Eph 2:
1 And you [He made alive when you] were [spiritually] dead and separated from Him because of your transgressions and sins,
2 in which you once walked. You were following the ways of this world [influenced by this present age], in accordance with the prince of the power of the air (Satan), the spirit who is now at work in the disobedient [the unbelieving, who fight against the purposes of God].
3 Among these [unbelievers] we all once lived in the passions of our flesh [our behavior governed by the sinful self], indulging the desires of human nature [without the Holy Spirit] and [the impulses] of the [sinful] mind. We were, by nature, children [under the sentence] of [God’s] wrath, just like the rest [of mankind].
4 But God, being [so very] rich in mercy, because of His great and wonderful love with which He loved us,
5 even when we were [spiritually] dead and separated from Him because of our sins, He made us [spiritually] alive together with Christ (for by His grace—His undeserved favor and mercy—you have been saved from God’s judgment).
6 And He raised us up together with Him [when we believed], and seated us with Him in the heavenly places, [because we are] in Christ Jesus,
7 [and He did this] so that in the ages to come He might [clearly] show the immeasurable and unsurpassed riches of His grace in [His] kindness toward us in Christ Jesus [by providing for our redemption].
A Better Ministry & A Better Ministry (Heb 8:1-13, 9:11-24)
Christ entered the Holy Place/Holy of Holies in heaven, in the presence of the Father. Not with sacrificial blood of goats or calves. A perfect heavenly tabernacle (not pitched by man - Heb 9:11) with His own blood.
Obtaining a secured eternal redemption/salvation. For all who personally believe in His perpetually cleansing, sin atoning God blood sacrifice.
Here He's receives the Promise of the Father (Jn 9:38-38, Lk 24:49, Acts 1:4-5). This Promise manifests/is seen (Acts 2:1-4, 33, Acts 10:44-45)
Every true believer receives this Promise/baptism with Christ Holy Spirit. At that moment the believer is FOREVER (Jn 14:16) SEALED/redeemed (Eph 1:13-14, 4:30, 2 Cor 1:22, 5:5, 2 Tim 1:14) & now Betrothed/His Bride. Amen!
The new covenant is the manifestation of the unconditional Abrahamic covenant promise & work of God (Gen 1:6-17) BTW: Abram is "sleeping" while the LORD Himself cuts the covenant, walking thru the fire (vrs 12-17)
Jesus did ALL the work , cutting this covenant with His sinless blood via His faithfulness, obedience for redemption. All anyone needs do is believe & trust Him & He'll do the rest. He deserves all the praise, honor & glory! AMEN & Amen!
1 And you [He made alive when you] were [spiritually] dead and separated from Him because of your transgressions and sins,
2 in which you once walked. You were following the ways of this world [influenced by this present age], in accordance with the prince of the power of the air (Satan), the spirit who is now at work in the disobedient [the unbelieving, who fight against the purposes of God].
3 Among these [unbelievers] we all once lived in the passions of our flesh [our behavior governed by the sinful self], indulging the desires of human nature [without the Holy Spirit] and [the impulses] of the [sinful] mind. We were, by nature, children [under the sentence] of [God’s] wrath, just like the rest [of mankind].
4 But God, being [so very] rich in mercy, because of His great and wonderful love with which He loved us,
5 even when we were [spiritually] dead and separated from Him because of our sins, He made us [spiritually] alive together with Christ (for by His grace—His undeserved favor and mercy—you have been saved from God’s judgment).
6 And He raised us up together with Him [when we believed], and seated us with Him in the heavenly places, [because we are] in Christ Jesus,
7 [and He did this] so that in the ages to come He might [clearly] show the immeasurable and unsurpassed riches of His grace in [His] kindness toward us in Christ Jesus [by providing for our redemption].
A Better Ministry & A Better Ministry (Heb 8:1-13, 9:11-24)
Christ entered the Holy Place/Holy of Holies in heaven, in the presence of the Father. Not with sacrificial blood of goats or calves. A perfect heavenly tabernacle (not pitched by man - Heb 9:11) with His own blood.
Obtaining a secured eternal redemption/salvation. For all who personally believe in His perpetually cleansing, sin atoning God blood sacrifice.
Here He's receives the Promise of the Father (Jn 9:38-38, Lk 24:49, Acts 1:4-5). This Promise manifests/is seen (Acts 2:1-4, 33, Acts 10:44-45)
Every true believer receives this Promise/baptism with Christ Holy Spirit. At that moment the believer is FOREVER (Jn 14:16) SEALED/redeemed (Eph 1:13-14, 4:30, 2 Cor 1:22, 5:5, 2 Tim 1:14) & now Betrothed/His Bride. Amen!
The new covenant is the manifestation of the unconditional Abrahamic covenant promise & work of God (Gen 1:6-17) BTW: Abram is "sleeping" while the LORD Himself cuts the covenant, walking thru the fire (vrs 12-17)
Jesus did ALL the work , cutting this covenant with His sinless blood via His faithfulness, obedience for redemption. All anyone needs do is believe & trust Him & He'll do the rest. He deserves all the praise, honor & glory! AMEN & Amen!
