Difference between revisions of "Actual Righteousness 9"

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Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life. (Rev 2:10-NIV)

If you are experiencing an awakening concerning the sins of your personality, and perhaps some sort of imprisonment, be encouraged. You are not in a grave but a tunnel. You will come out into the light when God is finished reconciling you to Himself. Nothing will be destroyed by the fire except your bondages. You are part of the advance guard that is passing from imputed to actual righteousness of personality and behaviour.

The separating of the Ark of the Covenant from the Tabernacle of the Congregation .

They brought the ark of God and set it inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and they presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before God. (1 Chronicles 16:1-NIV)

We are discussing biblical portrayals of the temporary dividing of the Christian Church into two groups: a godly, warlike remnant drawn from the whole, and the remainder of the Church. The idea is that the remnant will be the first to pass from imputed righteousness to actual righteousness. Next, the remainder of the Church will be released into righteousness. Finally the entire saved world will be delivered from the bondages of sin.

The first portrayal we mentioned is that of the two presentations of the Wife of the Lamb, found in the Book of Revelation.

The second portrayal is drawn from Gideon's battle with the Midianites.

The third portrayal has to do with the separating of the Ark of the Covenant from the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

The reader most likely is familiar with the Tabernacle of the Congregation, described in the latter part of the Book of Exodus. If you recall, the Ark of the Covenant was located in the Holy of Holies, behind the sacred Veil.

While the Tabernacle was at Shiloh the Ark was removed from its resting place in the Most Holy Place and carried to the scene of a battle with the Philistines. Soon it was brought back to Israel, not to the Tabernacle but to the home of an Israelite family.

In the meanwhile, the Tabernacle of the Congregation, minus the Ark, was removed to the high place at Gibeon-several miles north of the city of Jerusalem.

When David brought back the ark from the Israelite family, he pitched a tent for it in Zion, David's city, a suburb of Jerusalem.

This was unheard of-to put the Ark of the Covenant somewhere other than in the Holy of Holies of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

But David was a prophet and the Spirit of God was directing him.

David then stationed one group of priests with the Ark at Zion, and a second group of priests with the remainder of the Tabernacle at Gibeon.

David left Asaph and his associates before the ark of the covenant of the LORD to minister there regularly, according to each day's requirements. (1 Chronicles 16:37-NIV)

David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon to present burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of burnt offering regularly, morning and evening, in accordance with everything written in the Law of the LORD, which he had given Israel. (1 Chronicles 16:39-40-NIV)

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-''Then King Solomon summoned into his presence at Jerusalem the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes and the chiefs of the Israelite families, to bring up the ark of the LORD's covenant from Zion, the City of David.'' (1 Kings 8:1-NIV)
+''Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life.'' (Rev 2:10-NIV)
-The Ark remained apart from the Tabernacle throughout the life of David. When Solomon built the Temple, the Ark and the Tabernacle were placed inside.
+If you are experiencing an awakening concerning the sins of your personality, and perhaps some sort of imprisonment, be encouraged. You are not in a grave but a tunnel. You will come out into the light when God is finished reconciling you to Himself. Nothing will be destroyed by the fire except your bondages. You are part of the advance guard that is passing from imputed to actual righteousness of personality and behaviour.
-The prophetic significance of the separating of the Ark from the remainder of the Tabernacle, for a season, can scarcely be overemphasized.
+The separating of the Ark of the Covenant from the Tabernacle of the Congregation .
-As we understand the meaning, the reign of David represents the thousand-year Kingdom Age. The reign of Solomon represents the new heaven and earth rule of Jesus Christ.
+''They brought the ark of God and set it inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and they presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before God.'' (1 Chronicles 16:1-NIV)
-The Ark speaks of the godly remnant who will govern with Jesus during the Kingdom Age.
+We are discussing biblical portrayals of the temporary dividing of the Christian Church into two groups: a godly, warlike remnant drawn from the whole, and the remainder of the Church. The idea is that the remnant will be the first to pass from imputed righteousness to actual righteousness. Next, the remainder of the Church will be released into righteousness. Finally the entire saved world will be delivered from the bondages of sin.
-When the new heaven and earth reign of the Lord Jesus begins, the Lord's victorious saints will once again be part of the Church, of God's elect. Then the whole house of Israel will descend through the new sky to be located forever upon the new earth.
+The first portrayal we mentioned is that of the two presentations of the Wife of the Lamb, found in the Book of Revelation.
-We notice that after the seventh trumpet blows and the kingdoms of the world become the Kingdom of God and His Christ, the Ark of the Covenant is revealed.
+The second portrayal is drawn from Gideon's battle with the Midianites.
-''Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a great hailstorm.'' (Revelation 11:19-NIV)
+The third portrayal has to do with the separating of the Ark of the Covenant from the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
-Let us repeat our central theme. The purpose of separating the remnant from the remainder of the Church has to do with the movement from imputed to actual righteousness of personality and behaviour.
+The reader most likely is familiar with the Tabernacle of the Congregation, described in the latter part of the Book of Exodus. If you recall, the Ark of the Covenant was located in the Holy of Holies, behind the sacred Veil.
-When the Lord Jesus returns, only those who have purified themselves, as the Spirit of God enables, will receive their body back from the grave. The remainder of the Church, not having gained victory over sin, will not be given to eat of the tree of life at this time. They will remain in the spirit realm, according to my understanding.
+While the Tabernacle was at Shiloh the Ark was removed from its resting place in the Most Holy Place and carried to the scene of a battle with the Philistines. Soon it was brought back to Israel, not to the Tabernacle but to the home of an Israelite family.
-I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony for Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
+In the meanwhile, the Tabernacle of the Congregation, minus the Ark, was removed to the high place at Gibeon-several miles north of the city of Jerusalem.
-(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.)
+When David brought back the ark from the Israelite family, he pitched a tent for it in Zion, David's city, a suburb of Jerusalem.
-''This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy are those who have part in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.'' (Rev 20:4-6-NIV)
+This was unheard of-to put the Ark of the Covenant somewhere other than in the Holy of Holies of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
-During the thousand years of the Kingdom Age those who did not, prior to the Lord's return to earth, achieve victory over sin will be brought to the place where their inward nature is ready for their body to receive immortality. Then together with the victorious saints they will descend to the new earth and be established for eternity on a high mountain. They will govern the saved nations of the earth.
+But David was a prophet and the Spirit of God was directing him.
-This is how the whole Church, and eventually the saved nations of the earth, will be brought to righteousness of behaviour. There will be no sin of any kind whatever throughout the countless ages of eternity, which begin with the coming to earth of the new Jerusalem.
+David then stationed one group of priests with the Ark at Zion, and a second group of priests with the remainder of the Tabernacle at Gibeon.
+''David left Asaph and his associates before the ark of the covenant of the LORD to minister there regularly, according to each day's requirements.'' (1 Chronicles 16:37-NIV)
+''David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon to present burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of burnt offering regularly, morning and evening, in accordance with everything written in the Law of the LORD, which he had given Israel.'' (1 Chronicles 16:39-40-NIV)
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