Eph 3:9-10
9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:*
* [The words "by Jesus Christ" do not exist in all Interlinear Texts. We know that Jesus who was the Christ, was born only some 2,000 years ago. But we also know that "Jesus" is the Name of God who is eternal. Indeed, Jesus created all things, but not Jesus of Nazareth, who was the Christ in his day. The holy Ancient One, whose Name is Jesus, is the Creator.]
10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
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It is a mystery because the rabbis have a much greater knowledge of the Scripture than most, if not all, Christian scholars. They also have a great deal of the wisdom of God through Kabbalah, but they do not know the mystery of God that can catapult them, as well as us, into the immortality of the World to Come. This knowledge is the inheritance of the Church.
The result of this state of affairs (that the rabbis have a greater knowledge of the Scripture than most, if not all, Christians), is that, today, many in the Church are giving the authority that is in Christ away to the rabbis, which is a disaster for the Jew and the Greek alike.
The answer to the predicament is the Doctrine of Christ and Christ-Centered Kabbalah, the doctrines that merge the message of the Old and the New Testaments like two pieces of a puzzle. We who have the witness within us to the validity and authority of these doctrines…
1 John 5:10-12
10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
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...have the privilege or learning the content of these doctrines (as the Lord reveals it to us), and also understanding the corresponding content of the doctrines of the rabbis (as He reveals it to us). This pursuit includes the truths of the New Contract that Jehovah made with Israel (the Church), as well as the many errors and falsehoods being taught in the Church today.
Eph 3:9-10
9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
KJV
Today, the Lord brought me to a second witness to what he recently taught us by revelation, that "eternal life" is a particular quality of life, rather than the immortality of the body (or any other kind of immortality). Eternal life is the quality of life that one experiences when one has a relationship with God. Eternal life is the "God life."
In addition, I learned that this is the Jewish understanding of eternal life, which is very important if the Church is to ever communicate the blessings of Grace to the Jew.
Today, I heard this spiritual principle taught on part 1 of a three-part study on "The Impossibility of Salvation" by Pastor John Macarthur. In view of the above, I highly recommend that you view this video, the link for which appears below:
God bless you.
Sheila R. Vitale
Pastor, Teacher, Founder
Living Epistles Ministries
http://www.LivingEpistles.org
YouTube.Living Epistles Ministries
Christ-Centered Kabbalah
http://www.Christ-CenteredKabbalah.org
YouTube.Christ-Centered Kabbalah
