This is an opportunity...so I will engage:
You are operating in the darkness of this present age, so I will explain...again, not for you, because you have made your decision, but for
anyone who actually wants to know the truth:
What you have not considered...is that
this is "the second day" before Christ "shall be perfected." Luke 13:32
The first day (or "
today" that Jesus referred to in
Luke 13:32) pertained to the House of Israel (the first fold brought by Christ, and the first who are last).
The second day (or "
tomorrow" that Jesus referred to) pertains to the second fold brought by Christ, the times of the gentiles, and the last who are first - first to receive the spirit of God, following Christ the firstfruits.
As such, this being the second day referred to by Christ before His perfection the third day, we are not in a day of perfection...but rather a time when His "
strength is made perfect in weakness." It is this point that makes it relevant to this discussion, for some believe that by being guided by the Holy Spirit that the church has acted righteously down through the ages instead of in weakness, which is a violation of what the scriptures say of our time.
Both the first day and Israel, and the second day and the gentiles exist within the times of Christ's "casting out demons and performing cures." And
likewise, each ends with the rejection of Christ...or during these times, as has been foretold: "
the falling away" or "
great apostasy." The first day pertains to the sons of the first Adam, of whom Christ was and is the Last, while the second day pertains to the sons of God and the life-giving Spirit, of whom Christ is the First:
As it is written: "
The first shall be last, and the last first." It is in this small statement that most do not understand. It would be easier if those born of the first fold were of flesh, and those born under the second fold were only spirit. But both are first born of the flesh...which is the path to redemption. Either way, the pieces of the puzzle begin and end with Christ...because there is "
only one begotten Son." In the Son then, are the first fold are "
the dead in Christ" or Israel, and also "
the living in Christ" or those grafted into Israel. So, then, by the curse of sin the man ("
of sin") of flesh are the dead, and only those born [again] of the Spirit are alive...of which both gain their life through, or rather, in Christ: Israel through His death (thus "
the dead in Christ"), and those grafted into Israel through His life which He attained by being born of the spirit of God (thus "
the living in Christ").
During these time it is most important to understand that in natural death, as it is written, "
the flesh returns to the dust, and the spirit to God who gave it."
As pertains to this discussion for these end times, the church was presented with a choice of "
life and death" just as was given to Israel by Moses in the desert. This is what Jesus also presented His disciples and those of the church age, where following the flesh (death) was personified by Peter, in contrast to how Peter came to know who Christ was by the spirit of God. No, Jesus did not give them the same choice in the same way, or the church would have caught on before the times of the gentiles are fulfilled. But it is a mistake to think that those grafted into Israel would actually be treated better than Israel, and not be faced with the same choice of life and death within the church. True, choosing Christ is life, in or out of what is perceived as the structure and leadership of the church - but whether it is the leaders of Israel or the leaders of the church, neither has been given life without making a choice.
Which brings us to the "
falling away" or "
the great apostasy" before the return of Christ. It is time to "
look up" (not to men), but to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon all flesh (not just the leaders)...for
"our redemption draws near."
Hallelujah!