Manifestation Of Mankind's Universal Salvation

Ephesians 3:7-13, 'Paul's Ministry of Universal Reconciliation'.

By the leading of a star, God manifested his only begotten Son, the Christ of Faith, to all humankind, in the historical Jesus, as a baby in a manger in Bethlehem [Matthew 2:1-12]. Through his dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus, the apostle Paul discerned that in the Paschal Mystery and the historical Jesus' ministry, God's eternal, universal plan of deliverance, salvation, redemption and abundant life for all mankind, through the Christ of Faith, was fully revealed, proclaimed and manifested. 

Paul called the mystery of Spirit-based transformation in human souls, hearts, minds and lives, mankind's indwelling and hidden hope of glory [Colossians 1:24-29]. He discerned that the indwelling Christ of Faith, the image and likeness of God, eternally dwelt in the spiritual body of historical Jesus, himself and all persons.  He affirmed that  the indwelling Christ of Faith is always ready and available, within every person, to meet the just physical, emotional, and spiritual requirements of God's changeless Law. 

The Christ of Faith is God's universal presence, truth and way to achieve humankind's redemption from sin, spiritual blindness, spiritual deafness, spiritual sleep and spiritual death [Ephesians 1:3-8]. Like the historical Jesus, Paul sought to explain this previously hidden revelation, true understanding and full manifestation of the Paschal Mystery, God's eternal Christ-centered, Holy Spirit-based plan of salvation, love, grace and truth, through the Christ of Faith, for both Jews and Gentiles. 

Paul teaches that the historical Jesus is truly God's Messiah, the literal, allegorical, metaphysical and mystical revelation of God's redemption to both Jews and Gentiles. To Paul, the entire wisdom, knowledge, power and judgment of God are all eternally centered and fulfilled in the Christ of Faith.  To Paul, the historical Jesus fully embodied proper mental alignment, the incarnation and the fully orbed human manifestation of the Christ of Faith.

God has always given humankind free choice. We can choose to obey God's changeless Law by repenting and turning within to the Christ of Faith. In the power and guidance of the Holy Spirit, we can fulfill the letter and spirit of God's law and more fully partake in God's universal economy of love, grace and truth. Through Christ-centered spiritual mindedness, we can re-discover, seek and serve the Christ of Faith, in the historical Jesus, in ourselves and in all persons.  We can through faith, humility, and obedience, follow the historical Jesus in living the Paschal Mystery. We can further establish kingdom living here on earth, as it is in heaven [Matthew 6:10].

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Emmanuel, The Universal Christ Of Faith

 
The annual Christmas Season assure us that the historical Jesus has given to mankind God's intended revelation of the universal reign of the incarnate Christ of Faith, in all human hearts and lives as Emmanuel.  As God's great high priest, the historical Jesus reveals the true identity of the Christ of Faith and humankind’s true spiritual identity as the image and likeness of God. The Christ of Faith is mankind's universal Emmanuel, God with us and God within us. 
 
By emptying himself of the inappropriate dominion of the mind of the flesh, the historical Jesus truly unveiled, taught and manifested the mystery, glory and superiority of the Christ of Faith as Emmanuel in all human flesh. The historical Jesus truly bore the superior witness of God's intended covenant relationship with all humankind through Emmanuel, the incarnate Christ of Faith [Jeremiah 31:31-34, John 17:20-26].  The superiority of the Christ of faith is made real in following the historical Jesus in living the Paschal Mystery.

As the Son of Man, the historical Jesus manifested humankind's true physical identity, Christ consciousness and divine spiritual heritage of intimate communion with God and one another through the Christ of Faith. The historical Jesus taught and demonstrated that humankind's deliverance, salvation and redemption come through repentance, humility, obedience and faith in the indwelling Christ of Faith as Emmanuel, through one's own spiritual body. Let us truly experience the true inner spiritual meaning of Christmas, God with us,  by following the historical Jesus in living the Paschal Mystery. 

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The Historical Jesus Gave Birth To The Son Of God

Romans 1:1-7, 'God's universal call to all humankind'

The historical Jesus committed himself as Messiah, to a new Christ-centered, Holy Spirit-based faith. Jesus as the Son of Man, lived a life of humility, obedience and righteousness. He chose to steadfastly do God's will. He mastered fulfilling not just the letter but the spirit of God's law.

Like us today, the apostle Paul never met the historical Jesus. He did however encountered the Christ of Faith on the road to Damascus. After that personal encounter with the Christ of Faith as indwelling Lord, Paul discerned that the Christ of Faith was fully present and gloriously manifested as Lord, in the historical Jesus.

Paul realized, like the historical Jesus, that all persons, religious and secular, are called into intimate, covenant, Holy Spirit-based relationship with God and one another through the indwelling Christ of Faith, who is forever present in our spiritual bodies. The historical Jesus fully experienced and manifested the Christ of Faith, as God's perfect presence, image and likeness through his spiritual body.

The historical Jesus is the perfect archetype pattern of the Divine Presence, the Christ of Faith, as the incarnation and manifestation of the Son of God, through the spiritual body of all humankind [Genesis 1:26-31, Romans 1:3]. Giving birth to the Son of God means repenting and intentionally putting our faith and confidence in the incarnate Christ of Faith, in the spiritual, mental, emotional and physical  dimensions of our lives, as our Emmanuel.  Are you willing to give birth to the Son of God, by follow the historical Jesus in living the Paschal Mystery? 

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Is The Christ Of Faith The One Who Is To Come?

Scripture Reference:
Mathew 11:2-6, 'Messengers from John the Baptist'. 

The historical Jesus began his earthly ministry while John the Baptist was in prison. John heard about what Jesus was doing while he was in prison and sent messengers to Jesus asking this question. "Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?" The historical Jesus replied, "Go tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive sight, the lame walk, the leapers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised and the poor have the good news preached to them. And blessed is everyone who takes no offense at me" [Matthew 11:2-6].     

Was John looking for only a physical Messiah, who looked like the historical Jesus? Is it possible that John the Baptist was unaware of the indwelling Christ of Faith, the Son of God, and mankind's universal Messiah, who became fully incarnate and fully orbed in the historical Jesus? Was John aware of the spiritual kingdom of heaven, which the historical Jesus declared and revealed within himself, within all people, among us and in our midst [Luke 17:20-21, John 17:20-21; 21:36-37]?

The historical Jesus took God's revelation of himself to humankind many steps further than John the Baptist. Jesus not only declared himself as our physical Savior and Way shower. He also fully manifested mankind's potential as children of God. The historical Jesus demonstrated the nature and work of the universal body of Christ, throughout our planet [John 17:21, Romans 8:5, Colossians 1:26-27]. The historical Jesus established for the human race an entirely new and higher spiritual consciousness of the kingdom of heaven and kingdom living, here on earth [John 5:30, Philippians 2:5-7].

Have you chosen to place your trust in both the historical Jesus and the Christ of Faith? Are you personally seeking the discernment, coming, resurrection and incarnation, of the Christ of Faith, the image and likeness of God, through your spiritual body and through the spiritual body of all people [Genesis 1:26-27]? , Are you choosing to repent, and in the power of the Holy Spirit, follow the historical Jesus in kingdom living, here on earth? Are you with God’s help, patiently embracing the universal Christ-centered believer's challenge to steadfastly following the historical Jesus in living the Paschal Mystery [Matthew 16:21-27]? 

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