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I’m not a futurist, and I’m not driven by modern theological systems.
If you force a label, this is the closest fit:
Apostolic and covenantal — Christ-centered, Scripture interpreting Scripture.
I read the Bible the way the apostles did:
– Christ fulfills the Law and the Prophets
– Shadows give way to substance
– Type gives way to fulfillment
– Earthly patterns become spiritual realities
– Israel according to the flesh gives way to Israel in Christ
– The kingdom is received now, not postponed
Christ reigns now.
His kingdom is present, heavenly, and spiritual — not political or ethnic.
God’s promises are fulfilled in Christ and shared with His Body, not deferred to another age.
I don’t read Revelation to reinterpret Genesis.
I read Genesis through Christ — because that’s how the apostles taught us to read.
Does Satan win something every time a soul follows him?
No. He gains company in judgment, not a kingdom. Hell was "prepared for the devil and his angels" (Matthew 25:41), and he will be cast into it, not enthroned over it (Revelation 20:10).
Every soul he holds is a captive of a defeated foe, and Christ came to "destroy the works of the devil" (1 John 3:8).
Because knowing God is stronger doesn't make him willing to submit. Sin isn't a rational calculation, it's pride. His whole fall was "I will be like the most High" (Isaiah 14:14), and a heart that proud would rather rebel in defeat than bow. James 2:19 says it plainly: "the devils also believe, and tremble." They know, and they still refuse.
He also isn't fighting to win anymore. He's fighting to take as many down with him as he can, and to wound what God loves. Revelation 12:12 says he has "great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time." That is a cornered enemy, not a confident one. Peter's picture fits: a "roaring lion" seeking "whom he may devour" (1 Peter 5:8).
And the decisive battle is already over. At the cross Christ was "spoiling principalities and powers" and "triumphing over them" (Colossians 2:15). What we face now is the rearguard action of a defeated foe, which is why the believer fights from victory, not for it.
"For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day." (2 Corinthians 4:16)
The only reason we persevere is because Christ's Life sustains us, not because we're strong.
A branch doesn't strain or work to bear fruit. It abides.
"I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing." (John 15:5)
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First, his name isn’t “Yeshua.” Like the Bible He preached from in the synagogue, His name is Greek. Nobody called Him “Yeshua.”
Secondly, the Old Testament belongs exclusively to the religion of Christ. He is the object of worship in the Old Covenant.
Calling anything you find there “Jewish” is untoward and vulgar.
Third, God has ONE holy nation and ONE special people, and it’s the church (1 Peter 2:9-10).
Everyone who trusts in Christ is the Israel of God, and no one else (Galatians 6:15-16).
By virtue of the blood of Christ, and Christ Alone, is one brought into Israel (Ephesians 2:12-13, 19).
Only Christians are united to Abraham, and unbelieving Jews are cut off (Romans 11:17).
Christians only are the “circumcision of God,” the sign of His Covenant. Unbelieving Jews are the uncircumcised (Philippians 3:3).
Unbelieving Jews, very emphatically, are NOT Israel (Romans 9:6-8).
Only Christians are Abraham’s true sons and REAL heirs of Abraham’s promises (Galatians 3:29).
Now, get off my lawn.
Sometimes overcoming isn't spectacular. It's forgiving.
Trusting God when nothing is certain. Standing when you feel weak.
"And having done all, to stand." (Ephesians 6:13)
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The Christian life isn't a stronger will. It's a surrendered one.
"For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure." (Philippians 2:13)
He supplies the desire and the power.
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Temptation hasn't disappeared, but sin is no longer your master.
"For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace." (Romans 6:14)
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Christ doesn't wait for His enemies to disappear before He reigns.
"Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies." (Psalm 110:2)
Opposition is not proof He has lost the throne.
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Already raised. Already seated.
"And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus." (Ephesians 2:6)
Our position in Christ is finished. Our walk is learning to live from it.
Reigning in Life by Jesus Christ
And now consider something remarkable.
Daniel tells us that the saints shall possess the kingdom.
Peter tells us that Jesus Christ has been exalted to the Father’s right hand.
Paul tells us that believers have already been translated into the kingdom of God’s dear Son.
But Paul takes us even further:
“For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.”
Romans 5:17
Think about what Paul is saying!
Through Adam’s offence, death reigned but through Jesus Christ, those who receive the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness shall reign in life.
This is not a promise of political dominion in some future earthly kingdom. Paul is describing something far more fundamental: the triumph of Christ’s Life over the reign of sin and death.
And although the fullness of our reign with Christ awaits His appearing, we already possess His Life.
“Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son.” Colossians 1:13
The kingdom is not only something we are waiting to enter. We have already been brought into it through Christ.
Nor does this mean that every enemy has been destroyed or that every promise has reached its consummation.
“For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.” 1 Corinthians 15:25
Christ reigns now, His saints belong to His kingdom now and His reign will continue until even the last enemy, death, is destroyed.
So when Daniel declares that the saints shall possess the kingdom, we must begin with the One to whom the kingdom was first given.
The saints possess the kingdom because they belong to the King.
And they shall reign in Life because Christ Himself is their Life.
Let the Apostles Tell Us How the Promises Are Fulfilled
There is a very big difference between denying the promises of God and allowing the New Testament to tell us how those promises have been fulfilled.
Let’s look at the difference.
Once the Substance has come, faith does not demand the restoration of the shadow.
It rejoices in the fulfillment.
So when someone says, “You are reinterpreting the Old Testament promises,” the answer is simple:
We are allowing the apostles to interpret them for us.
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