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"The Hope Of Heaven"
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“For
the Hope which is laid up for you in Heaven, which
you first heard in the Word of Truth that is the Good News”! (Colossians
1:5)
"The
Hope Of Heaven" “The
Good News” There is a “biblical” translation that has been called “The Good News”, yet
what of The Good News(The Gospel)?
What
was the promise of The Good News that The Messiah preached? The promise of The Good News for the Jews and “the lost sheep of Israel”, which The Messiah preached, was recorded in Matthew 3:12,4:17,10:7, Mark 1:15, Luke 10:9, 21:31.
"The Kingdom Of GOD(Heaven) Is At Hand"
And what was the promise of “The Good News” which Paul preached unto the heathen
(gentiles) after The Messiah “was raised from among the dead”? “Through
the Good News those who are not Jews(heathens) will share with the
Jews in GOD's blessing. They belong to the same body, and they share
together in the promise that GOD made in The Messiah. By GOD's special
gift of grace given to me through his power, I became a servant to
tell that Good News.” (Ephesians 3:6-7) And
The Good News of The Promise! “The
Kingdom Of Heaven(GOD) Is At Hand” A
Lively, Living Hope Of Heaven! When
Paul began his ministry, after GOD had “raised up The Messiah from
among the dead”, he
testified that “believers were translated into The KINGDOM OF
GOD’s BELOVED SON”. (Colossians 1:13)
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN HAD COME And
“The Good News” after the destruction of the earthly “kingdom”
of Jerusalem was: THE
KINGDOM OF GOD HAS COME! All
Thanks And Praise Be To Our Father! Believers
have a Living Hope of Heaven! So
why is it so many still believe that “The Kingdom of Heaven(GOD)”
is yet to come? "What
is Truth"? "Pilate"
asked The Messiah that question after The Messiah testified, "You
say that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause I
came into the world, that I should bear witness to The Truth. Everyone
that is of The Truth hears My voice"! (John 18:38) Do
you hear The Messiah’s voice? The
Messiah previously had testified, "The Words that I speak are not
My Words”. “For I have not spoken of Myself; but The Father
which sent Me, HE gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I
should speak.” (John 3:34, 12:49) Later The Messiah testified to His
disciples, "As GOD sent Me, so send I you"! (John 14:10) “What
is Truth”? The Messiah bore witness unto The Truth, as
He revealed The Way to The Truth of The Life, both
in His Teachings and Life example. And The Truth of “The Good News” promise?
"The Kingdom Of GOD(Heaven) Is At Hand"!
The Hope Of Heaven
Now
when The Messiah was raised from among the dead and ascended into
Heaven He was given His rightful place at the right hand of Our Father
and GOD, and "all power was given Him(by His Father and GOD) in
Heaven and in earth?" "The Kingdom" HAD
"Come"! And The Faithful "were translated
into The Kingdom of GOD’s Beloved Son"! "Giving
thanks unto The Father, WHO has made us able to be partakers of
the inheritance of the saints in Light: WHO has delivered us from
the power of darkness, and HAS translated us into The Kingdom of HIS
Beloved Son:" (Col 1:12-13)
All
Thanks And Praise Be To Our Father! And Paul testified of the time when The Messiah would deliver up The Kingdom unto Our Father and GOD and The Messiah would be submitted unto Our Father and GOD once again. (1
Cor 15:22-28) "Then
the END comes, when The Messiah shall have delivered up The Kingdom to GOD,
even The Father; when The Messiah shall have put down all rule and all
authority and power. For The
Messiah must reign(after He was resurrected), till He has put all enemies
under His feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. For GOD has
put all things under The Messiah's feet. But when GOD said, all things are put
under The Messiah, it is manifest that HE(GOD) is excepted, WHO did put all
things under The Messiah. “Then the END comes, when The Messiah shall have delivered up The Kingdom to GOD, even
The Father…….”! Question
is, “The END of what?” Paul
testified, "In that GOD said, A New Covenant, HE has made the first
covenant old. Now
that which is decaying and waxing old is ready to vanish away”. (Heb 8:13) That which was decaying and waxing old was the old, earthly “covenant of laws”, and “The END” was the destructionof the earthly, natural “kingdom” of Jerusalem! The
earthly “kingdom” would be no more! All
Praise And Thanks Be Unto Our Father! So
believers were, and are, exhorted to, "Set
their affections on things above(Heaven), not things of the earth"! (Col
3:2) Believers
are exhorted to, “Be not of those whose god is their belly, and
whose glory is in their shame because they mind earthly things.” (Phlp 3:19) Now
why such exhortations? “Spiritually
Reborn!” A believers “citizenship (Life) was, and is, in Heaven"!
(Phlp 3:20) And
believers “had been translated into The Kingdom of GOD’s Beloved Son”.
(Col 1:13) They
Had A Living, Lively Hope of Heaven! So “We do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen, for things seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. We know that our body—the tent we live in here on earth—will be destroyed. But when that happens, GOD will have a house for us. It will not be a house made by human hands; instead, it will be a home in Heaven that will last forever. But for now we groan in this tent. We want GOD to give us our Heavenly home, because it will clothe us so we will not be naked. While we live in this body, we have burdens, and we groan. We do not want to be naked, but we want to be clothed with our Heavenly home. Then this body that dies will be fully covered with Life. This is what GOD made us for, and he has given us The Spirit to be a guarantee for this New Life. So we always have courage. We know that while we live in this body, we are away from GOD. We live by what we believe, not by what we can see. So I say that we have courage. We really want to be away from this body and be at home with Our Father for our only goal is to please HIM whether we live here or there.” (2 Cor 4:18, 5:1-9) The
Kingdom of GOD’s Beloved Son HAD Come and
believers were translated into The Kingdom! (Colossians 1:13) ”The
END” of the old, earthly covenant was At Hand, for
it was “decaying, waxing old”, and would soon “vanish away”!
And
it did! Thanks Be To Our Father! When Old Jerusalem was destroyed The END came. It was then that The Messiah delivered up The Kingdom unto Our Father and GOD! The
Heavenly, Spiritual Kingdom of GOD WAS, and always WILL BE! "THY
Kingdom” HAD “Come"! "And
as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and
gifts, The Messiah said, As for these things which you behold, the days
will come, in which there shall not be left one stone upon another,
that shall not be thrown down. And they asked Him, saying, Master, but
when shall these things be? And what sign will there be when these
things shall come to pass? And
He said, Take heed that you are not deceived: for many shall come in My
name, saying, I am messiah; and the time draws near: do not go after
them. But when you shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified:
for these things must first come to pass, but The End is not by and by. Then
said He unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against
kingdom: And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines,
and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from
heaven. But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and
persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons,
being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake. And they shall
turn to you for a testimony. Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to
meditate before what you will answer: for I will give you a mouth and
wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor
resist. And you shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and
kinsfolk's, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to
death. And you shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. But there
SHALL NOT A HAIR OF YOUR HEAD PERISH. In your patience possess your
souls. And
when you shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the
desolation thereof is at hand. Then let them which are in Judea flee to
the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and
let not them that are in the countries enter there. For these be the
days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. But
woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those
days! For there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this
people. And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led
away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of
the heathen, until the times of the heathens are fulfilled. And there
shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon
the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves
roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those
things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be
shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with
power and great glory. And when these things begin to come to pass, then
look up, and lift up YOUR heads, for YOUR redemption draws near. And
He spoke a parable to them; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; when
they now shoot forth, you see and know of your own selves that summer is
now close at hand. So likewise YOU, when YOU see these things come to
pass, YOU know that The Kingdom of GOD(Heaven) is close at hand. Truly I
say unto YOU, THIS GENERATION SHALL NOT PASS AWAY, TILL ALL BE
FULFILLED."(Luke 21:5-33) And
The Messiah testified, "Truly I say unto YOU, that this generation
shall not pass, till ALL these things be done."(Mark 13:30)
"Truly I say unto YOU, This generation shall not pass, till ALL
these things be fulfilled."(Matt 24:34) (The word "YOU"
in the above testimonies referred to those whom The Messiah was
speaking to at that time, not two thousand, or more, years after!) Simply,
with the destruction of the earthly, natural Jerusalem, that
"which waxed old" DID "vanish away"! (Heb 8:13) The
Kingdom no longer had a physical presence, in a precise location on the earth,
The Kingdom of GOD was now fully of The Spirit, Heavenly. The END of the
Old, earthly kingdom WAS! "THY Kingdom" HAD "Come" indeed
and Truth, and believers were, and are, translated into The Kingdom of their
GOD and Father! A Living Hope of Heaven! And
so it is believers were and are exhorted to “love not the world, neither
things that are in the world, for all that is in the world, the lust of the
eye, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life is not of Our Father, but is
of the world”! Believers
knew that their “citizenship” was now in Heaven, and that “whosoever
would be a friend of this world was the enemy of The Only True GOD”! (Phlp
3:20, James 4:4) And The Messiah testified that “the works of the world were
evil”(John 7:7) And John testified, “the WHOLE world is under the control
of the evil one”! (1John 5:19) And Paul?
I believe that Paul was alive and taken up "in the clouds to meet The Messiah in the air" when the physical, earthly Jerusalem was destroyed. At that time “The Messiah came in the clouds". And at that time of “the END" of that old age, The Messiah delivered up The Kingdom unto Our Father and subjected Himself unto HIM once again. All Thanks And Praise Be To “Our Father”! The Messiah had testified, "Behold, I COME QUICKLY: hold that fast which YOU have, that no man take YOUR crown." (Rev 3:11) “Behold, I COME QUICKLY: blessed is he that keeps the sayings of the prophecy of this book."(Rev 22:7) Behold, I COME QUICKLY, and My reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be."(Rev 22:12)
"Surely I COME QUICKLY". Amen(So be it). Even so, come Yahshua Messiah!"(Rev 22:20)
And The Messiah DID "Come Quickly"!
The Messiah came at "The END" of the old covenant when natural, earthly Jerusalem was destroyed! And
so it is today that The Faithful desire to be taken Home, for their
"place has been prepared for them"! Home! Home at last! The
Faithful await their final transformation, "caterpillar to
butterfly" indeed and Truth. The
Faithful Have A Living Hope Of Heaven! Peace,
in spite of the dis-eases(lies) that are of this wicked world and it’s
systems of religion, for
“the WHOLE world is under the control of the evil one” indeed and
Truth…….. |
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