Hello there, just a quick note. While it is true that God works among the nations and their leaders, his plan and purpose to fulfill, we must not forget the remnant. Until now I have always thought of the believing Jews as the remnant, but maybe the remnant are all believers of every nation? Now sometimes nations fall out and even go to war, friends fall out as well and go away, but more often than not they make it up again and come back together. It is human nature to do different things, go different places, make new friends, and go to different churches etc. Sometimes we may think more of them than we do of God, but hopefully we return to the fold. My concern, and the concern of Jesus, and Paul etc, is that we return to the Lord and make him the King of our life, so that we do not die in a state of apostacy.
Thank you.
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Nice! And yes! The True Remnant is more than just the Blessed Jewish man, woman or child, but anyone who finds the Narrow Gate (as it seems to me). Check it out . . .
(Forgive me for posting the same passages over and over, but I do this because after being in the church all my life, no one ever taught me these Keystone passages, and this first set is just colossal!)
Romans 2:28-29 NLT - "For you are not a true Jew just because you were born of Jewish parents or because you have gone through the ceremony of circumcision. "No, a
true Jew is one whose heart is right with God. And
true circumcision is not merely obeying the letter of the law; rather, it is
a change of heart produced by God's Spirit. And
a person with a changed heart seeks praise from God, not from people."
Did you note that Paul said, "a person" and not "a Jewish person?" Paul was both Jewish and Christian, so we know, for sure, that the True Remnant is virtually anyone with a changed Heart (including Christians like Paul), a change that does not come from self, but a Transformation produced, or caused, by the Spirit of God. I love it!
Also, we know that the Remnant is Truly that . . . small, for few will enter through the Narrow Gate.
Matthew 7:14 NLT - "But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it."
My friend, if Christ has Circumcised your Heart of the Sinful Nature, THEN YOU belong to that Holy Remnant. And if you belong to the Family of Circumcision, then I am so proud to call you my Brother! (Assuming that Cooper is the name of a dude. haha )
And if you didn't know that there was a Family of Circumcision, check this out!
Genesis 17:14 NLT - "Any male who fails to be circumcised will be cut off from the covenant family for breaking the covenant."
Now, what is so important about the Gen 17 passage above, is that this is where Spiritual Circumcision was instituted by God, where He Himself makes the Spiritual Change. Notice that God does not ask Abraham to serve Faithfully and Blamelessly, but it is because the Sinful Nature had been lifted from his Heart (which is what Spiritual Circumcision is), he was then Enabled to change and obey, just as was the Apostle Paul. Genesis chapter 17 is a Keystone chapter for the entire Bible, for again, this is when Spiritual Circumcision became known . . . the True Promise, the True Everlasting Covenant.
Hang in there . . . you're about to see a whole new Bible . . . a whole new Gospel! And when you do, your life will change my friend.
Powerful Lord, God Almighty . . . I beg of you to show my Beloved friend, Cooper, your Holy Word as you would desire. Please show Him your unbelievable and Glorious, Mysterious Plan. I beg of you to show Cooper the Truth, that your Truth would conquer the lies of Satan. Please, Lord . . . I beg this of you. In the Name of your Holy Son, Jesus . . . Amen.
Cooper . . . study the below Triangle of Truth. Those three passage sets will absolutely shock your mind when they get into the marrow of your bones. And when this Truth begins to penetrate your Heart, you will then understand why Adam and Eve were not allowed to eat from the Tree of Life . . . and Live forever. I'm not kidding, the Mysterious Plan of God will blow you away when you see it. And, you will never, NEVER be the same!
Genesis 3:22-24 NLT - "Then the LORD God said, "Look, the human beings have become like us, knowing both good and evil. What if they reach out, take fruit from the tree of life, and eat it?
Then they will live forever!" 23
So the LORD God banished them from the Garden of Eden, and he sent Adam out to cultivate the ground from which he had been made. 24 After sending them out, the LORD God stationed mighty cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden. And he placed a flaming sword that flashed back and forth
to guard the way to the tree of life."
That's right . . . God did not allow them to eat from the Tree of Life, because His Plan, from before the foundation of the world, was to have all of humanity wait for Jesus, that same Tree of Life . . . Jesus, as He hung Cursed on His own Tree.
And it was on the Tree that stood atop Calvary Hill that Jesus became that same exact Curse for us . . . He took upon Him the Curse for all who would believe in Him.
Galatians 3:13 NIV - "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole."
The Triangle of Truth is below. Study these passages until you KNOW them, and use as many translations as you can find. Your life is about to be completely changed.