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Continuing our discussion of image and likeness from last week, God’s purpose in Man will be completed. His purpose is that through Christ (His life, death, & resurrection) He would restore Man’s original place which He intended Man to hold….to be God’s dwelling place in the Earth through whom He would rule & reveal Himself [...]
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In chapter 5, when we addressed the topic of Sonship, we gave a glimpse of what this priesthood is about. Here are some further observations:
1. This priesthood is the eternal priesthood which functions in the heavenly tabernacle. Moses was given a vision on Mount Sinai of its pattern, and God instructed him to make a [...]
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Can the Father and Son relationship in the Godhead be compared with that of an earthly father and son relationship? What is the biggest difference?
Do you have any further observations of the differences of an orphan and a son? Please expound on them a little.
Obviously the Holy Spirit interacted with men in the Old Testament, [...]
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John 14:15-19 [NIV]
15″If you love me, you will obey what I command. 16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever- 17the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with [...]
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God’s perfect desire is to raise you as His beloved son (no gender implied) that He can impart all love, grace, power, and responsibility to you. This has always been His plan.
He placed Adam and Eve in the Garden and gave them His image with the desire to grow them into His likeness, that they [...]
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In a sense, when Christ died upon the cross and restored our Sonship, he stepped into the place of Adam. He then became the first-born among the dead, and is able to grant eternal life to others.
This is a well-established theme in the Bible. Let’s look at a few passages:
Col 1:18-20 [NIV]
18And he is the [...]
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In yesterday’s post, we discussed the Sonship in the history of man up until the story of the Israelites. As most of you probably know, God allowed the Israelites to be enslaved in Egypt for over 400 years – until He raised Moses to deliver them. On Mount Sinai, He gave them the Law through [...]
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Adam and Eve
God created Adam and Eve to be one. In Sonship, there is no male or female. In this oneness is hidden the mystery of the Christ and His Bride, the church. He is head of the Church and One with the Church. Actually before the Fall, Eve’s name was given by Adam as [...]
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The Concept of Sonship underpins all of God’s dealings in human history. We will only briefly mention some for the purpose of illustration. But first, the concept of first-born or first-fruit needs to be briefly mentioned.
Let’s take a closer look at Colossians 1:15:
He is the image of the invisible God, which was stated by the [...]
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