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A New Heavens A New Earth
Part Two

We have established in Part One of a New Heavens and a New Earth: 1.) The bible speaks of a New Heavens and Earth in both the Hebrew and Greek writings. 2.) that during the physical nation of Israel history, which, would be under the old covenant, no person preached of a heavenly hope, 3.) and during the Christian's era, specifically, at the time of Christ, and his apostles, there was no preaching of an earthly hope, but rather a heavenly hope, to rule with Christ Jesus.

4.) we also established in the Hebrew writings there was a small preview of the heavenly hope for thousand's of years, while during Christ time, and his apostles time there was a small preview of life on earth under God's Kingdom, and

5.) we discussed the meaning of partiality that it is a legal term applied to God's law, both the old law and new law. Moreover, we learned that impartial does not apply too positions in the old covenant, and in the new covenant, hence all are not the same in position, or power, and glory.

Who Are In The New Covenant?

This is an important question because some religions prevent members, through strong assertions as to who is in the new covenant whereby members live in fear of partaking of the emblems of Christ Jesus, the bread and wine; fearing it will defile their conscience, making them unclean falling into God's judgment for the wicked.

While on the other hand, many religions partake of the emblems of Christ like hunting Easter eggs, having no real meaning of what the new covenant is, or is not? Once, again reminding our readers that two extreme does not make a subject the truth, nor human logic, Christ Jesus is The Truth too Christian's, hence, they must seek his life, to know the truth of God and His word.

1Cor.11:19 For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you. 11:20 When therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat.

First, we must ask how does a Christian's enter into the New Covenant in Christ Jesus? Is it because some one writes a really good article about how all of us are son's of God, or is it a form of rebellion against those they have felt were preventing them from partaking of the emblems, or being anointed? Thus, stating those emblems are just for a very few a closed number, and the rest must wait in line taking a secondary inferior calling upon earth under the Kingdom of God? Implying God is partial not being fair playing favoritism with His love, with difference groups of people?

Secondly, lets state some important point(s) and we will build upon these points in this article. 1.) all person enter into the New Covenant by faith, 2.) a person cannot be a son of God unless they are sinless, and 3.) Where does those in the new covenant faith come from?

Importance of Faith

Ephesians 2:8 for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.

Without faith we cannot please God, we have all heard and/or read these very insightful verses from our bibles, but who's faith are we referring to here?

Romans 12:6 Having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, if prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith.

Please note that for those in the new covenant their faith is a gift given too them by God's own gift, it is not something muster up from self-will, by overcoming fear of our flesh, no! It is a gift of God's love too us, a portion of the fruit of Holy Spirit. So why is this so important?

Romans 12:3 For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as “God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith”.

Simply, because it puts the thought of being in the new covenant, as something out of mankind's reach/control, it must come from God gift too us, and His choosing of whom He places into the new covenant.

In other word, just because a person feels they are in the New Covenant does not make its so, or just because they can intellectualize the new covenant, and want to be a part of it, does not make its so. Hence, because the Christian's Greek scriptures speak of the new covenant, and the heavenly hope, and not an earthly hope, and we can read them, intellectualizing that there is no other hope presently today does not mean God has given us faith to enter into the new covenant with His Son Christ Jesus.

Romans 14:1 Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions.

So without faith one cannot please God, although, prior to Christ coming to our earth, and opening up a new living hope in heaven, many men/woman proved to have faith in God, but such faith did not make them part of the new covenant, or of the heavenly calling. God changed the hope by providing us legal justification in the blood of Christ Jesus, fulfilling the old covenant establishing a new one with a spiritual nation of Israel.

Matt.11:11 Most certainly I tell you, among those who are born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptizer; yet he who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.

Ephesians 2:12 that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

So what is the point? The point being made is, it is not a perfunctory intellectual acknowledgment of heavenly hope, or of a new covenant, it is instead a reality of faith that one enter into a seal witness of truth of their circumcision being made a part of the new covenant with Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 2:19 However God's firm foundation stands, having this seal, "The Lord knows those who are his,"{Numbers 16:5} and, "Let every one who names the name of the Lord{TR reads "Christ" instead of "the Lord"} depart from unrighteousness."

Romans 2:29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

Not an Intellectual Hope

When Christ received his glory, and power from his Father YHWH, it was real, founded upon his imperishable life, sustaining all life lost from Adams sin, Christ conquered death and Hades once for all times, and become the living tree of life, which cannot be extinguish by mankind corruption or anything in heaven or upon earth. Christ is real, and his life is now imperishable with a living hope, and power is setting all creation free from corruption of sin Satan introduced into our world.

2 Corinthians 3:3 being revealed that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.

Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

This living hope is the very life of Christ Jesus sown put in each anointed Christian's heart in a powerful force in producing more life from it source Christ Jesus in fruit of God's Holy Spirit.

This process happen, not by man's will, or reading a good article on the subject of the heavenly hope, or feeling of being deprived that one is not in the new covenant. No person on earth enters into the new covenant by intellectual understanding, or the will of their flesh, or by a religion group, nor by men/woman stating they are now in the new covenant.

Hebrews 9:14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

John 3:33 He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true.

A Taste a Sealing Witness

The new covenant in real terms, perhaps, not taught by religions teachings, is Christ Jesus, each member of his body was made a part of his new incorruptible life, this in, of itself, is a very powerful message, and should gives a truth seeker pause. If Christ now exist in all power, and authority than being a part of that living force should be as real as Christ himself, would it not? The truth is, Christ Jesus, it is that Truth, which sets us free, how does Christ as the truth set us free? By our being a part of his eternal life existing in heaven through adoption into his body into a living imperishable life force of Christ Jesus working in us.

1 John 5:9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is God's testimony which he has testified concerning his Son.

In other words, Christ has conquered death, and Hades, and the world, should a Christian's indwelt with Christ eternal life think the spirit of Christ in them is weak? and not a powerful force for good in truth and love? The very life, which overcome all fleshly thinking? Would this life bears witnesses to the life of Christ indwelling the person, is this not the spirit,of Truth? What its would not be, is a biblical understanding of the new covenant, no! But rather a living part of the very life of Christ indwelling a person with the new covenant sealed into their heart as a witness to the truth of Christ. In other words, one in the same life of Christ in the person as a reality, in being made a part of the new covenant.

1 John 3:20 because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.

1 John 4:4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

Let each Christian's understand some basic truth, not tainted with religious legalism. There is one faith, one body of Christ Jesus, all in body of Christ Jesus receive from Christ life the gifts of the body. Please don't be overwhelm here, this is not a legal matter, it is lesson that creation itself teaches us each day if when we look to creation for God's wisdom.

Colossians 3:10 and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator.

Romans 1:20 For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse.

Within our own existence as a humans is the truth of Christ Jesus own life, what does this mean? If we put a hat on our head of our body who benefits? The whole body! If the head is anointed, than all in the same body is anointed. Its not a separate anointing like each member of the body has a separate head apart from the one head of the body Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:20 But now they are many members, but one body.

Now if the body has faith a gift of fruit of God's Holy Spirit, than each member of the body has the same faith. Hence does this not make the scriptures of the bible come alive when stating there is only one faith, one baptism, one head, one the body of Christ Jesus? Moreover, this is why when religions under man's will tried to be one, in unity, they fail miserably.

What man's will does is take a bunch of individual wills forcing them by bible teachings into one thought called unity. Whereas, our own bodies does noting of the sort, instead each member is created for a purpose without thought of legislated laws to function under the brain of the body.
So if Christ died than each member must die in Christ, and if he raised, as Christ has been raise, than each member has, while still on earth in their flesh if they are a part of the same body. Each body member must receive the baptism of water, but also of fire, they must eat the same food of the body, and drink the same water of the body.

The question is, is Christ alive, is he living in heaven, one might say: “well, yes, I know this by faith”. But here they fail in the witness of truth that each member of the body of Christ Jesus had implanted in them by God's Holy Spirit teaching them the truth of Christ, and bearing witness that they are God's own children. This is why the apostles Paul's could state in truth, Christ Jesus is our reality, not some distance object in the heavens that one day he would see him face to face.

No Christ was in Paul by a real life force keeping his mortal body alive for the will of him that anointed Paul as an apostle too the Gentiles. Christ was real, Christ life force motivated Paul into producing good works for the Kingdom of God. Paul did not feel distance from Christ Jesus as though he didn't know him personally, and would have to meet him face to face to really believe in Christ, no! Paul bore the life of Christ Jesus in him, Paul was a part of Christ Jesus knowing him intimately as a servant to his life.

In other words, Paul was in Christ Jesus the new covenant, he was not waiting to be in him, partaking did not make Paul a part of the imperishable life of Christ Jesus, a teaching did not make him alive in Christ Jesus, no more so than your own body thinks a hand is a live or dead by some good work, it is, or it is not! A member of the our own body does not have think to be alive or dead, it just is!

Hence, the witness of life is in a body member, it just is, it not something bought, legislated, or earned, or learned, one is given the gift of Christ Jesus life or they are not. It is not a thinking thing, we know the life in us in our own body member, is now, or its isn't!

Son's of God Sinless

Can one be a son of God having sin? No! This point is often overlooked by those claiming all are son's of God, or brothers of Christ Jesus. As mention above, everything for those in the body of Christ Jesus comes to them from of a gift, from Gods love, giving them the life of His Son Christ Jesus, freely. Adam was at one point a son of God, a non-anointed, but, nonetheless, a sinless son of God. Once Adam sinned he lost his son-ship as did Satan, and the demons. When we read all the linage of God's people we will find only one more declared son of God in the flesh, Jesus Christ, he also being sinless making him a son of God. Hence, each member of the body of Christ has been given the gift of sinlessness, from what Christ earned for them.

1 John 5:18 We know that whoever is born of God doesn't sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn't touch him.

In other words, because God adopts a person as a son, He than places them as a body member, not as the body, or the head of the body and by proxy receive the sinless life force of Christ Jesus working in them. There old life is dead in Christ because they are grafted into the Christ as part of Him into his new life, thus, God does not judge Christ. Subsequently, he does not judge the body members of His Son body, making them all sons of God.

2 Corinthians 6:18 I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,' says the Lord Almighty."{2 Samuel 7:14; 7:8}

Are All Christian's in The New Coveant?

Putting it simple, with such a powerful witness within them they would know it. But what if they don't have this powerful life of Christ indwelling them, does this mean they are not in the new covenant?

Let first state a point that needs to be stated, if your not, your not, you cannot will yourselves into the new covenant, nor can you be better a less sinner and finally make it into the new covenant as a body of member of Christ Jesus. Subsequently, not one person in the new covenant can say why they were chosen to be in the new covenant without lying. What they can state is God's undeserved kindness towards them, but that's it, nothing more have they've done in the way of good or bad has put them into the new covenant.

Rom.9:10 Not only so, but Rebecca also conceived by one, by our father Isaac. 9:11 For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls, 9:12 it was said to her, "The elder will serve the younger."{Genesis 25:23}

Hence, if they are not in the new covenant can they partake of Christ emblems of bread and wine? First, why would a person be concerned about such a thing? Is partaking going to put a person into the new covenant, or take them out of it? What law is in Christ that would prevent someone out of love and faith from partaking in what Christ life has done and will do for them in God's New Heavens and Earth? Why would a person lay a commandment upon some one making them evil or good by allowing or not allowing a person to part of the bread of life Christ Jesus? Who's faith is better, a person that in Christ whom has been given the gift of Christ Jesus faith, or a person putting faith in God's love?

Matthew 8:10 When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those who followed, "Most certainly I tell you, I haven't found so great a faith, not even in Israel.

Matthew 23:23 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin,{ cumin is an aromatic seed from Cuminum cyminum, resembling caraway in flavor and appearance. It is used as a spice.} and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

Which person thinks they have earned the gift of faith from Christ Jesus life indwelling them? Who would boast so they would set limits upon emblem, which are meaningless emblems, without faith? Yes, meaningless, when indwelt with the spirit of Christ as being part of the bread of life? Can you imagine stopping another person hand from feeding their own body, can you imagine preventing someones faith in loving our Lord and Master Christ Jesus, by a rule of law for sinners that we ourselves have been set free from by no good work of our own?

Romans 3:22 even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe. For there is no distinction.

Yes, friends, rules of law, abolished in the life of Christ, he has no fleshly rule of law accusing him of sin, how than can we accuse someone faith in partaking? The real questions is why would we if were filled with life of Christ think evil in preventing others from a gift freely given us?

Romans 3:27 Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what manner of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.

Human Logic

Human logic is not truth, it may or may not help us understand some truth, but its not the truth, Christ Jesus. Much of these two parts of the new heavens, new earth articles have some human logic in them, they are to be taken with a gain of salt until Christ reveal himself as the truth too you personally. But please understand some helpful points.

If we were to go back to each generation of people living since Christ times, who claimed to be Christian's we would find unlike some would like not to believe. Christian's with a calling to heaven, and another group not so convinced they are anointed children of God, but still having faith in God's love, and may have lived a better moral life than some saying they will be in heaven.

Luke 17:9 Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded? I think not.

What is the point, usually human logic puts the truth somewhere in the middle of two opposing forces. Frankly, it is legalistic people who divide the Christ into better, and worst Christian's thinking in fleshly terms of position they nurtured like worldly governments, and the like. Subsequently, they take this same issue of God's choosing, dividing it into good, bad, better, and/or worst by works of law earning their position in Christ as a special quality they think they have over others.

No such thinking or actions are not found within our own body, we don't have members vivifying for position or power, nor is this true in Christ Jesus, and/or the new covenant.

Matthew 19:16 Behold, one came to him and said, "Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?" 19:17 He said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."

A New Birth

When a person is born into a family, a new birth, they may be one who is blessed with caring parents that have a purpose and goals in their lives. Such parents will train a child in the same ways, and fortunately, take so many problems out of the future life that a child could not possible know? Not unless, they were reborn again into a bad family.

What seem to the child as a right of passage, that is, being born into certain family really are instead gifts of parents hard work, and due diligence; which is a kind and considerate gifts parents love past on to their children? However, until the child feels the lost of what was labored for at no cost to themselves by their parents, they may not truly appreciated these gifts of real love.

When a person receives a truly profound gift, from a friend, or even a complete stranger, thye will find not many rules go with the gift. Really there is no need in demanding appreciation because once that is done, then there is no real appreciation, but instead obligation. There is no need for a book of instruction commanding the person in every little detail of appreciation. Commanding them not to brag about being given something freely; commanding something that each person should know without being told that they did not earn it in the first place it was a gift of someones love.

Indeed, how simply, giving appreciation back in showing love to others, is really the point of God's gift of Christ Jesus too us. What is a new birth in Christ Jesus? It is an unfathomable gifts of his life, given too us freely, without earning it, it is an expression of God's love we simply cannot understand by rules and law telling us how to use the gifts, freely given us.

Hence, how do we approach subjects in God's word the bible? Is it from this simple appreciation of God love, or from a legal mind demanding your rights, from God, and Christ? You see, what each person must face is; if you are born again into Christ Jesus, you are created from a loving parent(s), with goals in mind for you, you will be trained, and disciplined to that end. Hence, you have no need of fighting for a position, because you were created for a position in harmony with the body of Christ Jesus. Just like each member of your own body was created to rest in what it was created to do, for the body. Your body members are not striving with one other in the same body likes bosses, or demanding rights that you don't have in the first place.

This is the love of the body, and the unity of God's Spirit is for each body member. Yes, the same unity Adam and Eve had before sinning with God. Do you see, how foreign it is too think Adam and Eve who were born into the the Body of God were discontented and bored? How fleshly too think that they must fight for a better position, rather than live in harmony with their life force, God upon earth. Yes, God is life, and was their life force for good. Hence all living things must be in harmony with God as the source of life, being created for a position to add too other body members without effort or evil thoughts.

Rom. 8:28 We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

Adam and Eve did not have a legal mind, which was set upon judging or wonder if God was impartial, no more so than our own body has members with separate legal minds judging us the head is unfair, than becoming bored, in being created for the bodies purpose!

Proverbs 16:8 Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

New Earth Given a New Birth

Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

The earth was a part of the first human couple they were created from the earth, nothing could be more personal than being created from the very substance you live upon. They were created for a purpose by a good parent, they have no need to feel out of place, nor didn they not know where they were too live? They knew perfectly what they were to do with the gift of life, they felt completely at home with no fear at all.

1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

Eph.5:9 for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,

They had a birth in harmony with life, the life force within their bodies, God's life force, and with this life force they had purpose, an education, and real food of everlasting life nourishing their very souls. This is what was lost, this new birth for the human race, not a new birth in heaven, but a birth into an earthly family created for a purpose, which purpose was living in harmony with what it was created from, earth. Just as a body working as one, in love, and harmony with God's creation.

Eph.5:29 For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly; 5:30 because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones. 5:31 "For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh."{Genesis 2:24} 5:32 This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly. 5:33 Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

Now stop and think, is that not the same thing Christ and His Father YHWH are doing now with the body of Christ, through the new covenant? Is Christ not going to unit heaven and earth through his own body, being he is the life force of the tree of life? Is he not going to give too each person rather in heaven, or upon earth, a new birth through the New Covenant? Hence, making all person one in the body of Christ, p before he hands over the his completed work of the New Heavens and New earth back too his Father?

1Cor.15:23 But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ's, at his coming. 15:24 Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power. 15:25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 15:26 The last enemy that will be abolished is death. 15:27 For, "He put all things in subjection under his feet."{Psalm 8:6} But when he says, "All things are put in subjection," it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him. 15:28 When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.

So what was lost? Connect the dots, and you will see, nothing was lost, love cannot fail, nor can our being concern with if God is fair? By His choosing as a King who are his Son's in the body of Christ, as kings and priest. Let us remember not all nations of our earth came into the old covenant during Israels time, but they will all be united in Christ Jesus coming from the righteousness of the old covenant and Abraham seed being blesses by the new covenant. Why should we concern ourselves with what God is making new, when each person will be made new under the New Covenant? What is the new covenant purpose, is it not love? Is it not peace with God, and eternal life, our we not all partaking of this?

James 1:16 Don't be deceived, my beloved brothers. 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow. 1:18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

If you feel discontented with not knowing where you fit in, than look at your hand on your own body, does it care? Does it fight to find out where and why its in your body? Does it want another body parts position, or too become another body part because it look better, or does it live in harmony with your whole body? Please brothers, do not be misled here, the New Earth will have the same harmony as the body of Christ, the New Heavens, function in harmony as your own body does. Those living on earth will not feel deprive questioning God, or thinking God is not fair, and impartial, why? Because all of us have been born into a very bad family of sin and death, when we are born again into God's family rather in heaven or earth, united in God's love, we will have much appreciation for the gift of good loving parents, through Christ.

Luke 11:13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"

Our fleshly mind will be dead, and will no longer hate and judge each other and God, we will have the peace that excels all thought, we will not recall the evil of the past, and every tear will be wipe away in a new mind of God, created for us by Christ Jesus own life.

Psalms 40:5 Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can't be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

Our God is not partial He is creating all things new from our thinking to our eternal life. We will lack nothing good, and we will be at home, at rest and peace, we will fit like a finger on a hand, we will function for the harmony and the will of God, forever, Amen!

Isaiah 55:7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Isaiah 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says Yahweh. 55:9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Written by Daniel a Slave of Christ Jesus

Completed on: June 18, 2013