The Gospel: "The Good News or Glad Tidings".
THE GOSPEL IN BRIEF ...
There are two aspects to the Gospel Message, or the Good Tidings".
These are mentioned in Acts: " ... when
they believed Philip preaching
the things concerning the kingdom of God,
and the name of Jesus Christ,
they were baptized, both men and women."
Acts 8:12.
Under differing circumstances, one or the other aspect are however emphasised.
The Apostle Paul declared in Galatians 3: 8, “And the scripture,
foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith,
preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying,
In thee shall all nations be blessed.”
This referenced Genesis 12: 2, 3, where Almighty God promised Abram,
“… I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee,
and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:”
Then v3 “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. ”
Note the references to blessings and cursings - blessings are available to all if sought.
This is verified in further passages, - Genesis 13: 14 - 16
“ And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him,
Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art
northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
For all the land which thou seest,
to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth:…
Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.”
A promise of an eternal inheritance.
Then in Genesis 15: 18, ” … the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying,
Unto thy seed have I given this land,
from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: ”
These promises and covenant are binding on Almighty God because He cannot lie and cannot die.
When Jesus Christ became “the messenger of the covenant”,
this is the covenant referred to and the message he preached as
“the Kingdom of God”.
This Gospel preached by Christ and the Apostles, had reference to the Kingdom of God.
It is a Divine political dominion to be established on earth, on the ruins of all existing
governments, for the purpose of bringing the world into subjection to God that it might be the recipients
of the blessing of Almighty God.
It will be the ancient Kingdom of Israel restored, with Christ as King
in fulfilment of the promises made to King David, and in accord with the covenant made with Abraham.
This Kingdom will be established when
JESUS CHRIST WILL RETURN FROM HEAVEN and VISIBLY APPEAR to TAKE UP RESIDENCE ON EARTH A SECOND TIME,
for the purpose of bringing about the accomplishment of all these things.
There is but one God, whose Holy Spirit came upon Mary, when the Power of the Highest overshadowed her,
she conceived and brought forth a son, Jesus, who was therefore the Son of God, (Luke 1: 35). In turn, being born of
Mary, he was also the Son of Man. He preached the Gospel of the Kingdom. His eventual death at the hands of men,
was to express the love of the Father in a necessary sacrifice for sin that the law of sin and death which
came into force by the first Adam might be nullified in him. In harmony with his obedience Almighty God raised
Jesus from the dead and exalted him to a glorified, incorruptible, immortal (because spiritual)
state of existence. He now acts as a priestly mediator between the father and those who come
unto God by him, awaiting his return as King of the Jews.
Those who are "in Christ" by baptism are thus able to have their sins forgiven through the resurrected Lord
Jesus Christ. When he returns to the earth, he will grant immortality, to those who have been faithful to him and
his requirements. As immortal saints they will then be free from sin and death, and will reign with Christ upon
earth as Kings and Priest, to assist with the work of bringing the whole world into subjection to God.
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