The revelation of Jesus Christ.

 

The revelation of Jesus Christ.

 

Galatians 1:11-12 『But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.  For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. 』

The gospel is a revelation of Christ, not a man's will. It is not another gospel that has been secretly secretly entered by those who have true freedom in Christ, but it is revealed by Christ directly. The other gospel is to follow the words of the legalists. In the end, they say that they believe in Jesus, but if they follow the law, they will be cursed. Those who are in Jesus Christ have life, but under the law they are cursed. In Galatians 1:8, ``But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 』

There are also two kinds of believers in the church. There are believers who believe in Jesus but think that they must obey the law so that they do not fall into sin, and believers are saved only by faith, not the law. Of course, they say that they are saved only by faith, but they cannot know whether that belief is also their own or that of Christ from heaven. The faith you believe in is still trapped in the law. Only believers must have faith from heaven.

In Galatians 3:23, 『But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. "The time of faith to be revealed" here means a time when we realize that righteousness cannot be achieved through the law, and that we cannot reach salvation unless we are united with Christ. To be united with Christ is to enter into the beauty of Christ. What enters into Christ's faith, not mine, becomes the one who enters into Christ.

The faith of Christ is the faith that God resurrects and dies on the cross to redeem mankind. So, those who are united with Christ enter into this faith.

The gospel of Christ's revelation is described in Galatians 1:1, 『Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;). So, the Bible makes it clear that this gospel comes from Jesus Christ and from Heavenly Father who raised him from the dead. So, I emphasize again in Galatians 1:12: For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. 』

Revelation has the meaning of revealing what is hidden. It is called revelation that the hidden cover is removed and what is hidden inside is revealed. When Jesus explained the mystery of heaven through a parable of sowing seeds, the disciples asked him why he was speaking to Jesus by parable. In Matthew 13:11, He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 』The disciples were given a revelation.

In 2 Corinthians 3:14-16, "But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. 』

When reading the Old Testament, it was said that the covered veil disappears in Christ. If you are outside Christ, you are still imprisoned by the law. The law reveals that all human beings are sinners who have left God, and in this world all are strangers. When the veil is peeled off, the saints realize that they came to this world through the first man Adam (a symbol of Christ) and that through the last Adam (Christ) they must return to their hometown, the kingdom of God.

When you read the Old Testament, if you do not find Christ in the law, the veil is covered. When reading the Old Testament, those who find Christ in the law are those who receive the gift of faith from heaven, and the veil is taken off. So, they become those to whom revelation takes place. Rather than simply believing in the mathematical formula of believing in Jesus and receiving salvation, the material world was created from the kingdom of God, and spirits who had sinned in the kingdom of God came to this world, and the spirit was made human from the soil (the first man, Adam). Through man, Eve (the sinful spirits) were separated, and through the two humans were born, and again through the last Adam (Christ) to take off the dust (the old man died), and to put on the heavenly tent house (spirit body). Through all the process of becoming, it becomes a revelation to realize why Christ came into this world and died of the ransom.

All mysteries are contained in the Old Testament, and it is the revelation of Christ that comes to realize them. Therefore, if we do not find the Christ hidden by God in the cover of the mystery and law of Genesis 1-3, we are still covered with a veil and do not know the revelation.

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