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Christ in Us, Which is Our Hope, Part 2 (TMF:2598)

Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Peace to Live By: Christ in Us, Which is Our Hope, Part 2 (TMF:2598) - Daniel Litton
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       This part of the mystery, which can safely be assumed is the indwelling of the Spirit of God in the one who believes, was not revealed during Old Testament times. So from the time of Abraham, all the way to when this was revealed, a time period of about 2,000 years, this part was not known. And that’s how God generally works. He doesn’t always reveal the full picture right in the beginning. We are familiar with this idea, in understanding the recent Evangelical theology, that the Rapture of the Church was not conceived until some 1,800 years after it was written about from the Apostle Paul. Yet, that is what we believe, and the evidence for such a position does seem strong. Some believers, like Eastern Orthodox, might say, “Well, doctrines like the Rapture of the Church can’t be true because they weren’t believed by the early church fathers. They knew nothing of it.” Well, the Old Testament writers knew nothing of this indwelling of the Spirit of God that was to become so monumental for the Christian.