jerry kelso
Food For Thought
jordan,
1. Ezekiel 28:11-18, key verse 15 and Isaiah 14:12-14 is reference to Lucifer who was created sinless as the cherubim and revolted against God. He ruled earth and went to heaven and was kicked out of Heaven back down to the lower heavens in the air and became Satan. Luke said, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven Luke10:17. Ephesians 6:12...... against principalities, powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Lucifer was the first to sin and in he became known as Satan or the Devil. Because he was created with a creative mind he could make choices and because he is indestructible he could not be killed.
The garden was the beginning of the great confrontation between Satan and God. This is why Satan was in the garden working through the serpent Genesis 3:1 and the two are comparable in terms. Serpent means deceiver and Satan is a liar and the father of lies John 8:44.
When man sinned he was kicked out of the garden so they wouldn't be eternal in their sin and have no way of reconciliation. Genesis 3:22-24.
The bible says that the fool says in his heart, There is no God Psalms 14:1 and this would fit what an atheist would say and believe about God the creator of the bible.
God said in Romans 1:20: For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse. Even deist believe in God through nature but not atheists.
God has order in what he does and because of his freewill program with freewills he is working through man and will accomplish his victory over Satan completely when the Son gives the kingdom back to the Father so that God may be all in all. Revelation 20:10 and 1 Corinthians 15:28.
2. In the garden man lost two things and that was the KOH and the KOG; the physical and spiritual rule of God. Genesis 3:22-24. Jesus came to restore both of these things through the KOH and the KOG message to the jews who were promised both of these through the Abrahamic and Davidic covenants Genesis 12-15, 1 Chronicles 28:6-7, Isaiah 9:6-7 and many more.
The jews rejected Jesus message of the KOH and the KOG. At Calvary the KOG of the spiritual rule in hearts was restored so men could accept him and be perfected in their salvation because the conscience or the law or the blood of bulls and goats etc could not save them from sin. 2 Corinthians 3:1-16, Hebrews 9-10 and many others.
The KOH physical kingdom reign on earth in God's theocracy will not happen until the time of the gentiles be come in Romans 11:25 which is at the end of the tribulation at the battle of Armageddon Revelation 16:16-21.
3. The first prophecy of redemption is Genesis 3:15 speaking of what would happen at Calvary. So God has gone through all the dispensations or stewardships or whatever you want to call them of his dealings with men differently in different ways through different covenants and rules etc. for men to understand that sin results in physical and spiritual death without God for eternity. It also shows that man is in need of a savior, for no works can account for salvation in the eyes of God. It also shows that God always was, has been in the past, still is today and will always be in control forever. It shows his goodness, mercy and love and peace on the condition of obedience. If the offenders were allowed to do what they want without punishment they would kill society and the result would be a planet of chaos. This would thwart the plan of God because this earthly sphere is just a small part of the universal KOG and is out of harmony with the rest of God's kingdom in the universe and must be brought back into harmony with him and this will happen when sin is done away with. 1 Corinthians 15:2-28. It also shows that God wants a family of freewill agents who will serve him completely of their freewill and surrender to his power as sovereign of the universe. It is also for his glory as God of the universe.
4. Concerning the gospel specifically the gospel is the death of Christ which guaranteed the resurrection when Christ said it is finished John 19:30. The crucifixion is where he bore our griefs and carried our sorrows, wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities, chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we are healed. The weight of sin was upon Christ on the cross and was conquered on the cross when he said it is finished.
5. This doesn't discard or belittle or anything of that nature of the importance of the resurrection.
The resurrection he was risen anew and not suffering. So his death guaranteed his resurrection for having already suffered and his suffering was the price we were bought for. Christ gave his life freely so he could give us all things Romans 8:32.
6. Christ had to die in order to be resurrected. The resurrection had to happen in order for the work of the cross to come to fruition in the possibility of all being saved. The perfection of salvation was possible because of the work of the cross and the door being opened by the resurrection of eternal life. If the resurrection had not happened we would still be in sin because even though Jesus forgave sins in his earthly ministry to the jews they would not have been saved to the uttermost had he not died and rose again. Hebrews 11:40.
The resurrection had to happened otherwise the cross would have been a defeat and yet the work of the cross being completed by Christ when he died was what guaranteed the resurrection.
The resurrection also assure that we will live forever in Christ John 3:16 and 11:25-26 and that we can go straight into the throne of God where Christ intercedes at the mercy seat for grace in time of need Hebrews
4:16.
7. The death, burial, and resurrection was always the gospel starting with Genesis 3:15. The revelations of God to man were different such as dealing with them by their conscience, the written law, the new covenant in our hearts just to name a few.
The prophecies were all about a sacrifice which grew gradually through the years. Through different avenues God used to reveal himself to man in different ages whether through conscience and types and shadows etc. until the revelation came into view of the original intent.
Even Jesus forgave sins he was under the age of law and didn't preach his death and resurrection directly as a way to come to him. Peter didn't even know at the end of his ministry what Jesus was talking about him being crucified and dying. He said he wouldn't let anyone kill him and Christ said; Get thee behind me Satan, for you don't savor the things of God Matthew 16:22-23. The things of God was what and why Satan was trying to defeat and Satan was using Peter through Peter's ignorance of what the death and resurrection of Christ was. Even after the resurrection Jesus had to go back through the law and the prophets of what his mission was according to dying and rising again etc.
8. Satan is the father of sin and the liar who deceived man and has since tried to win the war against God the creator because of his taste for kingdom authority when he ruled the earth before Adam and Eve.
9. So the gospel is the death, burial and resurrection which was revealed down through the ages through gradual revelation by God to work his redemptive plan through man to have a family and to show Satan he could, can and will have servants who will serve him freely of their own freewill choice forever and at the same time defeat him forever.
10 Christ came to restore this earth which is out of harmony with the rest of the KOG universal. The KOH was the physical kingdom and the KOG was the spiritual rule which was the condition to enter the physical kingdom.
11. Israel's rejection of Christ was prophesied and never said that they would obey that message and the church was predestined and Christ had to die for the whole world and the church came into their place. The KOG was restored at the cross and the KOH will be restored at the fulness of the time of the gentiles.
The gospel of the cross and resurrection will still be in the KOH and throughout eternity for all the earthly generations on earth.
12. As far as atheist they don't mind the death of Christ as long as they can keep him dead. If they have to admit that he arose from the grave then they would have to admit that there is a God and there is sin and sinners who need salvation and there is a tomorrow where serving God has life eternally and the wages of sin is death. The gospel is the offence to those who truly do not want to believe and that is why an atheist is so much apposed to it.
13. Paul said I die daily in defense of the gospel to save mankind speaking to people who didn't believe in the physical resurrection. Paul said we put our lives on the line for Christ each day and in Romans 8 said we are like sheep led to the slaughter. The point being if there is no hope of a physical resurrection everything is in vain such as faith, Christ's sacrifice etc. and we might as well eat, drink and be merry because there is no tomorrow. The phrase "I Die Daily" specifically is the message of the gospel of the death, burial, and resurrection that Paul talked about in the beginning of 1 Corinthians 15. 2 Corinthians 4:10 says " We bear about in our bodies the dying of the Lord Jesus" that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. Verse 11; For we which live are alway delievered unto death for Jesus sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. Verse 12: So then death worketh in us, but life in you! Jesus talked about if you gain the whole world and lose your soul. The atheist like other sinners will prepare for things in this life to prevent calamities but not their soul which lives eternally whether Heaven or hell. Love is goodness of God and his care but love is also judgement to prevent those who would rather have a life against God and live in chaos. Jerry Kelso
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