CHRIST, ASCENSION
AND SESSION OF
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THE SESSION OR SEATING OF CHRIST AT GOD'S RIGHT HAND SHOWED
HIM TO BE ACCEPTED OF GOD. HIS SESSION SET ASIDE ALL OTHER PRIESTHOODS,
LEVITICAL AND OTHERWISE: PSA 110.1; RO 8.34; EPH 1.20; COL 3.1; HE 1.3,
13; 8.1; 10.12; 1 PE 3.22
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ASCENSION AND SESSION OF CHRIST MADE HIM VICTORIOUS OVER
SATAN: HE 1.5-13; PSA 110.1; LU 20.42-43; AC 2.33-34; HE 1.13
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THOUGH HE IS VICTORIOUS OVER SATAN, THE DEVIL IS NOW MAKING
AN ALL OUT EFFORT TO DESTROY THE PLAN OF GOD AMONG THE CHURCH: EPH 1.20-22;
4.7-10
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THE SECOND ADVENT OF CHRIST WILL BRING A VISUAL DEFEAT TO
SATAN AND THE DEMONS: DAN 7.13-14; ZECH 13.2; COL 2.15; REV 20.1-3
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THE ASCENSION AND SESSION COMPLETED THE GLORIFICATION OF
THE SON: COL 1; PHIL 2
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THE ASCENSION AND CESSION MAKES THE CHURCH AGE UNIQUE: JO
7.37-39
CHRIST'S HIGH
PRIESTHOOD
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THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF PRIESTHOOD IN HUMAN HISTORY:
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AGE OF THE GENTILES REVEALED THE FAMILY PRIEST
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AGE OF ISRAEL REVEALED THE LEVITICAL PRIEST
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AARON AND THE FAMILY OF LEVI WERE THE SOURCE OF THIS PRIESTHOOD
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AGE OF THE CHURCH, WHERE EVERY BELIEVER IS A PRIEST
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CHRIST WAS ORDAINED A HIGH PRIEST BY GOD: HEB 5.1-5
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CHRIST IS A HIGH PRIEST ALONG THE AUTHORITY LINES OF MELCHIZEDEK,
BUT HE WAS NOT MELCHIZEDEK: HEB 6.20
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CHRIST IS A UNIQUE HIGH PRIEST WHEREIN HE OFFERED HIMSELF
AS A LAMB OF SACRIFICE FOR THE PEOPLE: HEB 9.26-27
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CHRIST'S PRIESTHOOD IS ETERNAL AND UNTRANSFERABLE: HEB 7.20-24
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BECAUSE BELIEVERS ARE IN CHRIST, WE ARE PRIESTS ALSO:
1 PE 2.5-9; REV 1.6; 5.10; 20.6
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AS OUR HIGH PRIEST JESUS MAKES INTERCESSION FOR US WITH THE
FATHER: HEB 7.25
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THE FIRST PRIESTLY SACRIFICE THAT BELIEVERS GIVE TO THE FATHER
IS THEMSELVES: RO 12.1
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WE OFFER THANKSGIVING TO THE FATHER: HEB 13.15
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WE DO DIVINE GOOD: HEB 13.16
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OUR WITNESS FOR GOD IS OUR SACRIFICE: HEB 13.16
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WE ALSO OBEY OUR ELDERS, AS APPOINTED PRIESTS OVER US: HEB
13.17
CHRIST'S IMPECCABILITY
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AS OUR HIGH PRIEST, CHRIST WAS WITHOUT SIN: HEB 4.15
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AS OUR SAVIOUR, CHRIST WAS WITHOUT SIN: 1 JO 3.5
UNIVERSE
IS SUSTAINED BY CHRIST
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THE CONTINUATION OF OUR UNIVERSE DEPENDS ON THE IMMUTABILITY
AND OMNIPOTENCE OF CHRIST: COL 1.17; HE 1.3
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SCIENTIFIC LAWS ARE ONLY REPEATED STATEMENTS OF DIVINE LAW.
GOD CONTROLS THE UNIVERSE.
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SCIENTIFIC LAWS OPERATE ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE UNIVERSE
OPERATES ON FIXED LAWS THAT WILL NOT CHANGE.
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GOD IS ABLE TO CHANGE THE LAWS HE DECREED.
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THE UNIVERSE WITH IT'S LAWS WILL NOT ALWAYS EXIST: 2 PE 3.10-12;
REV 20.11
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KNOWN SCIENTIFIC LAWS DEPEND ON THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD:
COL 1.17; HEB 13.8
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BY THE WORD OF HIS POWER CHRIST HOLDS THE UNIVERSE TOGETHER:
HEB 1.3
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THE UNIVERSE IS HELD TOGETHER SO THE ANGELIC CONFLICT CAN
BE RESOLVED, AND SO THAT GOD'S GRACE CAN RUN IT'S COURSE: HEB 2.10; 2 PE
3.10-12
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THE UNIVERSE WILL CHANGE, BUT NOT GOD'S PROMISES: HEB 12.26-28
CHRISTOPHANES
(OLD TESTAMENT MANIFESTATIONS OF CHRIST)
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THE ANGEL OF THE LORD IS REPRESENTED AS A SEPARATE
ENTITY FROM JEHOVAH: GEN 16.7-13
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THE ANGEL OF JEHOVAH IS PRESENTED AS JEHOVAH: GEN
22.11-19; 31.11-13; EXO 3.2-4
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THE CHRISTOPHANES LED ISRAEL FROM THE RED SEA: EXO 13.21
COMPARED WITH EXO 14.19
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THE ANGEL OF JEHOVAH IS DISTINGUISHED AS A SEPARATE
ENTITY FROM JEHOVAH: GEN 24.7; ZECH 1.12-13; 1 CHRON 21.15-16
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CHRIST IS THE CHRISTOPHANES BECAUSE CHRIST IS THE ONLY VISIBLE
MEMBER OF THE GODHEAD: JO 1.18; 6.46; 1 TI 6.16
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GOD IN THE FLESH WAS SEEN IN THE OLD TESTAMENT: EXO
24.9-11; 33.9-11; 33.23; JOSH 5.13-15
CHRIST, THE UNIQUE SUFFERINGS
OF
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CHRIST WAS SACRIFICED ON THE CROSS, HORRIBLY DISFIGURED,
ABANDONED OF BOTH GOD AND MAN: PSA 22.1-22
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HIS FACE AND BODY WAS SO DESTROYED BY TORTURE THAT HE WAS
HARDLY RECOGNIZABLE: ISA 52.14
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HE HAD TO SET ASIDE HIS OWN DEITY TO GO TO THE CROSS FOR
US: PHIL 2.5-11
HYPOSTATIC
UNION OF CHRIST
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CHRIST, AS GOD, WAS CREATOR OF ALL: COL 1.14-17
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HE WAS ALSO SELF-EXISTENT, AND WAS CREATED BY NO ONE: JO
8.56-59
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CHRIST TOOK ON HUMANITY BECAUSE THE PLAN OF GOD DEMANDED
IT: HEB 2.14-18
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CHRIST CAME AS A SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS:
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AS OUR HIGH PRIEST: HEB 7.21-28
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SINCE MAN BROUGHT THE FALL FROM GRACE, SO MAN HAD TO PAY
THE PENALTY: 1 TI 2.5-6
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THE COVENANT GOD ESTABLISHED WITH ISRAEL AND KING DAVID DEMANDED
THAT CHRIST COME: 2 SAM 7.8-16
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THEOLOGIANS CALL THE UNION OF GOD AND MAN IN THE PERSON OF
CHRIST A HYPOSTATIC UNION. THIS MEANS THAT HE WAS FULLY GOD, YET
AT THE SAME TIME FULLY MAN IN A SINLESS STATE: PHIL 2.1-11
CHRIST THE ROCK
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CHRIST IS THE ROCK ON WHICH SALVATION IS BUILT: ISA 28.16;
1 CO 3.11
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THE ROCK SYMBOLISED CHRIST CRUCIFIED: EXO 17.1-7
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CHRIST IS THE ROCK OF JUDGMENT TO UNBELIEVERS: ISA 8.13-15;
1 PE 2.7-8
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CHRIST IS A ROCK OF PROVISION FOR BELIEVERS: ISA 26.3-4
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CHRIST IS THE PERFECT ROCK: ZECH 3.8-9
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ISRAEL REFUSED THE ROCK OF CHRIST: PSA 118.22
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THE CHURCH IS BUILT ON THE ROCK OF CHRIST: MAT 16.16-18;
EPH 2.20-22
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CHRIST IS THE DESTROYING ROCK OF THE SECOND COMING: DAN 2.34-35
CHRIST, UNIQUE SONSHIP
OF
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SONSHIP OF CHRIST RECOGNIZED: MK 5.6-7; 9.7; 1.9-11
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GOD IS THE CREATOR: GEN 1.1
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JESUS IS THE CREATOR: EPH 3.9
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GOD IS THE REDEEMER: ISA 47.4
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JESUS IS THE REDEEMER: 1 JO 4.14-15; GAL 3.13
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GOD IS SELF EXISTENT: EXO 3.13-14
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JESUS IS SELF EXISTENT: JO 8.56-59
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GOD IS COMING BACK: ZECH 14.4-5
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JESUS IS COMING BACK: 1 THES3.11-13
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CHRIST EMPTIED HIMSELF TO DIE FOR US: PHIL 2.1-11
HIGH PRIESTHOOD
OF JESUS CHRIST
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THERE ARE THREE PRIESTHOODS REPRESENTED IN SCRIPTURE:
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IN THE AGE OF THE GENTILES, THE FAMILY PRIESTHOOD. THE HEAD
OF THE FAMILY WAS THE HIGH PRIEST.
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IN THE AGE OF ISRAEL, THE LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD. THE LINE
OF AARON CONTAINED THE HIGH PRIEST.
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IN THE CHURCH AGE EVERY BELIEVER IS A PRIEST: 1 PE 2.5, 9
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CHRIST IS OUR MINISTER IN ALL THINGS: HEB 5.1
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CHRIST IS APPOINTED OUR HIGH PRIEST BY GOD THE FATHER: HEB
5.4-10; 6.20
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CHRIST WAS THE SACRIFICE THAT ESTABLISHED OUR PRIESTHOOD:
HEB 9.26-27
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CHRIST HAS AN ETERNAL AND INTRANSMISSABLE PRIESTHOOD: HEB
7.7, 21, 24
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BECAUSE OF UNION WITH CHRIST WE WILL ALWAYS BE PRIESTS: 1
PE 2.5-9; REV 5.10; 20.6; 1.6
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CHRIST INTERCEDES FOR US AS OUR HIGH PRIEST: HEB 7.25
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WE OFFER SACRIFICES AS PRIESTS TO GOD:
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THE SACRIFICE OF OUR BODIES: RO 12.1; 1 JO 1.9
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THE SACRIFICE OF PRAISE: HEB 13.15
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THE SACRIFICE OF GIVING: HEB 13.16
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THE SACRIFICE OF OBEDIENCE: HEB 13.17
MEDIATORSHIP,
THE DOCTRINE OF
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THE EARLIEST TEACHING IN THE BIBLE OF THIS DOCTRINE: JOB
9.2, 32-33
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A MEDIATOR MUST BE EQUAL WITH BOTH PARTIES TO BE EFFECTIVE.
HE REMOVES THE ESTRANGEMENT BETWEEN BOTH PARTIES AND BRINGS THEM TO AGREEMENT.
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CHRIST WAS BOTH GOD AND MAN, AND COULD THUS STAND BETWEEN
FALLEN MAN AND GLORIFIED GOD TO CAUSE BOTH PARTIES TO REACH A PEACEFUL
ACCORD.
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THE MECHANICS OF MEDIATORSHIP: 1 TI 2.5-6
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MEDIATORSHIP AND IT'S RELATIONSHIP TO THE MOSAIC LAW: GAL
3.19-20
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CHRIST IS OUR MEDIATOR: HEB 9.15-16
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RELATIONSHIP OF THE BLOOD TO THE MEDIATOR: HEB 12.24
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THE CONCLUSION OF MEDIATORSHIP: HEB 8.6
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