Class 1 from this series was used in GCT Episode 355.<\/p>\n
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\nintroductory reading from First
\nCorinthians 15 verses 45 to 58, <\/p>\n
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\nRather Luke the First
\nCorinthians chapter 15, starting<\/p>\n
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\nat verse 45.
\nAnd so it is written, the first <\/p>\n
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\nman, Adam.
\nAdam was made a living soul. <\/p>\n
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\nThe last Adam was made a
\nquickening spirit. <\/p>\n
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\nHowbeit that was not first which
\nis spiritual, but that which is <\/p>\n
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\nnatural, and afterward that
\nwhich is spiritual. <\/p>\n
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\nThe first man is of the earth
\nearthy. <\/p>\n
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\nThe second man is the Lord from
\nheaven, as is the earthy. <\/p>\n
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\nSuch are they also that are
\nearthy, and as is the heavenly, <\/p>\n
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\nsuch are they also that are
\nheavenly. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd as we have borne the image
\nof the earthy, we shall also <\/p>\n
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\nbear the image of the heavenly.
\nNow this I say, brethren, that <\/p>\n
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\nflesh and blood cannot inherit
\nthe Kingdom of God, neither does<\/p>\n
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\ncorruption inherit incorruption.
\nBehold, I show you a mystery. <\/p>\n
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\nWe shall not all sleep, but we
\nshall all be changed in a <\/p>\n
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\nmoment, in the twinkling of an
\neye, at the last trump. <\/p>\n
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\nFor the trumpet shall sound, and
\nthe dead shall be raised <\/p>\n
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\nincorruptible, and we shall be
\nchanged. <\/p>\n
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\nFor this corruptible must put on
\nincorruption, and this mortal <\/p>\n
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\nmust put on immortality.
\nSo when this corruptible shall <\/p>\n
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\nhave put on incorruption, and
\nthis mortal shall have put on <\/p>\n
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\nimmortality, then shall be
\nbrought to pass the saying that <\/p>\n
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\nis written, Death is swallowed
\nup in victory. <\/p>\n
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\nO death, where is thy sting?
\nO grave, where is thy victory? <\/p>\n
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\nThe sting of death is sin, and
\nthe strength of sin is the law. <\/p>\n
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\nBut thanks be to God which
\ngiveth us the victory through <\/p>\n
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\nour Lord Jesus Christ.
\nTherefore, my beloved brethren, <\/p>\n
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\nbe steadfast, unmovable, always
\nabounding in the work of the <\/p>\n
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\nLord.
\nFor as much as you know that <\/p>\n
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\nyour labour is not in vain in
\nthe Lord. <\/p>\n
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\nThanks, Brother Luke.
\nI know I’ll now invite our <\/p>\n
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\nbrother Ben to come forward and
\ngive us his final study to the <\/p>\n
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\ntitle.
\nThanks be to God which giveth us<\/p>\n
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\nthe victory.
\nThanks brother Colin. <\/p>\n
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\nIt would have given me a little
\nbit more time, wouldn’t it, <\/p>\n
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\nwhich which could be helpful.
\nBut thanks anyway that that is a<\/p>\n
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\na very helpful introduction.
\nSo good morning everyone and and<\/p>\n
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\nwelcome to our last study
\ntogether. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the book of of Corinthians
\nhas a startling relevant <\/p>\n
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\nrelevance for us living as the
\ngeneration upon whom the ends of<\/p>\n
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\nthe world are come.
\nAnother year has come and gone <\/p>\n
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\nand we are one year closer to
\nhis return. <\/p>\n
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\nWe have found that Paul has
\ntranscended the particular <\/p>\n
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\nissues of the Corinthian
\necclesia to show us that every <\/p>\n
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\ngeneration faces the same
\nstruggles, the same temptation <\/p>\n
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\nthat is common to men.
\nOur wisdom is nothing. <\/p>\n
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\nNo flesh can glory in His
\npresence. <\/p>\n
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\nWe become slaves.
\nWe are not our own. <\/p>\n
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\nWe are brought with a price.
\nBut then God is able to elevate <\/p>\n
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\nus up to Co labour with us and
\nto transform us so that we <\/p>\n
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\nbecome builders of His glory,
\nthe reflection of His character,<\/p>\n
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\nHis Majesty and His power, and
\nto shine that glory forth to <\/p>\n
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\nothers.
\nAnd we found that even <\/p>\n
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\ntranscending that work with us
\nas individuals is the work of <\/p>\n
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\ngathering us as individuals
\ntogether into the powerful unity<\/p>\n
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\nof an ecclesial body that is
\nunited in the same mind, that <\/p>\n
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\nthinks the same way, but that
\nsomehow does so with the power <\/p>\n
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\nof diversity as each of us
\nbrings our selfless capability <\/p>\n
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\nto the working of the ecclesial
\nbody. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a body where every member
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\nand to build up in true agape
\nlove because every action is <\/p>\n
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\ntaken in selfless care for that
\necclesial body continually. <\/p>\n
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\nThrough this book, Paul tells us
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\nCorinthians are struggling with
\nis a change in perspective that <\/p>\n
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\nsays it’s it’s not about me and
\nwhat I can justify for myself, <\/p>\n
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\nbut it’s a transformation to a
\nlife that is lived for the sake <\/p>\n
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\nof the Father that is there to
\nshow forth the glory of the <\/p>\n
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\nFather.
\nAnd now in our final study <\/p>\n
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\ntogether, we are drawn to an
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\nelevates us to the power of the
\nresurrection. <\/p>\n
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\nBut we shall find that so many
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\nprinciples that Paul has
\nestablished are now pulled <\/p>\n
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\ntogether in this beautiful
\nconcept of the power of <\/p>\n
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\nresurrection.
\nIt is remarkable that once again<\/p>\n
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\nPaul is having to deal here with
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\nThe Corinthian brethren, or some
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\nBut then having done this, he <\/p>\n
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\nthe principles that are
\nunderlying this, and transforms <\/p>\n
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\ntheir understanding.
\nSo what is First Corinthians 15 <\/p>\n
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\nall about then?
\nIf I was to ask you what is this<\/p>\n
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\nchapter, we’d say it’s the well
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\nisn’t it?
\nIt’s the chapter of <\/p>\n
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\nresurrection.
\nWell, yes, it is, but not quite.<\/p>\n
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\nIt’s actually a little bit more.
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\nof being raised, of life come up
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\nBut you may be surprised to find
\nthat to the same extent the <\/p>\n
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\nSo it is actually not just a
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\nAnd this principle pours through<\/p>\n
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\nresurrection and some of the
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\nshouts of all of Scripture, the
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\nthe chapter.
\nAnd so we pick up the story in <\/p>\n
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\nFirst Corinthians 15 and in
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\nI delivered unto you, first of
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\nScriptures, that he was buried,
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\nday according to the Scriptures.
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\nHe’s telling us that the
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\nonly occur because he had first
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\nBefore the new man could live in
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\nIs is the point here.
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\nIf you take your minds back to <\/p>\n
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\nour first talk that we had
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\nat the commencement of the book,
\nbefore he did anything else, he <\/p>\n
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\nfocused our attention upon the
\nwork and the the requirement <\/p>\n
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\nThe fact that Christ is the
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\nlife in the truth.
\nAnd so here at the end of the <\/p>\n
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\nbook, he returns to these very
\nsame concepts he commenced with.<\/p>\n
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\nThis is about God’s work in the
\nLord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nOur salvation, our hope, our
\nresurrection is through the Lord<\/p>\n
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\nJesus Christ.
\nAnd can you see that emphasis <\/p>\n
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\nthat just comes out of these
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\nIt’s his death 1st and then his
\nresurrection. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s an interesting quote
\nhere in in Romans 5 and verse <\/p>\n
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\n10, which picks up this concept
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\nthe the two elements that Paul
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\nRomans 5 and verse 10.
\nIf when we were enemies we were <\/p>\n
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\nreconciled to God by the death
\nof his Son, much more being <\/p>\n
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\nreconciled, we shall be saved by
\nhis life. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd and Paul shows in Romans
\nthat there are two distinct <\/p>\n
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\nphases to the to the work of
\nChrist in his death and <\/p>\n
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\nresurrection.
\nIn his death we were reconciled <\/p>\n
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\nto God.
\nIn his death our sins are <\/p>\n
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\nforgiven.
\nIn his death the flesh is <\/p>\n
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\noverthrown.
\nSo death has occurred, the flesh<\/p>\n
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\nhas died and our sins are
\nforgiven. <\/p>\n
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\nWe are reconciled to God, but
\nmuch more being reconciled. <\/p>\n
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\nWe are saved by his life.
\nAnd it’s the power of the <\/p>\n
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\nresurrection that then gives us
\nthe hope of life. <\/p>\n
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\nHe says in in Romans 5 here, and
\nit’s exactly this concept that <\/p>\n
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\nthe apostle is talking about
\nhere in First Corinthians as <\/p>\n
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\nwell.
\nWe die with Christ, our flesh is<\/p>\n
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\ndestroyed, the old man is put to
\ndeath, but we are, we are saved,<\/p>\n
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\nwe gain the hope of salvation
\nand of immortal life through the<\/p>\n
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\nresurrection of Christ.
\nSo then in verse 5 through to <\/p>\n
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\nverse 9 in a section that is
\nperhaps a little sad, Paul needs<\/p>\n
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\nto go back and to re emphasize
\nto the brethren in Corinth that <\/p>\n
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\nthere were many eyewitnesses who
\nwere evident who had evidence of<\/p>\n
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\nthe resurrection of Christ.
\nVerse 5. <\/p>\n
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\nSo verse 4IN context, he rose
\nagain the third day according to<\/p>\n
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\nthe Scriptures, that he was seen
\nof Cephas. <\/p>\n
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\nThen of the 12 After that he was
\nseen of above 500 brethren at <\/p>\n
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\nonce, of whom the greater part
\nremain unto this present, but <\/p>\n
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\nsome have fallen asleep.
\nAfter that he was seen of James,<\/p>\n
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\nthen of all the apostles.
\nAnd last of all, he was seen of <\/p>\n
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\nme also as one born out of due
\ntime. <\/p>\n
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\nSo here were all these
\neyewitnesses who had personally <\/p>\n
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\nseen the risen Lord themselves.
\nThey had seen the power of the <\/p>\n
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\nrisen Lord.
\nNow for us, some 2000 years <\/p>\n
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\nlater, it has a little bit of
\npower, doesn’t it? <\/p>\n
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\nYes, there were some
\neyewitnesses who had actually <\/p>\n
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\nnothing to me. <\/p>\n
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\nand is nothing. <\/p>\n
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\nEverything he accomplished was
\nto lead from this life of <\/p>\n
339
\n00:20:22,960 –> 00:20:27,960
\nmortality to the glory of
\nimmortality in the future, to <\/p>\n
340
\n00:20:27,960 –> 00:20:30,800
\ntransfer from this life to the
\nnext. <\/p>\n
341
\n00:20:33,640 –> 00:20:39,080
\nVerse 20 But now is Christ risen
\nfrom the dead, and become the <\/p>\n
342
\n00:20:39,080 –> 00:20:43,480
\nfirst fruits of them that sleep.
\nAnd here is Paul’s uttest sense <\/p>\n
343
\n00:20:43,480 –> 00:20:46,920
\nof conviction.
\nChrist is risen from the dead. <\/p>\n
344
\n00:20:46,920 –> 00:20:49,680
\nI’m convinced of that.
\nHe says I’m an eyewitness of of <\/p>\n
345
\n00:20:49,680 –> 00:20:52,760
\nit as one born out of due time.
\nAnd it’s caused me to transform <\/p>\n
346
\n00:20:52,760 –> 00:20:56,160
\nmy life so that this life is
\nnothing and my focus is on the <\/p>\n
347
\n00:20:56,160 –> 00:20:59,360
\nfuture.
\nHe is risen and not just that he<\/p>\n
348
\n00:20:59,360 –> 00:21:01,800
\nhas risen, but he’s become the
\nfirst fruits of them, that <\/p>\n
349
\n00:21:01,800 –> 00:21:04,760
\nsleep.
\nHe’s the first of many, the <\/p>\n
350
\n00:21:04,760 –> 00:21:07,920
\nforerunner who has entered into
\nthe holy place, the first fruits<\/p>\n
351
\n00:21:07,920 –> 00:21:12,840
\nthat promise a future harvest,
\nthe certainty for us as it was <\/p>\n
352
\n00:21:12,840 –> 00:21:16,720
\nfor him that as Christ was
\nraised from the dead, so we can <\/p>\n
353
\n00:21:16,720 –> 00:21:19,800
\nbe raised also.
\nThere is a a real sense of <\/p>\n
354
\n00:21:19,800 –> 00:21:21,320
\ntriumph in those words from
\nPaul, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
355
\n00:21:21,560 –> 00:21:25,920
\nNow Christ?
\nNow is Christ risen and become <\/p>\n
356
\n00:21:25,920 –> 00:21:32,400
\nthe first fruits from the dead.
\nVerse 21 this the sense of <\/p>\n
357
\n00:21:32,400 –> 00:21:36,000
\ntriumph.
\nFor since by man came death, by <\/p>\n
358
\n00:21:36,000 –> 00:21:38,960
\nman came also the resurrection
\nof the dead. <\/p>\n
359
\n00:21:39,560 –> 00:21:44,000
\nFor as in Adam all die, Even so
\nin Christ shall all be made <\/p>\n
360
\n00:21:44,240 –> 00:21:46,680
\nalive.
\nBy man came death. <\/p>\n
361
\n00:21:47,040 –> 00:21:52,840
\nAll in Adam die, but in Christ
\nwould all be made alive. <\/p>\n
362
\n00:21:53,920 –> 00:21:59,400
\nLet’s just note in passing in
\nverse 21, the fact that in Adam <\/p>\n
363
\n00:22:00,320 –> 00:22:04,440
\nall would die.
\nIt can be a difficult concept <\/p>\n
364
\n00:22:04,440 –> 00:22:07,040
\nfor for I know as a young person
\nI used to struggle with this <\/p>\n
365
\n00:22:07,040 –> 00:22:08,920
\nconcept of well, Adam and Eve
\nhave sinned. <\/p>\n
366
\n00:22:08,920 –> 00:22:10,880
\nSo to what extent does that
\nimpact me? <\/p>\n
367
\n00:22:11,720 –> 00:22:15,400
\nAnd it’s clear, isn’t it?
\nThey are our father and our <\/p>\n
368
\n00:22:15,400 –> 00:22:17,720
\nmother.
\nWe are born in them. <\/p>\n
369
\n00:22:18,560 –> 00:22:22,240
\nWe have become like them.
\nWe bear the same body that they <\/p>\n
370
\n00:22:22,240 –> 00:22:27,000
\nhad after sin.
\nAnd so when we are born, we die <\/p>\n
371
\n00:22:27,000 –> 00:22:28,920
\nalso.
\nIt’s a fundamental principle <\/p>\n
372
\n00:22:28,920 –> 00:22:32,640
\nthat an Adam all die and and
\nit’s been challenged today, <\/p>\n
373
\n00:22:32,640 –> 00:22:35,280
\nisn’t it, as we’ve seen so often
\nthrough this school. <\/p>\n
374
\n00:22:36,600 –> 00:22:40,360
\nSo in verse 22, just see the
\ncontrast here as an Adam all <\/p>\n
375
\n00:22:40,360 –> 00:22:43,440
\ndie, Even so in Christ shall all
\nbe made alive. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:22:45,360 –> 00:22:49,960
\nThere’s one who begets death.
\nIt’s life that can only end in <\/p>\n
377
\n00:22:49,960 –> 00:22:52,360
\ndeath.
\nAnd on the other hand, there’s <\/p>\n
378
\n00:22:52,360 –> 00:22:55,560
\nthe anointed one who’s able to
\nbigot us unto life itself. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:22:56,200 –> 00:22:59,440
\nAnd so here again is this theme
\nof of life and of death or death<\/p>\n
380
\n00:22:59,440 –> 00:23:02,440
\nand of life that becomes this
\ntheme that just flows through <\/p>\n
381
\n00:23:02,440 –> 00:23:12,850
\nthis chapter.
\nWhat about this concept that all<\/p>\n
382
\n00:23:12,850 –> 00:23:16,490
\nare made alive as an atom all
\ndie, Even so in Christ shall all<\/p>\n
383
\n00:23:16,490 –> 00:23:20,010
\nbe made alive.
\nThe chapter talks quite <\/p>\n
384
\n00:23:20,010 –> 00:23:23,410
\nemphatically of of all the all
\nwho are being made alive. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:23:24,490 –> 00:23:27,490
\nAnd if read at a cursory level,
\nit can suggest, can’t it, this <\/p>\n
386
\n00:23:27,490 –> 00:23:29,650
\nidea of a, of a universal
\nsalvation. <\/p>\n
387
\n00:23:29,650 –> 00:23:34,090
\nBut remember that this chapter
\nis focused upon the salvation of<\/p>\n
388
\n00:23:34,090 –> 00:23:36,920
\nthe Saints.
\nThis chapter is focused on the <\/p>\n
389
\n00:23:36,920 –> 00:23:41,320
\ninevitable and and coming
\ntriumph of those who are God’s <\/p>\n
390
\n00:23:41,320 –> 00:23:43,360
\npeople.
\nIt’s the salvation, the <\/p>\n
391
\n00:23:43,360 –> 00:23:47,520
\nresurrection to eternal life of
\nthose who are God’s people. <\/p>\n
392
\n00:23:48,320 –> 00:23:51,600
\nAnd so when he says that all in
\nChrist shall be made in Christ <\/p>\n
393
\n00:23:51,760 –> 00:23:54,400
\nshall all be made alive, he’s
\ntalking of those who are in <\/p>\n
394
\n00:23:54,400 –> 00:23:58,920
\nChrist who have put on Christ,
\nwho have become part of Christ <\/p>\n
395
\n00:23:59,240 –> 00:24:02,800
\nand who have become the true
\nbody of Christ who are made <\/p>\n
396
\n00:24:02,800 –> 00:24:10,400
\nalive.
\nVerse 23 Every man in his own <\/p>\n
397
\n00:24:10,400 –> 00:24:15,600
\norder, Christ the first fruits
\nafterward they that are his <\/p>\n
398
\n00:24:15,960 –> 00:24:19,320
\nChrist at his coming, and then
\ncometh the end, when she he <\/p>\n
399
\n00:24:19,320 –> 00:24:22,000
\nshall have delivered up the
\nKingdom to God, even the Father.<\/p>\n
400
\n00:24:22,920 –> 00:24:24,960
\nSo he’s telling us here that
\nthere is an order of <\/p>\n
401
\n00:24:24,960 –> 00:24:29,160
\nresurrection, isn’t there?
\nClearly the first is, is Christ.<\/p>\n
402
\n00:24:29,680 –> 00:24:32,000
\nI’ve said here there are there
\nare three resurrections. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:24:32,000 –> 00:24:34,960
\nWhat are they?
\nWell, the first is Christ as the<\/p>\n
404
\n00:24:34,960 –> 00:24:36,400
\nfirst fruits.
\nYou probably can’t see the <\/p>\n
405
\n00:24:36,400 –> 00:24:38,800
\ndetail of it.
\nThe point of that is just as <\/p>\n
406
\n00:24:38,800 –> 00:24:41,680
\nfirst fruits, what’s what’s the
\npoint of the first fruits? <\/p>\n
407
\n00:24:42,000 –> 00:24:45,280
\nThe point of the first fruits is
\nthat there is a promise of more <\/p>\n
408
\n00:24:45,280 –> 00:24:49,640
\nharvest to come that the first
\nfruits are risen as it were, or <\/p>\n
409
\n00:24:49,640 –> 00:24:53,440
\nthe earnest of of the whole
\nharvest that was to come. <\/p>\n
410
\n00:24:53,960 –> 00:24:56,920
\nAnd so in that very real way,
\nChrist is there as the first <\/p>\n
411
\n00:24:56,920 –> 00:24:58,840
\nfruits.
\nHe’s the first fruits provided, <\/p>\n
412
\n00:24:59,240 –> 00:25:02,320
\nbut it’s the evidence of the
\nfact that there were more fruit <\/p>\n
413
\n00:25:02,320 –> 00:25:04,360
\nto come.
\nThere was more fruit to come, a <\/p>\n
414
\n00:25:04,360 –> 00:25:07,640
\ngreater harvest that would
\ninevitably flow through the <\/p>\n
415
\n00:25:07,640 –> 00:25:10,960
\nprocess of time.
\nSo what are these three <\/p>\n
416
\n00:25:10,960 –> 00:25:14,080
\nresurrections?
\nWell, the first is the Lord <\/p>\n
417
\n00:25:14,080 –> 00:25:16,600
\nJesus Christ himself, Christ as
\nthe firstfruits. <\/p>\n
418
\n00:25:16,600 –> 00:25:19,520
\nHe’s the evidence of the of the
\nresurrection and the fact that <\/p>\n
419
\n00:25:19,520 –> 00:25:22,800
\nwe have the hope of resurrection
\nourself afterward. <\/p>\n
420
\n00:25:22,960 –> 00:25:24,920
\nThey that are Christ’s at his
\ncoming. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:25:25,480 –> 00:25:28,800
\nSo that’s turning talking about
\nthe return of Christ back to the<\/p>\n
422
\n00:25:28,800 –> 00:25:32,080
\nearth.
\nAnd that’s the hope that we <\/p>\n
423
\n00:25:32,080 –> 00:25:34,800
\nhave, isn’t it?
\nThat’s the hope of resurrection <\/p>\n
424
\n00:25:34,800 –> 00:25:38,800
\nthat we long for, when Christ
\nwill return to the earth and <\/p>\n
425
\n00:25:38,800 –> 00:25:42,560
\nhaving returned will raise us
\nfrom the dead and following <\/p>\n
426
\n00:25:42,560 –> 00:25:45,920
\njudgment will make us immortal.
\nThat’s the resurrection for us <\/p>\n
427
\n00:25:45,920 –> 00:25:48,880
\nand our hope.
\nSo what’s this third one that I <\/p>\n
428
\n00:25:48,880 –> 00:25:51,560
\ntalk about?
\nWell, I believe it’s actually <\/p>\n
429
\n00:25:51,560 –> 00:25:55,080
\nthis one in verse 24.
\nThen cometh the end or you can <\/p>\n
430
\n00:25:55,080 –> 00:25:57,320
\nsee the word cometh in italics
\nthere. <\/p>\n
431
\n00:25:57,800 –> 00:26:00,760
\nThen the end.
\nSo the resurrections he talk <\/p>\n
432
\n00:26:00,760 –> 00:26:04,520
\nabout he talks about is Christ
\nthe firstfruits afterward they <\/p>\n
433
\n00:26:04,520 –> 00:26:08,880
\nthat are Christ’s at his coming
\nand then the end as he says, <\/p>\n
434
\n00:26:08,880 –> 00:26:11,640
\nwhen he shall have delivered up
\nthe Kingdom to God, even the <\/p>\n
435
\n00:26:11,640 –> 00:26:14,840
\nFather.
\nAnd in that third resurrection <\/p>\n
436
\n00:26:14,840 –> 00:26:17,640
\nis talking about the end of the
\nthousand year period of the <\/p>\n
437
\n00:26:17,640 –> 00:26:20,600
\nmillennial reign.
\nIt’s the end of the thousand <\/p>\n
438
\n00:26:20,600 –> 00:26:24,480
\nyears when we know there is the
\nwhat is called the second <\/p>\n
439
\n00:26:24,480 –> 00:26:29,240
\nresurrection in in in
\nRevelation, second death. <\/p>\n
440
\n00:26:30,920 –> 00:26:35,840
\nSo so then cometh the end is
\ntalking of the of the work of <\/p>\n
441
\n00:26:35,840 –> 00:26:38,560
\nresurrection at the end of the
\nthousand year period. <\/p>\n
442
\n00:26:39,800 –> 00:26:41,560
\nSo there are three
\nresurrections. <\/p>\n
443
\n00:26:41,800 –> 00:26:45,760
\nThis Christ who becomes the
\nabsolute assurance and evidence <\/p>\n
444
\n00:26:45,760 –> 00:26:47,880
\nto us of the of our
\nresurrection. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:26:48,760 –> 00:26:52,880
\nThere was our resurrection who
\nare who have lived and died <\/p>\n
446
\n00:26:54,280 –> 00:26:59,400
\nbefore his coming, and then
\nthere is the final resurrection <\/p>\n
447
\n00:26:59,400 –> 00:27:01,440
\nat the end of the thousand year
\nperiod. <\/p>\n
448
\n00:27:06,160 –> 00:27:09,480
\nSo let’s just read verse 24
\nthrough to verse 26 again. <\/p>\n
449
\n00:27:09,480 –> 00:27:12,560
\nWith this in mind, let’s just
\nsee what the focus of the <\/p>\n
450
\n00:27:12,560 –> 00:27:15,600
\napostle here is.
\nThen cometh the end. <\/p>\n
451
\n00:27:15,600 –> 00:27:18,720
\nThis is the end of the thousand
\nyear reign, the end of the <\/p>\n
452
\n00:27:18,720 –> 00:27:21,960
\nMillennium, when he shall have
\ndelivered up the Kingdom to God,<\/p>\n
453
\n00:27:21,960 –> 00:27:24,920
\neven the Father, when he shall
\nhave put down all rule and all <\/p>\n
454
\n00:27:24,920 –> 00:27:27,840
\nauthority and power, for He must
\nreign till he hath put all <\/p>\n
455
\n00:27:27,840 –> 00:27:31,200
\nenemies under his feet.
\nThe last enemy that shall be <\/p>\n
456
\n00:27:31,200 –> 00:27:37,000
\ndestroyed is death.
\nIt highlights a very important <\/p>\n
457
\n00:27:37,000 –> 00:27:43,880
\ncomponent of God’s work.
\nChrist died for our sins. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:27:44,960 –> 00:27:49,800
\nHe was raised for our salvation.
\nThat opens the salvation for the<\/p>\n
459
\n00:27:49,800 –> 00:27:54,800
\nSaints who are resurrected,
\njudged and made immortal. <\/p>\n
460
\n00:27:56,040 –> 00:27:59,360
\nAnd those Saints then assist in
\nthe explosion of God’s knowledge<\/p>\n
461
\n00:27:59,360 –> 00:28:04,720
\nto the entire earth in the 1000
\nyears of the Kingdom, who go <\/p>\n
462
\n00:28:04,720 –> 00:28:09,840
\nthrough their own process of
\nprobation, death, resurrection, <\/p>\n
463
\n00:28:10,520 –> 00:28:13,360
\njudgement, and immortality.
\nCan you see this concept here <\/p>\n
464
\n00:28:13,360 –> 00:28:15,160
\nthat’s coming out?
\nEven in this idea of the <\/p>\n
465
\n00:28:15,160 –> 00:28:18,640
\nresurrection is the concept of
\nthe building of God’s glory. <\/p>\n
466
\n00:28:19,960 –> 00:28:23,680
\nIt’s a work that’s begun in
\nChrist, has been worked in the <\/p>\n
467
\n00:28:23,680 –> 00:28:27,040
\nSaints down through time until
\nhe returns back to the earth. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:28:27,880 –> 00:28:32,880
\nAnd He will take us and reflect
\nin US the fullness of His glory <\/p>\n
469
\n00:28:32,880 –> 00:28:38,360
\nin immortality, and then use us
\nto transform the earth in the <\/p>\n
470
\n00:28:38,360 –> 00:28:44,000
\n1000 years of the Kingdom, until
\nthe entire earth itself has come<\/p>\n
471
\n00:28:44,000 –> 00:28:48,960
\nto know and love the Father.
\nAll that is left upon the earth <\/p>\n
472
\n00:28:49,680 –> 00:28:53,280
\nare people who have gone through
\nthe process of death, who are <\/p>\n
473
\n00:28:53,280 –> 00:28:58,680
\nnow immortal, who understand the
\nFather completely, and in whom <\/p>\n
474
\n00:28:58,680 –> 00:29:01,880
\nthe Father’s glory shines and
\nHis work is completed. <\/p>\n
475
\n00:29:03,440 –> 00:29:07,560
\nThe interesting thing is that
\nthis focus here in Corinthians <\/p>\n
476
\n00:29:07,560 –> 00:29:11,920
\nis quite a different focus often
\nto what we bring to the process <\/p>\n
477
\n00:29:11,920 –> 00:29:16,560
\nof resurrection.
\nHere’s a a little section out of<\/p>\n
478
\n00:29:16,680 –> 00:29:18,400
\nChristian demonstrate from
\nBrother Roberts. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:29:19,640 –> 00:29:24,240
\nIt will thus be seen that the
\nKingdom of the 1000 years is but<\/p>\n
480
\n00:29:24,240 –> 00:29:27,480
\na transitional period between
\nthe purely animal and purely <\/p>\n
481
\n00:29:27,480 –> 00:29:29,800
\nspiritual ages.
\nIt will blend the elements of <\/p>\n
482
\n00:29:29,800 –> 00:29:32,720
\nboth.
\nIt will exhibit the perfection <\/p>\n
483
\n00:29:32,720 –> 00:29:35,640
\nof the eternal ages in the Lord
\nJesus and the Saints who will be<\/p>\n
484
\n00:29:35,640 –> 00:29:39,480
\nimmortal and incorruptible, and
\nthe imperfection of the human <\/p>\n
485
\n00:29:39,480 –> 00:29:42,360
\nage and the mortal population
\nwho will constitute the subjects<\/p>\n
486
\n00:29:42,360 –> 00:29:44,960
\nof their rule.
\nSo what he’s saying is the 1000 <\/p>\n
487
\n00:29:44,960 –> 00:29:48,640
\nyear period is actually a
\nprocess of transition, that the <\/p>\n
488
\n00:29:48,640 –> 00:29:52,720
\nKingdom that we so often focus
\nupon is actually a transitional <\/p>\n
489
\n00:29:52,720 –> 00:29:56,280
\nperiod which transitions the
\nearth between the purely animal <\/p>\n
490
\n00:29:56,280 –> 00:30:00,600
\nperiod and the spiritual ages in
\nwhich there is only immortality <\/p>\n
491
\n00:30:00,800 –> 00:30:04,000
\nand spirit beings.
\nAnd therefore, he says, as part <\/p>\n
492
\n00:30:04,000 –> 00:30:06,440
\nof that transition, it blends
\nelements of both. <\/p>\n
493
\n00:30:06,840 –> 00:30:10,560
\nIt has both those who are
\nimmortal Saints with the Lord <\/p>\n
494
\n00:30:10,560 –> 00:30:15,480
\nJesus and are incorruptible, and
\nit has imperfect humans as we <\/p>\n
495
\n00:30:15,480 –> 00:30:18,920
\nare today who are the subjects
\nof our rule. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:30:20,200 –> 00:30:24,000
\nHe continues, both will coexist
\nfor 1000 years and will <\/p>\n
497
\n00:30:24,000 –> 00:30:26,840
\nconstitute a state of things as
\nsuperior to the present <\/p>\n
498
\n00:30:26,840 –> 00:30:30,240
\ndispensation as it will be
\ninferior to the glory ages <\/p>\n
499
\n00:30:30,240 –> 00:30:34,600
\nbeyond the Kingdom of God will
\nlead us by a bridge of 1000 <\/p>\n
500
\n00:30:34,600 –> 00:30:38,520
\nyears from the age of sin and
\ndeath defection to the age of <\/p>\n
501
\n00:30:38,520 –> 00:30:42,120
\nrestoration in the bosom of the
\ndeity in righteousness and life <\/p>\n
502
\n00:30:42,200 –> 00:30:45,920
\neternal.
\nWhat he’s saying is that the <\/p>\n
503
\n00:30:45,920 –> 00:30:50,040
\nthousand year period of the
\nKingdom will be so immensely <\/p>\n
504
\n00:30:50,040 –> 00:30:52,560
\nsuperior to what we know now.
\nAnd that’s what we focus on, <\/p>\n
505
\n00:30:52,560 –> 00:30:55,520
\nisn’t it, that we, we look at
\nthe vision of the Kingdom and, <\/p>\n
506
\n00:30:55,520 –> 00:30:57,760
\nand rightly so.
\nAnd we see the, the beauty and <\/p>\n
507
\n00:30:57,760 –> 00:31:00,760
\nthe power of the Kingdom and we
\nlong for the Kingdom to be here.<\/p>\n
508
\n00:31:01,680 –> 00:31:05,080
\nBut he says the superiority of
\nthe Kingdom to this life <\/p>\n
509
\n00:31:05,400 –> 00:31:09,840
\nactually is mirrored, he says,
\nby the superiority of the time <\/p>\n
510
\n00:31:09,840 –> 00:31:13,040
\nbeyond the 1000 years to the
\nKingdom itself. <\/p>\n
511
\n00:31:13,040 –> 00:31:16,800
\nCan you see that, that, that
\nthis transition time of 1000 <\/p>\n
512
\n00:31:16,800 –> 00:31:20,480
\nyears will be overwhelmed by the
\nsuperiority of what will happen <\/p>\n
513
\n00:31:20,480 –> 00:31:23,800
\nbeyond that time?
\nIt’s one that’s difficult to get<\/p>\n
514
\n00:31:23,800 –> 00:31:26,760
\nour mind around, isn’t it?
\nSo much of the vision of <\/p>\n
515
\n00:31:26,760 –> 00:31:30,880
\nimmortality is given to us in a
\npicture of the 1000 years. <\/p>\n
516
\n00:31:32,080 –> 00:31:35,000
\nAnd in fact, Paul says that when
\nhe was taken up into that time <\/p>\n
517
\n00:31:35,000 –> 00:31:38,200
\nbeyond the beyond the
\nMillennium, that there were <\/p>\n
518
\n00:31:38,200 –> 00:31:41,040
\nthings almost that he the too
\nwonderful to add, things which, <\/p>\n
519
\n00:31:41,040 –> 00:31:43,960
\nwhich were almost too difficult
\nfor us to get our mortal heads <\/p>\n
520
\n00:31:43,960 –> 00:31:47,520
\naround the power and the wonder
\nof what that time post the <\/p>\n
521
\n00:31:47,520 –> 00:31:52,080
\nMillennium will be like.
\nBut I think it’s important for <\/p>\n
522
\n00:31:52,080 –> 00:31:55,280
\nus to understand that from God’s
\nperspective, his focus is not <\/p>\n
523
\n00:31:55,280 –> 00:31:58,960
\njust on the return of Christ,
\nbut that that ushers in a <\/p>\n
524
\n00:31:58,960 –> 00:32:04,160
\ntransition period which leads us
\nor leads the entire earth in a <\/p>\n
525
\n00:32:04,160 –> 00:32:07,720
\nprocess which is not completed
\nuntil its transformation has <\/p>\n
526
\n00:32:07,720 –> 00:32:09,960
\nbeen finished at the end of the
\nthousand years. <\/p>\n
527
\n00:32:10,360 –> 00:32:14,080
\nGod’s focus is not just on the
\nestablishment of his Kingdom. <\/p>\n
528
\n00:32:15,240 –> 00:32:17,880
\nNow, of course, that is a
\nfundamental focus for us, isn’t <\/p>\n
529
\n00:32:17,880 –> 00:32:20,240
\nit?
\nBecause the question of whether <\/p>\n
530
\n00:32:20,240 –> 00:32:24,840
\nwe are accepted and made
\nimmortal without sin at that <\/p>\n
531
\n00:32:24,840 –> 00:32:28,360
\ntime will be answered at the
\nreturn of Christ, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
532
\n00:32:28,360 –> 00:32:31,360
\nFor us, the return of Christ
\nbecomes the focal point because <\/p>\n
533
\n00:32:31,360 –> 00:32:35,000
\nessentially that’s the time of
\nprobation which is ended and and<\/p>\n
534
\n00:32:35,040 –> 00:32:37,120
\nwe are either in or out of the
\nKingdom at that stage. <\/p>\n
535
\n00:32:37,120 –> 00:32:41,200
\nAnd therefore our focus says
\nthat’s our hope and we desire to<\/p>\n
536
\n00:32:41,200 –> 00:32:44,080
\nbe in the Kingdom.
\nBut from the Father’s <\/p>\n
537
\n00:32:44,080 –> 00:32:48,600
\nperspective and the sons work
\nwith Him, the focus is not <\/p>\n
538
\n00:32:48,880 –> 00:32:53,400
\nprimarily upon His coming, but
\nupon the way He transitions His <\/p>\n
539
\n00:32:53,400 –> 00:32:56,720
\nplan to fill the earth with
\npeople who understand Him. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:32:57,320 –> 00:33:00,840
\nHis work is not completed until
\nHe is all and in all. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:33:01,760 –> 00:33:06,040
\nAnd upon the earth every being
\nis a glorious immortal without <\/p>\n
542
\n00:33:06,040 –> 00:33:09,960
\nsin, who understands and loves
\nand follows their Father with <\/p>\n
543
\n00:33:09,960 –> 00:33:14,760
\nall their spirit being.
\nThe time beyond the Millennium <\/p>\n
544
\n00:33:15,800 –> 00:33:20,640
\nwill transcend the glory of the
\nKingdom as much as the Kingdom <\/p>\n
545
\n00:33:21,360 –> 00:33:23,360
\nwill transcend Thee these days
\nnow. <\/p>\n
546
\n00:33:26,280 –> 00:33:28,720
\nSo let’s just come back and have
\na wee read of this section <\/p>\n
547
\n00:33:28,720 –> 00:33:31,240
\nagain, because I think there’s
\nalso a little bit more that the <\/p>\n
548
\n00:33:31,240 –> 00:33:33,680
\napostle has for us in this
\nsection. <\/p>\n
549
\n00:33:35,920 –> 00:33:40,760
\nFrom verse 24, I’m going to read
\nthrough to verse 28. <\/p>\n
550
\n00:33:41,280 –> 00:33:43,280
\nThen cometh the end, when he
\nshall have delivered up the <\/p>\n
551
\n00:33:43,280 –> 00:33:45,880
\nKingdom to God, even the Father,
\nwhen he shall have put down all <\/p>\n
552
\n00:33:45,880 –> 00:33:49,000
\nrule, and all authority and
\npower, For he must reign till he<\/p>\n
553
\n00:33:49,000 –> 00:33:50,640
\nhath put all enemies under his
\nfeet. <\/p>\n
554
\n00:33:50,640 –> 00:33:53,040
\nThe last enemy that shall be
\ndestroyed is death, for he hath <\/p>\n
555
\n00:33:53,040 –> 00:33:55,960
\nput all things under his feet.
\nBut when he saith all things are<\/p>\n
556
\n00:33:55,960 –> 00:33:58,480
\nput under him, it is manifest
\nthat he is accepted which to put<\/p>\n
557
\n00:33:58,480 –> 00:34:00,600
\nall things under him.
\nAnd when all things shall be <\/p>\n
558
\n00:34:00,600 –> 00:34:04,000
\nsubdued unto him, then shall the
\nSon also himself be subject unto<\/p>\n
559
\n00:34:04,000 –> 00:34:06,360
\nhim that put all things under
\nhim, that God may be All in all.<\/p>\n
560
\n00:34:07,040 –> 00:34:09,159
\nOK, is that clear?
\nWe’ve got that all all nicely <\/p>\n
561
\n00:34:09,159 –> 00:34:10,960
\nsorted.
\nIt’s quite a tongue to us. <\/p>\n
562
\n00:34:10,960 –> 00:34:12,840
\nThere isn’t.
\nIt’s quite hard to get the head <\/p>\n
563
\n00:34:12,840 –> 00:34:15,639
\naround in terms of what the
\nApostle is saying here, So let’s<\/p>\n
564
\n00:34:15,639 –> 00:34:18,120
\njust take a moment to actually
\nunderstand the power of what the<\/p>\n
565
\n00:34:18,120 –> 00:34:22,360
\napostle’s talking about here.
\nIt’s talking about the role <\/p>\n
566
\n00:34:22,920 –> 00:34:27,560
\nworking together in tandem of
\nthe Father and the Son in the <\/p>\n
567
\n00:34:27,560 –> 00:34:30,719
\ntransition period of the 1000
\nyears of the Millennium. <\/p>\n
568
\n00:34:31,600 –> 00:34:36,040
\nThe way the Father and the Son
\nwork together in the transition <\/p>\n
569
\n00:34:36,040 –> 00:34:39,960
\nperiod to finally accomplish his
\npurpose at the end of the 1000 <\/p>\n
570
\n00:34:39,960 –> 00:34:43,800
\nyears, it becomes complex to
\nunderstand because the he and <\/p>\n
571
\n00:34:43,800 –> 00:34:47,400
\nhim and his actually mixes up
\nbetween the work of God and the <\/p>\n
572
\n00:34:47,400 –> 00:34:49,000
\nwork of Christ.
\nSo if you’ve got two different <\/p>\n
573
\n00:34:49,000 –> 00:34:51,280
\ncolour pencils, let’s just take
\na moment to go through this <\/p>\n
574
\n00:34:51,280 –> 00:34:57,000
\nverse 24 then cometh the end
\nwhen he that is the Son or <\/p>\n
575
\n00:34:57,040 –> 00:34:59,480
\nJesus.
\nSo obviously one colour for for <\/p>\n
576
\n00:34:59,720 –> 00:35:05,240
\nthe Son and one colour for God,
\nwhen he the Son shall have <\/p>\n
577
\n00:35:05,240 –> 00:35:10,680
\ndelivered up the Kingdom to God,
\neven the Father, when God shall <\/p>\n
578
\n00:35:10,680 –> 00:35:13,920
\nhave put down all rule and all
\nauthority and power. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:35:15,600 –> 00:35:18,160
\nSo I’ll I’ll be able to you,
\nyou’ll see the sense of that and<\/p>\n
580
\n00:35:18,160 –> 00:35:22,240
\nwhy I say that as we go through.
\nSo when the Son shall have <\/p>\n
581
\n00:35:22,240 –> 00:35:25,640
\ndelivered up the Kingdom to God,
\neven the Father, when God has <\/p>\n
582
\n00:35:25,640 –> 00:35:30,200
\nput down all rule and all
\nauthority and power for the Son,<\/p>\n
583
\n00:35:30,200 –> 00:35:35,760
\nverse 25 must reign till God
\nhath put all enemies under the <\/p>\n
584
\n00:35:35,760 –> 00:35:40,560
\nsun’s feet.
\nI’ll, I’ll give you evidence of <\/p>\n
585
\n00:35:40,560 –> 00:35:42,320
\nthat shortly, Just trust me in
\nthe meantime. <\/p>\n
586
\n00:35:43,720 –> 00:35:47,960
\nFor the sun must reign till God
\nhath put all enemies under the <\/p>\n
587
\n00:35:47,960 –> 00:35:50,840
\nsun’s feet.
\nThe last enemy that shall be <\/p>\n
588
\n00:35:50,840 –> 00:35:55,240
\ndestroyed is death.
\nFor God hath put all things <\/p>\n
589
\n00:35:55,240 –> 00:36:00,640
\nunder the sun’s feet.
\nBut when God saith all things <\/p>\n
590
\n00:36:00,640 –> 00:36:03,320
\nare put under him, you’ll see
\nthat’s in in italics. <\/p>\n
591
\n00:36:03,320 –> 00:36:06,520
\nBut nevertheless that is the
\nsun, when when God saith all <\/p>\n
592
\n00:36:06,520 –> 00:36:11,600
\nthings are put under the sun, it
\nis manifest that God is accepted<\/p>\n
593
\n00:36:12,120 –> 00:36:14,520
\nwhich did put all things under
\nthe sun. <\/p>\n
594
\n00:36:15,880 –> 00:36:20,720
\nAnd when all things shall be
\nsubdued unto the sun, then shall<\/p>\n
595
\n00:36:20,720 –> 00:36:27,800
\nthe sun also himself, as the
\nsun, be subject unto God that <\/p>\n
596
\n00:36:27,800 –> 00:36:32,720
\nput all things under the sun,
\nthat God may be all and in all. <\/p>\n
597
\n00:36:33,200 –> 00:36:34,720
\nHopefully, hopefully you got
\nthat. <\/p>\n
598
\n00:36:34,920 –> 00:36:37,080
\nI’ll just take you through that.
\nNow let’s just read through and <\/p>\n
599
\n00:36:37,080 –> 00:36:40,000
\nsee if we can really understand
\nthe sense of what’s coming out <\/p>\n
600
\n00:36:40,000 –> 00:36:42,000
\nto you.
\nThen cometh the end, when the <\/p>\n
601
\n00:36:42,000 –> 00:36:45,040
\nsun shall have delivered up the
\nKingdom to God, even the Father,<\/p>\n
602
\n00:36:45,760 –> 00:36:49,280
\nwhen God has completed His work
\nof putting down all rule and <\/p>\n
603
\n00:36:49,280 –> 00:36:52,800
\nauthority and power.
\nBecause the sun’s role is to <\/p>\n
604
\n00:36:52,800 –> 00:36:56,480
\nreign until God has put all
\nenemies under the sun’s feet. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:36:57,360 –> 00:37:01,320
\nThe last enemy that shall be
\ndestroyed is death, for God hath<\/p>\n
606
\n00:37:01,320 –> 00:37:04,200
\nput all things under his Son’s
\nfeet. <\/p>\n
607
\n00:37:05,440 –> 00:37:08,920
\nBut of course, when God says all
\nthings are put under the sun, <\/p>\n
608
\n00:37:09,160 –> 00:37:13,400
\nit’s obvious that God is
\naccepted who was the very one <\/p>\n
609
\n00:37:13,400 –> 00:37:15,160
\nwho put all things under the
\nsun. <\/p>\n
610
\n00:37:16,480 –> 00:37:20,800
\nAnd when all things shall be
\nsubdued unto the sun, then the <\/p>\n
611
\n00:37:20,800 –> 00:37:26,640
\nsun himself becomes subject to
\nGod, who put all things under <\/p>\n
612
\n00:37:26,640 –> 00:37:31,880
\nthe sun in the first place, so
\nthat God can be all and in all. <\/p>\n
613
\n00:37:35,080 –> 00:37:39,200
\nCan you see the concept that
\npours out of this, that even as <\/p>\n
614
\n00:37:39,200 –> 00:37:42,960
\nChrist reigns upon the earth for
\nthe 1000 years of the transition<\/p>\n
615
\n00:37:42,960 –> 00:37:48,480
\nprocess, it is still all God’s
\nwork? <\/p>\n
616
\n00:37:49,760 –> 00:37:53,400
\nEven when the sun is reigning as
\nthe King upon the earth, it is <\/p>\n
617
\n00:37:53,400 –> 00:37:57,200
\nGod who’s subduing the enemies
\nunder the feet of Christ. <\/p>\n
618
\n00:37:59,120 –> 00:38:01,040
\nSo now the evidence.
\nHow can I say that? <\/p>\n
619
\n00:38:01,040 –> 00:38:06,480
\nWell, let’s come back to Psalm
\n110, Psalm 110. <\/p>\n
620
\n00:38:08,480 –> 00:38:10,560
\nNow I am cheating slightly
\nbecause I don’t believe Psalm <\/p>\n
621
\n00:38:10,560 –> 00:38:14,480
\n110 is actually quoting directly
\nfrom or as where Paul is quoting<\/p>\n
622
\n00:38:14,480 –> 00:38:18,080
\ndirectly from.
\nHowever, I believe that Psalm <\/p>\n
623
\n00:38:18,080 –> 00:38:22,040
\n110 is quoting directly from the
\nsource that Paul himself is <\/p>\n
624
\n00:38:22,040 –> 00:38:24,280
\ndirectly quoting from.
\nIt’s the same source and the <\/p>\n
625
\n00:38:24,280 –> 00:38:26,400
\nsame ideas behind it.
\nAnd, and you’ll see that those <\/p>\n
626
\n00:38:26,400 –> 00:38:28,960
\nthese ideas just come right
\nthrough the Psalm. <\/p>\n
627
\n00:38:29,400 –> 00:38:30,960
\nAnd there are other connections
\nas well. <\/p>\n
628
\n00:38:32,280 –> 00:38:37,400
\nPsalm 110 and verse one.
\nYahweh said unto my Lord, sit <\/p>\n
629
\n00:38:37,400 –> 00:38:40,760
\nthere at my right hand until I
\nmake thine enemies thy <\/p>\n
630
\n00:38:40,760 –> 00:38:42,440
\nfootstool.
\nSo that’s the concept, isn’t it?<\/p>\n
631
\n00:38:42,440 –> 00:38:44,440
\nI’m putting all of the enemies
\nunder His feet. <\/p>\n
632
\n00:38:45,240 –> 00:38:49,440
\nYahweh shall send the rod of thy
\nstrength out of Zion, rule thou <\/p>\n
633
\n00:38:49,640 –> 00:38:55,680
\nin the midst of thine enemies.
\nSo Psalm 110 clearly tells us, <\/p>\n
634
\n00:38:55,680 –> 00:38:57,600
\ndoesn’t it, that this is God’s
\nwork? <\/p>\n
635
\n00:38:58,160 –> 00:39:00,400
\nIt is God’s work.
\nHe says to the Son, Sit at my <\/p>\n
636
\n00:39:00,400 –> 00:39:03,200
\nright hand until I make thine
\nenemies thy footstool. <\/p>\n
637
\n00:39:04,040 –> 00:39:07,040
\nYahweh shall send the rod of thy
\nstrength out of Zion, rule thou <\/p>\n
638
\n00:39:07,040 –> 00:39:11,440
\nin the midst of thine enemies.
\nHe’s saying the Father is saying<\/p>\n
639
\n00:39:11,440 –> 00:39:13,720
\nthat He’s doing the work,
\nalthough the sun is reigning. <\/p>\n
640
\n00:39:14,200 –> 00:39:17,640
\nIt’s the Father who brings
\nthings in subjection under his <\/p>\n
641
\n00:39:17,640 –> 00:39:21,480
\nfeet.
\nBut notice he says in Psalm 110 <\/p>\n
642
\n00:39:21,640 –> 00:39:24,800
\nthat he is to the sun is to sit
\nat my right hand until I make <\/p>\n
643
\n00:39:24,800 –> 00:39:28,440
\nthine enemies thy foot still.
\nAnd according to one Corinthians<\/p>\n
644
\n00:39:28,440 –> 00:39:31,440
\n15, that doesn’t happen until
\nthe end of the millennial reign,<\/p>\n
645
\n00:39:31,440 –> 00:39:33,080
\ndoes it?
\nUntil the end of the thousand <\/p>\n
646
\n00:39:33,080 –> 00:39:36,240
\nyears, because the last enemy
\nthat is destroyed is death <\/p>\n
647
\n00:39:36,240 –> 00:39:39,920
\nitself.
\nSo the Son is to remain at the <\/p>\n
648
\n00:39:39,920 –> 00:39:43,920
\nright hand of God until the end
\nof the the thousand year reign <\/p>\n
649
\n00:39:44,080 –> 00:39:46,600
\nwhen the last enemy itself was
\ndestroyed being death. <\/p>\n
650
\n00:39:46,600 –> 00:39:49,440
\nHow can that be?
\nHe’s in heaven now, isn’t he? <\/p>\n
651
\n00:39:49,440 –> 00:39:51,920
\nBut shortly he’s going to arise
\nfrom the right hand of the <\/p>\n
652
\n00:39:51,920 –> 00:39:53,520
\nFather and come back to the
\nearth. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:39:53,520 –> 00:39:57,200
\nHe’s going to leave his sight.
\nWell, the answer to the puzzle <\/p>\n
654
\n00:39:57,200 –> 00:40:00,560
\nis that even when he has left
\nhis side to physically return to<\/p>\n
655
\n00:40:00,560 –> 00:40:05,120
\nthe earth, he has not left the
\nright hand of the Father. <\/p>\n
656
\n00:40:06,360 –> 00:40:09,720
\nThe concept of the right hand of
\nthe Father is one of sitting in <\/p>\n
657
\n00:40:09,720 –> 00:40:13,440
\nauthority with the Father, of
\nsitting to rule with the <\/p>\n
658
\n00:40:13,440 –> 00:40:17,320
\nauthority of the King.
\nSo when the Lord Jesus Christ <\/p>\n
659
\n00:40:17,320 –> 00:40:20,800
\nleaves the physical presence of
\nhis Father and returns to the <\/p>\n
660
\n00:40:20,840 –> 00:40:24,440
\nearth, he is still sitting at
\nthe right hand of his Father in <\/p>\n
661
\n00:40:24,440 –> 00:40:26,960
\npower and great glory.
\nHe’s there with his Father’s <\/p>\n
662
\n00:40:26,960 –> 00:40:31,320
\nauthority and power until he has
\nfinally finished the work, the <\/p>\n
663
\n00:40:31,320 –> 00:40:35,760
\nFather’s work of bringing all
\nenemies in subjection underneath<\/p>\n
664
\n00:40:35,760 –> 00:40:38,240
\nthem.
\nIt’s that beautiful sense of the<\/p>\n
665
\n00:40:38,240 –> 00:40:42,520
\nLord Jesus Christ returning as
\nthe arm of his Father to <\/p>\n
666
\n00:40:42,680 –> 00:40:47,080
\ntogether accomplish this, the
\nsubjugation of all things of all<\/p>\n
667
\n00:40:47,080 –> 00:40:51,080
\nenemies, including sin and death
\nitself. <\/p>\n
668
\n00:40:53,160 –> 00:40:57,200
\nNow this stay here in Psalm 110,
\nbut I’ll just remind you of of <\/p>\n
669
\n00:40:57,200 –> 00:40:59,400
\nthe phrase here out of First
\nCorinthians 15. <\/p>\n
670
\n00:41:00,080 –> 00:41:05,040
\nHe says then cometh the end when
\nthe son has delivered up the <\/p>\n
671
\n00:41:05,040 –> 00:41:09,080
\nKingdom to God, even the Father,
\nwhen God has put down all rule <\/p>\n
672
\n00:41:09,080 –> 00:41:13,800
\nand all authority and all power.
\nSo the work of that thousand <\/p>\n
673
\n00:41:13,800 –> 00:41:17,080
\nyear reign is to put down all
\nrule and all authority and all <\/p>\n
674
\n00:41:17,080 –> 00:41:20,120
\npower.
\nIt’s interesting just to note <\/p>\n
675
\n00:41:20,280 –> 00:41:23,320
\nbriefly the the use of of these
\nthese words here. <\/p>\n
676
\n00:41:23,760 –> 00:41:25,480
\nThe idea of rule is the word
\narke. <\/p>\n
677
\n00:41:26,080 –> 00:41:30,440
\nIt’s the idea of commencement of
\nof the first or of a chief. <\/p>\n
678
\n00:41:32,080 –> 00:41:35,800
\nThe idea of authority is is the
\nidea of privilege or force or <\/p>\n
679
\n00:41:35,800 –> 00:41:39,520
\ncapacity.
\nAnd the idea of power is is also<\/p>\n
680
\n00:41:39,520 –> 00:41:42,760
\nthis idea of force or a
\nstrength, but specifically or <\/p>\n
681
\n00:41:42,760 –> 00:41:45,600
\noften used in relation to
\nmiraculous power. <\/p>\n
682
\n00:41:47,480 –> 00:41:52,240
\nNow have a look in Psalm 110 and
\nverse 5. <\/p>\n
683
\n00:41:53,760 –> 00:41:58,640
\nThe Lord at thy right hand.
\nSo the Lord Jesus Christ upon <\/p>\n
684
\n00:41:58,640 –> 00:42:03,920
\nthe earth, but still sitting at
\nGod’s right hand, shall strike <\/p>\n
685
\n00:42:03,920 –> 00:42:06,040
\nthrough kings in the day of his
\nwrath. <\/p>\n
686
\n00:42:06,680 –> 00:42:08,720
\nHe shall judge among the
\nheathen. <\/p>\n
687
\n00:42:09,400 –> 00:42:11,600
\nHe shall fill the places with
\nthe dead bodies. <\/p>\n
688
\n00:42:11,800 –> 00:42:13,960
\nHe shall wound the heads over
\nmany countries. <\/p>\n
689
\n00:42:13,960 –> 00:42:16,600
\nHe shall, he shall drink of the
\nbrook in the way, and therefore <\/p>\n
690
\n00:42:16,600 –> 00:42:18,760
\nshall he lift up the head.
\nThat’s exactly what the Lord’s <\/p>\n
691
\n00:42:18,760 –> 00:42:21,240
\ndoing, isn’t it?
\nHe’s putting down all rule and <\/p>\n
692
\n00:42:21,240 –> 00:42:25,680
\nall authority and all power.
\nHe’s the Lord at the right hand <\/p>\n
693
\n00:42:25,680 –> 00:42:28,760
\nwho’s striking through kings in
\nthe day of his wrath. <\/p>\n
694
\n00:42:28,960 –> 00:42:31,200
\nIt’s interesting actually to
\nnote verse 6. <\/p>\n
695
\n00:42:31,360 –> 00:42:34,480
\nHe judges among the nations, He
\nfills the places with the dead <\/p>\n
696
\n00:42:34,480 –> 00:42:37,080
\nbodies.
\nHe shall wound the Roche over <\/p>\n
697
\n00:42:37,080 –> 00:42:39,200
\nmany countries.
\nIt’s this idea of the head, <\/p>\n
698
\n00:42:39,200 –> 00:42:42,000
\nisn’t it, of the chief over many
\ncountries. <\/p>\n
699
\n00:42:42,720 –> 00:42:47,520
\nAnd so here he is.
\nHe’s putting down all rule, all <\/p>\n
700
\n00:42:47,520 –> 00:42:52,560
\nthe archae, the Roche, the chief
\nof the nations, and he’s taking <\/p>\n
701
\n00:42:52,560 –> 00:42:55,960
\naway the authority and power of
\nthe nations. <\/p>\n
702
\n00:42:55,960 –> 00:42:58,680
\nNow it’s just interesting to
\nnote in passing the connection <\/p>\n
703
\n00:42:58,680 –> 00:43:01,360
\nwith authority with a sense of
\nstrength and perhaps the <\/p>\n
704
\n00:43:01,360 –> 00:43:05,280
\nmilitary capacity and power with
\nthat of a miraculous or or <\/p>\n
705
\n00:43:05,280 –> 00:43:07,160
\npotentially spiritual component
\nto it. <\/p>\n
706
\n00:43:07,840 –> 00:43:10,960
\nI’ll leave you to to expand on
\nthose concepts. <\/p>\n
707
\n00:43:12,680 –> 00:43:18,680
\nSo Psalm 110 here is a perfect
\ncontext, not just of the work of<\/p>\n
708
\n00:43:18,680 –> 00:43:23,640
\nChrist, but of the work of the
\nSaints with Him in immortality. <\/p>\n
709
\n00:43:25,040 –> 00:43:26,280
\nIt talks.
\nVerse 3. <\/p>\n
710
\n00:43:26,280 –> 00:43:29,200
\nThy people shall be willing in
\nthe day of thy power, in the <\/p>\n
711
\n00:43:29,200 –> 00:43:31,840
\nbeauties of holiness, from the
\nwomb of the morning there hast <\/p>\n
712
\n00:43:31,840 –> 00:43:35,000
\nthe Jew of thy youth.
\nYahweh hath sworn and will not <\/p>\n
713
\n00:43:35,000 –> 00:43:37,160
\nrepent.
\nThou art a priest forever after <\/p>\n
714
\n00:43:37,160 –> 00:43:41,280
\nthe order of Melchizedek.
\nSo this is talking not just of <\/p>\n
715
\n00:43:41,280 –> 00:43:45,080
\nthe Melchizedek and high priest,
\nbut it’s talking of those who <\/p>\n
716
\n00:43:45,080 –> 00:43:48,600
\nare after His order, who are
\nalso after the power of an <\/p>\n
717
\n00:43:48,600 –> 00:43:53,560
\nendless life, who are kings and
\npriests going forth to work His <\/p>\n
718
\n00:43:53,560 –> 00:43:57,720
\nwork of striking through kings,
\nof overthrowing all rule and <\/p>\n
719
\n00:43:57,720 –> 00:44:02,080
\nauthority and power.
\nIt’s the picture of God working <\/p>\n
720
\n00:44:02,080 –> 00:44:07,560
\nthrough his Son to accomplish
\nthe subjection and subjugation <\/p>\n
721
\n00:44:07,560 –> 00:44:11,960
\nof all authority and power
\nagainst him and his rule. <\/p>\n
722
\n00:44:13,160 –> 00:44:17,120
\nAnd we are there, brothers and
\nsisters, as part of that work, <\/p>\n
723
\n00:44:18,720 –> 00:44:22,480
\nworking with the Lord to do the
\nFather’s work. <\/p>\n
724
\n00:44:26,280 –> 00:44:30,920
\nIt’s interesting to note that
\nthe use if we come back to First<\/p>\n
725
\n00:44:30,920 –> 00:44:34,120
\nCorinthians 15, it’s interesting
\nto note the use of this phrase <\/p>\n
726
\n00:44:34,120 –> 00:44:38,240
\nto put down all rule and all
\nauthority and and all power. <\/p>\n
727
\n00:44:48,040 –> 00:44:53,240
\nClearly we’re told in verse 25
\nand 26, he must reign till he <\/p>\n
728
\n00:44:53,240 –> 00:44:56,000
\nhath put all enemies under his
\nfeet and the last enemy that <\/p>\n
729
\n00:44:56,000 –> 00:45:01,120
\nshall be destroyed is death.
\nBut this concept of of the power<\/p>\n
730
\n00:45:01,120 –> 00:45:04,240
\nand also the concept of
\nauthority are also key themes <\/p>\n
731
\n00:45:04,680 –> 00:45:06,480
\nthat flow throughout the book of
\nCorinthians. <\/p>\n
732
\n00:45:06,480 –> 00:45:09,360
\nWe’re just going to focus just
\nbriefly on this concept of the <\/p>\n
733
\n00:45:09,360 –> 00:45:13,880
\npower, that phrase, the Greek
\nword phrase there comes up 15 <\/p>\n
734
\n00:45:13,880 –> 00:45:15,720
\ntimes in the book of
\nCorinthians. <\/p>\n
735
\n00:45:16,040 –> 00:45:20,400
\nI’ll give you 3 chapter 1 verse
\n18 unto us, which are saved. <\/p>\n
736
\n00:45:20,400 –> 00:45:25,680
\nIt is the power of God, chapter
\none, verse 24, Christ, the power<\/p>\n
737
\n00:45:25,680 –> 00:45:30,360
\nof God, chapter 2, verse five,
\nthat your faith should not stand<\/p>\n
738
\n00:45:30,360 –> 00:45:33,320
\nin the wisdom of men, but in the
\npower of God. <\/p>\n
739
\n00:45:34,000 –> 00:45:37,160
\nAnd so this theme of power in
\nthe particular Greek word there <\/p>\n
740
\n00:45:37,160 –> 00:45:39,800
\nfor power becomes a key theme
\nthroughout the book. <\/p>\n
741
\n00:45:40,040 –> 00:45:43,120
\nAnd it is nearly always, not
\nexclusively, but nearly always <\/p>\n
742
\n00:45:43,120 –> 00:45:46,600
\nused in the context of God’s
\npower to save. <\/p>\n
743
\n00:45:47,720 –> 00:45:51,880
\nBut what’s happening here in one
\nCorinthians 15 is that Christ as<\/p>\n
744
\n00:45:51,880 –> 00:45:55,680
\nthe ruler on behalf of God is
\nhaving to put put down another <\/p>\n
745
\n00:45:55,680 –> 00:45:59,000
\npower.
\nIt’s another power that is <\/p>\n
746
\n00:45:59,000 –> 00:46:01,920
\nchallenging God and his
\nauthority and his power. <\/p>\n
747
\n00:46:02,600 –> 00:46:07,320
\nSo here is Christ, here is God’s
\npower to save through his Son, <\/p>\n
748
\n00:46:08,520 –> 00:46:11,680
\nbut there is another power that
\nchallenges God’s ability to do <\/p>\n
749
\n00:46:11,680 –> 00:46:13,600
\nso.
\nAnd so the thousand year <\/p>\n
750
\n00:46:13,600 –> 00:46:17,840
\ntransition becomes this contest
\nin its in its fullness. <\/p>\n
751
\n00:46:18,000 –> 00:46:22,200
\nThe 1000 years is actually this
\ncontest against the power of God<\/p>\n
752
\n00:46:22,640 –> 00:46:25,720
\nversus the power of sin and of
\ndeath. <\/p>\n
753
\n00:46:26,080 –> 00:46:28,720
\nIt’s the power that is
\nchallenging God and His <\/p>\n
754
\n00:46:28,720 –> 00:46:32,520
\nauthority and His power.
\nHosea 3 and verse 1413 and verse<\/p>\n
755
\n00:46:32,520 –> 00:46:36,360
\n14.
\nExcuse me, I will ransom them <\/p>\n
756
\n00:46:36,360 –> 00:46:39,720
\nfrom the power of the grave.
\nI will redeem them from death. <\/p>\n
757
\n00:46:40,120 –> 00:46:43,880
\nO death, I will be thy plagues.
\nO grave, I will be thy <\/p>\n
758
\n00:46:43,880 –> 00:46:46,080
\ndestruction.
\nRepentance shall be hid from <\/p>\n
759
\n00:46:46,080 –> 00:46:48,160
\nmine eyes.
\nInterestingly, you may just note<\/p>\n
760
\n00:46:48,160 –> 00:46:52,840
\nthis what is a a echo into one
\nCorinthians 15 later on which we<\/p>\n
761
\n00:46:52,840 –> 00:46:55,480
\nwon’t have time to look at.
\nO death, I will be thy plagues, <\/p>\n
762
\n00:46:55,920 –> 00:46:57,640
\na grave I will be thy
\ndestruction. <\/p>\n
763
\n00:46:58,040 –> 00:47:01,120
\nBut the interesting thing there
\nis, he says, I will ransom them <\/p>\n
764
\n00:47:01,120 –> 00:47:05,760
\nfrom the power of the grave.
\nSo the grave is the thing that <\/p>\n
765
\n00:47:05,760 –> 00:47:09,600
\nhas power, isn’t it?
\nOr Hebrews 2 and verse 14. <\/p>\n
766
\n00:47:10,640 –> 00:47:13,280
\nFor as much then as the children
\nare partakers of flesh and <\/p>\n
767
\n00:47:13,280 –> 00:47:17,320
\nblood, He also himself likewise
\ntook part of the same that <\/p>\n
768
\n00:47:17,320 –> 00:47:20,880
\nthrough death He might destroy
\nhim that had the power of death,<\/p>\n
769
\n00:47:21,400 –> 00:47:25,280
\nthat is the devil, and deliver
\nthem who through fear of death <\/p>\n
770
\n00:47:25,880 –> 00:47:28,040
\nwere all their lifetime subject
\nto bondage. <\/p>\n
771
\n00:47:28,040 –> 00:47:31,600
\nSo the work of Christ was to
\ncome and to destroy him that had<\/p>\n
772
\n00:47:31,600 –> 00:47:37,160
\nthe power of death.
\nAnd that power is that because <\/p>\n
773
\n00:47:37,160 –> 00:47:43,000
\nof death in our mortality and
\nour fear of mortality, we, we <\/p>\n
774
\n00:47:43,000 –> 00:47:47,520
\nend up spending all of our life
\nsubject to bondage under the <\/p>\n
775
\n00:47:47,520 –> 00:47:50,640
\npower of death.
\nAnd so you can see the <\/p>\n
776
\n00:47:50,640 –> 00:47:52,440
\nimportance in, of this, of this
\nconcept. <\/p>\n
777
\n00:47:52,440 –> 00:47:55,040
\nHe’s put down all rule and all
\nauthority and power. <\/p>\n
778
\n00:47:55,320 –> 00:47:57,720
\nAnd it’s the sense, isn’t it,
\nfrom the beginning of the 1000 <\/p>\n
779
\n00:47:57,720 –> 00:48:00,840
\nyears that he commences this
\nwork of systematically working <\/p>\n
780
\n00:48:00,840 –> 00:48:04,000
\nthrough and putting down rule
\nand authority and power. <\/p>\n
781
\n00:48:04,200 –> 00:48:08,000
\nAll those who challenge God, all
\nthose who set themselves up as <\/p>\n
782
\n00:48:08,000 –> 00:48:13,200
\nanother form of, of authority or
\nrule or power are put down 1 by <\/p>\n
783
\n00:48:13,200 –> 00:48:15,560
\n1.
\nAnd the easy ones, in a way, are<\/p>\n
784
\n00:48:15,560 –> 00:48:17,640
\ndone first, aren’t they?
\nThe military power of <\/p>\n
785
\n00:48:17,640 –> 00:48:21,360
\nArmageddon, the overthrow of the
\nCatholic system and the whole <\/p>\n
786
\n00:48:21,360 –> 00:48:26,360
\nsense of of its antagonism
\nagainst God, but as he works <\/p>\n
787
\n00:48:26,360 –> 00:48:30,200
\nthrough the millennial period,
\nbecomes the most difficult <\/p>\n
788
\n00:48:30,200 –> 00:48:35,280
\npower, the most difficult enemy
\nthat has to be faced and <\/p>\n
789
\n00:48:35,280 –> 00:48:41,960
\novercome, because it is the
\npower of sin and death in the <\/p>\n
790
\n00:48:41,960 –> 00:48:46,920
\nmortal population.
\nIt’s the power of the grave, the<\/p>\n
791
\n00:48:46,920 –> 00:48:50,800
\npower of death.
\nAnd so there is this beautiful <\/p>\n
792
\n00:48:50,800 –> 00:48:53,040
\nsense here, isn’t there in verse
\n25. <\/p>\n
793
\n00:48:53,040 –> 00:48:56,680
\nHe must reign until he hath put
\nall enemies under his feet, and <\/p>\n
794
\n00:48:56,680 –> 00:49:02,920
\nthe last enemy that shall be
\ndestroyed is death, for he hath <\/p>\n
795
\n00:49:02,920 –> 00:49:06,880
\nput all things under his feet.
\nAnd so the work of the Father <\/p>\n
796
\n00:49:06,880 –> 00:49:10,640
\nand the Son together throughout
\nthat thousand year period is <\/p>\n
797
\n00:49:10,800 –> 00:49:13,840
\nbrought together in the end in
\nthis beautiful way where death <\/p>\n
798
\n00:49:14,080 –> 00:49:19,000
\nitself is destroyed.
\nThe power that is challenging <\/p>\n
799
\n00:49:19,000 –> 00:49:21,240
\nGod is destroyed and put under
\nhim. <\/p>\n
800
\n00:49:24,240 –> 00:49:27,440
\nSo verse 25, when he says he
\nmust reign till he hath put all <\/p>\n
801
\n00:49:27,440 –> 00:49:31,280
\nenemies under his feet, as I’ve
\nsaid, Psalm 110 is a reference <\/p>\n
802
\n00:49:31,280 –> 00:49:34,880
\nto that, but the quotation
\nitself actually comes from Psalm<\/p>\n
803
\n00:49:34,880 –> 00:49:36,840
\n8.
\nSo let’s come back to Psalm 8. <\/p>\n
804
\n00:49:57,320 –> 00:50:01,800
\nAnd we read in Psalm 18 and in
\nverse 6, Thou maidest him to <\/p>\n
805
\n00:50:01,800 –> 00:50:04,120
\nhave dominion.
\nThat’s the Lord over the works <\/p>\n
806
\n00:50:04,120 –> 00:50:07,440
\nof thy hands.
\nThere has put all things under <\/p>\n
807
\n00:50:07,440 –> 00:50:09,360
\nhis feet.
\nThere has put all under his <\/p>\n
808
\n00:50:09,360 –> 00:50:11,520
\nfeet.
\nSo this is the exact quotation <\/p>\n
809
\n00:50:11,520 –> 00:50:12,880
\nthat the apostle is quoting
\nhere. <\/p>\n
810
\n00:50:12,880 –> 00:50:15,000
\nHe’s put all things under his
\nfeet. <\/p>\n
811
\n00:50:16,840 –> 00:50:21,000
\nBut the interesting thing is
\nthat the apostle Paul uses this <\/p>\n
812
\n00:50:21,080 –> 00:50:25,880
\nreference in connection with the
\nfinal overthrow of the enemy and<\/p>\n
813
\n00:50:25,880 –> 00:50:30,240
\nof death itself.
\nAnd yet so often we use Psalm 8 <\/p>\n
814
\n00:50:30,240 –> 00:50:34,760
\nto say or within the context of
\nthe crucifixion and the victory <\/p>\n
815
\n00:50:34,760 –> 00:50:37,400
\nof the Lord Jesus Christ himself
\nover sin. <\/p>\n
816
\n00:50:38,400 –> 00:50:41,480
\nSo Psalm 8 and in verse one, O
\nYahweh our Lord, how excellent <\/p>\n
817
\n00:50:41,480 –> 00:50:44,080
\nis Thy name, and all the earth,
\nwho has set Thy glory above the <\/p>\n
818
\n00:50:44,080 –> 00:50:46,760
\nheavens.
\nVerse 4, what is man? <\/p>\n
819
\n00:50:46,760 –> 00:50:48,800
\nThat thou art mindful of him,
\nand the Son of man that thou <\/p>\n
820
\n00:50:48,800 –> 00:50:50,720
\nvisitest him?
\nAnd we say that’s the Lord Jesus<\/p>\n
821
\n00:50:50,720 –> 00:50:53,480
\nChrist, Thou madest him to be a
\nlittle lower than the angels, <\/p>\n
822
\n00:50:53,640 –> 00:50:56,880
\nand has crowned him with glory
\nand honour, and made his Tim to <\/p>\n
823
\n00:50:56,880 –> 00:50:58,440
\nhave dominion over the works of
\nthy hands. <\/p>\n
824
\n00:50:58,440 –> 00:51:01,440
\nAnd we rightly say, and we can
\ndo so with evidence because it’s<\/p>\n
825
\n00:51:01,440 –> 00:51:04,600
\npicked up by the Apostle Paul in
\nHebrews to say so and in other <\/p>\n
826
\n00:51:04,600 –> 00:51:08,280
\nplaces to say that that
\nreferences the overthrow of the <\/p>\n
827
\n00:51:08,280 –> 00:51:11,800
\ndominion of sin by the Lord
\nJesus Christ in his body, in <\/p>\n
828
\n00:51:11,800 –> 00:51:16,440
\nhimself in the process of
\ncrucifixion, That he was made a <\/p>\n
829
\n00:51:16,440 –> 00:51:18,840
\nlittle lower than the angels for
\nthe suffering of death. <\/p>\n
830
\n00:51:19,800 –> 00:51:23,440
\nAnd having overthrown death is
\nnow crowned with glory and <\/p>\n
831
\n00:51:23,440 –> 00:51:26,360
\nhonour, sitting at the right
\nhand of the Father himself. <\/p>\n
832
\n00:51:26,360 –> 00:51:29,200
\nAnd we rightly relate that to
\nthe work of Christ. <\/p>\n
833
\n00:51:30,120 –> 00:51:33,880
\nBut Paul in Corinthians has
\npicked that up and expanded it <\/p>\n
834
\n00:51:33,880 –> 00:51:39,640
\nand, and said that Psalm is not
\njust talking about the overthrow<\/p>\n
835
\n00:51:39,640 –> 00:51:42,680
\nof death by the Lord Jesus
\nChrist in himself in his <\/p>\n
836
\n00:51:42,680 –> 00:51:46,600
\ncrucifixion, but is actually
\ntalking in its entirety of the <\/p>\n
837
\n00:51:46,600 –> 00:51:51,600
\nwork of subduing all enemies.
\nThe the anything that that that <\/p>\n
838
\n00:51:51,600 –> 00:51:55,040
\nwould set itself up and rule or
\nauthority or power against <\/p>\n
839
\n00:51:55,360 –> 00:52:01,160
\nagainst God and that God would
\nhave dominion over them until <\/p>\n
840
\n00:52:01,160 –> 00:52:05,080
\nthe end of the thousand years
\nuntil the time when the last <\/p>\n
841
\n00:52:05,120 –> 00:52:08,880
\nenemy itself being death was put
\nto death in victory. <\/p>\n
842
\n00:52:08,880 –> 00:52:12,360
\nSo let’s have a look at the
\nPsalm in this light, reading the<\/p>\n
843
\n00:52:12,360 –> 00:52:15,920
\nPsalm in the context of it being
\nat the end of the thousand year <\/p>\n
844
\n00:52:15,920 –> 00:52:20,920
\ntime when God has finished His
\nwork and there is no more sin <\/p>\n
845
\n00:52:20,920 –> 00:52:24,080
\nand death upon the earth.
\nOh Yahweh our Lord, how <\/p>\n
846
\n00:52:24,200 –> 00:52:28,080
\nexcellent is Thy name in all the
\nearth. <\/p>\n
847
\n00:52:29,040 –> 00:52:31,560
\nSo Yahweh’s name, he, he’s
\nsaying He is going to be <\/p>\n
848
\n00:52:32,040 –> 00:52:34,760
\nmanifest in a whole group of
\npeople, has now been <\/p>\n
849
\n00:52:34,760 –> 00:52:37,960
\naccomplished in its entirety in
\nall the earth. <\/p>\n
850
\n00:52:38,560 –> 00:52:41,560
\nCan you, can you see the power
\nof, of this, of the Psalm there <\/p>\n
851
\n00:52:41,840 –> 00:52:46,720
\nas it, as it talks of the final
\nglory of, of God himself as all <\/p>\n
852
\n00:52:46,720 –> 00:52:49,040
\nthe earth becomes full of his
\nglory. <\/p>\n
853
\n00:52:49,680 –> 00:52:52,760
\nWho has set thy glory above the
\nheavens? <\/p>\n
854
\n00:52:53,280 –> 00:52:56,200
\nThe fullness of his glory and of
\nhis work that has been built <\/p>\n
855
\n00:52:56,200 –> 00:53:00,120
\nthrough his Son and has become
\nthat we become part of, as we <\/p>\n
856
\n00:53:00,120 –> 00:53:03,160
\nhave seen through Corinthians,
\nthe extension and growth of his <\/p>\n
857
\n00:53:03,160 –> 00:53:06,920
\nglory as that glory grows and
\ngrows and grows is now a <\/p>\n
858
\n00:53:06,920 –> 00:53:09,640
\nposition where it’s set above
\nthe heavens as it, as it were, <\/p>\n
859
\n00:53:10,440 –> 00:53:14,160
\nthat Yahweh’s name is excellent
\nand all the earth and his glory <\/p>\n
860
\n00:53:14,440 –> 00:53:16,400
\nis magnificent above the
\nheavens. <\/p>\n
861
\n00:53:17,320 –> 00:53:19,880
\nOut of the mouth of babes and
\nsucklings has thou ordained <\/p>\n
862
\n00:53:19,880 –> 00:53:23,960
\nstrength, because of fine
\nenemies, that thou mightestil <\/p>\n
863
\n00:53:23,960 –> 00:53:26,080
\nthe enemy and the avenger.
\nAnd there it is. <\/p>\n
864
\n00:53:26,760 –> 00:53:33,080
\nDeath, the worst and great enemy
\nof all time, has been stilled <\/p>\n
865
\n00:53:34,040 –> 00:53:40,600
\nand brought to nothing.
\nWhen I consider thy heavens, the<\/p>\n
866
\n00:53:40,600 –> 00:53:44,840
\nwork of Thy fingers, the moon
\nand the stars which Thou hast <\/p>\n
867
\n00:53:44,840 –> 00:53:50,520
\nordained, what is man?
\nThat Thou art mindful of Him, <\/p>\n
868
\n00:53:51,800 –> 00:53:53,560
\nand the Son of Man that Thou
\nvisitest Him? <\/p>\n
869
\n00:53:53,560 –> 00:53:56,400
\nYou can look at the broad
\nexpanse of all of the Father’s <\/p>\n
870
\n00:53:56,400 –> 00:53:59,360
\ncreative work across the
\nheavens, the work of His <\/p>\n
871
\n00:53:59,360 –> 00:54:02,600
\nfingers, as it were, to pull out
\nthe moon and the stars which had<\/p>\n
872
\n00:54:02,600 –> 00:54:06,720
\nGod had ordained.
\nBut he says the greatest work <\/p>\n
873
\n00:54:07,920 –> 00:54:12,080
\nhas been in man, and
\nparticularly the Son of Man, <\/p>\n
874
\n00:54:13,120 –> 00:54:17,480
\nthat He should visit Him, that
\nHe made Him for a while just a <\/p>\n
875
\n00:54:17,480 –> 00:54:21,240
\nlittle lower than the angels,
\nand had now crowned Him with <\/p>\n
876
\n00:54:21,240 –> 00:54:24,880
\nglory and honour, and finally
\nhad given Him in verse 6, to <\/p>\n
877
\n00:54:24,880 –> 00:54:28,440
\nhave dominion over the works of
\nThy hands, and put all things <\/p>\n
878
\n00:54:28,440 –> 00:54:32,440
\nunder His feet, including
\nsubduing death itself. <\/p>\n
879
\n00:54:32,760 –> 00:54:34,760
\nAll sheep and oxen.
\nYeah, and the beasts of the <\/p>\n
880
\n00:54:34,760 –> 00:54:37,400
\nfield, the fowl of the air, and
\nthe fish of the sea, and <\/p>\n
881
\n00:54:37,400 –> 00:54:40,480
\nwhatsoever passeth through the
\npaths of the sea, every <\/p>\n
882
\n00:54:41,000 –> 00:54:44,920
\ncomponent of the Father’s
\ncreative work has come under the<\/p>\n
883
\n00:54:44,920 –> 00:54:49,440
\ndominion of the sun.
\nAnd the Father’s work of putting<\/p>\n
884
\n00:54:49,440 –> 00:54:53,800
\ndown all rule and all authority
\nand power against Him is <\/p>\n
885
\n00:54:53,800 –> 00:55:00,760
\ncompleted, and upon the earth is
\njust those who show forth His <\/p>\n
886
\n00:55:00,760 –> 00:55:03,080
\nglory in their fullness.
\nVerse 9. <\/p>\n
887
\n00:55:03,080 –> 00:55:11,600
\nO Yahweh our Lord, how excellent
\nis Thy name in all the earth. <\/p>\n
888
\n00:55:13,600 –> 00:55:20,560
\nGod’s work is accomplished and
\nall the earth is full of His <\/p>\n
889
\n00:55:20,560 –> 00:55:28,120
\nglory.
\nAll of a sudden we can <\/p>\n
890
\n00:55:28,120 –> 00:55:31,360
\nunderstand why Paul uses this
\nbeautiful phrase back in First <\/p>\n
891
\n00:55:31,360 –> 00:55:38,880
\nCorinthians 15, that God may be
\nAll in all because finally at <\/p>\n
892
\n00:55:38,880 –> 00:55:41,400
\nthe end of that thousand year
\nperiod, His work has been <\/p>\n
893
\n00:55:41,400 –> 00:55:50,720
\naccomplished and everything and
\nanything left upon the earth is <\/p>\n
894
\n00:55:50,720 –> 00:55:54,120
\na magnificent reflection of and
\npart of God himself. <\/p>\n
895
\n00:55:55,720 –> 00:55:58,400
\nBecause finally, His name is
\nexcellent in all the earth. <\/p>\n
896
\n00:55:58,400 –> 00:56:05,600
\nYou know, God gave that promise.
\nGod gave that surety of that <\/p>\n
897
\n00:56:05,600 –> 00:56:09,480
\nwork from the from the very
\nbeginning of creation. <\/p>\n
898
\n00:56:09,480 –> 00:56:14,520
\nGenesis 1 and verse 28 on the
\nscreen here, God’s foundation <\/p>\n
899
\n00:56:14,520 –> 00:56:20,760
\nstatement, the first statement
\nthat He made to man be fruitful <\/p>\n
900
\n00:56:21,680 –> 00:56:27,720
\nand multiply and replenish the
\nearth and subdue it, and have <\/p>\n
901
\n00:56:27,720 –> 00:56:30,640
\ndominion over the fish of the
\nsea, and over the fowl of the <\/p>\n
902
\n00:56:30,640 –> 00:56:34,320
\nair, and over every living thing
\nthat moveth upon the earth. <\/p>\n
903
\n00:56:35,600 –> 00:56:42,200
\nThe psalmist tells us in Psalm 8
\nthat that is a prophecy, that <\/p>\n
904
\n00:56:42,200 –> 00:56:45,840
\nthat is a foundation of hope
\nthat was given to Adam and Eve <\/p>\n
905
\n00:56:46,800 –> 00:56:52,920
\nbefore the full.
\nThat transcended the work of the<\/p>\n
906
\n00:56:52,920 –> 00:56:56,680
\nages.
\nIt was a foundation statement of<\/p>\n
907
\n00:56:56,680 –> 00:57:00,280
\nhope that transcended not just
\nthe work of Adam and Eve. <\/p>\n
908
\n00:57:01,680 –> 00:57:06,040
\nIt transcended even the work of
\nthe Lord for us in these ages. <\/p>\n
909
\n00:57:07,040 –> 00:57:10,000
\nAnd look right forward to the
\nend of the thousand year period <\/p>\n
910
\n00:57:10,000 –> 00:57:14,000
\nwhen the whole earth, the whole
\npurpose of the Father’s <\/p>\n
911
\n00:57:14,000 –> 00:57:20,200
\ncreation, would be utterly full
\nof the glory of the Father and <\/p>\n
912
\n00:57:20,200 –> 00:57:27,000
\nof His glory alone, because
\ndominion would be had over <\/p>\n
913
\n00:57:27,000 –> 00:57:33,160
\neverything upon the earth.
\nThis is Yahweh’s glory, that God<\/p>\n
914
\n00:57:33,400 –> 00:57:36,360
\nmay be all and all as we saw
\nyesterday, but expanded so <\/p>\n
915
\n00:57:36,360 –> 00:57:42,960
\nbeautifully here.
\nYou see, yesterday when Paul was<\/p>\n
916
\n00:57:42,960 –> 00:57:47,720
\ntalking about God being all and
\nall, he was dealing with us in <\/p>\n
917
\n00:57:47,720 –> 00:57:52,760
\nour mortality, in our weakness.
\nHe was dealing with the fact <\/p>\n
918
\n00:57:52,760 –> 00:57:55,440
\nthat in our life now as an
\necclesia, we are to be bound <\/p>\n
919
\n00:57:55,440 –> 00:57:58,920
\ntogether in a way that starts to
\nproduce God being all and all in<\/p>\n
920
\n00:57:58,920 –> 00:58:03,960
\nus.
\nBut here in First Corinthians 15<\/p>\n
921
\n00:58:04,960 –> 00:58:10,200
\nis the final climax of all of
\nYahweh’s work, that Yahweh’s <\/p>\n
922
\n00:58:10,200 –> 00:58:13,600
\nglory has been utterly
\ntransformed in each one of us <\/p>\n
923
\n00:58:13,640 –> 00:58:16,360
\nbecause we are there in
\nimmortality. <\/p>\n
924
\n00:58:17,120 –> 00:58:19,960
\nAnd what the apostle is doing so
\nbeautifully in this chapter is <\/p>\n
925
\n00:58:19,960 –> 00:58:24,560
\nto show the power and the
\ntransformation of that work in a<\/p>\n
926
\n00:58:24,560 –> 00:58:27,800
\nway that is absolutely beautiful
\nand powerful to us. <\/p>\n
927
\n00:58:28,360 –> 00:58:30,520
\nYes, God is working our life
\nnow. <\/p>\n
928
\n00:58:31,200 –> 00:58:34,800
\nYes He is working in us to
\ndevelop us and to to help us to <\/p>\n
929
\n00:58:34,800 –> 00:58:38,680
\ngrow and we become part or Co Co
\nlabourers together with Him to <\/p>\n
930
\n00:58:38,680 –> 00:58:40,360
\nbuild and to assist in His
\nglory. <\/p>\n
931
\n00:58:40,560 –> 00:58:42,960
\nBut brothers and sisters and
\nyoung people understand that <\/p>\n
932
\n00:58:42,960 –> 00:58:47,120
\nPaul is saying in First
\nCorinthians 15, we work now, but<\/p>\n
933
\n00:58:47,120 –> 00:58:51,360
\nwe can scarcely comprehend the
\nenormity of the transformation <\/p>\n
934
\n00:58:51,360 –> 00:58:55,440
\nand the power that will occur as
\nwe stand in immortality upon the<\/p>\n
935
\n00:58:55,480 –> 00:58:57,960
\nearth able to do God’s work in
\nthat day. <\/p>\n
936
\n00:58:58,800 –> 00:59:02,040
\nThat God’s work will take this
\nmassive leap forward as there <\/p>\n
937
\n00:59:02,040 –> 00:59:06,240
\nare a group of immortal beings
\nunder the the rulership of His <\/p>\n
938
\n00:59:06,240 –> 00:59:11,560
\nSon who can go forth upon the
\nearth to work his work and to <\/p>\n
939
\n00:59:11,560 –> 00:59:16,680
\nhave dominion over sin itself
\nuntil finally he is revealed in <\/p>\n
940
\n00:59:16,680 –> 00:59:21,040
\na group of spirit beings who are
\ncompletely and utterly like Him.<\/p>\n
941
\n00:59:22,000 –> 00:59:26,040
\nJust contemplate the concept of
\nGod being All in all. <\/p>\n
942
\n00:59:26,040 –> 00:59:29,000
\nIn that context, it means what
\nit says. <\/p>\n
943
\n00:59:30,240 –> 00:59:34,240
\nIt means that every person upon
\nthe earth is in the Father in <\/p>\n
944
\n00:59:34,240 –> 00:59:37,680
\ntheir entirety.
\nIt means that there is nothing <\/p>\n
945
\n00:59:37,800 –> 00:59:41,600
\nleft in those individuals which
\ncontradicts or goes against <\/p>\n
946
\n00:59:41,600 –> 00:59:44,880
\nanything in the Father’s
\ncharacter or His principles. <\/p>\n
947
\n00:59:45,560 –> 00:59:49,440
\nThat every component of their
\nlife, that every fibre of their <\/p>\n
948
\n00:59:49,440 –> 00:59:52,760
\nbeing and every thought they
\nthey have is lived in a <\/p>\n
949
\n00:59:52,760 –> 00:59:56,160
\nbeautiful and a perfect harmony
\nwith the Father and His <\/p>\n
950
\n00:59:56,160 –> 00:59:58,680
\nintentions.
\nAnd that is us. <\/p>\n
951
\n00:59:58,680 –> 01:00:03,320
\nIt’s talking about every one of
\nus with no element of sin, none <\/p>\n
952
\n01:00:03,320 –> 01:00:06,600
\nof the weakness of mortality,
\nand no longer presiding over an <\/p>\n
953
\n01:00:06,600 –> 01:00:10,480
\nearth with its own struggles.
\nWe’re part of a glorious throng <\/p>\n
954
\n01:00:10,480 –> 01:00:14,280
\nof people whose entire focus is
\non the glory of God and of Him <\/p>\n
955
\n01:00:14,280 –> 01:00:17,080
\nalone.
\nAnd in that sense, I say it <\/p>\n
956
\n01:00:17,080 –> 01:00:20,120
\ncarefully, God is all that is
\nleft. <\/p>\n
957
\n01:00:20,800 –> 01:00:24,960
\nIn that sense, we have become
\npart of God because that’s all <\/p>\n
958
\n01:00:24,960 –> 01:00:29,160
\nthat’s left us.
\nAs an expansion of the Father’s <\/p>\n
959
\n01:00:29,160 –> 01:00:36,800
\nglory, our hearts an expansion
\nof Him, it’s almost too <\/p>\n
960
\n01:00:36,800 –> 01:00:41,040
\nwonderful to contemplate, too
\nlarge to get our heads around <\/p>\n
961
\n01:00:41,040 –> 01:00:44,600
\nthat there could be such a
\nglorious time upon the earth. <\/p>\n
962
\n01:00:45,760 –> 01:00:50,760
\nNever anything bad, never a
\nstruggle, never any weakness. <\/p>\n
963
\n01:00:52,040 –> 01:00:56,200
\nBut the Father exists alone in
\nthe hearts and and with his <\/p>\n
964
\n01:00:56,200 –> 01:01:01,240
\npeople.
\nThis concept of being All in all<\/p>\n
965
\n01:01:01,560 –> 01:01:04,160
\nis actually picked up in
\nrelation to the work of the Lord<\/p>\n
966
\n01:01:04,160 –> 01:01:07,400
\nJesus Christ.
\nCome across to to Ephesians and <\/p>\n
967
\n01:01:07,400 –> 01:01:21,760
\nchapter 1
\nEphesians 1 and in verse 19. <\/p>\n
968
\n01:01:24,600 –> 01:01:27,040
\nAnd what is the exceeding
\ngreatness of his power? <\/p>\n
969
\n01:01:27,040 –> 01:01:30,360
\nInteresting use of phrases and
\nof his power to us who who <\/p>\n
970
\n01:01:30,360 –> 01:01:34,800
\nbelieve according to the working
\nof his mighty power, which he <\/p>\n
971
\n01:01:34,800 –> 01:01:38,080
\nGod wrought in Christ, when God
\nraised him from the dead, and <\/p>\n
972
\n01:01:38,080 –> 01:01:42,000
\nset him at his own right hand in
\nthe heavenly places, far above <\/p>\n
973
\n01:01:42,040 –> 01:01:45,600
\nall principality and power, and
\nmight and dominion, and every <\/p>\n
974
\n01:01:45,600 –> 01:01:48,040
\nname that is named, not only in
\nthis will, but also in that <\/p>\n
975
\n01:01:48,040 –> 01:01:51,000
\nwhich is to come, and hath put
\nall things under his feet. <\/p>\n
976
\n01:01:51,000 –> 01:01:53,200
\nIt’s exactly the same concept
\nbeing talked about, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
977
\n01:01:53,760 –> 01:01:56,720
\nAnd gave him to be the head over
\nall things to the ecclesia, <\/p>\n
978
\n01:01:57,200 –> 01:02:02,400
\nwhich is his body, the fullness
\nof him that filleth All in all. <\/p>\n
979
\n01:02:03,160 –> 01:02:06,760
\nAnd so in a in a very real
\nsense, Christ becomes this body <\/p>\n
980
\n01:02:07,440 –> 01:02:10,160
\nin which we become All in all in
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
981
\n01:02:11,360 –> 01:02:15,240
\nAnd that All in all in Christ is
\nthen used to expand and work <\/p>\n
982
\n01:02:15,240 –> 01:02:17,880
\nupon the earth until God becomes
\nAll in all. <\/p>\n
983
\n01:02:17,880 –> 01:02:20,200
\nWe are.
\nHe’s our head over the ecclesia,<\/p>\n
984
\n01:02:20,200 –> 01:02:23,440
\nHis body, the fullness of Him
\nthat that worketh. <\/p>\n
985
\n01:02:23,440 –> 01:02:30,160
\nAll in all, the work of the
\nFather with us is the work which<\/p>\n
986
\n01:02:30,160 –> 01:02:32,080
\nis working to the end of the
\nmillennial reign. <\/p>\n
987
\n01:02:33,560 –> 01:02:37,680
\nInterestingly, it is, as we see
\nhere, a work that is mirrored or<\/p>\n
988
\n01:02:37,680 –> 01:02:41,080
\nreplicated by the work of the
\nLord Jesus Christ with us today <\/p>\n
989
\n01:02:41,080 –> 01:02:44,800
\nin our ecclesial environment.
\nHe’s the head over all things <\/p>\n
990
\n01:02:44,800 –> 01:02:46,960
\nover the ecclesia.
\nHe’s put all things under His <\/p>\n
991
\n01:02:46,960 –> 01:02:50,640
\nfeet and in the same way that
\nthe Father is working towards <\/p>\n
992
\n01:02:50,640 –> 01:02:53,320
\nthe end of the thousand year
\nperiod to be All in all, in <\/p>\n
993
\n01:02:53,320 –> 01:02:57,400
\nexactly the same way, the Son is
\nworking with us now so that we <\/p>\n
994
\n01:02:57,400 –> 01:03:02,600
\ncan be All in all with him.
\nAm I taking it too far? <\/p>\n
995
\n01:03:03,360 –> 01:03:12,320
\nWe’ll come across to Colossians
\nchapter 3, Colossians 3 and <\/p>\n
996
\n01:03:12,320 –> 01:03:16,080
\nverse 10.
\nWell, let’s read verse 9 for <\/p>\n
997
\n01:03:16,080 –> 01:03:17,920
\ncontext.
\nLie not one to another, saying <\/p>\n
998
\n01:03:17,920 –> 01:03:20,480
\nyou have put off the old man
\nwith his deeds and have put on <\/p>\n
999
\n01:03:20,480 –> 01:03:23,720
\nthe new man, which is renewed in
\nknowledge after the image of him<\/p>\n
1000
\n01:03:24,120 –> 01:03:27,280
\nthat created him.
\nThere is neither Greek nor Jew, <\/p>\n
1001
\n01:03:27,280 –> 01:03:30,840
\ncircumcision nor uncircumcision,
\nbarbarian, Scythian bond nor <\/p>\n
1002
\n01:03:30,840 –> 01:03:34,240
\nfree, but Christ is all and in
\nall. <\/p>\n
1003
\n01:03:35,280 –> 01:03:38,040
\nAnd so absolutely, He’s picking
\nup that same phrase of the <\/p>\n
1004
\n01:03:38,040 –> 01:03:42,360
\nFather’s work, but he’s saying
\non a smaller scale on a subset <\/p>\n
1005
\n01:03:42,360 –> 01:03:45,280
\nof the Father’s work, that work
\nis mirrored by the work of the <\/p>\n
1006
\n01:03:45,280 –> 01:03:48,720
\nLord Jesus Christ today, that he
\nis working in our ecleses. <\/p>\n
1007
\n01:03:49,360 –> 01:03:53,720
\nHe’s working with us as the Son
\nin his own millennial time, as <\/p>\n
1008
\n01:03:53,720 –> 01:03:59,640
\nit were, to bring his people to
\nbe all and all with Him until he<\/p>\n
1009
\n01:03:59,640 –> 01:04:03,960
\nreturns to the earth to do God’s
\nbroader work upon the earth. <\/p>\n
1010
\n01:04:06,080 –> 01:04:09,720
\nSo Paul tells us in Corinthians
\nthat that work of Christ, as he <\/p>\n
1011
\n01:04:09,720 –> 01:04:13,240
\nworks with us in the ecclesia to
\nbe all and all in Him, is then <\/p>\n
1012
\n01:04:13,240 –> 01:04:16,560
\nexpanded with the sun and with
\nus as we are All in all with <\/p>\n
1013
\n01:04:16,560 –> 01:04:21,800
\nHim, to fulfil God’s greater
\npurpose of being all and all <\/p>\n
1014
\n01:04:21,840 –> 01:04:27,440
\nupon the earth.
\nIt’s telling us that the work of<\/p>\n
1015
\n01:04:27,440 –> 01:04:31,640
\na Millennium in placing all
\nenemies under the sun’s feet and<\/p>\n
1016
\n01:04:31,640 –> 01:04:37,440
\nsubduing all flesh is exactly
\nthe same work that is going on <\/p>\n
1017
\n01:04:37,440 –> 01:04:41,520
\nin our lives today.
\nThat the Son is working with us <\/p>\n
1018
\n01:04:41,520 –> 01:04:46,360
\nto that same extent to subdue
\nour flesh under His feet and to <\/p>\n
1019
\n01:04:46,360 –> 01:04:50,480
\nbring us victorious with Him
\nwhen He comes to establish God’s<\/p>\n
1020
\n01:04:50,480 –> 01:04:52,880
\nKingdom upon the earth.
\nIt’s that beautiful mirror image<\/p>\n
1021
\n01:04:52,880 –> 01:04:56,160
\nthat works, the parallel of of
\nChrist’s work with us personally<\/p>\n
1022
\n01:04:56,440 –> 01:05:01,240
\nto remove sin and God’s work
\nwith Christ and their Saints to <\/p>\n
1023
\n01:05:01,240 –> 01:05:07,200
\nremove sin upon the earth.
\nBut The thing is, if we wish to <\/p>\n
1024
\n01:05:07,200 –> 01:05:12,080
\nbe part of that work, if we want
\nto be part of that resurrection,<\/p>\n
1025
\n01:05:13,600 –> 01:05:21,560
\nthen we have to die and we have
\nto die now, Paul says back in <\/p>\n
1026
\n01:05:21,760 –> 01:05:33,520
\nFirst Corinthians 15 verse 30.
\nWhy stand we in jeopardy every <\/p>\n
1027
\n01:05:33,520 –> 01:05:35,960
\nhour?
\nI protest by your rejoicing, <\/p>\n
1028
\n01:05:35,960 –> 01:05:38,280
\nwhich I have in Christ Jesus our
\nLord. <\/p>\n
1029
\n01:05:39,160 –> 01:05:47,480
\nI die daily.
\nOur work in this life is to die <\/p>\n
1030
\n01:05:47,480 –> 01:05:54,600
\nwith Him, to put life and flesh
\nand sin to death in subjection <\/p>\n
1031
\n01:05:54,600 –> 01:05:58,800
\nunder the sun’s feet, so that
\nwhen He returns, we can be all <\/p>\n
1032
\n01:05:59,280 –> 01:06:04,920
\nand all with Him.
\nI want to skip across now to <\/p>\n
1033
\n01:06:04,920 –> 01:06:08,480
\nverse 42.
\nThere’s some beautiful sections <\/p>\n
1034
\n01:06:08,480 –> 01:06:11,080
\nhere which we’re going to have
\nto skip just to get through to <\/p>\n
1035
\n01:06:11,080 –> 01:06:14,520
\nthe end of the chapter.
\nI just want to pick up the <\/p>\n
1036
\n01:06:14,520 –> 01:06:18,240
\nconcepts of what’s talked about
\nhere in verse 42 through to <\/p>\n
1037
\n01:06:18,240 –> 01:06:22,080
\nverse 45.
\nSo also is the resurrection of <\/p>\n
1038
\n01:06:22,080 –> 01:06:23,640
\nthe dead.
\nSo the question being asked here<\/p>\n
1039
\n01:06:23,640 –> 01:06:26,680
\nby the Corinthian brethreners in
\nwhat body are people raised? <\/p>\n
1040
\n01:06:26,680 –> 01:06:29,480
\nHow could people possibly be
\nraised was their question and <\/p>\n
1041
\n01:06:29,480 –> 01:06:31,360
\nhe’s answering that.
\nWhat is the sense of of how <\/p>\n
1042
\n01:06:31,360 –> 01:06:33,480
\nthey’re raised?
\nVerse 42, So also is the <\/p>\n
1043
\n01:06:33,480 –> 01:06:36,480
\nresurrection of the dead.
\nNote that it’s not the death and<\/p>\n
1044
\n01:06:36,480 –> 01:06:38,480
\nresurrection, It’s the
\nresurrection of the dead. <\/p>\n
1045
\n01:06:38,480 –> 01:06:40,480
\nIt’s the process of resurrection
\nbeing talked about. <\/p>\n
1046
\n01:06:40,840 –> 01:06:43,160
\nIt’s sown in corruption.
\nIt’s raised in incorruption. <\/p>\n
1047
\n01:06:43,440 –> 01:06:45,360
\nIt’s sown in dishonor.
\nIt’s raised in glory. <\/p>\n
1048
\n01:06:45,360 –> 01:06:47,320
\nIt’s sown in weakness.
\nIt’s raised in power. <\/p>\n
1049
\n01:06:47,520 –> 01:06:49,840
\nIt’s sown a natural body.
\nIt’s raised a spiritual body. <\/p>\n
1050
\n01:06:50,040 –> 01:06:52,560
\nThere is a natural body and
\nthere is a spiritual body. <\/p>\n
1051
\n01:06:52,560 –> 01:06:54,800
\nAnd so it’s written.
\nThe first man atom was made a <\/p>\n
1052
\n01:06:54,800 –> 01:06:57,200
\nliving soul.
\nThe last man atom was made a <\/p>\n
1053
\n01:06:57,200 –> 01:06:59,120
\nquickening spirit.
\nNow you can see the comparison <\/p>\n
1054
\n01:06:59,120 –> 01:07:01,040
\nof the two ideas that flow
\nthrough there, can’t you? <\/p>\n
1055
\n01:07:01,520 –> 01:07:05,120
\nThere’s corruption, there is
\ndishonor, there is weakness. <\/p>\n
1056
\n01:07:05,120 –> 01:07:07,200
\nThere’s a natural body, there’s
\nthe first atom. <\/p>\n
1057
\n01:07:07,840 –> 01:07:10,320
\nOn the other hand, there’s
\nincorruption, there’s glory, <\/p>\n
1058
\n01:07:10,440 –> 01:07:13,280
\nthere’s power, there’s a
\nspiritual body, there is the <\/p>\n
1059
\n01:07:13,280 –> 01:07:17,680
\nlast atom and he’s he’s
\ncontrasting or or using this <\/p>\n
1060
\n01:07:17,680 –> 01:07:21,440
\nidea of of two different two
\ndifferent ideas. <\/p>\n
1061
\n01:07:21,440 –> 01:07:26,920
\nHere brother Thomas suggests an
\nAnastasis and he has all his <\/p>\n
1062
\n01:07:26,920 –> 01:07:29,760
\nreasoning behind it, which I
\nfind very convincing. <\/p>\n
1063
\n01:07:30,080 –> 01:07:33,520
\nHe says this passage then in
\nfirst Corinthians 15 should be <\/p>\n
1064
\n01:07:33,520 –> 01:07:37,320
\nread the resurrection body
\nsprings or is sprouted or born <\/p>\n
1065
\n01:07:37,320 –> 01:07:39,600
\nin in corruption.
\nHe goes back to the to the <\/p>\n
1066
\n01:07:39,600 –> 01:07:42,600
\noriginal Greek that rather than
\nsaying that the body in verse <\/p>\n
1067
\n01:07:42,600 –> 01:07:46,560
\n42, it is sown in corruption.
\nShould it actually be read to <\/p>\n
1068
\n01:07:46,560 –> 01:07:50,280
\nsay it’s it’s sprouted or
\nsprings forth in corruption? <\/p>\n
1069
\n01:07:50,840 –> 01:07:53,240
\nHis, his, his point there
\nessentially is if we say, if we <\/p>\n
1070
\n01:07:53,240 –> 01:07:56,560
\nsay it’s a the idea of sowing,
\nthen we’re actually putting the <\/p>\n
1071
\n01:07:56,560 –> 01:07:59,440
\nseed into the into the ground
\nand it dies, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
1072
\n01:08:00,000 –> 01:08:02,080
\nBut he’s actually showing the
\npoint from the Greek, which, as <\/p>\n
1073
\n01:08:02,080 –> 01:08:05,200
\nI say, he, he argues quite
\nconvincingly that actually this <\/p>\n
1074
\n01:08:05,200 –> 01:08:07,720
\nform of the Greek word here is
\nmore of the idea of, of the <\/p>\n
1075
\n01:08:07,720 –> 01:08:10,840
\nsprouting up.
\nSo it’s actually talking about a<\/p>\n
1076
\n01:08:10,840 –> 01:08:13,520
\ntwo step process in resurrection
\nthat occurs. <\/p>\n
1077
\n01:08:13,840 –> 01:08:18,319
\nThe resurrection body springs
\nfirst in corruption and then <\/p>\n
1078
\n01:08:18,319 –> 01:08:21,319
\nit’s built up or reared up or
\nraised in in corruption. <\/p>\n
1079
\n01:08:21,920 –> 01:08:24,840
\nSo the the apostle is actually
\ntaking us through or telling us <\/p>\n
1080
\n01:08:24,840 –> 01:08:29,760
\nvery simply that process of the
\nthe resurrection is a 2 step <\/p>\n
1081
\n01:08:29,760 –> 01:08:34,640
\nprocess from being dead.
\nThe person who is dead is raised<\/p>\n
1082
\n01:08:34,640 –> 01:08:39,359
\nfirst in a corruptible body.
\nThe process of judgement then <\/p>\n
1083
\n01:08:39,359 –> 01:08:44,240
\noccurs, and having been found
\nworthy of immortality, they are <\/p>\n
1084
\n01:08:44,240 –> 01:08:47,319
\nthen built or read up or raised
\ninto incorruption. <\/p>\n
1085
\n01:08:48,160 –> 01:08:51,120
\nAnd the phrase just is repeated.
\nIt’s sprouted us in dishonor. <\/p>\n
1086
\n01:08:51,240 –> 01:08:54,000
\nIt’s raised in glory.
\nIt comes forth in its weakness, <\/p>\n
1087
\n01:08:54,720 –> 01:08:58,439
\nin its in its weak body, but
\nit’s built up in power. <\/p>\n
1088
\n01:08:58,840 –> 01:09:00,640
\nIt’s born of the earth, a
\nnatural body. <\/p>\n
1089
\n01:09:00,640 –> 01:09:05,040
\nIt’s read up or transformed by
\nthe spirit into a spirit body. <\/p>\n
1090
\n01:09:06,319 –> 01:09:09,560
\nAnd so we’re being told quite
\nsimply, that there is a 2 step <\/p>\n
1091
\n01:09:09,560 –> 01:09:11,800
\nprocess here of, of
\nresurrection. <\/p>\n
1092
\n01:09:13,720 –> 01:09:20,200
\nIt comes because of death.
\nPeople are dead, but they are <\/p>\n
1093
\n01:09:20,200 –> 01:09:22,399
\nraised up not immediately into
\nmortality. <\/p>\n
1094
\n01:09:22,399 –> 01:09:24,279
\nThat makes sense, isn’t it?
\nBecause there’s a, there’s a <\/p>\n
1095
\n01:09:24,279 –> 01:09:25,920
\njudgement process that occurs
\nfirst. <\/p>\n
1096
\n01:09:25,920 –> 01:09:32,800
\nSo they’re raised up into a body
\nof mortality or of corruption. <\/p>\n
1097
\n01:09:33,880 –> 01:09:37,680
\nThey go through the process of
\njudgement and then a raised into<\/p>\n
1098
\n01:09:37,680 –> 01:09:42,640
\nthe spirit being.
\nSo the faithful person is raised<\/p>\n
1099
\n01:09:42,640 –> 01:09:46,680
\nup not as an as an immortal, but
\nas a body that is corruptible <\/p>\n
1100
\n01:09:47,160 –> 01:09:48,840
\ngoes through the process of
\njudgement. <\/p>\n
1101
\n01:09:49,359 –> 01:09:52,359
\nAnd then in the final process of
\njudge of resurrection, when it’s<\/p>\n
1102
\n01:09:52,520 –> 01:09:57,760
\nraised into its immortal glory,
\nthe seed has not just put out <\/p>\n
1103
\n01:09:57,760 –> 01:10:00,600
\nits little sprout in terms of
\nit’s resurrected to to a <\/p>\n
1104
\n01:10:00,600 –> 01:10:04,640
\ncorruptible life, but has been
\nexpanded so beautifully to bring<\/p>\n
1105
\n01:10:04,640 –> 01:10:06,920
\nforth fruit in the glory of
\nimmortality. <\/p>\n
1106
\n01:10:07,120 –> 01:10:12,960
\nIt’s a 2 step process that gives
\nthe earthly body new life and <\/p>\n
1107
\n01:10:12,960 –> 01:10:15,520
\ntransforms it into a glorious
\nspirit being. <\/p>\n
1108
\n01:10:16,600 –> 01:10:20,080
\nSo why is that the case?
\nWhy has the Father deemed it <\/p>\n
1109
\n01:10:20,080 –> 01:10:23,280
\nimportant to have this process
\nof resurrection? <\/p>\n
1110
\n01:10:24,760 –> 01:10:28,400
\nWell, the first answer, brothers
\nand sisters and young people, is<\/p>\n
1111
\n01:10:28,400 –> 01:10:33,080
\nthat it allows us to be part of
\nthe process of glorification for<\/p>\n
1112
\n01:10:33,080 –> 01:10:36,080
\nthose of us who have not died at
\nthe coming of Christ, which is <\/p>\n
1113
\n01:10:36,080 –> 01:10:37,840
\ngetting more and more likely by
\nthe year. <\/p>\n
1114
\n01:10:39,120 –> 01:10:42,960
\nThat process of resurrection out
\nof the grave itself is not <\/p>\n
1115
\n01:10:43,040 –> 01:10:47,680
\nrequired because we are already
\nhere in our earthly body. <\/p>\n
1116
\n01:10:48,840 –> 01:10:51,800
\nBut the second process following
\nthe judgement seat, when God <\/p>\n
1117
\n01:10:51,800 –> 01:10:54,760
\nwilling, we are changed into
\nspirit beings, is 1 where all <\/p>\n
1118
\n01:10:54,760 –> 01:10:58,520
\nthe Saints of the ages are
\njoined together in the glory of <\/p>\n
1119
\n01:10:58,520 –> 01:11:04,560
\nimmortality.
\nThe second reason I believe is <\/p>\n
1120
\n01:11:04,560 –> 01:11:10,800
\nit allows it to be very clear on
\nby on, on the basis of by whom <\/p>\n
1121
\n01:11:11,640 –> 01:11:13,400
\nand on what principle we are
\nsaved. <\/p>\n
1122
\n01:11:14,760 –> 01:11:19,280
\nVerse 45 as it is written, the
\nfirst man, Adam was made a <\/p>\n
1123
\n01:11:19,280 –> 01:11:23,560
\nliving soul and the last man,
\nAdam was made into a quickening <\/p>\n
1124
\n01:11:23,560 –> 01:11:27,400
\nspirit.
\nThat’s the Lord Jesus Christ who<\/p>\n
1125
\n01:11:27,400 –> 01:11:29,920
\nhas made this idea of the
\nquickening spirit, is into a <\/p>\n
1126
\n01:11:29,920 –> 01:11:32,720
\nlife giving spirit, a spirit who
\ngives life. <\/p>\n
1127
\n01:11:33,560 –> 01:11:38,360
\nSo on the one hand we have Adam,
\nAdam who made us, who made us a <\/p>\n
1128
\n01:11:38,360 –> 01:11:42,280
\nliving being, but also a dying
\nbeing and from whom we had <\/p>\n
1129
\n01:11:42,280 –> 01:11:46,080
\nmortality.
\nBut the second Adam is the Lord <\/p>\n
1130
\n01:11:46,080 –> 01:11:50,480
\nJesus Christ who is raised up
\ninto a spirit being who gives us<\/p>\n
1131
\n01:11:50,520 –> 01:11:55,480
\nlife.
\nWe only have life in Him. <\/p>\n
1132
\n01:11:56,560 –> 01:12:00,440
\nIt’s not our work.
\nIt’s not our work, brothers and <\/p>\n
1133
\n01:12:00,440 –> 01:12:04,520
\nsisters and young people.
\nThat work is only accomplished <\/p>\n
1134
\n01:12:04,520 –> 01:12:09,520
\nthrough one who is able to be a
\nlife giving a quickening spirit.<\/p>\n
1135
\n01:12:11,320 –> 01:12:15,120
\nAnd thirdly, it highlights for
\nus the principle that <\/p>\n
1136
\n01:12:15,120 –> 01:12:17,800
\nresurrection must come from
\ndeath. <\/p>\n
1137
\n01:12:19,240 –> 01:12:22,880
\nThere can be no resurrection to
\nglorious spirit being unless our<\/p>\n
1138
\n01:12:22,920 –> 01:12:31,080
\nmortal body is put to death.
\nSo if that is the case, if there<\/p>\n
1139
\n01:12:31,080 –> 01:12:37,080
\ncan be no resurrection to life
\nwithout death, where does that <\/p>\n
1140
\n01:12:37,080 –> 01:12:42,960
\nplace us who are alive and
\nremain at His coming? <\/p>\n
1141
\n01:12:45,320 –> 01:12:50,240
\nAnd the answer has to be The
\nanswer has to be that in all but<\/p>\n
1142
\n01:12:50,240 –> 01:12:54,640
\nthe physical sense we have put
\nto death the flesh. <\/p>\n
1143
\n01:12:55,160 –> 01:13:00,280
\nNow as Paul says, I die daily,
\nthat we have learnt that we are <\/p>\n
1144
\n01:13:00,280 –> 01:13:06,320
\nnothing, that no flesh can glory
\nin His presence, that if we want<\/p>\n
1145
\n01:13:06,320 –> 01:13:09,320
\nto partake of the resurrection
\nof the dead, then we must put to<\/p>\n
1146
\n01:13:09,320 –> 01:13:11,920
\ndeath the put to death the flesh
\nin this life. <\/p>\n
1147
\n01:13:11,920 –> 01:13:14,760
\nNow, as Paul says in
\nPhilippines, he says that I <\/p>\n
1148
\n01:13:14,760 –> 01:13:18,000
\nmight know Him in the power of
\nHis resurrection, being made <\/p>\n
1149
\n01:13:18,000 –> 01:13:22,480
\nconformable unto His death, if
\nby any means I might also attain<\/p>\n
1150
\n01:13:22,480 –> 01:13:25,280
\nto the resurrection of the dead,
\nthe sense of being made <\/p>\n
1151
\n01:13:25,280 –> 01:13:30,040
\nconformable unto His death, so
\nthat we can share in His <\/p>\n
1152
\n01:13:30,440 –> 01:13:39,190
\nresurrection.
\nAnd then, brothers and sisters <\/p>\n
1153
\n01:13:39,270 –> 01:13:44,430
\nand young people, shall come the
\nglorious moment that we all wait<\/p>\n
1154
\n01:13:44,470 –> 01:13:51,160
\nand long for.
\nWe shall all be changed in the <\/p>\n
1155
\n01:13:51,160 –> 01:13:54,280
\nmoment, in the twinkling of an
\neye at the last trump. <\/p>\n
1156
\n01:13:56,040 –> 01:13:59,720
\nFor this, in a moment, in the
\ntwinkling of an eye at the last <\/p>\n
1157
\n01:13:59,720 –> 01:14:01,480
\ntrump.
\nFor the trumpet shall sound, and<\/p>\n
1158
\n01:14:01,480 –> 01:14:03,640
\nthe dead shall be raised
\nincorruptible. <\/p>\n
1159
\n01:14:03,840 –> 01:14:09,680
\nAnd we shall be changed.
\nWe shall be changed. <\/p>\n
1160
\n01:14:12,000 –> 01:14:17,320
\nAnd in that phrase, our
\nmortality and our tendency to <\/p>\n
1161
\n01:14:17,320 –> 01:14:24,160
\nsin, our daily struggle with
\nthis body, the sadness, the <\/p>\n
1162
\n01:14:24,160 –> 01:14:30,360
\nweakness, the pain and the
\ndifficulty we face is done away <\/p>\n
1163
\n01:14:32,320 –> 01:14:38,200
\nand we are ushered in.
\nWe are transformed into the <\/p>\n
1164
\n01:14:38,200 –> 01:14:41,760
\nglorious spirit power of
\nimmortality. <\/p>\n
1165
\n01:14:43,600 –> 01:14:46,360
\nWe are transformed, brothers and
\nsisters, because God says this <\/p>\n
1166
\n01:14:46,360 –> 01:14:49,680
\ncorruptible must put on in
\ncorruption and this mortal must <\/p>\n
1167
\n01:14:49,680 –> 01:14:52,160
\nput on immortality.
\nAnd that’s us. <\/p>\n
1168
\n01:14:52,160 –> 01:14:55,120
\nIt’s talking about.
\nIt’s us in our life, in our <\/p>\n
1169
\n01:14:55,120 –> 01:14:59,480
\nbody, who are transformed into
\nthe power and the wonder of <\/p>\n
1170
\n01:14:59,480 –> 01:15:02,880
\nimmortality, together with the
\nsun and because of the sun, and <\/p>\n
1171
\n01:15:02,880 –> 01:15:06,440
\ntogether as this united
\necclesial body, we are there in <\/p>\n
1172
\n01:15:06,440 –> 01:15:10,880
\nthat glorious immortality.
\nAnd when this corruptible shall <\/p>\n
1173
\n01:15:10,880 –> 01:15:14,520
\nhave put on in corruption, and
\nthis mortal has put on <\/p>\n
1174
\n01:15:14,520 –> 01:15:17,280
\nimmortality, then shall be
\nbrought to pass the saying that <\/p>\n
1175
\n01:15:17,280 –> 01:15:21,840
\nis written.
\nDeath is swallowed up in <\/p>\n
1176
\n01:15:21,840 –> 01:15:27,600
\nvictory.
\nDeath is swallowed up in <\/p>\n
1177
\n01:15:27,600 –> 01:15:33,280
\nvictory.
\nHe can sense this triumphant <\/p>\n
1178
\n01:15:33,280 –> 01:15:38,080
\ncry.
\nO death, where is thy sting? <\/p>\n
1179
\n01:15:39,520 –> 01:15:46,560
\nO grave, where is thy victory?
\nIt’s perhaps the most triumphant<\/p>\n
1180
\n01:15:46,560 –> 01:15:48,440
\ncry of all of Scripture, isn’t
\nit? <\/p>\n
1181
\n01:15:49,800 –> 01:15:52,560
\nIt’s a cry that mirrors the cry
\nof the Lord. <\/p>\n
1182
\n01:15:52,560 –> 01:15:57,320
\nIt is done, it is finished,
\nbecause the battle is won. <\/p>\n
1183
\n01:15:57,960 –> 01:16:02,680
\nOur flesh is subdued and dead,
\nand we are there in the glory <\/p>\n
1184
\n01:16:02,840 –> 01:16:05,880
\nand the wonder and the power of
\nimmortality. <\/p>\n
1185
\n01:16:06,000 –> 01:16:12,200
\nBut death is swallowed up in
\nvictory, and as death swallows <\/p>\n
1186
\n01:16:12,200 –> 01:16:15,880
\nup its final victim, this
\nbeautiful irony of death <\/p>\n
1187
\n01:16:15,880 –> 01:16:19,280
\nswallowing itself as it reaches
\nout its hand to take its final <\/p>\n
1188
\n01:16:19,280 –> 01:16:23,360
\nvictim and touches the last of
\nthose mortals who will not share<\/p>\n
1189
\n01:16:23,360 –> 01:16:28,360
\nan immortality.
\nAs it turns to take its next, it<\/p>\n
1190
\n01:16:28,360 –> 01:16:32,920
\nrealizes that there is no more,
\nthat there can be no more death,<\/p>\n
1191
\n01:16:34,160 –> 01:16:38,000
\nthat it’s very power has been
\noverthrown and shall never ever,<\/p>\n
1192
\n01:16:38,040 –> 01:16:41,600
\never again work its work or its
\npower upon the earth. <\/p>\n
1193
\n01:16:43,720 –> 01:16:48,240
\nBut thanks be to God, which
\ngiveth us the victory through <\/p>\n
1194
\n01:16:48,240 –> 01:16:51,320
\nour Lord Jesus Christ.
\nIt’s his work. <\/p>\n
1195
\n01:16:52,360 –> 01:16:57,080
\nWe cannot do it ourselves, but
\nthe power of that victory of the<\/p>\n
1196
\n01:16:57,080 –> 01:16:59,960
\nwork of Christ is going to be
\nwrought on a scale that we <\/p>\n
1197
\n01:16:59,960 –> 01:17:03,800
\ncannot comprehend today because
\nevery component of our life is <\/p>\n
1198
\n01:17:03,800 –> 01:17:06,840
\ntransformed by the power of
\nimmortality. <\/p>\n
1199
\n01:17:08,040 –> 01:17:10,000
\nAnd the work which He has
\naccomplished with us as <\/p>\n
1200
\n01:17:10,000 –> 01:17:14,320
\nindividuals, that’s wrought in
\nour families and in our <\/p>\n
1201
\n01:17:14,320 –> 01:17:19,280
\necclesias, will be wrought
\nthroughout the Millennium until <\/p>\n
1202
\n01:17:19,280 –> 01:17:24,440
\nevery individual upon the earth
\nare only those who know and love<\/p>\n
1203
\n01:17:24,440 –> 01:17:28,560
\ntheir Father with all their
\nfullness and all their being. <\/p>\n
1204
\n01:17:30,360 –> 01:17:34,400
\nWe become the spirit beings of
\nthe age to come. <\/p>\n
1205
\n01:17:35,880 –> 01:17:42,400
\nWe dwell with God as part of
\nHim, and God is All in all. <\/p>\n
1206
\n01:17:45,760 –> 01:17:54,360
\nBut thanks be to God which
\ngiveth us the victory through <\/p>\n
1207
\n01:17:54,360 –> 01:18:03,200
\nour Lord Jesus Christ.
\nTherefore, my beloved brethren, <\/p>\n
1208
\n01:18:06,760 –> 01:18:15,080
\nye steadfast, unmovable, always
\nabounding in the work of the <\/p>\n
1209
\n01:18:15,080 –> 01:18:23,320
\nLord, for as much as you know
\nthat your labour is not in vain <\/p>\n
1210
\n01:18:23,920 –> 01:18:24,520
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