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Post by Les Brewer on Dec 18, 2021 22:55:01 GMT
The Mystery of Christian Unity, Part 2
Well this morning we’re going to return to Ephesians chapter 3, and I will read the opening six verses one more time. “For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace which was given to me for you; that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief. By referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit; to be specific, that Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.” And we’ll stop there at this particular point.
To continue reading this in text format please follow this next link or scroll down for the recorded message. www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/49-11/the-mystery-of-christian-unity-part-2
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Post by oseas3 on Dec 20, 2021 3:49:44 GMT
Greetings in Christ JESUS
Reading in part the extense comment, and meditating in the message about Ephesians 3, I see it as very timely.
Actually, what Paul Apostle said to the Ephesians was/is the fulfilment JESUS's prophetic words: John 10:v.16 - He said: 16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold (are not of Israel, but Gentiles): them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be ONE fold, and One shepherd. This mistery is wonderful. In His pray to the Father, JESUS said: I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the WORLD(not only of Israel's people): thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.John 17:v.6. Wonderful.
As Paul said: "the mystery of Christ, which in OTHER generations was not made known to the sons of men", except the prophets of the Lord (they had the Spirit of Christ-OT) as it has now also been revealed to His holy apostles(NT) in the Spirit. Well, when GOD revealed Genesis to Moses around 2.500 years after Adam, 1.500 years before Christ, the name of JESUS could not be still revealed in that generations as said Paul, so GOD said and Moses wrote: "In the beginning (in JESUS or here JESUS is in ocult) GOD created the heavens and the earth(earth is not the Planet Earth, but the dry land, the clay-Israel-this is other great mystery). As John said: John 1:v.1&3 - In the beginning -in JESUS- was the Word-the Word is GOD- and without Him -without JESUS- was not any thing made that was made. Hebrews 1:v.1-2 reveals: 1 - God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets(they had the Spirit of Christ), 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds.
Hebrews 1:v.6 - And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship Him. (angels? they may be also the true Christians, the true believers-disciples of Christ-Luke 20:v.35-36- "Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. This will LITERALLY fulfill because, as says Paul, blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross-Col.2:v.14).
The author of comment highlighted the desirable unity between Jews and Gentiles. The author says: "The challenge in the church, the initial challenge in the church—the life of the church—was to bring Jews and Gentiles together, who for millennia had been violent enemies". Actually, the worst will happen in days to come with the manifestation of the Abomination of Desolation through manifestation of a false messiah among the people of Israel(John 5:v.43-47 and 2 Thes.2:v.4-12)-, whose people preferred Barrabas instead JESUS until today, except them which believed in JESUS.
That said, now, in the end of the times, mainly in the nearest week 70th Daniel 9:v.27, that is the last week {of years}, there will be War against the false messiah -the Dragon- and his followers, mainly the RCC, and pseudo evangelical movements called gospel, and apostate evangelical Christians. In fact, the Church of the LORD will be persecuted by Satan-the Dragon-, but GOD will give to the Church two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time(1260 days), from the face of the Serpent-Revelation 12:v.14.
And serpent will cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood, but the earth (Israel-144K-Rev.7:v.1to8 and 14:v.1-3, which were redeemed from the earth-from Israel-), yeah, these will help the Church (HERE , they will open their mouth in favor of the Church, and their message in favor of the Church will swallow up the flood of devilish preachings which the Dragon will cast out from his mouth against the Church of the Lord JESUS - Revelation 12:v.15-16 - besides great signs of lie that will be make by him. And the Dragon will be wrathed with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
By the way, the testimony of Jesus Christ is the Spirit of prophecy, true prophecy, course-Revelation 19:v.10.
The days are and will be EVIL. May our Lord GOD bless us and kedep us, and give us His protection Amen
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