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1 | Satan caste to earth... | Bible general Archive 2 | Monica57 | 104049 | ||
In the OT, if we love God and obey his commandments, we are blessed. In the NT, if we love God, and obey his commandments, we will be persecuted. I believe the difference lies in Luke 10:18 and Revelation 12:13 whereby Satan has been cast to earth. My thoughts are that this happened directly before, after or during Jesus's ministry on earth. Any ideas? | ||||||
2 | Satan caste to earth... | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 104050 | ||
"In the OT, if we love God and obey his commandments, we are blessed. In the NT, if we love God, and obey his commandments, we will be persecuted." Is that true or are we looking at it wrong? David certainly didn't think he was always blessed, especially when Saul was chasing him around to kill him. I take it your living in the United States, compared to 60 percent of the rest of the world your blessed no matter your state. We look have a tendency to look at blessings being monetary. However if we know Jesus we have eternal blessing, we are promised riches beyond measure and one day we will have a mansion to live in. Most Christians in United States are persecuted because they make themselves odorous to others. When you get into someone’s face no matter what your telling them they will probably react against you. For some reason Christians love to get into people's face. Think about it is the reaction any different when you tell someone, "you need to grow up your acting immature." Versus "If you don't know Jesus your going to burn in Hell." No you have stirred up anger in both cases. Many times we need to say you need a friend let me be your friend. Then let them see Jesus in us. If Jesus really dwells in you they will soon begin to ask what is different in us. Then you tell them about Jesus. EdB |
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3 | Satan caste to earth... | Bible general Archive 2 | Ephraim | 104161 | ||
If I understand your question correctly, you are saying that you believe that satan was cast down to the earth during the ministry of Jesus and therefore we are persecuted instead of blessed in the New Testament. Satan entered in by deceiving Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden in Genesis chapter three. The first prophecy of Jesus coming to destroy the power of satan was Gen.3:15 " And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring (seed) and hers; he will crush (strike) your head, and you will strike his heel." This is God speaking to the serpent about Jesus Christ the savior. From this point on through the bible you can follow the Godly line (seed) and the ungodly lineage. As far as New Testament (covenant) blessings we are blessed far beyond anything that the Old Covenant had to offer. The book of Hebrews will help you out in this understanding, the key word is better. Better Blood, O.T. had the blood of animals and we have the blood of Jesus. Better temple: O.T. they had a stone temple built by mans hands, N.T. we are the temple of the Holy Spirit. Better High Priest, O.T. the people had to go to a priest as a mediater, N.T. Jesus is are High Priest who we can go directly. O.T. had the law written on stone, N.T. we had the law written on are hearts by the Holy Spirit and fulfilled by Jesus Christ. (I Peter 1:10-12)" Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care, trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things. The entire O.T. was a school teacher getting mankind ready for the most awesome blessing in man's history, Immanuel, God with us and now in us. (Eph.1:3) "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ." ( 2 Peter 1:3-4 ) " His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires." |
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4 | Satan caste to earth... | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 104191 | ||
Hi You posted your answer to my response and I think you were addressing Monica's question. I moved your post to her question. By the way excellent answer. |
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5 | Satan caste to earth... | Bible general Archive 2 | Ephraim | 104471 | ||
Sorry EdB, this is the second time I did this to you. The first time was about two months ago. Thank you for the correction and I will figure out this forum sooner or later. As you can see I don't spend that much time on this site. Thanks again! | ||||||
6 | Satan caste to earth... | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 104473 | ||
No problem :-) | ||||||