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The Daily Word of Righteousness
Three Goals of the Spiritual Area of the Inheritance, #2
That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. (John 17:21)
Union with God through Christ. A second part of the spiritual rest is union with God through Christ. The union that is promised us is not a mere agreement on points of doctrine, it is the same union in which the Father and the Son dwell.
To be changed into the image of Christ is important. To dwell in Christ in God is even more important. To have image apart from union is to run the risk of becoming Antichrist.
God knows those who belong to Him and He will deliver them from the deceptions of the last days.
To be married to the Lord, to be in union with Him, to move only at His bidding, to seek His Presence and His face continually—these are the treasured desires of the true saint.
To dash about in an attempt to "do great things for God," to be occupied with the gifts instead of the Giver, to seek prominence in the "ministry," to use the blood of Christ in order to gain fame and money—all in the name of glorifying God, of course—has been and still is the mark of religious Babylon.
God has promised He will change us into the image of Christ and—better yet—that He will make us part of His Person. Here is our goal, our Canaan, our land of promise. But there exists a multitude of enemies who will fight against us with every deception, every cunning, every device to frighten us, every confusion, every delusion, every enticement, every seduction they can manufacture. Do you have a heart to press forward in the Spirit of God until you are in the untroubled rest of God through Christ?
The redemption of the mortal body. The third goal of the spiritual area of the rest of God is the redemption of the body. Several times Paul spoke of his desire to attain the redemption of his body.
And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. (Romans 8:23)
For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. (II Corinthians 5:4)
If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. (Philippians 3:11)
Philippians 3:11 (above) is explained a few verses later in the chapter.
Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. (Philippians 3:21)
If we would understand the resurrection toward which the Apostle Paul was pressing we first must realize that every person who has lived on the earth will be raised from the dead.
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. (John 5:28,29)
To be continued.