Christ teaching on the vine and the branches is one of the most mis-taught portions of scripture. While in prayer the Lord spoke to me concerning these scriptures from the Gospel of John
The grace and mercy of God was always available from the time of Adam until now. In the days preceding the coming of Messiah, Jesus, men were justified by believing God's promises of the coming anointed one that would deliver man from his sin. It is written "that Abraham believed God and it was accredited to him as righteousness." Jesus said that Abraham longed to see his day, the day of Messiah, and in fact he did. According to Christ the coming Messiah was revealed Abraham, and it was through faith in this promise from God that Abraham received righteousness, not the rightness of man, but the rightness of God in the Messiah Jesus. When God told Abrahan to sacrifice Issaac it was a test of Abraham's faith in Messiah. Abraham knew that the Messiah would be sacrificed for the sin of all men ,then rise from the dead. When God told Abraham to sacrifice Issaac he beleived that Issaac was the Messiah. In Heberews chapter 11 it is mentioned that Abraham belived that God was able to raise Issaac from the dead, or in other words a coming resurrection. Resurrection was and always be a sign of Messiah. The...[More]
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