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God's "FOREVER" Language Applied to YOU
The entire Bible has as its foundation the covenants of God made to Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, and Christ. What you will notice about these covenants is that they refer to several situations where Israel will have activities that last "forever" or will endure or be practiced "forever." Take, for instance, Genesis 13:15 promises Abraham that "all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever." What does a promise like this mean if God knows the day that Abraham is going to die? Take another promise God gives to David: "I will confirm him in my house and in my kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forever.” But if you read verse 11 in that chapter, God refers to the day David will die. How can God keep these promises?
The answer is simple: resurrection. Before God can begin to keep his 'forever' promises to anyone, God first needs to set up the person to live forever so that they can be kept. That means these promises are given to those whom God will save by resurrection. As you read Scripture, keep this in mind: God's forever promises and language refer to far more than mere rhetoric; they refer to a real situation where people need to live forever for them to be accomplished. Only resurrection answers this aspect of eschatology. Jesus himself was challenged on this very issue by his religious contemporaries. "But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him" (Luke 20:37–38). God has vowed to keep his promises, and the only way to do that beyond the grave is resurrection. This is the future context of situation God's 'FOREVER' language points.
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God's "FOREVER" Language Applied to YOU
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Dr. Justin R. Woods has recognized the need for new Christian leadership in America and has answered the call to reforge Christian leadership.
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