EAR (16 July 2023) "Everlasting
Righteousness - Chance"
Hi John,
Chance and Doves,
Re.
EVERLASTING
RIGHTEOUSNESS
Chance (23 Apr 2023)
“EAR”
…but the bringing
in of everlasting
righteousness, sealing up the vision and prophecy
and anointing
the most Holy - is Second Coming, in my opinion, is yet
future.
Chance,
your opinion saying
the ‘bringing in of everlasting righteousness, sealing up
the vision and
prophecy and anointing the most Holy’ occurs at the
Second Coming etc., disagrees
with the basic teaching in Romans, Hebrews and other New
Testament books
regarding the last three tasks listed in Daniel 9:24b,
which you have quoted.
I have provided just some of the numerous New Testament
references showing the
fulfilment of all six of these tasks by Messiah, which
had to be
completed for the confirmation of the covenant mentioned in
Dan. 9:27a. The
references are listed in my book The
Curse and the Covenant (pages 89 to 96). THE CURSE AND THE COVENANT
(fivedoves.com)
By saying this, you
obviously don’t believe
that Jesus finished the work He was sent to do during
His Parousia/First
Coming! This leaves me wondering what you think the whole
Gospel message is all
about, and whether or not you feel secure in your salvation. I
know for sure
that Jesus’ righteousness covers my sins for all eternity!
Re:
Everlasting Righteousness is for all believing Jews and
Gentiles:
For
I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the
power of God to salvation
for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for
the Greek. For in
it [the
Gospel]the righteousness of God is revealed from
faith to faith; as it
is written, [Hab. 2:4] ‘The just
shall live by faith.’ (Rom. 1:16–17)
Brethren,
my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that
they may be saved.
For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but
not according to
knowledge. For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness,
and seeking to
establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to
the righteousness
of God. For Christ is the end of
the law for righteousness
to everyone who believes.(Romans
10:1–4)
For
with the
heart one
believes unto righteousness, and with the
mouth confession is made
unto salvation. For the Scripture says, ‘Whoever believes
on Him will
not be put to shame.’ For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek,
for the same Lord over
all is rich to all who call upon Him. For ‘whoever
calls on the name
of the Lord shall be saved. (Rom. 10:10–13)
For
He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the
righteousness of God in Him.
(2 Cor. 5:21)
That sounds like
universal and everlasting
righteousness being imputed to all believers (both Jew
and Gentile) through
Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, right now, if they believe
it
in their heart, and accept it by faith! Those facts
will not change at
His Second Coming! As Paul so rightly exclaims:
There
is therefore now no
condemnation
to those who are in Christ Jesus… according
to the
Spirit. (Rom. 8:1)
But
this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins
forever, sat down
at the right hand of God, from that time waiting till
His enemies are made
His footstool. For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being
sanctified. (Heb.
10:12–14)
The New Testament
indicates that the
early Church in Jerusalem after
Pentecost wastotally Jewish
(Matt. 10:5–7, 15:24; Acts 2:41, 47, 5:14, 11:24). Today there
are a quarter of
a million Messianic Jews living in the USA, and at least
another 20,000
practising Messianic Jews living in Israel!Neither God, nor Jesus, ever said He was going to save
the whole nation!
Most theologians believe
the ‘Times of the
Gentiles’ (Church era) is running concurrently in our modern
era, with identical
opportunities for the Jews to
find salvation through the One who died for their sins
(particularly in
countries—other than Israel—where proselytising is allowed).
God hasn’t shut up
the heavens to the Jewish remnant… their salvation (like ours)
is freely
available, and their coming to faith in Jesus is on-going...
Isaiah only talked about
a ‘remnant’ of
Israel being saved during the Millennium period (Isaiah
11:10–12, 16; cf.
Romans 9:27–28,). Jesus did say ‘whosoever believes in Him
should not
perish but have everlasting life!’
Thus, Jesus is now
‘sitting down’ in the
central place of power in the heavenly realm; He has finished
His work, by
making everlasting righteousness available to all who
call on His name;
He has put us in a ‘right’ relationship with God.Our condition now
in the sight of God,
will be made evident to the world, when the
‘sons/daughters of God’ are
made manifest at His return (Romans 8:15–19; 29–30).
Re:
Sealing up the vision and prophecy:
After His resurrection,
on the road to
Emmaus (Mark 16:12; Luke 24:13–35, esp. v. 27) Jesus told the
two disciples how
He came to fulfil prophecy in all the Old
Testament scriptures, from Moses to the Prophets.
The scroll, in Revelation 5 and 6
(containing God’s plan for humankind,
from beginning to end), was most certainly sealed with seven
seals, until only
Jesus Christ, the slain Lamb of God, who had the right to open
it, revealed
what had been predestined to occur on earth from when the
Gospel was released until
the consummation. (See endnote 3 in my post to Steve Coerper
on 9 July 2023.) Steve
Coerper
(2 July 2023) 'The Rider on the White Horse' (fivedoves.com)
Biblical visions
and prophecy
were sealed up long ago with the completion of the
Testaments, with nothing
to be added to, or taken away from Revelation. There is only the
‘fulfilment’ of the already described visions and
written prophecies that are
yet to occur between now and the end times. I wonder if that
is what you mean
by saying it won’t happen till the Second Coming?
I would really like to
know what more you
expect Jesus to do when He comes in glory at His Parousia?
Re:
Anointing the Most Holy:
Furthermore, Hebrews
chapters 8–10 confirms
that Jesus is now seated at the right hand of God in the
Holy of Holies
as the anointed One, as our great High Priest.
Now
where there is remission [forgiveness] of these [sins], there is no longer an offering for sin. Therefore,
brethren, having
boldness to enter the
Holiest
by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for
us, through the
veil, that is, His flesh, and having a High Priest
over the house of God,
let us draw near with a true heart in
full assurance of faith,having our
hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies
washed with pure water.
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without
wavering, for He who is
promised is faithful. (Heb. 10:19–23)
The Gospels tell us that
immediately after
His resurrection, Jesus ascended to heaven to appear in the
Most Holy place (in
the heavenly sanctuary) with the blood of His sacrifice! In
doing so, He became
the
Most Holy
anointed one! He obviously had to appear before
God’s throne to achieve
this, before He could be re-united with His disciples and
appear to them in His
resurrected form! John 20:17, shows this was Jesus’ immediate
intention after
His resurrection. Thus, the pre-incarnation ‘preview’ of this
event, which is recorded
in Daniel 7:13–14, shows Christ (One like the Son of Man),
appearing in the throne
room of the Ancient of
Days soon after
His resurrection and ascension, to receive His reward… dominion and glory and a kingdom, none of which
will pass away or be
destroyed.
Chance, you
seem to think that
Jesus—when He returns at His Second Coming—needs to be
anointed by some mere
human, but I certainly don’t think that! My reading of
Daniel 7:9–10,
13–14; Matt. 26:63–64; Acts 7:55–56; Rev. 1:10–18, 5:5–14;
19:11–16, tells me
that He will return as a victorious and conquering KING, to
rule and reign with
a rod of iron
during the millennium (Isaiah
11:1–4; Rev. 2:27; 12:5; 19:15). He certainly won’t need
anyone’s permission to
do so, or wait for a blessing from anyone on earth!Jesus doesn’t need
any further anointing …
not from me, you, or anyone else… Next time, He is coming as
King, not as a
sacrifice! He is returning as the anointed King… And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name
written: KING OF KINGS
AND LORD OF LORDS.(Rev.
19:16)
However, I can
understand why you think that
way; because Dispensational teaching won’t admit that ‘the
covenant’ mentioned in
Daniel 9:27a was actually the New
Covenant for the forgiveness of sin, which is exactly
what Jesus came to
confirm, so that you and I (and every believer) can be made
righteous in God’s
sight through Him—right now—and for ever more.
Chance, I would really
like to know what
more you expect Jesus to do when He comes at His
Parousia/Second Coming,
especially regarding the three tasks you listed above.
Do you have some
references? How is Jesus going to do more to achieve
everlasting righteousness,
than what He has already done? He said… ‘It is finished’ (John
19:29) while on
the cross.