Perhaps you have heard of a coming day of the Lord's redemption. Perhaps you have even heard that it has past.
Neither of those is actually true.
Perhaps you have also heard that this is the New Heavens and New Earth, that the Day of Redemption came and went, and we are now living in what was to come. This too is not actually true.
What is actually true did come in one day and that day is now in the past. But that day spoken of in much of the scriptures--as "that day" or "the Day of the Lord"--is not past or future as a onetime event in the way that most believe it to be. It is simply the day of Christ Jesus, specifically when he died on the cross. That is the day he fulfilled all the promises of God. Which, no, does not mean we missed it. Paul says that very thing, here if you want confirmation: 2 Thessalonians 2:3. But how most have perceived it all--that is not how this all works. That is not how the timing of everything foretold works. At all.
Jesus stated what is actually true, saying--not in the past or the future--but "today." Paul then confirms, saying "now."
In truth The Day of Redemption is the day of Salvation--of everyone given to the Son by the Father--which is The Day of the Lord. But perhaps you have not yet heard how it actually works--how the timing actually works. It is "today" and "now" that are correct--nothing else.
Here now is how it all actually works:
"That day" referred to in many ways and spoken of in many places throughout the scriptures, happened "today" when Jesus said it. But your "today", or your grandfather's "today", or some historic character's "today"--is rather in your own day, just as "that day" was in Jesus's own day. All of which align with Jesus's day, each being our own "today" in or own time...or as Paul put it, "but each one in his own order" (1 Corinthians 15:23).
That is why many things in the scriptures are stated in future or past tense--because it is all pointing to "that day" of Jesus Christ--"the Day of The Lord!" If you need to go back and re-read the scriptures and consider the tense as stated--do that! But don't just return to how you have always looked at things against how it is actually written. And if you have not been looking at things in the proper tense as stated--well...think about that.
But that is what is actually written of all of this--I just explained it in the way it is written.
How is that even possible? Yes, it has been impossible for men to even comprehend--but not impossible for God. That's the problem with most people's understanding of much of scripture. But it doesn't have to continue that way. Again--the way it is actually written is what is actually true--even if we all have looked at it through our own limited lens for so long.
But it--as it is written--is indeed possible, but only when we consider God fully. God is timeless...and yes, when he says "today"...all of our times are included ("but, each one in his own order"). And that's the truth.
Which means that, yes, we live "each one in his own order"--but those who lived and died before the day Jesus suffered and accomplished every promise of God on his own "today"--they all had their "today" leading up to, or before the fact--while we who came after "that day" had or have our "today" after the fact. And that's a fact.
Neither of those is actually true.
Perhaps you have also heard that this is the New Heavens and New Earth, that the Day of Redemption came and went, and we are now living in what was to come. This too is not actually true.
What is actually true did come in one day and that day is now in the past. But that day spoken of in much of the scriptures--as "that day" or "the Day of the Lord"--is not past or future as a onetime event in the way that most believe it to be. It is simply the day of Christ Jesus, specifically when he died on the cross. That is the day he fulfilled all the promises of God. Which, no, does not mean we missed it. Paul says that very thing, here if you want confirmation: 2 Thessalonians 2:3. But how most have perceived it all--that is not how this all works. That is not how the timing of everything foretold works. At all.
Jesus stated what is actually true, saying--not in the past or the future--but "today." Paul then confirms, saying "now."
And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.” Luke 23:43
For He says: “In an acceptable time I have heard you, And in the day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. 2 Corinthians 6:2
In truth The Day of Redemption is the day of Salvation--of everyone given to the Son by the Father--which is The Day of the Lord. But perhaps you have not yet heard how it actually works--how the timing actually works. It is "today" and "now" that are correct--nothing else.
Here now is how it all actually works:
"That day" referred to in many ways and spoken of in many places throughout the scriptures, happened "today" when Jesus said it. But your "today", or your grandfather's "today", or some historic character's "today"--is rather in your own day, just as "that day" was in Jesus's own day. All of which align with Jesus's day, each being our own "today" in or own time...or as Paul put it, "but each one in his own order" (1 Corinthians 15:23).
That is why many things in the scriptures are stated in future or past tense--because it is all pointing to "that day" of Jesus Christ--"the Day of The Lord!" If you need to go back and re-read the scriptures and consider the tense as stated--do that! But don't just return to how you have always looked at things against how it is actually written. And if you have not been looking at things in the proper tense as stated--well...think about that.
But that is what is actually written of all of this--I just explained it in the way it is written.
How is that even possible? Yes, it has been impossible for men to even comprehend--but not impossible for God. That's the problem with most people's understanding of much of scripture. But it doesn't have to continue that way. Again--the way it is actually written is what is actually true--even if we all have looked at it through our own limited lens for so long.
But it--as it is written--is indeed possible, but only when we consider God fully. God is timeless...and yes, when he says "today"...all of our times are included ("but, each one in his own order"). And that's the truth.
Which means that, yes, we live "each one in his own order"--but those who lived and died before the day Jesus suffered and accomplished every promise of God on his own "today"--they all had their "today" leading up to, or before the fact--while we who came after "that day" had or have our "today" after the fact. And that's a fact.
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