Should I choose just ANY day of my own as day of rest and ..
Nov 30, 2018 11:19:59 GMT -8
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Post by Elizabeth on Nov 30, 2018 11:19:59 GMT -8
I have been learning a bit about the title "son of G-d". In one form it indicates one who does the will of his father, and in another it signifies one as an heir of what is his Father's.
The entire covenant of G-d is based on this concept. It's what makes Isaac and Jacob the true sons of their fathers; they inherited the covenant and blessings of their fathers because they sought to carry out their father's will and covenantal inheritance.
Yeshua did the same thing spiritually. He will someday physically also claim all of creation holy and sanctified, saved. But in our current state, He is claiming us as His holy and sanctified, saved. Here's our circumstances. We cannot accomplish G-d's will apart from G-d, so G-d Himself became man and did it for us. Now we walk with Him in this life just to overcome our circumstances. In the next life is where we experience total victory. That's just how much He loves and devotes Himself to what He does and has made. If he wasn't with us in this world, we would have no hope. That's why He gave Himself in Yeshua.
Also Yeshua did state that He Himself is one with G-d, see John 10. He also told us that if we've seen Him we've seen the Father. (John 14) Besides the discussions He has with followers that refer to G-d the Father, I see no where indicating what you said, and on the contrary He did the opposite as these two passages show.
The titles used reference His role and mission for G-d and mankind on earth, which is reconciliation. In that way He reconciled G-d to man in His very being. Further, I see the roles He fulfilled and took on clearly illustrated in the covenant from the beginning.
He accomplished His Father's will, inherited His Father's Kingdom, and has begotten children of G-d through His Spirit in us. That's how we ourselves are blessed to inherit the Kingdom of G-d. We don't inherit it through Israel, as Israel broke the covenant. All of us would have so not blaming, but if we are dependent on Israel's ability to bring the will of G-d about, we've already lost. So then G-d gave Himself as Yeshua to eternally secure it as Isaac and Jacob physically secured that of their fathers. We inherit the Kingdom of G-d, through Yeshua who through the faithfulness of G-d to Israel and mankind, kept it. If you don't accept Yeshua, you won't inherit the Kingdom. It is His kingdom as indicated in the title "Son of G-d" and you can see through covenantal history, how the inheritance passes. It's from father to son and to those whom the son chooses - the wife's and children. That's one way to understand how we can be called the bride of Messiah. Israel is called "son of G-d" as well I know, but Israel broke the covenant. We all have broken relationships with G-d so not criticizing or blaming. Im just saying this to show the need of everyone for Yeshua. The inheritance is passed on through Yeshua.
When Yeshua calls G-d His Father, He sets an example for how we are to approach G-d. I also think He blesses us by telling us G-d is our Father in terms of security about our own inheritance. It also defines His purpose on earth in a covenantal context -to accomplish G-d's will by securing His Kingdom.
The reason G-d became man in the person of Yeshua is that we can't keep His will and way to secure it on our own. We either fail in deeds or intentions because we are either to weak or too proud to honor the Father rightly on our own. You honor G-d by accepting Yeshua because you're basically saying with all your being that you need and love G-d. G-d's greatest way of humbling us can be seen in Yeshua. Instead of looking at it as why would G-d do that, we should ask ourselves why did G-d have to do that? He didn't have to, He chose to, so maybe it's more why did He have to do that on my behalf? Because if He didn't this earth would be nothing more then one big physical and spiritual diaspora and because He loves.
Israel exemplifies physically the world's state spiritually. That's another way to understand why Yeshua says, "I am the way the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father but by Me". You were made to exist with G-d in the same way Israel was made to be in the land. That's your home, and that's why this world feels so wrong and we're never really settled. Here's the thing, the world's separation from G-d is fundamentally a spiritual issue. It has physical consequences, but at its core, it's spiritual. That's a gap we can't bridge. The word "Hebrew" means one who crosses over. We can't cross over from where we're at to where G-d is. For it to be done, G-d had to do it for us. He came here and got us in the person of Yeshua. Then once all that belong to Him are brought in, we enter into His Kingdom. We have spiritual salvation and we await physical salvation.
So G-d in the flesh does picture our salvation, Yeshua, very literally and perfectly as G-d's will has always been to exist with us. He also physically rose from the dead, our Firstfruit and the source of our hope. It astounds me to think how much Yeshua's physical existance actually means. Everything He has done regarding us has been about G-d being with us so I think if people really understand what G-d wants, they would see that Yeshua fulfills and accomplishes it perfectly.
- there are 70 faces to 
, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 
