Yeshua’s
kingdom: Time/season or
era (part 3 all is of God)
Bible
Texts (Concordant
Version of the Old Testament and Concordant Literal New Testament with keywords
Concordance-CLNT: 2 Corinthians 5:17-21
17 So
that, if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: the primitive passed by.
Lo! there has come new!
18
Yet all is of God, Who conciliates us to Himself through Christ, and is giving
us the dispensation of the conciliation,
19
how that God was in Christ, conciliating the world to Himself, not reckoning
their offenses to them, and placing in us the word of the conciliation.
20
For Christ, then, are we ambassadors, as of God entreating through us. We are
beseeching for Christ's sake, "Be conciliated to God!"
21
For the One not knowing sin, He makes to be a sin offering for our sakes that
we may be becoming God's righteousness in Him.
For
the past 2 weeks, you have learnt about the time and season/era this world is
currently in. The past two-week’s messages have explained to you about how time
and seasons work in the plan of Yahweh for humanity. There is time and season
for everything. The 12 disciples of Yeshua had to be reminded of the promise of
the Father (Yahweh) regarding the Holy Spirit that would work through them to
dispatch the message of salvation to the rest of the world. Up till now, the
kingdom of Yeshua has not been fully manifested. The season has come but the time
has not come.
One
thing we should understand this week is that Yahweh is timeless but he created times and seasons/eras. Therefore, both seasons and times work for him to carry
out his plans. The understanding of the work of Yahweh on humanity would help
people to be at rest in the midst of turbulent world.
Brief
explanation of 2 Corinthians 5:17
2 Corinthians 5:17 may be familiar to you but in this week’s blog, it would be explained in
another way. If anyone is in Christ, such a person is a new creation. This does
not imply that the person had gone back into his mother’s womb to be reborn. It
does not also imply the popular term, “being born again”. It means when the
faith is given by Yahweh to you to understand the work of salvation through
Christ Yeshua. This faith will help to transform your mind. This is the moment
you will come to believe in Christ. This is when you truly realize the work of
salvation of God through Christ. Your spirit will awake to this truth. Your
soul will be connected to this truth. Your thinking will become different from
the conventional believe. There will be a shift in your spirit from what you
used to know. You will have spiritual awareness of Yahweh’s will and purpose
for humanity through Christ.
Your
body may not manifest any difference but it will begin to experience priceless and
unquantifiable peace of mind. You will feel no obligation to do anything once
you have come to believe the work of salvation Yahweh has done through Christ
Yeshua than to believe it. This is when you will understand 1 Timothy 4:10 that
Yeshua is the savior of all mankind especially of believers. You will be
experiencing freedom from religion entanglements and deceits. The scriptures
will be making more sense to you as you see Yahweh at work since the inception
of this world up till now.
Having
discussed verse 17 of 2 Corinthians chapter 5, the next step is in verse 18. This verse
is divided into three. I will discuss only one this week. “Yet, all is of
God…”
The
word, “yet” in this verse indicates that all events that have been happening
before the creation of this world up till now and all that will happen later
are of God. It means all events that you may think of in each season of this
world are of God (Yahweh) the maker of Heavens and Earth. It also means despite
all you may think or say, all that is happening is of God. If this is not so,
why does Yahweh let both good and bad things to happen on earth? Why should
this world be continuously experiencing more evil than good? Please, ponder
with me on this verse. I must let you know that this verse is also in absolute
sense. It means all that happens are beyond our 5 senses to comprehend. Some atheists
dislike Yahweh for this but they cannot withstand the will of God (Romans
9:19). You cannot talk back to him (Romans 9:20).
Yet,
all is of God. This is why God is the creator of darkness and light, good and
evil (Isaiah 45:7). He made all these to carry out his plan and purpose.
Nothing can stop his plan, will and purpose for humanity (Isaiah 46:10). He created
all things according to his pleasure…(Revelation 4:11). God did not make this
world for you but for himself. Let all the earth fear Yahweh; Let all those
dwelling in the habitance revere Him. For He spoke, and it came to be; He
enjoined, and it stood firm (Psalm 33:8-9). He is the true Landlord (Psalm
24:1).
So,
if I tell you that we are in the season of harvest, believe me that the time
the harvest will happen is drawing nearer day by day. Things are lining up on
earth for this time to occur. The new temple is almost completed in Yerusalem. Some
religious people are rejoicing at this temple, not knowing what is coming
to them soon. The world is getting to unveil the Vicar of Christ, issue out
mark of allegiance to Vicar of Christ, appoint 10 kings without kingdoms, unite
all religions and shut the mouth of the righteous people. Control the economy
more than ever and create all sorts of unrest in this world.
Before
this harvest comes, Yahweh has one more thing to do. He needs to remove his
representatives (ambassadors) from this world first. Hmn! I will continue with this next
week.
Please,
read this blog over and over. Be sure to read the subsequent ones from next week.
Grace
and Peace!
References:
https://www.concordant.org/version/read-concordant-new-testament-online
https://www.concordant.org/version/read-concordant-old-testament-online
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Our god is the great founder of the universe. He control the season and time .
ReplyDeleteAmen. Thanks for your comment. More to come next week by the grace of Yahweh.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to next week read, for the concluding portion of 2Corinthians 5:18.
ReplyDeleteI have often understood 2Corinthians 5:17 from a different point of view, not from the perspective of times, seasons, or religion entanglement. But from - the newness of life in Christ Jesus. A life completing different from the ways of this world, and birthed from becoming like Christ Jesus daily - in character, spirit and truth (a new life).
However, I enjoyed this new perspective too and I would love to read the concluding part for a robust understanding this interpretation.
Thanks for your comments on this week’s blog 😀.
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