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| − | God prepares central | + | God prepares central figures of God's Providence of restoration. God prepares these people over a course of many generations. When such a central figure fulfills to do God's will and acquires enough faith and strength to instill God's ideals into a family, tribe, society, that person can receive the mission of Messiah. |
It can be said that God's entire focus is on preparing a person who can fulfill as a Messiah. The Messiah, that is the anointed one, chosen and blessed by God for a central and responsible mission. | It can be said that God's entire focus is on preparing a person who can fulfill as a Messiah. The Messiah, that is the anointed one, chosen and blessed by God for a central and responsible mission. | ||
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But a Messiah cannot operate in a vacuum. He needs to grow up and be educated when he is young, and he needs to be protected against attacks by evil forces, and he needs people around him who follow him and who help him to set up God's ideal. | But a Messiah cannot operate in a vacuum. He needs to grow up and be educated when he is young, and he needs to be protected against attacks by evil forces, and he needs people around him who follow him and who help him to set up God's ideal. | ||
| − | The preparation for the Messiah centrally is done by people who make a Foundation of Faith and a Foundation of Substance. These are people who love God, who have faith in God | + | The preparation for the Messiah centrally is done by people who make a Foundation of Faith and a Foundation of Substance. These are people who love God, who have faith in God and who have learned to not be influenced by evil. These people can be called 'Israel'. The name was first given to Jacob after he won a spiritual fight with an angel. Jacob had made a Foundation of Faith, and later also a Foundation of Substance by having his brother Esau unite with him. Jacob's children and descendants inherited Jacob's or Israel's mission. |
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| + | That mission of Israel, or the mission to prepare a foundation to receive the Messiah, is not necessarily limited to the people whom we historically know as Israelites. The mission can be given to a person or group who loves God and who seriously take on their mission to build a world under God. | ||
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- This is section 9 of the Seminar Faith. Comments or questions are appreciated. You can also write to John Eagles.
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Fourth result of the Foundation of Faith: A foundation to receive God
Until now we have spoken about three results of the Foundation of Faith, and this section is about the fourth. These four results stand in a logical order.
The first result of the Foundation of Faith is the love relationship with God. The second result is receiving God's Word. The third result is love relationship with others. And the fourth result is a foundation to receive God.
The first two results, love for God and receiving God's truth, are on the individual level. The central figure of faith develops love for God and in return receives God's truth. This is what he or she is going to pass on to others. This is also called the Foundation of Substance.
Once the faith of the central person has been passed on to others, they will work together to express their common faith into society. This is what will enable God to work more in that society. Society can mean a smaller unit, for example a family or a group of disciples, but it can also mean a bigger group, for example an entire nation. Of course, for an entire nation more foundation is needed than for a smaller one.
This foundation to receive God expands from the individual level, the Foundation of Faith of a central figure, to a next person, with whom is made the Foundation of Substance, to a bigger group. The Foundation to receive God is commonly called 'The Foundation to receive the Messiah.' But i called it 'The Foundation to receive God' to emphasize the need for those who make this foundation to be centered on God, and only through that to be centered on the Messiah.
Foundation of Faith, Foundation of Substance, Foundation to receive the Messiah, these are foundations that are entirely related. None of these foundations could exist without the other. Faith can be kept by one individual but eventually that individual must pass on his or her faith to others or else that faith will falter. For the central figure of faith there is this continuous demand and tension to keep faith and to pass faith on to others. Eventually that faith must be expanded to a larger group who then will express this faith by building on God's ideals.
A foundation to receive the Messiah
God prepares central figures of God's Providence of restoration. God prepares these people over a course of many generations. When such a central figure fulfills to do God's will and acquires enough faith and strength to instill God's ideals into a family, tribe, society, that person can receive the mission of Messiah.
It can be said that God's entire focus is on preparing a person who can fulfill as a Messiah. The Messiah, that is the anointed one, chosen and blessed by God for a central and responsible mission.
But a Messiah cannot operate in a vacuum. He needs to grow up and be educated when he is young, and he needs to be protected against attacks by evil forces, and he needs people around him who follow him and who help him to set up God's ideal.
The preparation for the Messiah centrally is done by people who make a Foundation of Faith and a Foundation of Substance. These are people who love God, who have faith in God and who have learned to not be influenced by evil. These people can be called 'Israel'. The name was first given to Jacob after he won a spiritual fight with an angel. Jacob had made a Foundation of Faith, and later also a Foundation of Substance by having his brother Esau unite with him. Jacob's children and descendants inherited Jacob's or Israel's mission.
That mission of Israel, or the mission to prepare a foundation to receive the Messiah, is not necessarily limited to the people whom we historically know as Israelites. The mission can be given to a person or group who loves God and who seriously take on their mission to build a world under God.
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