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The Daily Word of Righteousness
You Must Be Born Again, #2
And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. (Hebrews 1:10-12)
The temporary nature of the present world is revealed in the Scriptures.
The earth, the sky, the planets, the stars, will perish. Only Christ and those who are part of Him are eternal.
How true it is that God cannot be mocked! Those who today are shaking their fist at God are only making fools of themselves. They imagine themselves to be superior to God but they are riding a carousel of destruction. They are behaving like clowns, like madmen, in the sight of the angels.
Again:
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. (II Peter 3:10)
Outer space will pass away. The sky will pass away. The material elements will be dissolved. The race of mankind will be no more.
In that Day there will be a convergence of the material and spirit realms. What God elects to save will be reconstituted and brought into the Kingdom. The Kingdom includes all that is found worthy of the material realm brought into perfect, complete union with the incorruptible Life of the Spirit of God through Christ.
The bodies of those who have died will be assembled by the Lord and the dead will stand before God in their spiritually animated physical bodies. Those who are found worthy of life will be permitted to partake of the Life of Christ, to enter the new age. Those who are not found worthy of life will be cast in their bodies into the lake that burns with fire and sulfur.
Nicodemus, a ruler, was accustomed to dealing with people. The questions on his mind had to do with the Kingdom of God. Was Jesus the Christ? If so, was Jesus going to bring in the Kingdom? His opening remark was designed to lead eventually to his questions.
The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. (John 3:2)
Jesus came to the point: "Unless a man is born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God."
Why be born again? Why the necessity for being born again ?
Because the first race, the Adamic race, cannot enter the Kingdom of God.
Because it is the new creation, that which is born again, that enters the Kingdom of God; that is, in fact, the Kingdom of God.
What does it mean to be born again? We need to answer this question clearly because it appears the term "born again" is not being used correctly in our day.
To be continued.