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Continued from Hebrews It! (Legal Study, Chapter 2:14) Pt. 10c
We have just completed an extensive study of Hebrews 2:14.Hebrews 2:14 Now since the children have flesh and blood in common, Jesus also shared in these, so that through His death He might destroy the one holding the power of death—that is, the Devil—
I have no idea how this will pan out, but I am going to combine the various statements from Hebrews 2:14 Parts a, b and c in hopes of providing a lead in to verses 15 - 17. Verses 15 - 17 depend on verse 14 to fully comprehend.
This verse is drawing a parallel between Eve Being deceived then Adam compassionately and lovingly sharing in her consequences as surely as Jesus did the same for US.
"The one who commits sin is of the Devil"... this gets mistaken to mean that any person who sins, as in commits a sin, is a damned reprobate, willful sinner that is lake of fire bound. This is a gross error. God's view of "sin" and Satan's view of "sin" are 180 degrees out. Allow me to share a thing. Not one place in scripture does it say that the Pharisee's were terrible at keeping the Law. What scripture reveals is that the Pharisees were bad at keeping GOD's Law (The Law of Christ). Let's start with THE Pharisee of Pharisees and see what he has to say on this matter. Paul is suffering literal threat of death for preaching that God Saves mankind COMPLETELY if only each person will turn to Jesus as the Finisher and Completion of their Faith! Paul has CHANGED HIS MIND that the Law of Stone Sin and Death can save. Paul has relinquished any faith in the works of his human flesh, good or bad as having any baring on his salvation. He did the only thing that he can do to be saved. He Believed that Jesus was THE WAY, THE TRUTH and THE LIFE!
1 Corinthians 15:55 Death, where is your victory? (Satan, did you achieve Victory)
Death, where is your sting? (Serpent, what is the venom of your snake strike)
56 Now the sting of death is sin, (The Venom of the Serpent strike is SIN)
and the power of sin is the law. (The Power behind Satan's ACCUSATIONS is THE LAW)
57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
15 and free those who were held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death.
Why was this God's TOP priority when He came here? Why didn't God just cloth Himself in immortality upon His first visit, draw a sword against all that are wicked and gather up His true followers to eradicate all evil from HIS universe? Why didn't He do this very thing that the Old Testament Prophesies and His disciples asked Him about, before He ascended from the Mount of Olives? Acts 1:6 Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”
Had Jesus considered doing this, while He was here?
Matthew 23:37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. 38 Look, your house is left to you desolate. 39 For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
Jerusalem is the rightful capitol of all of Israel. Jesus is using this point to express that the very reason that He didn't RESTORE the KINGDOM to ISRAEL is because Israel in totality was UNWILLING. Israel's collective will was not in line with God's will, on this matter. When Moses STRUCK the ROCK (Numbers 20:10-13, Deuteronomy 3:23-28), it was Prophetic of how Israel would "Strike The Rock", instead of patiently awaiting the Rock to reveal all things.
Here is a very small Cross Reference of Acts 1:6. Some of these verses bind to Jesus' first PHYSICAL Coming. Some of these verses bind to Jesus' Second Coming. They can be Cross referenced out over and over to find out more about this, but this isn't an OP about this, so we will be content to move forward in discussion.
15 and free those who were held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death.Why did this take priority to God? This is a deep study! Immediately, this answer throws discussion back to the "usurper" or "unjust arbitrator" of all of Creation that had very effectively plunged all of creation into the SYSTEM OF DEATH. Satan had successfully drawn the entire world away from God. Money, Material Possessions, The worship of warring god's. Blood Lust. Obsession with the Creation, instead of the Creator. Obsession with POWER (Potency). Let's stop for one second at this matter of "Potency" (POWER). Satan is utterly obsessed with POWER. He successfully infused this ideal into the very Bowels of Creation's culture! Mankind worshiped and revered the idea of god's that warred over Power! Ba'al, Greek god's, Egyptian god's, Arabic god's... all of these god's had one thing in common. NONE OF THEM had a Righteous concept of TRUE HUMILITY. Of all the god's throughout history, none spoken of by the Chief of ALL Apostasy had a righteous image of Humility. NONE! Mankind was in LOVE with DEATH! War, Chaos, Power, Gold that could draw people to Murder, Steal, Seduce beauty, Menem, Authority, Violence, Domination through Empires and god's of war... All of these things defined the totality of Creation's Culture! Mankind was in LOVE with DEATH!
Jesus knew that in order to fight this system of death, His system of humility would have to grow in it's midst and under no circumstances would the system of humility sojourn among Power Hungary god's and men without MANY of it's ambassadors falling to the egregious wiles of FEAR, HATE, MURDER, DEATH, VIOLENCE, POVERTY, PAIN, TORTURE, PRIDE, MALLICE, CONTROL etc. etc.
Jesus wanted to free Mankind from this system of DEATH. He, His Father's Son, The Very Hands that fashioned all that exists and Being the very Physical Presence of His Father among Creation, subjected Himself to first, the human representatives of Satan and finally, the very hands of Satan, an angel in whom God had made of pure heart and good will, beautiful and intended to be a powerful servant unto mankind. Satan abandoned his rightful station of authority in Eden. Worst of all, Satan possessed Judas (Luke 22:3) and betrayed God with the very kiss of death. (Matthew 26:49)
If you don't believe in the realm of the dead, teaming with the Sentient Souls of the dead, you are not lost. However, you will be blinded to some of the most Spiritually powerful revelations within scripture. I have stored a deep collection of exegesis to comfort anyone who desires to inquire on this subject, but it isn't time to discuss it fully, just yet. Hebrews will force us to discuss this and exegete it in totality, in verses to come. In the mean time, I will only drop a small bit of scripture on this matter.
Matthew 27:51-53
51 At that moment the parokhet in the Temple was ripped in two from top to bottom; and there was an earthquake, with rocks splitting apart. 52 Also the graves were opened, and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life; 53 and after Yeshua rose, they came out of the graves and went into the holy city, where many people saw them.
God wasn't having anything to do with "Earthly Jerusalem" (at this point). The fact that God ripped the Tabernacle Holy of Holies Curtain tells you that the city wasn't considered "Holy" at this point in time. Yet... AFTER JESUS Rose, "They came out of SHEOL and went into THE HOLY CITY where MANY PEOPLE SAW THEM.
The Heavenly Jerusalem welcomed Jesus back with all those that BELIEVED IN HIM. 1 Peter 3 is an important read. It's such a tiny passage within it, yet it reveals HOW this was made possible. I recommend the HCSB if you desire to SEARCH. for it. (1 Peter 3:18-22)
Jesus, Himself, while here told us that we shall be like the very Angels in heaven.
Mark 12:25 When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.
Matthew 22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like angels in heaven.
IN HEAVEN
The MANY martyrs and Believers that have died since Jesus Resurrected are HOME, with Jesus, IN Heaven. Each Martyr that died so close to the time that Jesus had walked the earth, knew that whatever passing pain the System of Satan ended their life here on earth with, was nothing more than their mortal flesh experiencing temporary birth pains that would finally Bare their very Spiritual Being as a baby born from it's mother's womb. Born again? It means so much more than what we experience here. They are ALL now before our Heavenly Father, dwelling with Him in Heaven.
Hebrews will not fail us on this incomprehensibly wonderful matter!
Hebrews 11:32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets, 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised;
They HAVE GAINED. Present TENSE! They HAVE GAINED what WAS PROMISED!
who shut the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies. 35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. 36 Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 37 They were put to death by stoning; they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated— 38 the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground.
39 These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised, 40 since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.
You may think I'm crazy, but when Jesus says that us Believers do NOT DIE, He Really MEANT IT!
John 5:24 Yes, indeed! I tell you that whoever hears what I am saying and trusts the One who sent me has eternal life — that is, he will not come up for judgment but has already crossed over from death to life! John 14:2 In my Father’s house are many places to live. If there weren’t, I would have told you; because I am going there to prepare a place for you.
The accuser is gone from Heaven and Sheol is no longer bound by Satan. God holds the KEYS to Sheol. Did you think the word "Mansion" was some worldly definition of a home that people envy? Perhaps a massive structure that has many rooms and elegant design that is kept by servants? What does God call a BODY? It is a dwelling place for the SOUL! Why do you think that the SPIRIT given to all mankind went up to heaven when those before Jesus time, died? Did God just take back what He had given of Himself freely? NO! God was waiting for the day that he could cloth those that understand His True Majesty with IMMORTALITY! Those rooms came from within each person that had ever lived. Those "rooms" were the very Zoe that gave life to each person. God lovingly stored them up. Upon Jesus Christ's resurrection, many received them back! Only this time, the Life didn't just GIVE THEM LIFE, it became their very CLOTHS of IMMORTALITY!
We Go HOME! We don't "Sleep" in the earth and wait for the final day! Even the wicked dwell in realm of shades as shades. Scripture doesn't reveal a world dependent on physical substance. Scripture reveals a physical world dependent on the Spirit of God. Why have so many fallen to horrific fates in the Name of Jesus Christ? Why will so many more willingly fall to horrific fates in the Name of Jesus Christ? Because, we know that this is NOT OUR HOME! We have a better Home that is only a lifetime away. Though many of us desire to be Absent from the BODY and PRESENT with THE LORD, we also know that He has use for us, here. We live out each day waiting for HIM to use us, to build up the very HEAVENLY KINGDOM of God with the very thing that God and the Angel's rejoice over!
Luke 15:7 Jesus continued, “In the same way, there will be a glorious celebration in heaven over the rescue of one lost sinner who repents, comes back home, and returns to the fold—more so than for all the righteous people who never strayed away.”
This concludes OP Pt. 11. OP pt. 12 to come, soon.
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