Continuing with our look into the hidden things of 1Corinthians 2:6-13's mystery being revealed to the mature in the wisdom of GOD hidden in Christ. As the very cause and purpose of this blog as the title states. Here again is the statement of 1Corinthians 2:6-13; "Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away. But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of GOD, which GOD decreed before the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the LORD of glory. For, it has been written and so it must be (from Isaiah 64:4, 65:17), "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what GOD has prepared for those who love [reverence and revere] Him"— these things GOD has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of GOD. For who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of GOD except the Spirit of GOD. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit Who is GOD, that we might understand the things freely given us by GOD. And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual."
I am continuing with "divine counsels," that are immutable with the message spoken of by Jesus as the kingdom of heaven or the kingdom of GOD. And as highlighted above these things become real in the life of all receivers and not in those who profess a love for or a simple belief in the Lord Jesus who was the Christ, the agency of GOD in mans flesh, the first of the restoration through the will of GOD for all mankind of the nations. Now for the "Eternal Kingdom of God and Christ."
The Eternal Kingdom of God and Christ,
Isaiah 8:16-18, 19-9:4, 5-7 "Bind up the testimony; seal the teaching among My disciples. I will wait for the LORD, Who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in Him. Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given Me are signs and portents in Israel from the LORD of hosts, Who dwells on Mount Zion.
When they say to you, "Inquire of the mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter," should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living? To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn in them. They will pass through the land, greatly distressed and hungry. And when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will speak contemptuously against their king and their God, and turn their faces upward. And they will look to the earth, but behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish. And they will be thrust into thick darkness. "But there will [in the nations] be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time He brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time He has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone. You have multiplied the nation; You have increased its joy; they rejoice before You as with joy at the harvest, as they are glad when they divide the spoil. For the yoke of His burden, and the staff for His shoulder, the rod of His oppressor, You have broken as on the day of Midian.
For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire. For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder, and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this."
Daniel 2:36-45 with 4:3, 34, and 6:26 [the interpretation---Babylon the first kingdom] "This was the dream. Now we will tell the king its interpretation. You, O king, the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the might, and the glory, and into whose hand He has given, wherever they dwell, the children of man, the beasts of the field, and the birds of the heavens, making you rule over them all—you are the head of gold.
[the Medo-Persia and Greece] Another kingdom inferior to you will arise after you, and yet a third kingdom of bronze, which will rule over all the earth.
[that of Rome] And there shall be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron, because iron breaks to pieces and shatters all things. And like iron that crushes, it shall break and crush all these. And as you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter's clay and partly of iron, it will be a divided kingdom, but some of the firmness of iron will be in it, just as you saw iron mixed with the soft clay. And as the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly clay, so the kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle. As you saw the iron mixed with soft clay, so they will mix with one another in marriage, but they will not hold together, just as iron does not mix with clay.
[the Divine Kingdom] And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will this kingdom be left to another people. It will break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it will stand forever, just as you saw that a stone was cut from a mountain by no human hand, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. The great GOD has made known to the king what will be after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure."
Daniel 4:1-3 "King Nebuchadnezzar to all peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you! It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High GOD has done for me. How great are His signs, how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His dominion endures from generation to generation."
Daniel 4:34-37 "At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my [knowledge and] reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored Him Who lives forever, for His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation; all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and He does according to His will among the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay His hand or say to Him, "What have you done?" At the same time my reason returned to me, and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and splendor returned to me. My counselors and my lords sought me, and I was established in my kingdom, and still more greatness was added to me. Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are right and His ways are just; and those who walk in pride He is able to humble."
Daniel 6:25-27 "Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth: "Peace be multiplied to you. I make a decree, that in all my royal dominion people are to tremble and fear before the God of Daniel, for He is the living GOD, enduring forever; His kingdom will never be destroyed, and His dominion will be to the end. He delivers and rescues; He works signs and wonders in heaven and on earth, He Who has saved Daniel from the power of the lions."
Daniel 7:13-18 with 7:27 and Micah 4:7 [the Son of Man Presented] "I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and He came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before Him. And to Him was given dominion and glory and a [sovereign] kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him; His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which will not pass away, and His kingdom one that will not be destroyed.
[the Vision Interpreted] "As for me, Daniel, my spirit within me was anxious, and the visions of my head alarmed me. I approached one of those who stood there and asked Him the truth concerning all this. So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of the things. 'These four great beasts are four kings who will arise out of the earth. But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, forever and ever.'"
Daniel 7:23-27 "Thus he said: 'As for the fourth beast, there shall be a fourth kingdom on earth, which will be different from all the kingdoms, and it will devour the whole earth, and trample it down, and break it to pieces. As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings will arise, and another will arise after them; he will be different from the former ones, and will put down three kings. He will speak words against the Most High, and will wear out the saints of the Most High, and will think to change the times and the law; and they will be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time. But the court will sit in judgment, and his dominion will be taken away, to be consumed and destroyed to the end, forever. And the [sovereignty] kingdom (Isaiah 54:3, Daniel 7:14, 18, 22; Revelation 20:4) and the dominion and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be given to the people of the saints of the Most High; His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom (Psalm 145:13, Isaiah 9:7), and all dominions will serve and obey Him.'"
Micah 4:6-8 "In that day, declares the LORD, I will assemble the lame and gather those who have been driven away and those whom I have afflicted; and the lame I will make the remnant, and those who were cast off, a strong nation; and the LORD will reign over them in Mount Zion from this time forth and forevermore. And you, O tower of the flock, hill of the daughter of Zion, to you will it come, the former dominion will come back, kingship for the daughter of Jerusalem."
Luke 1:26-38 " In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin's name was [Miriam] Mary. And he came to her and said, "Greetings, O blessed one, the LORD is with you!" But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, [Miriam] Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, (Isaiah 7:14) you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the LORD God will give to him the throne of his father David (2Samuel 7:12-13, 16; Isaiah 9:7), and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end (2Samuel 7:13, 16, Psalm 2, 89:36-37, Daniel 2:44, 7:14, 18, 27)." And Mary said to the angel, "How will this be, since I am a virgin?" And the angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God. And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For nothing is impossible with GOD." And Mary said, "Behold, I am the servant of the LORD God; let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her."
2Peter 1:1-11" Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who have received faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: May His grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our LORD. For His divine power has been granted to us for all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him Who called us to His own glory and excellence, by which He has granted to us His precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins. Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall. For in this way there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our LORD and Savior Jesus Christ."
Revelation 11:15-18 "Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our LORD and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever." And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before GOD fell on their faces and worshiped GOD, saying, "We give thanks to you, LORD God Almighty, Who Is and Who was, for You have taken Your great power and begun to reign. The nations raged, but Your wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, and for rewarding Your servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear Your name, both small and great, and for destroying the destroyers of the earth."
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