A Jew Named Jesus
Jesus is not Italian. And Jesus is not American. Jesus doesn’t go to your local conservative or liberal church. Jesus was and always will be Jewish.*
Covenants Are Cut
Jesus fulfilled the old covenant. He was the complete Abrahamic Covenantman, all the while, cutting a new covenant for us with his very flesh and blood. You see Jesus is Jewish, and covenants are cut. It’s a very bloody mess.
To think that Jesus didn’t know what was going on, is a pretty ignorant view of the crucifixion days of Rome. It’s why he sweated blood, agonizing over what was going to happen when he left the Garden of Gethsemane. He knew full well what was at stake. Jesus wanted a way out, but he knew the only way was through.
What Really Happens
To come to Jesus is to enter into this new blood covenant with God. Baptism physically symbolizes the blood that spiritually stains our life forever. All the spiritual forces of heaven and hell see his blood, as we’ve been sealed with the Holy Spirit.
You are marked out as adopted, God’s own. Your stains are visible in eternity, where they glow like the sun. It’s why we’re called children of light, because that’s what we are.
How It Works
As we daily receive and are filled with the Holy Spirit, we activate this new nature, and it comes through our being into our present. It’s a mystery and a greater reality to us, as we help each other activate more and more of God’s nature we develop the character of God. We grow into who we really are…more and more, from glory to glory.
Working Out What God Has Worked Within
So let your light shine before everybody, so that through it, some might recognize what you’re doing, and glorify God.
After all, we’re living witnesses, as we work and share what Jesus had done for us, and in us, and through us.
You are the light of the world. You really do shine.
Here’s the idea:
* Never met a Jew named Jesus? His Hebrew name is Yeshua or Joshua, while Jesus is actually Greek, the language of the New Testament.
