Title: Eternal Gospel Hearing Only to the Dead
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『...Eternal gospel...』 (Rev 14:6), that is, eternal life is the gospel of the kingdom that only those who have died to sin can hear. As it is written, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live” (John 5:25). It is the “voice of the Son of God” that can only be heard by those whose body of sin was crucified and died.
The everlasting gospel is like, “.... Lazarus, come out, was called with a loud voice, and a dead man came out with his hands and feet in sackcloth, and his face was wrapped in a towel. something like However, since the life that Lazarus lived at that time was not eternal life, the voice that saved him was “just the gospel”, not “the eternal gospel.”
The gospel is the voice of the Son of God. It is the word of God who raises the dead.
Blessed are the “men of Christ Jesus,” whose old man was crucified with Christ. Because we are children of God who will inherit the eternal Father's kingdom with Christ. It is written, “There are no marriages and no marriages between them that are counted worthy to be found in the other world and to be raised from the dead, and they cannot die again, for they are equal with angels, and children of the resurrection, children of God. ’ (Luke 20:35-36) As evidenced, the old people of the world, the sinners, have passed from death to life because they were crucified and died.
Therefore, those who have been raised with Christ have eternal life, that is, because they are born again from above, so the firstborn from above said to the Father, “They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world” (John 17:16). These are now citizens of heaven.
Therefore, as he testified, “There are eunuchs born of their mother’s womb, there are man-made eunuchs, and there are eunuchs who have been made for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Whoever deserves these words, let them be given” (Matt 19:12), until his mature depravity is full. that will come to pass.
Therefore, since the measure of the true tabernacle is equal to that of angels and men, it is recorded that “the wall was measured and measured one hundred and forty-four cubits, which is the measure of a man, that of an angel” (Revelation 21:17). It also testifies that it is written, "...and became a spectacle to the world, to angels and men" (1 Corinthians 4:9).
Those who died with him are the sleeping ones, and those who did not die with him are really dead. Therefore, the Bible clearly testifies that Stephen "kneeled down on his knees and called out aloud, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them," he said (Acts 7:60), and again, "... now Christ is dead. He rose from the midst and became the firstfruits of them that slept” (1 Corinthians 15:20), and again “Therefore he said, Awake, you who sleep, and rise from the dead, for Christ will give you light” (Ephesians 5:14) I am proving it.
Those of Christ Jesus, whose body of sin in Christ was crucified with him and died, now hear the voice of the Son of God and rise again. The Bible truly exhorts us, “Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. He does.
Now God is looking for those who have died with his Son Jesus. For he is giving the life of the Son to those of Christ Jesus, who with him crucified the old man, so that they may inherit eternal life with him. This is the will of our Heavenly Father.
Now you are looking for the dead. Those who deny themselves, take up their cross, follow him and carry in their bodies the death of Jesus. As it is written, “We always carry in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body” (2 Corinthians 4:10). Lord! Thank you.
“He who hears will live” Amen.
little brother kim yoon-goo