Thought No. 4
"And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen." (Revelation 1:6 KJV)
We shall...
...praise the Lord for ever and ever.
...allow Him dominion for ever and ever.
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I have thought about that, and some ideas struck my mind. We shall praise the Lord for ever and ever. I am reminded of the Lord's Prayer where it says:
"Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven." (Matthew 6:10 KJV)
and also a little later:
"For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever." (Matthew 6:13 KJV)
This was to be prayed to the Father, but John now says that all glory is to Jesus, and dominion as well - all power and glory to the Father, power and glory to the son - for ever ... please think about it, and do not forget that our God is the One God in Three Persons. The fact that Jesus claims that all the glory and power be to the Father and John claims that it is to the Son is no contradiction but more proof that the two persons are One, which Jesus expressed by the following words:
"I and my Father are one." (John 10:30 KJV)
This started the Jews to hate Him, because this is what happened after He spoke out that He was ONE with the Father:
Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. (John 10:30 KJV)
Jesus tried to convince them, but they did not listen - for all they were listening to was the law, but they did not have God in their hearts:
"Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God." (John 10:32-33 KJV)
They accused Jesus of blasphemy, because he had "made Himself God".
And this is true for all Christians: Jesus is God!
Do not believe the cultists who come along and speak of the Father without the Son.
Jesus knew they would crucify Him, yet He reminded them of the law and what it says:
"Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?"(John 10:34-36 KJV)
Well, this is really funny... They held the law against Jesus and told Him He would blaspheme by breaking the law and called Himself God while He was fulfilling that same law. I wonder today if they really did not see that, or if they just did not want to see that. Could it be that the Jews, God's elected people, actually did not have enough faith in their God to believe that He would send the Messiah?
But they could not see, because they were blinded by God Himself, for He had a plan to redeem this fallen world from death. The father had to sacrifice His Son, so the devil would not have a hold on the people anymore. God knew His creatures too well to see that they would never get rid of their sinful nature by their own works, but He loved us too much to give us up. That was why Jesus, Yeshuah, the Lamb of God, who was without any sin, had to pay for the sins of the world on the tree in our place, so everybody who believes in Him can be saved.
In His unconditional love Jesus gave His life away for His friends. We can see how much His love must be for us from that fact, considering that He did not just die, but He was crucified, which was one of the cruellest death a person could die. But there was more than that... He carried all the evil of this world on His shoulders when on that tree to reconcile "the world unto himself" (which is just possible if Jesus and the Father are ONE):
And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. (2 Corinthians 5:18-21 KJV)
Yes, Jesus must have suffered much "for he hath made him to be sin for us...", and with all the sin on His shoulders, the Father hat to leave Him, because sin and God do not go together, so Jesus spoke the last words "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" (Mark 15:34 KJV) and died. Death is a place where God is not. Being left by God is what made Jesus suffer, and which makes everybody suffer. If we die and have not reconciled with God, there will be no way for us to be together with God anymore.
Some people ask, "Why is there so much evil in this world?" I think they should better thank the Lord that He has still left His representative, the Holy Spirit here, so they do not have to ask, "Why is there only evil in this world?" And that state makes me think of hell... But why not choose Heaven and look for God, and see how much beauty, love and grace the Lord has still for us here, while we had nothing else to do but sin? Just look around, and see the sun. Amen.
...praise the Lord for ever and ever.
...allow Him dominion for ever and ever.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I have thought about that, and some ideas struck my mind. We shall praise the Lord for ever and ever. I am reminded of the Lord's Prayer where it says:
"Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven." (Matthew 6:10 KJV)
and also a little later:
"For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever." (Matthew 6:13 KJV)
This was to be prayed to the Father, but John now says that all glory is to Jesus, and dominion as well - all power and glory to the Father, power and glory to the son - for ever ... please think about it, and do not forget that our God is the One God in Three Persons. The fact that Jesus claims that all the glory and power be to the Father and John claims that it is to the Son is no contradiction but more proof that the two persons are One, which Jesus expressed by the following words:
"I and my Father are one." (John 10:30 KJV)
This started the Jews to hate Him, because this is what happened after He spoke out that He was ONE with the Father:
Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. (John 10:30 KJV)
Jesus tried to convince them, but they did not listen - for all they were listening to was the law, but they did not have God in their hearts:
"Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God." (John 10:32-33 KJV)
They accused Jesus of blasphemy, because he had "made Himself God".
And this is true for all Christians: Jesus is God!
Do not believe the cultists who come along and speak of the Father without the Son.
Jesus knew they would crucify Him, yet He reminded them of the law and what it says:
"Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?"(John 10:34-36 KJV)
Well, this is really funny... They held the law against Jesus and told Him He would blaspheme by breaking the law and called Himself God while He was fulfilling that same law. I wonder today if they really did not see that, or if they just did not want to see that. Could it be that the Jews, God's elected people, actually did not have enough faith in their God to believe that He would send the Messiah?
But they could not see, because they were blinded by God Himself, for He had a plan to redeem this fallen world from death. The father had to sacrifice His Son, so the devil would not have a hold on the people anymore. God knew His creatures too well to see that they would never get rid of their sinful nature by their own works, but He loved us too much to give us up. That was why Jesus, Yeshuah, the Lamb of God, who was without any sin, had to pay for the sins of the world on the tree in our place, so everybody who believes in Him can be saved.
In His unconditional love Jesus gave His life away for His friends. We can see how much His love must be for us from that fact, considering that He did not just die, but He was crucified, which was one of the cruellest death a person could die. But there was more than that... He carried all the evil of this world on His shoulders when on that tree to reconcile "the world unto himself" (which is just possible if Jesus and the Father are ONE):
And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. (2 Corinthians 5:18-21 KJV)
Yes, Jesus must have suffered much "for he hath made him to be sin for us...", and with all the sin on His shoulders, the Father hat to leave Him, because sin and God do not go together, so Jesus spoke the last words "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" (Mark 15:34 KJV) and died. Death is a place where God is not. Being left by God is what made Jesus suffer, and which makes everybody suffer. If we die and have not reconciled with God, there will be no way for us to be together with God anymore.
Some people ask, "Why is there so much evil in this world?" I think they should better thank the Lord that He has still left His representative, the Holy Spirit here, so they do not have to ask, "Why is there only evil in this world?" And that state makes me think of hell... But why not choose Heaven and look for God, and see how much beauty, love and grace the Lord has still for us here, while we had nothing else to do but sin? Just look around, and see the sun. Amen.
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