Gospel

Jews and Gentiles – Covenant Heirs

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With the outpouring of the Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, the blessings for all nations of the Abrahamic Covenant commenced.

The “Promise of the Father” is the Gift of the Spirit, which the Apostle Paul links to the Abrahamic Covenant. The promises made to the Patriarch are fulfilled in the New Covenant inaugurated by Jesus Christ. The bestowal of the Spirit on his Assembly on the Day of Pentecost marked the commencement of the “Last Days,” the Age of the Spirit when the promises of God are achieved. Because of his Death and Resurrection, Gentile believers become full heirs of the Covenant along with believing Jews.

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Spirit and Covenant

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The New Covenant includes the Gift of the Spirit, the first fruits of the New Creation, and the gathering of the nations.

The National sins of Israel caused her expulsion from the Land of Canaan. God foresaw her failures and determined to institute a new covenant energized and characterized by His Spirit. It would include the salvation of men from every nation and culminate in the resurrection of the dead and the “New Heavens and the New Earth.” With the outpouring of the Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, the New Covenant began in earnest.

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The Only Source

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ONLY Jesus of Nazareth is the Light of the World, the expression of God, and the source of truth, life, and salvation.

From time immemorial, presidents, kings, dictators, political ideologies, religions, and false prophets have claimed to be humanity’s best hope for peace and prosperity, self-appointed sources of light, and alleged bulwarks of order against the darkness that constantly threatens to overwhelm society. Today, this plague of pretenders is worse than ever, especially in the churches and political arena of the United States of America.

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Jesus is the Lamb

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The Slain Lamb is the Messiah in Revelation who overcomes and reigns over the Nations and the Kings of the Earth.

In popular preaching, Jesus has become the “Roaring Lion of Judah” who will soon unleash his predatory cry as he slays his enemies. Unlike the man from Nazareth, this warrior-king will destroy everyone who resists him as he imposes his kingdom on the willing and the unwilling. No longer is he the savior who submitted to an unjust death to save the world. Does not the Book of Revelation tell us that he is the Messianic Lion?

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The Decisive Day

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The arrival of Jesus will be an event of great victory and finality that will result in the resurrection and the New Creation.

The return of Jesus at the “end of the age” will be a singular event of utter finality. His “arrival” or ‘Parousia’ will be accompanied by celestial and terrestrial upheaval, the installation of the New Creation, the resurrection of the dead, the judgment of the godly and the ungodly, the “gathering of Christ’s elect,” and the end of Death. Decay and mortality will be replaced by immortality. Nothing will ever be the same again!

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