Isaiah 61:1-6 teaches: "The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves."
Here was the messianic assignment that the Pharisees missed and many eschatology students overlook today. It sums up Christ's earthly mission in a nutshell. Notably, this was the 1st sermon our Lord preached. This set the tone for His ministry.
He was a warrior king, but not in the manner the religious Jews anticipated (with their racial prejudice, religious pride, spiritual blindness and carnal hyper-literal mindset), He came to confront, overcome and bind Satan, his wicked minions and his kingdom, He came to show mankind what true love looks like and share the good news of the Gospel message. He came to empower His people to invade a heathen world with the truth.
Christ’s mission was not to overthrow the Gentiles through physical might and power but win them through the love of God and the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ. It was not His aim to set up a physical kingdom and rule over the subjugated nations with a rod of iron (as Premils think). It was to invite them to experience a joy unspeakable and full of glory, a peace that passes all understanding and everlasting righteousness through entering a spiritual kingdom which He rules over in the hearts of His people. This would be a willing rule of spiritual submission of God's elect, not a forced sham as we see in the Premil scheme, that ends in a shambles.
He came to set men free. He came to live the life they could never live, take their awful guilt upon Himself, be punished on their behalf, bestow forgiveness and liberate them from their hopeless state.
He came to deliver men from their awful condemned state. He came to bring hope. He came to shine a bright light. He came to banish the spiritual bondage, darkness, blindness, and heal the broken-hearted. He came to break prison bars, smash prison chains and open prison doors.
This is what the kingdom God looks like. It is already here. It has reached the uttermost parts of the earth (as Jesus said). It will come in all it's final and majestic glory to a new regenerate earth that is liberated from all the bondage of corruption at the second coming. Then, there will be no more sin or sinners, dying and crying, Satan, and his minions rebellion and war, decay and disease, sorrow and separation.
The problem that Premils make today is the same one the Pharisees made 2000 years ago, they have a misconception of the kingdom of God and therefore the heart of God to save.
They fail to see that the old covenant has been abolished forever, that the final sacrifice for sin has been made and the temple has been long built, and will last forever.
Here was the messianic assignment that the Pharisees missed and many eschatology students overlook today. It sums up Christ's earthly mission in a nutshell. Notably, this was the 1st sermon our Lord preached. This set the tone for His ministry.
He was a warrior king, but not in the manner the religious Jews anticipated (with their racial prejudice, religious pride, spiritual blindness and carnal hyper-literal mindset), He came to confront, overcome and bind Satan, his wicked minions and his kingdom, He came to show mankind what true love looks like and share the good news of the Gospel message. He came to empower His people to invade a heathen world with the truth.
Christ’s mission was not to overthrow the Gentiles through physical might and power but win them through the love of God and the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ. It was not His aim to set up a physical kingdom and rule over the subjugated nations with a rod of iron (as Premils think). It was to invite them to experience a joy unspeakable and full of glory, a peace that passes all understanding and everlasting righteousness through entering a spiritual kingdom which He rules over in the hearts of His people. This would be a willing rule of spiritual submission of God's elect, not a forced sham as we see in the Premil scheme, that ends in a shambles.
He came to set men free. He came to live the life they could never live, take their awful guilt upon Himself, be punished on their behalf, bestow forgiveness and liberate them from their hopeless state.
He came to deliver men from their awful condemned state. He came to bring hope. He came to shine a bright light. He came to banish the spiritual bondage, darkness, blindness, and heal the broken-hearted. He came to break prison bars, smash prison chains and open prison doors.
This is what the kingdom God looks like. It is already here. It has reached the uttermost parts of the earth (as Jesus said). It will come in all it's final and majestic glory to a new regenerate earth that is liberated from all the bondage of corruption at the second coming. Then, there will be no more sin or sinners, dying and crying, Satan, and his minions rebellion and war, decay and disease, sorrow and separation.
The problem that Premils make today is the same one the Pharisees made 2000 years ago, they have a misconception of the kingdom of God and therefore the heart of God to save.
They fail to see that the old covenant has been abolished forever, that the final sacrifice for sin has been made and the temple has been long built, and will last forever.
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