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The significance of Jesus must
never be underestimated. Jesus,
God in flesh divided time into
three eras.
JESUS
the true
time
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1. The Old Testament/Covenant
2. The Church/New Covenant Age
3. The Age To Come Or Eternity.
All three eras were defined by
His coming. He closed the Old
Testament/Covenant and started
The Church/New Covenant age by
coming and completing His work
on the cross. Up to this day the
Gregorian Calendar that is the most
widely used in the world is based
on Him. He will close the Church
Age and begin timeless eternity by
coming a second time as judge of
the whole world and not as a babe
wrapped in swaddling clothes.
Jesus is God and Master of time
and whenever He graces earth
with His physical presence things
notably and significantly change.
Jesus stamps His presence upon
time and the changes that took
place with His first coming testify to
this. The Old Testament/Covenant
Age also known as the Age of the
Law and the Prophets ended with
the coming of John, the Baptist,
and Jesus Christ.
Jesus compared John with those
who are in the Kingdom, He said,
Matthew 11:11 “ I tell you that
no one ever born on this earth is
greater than John the Baptist. But
whoever is least in the kingdom of
heaven is greater than John” Here
we are made aware that the age in
which John the Baptist lived was
significant but this age is greater
and better because people can
actually enter into the Kingdom of
Heaven.
Jesus Brought New and Better
Things
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A New
Covenant:
The
New
Covenant for which
He is mediator is not only
new but is also a better covenant,
“...by so much more Jesus has
become a surety of a better
covenant.” Hebrews 7:22 NKJV.
A new and living way: Jesus has
consecrated a new path, a new and
living way to His heavenly Father by
His blood, thus eliminating the old
efforts, that of sacrificing bulls and
goats etc... He consecrated this
new way by His own blood, “My
friends, the blood of Jesus gives
us courage to enter the most holy
place by a new way that leads to
life! And this way takes us through
the curtain that is Christ Himself…”
Hebrews 10:19-20
One new man in Christ: Jesus’
coming also brought together both
Jew and Gentile to form a unified
people in Himself, “...having
abolished in His flesh the enmity,
that is, the law of commandments
contained in ordinances, so as
to create in Himself one new
man from the two, thus making
peace…“ (Ephesians 2:15 NKJV)
The promise of the Holy Spirit:
This very important event which
marked the birth of the Church
could not take place without the
coming and completion of Jesus’
mission. The coming of the Holy
Spirit was to be one of the most
significant marks of this age. Jesus
said, “But I tell you that I am going
to do what is best for you. That
is why I am going away. The Holy
Spirit cannot come to help you
until I leave. But after I am gone,
I will send the Spirit to you.” John
16:7 Before, men could say ‘God is
with us’ but today, we can also say