"Bible Exposition Fellowship"
The Repudiation of Sin
Did you know that the apostle Paul said that Sin was going to be "repudiated" banished from God's creation, and the time has been announced when this will take effect? The Faulty Authorized Version of Hebrews. 9:26 says: "...But now once in the end of the world, hath He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself..." Now certainly He did not appear at the end of the world did He? And He has not put away sin either, has He? It is everywhere throughout the whole world. And have you noticed the world has not come to an end, has it? What then does this text mean? Let us read this same text in the Concordant Greek Translation and it will become clearer. "...Yet once, at the conclusion of the eons, for the repudiation of sin through His sacrifice is He manifest..." The conclusion of "the eons" is not the absolute end, but a period of time, which is compared to a harvest. The signs of the end time all occur within its conclusion. This is the key to the passage. Christ appeared at the commencement of a period which will continue until the end of the eons,. It differs from the previous part of the eons because of its new relation to sin, due to His sacrifice. In a sense, the sacrifice settles the question of sin for the rest of the eons. [A.E.K.] The apostle Paul goes further than all of the other writers of scripture. [Hebrews 9:26] speaks of the repudiation of sin, but Paul goes further and reveals that death is to be abolished. In his epistle to Timothy. [2.Tim.1:9-11] he writes; "..Who saves us and calls us with a holy calling, not in accord with our acts, but in accord with His own purpose and the grace which is given to us in Christ Jesus before times eonian, yet now is being manifested through the advent of Christ Jesus, Who indeed, abolishes death, yet illuminates life and incorruption through the evangel of which I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher of the nations. For which cause I am suffering these things..." Please read that again and take notice what Paul is saying; "...Who indeed abolishes death, yet illuminates life and incorruption through "THE EVANGEL" of which I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher of the nations. For which cause I am suffering these things..." What things is Paul talking about? "...In weariness more exceedingly, in jails more exceedingly, in blows inordinately, in deaths often. By Jews five times I got forty save one. Thrice am I flogged with rods, once am I stoned, thrice am I shipwrecked, a night and a day have I spent in a swamp, in journeys often, in dangers of rivers, in dangers of robbers, in dangers of my race, in dangers of the nations, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers in the sea, in dangers among false brethren,; in toil and labor, in vigils often, in famine and thirst, in fasts often, in cold and nakedness; apart from what is outside, "the" that which is coming upon me daily, the solicitude of the ecclesiast..." [2.Cor.1123-28] In 1.Corinthians 15:53 Paul writes; "...For this "the" corruptible must put on incorruption, and this "the" mortal put on immortality. Now, whenever [Christ first, those who are Christ's at His appearing, and the balance of mankind at the consummation of the eons] this "the" corruptible should be putting on incorruption and this "the" mortal should be putting on immortality, then shall come to pass the word which is written, Swallowed up was death by victory. Where, O Death, is your victory? Where O Death is your sting? Now the sting of "the" Death is "the" sin, yet the power of "the" sin is "THE LAW." Now thanks be to "the" God "the" Who is giving us the victory, [grace, unmerited favor] through our Lord Jesus Christ.." [through Jesus Christ's faith Rom.3:22] You will not read of these two truths, Incorruption and Immortality outside of Paul's writings. The apostle Paul deals with the consummation of the eons and the blessings which follow the repudiation of sin at the consummation of the eons. [1.Cor 15:22-28] Sin is going to be repudiated. Not only the acts of sin, but the fact of sin at the consummation of the eons. [1.Cor.15:24] having served its "purpose" to glorify God. The "intent" of the law was to lock all up under sin, but the "purpose" of the law was to escort all to Christ to be justified by "Jesus Christ's faith." [Rom.3:22] God is demonstrating His mighty power and absolute sovereignty throughout the entire universe together with a full and sufficient revelation of Himself to the entire creation in both the heavens and on earth and under the earth. "..For even as in Adam all are dying, thus also in Christ, shall all [same all] be Vivified [receive immortality and incorruption, being placed beyond death] see [1.Cor.15:52--57] Yet each in it own class of resurrection as Paul explains in [1.Cor.15:20-28] "...Now Christ has been roused [first] from among the dead, the firstfruit [class of resurrection] of "the" those who are reposing. For since, in fact, through a man came death, through a Man, also, comes the resurrection of the dead. For even as, in Adam, all are dying [to die eventually], thus also, in Christ shall [the same] all be vivified [placed beyond death]. Yet each in his "the" own class: The firstfruit [class] Christ; thereupon "the" those [the next class] who are "the" Christ's in His presence; thereafter the consummation [class], whenever He may be giving up the kingdom to His "the" God and Father, whenever He should be nullifying all sovereignty and all authority and power. For He must be reigning "UNTIL" [not forever] He should be placing all His enemies under His feet. The last enemy [and only enemy to be abolished] is being abolished: "DEATH" [ the only death remaining at this time is the "Second death"] for He subjects all under His feet..." [1.Cor.15:20-28] Brethren, could it be put any clearer than that? I think not. "Death" will be abolished and all shall be made alive at the consummation of the eons, and become trophies of the grace of God. For as in Adam all are dying to die eventually, so [the same] all will eventually be made alive to live in immortality and incorruption because of what Jesus accomplished at the cross. This is God's great victory that He has had in view from before the disruption of the world. He is the Savior and He will not share His glory with another. "...Faithful is the saying and worthy of all welcome [for for this are we toiling and being reproached], that we rely on the living God, WHO IS THE SAVIOR OF ALL MANKIND, ESPECIALLY [not exclusively] OF BELIEVERS. THESE THINGS BE CHARGING AND TEACHING..." [1.Tim.4:9-12] These things were the reason for Paul's sufferings but he was not ashamed; "...For I am aware Whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that He able to guard what is committed to me [Paul's evangel and the secret of the evangel] for that day. Have a pattern of sound words which you hear from me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. The ideal thing committed to you [Paul's evangel and the secret of the evangel] guard through the holy spirit which is making its home in us. Of this you are aware, that all those [ecclesia's] in the province of Asia were turned from me..." 2.Tim.1:12-15] Brethren, things have not changed have they. Almost all modern ministries are still turned from Paul's glorious message of the eventual reconciliation of all and they are still teaching the blasphemy of the apostate church of the dark ages, that God intends to burn forever in an eternal hell the majority of all those for Whom Christ died and paid the penalty for all their sins by His one offering of His own blood. Have a look in your concordance at the word eternal, eternity etc! You will find that it is "age lasting" [Gr. eonian] Have a look at [Jude.7] The writer says, "Even as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth as an example of suffering the vengeance of "ETERNAL FIRE." [Jude.7] Those "eternal fires" never lasted more than a few days at most. The destruction of Sodom and the surrounding cities is still apparent to all who visit the region. In this way these cities are experiencing the justice of eonian fire. The fire has long gone but its effects will remain and testify to God's judgment until the close of this eon, after which Sodom shall return to her former estate. [Ezek.16:53-56] C.C. Let me finish this exposition by telling you what Jesus said about traditional teaching; "...You through your tradition have made My Fathers words of no effect..." Eternal hell fires and eternal torment are traditions from the dark ages of apostasy and ignorance and they have been foisted on us through the faulty translations of the Greek words to suit tradition. Here is an example, Eternity, instead of [Gr. eonian] age lasting. Here is another "...shall go away into everlasting punishment..." instead of, [Gr. aionios] age lasting, [Gr. kolasis], to curtail, prune, like prune the dead wood off a tree to bring forth new growth. Its talking about age of correction when all will learn the ways of God. Paul makes all this so easy to understand one wonders why there is any ignorance at all. I believe it is callousness because of ignorance of the true nature of God which is love that never fails, let alone to burn almost all of His creation for and eternity of horror. One writer said, "God will stack the sinners like bricks in a kiln and blow the fires of hell through them for all eternity. Another said He will pour molten lead down the throats of alcoholics. Another said the saints will view this like spectators in a grandstand, and they would lose "all their joy" if those sinners ever got out of hell. These are the ravings of mental unsoundness in teaching and of sick minds. They are in fact doctrines of devils speaking through the false prophets and it all belongs to the dark ages of apostasy and folly. It is another example of the foolish and tardy of heart to be believing on all that the "New Testament" apostles and prophets were speaking. Paul and his associates were speaking these transcendent truths to the nations in the new administration of the grace of God.. Paul summing up [Rom.5:12-19] said; "...Consequently, then, as it was through one offense for all mankind for condemnation, thus also it is through one just award for all mankind for life's justifying. For even as, through the disobedience of the one man, the many were "constituted sinners," thus also, through the obedience of the One, the many shall be "constituted just." What does the many refer to? You take the one man who commits the deed and add him to the many and this equals all mankind. Adam plus the many equals "THE ALL MANKIND." Christ plus the many equals "THE ALL MANKIND." The apostle Paul said, "thus also through the obedience of the One , the many [all mankind] shall be "constituted just," We should ask the question, "by whose authority are these modern teachers placing the majority of God' creation in the horrors of an eternal burning furnace of fire and being kept conscious by the mighty power of God to make sure they feel every passing moment of the agony of being eternally burnt yet never burning away, just never, ever, ending horror and fiendish punishing? This is not only sick, it is the greatest lie ever foisted upon the ecclesia's of God through the adversary. How will these modern preachers answer a loving God when they stand in front of Him charged with these blasphemous and slanderous charges of madness against Himself and the Son of His love who gave Himself for their sins? They will have no excuse for this blasphemous behavior because there is literally thousands of ministries world wide and all have books written and available with the truth as well as the many good translations of the Greek scriptures refuting this dreadful traditional teaching that belongs to the apostasy of the dark ages. Brethren, let us pray for their deliverance from such awful teaching that slanders our great God and Savior of all mankind as Paul has taught us in his epistles for us the nations. [1.Tim.4:9-16]. Paul said; "...For to "the" vanity was the creation subjected, not voluntarily, but because of Him "the" Who subjects it, in expectation that the creation itself, also shall be freed from the slavery of "the" corruption into the glorious "the" freedom of the children of "the" God. For we are aware that the entire creation is groaning and travailing [under sin] together until "the" now. Yet not only so, but we ourselves also, who have the firstfruit of the spirit, we [the saints] ourselves also, are groaning in ourselves, [A wretched man am I! What will rescue me out of this body of "the" death? Grace!] awaiting the sonship, the deliverance of our "the" body. For to expectation were we saved. Now expectation, being observed, is not expectation, for what anyone is observing, why is he expecting it also? Now, if we are expecting what we are not observing, we are awaiting it with endurance..." [Rom.8:20-25] "If we give careful attention to Paul's treatise on the subject of justification, we will see that God justly justifies the irreverent or the ungodly. [Rom.4:4-6] Yes and I will make a stronger statement, just to stir up your pure minds. God would not be just if He did not justify the irreverent. Condemnation of the human race would unseat the righteousness of God." [G.M.] God's glorification is the all-important issue God's glorification is the end which God has had in view from the very beginning. Nothing in the universe must rob God or even detract from His glory. But we cannot see that all will glorify God if we only look at the past. Nor does the present status of creation contain any indication that all will glorify Him. This is redemption's story; this is the message of future deliverance from the bondage and corruption of sin; this is the perfecting of that which God began when He molded man from the clay" [G.M.] Listen to these words from Paul; "...because they do not receive the love of the truth for their salvation. And therefore God will be sending them a delusion, for them to believe a falsehood, that all may be judged "the" who do not believe the truth but delight on injustice.." [2.Thess.2:10-12] Our great God is a just justifier of the irreverent [ungodly] see [Rom.4:4-6] and He will complete redemptions story into the future eons of the eons and He will become all in all. [1.Cor.15:20-28] Let me close by quoting this once more; Sin is going to be repudiated. Not only the acts of sin, but the fact of sin at the consummation of the eons. [1.Cor.15:24] having served its "purpose" to glorify God. The "intent" of the law was to lock all up under sin, but the "purpose" of the law was to escort all to Christ to be justified by Jesus Christ's faith [Rom.3:22] God is demonstrating His mighty power and absolute sovereignty throughout the entire universe together with a full and sufficient revelation of Himself to the entire creation in both the heavens and on earth and under the earth. Amen! May God bless you real good. David and Carol Buckman. Down-under in the land of OZ. Email:
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