Looking unto Christ Jesus, who is your Savior, to
appear…..
2 Timothy 1:9-10 Who hath saved us, and called us with an
holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and
grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, But is now made manifest
by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished
death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
Here’s the NIV wording of 2 Timothy 1:9-10 - who has saved us
and called us to a holy life — not because of anything we have done but because
of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before
the beginning of time, but it has now been revealed through
the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has
destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the
gospel.
So, here is scripture that speaks of Jesus Christ already come,
revealed, manifest. BUT yet, in other scriptures we find there is a
coming of Jesus Christ, “waiting for the appearing…” and other ways the
scriptures in the New Testament speak of.
So what is happening? or Rather, what was happening back
in the new testament Generation?
We need to talk on this more…. so all may understand
exactly what was happening back then, in THAT GENERATION… so that all may
understand where we/you are in God’s plan in THIS Age and generation.
In Matthew 23:36 Jesus says: ‘Verily I say unto you, All
these things shall come upon this generation.’
Jesus was speaking and telling them of what was going to happen
in THAT GENERATION. Not us, but to them.
Now look at Matthew 24:34 where Jesus says: ‘Verily I say unto
you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.’
And in Luke 21 tells us also of that generation being the age
that would experience all this.
Luke 21:32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass
away, till all be fulfilled.
Also in Mark 13:30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation
shall not pass, till all these things be done.
Jesus even told the high priest that “ye shall
see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds
of heaven.” Mark 14:61-62.
Jesus was speaking to them and telling them that the great
tribulation and white throne judgment was going to happen according to all that
the law and prophets have said.
What was happening, was that the fulfilling of the law and
prophets concerning Christ was being fulfilled, so that the first order could
be completed and moved out of the way, so that the Blood Covenant of Jesus
Christ, the New Priesthood, and King, and Kingdom, etc… could be
established. A new heaven and earth where God dwells. And that is
in His People… Hasn’t He said we are His Temple, Dwelling Place? Yes.
In order for the law and prophets to be fulfilled, and every jot
and tittle of the law fulfilled, then there had to be the appearing of Jesus
Christ, God in the flesh, to be the Priest, King, and Lamb of God to fulfill
the requirements of law of sin and death. Jesus Christ fulfilled all
righteousness, and the debt of sin, and the judgment of sin under that law,
overcoming death. But there was one more event that had to be
accomplished under that old law, before the new order of God could come
in. Judgment of sin upon THAT GENERATION for the shedding of God’s
innocent blood:
Luke 11:49-52 (Jesus speaking)
49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them
prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the
foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which
perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It
shall be required of this generation.
52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of
knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye
hindered.
Are you seeing this yet? The great tribulation was
to come to THAT Generation, not us. It was prophesied concerning THAT
generation, not us. And in about 70 AD this Great Tribulation came
to completion, thus the New Heaven, and New Earth of God came forth, and is
Established Today. So stop believing the lie that the tribulation is in the
future, and that all the things happening in the world is a fulfillment of
Matthew 24, etc…. It is not. Matthew 24 did happen as prophesied IN
That Generation.
Once Done, it is done.
The Kingdom of God/Heaven is not an outward establishment, but
it is Righteousness, Peace, and Joy IN THE HOLY GHOST (Romans 14:17).
The Kingdom of God/Heaven is In You, In the Holy Ghost/Spirit:
Luke 17:20-21 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the
kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God
cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there!
for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
And the Kingdom of God/Heaven is also God’s dominion that we
press in to, and enter as John 3:3-5 talks of being
born again is the only way to ‘enter’ the kingdom of God. And Luke
16:16 tells us that the law and the prophets were until John, and
since then we ‘press’ in to the Kingdom.
So what is to be for this Age and generation? Whatever the
Lord has planned…Which a lot is happening today in God’s Kingdom and outside
His kingdom.
But Ephesians 2:7 tells us that this age we
live in is a time for God to reveal His Kindness and Love to us.
Eph 2:4-9 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great
love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened
us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised
us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in
Christ Jesus: That in the ages to come he might
shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward
us through Christ Jesus. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not
of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Now What? Be Redeemed by the Blood of the Lamb and ENTER
and DWELL in God’s Kingdom with the Son, the Lamb of God. DO and GO
as the Father Desires You to. Set the creature free…. (See Romans 8:All *
19)
Rom 8:19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for
the manifestation of the sons of God.
Be Born Again… Be Conformed to the image of the Son… for it is
the Spirit of the Son in us that makes us God’s Son. And it is that Spirit that
is Interceding for all…. through us, His many membered body… in this
world.
Amen.
RPJ
