Grace, New Covenant And Mystery Fellowship

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Precious friends, please Be Very Richly Encouraged and Edified In "What Saith The Scripture?":
Intro:

Q: Why did God not simply say: "In the beginning God Created the universe?"
Q2: Why did He Make This Division "right At The Beginning Of His Word"?:

"In the beginning God Created the heaven and the earth." (Genesis 1:1 AV)​

Is it not because He Has A Two-Fold Purpose? One program for heaven, and another one for the earth?
Let our journey begin:

Who Is "The Minister of The Circumcision / Testator Of The [ earthly ] New Covenant"?:

The earthly Humble Servant, Jesus, As The Son of man, Who Died On The Cross, Correct?​

Rightly Divided (2 Timothy 2:15 AV) From “Things That Differ!” (online):

Who is The "Revealer Of The [ Heavenly ] Fellowship Of The Mystery"?:

The Risen And Glorified Christ, As Head Of The One Body Of Christ, "Seated In Heavenly places,"
Correct?​

New Covenant:
"God’s Grace for Israel to perform by the Spirit":​

“Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant​
with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah” (Jeremiah 31:31 AV)​

"... And I will make with them a covenant of peace..." (Ezekiel 34:25; 37:26 AV)​

"Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they,​
even the house of Israel, are My people, saith the Lord GOD. And ye My flock,​
the flock of My pasture, are men, and I AM your God, saith the Lord GOD."​
(Ezekiel 34:30-31 AV)​

"A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will​
take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.​
And I will put My Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and
ye shall keep My judgments, and do them." (Ezekiel 36:26-27)​

"For This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,​
saith the Lord; I will put My laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts:​
and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to Me a people:​

And they shall Not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother,​
saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know Me, from the least to the greatest."​
(Hebrews 8:10-11 AV)​

Fellowship of The Mystery:
"God’s Grace/Mercy to all without Israel"​

"For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye​
should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel,​
until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.​

And so all Israel shall be saved: as It Is Written, There shall come out of Sion the​
Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: For this is My covenant​
unto them, When I Shall Take Away their sins...​
[ ____ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ cp 'blotted out' ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ - Acts 3:19 AV ]..."​

"...For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained Mercy through​
their unbelief: Even so have these also now not believed, that through your Mercy they
also may obtain Mercy. For God Hath Concluded them all in unbelief, that He might​
Have Mercy Upon all.​

O the Depth of the Riches Both of the Wisdom and Knowledge of God! How Unsearchable​
are His Judgments, and His Ways past finding out!" (Romans 11:25-33 AV)​

"Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is This Grace given, that I should​
preach among the Gentiles the Unsearchable Riches of Christ; And to make all men
see What Is The Fellowship of The Mystery, Which from the beginning of the world​
hath been hid in God, Who created all things by Jesus Christ" (Ephesians 3:8-9)​

Q3:
How, then can the "Grace of the new covenant (for Israel), prophesied since the foundation of the world,"
be The Exact same thing as "The Grace Of The Fellowship Of The Mystery ( for the Body Of Christ ),"
"Which from the beginning of the world Hath Been Hid in God"?

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New Covenant:
"Israel is a nation separate from the Gentiles"​

“For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee​
to be a special people unto Himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.”​
(Deuteronomy 7:6 AV)​

Fellowship of The Mystery:
"Israel is fallen; no Jew nor Gentile in the Body of Christ"​
see Romans 11 "blindness in part" above​

"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free,​
there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus."​
(Galatians 3:28 AV)​

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New Covenant:
"The law written on their hearts, God Causing them to obey"​
see Ezekiel 26 "cause you to walk" and​
Hebrews 8 "put/write laws in their minds/hearts" above​

Fellowship of The Mystery:
"Blessing without the law; Not under the law; walk in faith, after the Spirit"​

"Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith​
without the deeds of the law." (Romans 3:28 AV)​

"For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law,​
but under Grace. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the​
law, but under Grace? God forbid." (Romans 6:14-15 AV)​

"...we walk by faith, not by sight..." (2 Corinthians 5:7 AV)​

That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who​
walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." (Romans 8:4 AV)​
"This I say then, walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh...​
...If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit." (Galatians 5:16, 25 AV)​

to be continued...
 

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Grace, New Covenant, And Mystery Fellowship​
Part 2

New Covenant:
"Covenant to make Israel ( as a nation and kingdom of priests ) the [ earthly ] channel of​
blessing to the world"​

"And ye shall be unto Me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words​
which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel." (Exodus 19:6 cp Isaiah 61:6 AV)​
"And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth​
thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. "​
(Genesis 12:3 cp Genesis 18:18, 26:4; Deuteronomy 7:6, 14:2, 26:19 AV)​
"Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God​
made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall​
all the kindreds of the earth be blessed." (Acts 3:25 AV)​

Fellowship of The Mystery:
"By Grace Through faith," The Body Of Christ receives All spiritual blessings in Christ​
without "[ earthly ] covenants for a kingdom, nation, circumcision, or priesthood."​

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who hath blessed​
us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ" (Ephesians 1:3 AV)​

"Giving thanks unto the Father, Which hath made us meet to be partakers of​
the inheritance of the saints in light: Who Hath Delivered us from the power​
of darkness, and Hath Translated us into The Kingdom Of His Dear SON"​
(Colossians 1:12-13 "Heavenly kingdom" - 2 Timothy 4:18 AV)​
"And ye are complete in Him, which is The Head of all principality and power:​
In Whom also ye are circumcised with the Circumcision made without hands,​
in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh By The Circumcision of Christ"​
(Colossians 2:10-11 AV)​

Amen.
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Addendum:

There is no spiritual "nation Nor priesthood" found In Romans Through Philemon ( Mystery ).
However, there are individuals, in God's New Spiritual Organism, "The One Body," whom
God "Calls" By these names:

"babes In Christ, chosen vessels, children of Light, dear children, children of the day,​
children Of God, children Of The Living God, heirs, joint-heirs, soldiers/wrestlers,​
ambassadors, beloved brethren, dearly beloved, brethren beloved, beloved Of God,​
brethren beloved of The Lord, faithful brethren,​

partakers of [ Paul's God-Given ] Grace, partakers of the benefit, the elect Of God,​
members Of Christ, members of His Body, of His Flesh, and of His Bones, members​
one of another, sons Of God, sons and daughters Of The Lord God Almighty,​

standers, walkers, runners, servants of righteousness, servants to God,​
servants Of Jesus Christ, vessels of mercy/honor, workers, co-laborers​
with God, [ future ] judges of angels, temple Of The Living God, and​
students of The Word Of Truth." (Romans - Philemon)​

Amen again.

God's small summary?:

grace in:
prophecy/Law/ _____________ ...( Current Parenthetical Age )... ______ prophecy resumed grace
/Old Covenant ____________ ...( Mystery / Grace Dispensation )... ____ in the New Covenant
Israel [OT, Matthew - Acts 8] ______ ...( Body of Christ )... ____________ Israel [Hebrews - Revelation]
_____________________________ ...( Acts 9 - Romans - Philemon )...

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The Silence of Grace