"But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation." (Hebrews 9:11, NIV)
The Interlinear says, "Christ however having appeared as High Priest of the good things having come...." Or, as the NIV says, "already here." Of course everything Jesus does is, "already here." When a person says, "Lord Jesus, I need Your forgiveness," Our Lord can respond, "already here." This is Eternity. This is much of what, "eternal life," means. Perhaps, "It is finished," means something of what Micah 5 says of Jesus, "His goings forth are from long ago, from days of eternity." Maybe history is just an explanation of what the Living Triune God has already done.
Notice that Christ's "work" is in a, "more perfect tabernacle...not...of this creation." While everything around us attacks our physical senses, work, education, government, economy, you and I have Jesus Christ, "He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made," literally, "not by hand." Jesus brought the un-created to the created to take the created into the realm of the un-created, viz., Eternity, "....that whoever believes in [Jesus] will not perish but have eternal life," which is not "some-day-life." Why do we spend so much time living in "created" life? Jesus has brought us into the "un-created" life, the life in Jesus which is, "from days of eternity."
Musing on these things today has brought great blessing to me. When I "stepped into" Jesus, I literally "stepped" into Eternity, into the "Eternal One." I became a citizen of His Eternal Kingdom, His Eternal Family. It is almost as if one could say, "I was in Him before I knew it." Selah.
Father, in Jesus' Name, help me today to live where You "live." Amen.
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* BERLIN MISSION: OCTOBER 6-27
* SEPTEMBER 11 15th ANNIVERSARY OBSERVANCE AND TIME WITH SEVERAL CHURCHES IN CALIFORNIA: SEPTEMBER 9-18
The Interlinear says, "Christ however having appeared as High Priest of the good things having come...." Or, as the NIV says, "already here." Of course everything Jesus does is, "already here." When a person says, "Lord Jesus, I need Your forgiveness," Our Lord can respond, "already here." This is Eternity. This is much of what, "eternal life," means. Perhaps, "It is finished," means something of what Micah 5 says of Jesus, "His goings forth are from long ago, from days of eternity." Maybe history is just an explanation of what the Living Triune God has already done.
Notice that Christ's "work" is in a, "more perfect tabernacle...not...of this creation." While everything around us attacks our physical senses, work, education, government, economy, you and I have Jesus Christ, "He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made," literally, "not by hand." Jesus brought the un-created to the created to take the created into the realm of the un-created, viz., Eternity, "....that whoever believes in [Jesus] will not perish but have eternal life," which is not "some-day-life." Why do we spend so much time living in "created" life? Jesus has brought us into the "un-created" life, the life in Jesus which is, "from days of eternity."
Musing on these things today has brought great blessing to me. When I "stepped into" Jesus, I literally "stepped" into Eternity, into the "Eternal One." I became a citizen of His Eternal Kingdom, His Eternal Family. It is almost as if one could say, "I was in Him before I knew it." Selah.
Father, in Jesus' Name, help me today to live where You "live." Amen.
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* BERLIN MISSION: OCTOBER 6-27
* SEPTEMBER 11 15th ANNIVERSARY OBSERVANCE AND TIME WITH SEVERAL CHURCHES IN CALIFORNIA: SEPTEMBER 9-18
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
Hebrews 12:2
