Salvation plan complete. It is the day we are perfected spirit, soul, and body! Perfect redemption complete!
We have covered this far the spirit, soul and body of the 1st Adam, the spirit, soul, and body of the fallen man, the spirit, soul and body of the born again man, and the spirit, soul and body of the apostate man. This lesson we cover the spirit soul and body at perfect redemption completion. It is indeed our blessed hope!
1 Corinthians 15:19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.
Learning to live with eternal perspective keeps us living with the kingdom of God perspective! This life is preparing us for the eternal existence. There is a day for the believer that the perfection is for his spirit, soul and body. Our hope is eternal! What a day it will be when redemption’s plan brings perfection to the whole of man.
1 Corinthians 15:44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. 47 The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly. 49 And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man. 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God ; nor does corruption inherit incorruption.
Back in lesson 1 we covered a portion of this passage. Jesus came as the life giving spirit. At salvation we are given a perfected spirit, a soul being renewed and a body waiting to bear the image of that heavenly Man.
1 Corinthians 15:51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed; 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: " D eath is swallowed up in victory."
When Jesus Christ returns for His saints we shall be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. The mortal body shall put on immortality. Death absolutely swallowed up in victory! What a promise of full redemption; this is our eternal hope. Our hope can be the cause of others to hope!
1 Corinthians 13:10 But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away. 12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
We don’t have the perfect picture; sometime the trials in life are greater then the explanation we can find. However, there is coming a time when that which is perfect has come. This is the time that our soul and body will join in the perfection of our Spirit to spirit connection to God. What a day when I come face to face with the Almighty and shall know just as I also am known. What a promise of intimacy with God; to know as I am known by Him! Praise the Lord!
1 John 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. 3 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
Behold what manner of love the Father… He has made us His children! It has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He (Jesus) is revealed, we shall be like Him! We shall see Him as He is! Here is yet another promise to be perfected one day spirit, soul, and body! With this hope comes the instruction to purify ourselves. This instruction is to our soul and body; we are already new creations in Christ Jesus with the old gone and the new has come in our spirit!
1 Thessalonians 4:13 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
Those who have died with faith in Jesus Christ are with Him now in spirit and soul. However when Jesus returns for the living saints of God, He will bring with Him those who have died. They will get there new body and then we who are alive and remain will get our new bodies. So shall we ever be with the Lord. Comfort one another with these words. This should be our conversation often to bring hope and comfort!
Revelation 21:1 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. 2 Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
The holy city the New Jerusalem; we have come to this mount Zion !
Revelation 21:3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. 4 "And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away." 5 Then He who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." And He said to me, "Write, for these words are true and faithful." 6 And He said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. 7 "He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.
When we get our perfected bodies this will be our home. Jesus said in my Father house are many mansions; He promised to prepare us a place that where He is, we may also be!
Revelation 21:8 "But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."
In contrast to our hope is the promise of separation for all the unbelieving!
Revelations 21:9 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me and talked with me, saying, "Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb's wife." 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem , descending out of heaven from God,
We indeed are the bride of Christ. Our home is indeed the great city, the holy Jerusalem ! What a great day that will be!
Revelation 21:22 But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. 24 And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it. 25 Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (there shall be no night there). 26 And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it. 27 But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life.
I am indeed looking for the city whose builder and maker is God! No need for sun the glory of the Lamb will illuminate it! It is the city where the Lamb is the light! Looking forward to going home!
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