Saturday, 25 June 2016

THE MYSTERY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

The Book of Daniel describes the coming of God's Kingdom vividly in terms of the destruction of every power which resists God and opposes the Divine Will.
The Apostle Paul in the Book of Romans introduces the theme "Justification by Faith,"describing that all men were born as sinners. Paul also describes the reason of the gross idolatry and immorality of the non-Jews as consequence of sin; yet by reason of display of God's power and as witness the one of their own Consciences, they were presented as sinners worthy of "Death."
In Romans, chapter 5, Paul explained that "Death" reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sins were not like the "Transgression of Adam," who was a type of the One who was to come.
Sin came into the World through the transgression (sin) of one man and Death through sin, and so Death spread to all men because all men were born as sinners, since sin indeed was in the World before the Law was given, and sin was not counted as sin when there was no Law.
At the same time the Jews were the favored recipients of God's oracles, but equally sinners, with the difference that the non-Jews were sinners without the Law and perished without it, and the Jews were able to purified themselves because of the Law, and those who rebelled against the Law sinned against it and were judged it, "for not the hearers of the Law were just before God, but the doers of the Law were "Justified." These Free Gift is not like the Trespass. For if many Died through one man's transgression, much more power have the Grace of God and the free gift in the Grace of that One Man Jesus Christ abounded for many. For the Judgment following one Transgression brought Condemnation, but the Free Gift following Many Transgressions brought "Justification." Then as one man's Transgression led to Condemnation to all men, so One Man's Act of Righteousness brought Acquittal and Life in the Spirit to all men. Then as one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by One Man's Obedience many will be made Righteous. All of us who have been baptized into the spirit of Christ Jesus were baptized into His Death. We were buried therefore with Him by baptism into Death, so that as the Spirit of Christ was raised from the Death by the power of the Glory of the father, we too were granted the choice to Walk in Newness of Life.
Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James wrote a warning against certain nominal Christians who threatened to undermine and destroy the Mystery of the Kingdom of God and the fellowship of the believers by their immoral character and conduct. Those who choose to follow in their path are being warned to the certain wrath of God's Judgment. Indeed the Old Testament bears witness to 6 Judgments of God upon such evil sins which were repeated in the same pattern in their character and conduct by these human bearers of such evil power.
As if to emphasizes their ripeness for God's Wrath, Jude adds a 12 fold description of their guilt. "They are Blemishes on your Love Feasts, as they boldly Carouse Together, Looking After Themselves; Waterless Clouds, carried along by winds; Fruitless Trees in late autumn, Twice Dead, Uprooted; Wild Waves of the Sea, casting up the Foam of Their Own Shame; Wandering Stars for whom the Nether Gloom of Darkness has been Reserved for Ever." "These men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that They Know by Instinct as Irrational Animals do, they are destroyed. ... For they Walk in the Way of Cain, and Abandon Themselves for the sake for The Sake of Gain to Balaam's error, and perish In Korah's Rebellion, in which God made the earth open up its mouth and swallow him and his two other comrades alive with all of their households and sent a powerful Fire that destroyed all of his followers. Be eager to contend for the Faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
The Mystery of the Messianic Mission is then that before the Messiah comes as the heavenly Son of Man with the Clouds of Heaven to establish the Kingdom over all the earth, He must first come in the power of Humility among men, and as a Suffering Servant of Death to die.
This was unheard of to the first century Jew's priestly class, who were challenged in their measure of faith. They looked for a Messiah who would come in Power and Victory over Death without taking in consideration the language of the heart that was sincere Love for one another, for admission to the priestly class had been secretly gained by some evil power who long ago were designated for its condemnation, ungodly entities whose mission is pervert the Grace of our God into licentiousness denying the power of the unfailing Love of God acting in our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ.
In the Second Letter of John, he declares that he is rejoiced greatly because some of the children of the elect lady, whom he loves in Truth, are followers of it. Then he beg the lady to continue following the great commandment of loving one another, because this is the commandment heard from the beginning, that we have to follow Love. For many deceiver spirits have gone out into our World, men who will not acknowledge the coming of our Lord and Master Jesus Christ in the Spirit of Flesh; such a one is the power of that Deceiver spirit and the AntiChrist. "You have to look to yourselves, that you may not lose what you have worked for, but may win a fully reward."
The Kingdom is to come in the Power of Love, sweeping before it  all evil and every hostile rule, transforming the earth and ushering in a New Universal Order.
Isaiah 53 clearly predicts the sufferings of the Messiah. However, Messiah is not named as such in this passage, and the context specifically names Israel as God's Servant. It bears the spiritual position of God's chosen people in the Mighty Kingdom of God.
Jesus said in the Book of Revelation, chapter 22, "Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense, to repay every one for what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End."
"Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the Tree of Life and that they may Enter the City by the Gates. Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and fornicators and murderers and idolaters, and every one who loves and practices falsehood."
"I Jesus have sent my angel to you with This Testimony for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the Bright Morning Star."
"The Spirit and the Bride say, 'Come.'  And let him who hears say, 'Come.'  And let him who is thirsty come, let him who desires take the Water of Life without price."
"I warn every one who hears the Words of the Prophecy of this Book: If any one adds to them, God will add to him the Plagues described in this Book, and if any one takes away from the Words of the Book of this Prophecy, God will take away His Share in the Tree of Life and in the Holy City, which are described in this Book."
"Amen, Come, Lord Jesus!"  The Grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints.  Amen

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