SALVATION NOW AND IN THE FUTURE

By: Bishop Albert Gran

Romans 5:9-10

King James Version (KJV)

⁹ Much more then, being NOW justified by his blood, we SHALL BE SAVED from WRATH through him.
¹⁰ For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

I keep on assessing how truthful and true Preterism is as a branch of eschatological view and validating whether or not it commenced God's plan concerning our future salvation after believing their so-called "fulfilled eschatology". Later, I found it as a twist in the ordained purpose in accordance to the mystery for this Age of grace.   

In light of Pauline perspective, these verses made us think about the two-fold processes Christ made for our completion (the justification process) and the about to complete our salvation (shall be saved from wrath). Therefore, it sums up an idea that we're already saved from sins and yet to be saved from the wrath to come (eschatological fulfillment of things especially those that accord in the prophecy truth) Rom. 4:5, 5: 8-10; 1 Thes: 1:10)

In acknowledgement of God's plan I found PAST COMPLETION AND FUTURE COMPLETION in regard to the doctrine of eschatology as also pertinent to the hope of saints in the Body of Christ which is an independent hope in view of God's earthly prophetic plan for the nation Israel (Rom. 5:9-10).  

NOW JUSTIFIED BY HIS BLOOD (past accomplishment)

How many of us certify the sole truth, a passport to lead us into the best anticipated life with glorious mandates? How many claimed they're justified on the basis of his faith in the blood of Christ?( Read Romans 3:25) Surveys were made and that only few claimed they were washed by the blood of Christ. Even in the circle of Christianity itself who knew God and Christ had less percentage claimed to have faith in His blood alone as means for their justification and grandeur. 

Scripture plainly proved that fact that Christ  completed our spiritual salvation through the  demonstration of His wondrous grace and love on the cross so that you can obtain perfect righteousness and justification making yourself as an ever blessed person in our planet (Col 4:12, Col 2:10, Eph. 1:3) .

This is the sole proclaimation how we preach people under heaven using the "My gospel" preached by Paul to us all Gentiles ( Rom. 2:16; 16:25). Indeed, we're living in the flesh, suffer diverse infirmities in the flesh, laden with the natural tendencies in and of the flesh, influenced by temptations, touched by our feelings and emotions and yet all these realities cannot change what was accomplished by God through the image of Christ in light with the gospel for us all Gentiles in this dispensation of grace (2 Cor. 4:4).

If there would be preachers proclaiming gospels pertinent to His earthly kingdom plan then that reminds us they need to think what gospel proclaimed for us Gentiles through which we could find completion, hope, glory, and joy.  

Justice acquits repentant sinner when only he/she acknowledges the veracity and truthfulness of God's plan for justification in this age of grace in the merit of His perfect blood, a sinless atonement element able to wash your sins proving how you could be justified and made righteous before our Almighty God, and something which you can cry "Abba father" after you receive the truth of the gospel for your freedom and security.    
   

MUCH MORE THEN

• This reality of possession (sins salvation) which we own right now, which is also sealed by the Spirit, contains more emphatic declaration about the things GOD HAS  ABOUT TO ACCOMPLISH in the future. Thus, made myself as a futuristic person who anticipated the much more event God will show to me in the future, through which also, according to Paul, not passing the WRATH TO COME  when this dispensation of grace ends.  

As a pure grace believer, preacher, and teacher I have to expose this eschatologial study that God's blessings to us, although declared complete, have a coined completion of purpose relative to the promise of glorification which he promised to all His saints pertinent to the years to come especially on the judgement seat of Christ wherein every saint shall receive the things done in his body whether it be good or bad (2 Cor. 5:10). That's  a sacrificial service to fulfill the afflictions of Christ, similar with Paul's testimony which we likewise have to accomplish in this a life of flesh.

SHALL BE SAVED FROM WRATH

Eschatologists should believe without supposition, that the phrase "shall be saved from wrath" was expressed in the past future perfect tense denoting a future accomplishment, "much more",  the Lord shall reveal to us HOPERS, AND PATIENT WAITERS for the glory to come.

Many times, our apostle Paul is stressing about the change of our vile body (fleshly body), waiting for redemption, the adoption (again pertains for fleshly deliverance), and similar hope on the things we didn't see yet as we're saved by hope.

But, what scary eschatological event Paul would want us to know dear saints in Christ is salvation from God's wrath of which many "fulfilled eschatology theologians", (they called themselves preterists) taught it was already accomplished last AD 70. It made me thought about how ridiculous this doctrines laden only with presumptive views quoting historical facts not supported with divine insights. Then we can exclaim.... How come? Who knew it was  the historical AD 70 fulfillment except those who presupposed those were really the happenings? But, that's all according to them which only occured in their own  perspectives with twist what was promised by God to us. They were those modern preachers nowadays who preached that "resurrection is past already" (2 Timothy 2:18).

Friends, if many teach you about prophetic eschatological warnings then have peace within because if you are washed by the blood of Christ through the message of Paul, these prophetic eschatological events not named in the history ( especially whn you read the accounts of the book of Revelation) are events NOT FOR YOU. These were prophecies for the overcomers addressed to the Jewish churches under the prophetic kingdom commission and not for the saints who were membersof the Body of Christ. 

Think a lot, and study a lot the mystery of Christ's blessedness for you in this dispensation of grace. GOD IS ABLE TO SAVE YOU FROM HIS WRATH which in truth NOT FULFILLED YET.

Grace and peace!




     

THE DISPENSATION OF GOD THROUGH PAUL

By: Bishop Albert Gran
Colossians 1:23-29

King James Version (KJV)

²³ IF YE CONTINUE IN THE FAITH grounded and settled, and be NOT MOVE AWAY FROM  THE HOPE OF THE GOSPEL, which ye have heard, and which was PREACHED TO EVERY CREATURE which is under heaven; whereof I PAUL AM MADE A MINISTER;

²⁴ Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his BODY'S SAKE, which is the CHURCH:

²⁵ Whereof I AM MADE AMINISTER, according to the DISPENSATION OF GOD which is GIVEN TO ME for YOU, to FULFILL THE WORD OF GOD;

²⁶ Even THE MYSTERY which hath been HID from AGES and FROM GENERATIONS, but NOW IS MADE MANIFEST TO HIS SAINTS:

²⁷ To whom God would make known what is the RICHES OF THE GLORY OF THIS MYSTERY AMONG THE GENTILES; which is CHRIST IN YOU, the HOPE OF GLORY:

²⁸ Whom we PREACH, WARNING EVERY MAN, and TEACHING EVERY MAN IN ALL WISDOM; that we may present every man PERFECT IN CHRIST JESUS:

²⁹ Whereunto I also LABOUR, striving according to HIS WORKING, which WORKETH IN ME MIGHTILY.

This is a new episode to refresh my memory in view of the Gentiles' glory in this recent dispensation of God which He committed to Paul. In this study presentation, let me emphasized to you several points what mystery I saw, and which you probably have seen too, when you read these precious truths.

Since God revealed these things to us through His Spirit - (from the pen of Paul and upon his handwritings ) there's no reason why we can't gloriously see the light of these precious truths with the GOSPEL exclusively preached by Paul to us in this present Gentile grace. Inclusive in this gospel is the relative hope of Gentiles in this mystery, as hid from generations in the ages past, most especially, it's not known by the prophets who were recipients of God's prophecies concerning His earthly plan made them preach Jesus as an heir of David's throne inheriting Abrahamic land and kingdom (Matthew 1:1).  

PAUL AND THE GOSPEL   

Paul's afflictions and sufferings were in consonance to the recent dealing of God for you my brothers and sisters after God provoked the nation Israel to jealousy because of her hard headedness and penitent heart which treasured up His anger in the day of wrath. During prophetic times, they were those called covenanted ones all the way from Abraham's promise to make him a great nation above all other nations, then to the sending forth of the promised seed ( to be Israel's redeemer) until their rejection in the cutting off of the Messiah account.

God's forbearance and longsuffering which He extended to those not under the law (you and my emphasis as born in the Gentile race) has the set purpose to put Jews and Gentiles without distinction, as both sinners who really need perfect sacrifice for righteousness apart from the righteousness which is of the law. Thus, God concluded all in unbelief and both needs to be justified based on what God propitiates to appease His own righteous standard, which made it reasonable to raise up Paul under heaven and preach a rare and unique message for all sinners around the world or to all seeds of humanity without distinction.

The truth-bearer after the setting aside of the nation Israel falls from the time God called Paul in the road of Damascus where progressive revelation from childhood to perfection (maturity as set forth in the Mid of Acts of Paul's missionary journey) wherein there it indicates threefold pronouncements of Paul to exclaim that "salvation is therefore sent to the Gentiles".

It's crystal clear that his apostleship, as mentioned by Christ to Ananias through the pen of Dr. Luke,  has viewed two groups of people (Jews and Gentiles) to be placed in Christ, in one living body called THE BODY OF CHRIST so they could put on Christ. To be in the body of Christ is significant as compared to the prophetic establishment of obtaining righteousness, with OWN WORKS, as the sole basis and foundation indicating your blessedness but not by faith to the REDEMPTIVE WORK of Christ for completion and glorification. This explanation is an emphasis in regard to God's two-fold blueprint which is between LAW and GRACE.  

HOPE OF THE GOSPEL UNDER HEAVEN: WHO PREACHED ?

 

No wonder through understanding rightly dividing principle, we knew for a fact that "TIMES PAST" ( in view of Israel's rise) was done and we're living in this set of new era called "BUT NOW" wherein the Dispensation of God, called the Dispensation of Grace was committed to an apostle preaching the "gospel" to all creatures around the world.

Logic and sensible truth to adhere the gospel preached by the recent appointee and minister to the Gentiles in order to preach a distinct and more significant gospel not once preached under the times of the prophets and times of the 12 apostles except when it was revealed to the other  kingdom apostles looking forward to the restitution of all things in view of the establishment of the earthly kingdom which the Blood of the New covenant will be declared as a perfect sin-offering instead of the animal sacrifices typified during the Old Covenant.  

THE FAITH

The sure basis of faith which I believed God wanted you to adhere today was found in the gospel preached by Paul, not with ANOTHER GOSPEL which was declared by the apostles before Paul neither by the prophets in the Old prophetic times. Neither the gospel preached by Christ when he was a minister to the circumcision nor what was declared by the 12 disciples where you can achieve the true message for your hope and salvation today.  

"The faith" in my understanding had shown a unique identity of truth only available to the time when God set a new minister and gave a RECENT GOSPEL called the gospel of the Grace of God in view and emphasis of His redemptive work. Kingdom gospel in view of wet cleaning (water baptism by John the Baptist) , Mosaic Law, etc. were not at all our gospel in this recent period of grace. Once a believer will establish and would want to be settled and grounded in the truth, he or she has to adhere to the true and pure message delivered by the minister to the Gentiles as he was our sole apostle, the bearer of truth for your blissful fate and destiny.  

With firm conviction, I do believed there's a hidden truth not declared from the history's past which are available in THE FAITH (the body of truth in the gospel) which Paul from the Lord Jesus Christ revealed to us Gentiles. Therefore, it pays to study the word of God rightly dividing so you would see what GOLD, SILVER, PRECIOUS STONES you are treasuring up in the recent service you've rendered to the Lord.

Yes, we are held accountable in the judgment seat of Christ but one thing made me sure about that when it happens, that in that day the secrets of men shall be judged ACCORDING TO MY GOSPEL. There was a reasonable implication to be objective in the principle of preaching the purity of Christ's gospel which is available with Paul.

Everybody has the right to stress out preaching mixed gospels, and combined them together to at least preach Christ. But with rightly dividing principle the Lord would want you not to move away with the hope of the gospel which was preached to every creature through GOD'S MINISTER PAUL.

Did you follow Paul as he followed the Lord Jesus Christ?

Grace and peace!