The
image is a depiction of Christ having resurrection life coming out of
the tomb.
Today,
reply is on the divine plan and eternal purpose in the appearance of
Jesus Christ on the earth. Jesus was sent to continue and complete a
revelation of divinity to mankind that was begun in the Creation of
Adam through sacred law, rather than to complete a plan to recover
mankind from the consequences of sin by the death of Jesus on the
cross. Multiple divine operations beyond redemption and salvation
have been carried out through the Incarnation, death, and
resurrection of Jesus that have established immortal, incorruptible,
unseen divinity as a continuing and active
presence
in the earth. It is written: 2nd
Peter 1: 2-11, King James Version (KJV): 2 Grace and peace be
multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our
Lord, 3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things
that pertain
unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath
called us to glory and virtue: 4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding
great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of
the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world
through lust. 5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your
faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge
temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7
And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness
charity. 8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you
that ye shall neither be
barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9
But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off,
and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. 10
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling
and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into
the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The
fighter in the “Yahoo! Answers” public forum on Religion &
Spirituality who uses the ID “joko” (Level 1 with 207 points)
posted the following:
In
theory Jesus was sent on a mission to die to cleanse humanity of
original sin. So why do some extremists blame Jews for killing him?
He
was intended by divine plan to die, right?
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: And we know that all things work together for good to
them that love God, to them who are the called according to his
purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be
conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn
among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also
called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he
justified, them he also glorified. (Romans 8: 28-30, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: The Resurrection Of Christ (04/16/2020);
Acknowledging Christ as Son (03/08/2020); Spirit Process and
Substance (02/27/2020); From Purpose and Substance (12/27/2019); Only
Divine Resurrection Saves (12/24/2019); More Required Than
Crucifixion? (12/10/2019); New Birth By Resurrection (09/27/2019)
“joko”,
forgiveness establishes possibilities for covenant relationship with
GOD, yet, does not answer all the demands of final judgment and the
sanctions recorded within the divine law. Thus, many Christians
trust that Christ did not come to atone for the sins of mankind so
much as he came to reveal the character and nature of immortal,
invisible, divinity. The appearance of GOD on the earth using human
flesh and life process as Jesus Christ (we say, the Incarnation) has
included multiple finite and eternal operations that express divine
prerogative, eternal purpose, and the sovereign will of divine
fullness (i.e., Deity; the Godhead; the Father, the Son, the Holy
Spirit). So to speak, in the same way death (sleep) was used to
accomplish the creation of a female (Eve) from the rib of a living
male (Adam) without also destroying all things for a “do-over”,
or calling forth existence and life ex nihilo (from nothing),
mankind as a companion to divinity is being restored through divine
operations upon the Word and upon the endowment of life essence
(breath; spirit; utterance; word) that was imparted to mankind at
Creation from the makeup of GOD. Included are the use of birth,
growth, inheritance, priestly service, death, and resurrection. Adam
“fell” through betrayal, deceit, negligence and opposition to the
continued existence of sacred law. Where sinners undergo the death
and burial of their inborn spirit, operations that are spirit in
process and substance establish their existence through sacred
rebirth. Inseparable aspects of divinity are provided that include
balance, commitment, faith, holiness, longsuffering, lovingkindness,
oneness without sameness, personhood, wisdom, and wrath against sin.
Developing believers are to become mature/ripe while on the earth
through such features as discovery, gradual growth, sacred practice
(e.g., praise, prayer, worship), the fulfillment of prophecy and
divine promise, unselfish service, the study of the holy writings,
and suffering. All who belong to Christ are to be harvested from the
earth by the Lord at his Advent (his appearing; the Rapture; the
Second Coming). Members of the spiritual body established by Jesus
(the church) exist now as the new creation, and later are to
become immortal as the offspring and vessels of GOD. Consider again
the following that uses language from the Bible, and a selection from
the music ministry of Steve Amerson:
(1.)
Exodus 34: 4-8, King James Version (KJV): 4 And he hewed two
tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the
morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD
had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone. 5
And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood
with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
6 And the LORD passed by before him, and
proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD
God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness
and truth, 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and
transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty;
visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the
children’s children, unto the
third and to the fourth generation. 8 And Moses made haste,
and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
(2.)
2nd Corinthians 5: 17-21, KJV: 17 Therefore if any man
be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are
passed away; behold, all things are become new. 18 And all things
are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ,
and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 To wit, that
God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing
their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of
reconciliation. 20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though
God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s
stead, be ye reconciled to God. 21 For he hath made him to be
sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness
of God in him.
(3.)
Romans 8: 14-17, KJV: 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of
God, they are the sons of God. 15 For ye have not received the
spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of
adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit itself beareth
witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17 And if
children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if
so be that we suffer with him,
that we may be also glorified together.
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended. (For
example, (4.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKGl_6-DaVo.)
Even
so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according
to your faith.
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