WHY
OUR SAVIOUR DIED AND ROSE AGAIN. |
| IT IS REVEALED that Yahshua was
"EMANUEL", that is, "Elohim (G-d) with us". Elohim in human flesh. Can
Elohim die? Here is a brief pointed answer. This
is a question that has perplexed millions. It is an enigma that has never been made clear
and plain to many minds. Yet the Scriptures give us a clear revelation, in plain, simple
words exactly what they mean. In other words, the MashiYah died for our sins (1 Cor. 15:3,
1 John 3:4) |
Elohim
(G-d) in the Flesh |
| John 1:1 "In the Beginning was the
WORD, and the WORD was with Elohim (G-d) and the WORD was Elohim
(G-d). The Greek word Logos means
Spokesman. This is referring to the ANGEL/PERSONAGE/IMAGE, WHO, long before Eternity, The
ALMIGHTY OMNIPRESENT SPIRIT formed for HIMSELF. Then HE was SPIRIT/ANGEL/IMAGE as ONE
ENTITY (One G-d) (Rev. 3:14, Col. 1:15-19, Col. 2:9, There was never a Co-Eternal
Son as some churches propagate, but only ONE MAJESTY (G-d).
THE ALMIGHTY OMNIPRESENT SPIRIT Formed this Personage
for HIMSELF so that HE could, through HIM, converse with HIS creatures, as HE, as
SPIRIT, does not speak or no one has seen HIS FORM (John 5:37).
Now this Personage was also the Pre-Incarnated
MashiYah and so for our sake's divested HIMSELF of Inherent Immortality for the time being
while on earth (Phil. 2:5-8). (In Afrikaans "Hy het Homself ontledig en vlees
aangeneem"). WHY? In order that HE might die. That through His death, He might
destroy (annul) him who had the power over death, that is, the devil. HE took on, at
birth, via the lineage of David, human Flesh - made human. HE, the Personage of the
OMNIPRESENT SPIRIT from Eternity to Eternity. (Micha 5:2), left HIS Throne in Heaven to
become a human being to erase our sins.
FOR THIS END the MashiYah both died, and rose, that
He might be Master both of the dead and the living (Rom. 14:9). THERE IS THE ANSWER.
Through HIS death and Resurrection the MashiYah became the Master of the dead as well as
the living. He paid the penalty for our past sins. He made possible the way so that both
the dead and those now living might have life Eternal - not mere temporary existence, but
Life Everlasting.
For when we were yet without strength, in due time
the MashiYah died for the lawless ones, while we were yet sinners, the MashiYah died for
us Rom. 5:6,8 & 1 John 3:4). |
The
MashiYah the Everliving. |
| In the Old Covenant the Logos is called
by different Names. Elohim calls people and beings what they are. Therefore, the NAMES of
the MashiYah have always been - whether Names or titles, words which describe WHOM HE IS.
most frequently HE was called "Yah" or "I AM WHO I AM". And we know
that this means that HE is the Eternal, or the ONE in Whom is Inherent Life. It signifies
One Who possesses Life Inherent From Eternity to Eternity - Life Source. (Refer Abingdon's
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible on Page 47 of the "Hebrew and Chaldee
Dictionary" for the meaning of "YAH"). He gave HIS NAME to Moses as
"I AM" (Exod. 3:14) That is, the One Who Is, Who Exists, Who has Life
Inherent in Himself. He is also the WORD or SPOKESMAN as well as CREATOR of
all things. (Refer Col. 1:15-17, 19 and John 1:1-2). He spake and it was done by THE
OMNIPRESENT SPIRIT (His so-called Father is the New Covenant), performed the command, AND
THERE WAS LIGHT. The Pre-Incarnated MashiYah (The Personage of the Spirit), and the Spirit
combined in perfect harmony in Creation, as the MashiYah, when in the Flesh, said, "I
AND MY FATHER AM ONE". Not one in deed or thought, but ONE AND THE SELFSAME MAJESTY
(G-d) (John 10:30, John 14:9-11). Now the Logos through Whom all things were made, was
made flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:2-4 and 14). |
THE
MASHIYAH (The Great 'I AM') was converted into Flesh. |
| Notice the Word Who was the Eternal the
Everliving (Micha 5:2) in Whom was Life - ETERNAL LIFE - by Whom all the worlds were made
and created - The Almighty Himself, HE was made Flesh, THAT IS, He Who existed from
Eternity, He Who had Life, He Who was Elohim, was made FLESH, CONVERTED INTO FLESH, until
He became FLESH and then HE was FLESH. But though human, He did have from birth, the
indwelling of the ALMIGHTY OMNIPRESENT SPIRIT - so that He, even as we, might be
resurrected from the dead, and again have Immortal Life - that is, concerted back into
Spiritual Immortality so that He, by His Resurrection, once again became the very Almighty
Himself. THUS HE made the same
resurrection possible for us. Yes, Yashua was a Fleshly Man. He was Elohim come in Human
Flesh. And, when converted into human Flesh, the Life that kept Him alive resided in the
blood, as in all who are flesh (Lev. 17:11). The breath exodizes the blood and is called
the breath of life - of human or animal life.
Yahshua as human, was also the ALMIGHTY (Heb. 13:8).
He was both human and the Almighty at the same time. The ALMIGHTY MANIFEST IN FLESH (1
Tim. 3:16) "Forasmuch then as the children are partakes of flesh, He also Himself
likewise took part of the same (Heb. 2:14).
Now when Yahshua, in His FLESHLY Body, died on the
stake (tree), just before He blew out His last breath, He said "My Father (Spirit),
My FATHER (spirit), WHY HAST THOUGH forsaken ME" (Mat. 27:46, Mark 15:34), THE
OMNIPRESENT SPIRIT left His body, as the SPIRIT (Father) cannot die. BUT AFTER THE
MashiYah was three days and three nights (72 hours) in the heart of the earth, on the very
second of the 72nd hour, the SPIRIT came back into the dead BODY AND Yahshua
rose from the tomb, as Yashua Himself said before His impalement, that He will raise His
own Body in three days (John 2:12-22). In any event He is the RESURRECTION AND LIFE (John
11:25). Speaking of His Life, Yahshua said, "No one taketh it away for Me, but I lay
it down of Myself. I have Power (His SPIRIT) to lay it down, and have Power to take it up
again". (John 10:18).
How about you and I? DO YOU REALISE what a TREMENDOUS
PRICE was paid that you and I might be released from the death penalty of our sins. The
Very ETERNAL- The Spokesman of the SPIRIT, permitted Himself to be changed into a mortal
human, stepped down, descended to human plane, suffered, was tempted, persecuted,
despised, rejected of men, and eventually was impaled on the stake (tree). (Acts 10:39,
Gal. 3:13, I kepha (Peter) 2:24 and Deut. 21:22 and 23).
If Yahshua had been only human, His death could have
paid the penalty FOR BUT ONE OTHER human being who had incurred that penalty by
transgressing HIS Spiritual Laws (Rom. 6:23). since Yahshua created all things including
man, were made by Hi, He is our Make and, therefore, the ALMIGHTY, and his life that He
gave, was of greater value than the total of all human beings (John 1:1-3). He stooped to
human level, submitted to death, trusted the SPIRIT to come back into Him and rose to Life
Immortal again, so that you and I could also become Immortal beings if we submit out lives
to Him, and by his Mercy keep HIS Laws. STATUTES, etc. and also believe on HIS NAME
YAHSHUA, as there is no other NAME by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12). This is the only
way to salvation - the only way THIS GREATEST PRICE EVER PAID IN THE UNIVERSE FROM
ETERNITY CAN SAVE US.
Forty days after He rose for the tomb, He went back
to Heaven from where He came (john 3:13, Eph. 4:10, etc.) and is again reigning from His
Throne the Universe with His Omnipresent SPIRIT (refer Rev. 4:2), from where He is soon
returning to this earth to come and right on the Throne of David for a thousand years,
etc.
Written by: J.L. Reyneke
The Believers in Yahshua
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