ANOTHER
WORLD
(A
Christmas Study)
Ancient
Nortonian Proverb #256: The Son of God was born the Son of Man so
that any son of man might become a son of God.
Ancient
Nortonian Proverbs II #5: Just a couple of questions:
Where would you be if Jesus had not been born; and, where should you
be because He was?
Isa
9:6-7
6
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:
and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be
called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father,
The Prince of Peace.
7
Of the increase of his government
and peace
there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and
upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with
judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever.
The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
The
child born was Jesus (Savior), son of Mary. The Son given was
Emmanuel (God is with us), Son of God. The birth of this Last
Adam (God and man in singular flesh) would introduce into
the first Adam's world (kosmos – orderly arrangement)
another world of like kind wherein we may sit together in
ever-increasing peace, rest and authority (heavenly places;
Eph 1;3; Eph 1:20; Eph 2;6; Eph 3:10; Eph 6:11-13 “high”- same
Greek word as heavenly), a world invisible to the natural eye,
but made manifestly clear to the eyes of those receiving
understanding through Christ unto saving faith in its reality and
promise (Jn 3:3; Eph 1:15-23).
Say
it simply: there really is another world right here, right now, and
it is available for habitation right now because Jesus was born into
the same fallen world we dwelt in before we were born again (Luke
17:20-21).
When
I was born again, my eyes were opened (Jn 3:3), the darkness
lifted, the shadows were illuminated (1 Pet 2:9-10) and
everything around me became much more in focus and clear. It was as
if I were in another world while at once remaining in this one. And,
in effect, I was, and, I still am . Jesus had for me made all things
new (2 Cor 5:16-20)!
Jesus'
birth changed the first Adam's world like nothing or no other ever
did, or, ever could: He created another, a right here right now
world, a paralleling world, a world available to all who would
believe in Him, all this without taking them out of this present
fallen environment (Jn 17:14-16).
Jesus
of Nazareth could accomplish this for every believer for His birth
was altogether supernatural, finding origin in four divinely chosen
seeds, three seeds of humanity assigned the name “Jesus” (Savior)
and one seed of divinity assigned the name Emmanuel (God is with
us; Matt 1:21-23):
In
Matthew Jesus is born the Seed of David. He is the King of
Kings and has the face of the Lion.
In
Mark Jesus is born the Seed of Abraham. He is the Servant of God
and man, the Great High Priest after the order of Melchizedek. He is
the Lord of Lords, and has the face of the Ox.
In
Luke Jesus is born the Son of man, the Seed of the woman.
He is the Last Adam, the Progenitor of a new species of humankind and
has the face of the New Creation Man.
In
John the Lord Jesus Christ (Emmanuel) is
manifested as the only begotten Son of God. He is the Creator of all
things made new to the believing soul: a New World Order; a chosen
generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people;
the Kingdom of the Almighty God. He has the face of the Eagle. He
sees the world, the kosmos, from the perspective of the Eagle in
flight and opens the eyes of the believer to see it all as He does.
Say
it yet again: Jesus' birth changed this fallen world for those who
will believe on Him. Being born again their eyes are opened to see
beyond its faded glory. They will comprehend and apprehend it all as
a new world unto themselves. They will occupy the Heavenly Places,
the now Kindgom of God, the “Beautiful for Situation” (Ps
48:1-2) till that hour when the necessary increment of increase
of His government and peace is reached, and that which has been
visible only to the few is fully revealed to all: the kingdoms of
this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ
(Rev 11:15).
Pastor
Bobby Norton
Dec
22, 2019
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