and
loving-kindness andureth forever) but
Judas committed an awful sin; he hang himself Read Matthew 27:1-10.
GOD so loved the world... –John
3:16
Christ is the sacrifice that
takes away all the sins of the world. Blood of CHRIST JESUS brings forgiveness
of sins. Salvation comes through HIM and the sacrifice of HIS physical body on
the cross made us RIGHTEOUSS in The GOD’s eyes "Behold
the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world." John 1:29. JESUS’s
sacrifice of HIMSELF made it possible to take away the sins of the world -
Passover lamb –and so we can reunite with GOD with the help of The HOLY SPIRIT,
our comforter – helper. “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost,
whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring
all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” John 14:26
Jesus is "The Promised Messiah" GOD
so loved the world... –John 3:16 He is the FINAL and Perfect Sacrifice (atonement) that
takes away sins of the world. Blood of CHRIST JESUS brings forgiveness of
sins. Salvation comes through HIM and the sacrifice of HIS physical body on the
cross made us RIGHTEOUSS in The GOD’s eyes "Behold the Lamb of God,
which taketh away the sin of the world." John 1:29. JESUS’s
sacrifice of HIMSELF made it possible to take away the sins of the world -
Passover lamb –and so we can reunite with GOD with the help of The HOLY SPIRIT,
our comforter – helper. “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost,
whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring
all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” John
14:26 “But with the precious blood of Christ,
as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: 20 Who verily was foreordained
before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for
you, 21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and
gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.” 1 Peter
1:19-21. Jesus is The Truly God and Truly Man. (2
Corinthians 5:21) He is without sin, but for our sake God made Him share our
sin in order that in union with Him we might share the Righteousness of God. If
you Believe and declare that Jesus is our God, Lord and saviour, and He came in
flesh to save us from our sins, died on the cross and God brought Him back to
life on a third day, you will be saved. That if thou shalt confess with thy
mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him
from the dead, thou shalt be saved. “For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness;
and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the scripture
saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 12 For there is no
difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich
unto all that call upon him. 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the
Lord shall be saved.” Romans 10:9-13 and “And they said, Believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. 32 And they spake unto
him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. 33 And he took
them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he
and all his, straightway.” Acts 16:31-33
Pharisees
were widely respected group among main stream Jewish culture but also
well-known for their hypocrisy. They ignored all the Miracle that Jesus
performed; by those prophecies they knew that JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD, THE
PROMISED MESSIAH (Read Acts 13:23-52,
John 3, John 14, Hebrews 7 to 12, 1 Peter 2 to 5, 1 John 5, 1 John 2:18-29,
Matthew 1, 1 Timothy 1:10, 1 Timothy 4:10). But why do they do that? well, Rome would not allow
them to re-establish their kingdom monarchy, but did allow them to rebuild
their temple and worship God and the Sadducees held political power and
religious clout as an integral part of temple government. The Pharisees thus
accuse the Sadducees as the opponents of traditional Judaism because of the way
they embraced the Roman culture and political hierarchy (rule). Basically, the
Pharisees represented strict tradition among the aristocratic Jewish elite.
While the Sadducees supported the Roman rule representing mainstream Judaism to
the Roman and Greek cultures. The Sadducees rejected the belief in Resurrection
of the Dead, which was a central tenet believed by the Pharisees and as
prophesied in the Tanakh. This often provoked hostilities between the two sects
even though they often worked closely together in service to the temple, the
people in presiding over the Sanhedrin (which was the Jewish high court of law)
and in fulfilling their political positions. While, Jesus Christ fulfilled all
the prophecies about “The Promised Messiah” Pharisees and scribes were more
concerned about ceremonial law than prophecies (we will study it in more detail).
Pharisees ignore the Prophetic signs Jesus gave He cleansed leprosy, restored
the sight of blind man, He make lame walk and healed many, deaf hear and the
dead are raised and the good news is proclaimed to the poor; He fulfilled
all The Prophecy of The Promised Messiah, (The Son of God and God's Lamb). Many
Jews already understood that the Messiah would suffer and die for the sins of
the people. They were ready to acknowledge The Christ and to follow Him as The
Messiah.
Mark 14:62, “I Am: and ye shall
see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds
of Heaven.” Jesus confession acknowledge that He is Messiah and the Son of
God. He described Himself as a Son of Man and the phrase coming on the clouds
of Heaven were drawn from Daniel 7:13 (Prophecy)“I saw in the night
visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven,
and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.” Our
Heavenly Father’s granting of “Authority over all flesh” to Jesus makes the start of
“New Era” Isaiah 9:6-7, Daniel 7:13-14. Jesus’ words conformed that He intended
this title to express not just His humanity but His identity as a King of
Heavenly origin who would reign over and eternal Kingdom. Jesus seated at the
right hand of Almighty God.
Let’s talk about those Prophecies.
The prophecy about The Promised
Messiah – Jesus of Nazareth
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Prophecies
of Jesus
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Old
Testament
Scripture |
New
Testament
Fulfillment |
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1
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Messiah would be born of a woman.
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Genesis 3:15
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Matthew 1:20
Galatians 4:4 |
2
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Messiah would be born in
Bethlehem. |
Micah 5:2
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Matthew 2:1
Luke 2:4-6 |
3
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Isaiah 7:14
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Matthew 1:22-23
Luke 1:26-31 |
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4
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Genesis 12:3
Genesis 22:18 |
Matthew 1:1
Romans 9:5 |
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5
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Genesis 17:19
Genesis 21:12 |
Luke 3:34
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6
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Messiah would be a descendant of Jacob.
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Numbers 24:17
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Matthew 1:2
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7
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Messiah would come from the tribe of Judah.
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Genesis 49:10
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Luke 3:33
Hebrews 7:14 |
8
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2 Samuel 7:12-13
Isaiah 9:7 |
Luke 1:32-33
Romans 1:3 |
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9
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Messiah's throne will be anointed and eternal.
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Psalm 45:6-7
Daniel 2:44 |
Luke 1:33
Hebrews 1:8-12 |
10
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Isaiah 7:14
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Matthew 1:23
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11
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Hosea 11:1
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Matthew 2:14-15
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12
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A massacre of children would happen at Messiah's birthplace.
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Jeremiah 31:15
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Matthew 2:16-18
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13
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A messenger would prepare the way for Messiah
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Isaiah 40:3-5
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Luke 3:3-6
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14
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Messiah would be rejected by his own people.
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Psalm 69:8
Isaiah 53:3 |
John 1:11
John 7:5 |
15
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Messiah would be a prophet.
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Deuteronomy 18:15
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Acts 3:20-22
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16
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Malachi 4:5-6
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Matthew 11:13-14
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17
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Psalm 2:7
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Matthew 3:16-17
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18
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Messiah would be called a Nazarene.
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Isaiah 11:1
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Matthew 2:23
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19
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Isaiah 9:1-2
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Matthew 4:13-16
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20
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Psalm 78:2-4
Isaiah 6:9-10 |
Matthew 13:10-15, 34-35
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21
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Messiah would be sent to heal the brokenhearted.
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Isaiah 61:1-2
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Luke 4:18-19
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22
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Messiah would be a priest after the order of Melchizedek.
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Psalm 110:4
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Hebrews 5:5-6
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23
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Messiah would be called King.
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Psalm 2:6
Zechariah 9:9 |
Matthew 27:37
Mark 11:7-11 |
24
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Messiah would be praised by little children.
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Psalm 8:2
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Matthew 21:16
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25
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Messiah would be betrayed.
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Psalm 41:9
Zechariah 11:12-13 |
Luke 22:47-48
Matthew 26:14-16 |
26
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Messiah's price money would be used to buy a potter's field.
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Zechariah 11:12-13
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Matthew 27:9-10
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27
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Messiah would be falsely accused.
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Psalm 35:11
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Mark 14:57-58
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28
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Messiah would be silent before his accusers.
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Isaiah 53:7
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Mark 15:4-5
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29
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Messiah would be spat upon and struck.
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Isaiah 50:6
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Matthew 26:67
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30
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Messiah would be hated without cause.
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Psalm 35:19
Psalm 69:4 |
John 15:24-25
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31
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Isaiah 53:12
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Matthew 27:38
Mark 15:27-28 |
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32
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Messiah would be given vinegar to drink.
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Psalm 69:21
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Matthew 27:34
John 19:28-30 |
33
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Messiah's hands and feet would be pierced.
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Psalm 22:16
Zechariah 12:10 |
John 20:25-27
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34
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Messiah would be mocked and ridiculed.
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Psalm 22:7-8
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Luke 23:35
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35
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Soldiers would gamble for Messiah's garments.
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Psalm 22:18
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Luke 23:34
Matthew 27:35-36 |
36
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Messiah's bones would not be broken.
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Exodus 12:46
Psalm 34:20 |
John 19:33-36
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37
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Messiah would be forsaken by God.
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Psalm 22:1
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Matthew 27:46
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38
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Messiah would pray for his enemies.
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Psalm 109:4
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Luke 23:34
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39
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Soldiers would pierce Messiah's side.
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Zechariah 12:10
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John 19:34
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40
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Messiah would be buried with the rich.
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Isaiah 53:9
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Matthew 27:57-60
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41
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Psalm 16:10
Psalm 49:15 |
Matthew 28:2-7
Acts 2:22-32 |
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42
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Psalm 24:7-10
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Mark 16:19
Luke 24:51 |
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43
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Messiah would be seated at God's right hand.
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Psalm 68:18
Psalm 110:1 |
Mark 16:19
Matthew 22:44 |
44
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Isaiah 53:5-12
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Romans 5:6-8
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The
very words of Jesus indicate a warning for all who rejects God’s Mercy. Those who
reject Jesus reject God's salvation, He is The ONE and ONLY WAY to God and
Eternal Life. “He that rejecteth me,
and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have
spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.” John 12:48-50 (Hebrews
6:4–6) BELIEVE in God’s Promise for our
Redemption and keep Praying and waiting for Jesus Christ, keep
yourself from strong delusion, stay away from pagan idols, immoral things and worldly
sorrow (2 Thessalonians 2:11). Jesus applies the warning to “anyone” and not just
to the Jewish people who were knew Him and still rejected Him as their
Messiah. “And all the people were amazed, and
said, Is not this the son of David? 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they
said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the
devils.” Matthew 12:21-31. Jesus
also says that anyone who speaks against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but
this view about Israel’s rejection of Jesus seems to say the opposite, that
Jewish people who rejected Jesus by speaking against The Holy Spirit would not
be forgiven. “Wherefore I say unto
you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the
blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 32 And
whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him:
but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost,
it shall not be forgiven him,
neither in this world, neither in the world to come.” Matthew 12:31-32 Read
also 1 John 2:18-29
During
The Holy Week (His Final Week on earth)-- On the Wednesday--Jesus had heard
that His good friend was sick, but instead of going to visit Lazarus, Jesus stayed
where He was for two more days!! John
11:6 “When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in
the same place where he was.”. He
explained to His puzzled disciples that the sickness was for God’s glory, that
God’s Son may be glorified through it John 11:4 “When Jesus heard that, he said, This
sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might
be glorified thereby.”. After
Lazarus died, Jesus began a journey to Bethany, Lazarus’s home. When Jesus informed
His disciples that Lazarus was dead, He simply said His friend was in sleep,
but He going there to wake him up John 11:11 “These things said he: and after that he
saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him
out of sleep.”. -By
this, Jesus shows that neither Death nor time is an obstacle to
Him-Outside the tomb, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!’
and THE DEAD MAN CAME OUT. John
11:43-44 “And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus,
come forth. 44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with
graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto
them, Loose him, and let him go.”. The
Almighty God, The Heavenly Father wanted these witnesses to know that Jesus is the Son of God, that Jesus was sent by God, and that Jesus and the
Father had the same will in everything John 11:4 “When Jesus heard that, he said, This
sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might
be glorified thereby.” and John 11:40–42 “Jesus saith unto her, Said I not
unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And
Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard
me. 42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which
stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.”. Only
God could have performed such an amazing Miracles—Resurrected a dead man, and through this miracles the Father and the Son
were glorified, and many Jews and Gentiles were believed on Jesus accepted Him
as The Son of God and The Messiah. This
was the Greatest Miracle performed by our LORD Jesus Christ to gave the final Prophetic sign to the
Pharisees and scribes. John
11:45 “Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which
Jesus did, believed on him.”. Jesus
Preached That He is The Only way to Salvation and to God and His Kingdom,
Eternal Life “Jesus said in this verse, ‘I am the resurrection, and the life: he that
believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:” John 11:25.
He is life,
and therefore death has no ultimate power over Him. Jesus confers this
spiritual life on those who believe in Him, so that they share His triumph over
death 1 John 5:11-12 “And this is the record,
that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that
hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.”. Believers in Jesus Christ will experience
resurrection because, having the life Jesus gives, it is impossible for death
to defeat them J Amen.. 1 Corinthians 15:53-57 “For this corruptible must put
on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this
corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on
immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is
swallowed up in victory. 55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy
victory? 56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. 57
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ.”.
Because He lives, we live. Because He is Life, we have life eternally.
Because He lives, we live. Because He is Life, we have life eternally.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning
them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
14 For if
we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in
Jesus will God bring with him.
15 For
this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and
remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For the
Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the
archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we
which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds,
to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 Wherefore
comfort one another with these words.
saviour
1 John 5:1-12
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and
every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
2 By this
we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his
commandments.
3 For
this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments
are not grievous.
4 For
whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that
overcometh the world, even our faith.
5 Who is
he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of
God?
6 This is
he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by
water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit
is truth.
7 For
there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy
Ghost: and these three are one.
8 And
there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the
blood: and these three agree in one.
9 If we
receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the
witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
10 He that
believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not
God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of
his Son.
11 And
this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in
his Son.
12 He that
hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
No
one is worthy to enter The KINGDOM of GOD on the basis of good works and
self-righteousness, "For
all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" Romans 3:23 But because of GOD’s great love for us, He has
given us new birth into a living hope through our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS
CHRIST. "For God so loved the world, that
he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16We are made right with GOD by placing our faith in
JESUS CHRIST. “Even the righteousness of God
which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for
there is no difference:
23
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ
Jesus:
25
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to
declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the
forbearance of God;
26
To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and
the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.”
Romans
3:22-26
And
such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are
justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
1
Corinthians 6:11
Almighty
GOD, who is rich in mercy, made us free from the all sins and the power of
death through the blood of CHRIST “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no
sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”2 Corinthians 5:21,
"For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ
Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death." Romans 8:2,
".....But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye
have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. 23 For the wages
of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
Lord." Romans 6:18-23,Hebrews 2:13-15, GOD
has removed our sins from us forever"And their sins and iniquities will I remember no
more."
JESUS
CHRIST’s sacrifice for all humanity, which fulfilled the symbolism of the
yearly sin offering on the Day of Atonement-Passover and now He set down at the
right side of GOD. HE became the HIGH PRIEST. And
having an high priest over the house of God; Hebrews 10:21, Hebrews
9:11-15
Under THE NEW
COVENAT, CHRIST does not serve in a physical tabernacle
But Christ being come an
high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle,
not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
Hebrews 9:11
For Christ is not entered
into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but
into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us
25 Nor yet that he should
offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year
with blood of others;
26 For then must he often
have suffered since the foundation of the world but now once in the end of the
world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
27 And as it is appointed
unto men once to die, but after this the judgment
28 So Christ was once
offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he
appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
Hebrews 9:24-28
Instead of HE promise HIS
duties as High Priest in the TRUE
TEBERNACLE (We are the Living
Tabernacle of God/ TheChurch) The Holy Spirit dwells in our heart by faith
on Jesus Christ, so that we became the Tebernacle of The Living God.
Now of the things which
we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the
right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
2 A minister of the
sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
Hebrews 8:1-2
Now therefore ye are no
more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the
household of God;
20 And are built upon the
foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief
corner stone;
21 In whom all the
building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord
22 In whom ye also are
builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
Ephesians 2:19-22
JESUS has already made
Atonement for our sins..
Now of the things which
we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the
right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
2 A minister of the
sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
Hebrews 8:1-2
HE rebukes evil..
I charge thee therefore
before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead
at his appearing and his kingdom;
2 Timothy 4:1
HE declares the will of
GOD..
Hath in these last days
spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom
also he made the worlds;
Hebrews 1:2
HE judge our thoughts and
ways..
Neither is there any
creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened
unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do
Hebrews 4:13
HE represents us..
For Christ is not entered
into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but
into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
Hebrews 9:24
HE will soon RETURN to
bless us with an Everlasting Inheritance.. Get ready for the RAPTURE.
So Christ was once
offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he
appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
Hebrews 9:28
We, member of CHRIST’s
body (Church) are able to draw near to the true Mercy seat – THE THRONE
OF GOD.
And for this cause he is
the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption
of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are
called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
Hebrews 9:15
That being justified by
his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Titus 3:7
Having therefore,
brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
20 By a new and living
way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his
flesh;
21 And having an high
priest over the house of God;
22 Let us draw near with
a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an
evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Hebrews 10:19-22
Wherefore in all things
it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful
and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation
for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 2:17
and Hebrews 4:14-18
Jesus is called “A HIGH
PRIEST FOREVER, after the order of Melchisedec” Hebrew
6:20 “Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest
for ever after the order of Melchisedec.”. In the same way, JESUS
IS OUR HIGH PRIEST-ever through He is from the family of Judah-because He is
the chosen ONE. The book of Hebrew explains how Jesus’ Priesthood takes the
place of Levitical priesthood Hebrews 7:17-19 “For he
testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. 18 For
there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness
and unprofitableness thereof. 19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the
bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.”. Jesus
not only paid our sin debt by dying on the cross for us, but He also carried
our sins far away. The life goat on Yom Kippur was the goat of removal,
symbolizing the removal of Israel's sins (Leviticus 16:8-10, 15, 20-22). Our Great
High Priest Jesus Christ needed no sacrifice for Himself because He was
sinless. Therefore, He alone could carry away our sins.
The OLD COVENANT was
written on the stone but The NEW COVENANT is written on our Hearts and it makes
possible only by faith in CHRIST JESUS, who died on cross and shed HIS blood to
take away our sins and iniquities. The NEW COVENANT does not
abolish The OLD COVENANT but supersedes it in the sense that through The NEW
COVENANT THE OLD is fulfilled and
it’s Purpose Achieved.
“For if that first
covenant hadbeen faultless, then should no place have been sought for the
second. For finding fault with them, He saith, Behold, the days come, saith the
Lord, when I will make a New Covenant with the house of Israel and with the house
of Judah:”
Hebrews 8:7-8
“Likewise also the cup
after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed
for
you.”
Luke 22:20
“For he hath made
him to besin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness
of God in him.” 2 Corinthians 5:21 and 1 Cor 11:25
“For this is my covenant
unto them, when I shall take
away their sins.”
Romans 11:27
“And not only so, but we
also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the
atonement.”
Romans 5:11
“And grieve not the holy
Spirit of God, whereby ye
are sealed unto the day
of redemption.”
Ephesians 4:30
“For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.”
“For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.”
Romans 11:27
Likewise also the cup
after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed
for you.
Luke 22:20
Who also hath made us
able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for
the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
2 Corinthians 3:6
In that he saith, A new
covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is
ready to vanish away.
Hebrews 8:13
And for this cause he is
the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption
of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are
called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
Hebrews 9:15
Hebrews 8:6-8
After the same manner
also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament
in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
1 Corinthians 11:25
But now we are delivered
from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in
newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
Romans 7:6
et no man therefore judge
you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or
of the sabbath days:
17 Which are a shadow of
things to come; but the body is of Christ.
Colossians 2:16-17
In that he saith, A new
covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is
ready to vanish away.
Hebrews 8:13
I am the vine, ye are the
branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much
fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
John 15:5
“Behold, the days come,
saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and
with the house of Judah
32 Not according to the
covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand
to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although
I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD
33 But this shall be the
covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the
LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts;
and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
34 And they shall teach
no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the
LORD for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of
them, saith the LORD; for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember
their sin no more.”
Jeremiah 31:31-34
He that believeth on the
Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see
life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
John 3:36
The thief cometh not, but
for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life,
and that they might have it more abundantly.
John 10:10
And all that dwell upon
the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of
the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Revelation 13:8
Hebrews 10:12, Revelation
8:1-39, Hebrews 6:23, 9:22, 10:4
GOD
has removed our sins from us forever"And
their sins and iniquities will I remember no more." Hebrews 10:17 that whoever believes and is baptized in His name, GOD gave
them the right to become children of GOD; and they will be saved. "For
whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Romans
10:13 Then the Righteous will shine like the
sun in the KINGDOM of FATHER GOD.
All
praise to GOD, the FATHER of our LORD JESUS CHRIST."And the LORD their God shall save them in that
day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown,
lifted up as an ensign upon his land." Zechariah 9:16
"For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor
unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in
the kingdom of Christ and of God." Ephesians 5:5 indicates that The KINGDOM of GOD also belongs to JESUS CHRIST;
that is, it is also The KINGDOM of CHRIST JESUS. Those who refuse to submit to
Him are not part of the KINGDOM of GOD, “Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor
drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.”1
Corinthians 6:10, “Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like:
of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they
which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.” Galatians
5:21 say that the
unrighteous cannot inherit the Kingdom of GOD. People who acknowledge the
Lordship of CHRIST, receive HIM as The LORD and Saviour and gladly surrender to
YHWH GOD, are become member of the KINGDOM of GOD. “That if thou shalt confess with
thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised
him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” Romans 10:9
The KINGDOM of GOD is
Actual physical KINGDOM—JESUS said HIS KINGDOM was not of this world and HE
preached that repentance is necessary to be a part of the KINGDOM of GOD and
JESUS says the KINGDOM of GOD must be entered into by being born again in Jesus
Christ (Baptism with the water and The Holy Spirit).
As followers of CHRIST, we receive anointing in token (HOLY SPIRIT) “A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit
will I put within you…” Ezekiel 36:26 of our true adoption as sons of GOD; through BAPTISM both by water and by The SPIRIT we become a member of His
body (His Church). “Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and
hath anointed us, is God; 22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of
the Spirit in our hearts.”2 Corinthians 1:21-22.We were sealed in Him with the HOLYSPIRIT of promise,
who is given as a pledge of our inheritance “In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word
of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye
were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 14 Which is the earnest of our
inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise
of his glory.” Ephesians 1:13–14 (see Ephesians 1:1-17 )
Baptism
is a new birth, a release from the bondageofsin and power of death; Sealed by The
HOLY GHOST to the Day of Redemption, we become a member of JESUS’s body
(CHURCH).
Jesus
answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of
the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
John
3:5
JESUS
answered, My KINGDOM is not of this world: if my KINGDOM were of this world,
then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my KINGDOM not from hence.
John 18:36
John 18:36
JESUS
answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be
born again, he cannot see the KINGDOM of GOD.
John
3:3
From
that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven
is at hand.
Matthew
4:17
When
they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou
at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
7
And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons,
which the Father hath put in his own power.
8
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye
shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in
Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Acts
1:6-8
For I have received of
the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same
night in which he was betrayed took bread:
24 And when he had given
thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for
you: this do in remembrance of me.
25 After the same manner
also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament
in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
26 For as often as ye eat
this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
27 Wherefore whosoever
shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be
guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
28 But let a man examine
himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
29 For he that eateth and
drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning
the Lord's body.
30 For this cause many
are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
31 For if we would judge
ourselves, we should not be judged.
32 But when we are
judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the
world.
33 Wherefore, my
brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.
34 And if any man hunger,
let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest
will I set in order when I come.
1 Corinthians 11:23-34
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
1
Corinthians 6:9.
Which
in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate,the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
1
Timothy 6:15
Nothing
on earth is perfect. Even the most beautiful things of this world are flawed;
if we look closely enough, we can always find an imperfection. But CHRIST is
truly perfect. He is HOLY, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted
above the HEAVEN, and our inheritance in Him is also HOLY, blameless,
exalted, and pure. No earthly corruption or weakness can touch what GOD has
bestowed.
This
HEAVENLY heritage is GOD’s purpose and will for us.
For
the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to
his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Romans
4:13
Even
as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
Galatians
3:6
Blessings
of Abraham..
That
in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as
the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy
seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
18
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou
hast obeyed my voice.
Genesis
22:17–18
Now
to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as
of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
Galatians
3:16
And
if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the
promise.
Galatians
3:29
Which
is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased
possession, unto the praise of his glory.
Ephesians
1:14
And
the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the
kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
25
And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no
night there.
26
And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
27
And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither
whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in
the Lamb's book of life.
Revelation
21:24–27
JESUS
CHRIST is GOD’s “Firstborn”/ “Firstfruit”
Son that is, JESUS holds the “birthright” and is the heir of all the Father has
GOD has given CHRIST all of creation as a gift, because all was created for
Him. The inheritance that CHRIST receives includes believers, those whom the
Father has given to the Son.
The
Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
John
3:35
All
that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in
no wise cast out.
John
6:37
In
whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your
salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy
Spirit of promise,
14
Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased
possession, unto the praise of his glory.
Ephesians
1:13–14
But
every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are
Christ's at his coming.
24
Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even
the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
1
Corinthians 15:23-24
That
being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of
eternal life.
Titus
3:7
Also
I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
Psalm
89:27
Hath
in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of
all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
Hebrew
1:2
And
again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let
all the angels of God worship him.
Hebrews
1:6
For
by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth,
visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or
principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
Colossians
1:16
For
such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from
sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
Hebrews
7:26
We
receive the promise of our inheritance by hearing the word of truth and
believing in CHRIST. As GOD’s children, "adopted" into His family, we
have been assured an inheritance from our HEAVENLY FATHER. We are “heirs”
of GOD, and “co-heir of CHRIST”
And if
children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that
we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Romans
8:17
Wherefore
thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God
through Christ.
Galatians
4:7
Our
inheritance in CHRIST is reserved. What we have in CHRIST is being "kept" in
HEAVEN for us. Our crown of glory has our
name on it. Although we
enjoy many blessings as children of GOD here on earth, our true
inheritance—our true home—is reserved for us in HEAVEN.
Who
hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our
hearts.
2
Corinthians 1:22
In
whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the
purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
Ephesians
1:11
The
righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
Psalms
37:29
Our
inheritance in CHRIST is unfading. JESUS prayed for us (His followers), "Holy FATHER, protect them by the power of your
name" John 17:11 We are secure, being guarded by the Almighty Himself,
and surely our inheritance is equally secure. No one can steal it from
us. When we understand and value the glory that awaits us, we are better
able to endure whatever comes our way in this life. We can give GOD praise even
during trials because we have His guarantee that we will receive all He has
promised: Remember -- “He
will wipe every tear from their eyes…” Revelation 21:4 and Isaiah 25:8, 51:11
And
I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any
man pluck them out of my hand.
29
My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck
them out of my Father's hand.
John
10:28–29
But
lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth
corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
Matthew
6:20
For
our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more
exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
2
Corinthians 4:17
Blessed
[is] the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive
the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
James
1:12
God has
the Father's heart.. He is our Heavenly Father. Nothing is hidden from Him, He
knows your heart and He is ready to forgive you, if you have the courage to
step in His mercy-grace. Nothing can makes God happier than a Prayer from a
repentant heart (Luke 15:3-7 , Luke 15:10). Jesus told all His disciples to preach the Gospel to the
entire world and baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of
the Holy Spirit, He said, “Go ye into all the world,
and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized
shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.” Mark 16:15-16 and “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost:” Matthew 28:19-20. And the second one is, “He broke the gates of Hades”, JESUS PAID FOR OUR SINS ONCE FOR ALL, He took our place; He took our sins upon Himself and made a
legal payment according to the law and died on our behalf, from then death and hades has no dominion over us. "And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter,
and upon this rock I will build my church; and the
gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
Matthew 16:18.
Baptism makes
us new. Many of us received this newness of life when we could not even speak,
we could smile and know love and cry out of need. There, in the waters of
Baptism, God speaks His word into our need. Christian baptism is the means by
which a person makes a public profession of faith, In the waters of baptism, a
person says, wordlessly, “I confess faith in Christ; Jesus has cleansed my soul
from sin, and I now have a new life of sanctification.”
The Baptism of the Holy
Spirit was predicted by John the Baptist by Divine guidance Mark
1:8 “I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the
Holy Ghost.” and by Jesus before He ascended to Heaven: Acts
1:5 “For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy
Ghost not many days hence.”. This promise was
fulfilled on the Day of Pentecost at the time people was received the Holy
Spirit, and the church had begun.
Acts 2:1–4 “And when the
day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2 And suddenly there came
a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house
where they were sitting.
3 And there appeared unto
them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all
filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the
Spirit gave them utterance.”.
John
11:25 “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that
believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:” When Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the
life,” He was claiming to be the source of both. There is no resurrection apart
from Christ, and there is no eternal life apart from Christ. He who believes in
Him will live John 11:21-24 “Then said Martha unto
Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. 22 But I know,
that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. 23 Jesus
saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. 24 Martha saith unto him, I know
that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”.
JESUS
CHRIST is our High Priest for forever..
The LORD hath sworn, and
will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
Ps 110:4
Wherefore, holy brethren,
partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our
profession, Christ Jesus;
Hebrews 3:1
As he saith also in
another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Hebrews 5:6
But this man, after he
had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
Hebrews 10:12
Hebrews 4:12-19
Even he shall build the
temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon
his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace
shall be between them both.
Zechariah 6:13
JESUS’ blood gives us
right to stand before GOD's presence.
Hebrews 8
Now of the things which
we have spoken this is the sum We have such an high priest, who is set on the
right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
2 A minister of the
sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
3 For every high priest
is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices wherefore it is of necessity that
this man have somewhat also to offer.
4 For if he were on earth,
he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts
according to the law
5 Who serve unto the
example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he
was about to make the tabernacle for, See, saith he, that thou make all things
according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
6 But now hath he
obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a
better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
7 For if that first covenant
had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
8 For finding fault with
them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new
covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah
9 Not according to the
covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my
covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
10 For this is the
covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the
Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts and I
will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people
11 And they shall not
teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord
for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
12 For I will be merciful
to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember
no more.
13 In that he saith, A
new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth
old is ready to vanish away.
The only begotten word
used to convey the unique relationship between God the Father and Jesus as the
Son of the Father. It serves to differentiate Christ Jesus as The only Son
of God, in contrast with many Children of God. The uniqueness of this
relationship is further emphasize by the fact that WE BECAME THE CHILDREN OF
GOD whereas JESUS ASLWAYS IS THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD, though unique in His
relationship to God, Jesus is describe here as “FirstBorn” among many
brethren, Colossians 1:18 “And he is the head of the body, the church: who
is the beginning, the FirstBorn from the dead; that in
all things he might have the preeminence.”. Romans 8:17 “And if children,
then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer
with him, that we may be also glorified together.” Heirs,
those who already entered, at least partially into the position of their
inheritance. Co-heir with Christ Jesus. Everything really belong to Christ, but
by grace we share in what is His. If so be that we suffer with Him. It is not
that there is some doubt about sharing Christ’s glory. Rather, despite the fact
that Christians presently suffer, they are ASSURED a future entrance into their
inheritance.
1 Peter 1:3-12
Blessed be the God and
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath
begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from
the dead,
4 To an inheritance
incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for
you,
5 Who are kept by the
power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last
time.
6 Wherein ye greatly
rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through
manifold temptations
7 That the
trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth,
though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory
at the appearing of Jesus Christ
8 Whom having not seen,
ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy
unspeakable and full of glory
9 Receiving the end of
your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
10 Of which salvation the
prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace
that should come unto you
11 Searching what, or
what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it
testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should
follow.
12 Unto whom it was
revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things,
which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you
with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to
look into.
John 3:14-21
And as Moses lifted up
the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up
15 That whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so
loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in
him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son
into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be
saved.
18 He that believeth on him
is not condemned but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he
hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the
condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather
than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that
doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should
be reproved.
21 But he that doeth
truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are
wrought in God.
John 5:24-30
Verily, verily, I say unto
you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath
everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from
death unto life.
25 Verily, verily, I say unto
you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the
Son of God and they that hear shall live.
26 For as the Father hath
life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
27 And hath given him
authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
28 Marvel not at this for
the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his
voice,
29 And shall come forth;
they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have
done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
30 I can of mine own self
do nothing as I hear, I judge and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine
own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
Ephesians 2:4-10
But God, who is
rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 Even when we were dead
in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (BY GRACE YE
ARE SAVED;)
6 And hath raised us up
together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus
7 That in the ages to
come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us
through Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace are ye saved
through faith; and that not of yourselves it is the gift of God
9 Not of works, lest any
man should boast.
10 For we are his
workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained
that we should walk in them.
Only God who created life
can Resurrect it after death, Thanks be to God; He gives us victory over sin
and death 1 Corinthians 15:7 “But thanks be to God, which giveth us the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”. ( Read 1 Corinthians 15:54–57). TO
BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION IS TO BELIEVE IN GOD. John
11:25 “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that
believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:”.
Jesus is “the firstfruits
of those who have fallen asleep” 1 Corinthians 15:20 “But
now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that
slept.”; Jesus is “The Firstfruit" or "The FirstBorn" among
many (Romans 8:29). That means He is The First One who died, was buried,
and rose the third day according to the Scriptures and those who are believe in
Him (Christian) will also resurrected and come alive when He come with the
clouds and take us with Him (Rapture -1 Thessalonians 4:16, at the time we all
have a glorious body like He has)1 Corinthians 15:3-4 “For
I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ
died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and
that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:”. We
who believe in Jesus Christ will personally experience Resurrection, because we
are in Christ; His co-hire. The Resurrection is glorious
victory for every believer. (Read 1 Corinthians
15:53–57) And HE IS COMING AGAIN! (Rapture) The
dead in Christ will be raised up, and those who are alive at His coming will be
changed and receive new, glorified bodies (Read 1 Thessalonians
4:13–18).
His disciples asked Him
three questions when shall this things be? “The destruction of temple”, What
shall be the sign of thy coming? “The coming of the King..”, and the End of the world? “The age”
Matthew 24:3. Therefore the entire discloser must be looked upon an answering
all three off these questions. Jesus answered and warn them, many shall
come refers to the parade of false-Messiahs who have now spanned the centuries
of the Church history and have led many astray into false-religious cults. In
verse Matthew 24:6-20 (Luke 21:20-38) Jesus talking about “wars and rumors of
wars..” refer to peace being taken from the earth and the constant wars that
have continually marked the “Age of the gentiles” famines and plagues this
events make only “the beginning of sorrow”. In verse 14, “The Gospel of the
Kingdom” refers to the missionary growth of the Church in all the world. The
Gospel shall be preached in all the world, the inhabited world, and unto all
nations, then shall the end come. In Matthew 24:15 (After Rapture taking
place), Jesus talk about the “awful horror”. The abomination of desolation
refers to Daniel 9:27, Daniel 11:31, Daniel 12:11. Where the Jewish Temple
worship would foreshadow a similar and more severe act by the antichrist (1 John 2:18-29, 2 Thessalonians 2:8-13, Matthew
7:15-20, 2 Peter 2, Jude 1).
Whereas Antiochus offered a pig on the
scared Altar of the Temple, The antichrist will present himself 2 Thessalonians
2:4 as the signal of the beginning of “the great tribulation” in the midst of
the week Daniel 9:27 this is the 70th week of Daniel’s prophecy, whose length
is 42 months Revelation 11:2, 1260 Days Revelation 12:6, or time, and times,
and half a time Daniel 7:25, Revelation 12:14. Then shall be great tribulation
makes our Lord’s reference to Daniel 12:1 clearly evident has taking place just
prior to the Resurrection in Daniel 12:2 and Zachariah 1 to 9. Jesus
comfort them with referring about “His second coming” in Matthew 24:21 (After
Rapture taking place), The terrible days of that time shall be shortened by
SUDDEN RETURN OF CHRIST to destroy the wicked one 2 Thessalonians 2:8. The
phrase “if it were possible..shall deceive the very elect.. ” clearly indicated
that those who have been truly saved cannot be deceived and fall away. In
Matthew 24:27, The lightning, shining from the east..even unto the west refers
to the final expect of Christ’s return (Not the Rapture) In judgment upon the
earth.
Don’t worry we will be “caught out” (Rapture) before all this things
will happen; that’s our “BLESSED HOPE”
Matthew 24:27, Jesus comfort them with referring about “RAPTURE” In 1 Thessalonians Chapter 4, He comes with the cloud for
the Church; in 2 Thessalonians Chapter 1 and 2 He comes to the Earth WITH THE
CHURCH to Judge the world. Jesus reference to the
events before “The Christ’s millennial Kingdom” in Matthew 24:29-31,
The reference of the event immediately after the tribulation, such as the sun
being darkened and stars falling, refers to the cataclysmic that will accompany
Christ’s millennial Kingdom on the earth. His return will marked by the sign of
the Son of Man in Heaven, which will identify His coming to the earth. The
disciples asked Jesus that when it will happen? Jesus
answered, Matthew 24:35-36, warns against attempts to set an exact date
for Christ’s return and the end of “the Church age” . The speculate that “Day”
and “Hour” do not eliminate “Year” is a gross oversimplification. THE FATHER
GOD ONLY KNOWS THE TIME OF CHRIST’S RETURN SINCE IT HAS BEEN SET BY HIS
AUTHORITY ACTS 1:7. Jesus gave an example in Matthew 24:39-42 that the people
of “the days of Noah” knew not the suddenness of the coming destruction
indicated that this last generation will be totally unprepared for the coming
of the Son of Man, the return of the Christ to judge the world. 2 Thessalonians
1:7-8 the reference to two being in the field or at work at the time of
Christ’s return (The Second Coming) implies the suddenness of His coming to
separate the Lost and saved. Believe and repent for sins, keep praying and
waiting for Jesus Christ.
Jesus gave the glimpse of
the future world and instructs that world will hate Christians because of
Jesus, church will persecuted but take-heart if they hates us, you know that it
has hated Jesus Christ before it hated us. All we need to do is Pray to the
Father God in the Name of Lord Jesus and wait patiently for the Day of
Redemption (Rapture)
John 15:18-27
If the world hate you, ye
know that it hated me before it hated you.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own:
but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world,
therefore the world hateth you.
20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is
not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute
you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's
sake, because they know not him that sent me.
22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had
sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.
23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
24 If I had not done among them the works which none other
man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me
and my Father.
25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled
that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you
from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he
shall testify of me:
27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with
me from the beginning.
In Matthew 5:44
Jesus teach us,“But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who
curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use
you and persecute you,”
Human's
average earthly life is no longer than 120 years, but our soul is
eternal. Christ gave Himself as a sacrifice for our sins to rescue us
from this evil world (the most painful death on the cross), don't waste
His sacrifice. Isaiah 53:11.. He died for you, so live for Him. Don't let your
today's disappointment ruins your
glorious future. Have faith, stay positive.
Luke 17:20-21
........behold, the kingdom of God is within
you.
1 Peter 2:9-10
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an
holy nation, a peculiar people; that
ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his
marvellous light;
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now
the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
Jeremiah 29:11-13
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith
the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and
pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall
search for me with all your heart.
Philippians 1:21 “For to me to live is Christ, and to
die is gain.”
Romans 8:28-39
And we know that all things work together for good to
them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate
to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among
many brethren.
30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also
called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them
he also glorified.
31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be
for us, who can be against us?
32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him
up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's
elect? It is God that justifieth.
34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died,
yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also
maketh intercession for us.
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or
peril, or sword?
36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all
the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than
conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life,
nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to
come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature,
shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our
Lord.
No one is ever too lost to be saved by God's amazing grace. It
doesn't matter how many steps you took away from God, remember there's only one
step backward to get right with Him; only single step in the right direction.
Sometimes we get so hard on ourselves that we don't want to see we already has
the solution of our problem! We're living in the constant fear of our society;
fear of being criticised, fear from changes and fear of being hurt, and that's
how we have missed the point; the point of “God's Grace!” Trusting in God's
unfailing Grace and Favour is the exact opposite of living in fear that society
doesn't has. Place your Trust in Him, He created all the things visible and
non-visible and He knows what's going on, Just BELIEVE “But we
speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God
ordained before the world unto our glory: 8 Which none of the princes of this
world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of
glory.9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have
entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that
love him” 1 Corinthians 2:7-9 We don't need to be
perfect because we have the Perfect God Almighty as our helper and our
Guide “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt
go: I will guide thee with mine eye.” Psalm
32:8. God the Father wants us to rely on Him for everything, from our
daily bread to our Eternal Salvation, He is our provider God …“Our
fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, “He gave them bread from
heaven to eat.” John 6:31-44, “Being justified freely
by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:” Romans 3: 24 ,
“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in
thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”
Romans 10:9, Nothing is impossible for God, if we believe in Him, He will do
it for us “But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is
impossible; but with God all things are possible.” Luke 1:37 Bible is
full of the story about God's mercy toward peoples disobedience and iniquity. We
saw how forgiving was our Heavenly Father towards those people in Bible time,
than why do we think that the same God who full of compassion and grace
suddenly changed? He has the same compassionate Heart and He loves us; HIS
Children and His marvellous creations. But He is the just God, He
punish the sins but not sinners because Jesus already took our punishment on
the cross and died for our sins, but Jesus is the God, One of the member of the
Holy Trinity so that He rose again from death on the third day (That's why we
celebrate The Resurrection Day, Easter) “Jesus
Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.” Hebrews 13:8 So, don't
be like modern day Pharisees! Look at the ordinary people
of Holy Bible, those Israelites (not pharisees and sadducees, except
Nicodemus ) and Gentiles (everyone except Jews) knew nothing about The
Messiah, (The Son of God and our Saviour) but they followed Jesus Christ and
accepted Him as their Saviour by the inspiration of God and the Holy Spirit. WE
read their stories in The Bible, they were real and they were became God's
living miracles... Be the living miracle! Have Faith on God Almighty.
“Behold, he that keepeth
Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.” Psalm 121:2-4 , “The nation is like a
mighty lion; When it is sleeping, no one dares wake it. Whoever blesses Israel
will be blessed, And whoever curses Israel will be cursed.” Numbers 24:9 There are
many PROPHECIES about “The Great Tribulation” (Read Micah 2:12) Isaiah 63:1-6
describe the area of “Petra” in Jordan as the place where Jews flee when the
antiChrist begins persecution, it will be a horrible time for those who will
left behind (This is why I urge you to accept Jesus Christ as your God and
Saviour, be Baptized in Him)
“God Just to For the
grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to ALL men” Titus
2:11-12 whether you are Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhist, atheists you can
start your New Life from today by accepting Jesus Christ as your God, Saviour
and by being Baptized in His Name; you will have the Power of Holy Spirit, who
“SEALED” you until “The day of Redemption” (RAPTURE), Our LORD Jesus, our BLESSED HOPE will
soon return... “And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed
unto the day of redemption.” Ephesians 4:30 and once you received “The
Seal of The Holy Spirit” then antiChrist, all evils and death has no power over
you “Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end
the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the
law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us
all,” Romans 4:16, (Read also Ephesians 2:8-11, Galatians
3:28, Romans 10:12, Acts 2:21-22, 1 Timothy 2:4-6 )
Alright, back to the point! The Jews in the 7 years period of great tribulation -- (Read Micah 2:12) Isaiah 63:1-6 describe the area of “Petra” in Jordan as the place where Jews flee when the antiChrist begins persecution, It is where they remain safely protected by God during the period of the Great Tribulation (Revelation 6 to 19). That is why Israel will stand firm even after going through 7 years of the great tribulation and all, “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.” Isaiah 41:10-11 So, the main thing is Israelites need to accept Jesus as The Messiah, this is the last chance to get Raptured and if they don't then, they will have to go through the 7 years of Great Tribulation because of their unbelief on the Son of God Jesus Christ, The Promised Messiah. But God will deliver them (Beloved Israel), and they will accept Jesus as their Messiah and then The Millennial Kingdom will began, The Almighty God will judge the world and will throw the devil and his followers into the lake of fire and then The New Heaven and The New Earth will come down from above. (See Revelation chapter 7 to 22) Trust in the Lord forever; he will always protect us. (Isaiah 26:3-4). We will be in The Kingdom of God forever and ever (Psalm 23)…
COME
LORD JESUS...
Revelation 22:12-21
Thou Art our Keeper, O
LORD.. The shade on our right hand, dwell in our hearts through faith. Protect
us from all evil n keep us on Thy Righteous Way, help us to rooted n grounded
into Thy unfailing love. Thank you for Thy abundance Blessings, In The Name of
JESUS our LORD, Amen...
Always remember,
WE ARE THE TEMPLE OF THE
LIVING GOD,
Love GOD + Love people,
Obey GOD's commandments,
Stay away from pagan
idols,
Live simply,
Keep smiling and make
people smile,
GOD bless..Enjoy!
We all sinned n deserve GOD’s judgment, but our loving FATHER, GOD sent HIS only begotten SON to satisfy that judgment for those who believe in HIM. JESUS, our LORD who lived a sinless life, loves us so much that HE died for our sins, taking the punishment that we deserve, was buries n rose from the dead according to the Holy Bible. If you truly believe n trust in your heart, receiving JESUS alone as your SAVIOUR, declaring (by Baptism) JESUS is The LORD n SAVIOUR, you will be SAVED from the judgment n spend ETERNITY with GOD in HEAVEN….
In The name of our LORD JESUS CHRIST.. Amen
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