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God is the source of His Kingdom, by the birth of His Son as the resurrected Christ, and the births of His many children through faith in Christ.
For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}, (Hebrews 2:11)
We, His Body and Assembly, and Christ Himself, are "all out of one" ("εξ ενος παντες"). We both have the same source—Yahweh—which is why the Lord Jesus is not ashamed to call us His brothers, and to declare the Name of His and our Father to us in our midst.
saying, "I will declare your name to my brothers. In the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise."{Psalm 22:22} (Hebrews 2:12)
Both by our natural birth, and our spiritual birth, we have been made brothers of Christ.
As we have been born of a human mother, so has the Lord Jesus. We share the same flesh and blood which Adam had, fresh from God's hand. Both the one who sanctifies and those being sanctified are all out of one.
As we have been born of God, so has the Lord Jesus. For at His Resurrection, He was proven to be the Son of God with power by the HolySpirit (Romans 1:4). We share the same Divine Nature which Yahweh has had, from all eternity. Both the one who sanctifies and those being sanctified are all out of one.
The act which accomplished this blessed experience is the death of God's Son!
Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, (Hebrews 2:14)
"By means of death" he set upon this glorious redemption unto union with Yahweh, to "bring to nothing" he (the Devil) who had the power (κρατος) of death. By being of God, both as to His Deity and His Humanity, He was able, through death, to render useless the one having control over death. He shared in the same blood and flesh that we do, uniting His limitless Divine power to our limited human race. As death truly has no dominion over God, so the one having the power of death can have no more dominion over anyone begotten by Him!
8But if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him; 9knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no more has dominion over him! 10For the death that he died, he died to sin one time; but the life that he lives, he lives to God. (Romans 6:8-10)
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The Good Message
As you read this site, you will hopefully come to know Yahweh more fully.
But all of this continuing knowledge is useless unless and until you come into union with Him. I use the word union because it is truly a marriage. It is that deep connection we all seek, for which we most often look in other people. However, the truth is that our hearts will only be fulfilled when we enter that union in fullness with the One Who made us.
This is the grace of God, that He has not stayed distant for us only to worship as Creator. But He has come unto us, even become one of us—in His Son, ChristJesus—in order to share an intimate union with us. He desires such closeness that it truly will envelope our entire life, transforming us into something new and wonderful.
You may have already entered this union with Him and only seek to know Him better through reading here. But if you have not, as you do read, let this Gospel sink into your heart as you read it now.
God loves you, and has cast your sins into the sea. He has sent His only Son as the Savior of the world—that includes you.
That Son, JesusChrist, was born as a man through a virgin who had given her life to Yahweh; He lived without sin, reflected the glory of His Father, God, in all His words and deeds, and was persecuted even unto death because of it.
His death upon a cross was the powerful explosion that separated you from your life of death. It remains for you, now, to enter into that death with Him. As you die to the one you are now, a person separated from God from your many sins, you will be born anew, with a nature predisposed to live rightly. This gift is free to you, with nothing you can do to earn it. It is the mercy of God to offer it to you, as He loves you so much! All you must do is receive it by trusting Him to have delivered you. Simply place your life in His hands and embrace the freedom that came through that death on the cross.
The Gospel is that Jesus did not remain dead, but rose again on the third day after His crucifixion! Death could not hold Him, as He was without sin. And so death will not be able to hold you, as you identify with Him fully through your trust in Him. Let go of yourself and confess Him as Lord of your life. The power of His death and resurrection will work in you all that your Creator has destined for you. You will truly enter a new life and experience that intimate union you have been seeking all of your life.
So ponder these words as you read here of this great God—Yahweh—and all that He has revealed to His creation. Let His Spirit testify to your heart that these words are true, that God is Love, and that He sent His Son so that you might receive the life that is unbound by time and space. As you feel that witness in your heart, simply believe and receive what He is offering to you, even now, and begin your new life as a child of God.
Please write to me and let me know when you take this step, as I will be your brother in Christ—we will be one in Him!
Scripture Quotes: World English Bible Translation.
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