tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post6658712430556576102..comments2024-03-24T11:03:03.106-07:00Comments on Just Genesis : Witnesses to the Truth of ChristianityAlice C. Linsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-44669042825720014442009-09-04T06:13:29.153-07:002009-09-04T06:13:29.153-07:00God's word is indeed wonderful. It points alw...God's word is indeed wonderful. It points always to Jesus Christ, the Son of God who came into the world to save sinners. HE is the Living Word.Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-29923497218452133762009-09-03T16:23:53.782-07:002009-09-03T16:23:53.782-07:00God's Word is so wonderful. Genesis looks for...God's Word is so wonderful. Genesis looks forward to the again Genisis. <br /><br /> Jesus comforted and encouraged His disciples with this Word. “Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on His glorious throne, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel” (Matthew 19:28b). The word “regeneration” comes from Greek root words ranslated “again” and “birth /genesis.” We look forward to the regeneration – the again genesis. <br /> This was revealed to John the Seer. In the book of Revelation he sees the new sky and new earth with new Jerusalem coming down out of heaven, made ready as a bride. As you read this revelation God gave him, see yourself as part of the bride. We, the Church, are the Bride of Christ. With his eyes on this glorious scene, John hears a voice announcing the tabernacle of God among men. Next, he hears the Alpha and Omega speak to him. <br /><br />God with us on the new earth – the new Jerusalem<br /><br />Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, because the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. And there is no longer any sea. And I saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem, coming down from God in heaven, dressed as a bride, ready to meet <br />her husband. <br /> <br />And I heard a loud voice from the throne, say: “Look! God’s home is among the people, and He will live with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death, and there will be no more grief or crying or pain, because the first things have passed away.”<br /> <br />“Look! I am making everything new,” said He who sat on the throne. And He added: “Write this because these words are true and you can trust them.” Then He said to me: “It is done! I am A and Z, the Beginning and the End. To anyone who is thirsty I will give water, that costs nothing, from the spring of the water of life. Be victorious, and you will have these things, and I will be your God and you will be My son.”<br /><br />“But cowardly, untrustworthy, and abominable people, and those who murder, sin sexually, practice witchcraft, and worship idols, and all liars will find themselves in the lake burning with fire and sulfur: this is the second death.” Revelation 21:1-8Bill Bremerhttp://www.housechurchconnections.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-69079105188948318782009-09-03T13:29:17.903-07:002009-09-03T13:29:17.903-07:00Thanks, Scott. I enjoy reading your blog and hope ...Thanks, Scott. I enjoy reading your blog and hope others will check it out.Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-86662408453293426602009-09-03T08:21:14.221-07:002009-09-03T08:21:14.221-07:00Hi Alice. Thanks for the link to my blog and thank...Hi Alice. Thanks for the link to my blog and thanks again for the interaction.<br /><br />You said - <i>'Yet Scott apparently believes what Jesus says in John 8:56 - "Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad." So my question is, if you believe what Jesus said, why do you doubt that Abraham had expectation of the appearing of the Son of God? It is a contradiction to say that you believe Jesus and then to discount what He says as anachronism.'</i><br /><br />As I stated, it definitely does seem, according to Jesus' statement, that Abraham had <b>some</b> sort of revelation of Jesus. But here is the thing - we don't know what that <b>exact</b> revelation was. The text is not fully clear. To say that Abraham was convinced that He (Jesus) would be the Son of God is not determinable from the actual text of John 8. To conclude such from the text seems a bit of eisegesis (reading into the text what it does not explicitly say).<br /><br />All we can conclude is that Abraham had <b>some</b> kind of revelation about the Christ/Messiah that would come. As to what that specific revelation was, we do not know exactly.<br /><br />So, I would encourage us to recognise the general reality of what Abraham understood (though pale in comparison to when the Christ actually arrived on the scene thousands of years later). But I would not go so far as to say we can prove Abraham expected the Son of God to come in the flesh. That is hard to fully lay out from the Scriptural context.<br /><br />Thanks again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com