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Isaiah 66:5. Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at His Word.
John 5:25. Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is,
when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.
The Son of God speaks to our spirit and gives overcoming life to those who listen and obey. This verse does not speak of the resurrection of the dead, but of being born again from above.
For immediately after He says:
John 5:28, 29. Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice; and come forth, those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.
Note in verse twenty five, the statement ‘the hour is coming, and now is’. Jesus uses this expression to contrast His instruction to that generation to His final Apocalypse at the end
of the age. We find the same structured logos in chapter four.
John 4:21. Jesus said to her, Woman believe Me, the hour is coming when you will
neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father.
Jesus refers to the soon destruction of the second temple and the end of Levitical
worship in Jerusalem. Then He makes clear the Truth of worship.
John 4:23, 24. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and Truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in Spirit and Truth.
Worship in Truth ceased from temples built with hands, but continues in hearts
united by The Holy Spirit.
John 5:25. Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is,
when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.
The Son of God speaks to our spirit and gives overcoming life to those who listen and obey. This verse does not speak of the resurrection of the dead, but of being born again from above.
For immediately after He says:
John 5:28, 29. Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice; and come forth, those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.
Note in verse twenty five, the statement ‘the hour is coming, and now is’. Jesus uses this expression to contrast His instruction to that generation to His final Apocalypse at the end
of the age. We find the same structured logos in chapter four.
John 4:21. Jesus said to her, Woman believe Me, the hour is coming when you will
neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father.
Jesus refers to the soon destruction of the second temple and the end of Levitical
worship in Jerusalem. Then He makes clear the Truth of worship.
John 4:23, 24. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and Truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in Spirit and Truth.
Worship in Truth ceased from temples built with hands, but continues in hearts
united by The Holy Spirit.
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