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The Greatest Escape
Some things in the Bible are so big, so gargantuous, the mind can’t get around ‘em. It just spits ‘em out. They’re simply too far removed from finite everyday life; albeit, they are indeed true and life-changing if you sit down and let the syntax sink in. Most of us are aware of the verse “great and precious promises” (2Peter 1.4). Well, let’s see if this will fit on your plate!
Hidden in Plain Sight
Since everyone will eventually die, there is only one true escape, and that would be from physical death itself. It is an epic feat, that according to the Bible, only two people have accomplished, and it has been hidden squarely in front of the eyes of all who have embraced the New Testament. Even though, having been read by countless millions, it remains invisible to their consciousness. It is so big, so powerful, so outrageous that it cannot be admitted into the mind and spirit of the average person. Fortunately, if you have been reading this blog for more than a week — you are no average person. Take a look at the book of Hebrews… ~ “By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, “and was not found, because God had taken him”; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God” (Hebrews 11.5).
The Greatest Feat in History
We are considering, second only to the resurrection of Messiah, the greatest feat (miracle) recorded in the Bible, or for that matter… recorded in all of the annals of history, and it has a very important and vital connection to every believer who inhabits the earth at this present day as the prophecies of the end of the age fulfill themselves before us. For those who are not familiar with this verse, the term ‘taken away so that he did not see death’ is referring to something very similar to what many people know as ‘the rapture’ of the children of God out of the calamities of the final generation. Referring to God’s great escape plan by which He will miraculously deliver His people out of the midst of the catastrophic events that comprise the final great tribulation period (the final 3-7 years), the Bible states. ~ “For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God… hen we who are alive and remain shall be caught up…in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord” (1Thessalonians 4.16-17).
In the Twinkle of an Eye
Two mind-boggling events will occur here. First, as the aforementioned verse reveals, we’ll be ‘caught up together to meet the Lord in the air.’ Millions of true blood washed Christians will instantly disappear from the face of the earth and be translated in the twinkle of an eye into the presence of Jesus Christ ‘in the air.’ Second, their physical body will never die. The last generation who attain unto the ‘catching away’ (rapture) will never die. Their physical body will be transformed, just like Jesus’s resurrected body was. When He rose from the dead on the third day, there was no body left in the tomb because His body had been transformed into a celestial, eternal, and incorruptible body. This transformation will happen at the end of the age to every believer who is alive and called in ‘the first resurrection’ of the church, the rapture. The Apostle Paul writes about this in the book of 1Corinthians. ~ “Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep [die], but we shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed [raptured].” (1Corinthians 15.51-52).
The Greatest Escape
One must be accustomed to biblical terminology to correctly understand this translation of the Bible. When it is says that ‘we shall not all sleep,’ it means we shall not all suffer the pain of physical death. The last generation will escape part or all ofthe great tribulation upon the earth as God pours out His furious wrath, and the chosen few escape death through the rapture, in an instant… as it is written — ‘in the twinkling of an eye.’ The rapture is called the ‘blessed hope’ in scripture because the child of God can rest assured that the Father has a glorious flight plan out of the darkest moment in world history. ~ “looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ” (Titus 2.13). The only thing that could be greater than this is what is mentioned in the opening lines of this blog. To cut to the chase, your Bible reveals in Hebrews 11.5 that Enoch similarly to the rapture was transported from earth into the presence of God in a heartbeat, and he never tasted death.
How Big is your faith!
What makes this totally beyond what most people can fathom is that Enoch was not raptured by divine providence like the church will be — Enoch was transported ‘by faith.’ Now, that is unquestionably the most monumental act of human faith recorded in the Bible, and it is written in the New Testament because it corresponds to you. Are you tired of waiting for the rapture? Who said you have to wait? God is no respecter of persons. (Call me crazy.) If it was written in the New Testament, Enoch’s walk of faith is your ticket outa here, whether it be before or after the rapture. As the ominous clouds of darkness begin to cover the earth foreboding of the arrival of Antichrist, God is calling His children to get serious about faith. To stop playing games with their faith, so they can escape the things that are coming upon the earth and stand in the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Mark 9.23 Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things [are] possible to him who believes.”
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Regreso al Edén
Todo vuelve a los dos árboles en el Jardín del Edén. Toda la Biblia y todas las obras de Dios nos transportan de regreso al Edén y nos permiten a cada uno de nosotros elegir por nosotros mismos lo que Adán y Eva rechazaron — participar del Árbol de la Vida o del Árbol de la Muerte. ~ El árbol de vida en medio del huerto, y el árbol de la ciencia del bien y del mal” (Génesis 2.9). El pecado ya había contaminado el cielo cuando Lucifer cometió el pecado original, y un tercio de los ángeles con él. Para tratar el problema del pecado, era necesario que cada persona rechazara el pecado y superara sus tentaciones. Así, el Árbol del conocimiento de la muerte fue colocado en el Edén. ~ Y fue lanzado fuera el gran dragón, la serpiente antigua, que se llama diablo y Satanás, el cual engaña al mundo entero; fue arrojado a la tierra, y sus ángeles fueron arrojados con él” (Apocalipsis 2.9).
La clave
Los dos árboles corresponden a Dios y Satanás. La cuestión del pecado debe estar resuelta eternamente, que requiere que cada hombre decida a cuál de los dos árboles le corresponde, al árbol de la vida eterna o al árbol de la muerte eterna. Se pasa demasiado tiempo enfocados en el Árbol de la Muerte e ignorando el Árbol de la Vida, que es, con mucho, el más importante. Es el Árbol de la Vida que abre la puerta de regreso a Dios, la vida eterna, y todas las bendiciones del cielo. El poder de la muerte es el ‘conocimiento del mal,’ y el poder de la vida eterna es el ‘conocimiento del bien’ que ~ “ahora ha sido manifestada por la aparición de nuestro Salvador Jesucristo, el cual quitó la muerte y sacó a luz la vida y la inmortalidad por el evangelio. En él estaba la vida, y la vida era la luz de los hombres” (2Timoteo 1.10, Juan 1.4). La llave que abre la puerta de regreso al jardín paraíso es la realidad de ‘unidad’ de Dios que simboliza el árbol de vida. El poder y la brillantez de Dios descansa en la unidad de la divinidad, el todo glorioso Dios tres-en-uno.
Unidad con Dios
El árbol de la vida lleva al hombre a la vida eterna, que es la unidad con Dios. Jesús es la ‘Vid Verdadera,’ el Árbol de la Vida (de Eden), por el cual somos hechos ‘uno’ con la Trinidad, los Santos Ángeles, los santos glorificados y el resto de la creación. Por Jesús, la palabra ungida (viva), entramos y permanecemos EN la Trinidad divina, el verdadero Árbol de la Vida. Cristo dijo ~ “Yo soy la vid verdadera…Permaneced en mí, y yo en vosotros…Si permanecéis en mí, y mis palabras permanecen en vosotros, pedid todo lo que queréis, y os será hecho” (Juan 15.1,4,7). La clave para entender a Dios y a toda la Biblia es la naturaleza única de Dios, la Trinidad divina. 183 veces en el Nuevo Testamento, el término ‘en Cristo’ o ‘en Él’ o ‘en su cuerpo (etc.) aparece en el Nuevo Testamento. Todos estos términos se refieren a la reconciliación del hombre en una completa estado de ‘unidad’ con el Padre y el Hijo a través del Espíritu Santo, quien da vida a nuestro espíritu humano, convirtiéndonos en un solo espíritu con Dios de nuevo. ~ “Pero el que se une al Señor, un espíritu es con él” (1Corintios 6.17). Nos convertimos en ‘nacidos’ de Dios, participantes de su naturaleza divina (Espíritu). ~ “Mediante el conocimiento de aquel…llegaseis a ser participantes de la naturaleza divina” (2Pedro 1.3-4).
Escuchando la Palabra Ungida
Entonces, ¿cómo entra y permanece el creyente en este bendito estado de ‘unidad’ con Dios? Jesús nos da la respuesta a esa pregunta. Él revela que es por la Palabra ungida de Dios que uno regresa al Edén y participa del árbol de la vida. Jesús es ‘el Camino.’ Jesús dijo ~ “Yo soy el camino, y la verdad, y la vida; nadie viene al Padre, sino por mí” (Juan 14.6). Su nombre es ‘Cristo’ (griego), que significa ‘ungido’ por el Espíritu de Dios. Jesús es la Palabra Ungida,1 que es el Camino y la Verdad que conducen al Árbol oculto de la Vida eterna en el Jardín. Observe, él dijo ~ “El Espíritu del Señor está sobre mí, Por cuanto me ha ungido para dar buenas nuevas” Lucas 4.18). Todos los días, los sacerdotes judíos predicaban del mismo texto que Jesús. Predicaron lo que la Biblia llama la ‘letra muerta’ de la palabra de Dios al mismo tiempo que Jesús estaba predicando la palabra de Dios ungida y vivificante. Los que escucharon la palabra predicada sin la unción murieron espiritualmente, mientras que los que escucharon la predicación de la palabra ungida por Jesús fueron sanados y recibieron vida eterna.
Elige el árbol de la vida La Biblia dice que la firma de Dios sobre sus ministros es la palabra ungida ~ “Porque el que Dios envió, las palabras de Dios habla; pues Dios no da el Espíritu por medida” (Juan 3.34). El árbol de la vida en el Edén es el árbol del Espíritu de la vida, la palabra ungida, la vid verdadera. El apóstol Pedro en el libro de los Hechos demuestra cómo a través de la palabra ungida, el hijo de Dios se convierte en ‘Uno’ con el Espíritu y participa del Árbol de la Vida en esta era actual. Observe cómo se ministra el Espíritu de Dios que da vida a través de la palabra ungida de Dios a medida que se predica. ~ “Y cuando comencé a hablar, cayó el Espíritu Santo sobre ellos también, como sobre nosotros al principio” (Hechos 11.15). No dejes que la muerte espiritual por el pecado de Adán gobierne tu vida ni un minuto más. Comience ahora a participar del Árbol de la Vida, Jesucristo, entregándose diariamente a la Palabra ungida.
1Juan 3.24
Y el que guarda sus mandamientos, permanece en Dios, y Dios en él. Y en esto sabemos que él permanece en nosotros, por el Espíritu que nos ha dado.
Notas
1. Juan 1.14
2. Juan 15.1
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Return to Eden
Everything comes back to the two trees in the Garden of Eden. The entire Bible and all of the works of God transport us back to Eden and enable each one of us to choose for ourselves what Adam and Eve rejected — to partake of the Tree of Life or of the Tree of Death. ~ “The tree of life [was] also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil” (Genesis 2.9). Sin had already contaminated heaven when Lucifer committed the original sin and one third of the angels with him. In order to deal with the sin problem, it was necessary for each person to reject sin and overcome its temptations. Thus, the Tree of the knowledge of death was placed in Eden. ~ “So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him” (Revelation 12.9).
The Key
The two trees correspond to God and Satan. The question of sin must be eternally laid to rest, which requires every man to decide to which of the two trees he corresponds, to the tree of eternal life or to the tree of eternal death. Far too much time is spent focusing on the tree of death and ignoring the Tree of Life, which is by far the most important. It is the Tree of Life that opens the door back to God, eternal life, and all of the blessings of heaven. The power of death is the ‘knowledge of evil,’ and the power of eternal life is the knowledge of love (God), which ~ “has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, [who] has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men” (2Timothy 1.10, John 1.4). The key that opens the door back into the garden paradise is the reality of ‘oneness’ of God. The power and brilliance of God rests in the unity of the divine godhead, the all-glorious three in one God.
Oneness with God
The Tree of Life brings man into eternal life, which is unity with God. Jesus is the ‘True Vine,’ the Tree of Life, by which we are made ‘one’ with the Trinity, the Holy Angels, the glorified saints, and the rest of creation. By Jesus, the anointed (living) word, we enter into and abide IN the divine Trinity, the True Tree of Life. Christ said ~ “I am the true vine. Abide in Me, and I in you. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you” (John 15.1,4,7). The key to understanding God and the entire Bible is the single nature of God, the divine Trinity. 183 times in the New Testament, the term ‘in Christ’ or ‘in Him’ or ‘in His body (etc.) appear in the New Testament. All of these terms refer to man’s reconciliation into complete oneness with the Father and the Son through the Holy Spirit, who gives life to our human spirit, making us one spirit with God again. ~ “But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him” (1Corinthians 6.17). We become ‘born’ of God, partakers of His divine nature. ~ “through the knowledge of Him…may be partakers of the divine nature” (2Peter 1.3-4).
Hearing the Anointed Word
So, how does the believer enter and abide in this blessed state of oneness (unity) with God? Jesus gives us the answer to that question. He reveals that it is by the anointed Word of God that one returns to Eden and partakes of the tree of life. Jesus is the way. Jesus said ~ “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14.6). His name is the ‘Christ’ (Greek), which means ‘anointed’ by the Spirit of God. Jesus is the Anointed Word,1 which is the Way and the Truth that lead to the hidden Tree of eternal Life in the Garden. Notice, He said ~ “The Spirit of the LORD [is] upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel (Luke 4.18). Every day, the Jewish priests preached from the same text that Jesus did. They preached what the Bible calls the ‘dead letter’ of the word of God at the same time that Jesus was preaching the anointed, life-giving, word of God. Those who listened to the word preached without the anointing died spiritually, a little more each day, while those who listened to preaching of the anointed word by Jesus were healed and received eternal life.
Choose the Tree of Life
The Bible says the signature of God upon His ministers is the anointed word ~ “For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure” (John 3.34). The Tree of Life in Eden is the Tree of the Spirit of Life, the Anointed Word, the True Vine.2 The Apostle Peter in the book of Acts demonstrates how through the anointed word the child of God becomes ‘One’ with the Spirit and partakes of the Tree of Life in this present age. Notice how the life-giving Spirit of God is ministered through the anointed word of God as it is preached. ~ “And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, as upon us at the beginning” (Acts 11.15). Don’t let spiritual death through the sin of Adam rule your life for one more minute. Begin now to partake to the Tree of Life, Jesus Christ, by giving yourself daily to the anointed Word.
1John 3.24
Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.
Notes
1. John 1.14
2. John 15.1
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