I have been asked by many to disclose the source of my studies. I don't want to be guilty of plagiarizim; but I have been creticized in the past for using the same few authors (with the Scripture of course). The truth is, I have to use the same few as there are not very many people that undanstands the Word of the Kingdom. I hope my readers are mature enough as I am compelled from now on to state the source. I hope no one will be offended, don't be driven away, because you see the same names often; be like the saints at Berea, (Acts 17:10, 11); search the Scriptures and see if these things are so.
I do apologize to persons whose work I have used in the past without mentioning your names. It's not that I don't want you to get the credit, but Satan has tried to find everything he can to prevent people from studying the Word of the kingdom.
SALVATION AS IT RELATES TO US
The whole of the matter of the sin question in relation to salvation – past, present, and future – is dealt with today through exactly the same means, as it was in the OT; through death and the shed blood. This is an established fashion that cannot change.
1 Cor 5:7
7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us:
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Acts 16:30-31
30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
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Remember Jesus Christ is the Paschal Lamb that was slain for the sins of all mankind. That is what John the Baptist was saying when he said:
The whole of the matter of the sin question in relation to salvation – past, present, and future – is dealt with today through exactly the same means, as it was in the OT; through death and the shed blood. This is an established fashion that cannot change.
1 Cor 5:7
7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us:
KJV
Acts 16:30-31
30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
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Remember Jesus Christ is the Paschal Lamb that was slain for the sins of all mankind. That is what John the Baptist was saying when he said:
John 1:29
29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
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Sin is now dealt with through Christ’s high priestly work and His shed blood presently on the mercy seat in the heavenly sanctuary.
See Hebrews 9.
Christ died for our sins:
29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
KJV
Sin is now dealt with through Christ’s high priestly work and His shed blood presently on the mercy seat in the heavenly sanctuary.
See Hebrews 9.
Christ died for our sins:
1 Cor 15:3
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
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He presently lives, exercising a priestly office, in order to make intersession for us; providing a present cleansing from sin.
Heb 7:25
25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
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1 John 1:6-2:2
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
1 John 2
2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
KJV
Now Christians, because of this twofold work of Christ (Prophet and Priest), can look forward to a third work of Christ when He comes forth as King. We can look forward to reigning as consort queen with Him during the coming day of His power.
In this respect, everything surrounding God’s redemptive work through His Son – past and present – moves toward a revealed time when this redemptive work will be realized in its fullness in the coming kingdom. Thus, when Peter denied to Christ His work as Prophet at Calvary – “Lord: this shall not be unto thee” [Matt. 16:22] – he, apart from realizing that which he was doing, was not only denying to Christ His subsequent work as Priest but he was also denying to Christ His future work as King as well. This is something he had previously acknowledged:
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
KJV
He presently lives, exercising a priestly office, in order to make intersession for us; providing a present cleansing from sin.
Heb 7:25
25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
KJV
1 John 1:6-2:2
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
1 John 2
2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
KJV
Now Christians, because of this twofold work of Christ (Prophet and Priest), can look forward to a third work of Christ when He comes forth as King. We can look forward to reigning as consort queen with Him during the coming day of His power.
In this respect, everything surrounding God’s redemptive work through His Son – past and present – moves toward a revealed time when this redemptive work will be realized in its fullness in the coming kingdom. Thus, when Peter denied to Christ His work as Prophet at Calvary – “Lord: this shall not be unto thee” [Matt. 16:22] – he, apart from realizing that which he was doing, was not only denying to Christ His subsequent work as Priest but he was also denying to Christ His future work as King as well. This is something he had previously acknowledged:
Matt 16:16
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
KJV
This was the reason for the severe rebuke he experienced at Christ’s hands, “get thee behind me Satan.” (v.23).
The events of Matt. 16 occurred shortly after Israel’s “blasphemy against the Holy Spirit” and Christ’s subsequent departure form “the house” – the house of Israel (chs. 12, 13). And for all practical purposes, even though the announcement was not made until later (Matt. 21: 43), the kingdom of the heavens (at the time of the events in Matt. 16) had already been taken from Israel and was about to be offered to a separate and distinct “nation.” This new “nation,” the Church:
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
KJV
This was the reason for the severe rebuke he experienced at Christ’s hands, “get thee behind me Satan.” (v.23).
The events of Matt. 16 occurred shortly after Israel’s “blasphemy against the Holy Spirit” and Christ’s subsequent departure form “the house” – the house of Israel (chs. 12, 13). And for all practical purposes, even though the announcement was not made until later (Matt. 21: 43), the kingdom of the heavens (at the time of the events in Matt. 16) had already been taken from Israel and was about to be offered to a separate and distinct “nation.” This new “nation,” the Church:
1 Peter 2:9-10
9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
KJV
Would in turn, do that which Israel had failed to do – bring forth “the fruit thereof [fruit relating to the kingdom].”
Thus, attention called to the Church in connection with the kingdom of the heavens at this point in Christ’s ministry, to later be more fully revealed through the Apostle Paul, is at the exact juncture where one might expect such revelation – after Israel’s climactic rejection (ch. 12), followed by Christ’s departure from the house (ch. 13).
9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
KJV
Would in turn, do that which Israel had failed to do – bring forth “the fruit thereof [fruit relating to the kingdom].”
Thus, attention called to the Church in connection with the kingdom of the heavens at this point in Christ’s ministry, to later be more fully revealed through the Apostle Paul, is at the exact juncture where one might expect such revelation – after Israel’s climactic rejection (ch. 12), followed by Christ’s departure from the house (ch. 13).
Research by Arlen Chitwood.
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