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Knowing Christ :
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The Lord Jesus is Christ - John 1:45, 20:31, Acts 2:36, Matt. 16:16, Col. 2:6.
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The person of Christ (His Person) : He is the Son of God, and He is God (the complete God); He is the Son of Man (the perfect man); He is the Spirit; the Creator; and also the Firstborn of all creation – Matt. 16:16, Rom. 9:5, 1 Tim. 2:5, Heb. 2:14, 17, 1 Cor. 15:45b, 2 Cor. 3;17a, Heb. 1:10, Col. 1:15.
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The work of Christ (His commission): creating; incarnation; crucifixion; resurrection; ascension; fulfilling His heavenly ministry; coming again; establishing the millennial kingdom and consummation in the New Jerusalem – Heb. 1:10, John 1:14, Phil. 2:6-11, John 10:17-18, Heb. 8:1-2; 1 Thes. 4:16-17, Rev. 20:6, 21:2.
Bible Verses for Pray-Reading
Eph. 4:8 Therefore the Scripture says, “Having ascended to the height, He led captive those taken captive and give gifts to men.”Heb. 8:1-2 ...We have such a High Priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, A minister of the holy places, even of the true tabernacle…
Ascending into the heavens
After Christ rose from among the dead, He ascended into the heavens. This is the fifth great thing done by Him as God's anointed One, accomplishing two matters for us. First, He captured us, who were captured before by Satan and death, from the hands of Satan and death, bring us to the new heavens to make us God's gift to Christ that Christ may give us as gifts to the church (Eph. 4:8). Second, He brought us, who have believed into Him and have been joined to Him to be one, to the heavenlies, that we may attain to a heavenly position and live in a heavenly atmosphere and state (Eph. 2:6). Fulfilling His heavenly ministry
Upon His ascension into heaven...He was anointed by God to do this sixth great thing, continually performing the following four matters on our behalf :(1) Being the Mediator (Heb. 8:6). After Christ enacted the new covenant (Matt. 26:28) through His death on the earth, He ascended to the heavens to be the Mediator of this new covenant, executing it upon those who believe in Him.
(2). Being the Minister (Heb. 8:1-2). Christ is also the Minister of the true tabernacle in the heavens today, ministering to His believers the heavenly life and the divine, heavenly supply.
(3). Being the High Priest (Heb. 4:14). Today, Christ is also our great High Priest in the heavens, interceding before God on our behalf that we may be saved to the uttermost (Heb. 7:24-26).
(4). Being the Advocate (1 John 2:1-2). Christ in the heavens today is also our Advocate before the righteous God. If we sin after we are saved, based upon His being our propitiation, He pleads for us in order to recover the broken fellowship between God and us.
Coming again
When Christ completes His heavenly ministry, He will come back to accomplish the seventh great thing as God's Anointed, which includes the following three matters: (1). He will rapture all believers to the air, whether they are resurrected or living, to meet with Him, that they may always be together with Him (1 Thes.4:16-17).
(2). He will save all of Israel (Rom. 11:26).
(3). He will judge all the living unbelieving nations (Matt. 25:31-32)
Establishing the millennial kingdom
After Christ cleans up the earth at His coming, He will set up the millennial kingdom. (He will reign with His overcoming believers in it for a thousand years). He was anointed by God to do this eighth great thing.Consummating in the New Jerusalem
At the end of the millennial kingdom, the old heaven and the old earth will be abolished. Christ will be the center of eternity in the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and new earth to come. This is the last great thing to be done by Christ as God's Anointed in fulfilling God's eternal purpose. All those redeemed by God throughout the ages will then be with Him, enjoying the bountiful issue of God's work throughout the ages in God's eternal life forever and ever. (Life Lessons Vol. 1)