Jesus is the High Priest of the greater sanctuary “made without hands” foreshadowed by the Ancient Tabernacle.
Jesus is the High Priest who serves in the “True Tabernacle pitched by the Lord and not man” and foreshadowed by the religious structures and rituals of Ancient Israel. The Son of God has become our “priest forever” who ministers for us “at the right hand of the Throne of the Majesty in the Heavens” – (Hebrews 8:1-2).
Continue readingJesus triumphed over Satan and Sin through his Death and Resurrection, therefore, he now reigns from the Messianic Throne.
Jesus triumphed over his enemies on the Cross and began his reign as the promised Messianic King following his Death and Resurrection. He is not waiting for some future event before he receives his sovereignty over the nations. Unlike the political powers of this age, he conquered through his sacrificial death rather than tyranny, lies, political manipulation, or violence. It is the Crucified One who now reigns on Mount Zion!
Continue readingJesus, the Faithful Witness, now reigns supreme over the Kings of the Earth, and he is shepherding the nations to the Holy City of New Jerusalem.
Jesus is called the “Ruler of the Kings of the Earth” in the Prologue of Revelation. This declaration is made in the present tense since his sovereignty is based on his Death and Resurrection. He does not rule by hereditary right, economic power, or military might, but because of his redeeming death. The slain “Lamb” is the one who sits on the Throne, and his authority extends even over “Death and Hades.”
Continue readingSalvation includes the bodily resurrection of the saints and life in the New Creation, which will occur when Jesus arrives.
Central to the doctrine of salvation is the promise of redemption. God will not abandon what He first created, and both the term and the concept mean the recovery of what was lost. The universe is enslaved by sin and condemned to decay and death. In God’s redemptive plans, the end state of redeemed things and persons is vastly superior to their original state, and this principle is epitomized in the promises of bodily Resurrection and New Creation.
Continue readingJesus refused the political power of Rome when Satan offered it. So, why do we insist on seeking the very thing our Master rejected?
The teachings of Jesus and his Apostles in multiple ways summon Christians not to be “unequally yoked together” with this world and its values. What humanity needs is the Good News of the Kingdom of God and the salvation provided by Jesus Christ. Since the “forms” of this present age are in the process of “passing away,” the Church should not waste its efforts on “working for the meat that perishes”?
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