This Bible study was written primarily out of my own effort to understand the identity of the Bride of Christ. What is clearly written in Scripture, that Gentiles are grafted into the already existent Israel of God, has evolved into a Gentile-centric entity separate from Israel altogether and, in some circles, even claims to have replaced Israel.
The Scripture identifies two constituents, Jews and Gentiles, throughout the biblical narrative, but the redemptive story creates from the two, the One (Echad) Bride of Messiah, described in the New Testament as the One New Man.
The Bible speaks of both individual and corporate salvation, so is true and patterned in the One New Man -- each believing individual becoming part of the corporate One New Man!
My objective is to address the ambiguity and misunderstanding of the corporate identity of the Bride of Messiah with the effort of clarifying our true identity! By not knowing our true identity, we cling to wrong claims and project wrong outcomes -- and more importantly, to highlight our role in this hour, put forth in five basic progressive sections. Read more...
The whole of the Biblical narrative marches unto the epoch of the ages when Messiah will come and aright all wrongs and satisfy the full measure of His justice! In fact, there is more written about Messiah's Second Coming than His First Coming, with over 150 chapters dedicated to the end time narrative. And there is a repeated theme over and over, and that is Israel is God's clock and He has attached the validity of His Name and the entire legitimacy of the His Word to the fate of Israel! The final redemption of the Jewish people is His next big move! Within those repeated scenarios, there is a role for Jew and a role for Gentiles during this time.
With that said, end time prophecies suffer greatly at the whims of speculation and conjecture that are not rooted in patterns. Our “artistic interpretations” adrift from the deeply rooted prophetic architecture patterned in Scripture, fails to illustrate clear projections and has created an abyss of confusion.
My effort will be to provide a foundational understanding that helps to see both our presence and role during the end times as well as provide tools that will aid in Understanding Biblical Timing, the wire-frame of Prophet Architecture, End-time Passage Summaries. Hopefully, we can gain confidence in discerning the various end time variables at play in our world today and anticipate that which is to come.
There are two opposite spectrums when approaching end times – there are those who consider it unfruitful to give focused energy to the study and teaching on the topic, and the opposite, those who obsess endlessly about the end time narrative. To be sure, it is less than brilliant not to talk about the end times during the end times! Read more...
In strict allegorical terms, consider your entire debt of sin over a lifetime adding up to $0.01. And all the sin in the world’s history adds up to $20, obviously your sin was the most expensive throughout the ages ;)
Then consider the SUPREMACY OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS would equate to something like $700 trillion – an extraordinary overcompensation for the debt owed! There was nothing in the earthly realm that could add up to the required compensation for the debt of sin against our Holy God or His Heavenly realm. Not only did Jesus pay the redemptive price for our souls, but He turned and offered us the change! “Keep the change! I give it to you to spend and spend again and again lavishly in all righteousness!”
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. Rom 10:4
Jesus is the permanent exchange rate for our present VALUE -- learning to internalize His Value and not exchanging it for the things of this world! Read more...
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