The Big Picture of Yahweh Kingdom
Autor: Gueby Jean Pierre, Theologian, Pastor, Lab Biotech Science
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What is the initial plan to be a member of the land of Yahweh and Yahshua, Israel?
The earth is considered the empire of Yahweh. The empire that Elohim must conquer to reign being King of kings and Lord of lords. And Yahweh will establish his reign on earth in his land of domination which is Israel, from his capital Jerusalem, his tabernacle. Isn’t God’s plan to always have the earth for kingdom and humans as subjects? Isn’t that why Adam and Eve were created? They are in the plan of procreation and of filling the earth with humans grateful for the grace of God on their behalf; them, people so weak, to whom Elohim gave life and eternity.
To establish his kingdom, Elohim must have a visible kingdom. Abraham’s faith is the basis of choice to establish this kingdom through Jacob whom God renames Israel. Thus, the people of Israel with Israel as their country serves as the starting point of the Kingdom of Elohim on earth.
When Moses led the tributes of Israel to the Promised Land from Egypt, Elohim was already planning to establish his throne there among the Israelites, even in the wilderness of the crossing to Canaan. In fact, all of this with Moses is a reflection of heavenly realities. The throne of Yahweh was the formation of the tabernacle, (the temple), the holy place, and the most holy place which is even the throne of Yahweh, his residence, guarded and surrounded by angels called cherubim.
The Kingdom of Yahweh, King of Kings
God dwells in a sanctuary on earth among the Israelites
Exodus 25: 8 They will make me a sanctuary, and I will dwell among them.
9 You shall make the tabernacle and all its utensils according to the pattern which I am going to show you.
(Tabernacle: tent remains in canvas)
What is YHWH’s Political Desire?
Above all, YHWH showed that he wanted to reign, that he was forming a kingdom to be satisfied in his eternity that he wants to make glorious. God has heaven as his domain, but he is interested in the earth. Why the earth?
- Yahweh’s political desire is to establish his Kingdom on earth. Yahweh was looking on earth for a certain faith in him in order to be able to lay the perspective, lay the basis, lay the approach of his kingdom on earth having his Divine Majesty as King of all the earth, walking in the righteousness of his commandments of justice. Isn’t this the reason that Elohim was the King of Israel?
- 1 Samuel 12:12 – Then, seeing that Nachasch, king of the children of Ammon, was walking against you, you said to me: No! But a king will reign over us. And yet the Lord your God was your king. 1 Sam 8: 5, 19.
Israel Kingdom of Elohim
- When Moses was leading the Israelites out of Egypt, Elohim had announced that they would be his Kingdom. This was the starting point wanted by Adonai, his kingdom begins with Jacob’s Israel as an image of reality.
Exodus 19: 6 “You will be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words you will speak to the children of Israel. “1 Pet 2: 9.
What was Christ doing for the participants of the coming kingdom of Elohim of Israel?
- Rev 5: 9 “… for thou [Jesus] was slain, and hast redeemed for God with thy blood men of every tribe, and of every tongue, of every people, and of every nation; (Ac 20:28. Eph 1: 7. Col 1:14. Heb 9:12; 10:10. 1 Pet 1:19. 1 John 1: 7).
- 10 Thou hast made of them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth. (Ex 19: 6. 1 Pet 2: 5, 9. Rev 1: 6.) “
Yehshua establishes in Him the reality, the real Israel, the eternal Israel.
The Kingdom of Yahweh King of Kings
God dwells in a sanctuary on earth among the Israelites
Exodus 25: 8 They will make me a sanctuary, and I will dwell among them.
9 You shall make the tabernacle and all its utensils according to the pattern which I am going to show you.
(Tabernacle: tent remains in canvas)
The tabernacle or real habitation of the Lord who reigns
Revelation 13
6 And she opened her mouth to speak blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven.
The temple is in the tabernacle
Revelation 15
4 Who will not fear, Lord, and glorify your name? Because only you are holy. And all the nations will come and worship before you, because your judgments have been made manifest.
5. After that I looked, and the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony was opened in heaven.
6 And the seven angels who held the seven plagues came out of the temple, clothed in pure, shining linen, and having golden sashes around their breasts.
7 And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls, full of the wrath of the God who lives forever and ever.
8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power; and no one could enter into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.
Elohim’s throne in the tabernacle, Jerusalem
Revelation 22
1. And he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
2 In the middle of the town square and on the two banks of the river there was a tree of life, bearing fruit twelve times, yielding its fruit every month, and the leaves of which were used for the healing of the nations.
The saved Christian, the chosen one with Elohim in his temple
Revelation 3
12 He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will not go out any more; I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, new Jerusalem which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my new name.
Revelation 7
14 I said to him, My lord, you know it. And he said unto me, These are they which come out of the great tribulation; they washed their dresses, and made them white in the blood of the lamb.
15 Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will pitch his tent over them;
While waiting for us to enter the real, we are still in the transition.
To enter the Kingdom of Yahweh you need an election (according to faith and justification)
The process of the election is to choose people who will be fit to live with him. Yahweh gives grace to all. He can call you, but will you stay there in his call? But in the group of called, there will be elect. The elect are those who will hold fast to Elohim’s promise.
Who were the first elected in perspective, the first qualified?
Who were the first elected, the first qualified?
- Adam and Eve . In Creation. Let us make man in our image and likeness and that he dominates: Gen1: 26.
- But Adam and Eve, will they be in the kingdom? We do not know. But they are the first created to begin the earthly kingdom where Elohim will rule.
Humans are no different from the Creator. Elohim will reign over them too.
- And the earth, why is it created with humans? Is it not for the same purpose, these same reasons as for the angels? Elohim created to rule over his creation.
- Thus, Yahweh created Adam and Eve so that they procreate and that Adonai could reign over all righteous and faithful humans .
Decadence of Humans, Rejection and Restoration Process for the Land of God
Justified to enter the land of Yahweh, but by faith, not by law.
- Adam had failed to remain faithful and righteous. Humanity lost its raison d’être. But, Elohim still sought righteousness and faithfulness on earth before reigning. Yahweh could not make sure that man would become righteous by himself and seek his creator. Then the Adonai gives this justice, or himself justifies the man. But this justification, it is Christ who takes care of it by his death. Man becomes righteous (or receives the label of righteous) by faith in the sacrifice of Yeshua. Whoever has faith in Yashua and follows him, will live in the kingdom of the creator.
- This faith in Yahweh had satisfied the heart of God from the beginning of human life on earth. Thus, many were declared righteous as a result of their faith.
The numbering of the righteous by faith until Abraham
Several elders were friends of YHWH. They had faith in Him, so they were declared righteous. We can quote:
- Abel the righteous, Jesus said: Mat 23:35
- Enosch . ( Genesis 4:26 Seth also had a son, and his name was Enosh. It was then that they began to call on the name of the Lord). For a detail, Enosh was not this Enoch whom Yahweh had taken alive because of his faith and his righteousness. Although Adam recognized the Creator, although his descendants cite God, but it was only one of his descendants, after 250 years of the birth of Adam, that one began to worship or pray to Yahweh. Why 250 years? Adam was born, at the age of 130 he gave birth to Seth. Seth, aged 105 gave birth to Enosch. Adam’s 130 and Seth’s 105 years make 235 years. For Enosh, he had to start thinking about God at least after 15 years or after 100 years.So the 250 years is just a rough logical choice that begins worship of the Creator God by humans.
- After Enosh it was Enoch who was righteous. The latter walked with Yahweh 300 years after his 65th birthday, Gen 5:22
- Noah was also a righteous man, he made a covenant with Yahweh, Gen 6:18
- Everyone knows Abraham’s father of faith. Abraham trusted in YHWH who imputed it to him for righteousness, Gen 15,6. All these people had to have faith in this Savior and Righteous God in order to approach Yahweh and walk with him, to meet eternity.
Abraham had faith, which is the cause of his justification. Justification allows one to live in the land of Yahshua.
- Rom 4:13: ‘For the inheritance of the world was not promised to Abraham or to his seed by law, but by the righteousness of faith. ‘Romans 4:13
- Abraham trusted in YHWH who imputed it to him for righteousness, Gen 15,6
- Rom 4: 5 “And to him that does not work, but believes in him that justifies the ungodly, his faith is imputed to him for righteousness. “
Thus, we see there the faith, the blessing and the promise. to Romans 4:13 – ‘For it was not by law that the inheritance of the world was promised to Abraham or to his seed, it was by the righteousness of faith .
Israel image and faith
Blood alliance with Israel is the reality to come
The Abrahamic Covenant to Establish Israel, the Beginning of the Kingdom of God, According to Faith
I will make you great, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in your seed, that is, Jesus Christ, Yeshua Hamashiac, the Savior. This means that the Abrahamic covenant prefigured all the countries of the earth as belonging to eternal life, as belonging to the land of Elohim, to real Israel by faith.
All this leads to the detection of three stages in relation to Israel in the establishment of the eternal Kingdom of Yahweh:
- Israel is the image of things to come, so it is the terrestrial Israel of the Near East
- The Israel of transition by faith — or kingdom of God by faith in Jesus that we live according to Yeshua and in faith in him—,
- And the eternal Israel or real kingdom of God to come.
Establishment of the image Israel , without the Faith
When Moses (Moshe) led the people of Israel to the Promised Land, the people did not have faith, they had the law as their compass, but believing in the power of the false gods of the people around. In any case, anything that was idol attracted the people of Israel. There was only the staff of the law left to bring this blind and rebellious people back to the Creator who had delivered them with strong hands and outstretched arms of the Egyptians.
The people had the law as a principle of life, according to state principles of a territory. He didn’t have faith yet. With the law that the people broke all the time, Israel was showing itself to be unfair. Yet all who are to be in the kingdom of God must be justified and sanctified. Justification is to be a gift received by faith in Yeshua the Mashiach (Hamashiac), Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
The teaching law of Moses
So the law which led Israel was intended to accustom the Hebrew people to the conception of the Creator dominating in the lives of the sons of Jacob until faith came.
Galatians 3:24. So the law was like a teacher to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
25When faith has come, we are no longer under this teacher (Mt 5:17. Ac 13:38. Ro 10: 4).
Israel had to be righteous to be a member of the kingdom, but the law does not justify
Rom 3:20 Ga 2:16. For no one will be justified before him by works of the law, Ro 7: 7. Heb 7:18, since the knowledge of sin comes by the law.
Gal 2:16 Nevertheless, a) knowing that it is not by the works of the law that man is justified, but by faith in Christ Jesus, we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, b) because no flesh will be justified by works of the law. a) Ac 13:38. Ro 3:28; 8: 3. Hey 7:18. b) Ro 3:20. Ga 3:11.
So, to be an Israelite of eternity, an Israelite of the Kingdom of God, one must pass through faith in Jesus Christ. It is a strong option. If one does not want to become an Eternal Israelite, one will not get involved in following Christ the Savior. You can follow any religion or any kind of belief you want if you don’t want to enter the Kingdom of Jesus Christ.
If someone is an Israelite by birth and wants to agree to live according to Christ, they must adopt the faith, not the law. Or if someone is a Christian, he cannot be under the law of Moses and have faith in Christ. Christ withdraws us from under the law without abolishing it, but puts us under the regime of faith.
Christ is the end of the law, and we are set free from the old law, Heb 10,8
Rom 10: 4 For Christ is the end of the law, for the justification of all who believe. (Mt 5:17. Ac 13:38. 2 Cor 3:13. Ga 3:24)
Rom 8: 2 For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. Jn 8:36. Ro 6:18, 22. Ga 5: 1.
Rom 7: 4 Likewise, my brethren, you also were, by the body of Christ, put to death as regards the law, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we bore fruit for God. Ga 2:19. 1 Pi 4: 1.
Rom 7: 6 But now we have been released from the law, having died to that law under which we were held, so that we serve in a new spirit, and not according to the letter which has grown old . Ro 2:29. 2 Cor 3: 6.
Heb 10: 8 After having said first: You neither wanted nor accepted any sacrifices, nor offerings, nor burnt offerings, nor sacrifices for sin (which is offered according to the law), 9 He then said: Here is , I come to do your will. He thus abolishes the first thing to establish the second.
The food law is abandoned
On the other hand, there are Christians who believe that they are under the regime of the food law itself, which is not appropriate in relation to the Christian faith.
Rom 9:10 and which, along with food, drink and various ablutions, were carnal ordinances imposed only until a time of reformation (Le 11: 2. Num 19: 7, etc.)
Be justified to enter the kingdom of God
Peter, a legalist, recognized that living in Yahweh requires the justification of the Lord by faith, not by law.
Rom 10: 4 For Christ is the end of the law, for the justification of all who believe. (Mt 5:17. Ac 13:38. 2 Cor 3:13. Ga 3:24)
Rom 3:28. For we believe that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. (Ro 8: 3. Ga 2:16. Heb 7:25)
Acts 13:38 Know therefore, brothers and sisters, that it is through him that the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, (Lu 24:47. 1 Jn 2:12.) 39 and that whoever believes is justified by him of all things which you could not be justified by the law of Moses. (Ro 3:28; 8: 3. Ga 2:16. Heb 7:19.)
Justification By Faith That Gives Life
Romans 5:18 So therefore, as by one offense condemnation has come upon all men, so also by one righteous act the justification that gives life extends to all men.
Rom 3:28 For we believe that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. (Ac 13:38. Ro 8: 3. Ga 2:16. He 7:25.)
Heb 10:38 And my righteous shall live by faith; but, if he withdraws, my soul does not take pleasure in him. 39We are not those who retreat to be lost, but those who have faith to save their souls. Ha 2: 4. Ro 1:17. Ga 3:11.
Gal 3:11 And that no one is justified before God by the law, this is evident, since it is said: b) The righteous shall live by faith. Ro 3:20. Ga 2:16. Ha 2: 4. B) Ro 1:17. Hey 10:38.
Gal 2:16 Nevertheless, a) knowing that it is not by the works of the law that man is justified, but by faith in Christ Jesus, we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, b) because no flesh will be justified by works of the law. a) Ac 13:38. Ro 3:28; 8: 3. Hey 7:18. b) Ro 3:20. Ga 3:11.
Rom 10:10. For it is with the heart that one has faith which leads to righteousness, and it is with the mouth that one performs the act of thanks which leads to salvation. (NBS) (1.16s; 3.21-28; 4.2-5; 5.17)
The Jew is he who is by justification in faith in Christ
Even when the land of Israel exists through the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to be an Israelite, faith in Christ the King and justification are the sine qua non conditions for coming to be true people of Yahweh of the world. house of Israel. Behold, the true people of Yahweh form the kingdom of God. And this kingdom is scattered all over the earth. This kingdom awaits the return of Jesus Christ to be gathered.
But Israel of the flesh did not know who he was to Elohim on earth. Israel did not understand that to be an Israelite, it is necessary in the faith, according to the order of Abraham. And most of the Jews had no idea of the continual life after death. They were to be educated just as the whole earth was to be educated about the announcement of the good news of the coming kingdom of God. This is the gospel, the good news.
The Kingdom of God announced
The kingdom of God is announced first to the house of Jacob.
Math 10: 6 – Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. (Ac 3:26; 13:26, 46);
7Go, preach, and say, The kingdom of heaven is at hand (Lu 9: 2).
The kingdom preached to non-Israelites
Math 8:11
Now I tell you that many will come from east and west, and will be at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. Read 13: 29
12 (a) But the sons of the kingdom will be cast into outer darkness, (b) where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. (a) Mt 21:43. (b) Mt 13:42; 22:13; 24:51. Read 13:28
Israel Kingdom of Elohim
When Moses was leading the Israelites out of Egypt, Elohim had announced that they would be his Kingdom. This was the starting point wanted by Adonai, his kingdom begins with Jacob’s Israel as an image of reality.
Exodus 19: 6 “You will be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words you will speak to the children of Israel. “1 Pet 2: 9.
Kingdom of God with pagan Christians and with Christian Israelites of the flesh
Peter who was speaking to Christians also announced it:
1Peter 2: 9 (a) You, on the contrary, you are a chosen race, (b) a royal priesthood, a holy nation, an acquired people, that you may proclaim the virtues of him who called you out of darkness to his admirable light, (a) Rev 1: 6; 5:10., (B) Ex 19: 5,6. From 7: 6; 14: 2; 26:18. Ep 1:14).
But, to whom was Peter speaking as doing or called to fulfill a royal priesthood? Was it addressed to the Hebrews or to all Christians, regardless of sex and nationality, people, and social position? Of course, Peter was talking to non-Jews. The priestly Israelite comes from all over the earth according to their faith and perseverance in Christ.
1Peter 2:10. You who once were not a people, and now are the people of God, you who had not obtained mercy, and now have obtained mercy. (Ro 9:26)
Obviously, all men did not deserve life after Adam and Eve listened to the voice of the serpent. They were all guilty. They had to die because of their formal transgression. They could not live again because of their faults already condemned by their very faults. But Christ dying in their stead now gave them the right to accept that Yeshua died in their stead, taking their death in his borrowed flesh.
What was Christ doing for the participants of the coming kingdom of Elohim of Israel?
- Rev 5: 9 “… for thou [Jesus] was slain, and hast redeemed for God with thy blood men of every tribe, and of every tongue, of every people, and of every nation; (Ac 20:28. Eph 1: 7. Col 1:14. Heb 9:12; 10:10. 1 Pet 1:19. 1 John 1: 7).
- 10 Thou hast made of them a kingdom and priests unto our God, and they shall reign on the earth. (Ex 19: 6. 1 Pet 2: 5, 9. Rev 1: 6.) “
For the apostle Paul, would the people of the Kingdom of Elohim be Israelites of flesh or of faith?
Of course, the Israelites in the kingdom come from all other people that did not come out of Jacob, from all countries, from all nations, from all races:
Romans 9:
24He called us not only from among the Jews, but also from among the Gentiles,
25According to it in Hosea, I will call my people that which was not my people, and beloved that which was not the beloved; Bones 2: 22-25
26 and where they said to them, You are not my people! They will be called sons of the living God. (Hosea 1:10. 1 Pet 2:10.)
Note that in Hosea, the theme “you are not my people” is “Lo-Ammi”.
Israel transitional image
Become a Member of the Kingdom of Israel, of the Kingdom of Elohim by Faith
People can only become a member of Yahweh’s Kingdom by process, by faith, not by birth, but by righteousness and faith in Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Yashua Hamashiac.
Yeshua said when he saw this principle:
Math 5:20 “For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. ”
Math 13:43 “Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear hear ”Da 12: 3. 1 Cor 15:42.
The New Covenant towards the Realm Not Yet Real
The Kingdom of God is a new contract signed between Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Yeshua the Mashiach, with Israel, with everyone. But those who accept will be called Israelites — of the kingdom — from all over the world. So the gospel is a new covenant between God and men. This new covenant will lead to eternal Israel. The new contract is then the transition for eternity
- The Israel of transition by faith is the time of grace, the time of election, the time of preparation for eternity.
Christ therefore was establishing a new covenant within the framework of establishing the Kingdom of God.
Hebrews 9:15. And this is why he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that, death having intervened for the redemption of the transgressions committed under the first covenant, those who have been called receive the inheritance eternal that was promised to them.
16 For where there is a testament, the testator’s death must be ascertained.
17 A will, in fact, is only valid in the event of death, since it has no force as long as the testator is alive.
18 Therefore it was with blood that even the first covenant was inaugurated.
19 And Moses, after having spoken all the commandments of the law before all the people, took the blood of calves and goats, with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop; and he sprinkled it on the book itself and on all the people, saying,
20 This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded for you.
21 He sprinkled the blood in the same way on the tabernacle and on all the utensils of the worship service.
22 And almost everything according to the law is cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
23. It was therefore necessary, since the images of the things which are in the heavens were to be purified in this way, that the heavenly things themselves should be made by sacrifices more excellent than these.
Transitional Israel by Faith
- Transitional Israel by faithmeans that faith does not express reality. It is true that we need faith to become Israelites, it is also true that faith helps us to become a child of promise, adopted child of Yahweh in Jesus Christ to benefit from the eternal Kingdom of Yeshua, but the faith is not reality.
- Reality is the sight of Elohim’s kingdom, but it is not the feeling that is faith, not just hope, not just the prospect of reality. However, we need faith to be heirs of the promise. And the promise is the inheritance of eternal life, of the blessing to all the earth that Abraham received from Elohim. So faith is a necessity of transition. Without faith, one cannot receive eternity. We are fallen, fallen physical elements of the eternity for which we were built. Now between us and eternity there is a very big gap. We have to go through this ditch. This abyss between death and eternity, we must cross it. This is the transition that we have to go through. The only way we have to make this transition is through faith. Jesus came to use Himself as a bridge to help us pass to the other side, the edge of life. We should catch this chance offered to all in Jesus by accepting his offer. To come to an agreement with Yashua is to accept him by faith, to accept his death which serves as a bridge, transitivity towards eternal life. So then, faith is the transition that leads us to the reality of the promise. This promise is that of living the Kingdom of Elohim being an Israelite for eternity. And it is those who believe in Jesus Christ of Nazareth who are Israelites. Regarding faith and reality, the apostle Paul said in 2Corinthians 5: 7 the following: “ it is to accept it by faith, to accept its death which serves as a bridge, transitivity towards eternal life. So then, faith is the transition that leads us to the reality of the promise. This promise is that of living the Kingdom of Elohim being an Israelite for eternity. And it is those who believe in Jesus Christ of Nazareth who are Israelites. Regarding faith and reality, the apostle Paul said in 2Corinthians 5: 7 the following: “ it is to accept it by faith, to accept its death which serves as a bridge, transitivity towards eternal life. So then, faith is the transition that leads us to the reality of the promise. This promise is that of living the Kingdom of Elohim being an Israelite for eternity. And it is those who believe in Jesus Christ of Nazareth who are Israelites. Regarding faith and reality, the apostle Paul said in 2Corinthians 5: 7 the following: “for we walk by faith and not by sight (2 Cor 3:18) . Paul had added in another place, saying that he was contemplating the Hamashiac in a mirror, that is to say by faith, not in visual reality, but in the imagination of faith. Here are these words in 2 Cor 3:18: ” All of us who, with our faces uncovered, contemplate the glory of the Lord as in a mirror , we are transformed into the same image, from glory to glory, as through the Lord the Spirit. “. The hour is coming when we will be face to face with the reality of Yahweh, Yeshua and the Holy Spirit of God in eternity. Now on earth, all the glory of Yahweh that we look at, we look at from afar, in faith, the dimension of transit.
- In this last verse, Paul took the opportunity to say that while he contemplated and saw Jesus through a mirror by faith, the Spirit of Yeshua transformed him being in the transition of the kingdom to, in conclusion, become proper to the kingdom of Israel. of the promise. The Israel of the promise is the visible kingdom of Yahweh to come.
Transitional Israel and Heavenly Israel
- Yahweh wants to establish his visible kingdom on earth, his real eternal kingdom. Elohim had made Israel as a transition kingdom leading to heavenly Canaan, the kingdom that will never end. This earthly Israel will be replaced by eternity. Currently, believing in Christ brings us into the kingdom of God. But this kingdom is not yet real. The Christian is in the transitional kingdom of God, for he is in the faith, not in the reality. The Christian is also an Israelite in transit, because the kingdom of God to come will be on the site of the present Israel which is a model of name. Abraham had received the promise that all the nations of the earth will be blessed in the father of faith (who is Abraham). A little further down,explanatory verses will show these realities of transitional Israel.
- The predictable Kingdom of Adonai is not visible, nor real yet. There remains a kingdom of transition in faith, in hope, awaiting its palpable revelation. Isn’t it in the same direction that Hebrews 11: 1 goes when speaking of the kingdom which is not yet visible and palpable. He lets it be known that we live it only by faith. “Heb 11: 1 Now faith is a firm assurance of things hoped for, a demonstration of things not seen(KJV) “. Which means that the present kingdom of Jesus Christ of Nazareth is a perception of faith. But that we don’t see it nor live it yet, because we don’t see it. We just hope so. Hope is so powerful that it forms in us an image perceptible by the spirit, which is not, however, an image visible in its reality.
- Who wants to believe that the reality of the kingdom is present ?
- Some people want to believe that the Kingdom of Jesus is actually real in this world led by evil, by Satan and all the misconduct of evil. However, the consideration of the real signifies the palpable, the visible. When we are in reality, we do not need the imagination to believe ourselves in it. We will need to see ourselves in it and live it in real life. When we are in the hope of faith, we are in the imagination. Is it not for this reality which is not yet in sight that Paul had cried, ” we walk by faith and not by sight(1Cor 5: 7)”. Paul was so convinced that he did not yet see the reality of the kingdom that he wanted to die to go and see Christ while waiting for the coming of the Kingdom. In this sense he went on to say: “1Cor5: 8we are full of confidence, and we prefer to leave this body and remain with the Lord . This means that after the death of the body, Paul will remain alive somewhere in the court of Jesus, to await the resurrection of the dead body, in order to relive his whole being as a living soul in its three natural parts.
The Christian lives after death
- In the context of verse 8 of 1 Corinthians 5, the apostle expresses that after the death of the Christian, he still remains alive, living in his soul and spirit, in two dimensions, not three. Paul said, “We would like to leave this body.” In this sentence, at least two people speak in Paul. And these two people are both being Paul. In another sense, these two people are one person, Paul. This is to say that being is is not only a dimension. The apostle said: ” We would like to leave this body “. There is the ‘we’ for a part of Paul, there is ‘this body’ for a second part of being Paul. Each person knows that he lives in his body. This means that I and my body which represents me as a whole as my total being are two. Yet, ‘this I’ in ‘this body’ makes us see that a person, ‘I’ lives in a person, a ‘living body’. They are two unitary people who live in synchronization in everything, being one being. To see that this ‘soul’ which has no organs or members is a whole in its own right; in the same way this body which contains several organs, forms my bodily totality, the visible part of my being. My being is made up of my body, my mind and my soul, as 1Thes5: 23 points out: “ May the God of peace himself sanctify you entirely, and may your whole being, spirit, soul and body, be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ! »(1Thess 5:23; 1 Cor 1: 8. Ph 4: 9. 1 Th 3:13). But, as the spirit is spirit of the soul and spirit of the body, when the body dies, the spirit remains attached to the soul as inseparable. With the living body, you don’t even realize that the spirit lives for the soul, but you know that your spirit is in your head, part of your body. It is thus that when the body is sick in the head, very often it is the spirit which does not find a place to live in peace. Because for the spirit to live fully, the head must function perfectly well, in the ability of all its necessary chemical and biological components. But it is with the soul that the spirit will always feel good because it is very strongly attached to the point of believing that it can be difficult to separate from it. According to Hebrews 4:12… “ the word of God is living and effective, sharper (a) than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the point of dividing soul and spirit, joints and margins; she judges the feelings and thoughts of the heart, ”( (a) Ec 12:11. Isa 49: 2. Eph 6:17).
- Therefore, the being Paul wants to detach himself from his body, to leave his body which will die and that he, dead body, will continue to live in his ‘we’, his two other dimensions: soul and spirit, near Jesus. So, the death of the Christian is a passage from one form of life to another, the visible material body that we see here below, and the spiritual reality — soul and spirit — hidden in the visible. Every living soul means: ‘a spiritual body which has become visible’. When the visible is dead (or when the visible body is destroyed), the spiritual detaches itself from it and remains that person who is dead of body, but who remains truly spiritual alive. In any case, this is what 1Cor5: 8 expresses: ” we are full of confidence, and we prefer to leave this body and to remain with the Lord.. For the chosen Christian, after physical death, the spiritual body ascends to Christ as Paul clearly pointed out.
- Thus, grace (or faith) is a period of transition between the pre-figurative image Israel and the real Israel of Yahweh; therefore, being in faith, we are in Israel, the transition kingdom from the real and palpable eternal kingdom to come.
The nations of the earth blessed in Abraham: -Israel.
Who is Israel?
Israel is the kingdom of God of faith in Christ formed by the elect in Yeshua. Those who accept Jesus into their lives are Israel. The Israel of the Faith has become the Israel of transition; leaving the terrestrial Israel of the Middle East in Palestine to its terrestrial dimension as it has not yet entered into the faith in Yeshua the Mashiach.
Acts 3:25 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham: Ge 22:18. Ga 3: 8 All the families of the earth will be blessed in your seed.
Ge 22:18 All the nations of the earth will be blessed in your seed, because you have obeyed my voice (Ge 12: 3; 18:18; 26: 4. Ac 3:25. Ga 3: 8.)
Gen 26: 4 – I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven; I will give to your seed all these countries; and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in thy seed, (Ge 12: 3; 18:18; 22:18)
Through Abraham, Yahweh will raise up a nation of his own to begin his kingdom on earth. But the reality of this nation will come true only through faith in Yashua.
Genesis 12: 2 I will make you a great nation , and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
Speaking to the Gentiles Paul said, “(Gal 3:29) And if you belong to Christ, then you are the seed of Abraham , heirs according to the promise. (Ge 21:12. Ro 9: 7. Heb 11:18.) “
Galatians 3:27 (a) all of you who have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28There is neither Jew nor Greek , there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; (b) for you are all one in Christ Jesus. – (a) Ro 6: 3 (b) John 17:21.
Israelites and seed of Abraham according to the promise
Hebrews 9: 4 who are Israelites, (a) to whom belong the adoption, and the glory, (b) and the covenants, and the law, and the worship, (a) Deut 7: 6. Ro 2:17; 3: 2. (b) Eph 2:12.
5and the promises, and the patriarchs, and of whom is descended, according to the flesh, the Christ, (a) who is above all things, God blessed forever. Amen! (a) Jer 23: 6. John 1: 1. Acts 20:28. Ro 1: 4. Hey 1: 8, 9, 10.
The true Israelite is a descendant of Abraham. But not all descendants of Abraham are Israelites
Novels 9:
Rom 9: 6 This does not mean (Num 23:19 Ro 3: 3. 2 Ti 2: 13.) that the word of God has remained without effect. (b) For not all who descends from Israel are Israel, ((b) Jn 8: 39. Ro 2:28.)
Rom 9,7 and, (Ga 4:23.) To be the seed of Abraham, they are not all his children ; (Ge 21:12 Ga 3:29. Heb 11:18.) But it is said: In Isaac shall be named for you a seed,
Rom9, 8 that is to say that it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God (Ga 4:28.) But it is the children of the promise who are regarded as posterity.
Abraham’s children are the children of faith in Yeshua Hamashiac
The land of Israel is a land of promise. The true Israelite has faith in Christ and produces fruit worthy of an Israelite
Math 2 : 8 Produce therefore fruit worthy of repentance,
9 and do not pretend to say in yourselves: We have Abraham for our father! For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children to Abraham .
John 8:39 They answered him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said to them, (Ro 2:28; 9: 7.) If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham.
Gal 4,
28 (a) For you, brothers, like Isaac, you are children of the promise; 29And just as then he who was born according to the flesh (b) persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so it is even now. (a) Ro 9: 7, 8. (b) Ge 21: 9.
Jerusalem above, Israel of the promise, the free woman
Gal 4:26 But the Jerusalem above is free, she is our mother.
27For it is written, Hail, barren, you who do not give birth! Burst and cry out, you who have not experienced the pains of childbirth!
For the children of the forsaken will be more numerous Than the children of the one who was married. Isa 54: 1
31Therefore, brethren, we are not children of the slave, but of the free woman . (Rev 21: 2.)
Israel was not created for a kingdom according to the pattern of this world, and all the earth can become an Israelite, according to the promise, by faith.
Romans 9:23 What if he wanted to make known the riches of his glory to vessels of mercy which he had prepared beforehand for the glory? 24 So he called us, not only of the Jews, but also of the Gentiles, 25 as he says in Hosea: (Hos 2: 22.) I will call my people the one who was not my people, and beloved the one who was not the beloved: 26 and where they said to them: Hos 1: 10. 1 Pet 2: 10. You are not my people! They will be called sons of the living God .
Israel of the flesh has fallen and all spiritual Israel is elected in the promise of the kingdom. -Israel
Rom 11:25 For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you do not consider yourselves wise, it is because a part of Israel has fallen into hardness (Lu 21:24) until all the heathen come in. 26 And so all Israel will be saved , (Ps 14: 7. Isa 27: 9; 59:20. Th 31:31, 32, 33, 34. 2 Cor 3:16. He 8: 8; 10:16. ) as it is written:
The deliverer will come from Zion,
And he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob; 27And this will be my covenant with them,
When I take away their sins.
The Jew is he who is by justification in faith in Christ
Romans 3:29 Or is God only the God of the Jews? Is he not also of the pagans? Yea, he is also with the Gentiles, 30since there is one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith, and the uncircumcised by faith.
Rom 10:19 But I say, Did not Israel know? Moses the first said: (De 32:21.) I will make you jealous with what is not a nation; I will provoke your anger with a nation without understanding. 20And Isaiah is bold enough to say: (Isa 65: 1) I was found by those who did not seek me, I manifested myself to those who did not ask me. 21But about Israel he said: (Isa 65: 2) All day long I have stretched out my hands to a rebellious and contradicting people.
Rom 11, V. 11-24: cf. (Mt 21: 40-43. Eph 2: 7-13.) (1 Cor 4: 7; 10:11, 12.) Za 1:17; 8:13.
Rom 11:11 So I say, Did they stumble to fall? Far from there! But, by their fall, salvation became accessible to the heathen, so that they would be stirred up to jealousy.
Rom 11:12 Now if their fall was the wealth of the world, and their loss the wealth of the heathen, how much more will it be when they are all converted. 13I say this to you Gentiles: (Ac 9:15; 13: 2; 22:21. Ga 1:16; 2: 8. Eph 3: 8. 1 Ti 2: 7. 2 Ti 1:11.) As an apostle of the Gentiles I am, I glorify my ministry,
Rom 11:25 For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you do not consider yourselves wise, it is because a part of Israel has fallen into hardness, (Lu 21:24.) Until all the heathen come in.
Rom 11:26 And thus all Israel shall be saved, (Ps 14: 7. Isa 27: 9; 59:20. I 31:31, 32, 33, 34. 2 Cor 3:16. He 8: 8; 10 : 16.) As it is written: The deliverer will come from Zion, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;
Rom 11:27 And this shall be my covenant with them, when I take away their sins.
The Jew and the non-Jew justified by faith
Rom 10:10 For it is by believing with the heart that one comes to righteousness, and it is by confessing with the mouth that one comes to salvation, as the scripture says: a) 11 Whoever believes in he will not be confused. B) 12 Indeed, there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek, since they all have one Lord, who is rich for all who call on him. C) 13 For whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. a) Isa 28:16. Ro 9:33. B) Acts 15: 9. Ro 3:22. C) Joë 2:32. Acts 2:21.
Novels 3:
21But now without the law the righteousness of God is manifested, to which the law and the prophets testify (Ro 1:17. Ph 3: 9.)
22 God’s righteousness through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. There is no distinction.
23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24 and they are freely justified by his grace, by means of the redemption which is in Christ Jesus. (Isa 53: 5).
25 This is he whom God made by his blood to be a propitiatory victim to those who believe (Ex 25:17), in order to show his righteousness, because he had left unpunished sins previously committed, in the time of his patience, so , I say, (2 Cor 5:19. Col 1:20. Heh 4:16. 1 Jn 4:10.)
26to show his righteousness in the present time, so as to be righteous while justifying the one who has faith in Jesus.
27Where then is the subject of boasting? He is excluded. By what law? By the law of works? No, but by the law of faith.
28 For we believe that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. (Ac 13:38. Ro 8: 3. Ga 2:16. He 7:25.)
29Or is God only the God of the Jews? Is he not also of the pagans? Yea, he is also with the Gentiles, 30since there is one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith, and the uncircumcised by faith.
Autor: Gueby Jean Pierre, Theologian, Pastor, Lab Biotech Science. Published in May 2021