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So when is the eighth day? The eighth day is when all things are created new.
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Ephesians 1:11-14
In him, according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will, we who first hoped in Christ have been destined and appointed to live for the praise of his glory. In him you also, who have heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and have believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, which is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
2 Corinthians 5:16-17
From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
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The 2 Corinthians verses might sound like it is saying that today we are new creations. But it means that we should regard ourselves as new creations. We regard ourselves no longer slaves to the flesh even though we are still in the flesh.
Ephesians 1:11-14 sheds more light on this. That we have been marked for salvation and have received the guarantee of our inheritance, but we have not
yet received our inheritance. We receive our inheritance on the 8th day, when all things are created new.
This is how I see it currently.
God created on the first six days, rested or ceased from creating on the seventh day, and will begin creating again on the eighth day. How long are any of these days? We do not know from scripture.
Revelation 21:1-5
21 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. 2 Then I, [a]John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. 4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”
5 Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.”
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We are created new on the eighth day, when God makes all things new.
Jews were circumcised on the 8th day as a symbol of what was to come on the eighth day. They were not created new on the eighth 24h day of their lives. The circumcision was merely a symbol pointing to the future eighth day when they will be created new.
A very interesting "observation/interpretation."
A "mite" short-sided, however, IMHO.
Ephesians 2
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
7 That in the ages to come(yea, even ages "before")
he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
(please forgive my ineptness in interpreting a complex "plan of salvation" "spiritual process", which is quite difficult in explaining
, without "crossing over" the "boundaries of vanity", where spiritual wickedness in high places dwells)
.
Picture, if you will: as Paul states in,
Ephesians 3
21 Unto him be glory in the church
(called out FROM "the world") by Christ Jesus
throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
("though heaven and earth
{ages
} [both
prior to and,
after this one
] My WORDS shall
NEVER pass away!")
An "ever repeating
cycle of planting, watering, growing, maturing, and (then)
harvesting of "Spiritually matured souls" which has matured."
Throwing those parts of one's spirit which has not? (including mine own) Into God's "spiritual pot", who, at various and sundry times)", if you will, and the soul, which is "saved eternally", (in those who believe in Christ Jesus, whom He sent), "selected" (call it predestining) into "repeating the cycle."
In today's "world", this sounds pretty "Calvinistic", does it not?
Although, I am "just a pilgrim" like everyone else "born of water".
And, although, I do not "consider" myself a "faithful calvinist." Faithful, or otherwise.
The "concept" of a small tiny "feeling of remembrance" of having been this way before. Of having fought on the side of "He who lives forever and ever"
against "the adversary."
I have to give Calvin credit, where credit is due him, concerning "predestination."
I could go on, concerning the "warring" we all do in performong "spiritual sacrifices acceptable
to God, by Jesus Christ", in the rendering our spiritual bodies (inner man, if you will. heart of hearts, or whatever the "trending term/s "used these days), as "uncarnal" as "rites of passage" into "the Holy Priesthood", as we strive in the "overcoming/
making UNcarnal" or "defeating" the "flesh nature", that is present within us all.
The "defeating", rather then
ignoring the "carnal" nature is a
MUST!
Because, if
not defeated? It "seeps into the "spiritual cracks", and "flesh cracks" of "behavioral sin" (inner and outer body) that "love
doesn't cover!"
Which "can be seen", and is described here:
Isaiah 28
15 Because ye have said,
We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
In "some" believers, it gushes through these cracks, more then others.
Then?
THIS happens:
Isaiah 28
18 And
your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and
it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
And?, They get "recycled", if you will, with little, if
any "memory" of having done this "life" before!