​Hi Mike,

R​eading about Egypt and A​ssyria and I​srae​l being blessed…but what of Isaiah 65:20 (sinners accursed…likely E​gypt…yet again…with child)

T​his confuses me…

T___

Hi T​____​,

I will say that your confusion arises from a lack of understanding of these verses of scripture:

Joh 12:24  Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
Joh 12:25  He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. 

We are this “kernel of wheat”, and it is our old man, “the first man Adam, Esau, King Saul, Judas”, you and me, who must die before our new man Jacob, Joseph, King David, all of whom supplanted their predeccessor, as types of Christ in us supplanting the old you and the old me to become a new man, which is the very same thing as a new kernel of wheat coming forth from that very dying process. Every gardener knows exactly what Christ is saying here.

One does not and cannot go back and change the sins of the past. King David did not divorce Bathsheba, and you need to give your past over to where it already is, meaning a work of Christ in your life to bring you to where you now are. You and your husband are fine where you are. You just need to “go and sin no more lest a worse thing come upon  you”.  “Sin no more” in no way means that you must never again break the speed limit. What it does mean is that sin should no longer have dominion over you:

Rom 6:13  Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Rom 6:14  For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

Read this FAQ and the links within it to begin to understand the meaning of the words ‘olawm‘, (​Hebrew​) and ‘aion‘ (​Greek​) and to learn what the function of grace is in our lives.

Will I Make it to Heaven?

It is my prayer for you that you will be given to see what I have shown you about all the people of the Old Testament:

1Pe 1:9  Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
1Pe 1:10  Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
1Pe 1:11  Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
1Pe 1:12  Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

I understand how radical this all is,​ but it is right there in scripture: “Not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister.” Everyone in the Old Testament will be raised up and purified in the lake of fire along with everyone since Christ who has never been given eyes to see or ears to hear the mysteries of “the kingdom of God [which] is within you” (Luk 17:19-20).

Your days were all written in God’s book before there were any of them (Psa 139:16 [​ASV]​), and your sins are not your sins, but the product of the “marred vessel… in t​he Potter’s hand” (Rom 7:17-25 and Jer 18:4).

I pray you will take the time to read the links I have given you. They will help you immensely, if the Lord permits.

YbiC, Mike