“The Body of Christ today is a living demonstration of how God
is going to take and unite two totally diverse realms—heaven and earth—under
one head,” says Jordan. “Jews and Gentiles together in one Body. Could there be
anything more diverse in the Bible?
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From back before the foundation of the world in eternity
past, God purposed in Himself to one day gather all things, both in the heavens
and the earth, under the headship of His Son, making Jesus Christ the center
of everything.
Satan, however, thought that since his angels had control
over the heavens through the rebellion he created up there, all he needed to do
was kill off Christ to secure control over the earth and heavens.
What Satan didn’t count on was that the death and
subsequent resurrection of Christ would make it possible for anyone—Jew and
Gentile—who just believed in Jesus Christ’s accomplishments through His death,
to gain a position of control in the heavens.
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Under God’s design, the way the angels learn about this new Body of Believers is through seeing the “fellowship of the mystery,” as defined by Paul. Paul writes in Romans 8:15, “But ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.”
“We’re ‘joint heirs,’ meaning we Gentiles have been made members of
the immediate family of God!” explains Jordan. “The only person who ever
addresses God the Father as ‘Abba, Father’ is Jesus Christ, and we have the same
relationship with God that Christ does!
"It’s that intimate family relationship, and angels don’t know anything about being a part of the immediate family of God.
"It’s that intimate family relationship, and angels don’t know anything about being a part of the immediate family of God.
“They’re part of the creation, but to be in His immediate
family and sit at His table and call Him ‘Daddy,’ well, they’re looking at us
saying, ‘What is that?!’ That’s the wisdom of God through the Cross that Satan
never imagined!”
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As Paul stresses in I Cor. 6:2, “Know ye not that we shall judge
angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?”
What he’s telling the Believer is that we’re going to
administer over the affairs of the angelic creation one day, so it’s a total
waste of time not to “put on Christ” (Galatians 3:27), just like you’d put on a
coat to cover yourself.
“Don’t waste your time trying to define yourself by your
failures; that’s not the way God defines you today!” says Jordan. “We
participate in His authority in the governments of the heaven. That’s what the ‘fellowship
of the mystery’ is all about.
“The angels are watching us and taking notes. They don’t
understand what we know, and when you don’t know it, they don’t understand you
not knowing it.
"I expect if they could speak to you they’d say, ‘C’mon, WAKE UP! Go learn the doctrine so you can teach it to me! What are you wasting your time out there in the world for?! Why are you wasting your time trying to be in the WRONG program (designed for Israel in time past) for? Get on with it!!!’
"I expect if they could speak to you they’d say, ‘C’mon, WAKE UP! Go learn the doctrine so you can teach it to me! What are you wasting your time out there in the world for?! Why are you wasting your time trying to be in the WRONG program (designed for Israel in time past) for? Get on with it!!!’
“You see, the job God called the Body of Christ to do impacts
the heavens today as well as in the future. Satan’s using his wisdom to
try and keep a lid on it.
"Satan is just tricky enough, wily enough, smart enough, cagey enough to keep conning his host into believing he’s going to win. Don’t let your life be an encouragement to his cause!”
"Satan is just tricky enough, wily enough, smart enough, cagey enough to keep conning his host into believing he’s going to win. Don’t let your life be an encouragement to his cause!”
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