Monday, July 12, 2010

Where Is Jesus Now?

Paul also testified of where Jesus is .... and what He is doing:

Rom 8:34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God,
who also maketh intercession for us.
(also see Isa 53:12, Heb 7:25)

Col 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

Eph 1:20-21 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

Eph 4:10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)

Peter also told where Jesus is now:

1 Peter 3:21-22 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

After Jesus became the sacrifice for sin .... He rose again, and was taken up into heaven (Acts 1:9,11) .... where He sat down beside God His father:

Heb 1:1-3 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son,
whom he hath appointed heir of all things, (also see Gal 4:7, 30-31)
by whom also he made the worlds; (also John 1:3, Eph 3:9, Col 1:16, Rev 4:11)
3 Who being the brightness of his glory, (Acts 26:13, 2 Thess 2:8)
and the express image of his person, (Col 1:15, 2:9)
and upholding all things by the word of his power, (Rom 11:36)
when he had by himself purged our sins,
sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; (also Heb 8:1)

Jesus will stay in heaven .... until He comes to earth to put away His enemies and gather His saints (also see 2 Thess 1:4-10):

Heb 10:12-13 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.

Jesus is exalted in heaven presently, where He will remain until He returns to execute judgment and justice in the earth (Jer 23:5):

Acts 2:32-35 This Jesus hath God raised up,
whereof we all are witnesses.
33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted,
and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost,
he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself,
The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool. (also see Psa 110:1, Matt 22:41-46)

PAUL who showed that when Christ comes back .... it will be at the END. At His coming, He will also establish God’s kingdom on the new earth (2 Pet 3:10-16):

1 Cor 15:20-28 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.
28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ teach that there are 7 + ? # years between 1 Cor 15:23-24 .... but when you read the verses naturally .... without a pre-assigned agenda, without a paradigm .... and when you compare them with other scriptures , as Matt 24:3 .... it is evident that Christ will come at the end and set up His kingdom:

2 Tim 4:1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

‘Mid-Acts-ers’ DIVIDE there, too .... and put years between His appearing and His kingdom. They need to accept what GOD says .... and quit changing what the verses say.

Until He appears, Jesus Christ is exalted in heaven making intercession:

Heb 7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"
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