Subject: Why has the Bible not been added to? |
Bible Note: (Part 3) Jesus tells us that till John the Baptist the old covenant of the Law and the prophecies were in effect. Once He arrived He brought with Him not the abolishment of the Law but the completion (fulfillment). There can be no other set of prophecies directing us to the impending Christ because the Christ has come! Though Jesus did not reveal all Truth He promised that the Paraclete would reveal all and remind us of Jesus words. The Holy Spirit, through the Apostles, worked directly with the early Church providing spiritual guidance, structure and definition. There are many revelations which include prophecies that help fine-tune Christ’s revelations and instructions: …It was at Antioch that the disciples were first called ‘Christians’. (Acts 11:26) Whenever you eat this bread, then, and drink this cup, you are proclaiming the Lord’s death until he comes. Therefore anyone who eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily is answerable for the body and blood of the Lord. (1 Corinthians 11:26-27) Christ himself died once and for all for sins, the upright for the sake of the guilty, to lead us to God. In the body he was put to death, in the spirit he was raised to life, and, in the spirit, he went to preach to the spirits in prison. They refused to believe long ago, while God patiently waited to receive them, in Noah’s time when the ark was being built. In it only a few, that is eight souls, were saved through water. It is the baptism corresponding to this water which saves you now--not the washing off of physical dirt but the pledge of a good conscience given to God through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has entered heaven and is at God’s right hand, with angels, ruling forces and powers subject to him. (1 Peter 3:18-22) A revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him so that he could tell his servants what is now to take place very soon; he sent his angel to make it known to his servant John, and John has borne witness to the Word of God and to the witness of Jesus Christ, everything that he saw. Blesses is anyone who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed those who hear them, if they treasure the content, because the Time is near. (Revelation 1:1-3) Christ came to fulfill the Law and the prophets. He also came to die for our sins, to establish His Church, and to Mediate for us in front of the Father. Though His role as the Lamb of God is over, He owns full authority and power as the Alpha and Omega, the God of Amen, the King of kings, the Lord of lords. Since all but one (Second Coming: the Lion of Israel) of Christ’s functions have been fulfilled there are no new revelations (original prophecies) that have to be written: No, this is the covenant I will make with the House of Israel, when those days have come, the Lord declares: In their minds I shall plant my laws writing them on their hearts. Then I shall be their God, and they shall be my people. There will be no further need for each to teach his neighbour, and each his brother, saying ‘Learn to know the Lord!’ No, they will all know me, from the least to the greatest, since I shall forgive their guilt and never more call their sins to mind. (Hebrews 8:10-12) God Bless! |