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You must be in fellowship prior to your Bible study, so that the spiritual information you receive can become a source, of blessing to your soul and produce spiritual growth. Galatians 3:23 http://www.dailybiblestudy.org
23 But [de] before [pro] faith [pistis] came, [erchomai] we were kept [phroureo] under [hupo] the law, [nomos] shut up [sugkleio] unto [eis] the faith [pistis] which should afterwards [mello] be revealed. [apokalupto] KJV-Interlinear
23 But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, being shut up to the faith which was later to be revealed. NASB Faith here is not the mental process of believing, for that process has existed since Adam and Eve. The method of salvation by faith, though promised, was not formally established until Jesus Christ actually went to the cross and paid the price for sin through His spiritual death, then died and was buried and then resurrected, all of which made sin finally dead and no longer an issue as far as salvation was concerned. However prior to the cross, Satan would certainly contend that Jesus would fail, or that the Messiah would not show up as promised or that he would be able or interrupt the line of the Messiah and thus stop the plan of God in its tracks. With that possibility then, humanity was trapped by sin, and the Law proved and documented and demonstrated that trap. This is why people who lived and died even though they believed in the Messiah, would go to Paradise instead of heaven. You recall that Paradise was one of the four underworld compartments that held the dead. This underworld often called the land of the dead, or Hades, is where all who had died, went, prior to the cross. The other three compartments in the underworld are Torments, Tartarus, and the Abyss. Each of these three currently hold respectfully, all unbelieving people, all of the disobedient angels from Gen. 6, and the worst of the worst demon armies. By the way, those bad dude demons in the Abyss will be released in the Tribulation, to wreak havoc on humanity in that future time. That will not be a pretty sight, but a horrifying time when it happens. Shut up, 'sugkleio,' means to be confined, trapped, shut together, in close, embraced in a common subjection. And this means that all of humanity was in the same horrible sinking boat of eternal condemnation, except for the promise of God which was not fulfilled until the Cross. Faith afterwards revealed, was Jesus Christ and His fulfillment of Gods plan on the Cross and resurrection. The Cross paid the price of sin and the resurrection proved Gods victory over death. They go together. And by the way, Paradise is now empty, as after the Cross, Jesus Christ led all of those captives, which were all Old Testament believers, out of Paradise and into Heaven. Paradise is no longer in use nor necessary. That was the ultimate victory procession parade led by Christ. Using the word, paradise, to describe a wonderful place in one thing, but anyone who wants to go to the actual Paradise as is claimed by some religions, does not know their doctrine, is detached from reality, and saying in effect that they want to go to a place that God has emptied out and abandoned. They would have more luck searching for never-never land. They won't find either place.
Now is the time to post a prayer. End Of Lesson Study to show thyself approved (mature) unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing (studying/discerning), the Word of truth. |
