Sunday, October 14, 2012
By: Bishop Albert B.
Gran
John 3:16
King James Version (KJV)
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Titus 1:1-3
King James Version (KJV)
1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ,
according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which
is after godliness;
2 In HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE which God, that cannot lie, promised
before the world began;
3 But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching,
which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
Titus 1:1-3
King James Version (KJV)
7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs
according to the HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE.
This study has
been served an ulterior complexity when not understood through the principle of
right scriptural division in matters of dispensing the truth what life we had
obtained and being shared to others in line with the perspective of God’s plan
over the ages.
The purpose of
this article is to enhance your critical thinking in view of God’s wisdom as he
manifested it to the entire human race as far as the human history is
concerned. My purpose is to lay a flat form basis in view of understanding
God’s two-fold purpose between His heavenly and earthly plan as determined to
be between PROPHECY AND MYSTERY. My prayer that soon many would be concerned
how to simply acknowledge the veracity and truthfulness of God’s revealed will
in the entirety of His Scriptures, the so-called “Word of Truth” which needs to
be dispensed through an approach of rightly dividing or recognizing the
dispensational method. This is the principle which God himself demonstrated His
intent how vast and wide His schemes more than or beyond Satan’s wiles and
oppositions.
In view of
seeking spiritual enlightenment as to what basis your “life” from Christ was
patterned upon , also to mean the very source from the truth of God’s word
where your faith objectively based on, this study will provide you alternative
teaching how classifications of life in line with God’s plan which was clearly
revealed to human kind in two-fold presentations.
To avoid
misunderstanding, I should and would want to emphasize however that
in both distinctions, in matters of “life” issue, there is only one subject or
author by means “life” was originated from. In other words “ eternal life” is
indeed authored by God Himself as He’s the real giver of life. Only, there’s
misconstrued information upon failure to understand that God’s life in the
Scriptures as when it was introduced in two distinct ways which are:
PROPHETIC EVERLASTING LIFE in view of Israel’s earthly kingdom purpose and
MYSTERY’S HOPE OFETERNAL LIFE in view of the Body of Christ’s heavenly purpose.
Simply put your keen understanding to dig the revealing information suffice to
meet the comparative measures of communicating the pure words of God in any
period of time between the two major divisions as prophecy and mystery. This
will help you consider to understand that these things were really
so.
THE ISSUE OF
“LIFE” IN VIEW OF PROPHECY
It’s really
amazing to know and get the overview of how Jesus Christ was presented in his
first advent as the EMMANUEL (by meaning, God with us)
Matthew 1:22-24
King James Version (KJV)
22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken
of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
23 Behold, a virgin shall be with CHILD, and shall bring forth a
son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God
with US.
Isaiah 9:6
King James Version (KJV)
6 For unto US a CHILD is born, unto us a son is given: and the
government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Your keen
understanding allows you to believe that Jesus Christ’s birth in its wise as he
was born by a virgin possessing with the attributes mentioned above, was
something relative to the PROMISE OF GOD spoken by the PROPHET ISAIAH. And
that, this promise was specifically addressed to the group of people whom God
loved most in time past who were the people of Israel to give light upon Israel
for the entire world .
Isaiah 9:7-8
King James Version (KJV)
7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no
end, UPON THE THRONE OF DAVID, and UPON HIS KINGDOM, to order it, and to
establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The
zeal of the Lord of
hosts will perform this.
8 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath LIGHTED UPON
ISRAEL.
It’s crystal clear that the gospel’s account about the birth of
Christ in view of His earthly ministry was something corresponding to the
prophetic declaration of God’s promise to the house of Jacob all the way to the
culmination of the establishment of the forever earthly kingdom which God also
promised to David . In effect, Christ was regarded in prophecy to give light to
Israel.
Now that we knew God’s purpose of Christ for Israel in
confirmation to what was spoken by the mouth of the prophet then the
occurrence of the kingdom gospel account signifying the earthly ministry of our
Lord Jesus Christ is primarily relative in confirmation to PROPHECY and therefore
it’s then logical to say that God’s offering of salvation to shed light to the
group of human race was simply demonstrated to ISRAEL.
Now that the doctrine of salvation in view of prophecy program
contains the essence of life everlasting, then in truthful presentation, the
offering of everlasting life as introduced by Jesus Christ was also relative to
the purpose of God which is to redeem His people, the Israelites.
Luke 2
King James Version (KJV)
11 For unto you is born this day in the CITY OF DAVID a Saviour,
which is CHRIST THE LORD.
Apparently, David’s name appeared in the above verse to
mean Christ’s birth is in His wisest plan should soon be a recipient of David’s
throne in the kingdom as prophesied by prophet Isaiah.
27 And he came by the Spirit into the
temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after
the custom of the law,
28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to
thy word:
30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
32 A LIGHT TO LIGHTEN THE GENTILES, and the GLORY OF THY PEOPLE
ISRAEL.
33 And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were
spoken of him.
34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold,
THIS CHILD IS SET FOR THE FALL AND RISING AGAIN OF MANY IN ISRAEL; and for a
sign which shall be spoken against;
35 (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the
thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
Perhaps you might stress the emphasis that God’s relative purpose
to the Lord Jesus Christ is for you something I missed in looking at it
based on its context. Here’s the explanation. The prophetic plan and purpose of
God to the Gentiles in time past depends on them (Israelites) as they were
those children who could be the channel of blessings to them that bless Israel.
Let’s connect the fact in the above verse that the GLORY OF GOD is upon His
people Israel. When God’s glory was found in Israel it means it’s an exclusive
possession of blessedness through which the Christ who could give light to the
Gentiles can be significantly found only in Israel.
Now if you had background of Pauline information it’s really
different under the economy of grace because God’s glory today was sent to the
gentiles when Paul declared to the gentiles saved upon saying: ‘CHRIST IN YOU
THE HOPE OF GLORY’.
King James Version (KJV)
To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this MYSTERY
AMONG THE GENTILES; which is CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY:
In effect of Christ’s earthly ministry and purpose set for Israel
proving the glory was with them, let me give you a simplest conviction in view
of my simple observation in these presentation of truth that the earthly
ministry account of Christ belongs to the prophetic time past account with
Israel as above other people set to be God’s recipient of spiritual food and
nourishment, and thus used and became God’s agent of blessings to the Gentiles
where Christ has to give light upon them and as thus demonstrated when Christ
all the way in the road of Samaria save some Gentiles although
having a declaration of fact to “LET THE CHILDREN FIRST BE FILLED”(for Israel’s
emphasis).
My point was that the Gentiles’ blessedness today has nothing to
do or in connection with that plan of God when He gave glory to Israel with the
Christ to give light to the Gentiles, as thus ours, was a very unique
demonstration of God’s plan which is something not made known, and was kept
secret since the world began and now it’s only revealed to apostle Paul and was
manifested in due time in this present dispensation of grace.
JESUS CHRIST WAS MADE OF A WOMAN UNDER THE LAW
Galatians 4:4
King James Version (KJV)
4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son,
made of a woman, made under the law,
The tense of the verb where the fullness of time is
consistent to the time past prophetic purpose of God as it states here “was
come”. The fact was that this “time” frame when Christ occurred when he was
born is the time OF THE LAW. Jesus Christ’s earthly ministry is
still in view of the law. In other words, Christ was made under the law. Again
my point was that, if there would be presentation of everlasting life offering
during the time of Christ I’m rest assured through prophetic sense that such
life was also in view of the prophetic earthly kingdom and in view of the
glory set by God for Israel with gentiles who waited to receive blessings from
them.
Another sensible point with this is to consider the
fact that in the dispensation of grace the gentiles who are saved were not
under the law.It does not mean that we’re not following Christ when we declared
ourselves as no longer under the law when Christ in his birth, He was made
under the law. We will not clash the statement of Paul in Rom 6:14 to follow
Jesus Christ to be also under the law when he was made under the law.
Romans 6:14
King James Version (KJV)
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for YE ARE NOTUNDER
THE LAW, but under grace.
Another point is that when you walk in accordance to the prophetic
plan of God you are really following Jesus Christ in the condition or time
frame when he was made under the law. It’s pretty clear that if you have
background of Pauline epistle you would clearly and evidently see who are the
real recipients of the law to whom concerning the flesh, Christ came.
THE PROPHETIC VIEW OF CHRIST’S EARTHLY MINISTRY
Romans 9:4-5
King James Version (KJV)
4 Who are ISRAELITES; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the
GLORY, and the covenants, and the GIVING OF THE LAW, and the service of God,
and the promises;
5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as CONCERNING THE FLESH
CHRIST CAME, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
Christ’s earthly appearance appertains something to the part and parcel
of Israel’s above blessedness in view of His glory that’s shining amidst them.
I cannot say against what was written in His word when I simply organized the
sensible thoughts to put the relative kingdom gospel issues including the view
of a presented eternal life provision during the earthly ministry of Jesus
Christ as something NOT FOR MY EMPHASIS TODAY. After knowing the essential
information that I was presently connected to the present dispensation of
grace the presentation in the most common information stated in JOHN
3:16 is that something Paul mentioned in Gal. 1 as another gospel and yet not
another .That’s the gospel of Peter and John in view of God’s purpose of Jesus
Christ for Israel and with Christ to give light to the Gentiles in
view of Israel’s glory and upon their rising. The verse found in John 3:16 is
something I believed to be emphasized relative to God’s earthly prophetic
purpose for Israel. In view of honest preaching in recognition to the stand of
rightly dividing principle ordained by God, John 3:16 is not for our
application in salvation but something an application for those who hoped for
the earthly kingdom. Relative the manifestation of other practices when this
information revealed by Christ to the disciples is the water baptism matter
with physical miraculous healings which were for signs confirmed for the Jews
who would always require signs.
JESUS CHRIST AS
A MINISTER OF CIRCUMCISION IN VIEW OF GOD’S EARTHLY PROPHETIC PURPOSE
Romans 15:8
King James Version (KJV)
8 Now I say that Jesus Christ WAS A MINISTER OF THE CIRCUMCISION
for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:
The essence of a pure doctrinal presentation who were those
called circumcised and those uncircumcised simply put two groups of people
called JEWS and GENTILES. Before God changed the name of Jacob to Israel as a
descendant of the special elect people of God above other people after the time
of flood, the people were called Gentiles.
Genesis 10:4-6
King James Version (KJV)
4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and
Dodanim.
5 By these were the ISLES OF THE GENTILES divided in their lands;
every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
There is but only one group name ascribe to the people after the
flood and that was “GENTILES”. The word Israel first occurred when God changed
Jacob’s name to Israel.
King James Version (KJV)
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel:
for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
After Adam whom the Lord had given a dominion over the earth, God
chose someone whose descendants were to carry over God’s continuous plan
for earth which He gave to Adam in order to take possession in the earthly
kingdom with their Messiah Jesus Christ , the Savior and Redeemer until the
time He would sit on David’s throne to reign with them.
The gentiles are those called uncircumcision while the
Jews or Israelites were those in the circumcision. Since Christ was under the
prophetic purpose in view of God’s purpose for the circumcision, it’s really a
fact without doubt that He was a minister to the circumcision relative to the
promise God promised to the forefathers.
Romans 15:8
King James Version (KJV)
8 Now I say that Jesus Christ WAS A MINISTER OF THE CIRCUMCISION
for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:
Again, taking into application the emphasis of Christ sharing glad
tidings in consonance and in view of God’s prophetic purpose especially in the
provision of everlasting life in the kingdom on earth is something that
requires our realignment and thought consideration and perceived its soundness
in view of God’s will.
So, when Christ was a minister to the circumcision therefore he’s
co-existed with Peter preaching the gospel as we all know he gave the gospel to
Peter crying and preaching the gospel of circumcision. It’s an obvious fact
without doubt, however, as mentioned in Galatians 2:7 that the truth of God to
preach the gospel of circumcision was committed to Peter. Since in time past
Christ was a minister to the circumcision, He had an all out support of
declaring the gospel of circumcision with Peter. But folks, it’s not the same
condition and no longer operation after the ascension of Christ when He chose a
brand new apostle. He gave a new revelation for all the people today regardless
of race, gender and status and set His church, the Body of Christ in order to
carry God’s blissful purpose in the heavenly place which you and me are
presently living under that administration. We’re living in God’s
administration of grace called ministration of the spirit and so we must live
by faith and not by sight.
THE MYSTERY’S HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE
Titus 1:1-3
King James Version (KJV)
1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ,
according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which
is after godliness;
2 In HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE which God, that cannot lie, promised
before the world began;
3 But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching,
which is COMMITTED UNTO ME according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
Titus 1:1-3
King James Version (KJV)
7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs
according to the HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE.
Let’s just be
honest to face the reality through which the hope of eternal life written by
Paul in his epistle emerged only during his time. A time when God called him by
His grace. This hope of eternal life was something viewed upon in lieu of the
full blast operation under the dispensation of grace which God through Paul’s
pen with its manifestation revealed in “due times”. The following statements
below are relative truths how this hope of eternal life was really a mystery
and not prophecy.
1 The truth about life eternal connects to the
purpose God set forth in the apostleship of Paul.
2 This eternal life was in accordance to the
faith of God’s elect who’s none other than the Lord Jesus Christ. This truth
was relative to the demonstration of “the faith of Christ” (Romans
3:22-24). This hope of eternal life was kept secret before it was
revealed and manifested in due time through Paul and therefore this is not the
same life demonstration in accordance to the presentation of everlasting life
set forth in connection to the gospel of the kingdom with Christ as the
minister of the circumcision and Peter as the co- bearer of the gospel of
circumcision (Rom. 16:8, Gal. 2:7)
3 This hope of eternal life was offered to
all Jews and Gentiles without distinction contrast to the prophetic
purpose through which Jews and Gentiles are distinct in matters of status and
position with their hope of the earthly kingdom.
4 The hope of eternal life WAS COMMITTED TO PAUL and
therefore it starts with Paul all the rest from him unto this present day until
the caught up event.
5 To sum it all, this is the exclusive ETERNAL
LIFE IN VIEW OF THE MYSTERY TRUTH REVEALED TO CHRIST IN VIEW OF THE PREACHING
OF JESUS CHRIST IN ACCORDANCE TO THE REVELATION OF THE MYSTERY (Rom. 16:25).
Folks, let’s just be Berean and rightly consider the fact which
life in view of these two-fold presentation you obtained life eternal and under
which hope. Is it relative to prophecy or mystery?
Grace and peace to you all!
This study has been served an ulterior complexity when not understood through the principle of right scriptural division in matters of dispensing the truth what life we had obtained and being shared to others in line with the perspective of God’s plan over the ages.
To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this MYSTERY AMONG THE GENTILES; which is CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY:
5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as CONCERNING THE FLESH CHRIST CAME, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
Christ’s earthly appearance appertains something to the part and parcel of Israel’s above blessedness in view of His glory that’s shining amidst them. I cannot say against what was written in His word when I simply organized the sensible thoughts to put the relative kingdom gospel issues including the view of a presented eternal life provision during the earthly ministry of Jesus Christ as something NOT FOR MY EMPHASIS TODAY. After knowing the essential information that I was presently connected to the present dispensation of grace the presentation in the most common information stated in JOHN 3:16 is that something Paul mentioned in Gal. 1 as another gospel and yet not another .That’s the gospel of Peter and John in view of God’s purpose of Jesus Christ for Israel and with Christ to give light to the Gentiles in view of Israel’s glory and upon their rising. The verse found in John 3:16 is something I believed to be emphasized relative to God’s earthly prophetic purpose for Israel. In view of honest preaching in recognition to the stand of rightly dividing principle ordained by God, John 3:16 is not for our application in salvation but something an application for those who hoped for the earthly kingdom. Relative the manifestation of other practices when this information revealed by Christ to the disciples is the water baptism matter with physical miraculous healings which were for signs confirmed for the Jews who would always require signs.
JESUS CHRIST AS A MINISTER OF CIRCUMCISION IN VIEW OF GOD’S EARTHLY PROPHETIC PURPOSE
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
Let’s just be honest to face the reality through which the hope of eternal life written by Paul in his epistle emerged only during his time. A time when God called him by His grace. This hope of eternal life was something viewed upon in lieu of the full blast operation under the dispensation of grace which God through Paul’s pen with its manifestation revealed in “due times”. The following statements below are relative truths how this hope of eternal life was really a mystery and not prophecy.
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