The BIG Picture (Shorts)

COMMENT: You said the New Covenant was a promise God gave to Jews. So then, why was Paul, a minister to the uncircumcision, a minister of the New Covenant? ANSWER: With the Abrahamic Covenant, it meant that all Gentile blessing must come through Israel. Israel was supposed to fulfill this (Isa 42:6, 49.6; Zech 8:20-23), but this required the entire nation to repent, which Peter preached at Pentecost. But they refused and later stoned Stephen. Right after this, God saved Paul to be the apostle of the Gentiles. The 12, therefore, never had a ministry to Gentiles. Paul thus became proxy Israel and served in the three roles Israel was supposed to occupy. Paul became the light to the Gentiles (Act 13), the minister of the New Covenant (2 Cor 3), and the priest of the Gentiles (Rom 15:16). We become partakers of the New Covenant; the indwelling Holy Spirit and the forgiveness of sins through Paul’s gospel. Thus, all blessing and doctrine for us comes through the revelation that the risen Lor...

According to Old Testament references, regarding kings and priests, and those in Acts, regarding the kingdom believers, the Holy Spirit can UPON them, to empower them for their purpose or function at that time. The Holy Spirit did not reside permanently WITHIN them. David wrote in Ps 51:11-12 that the Lord take not His Spirit from David. In 1Sa 16:14 the Spirit of the Lord left king Saul. In Act 1:8 it is written that the Holy Spirit came upon them, for the ‘short work’ that the Lord would do at that time, Rom 9:28. Also, in Act 4:31, the believers prayed for boldness and were again filled with the Holy Spirit. It is only when the promise of the New Covenant blessing comes, at the second coming of Jesus, when the Spirit will be placed WITHIN the Kingdom believer as prophesied in Ezekiel.  Eze 36:26  A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put WITHIN you:  ______________ Join my WhatsApp channel to receive these quick Bible lessons on your phone: https://...