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Το δώρο του Πνεύματος είναι οι πρώτοι καρποί της σωματικής Ανάστασης και η εγγύηση της συμμετοχής μας στην επερχόμενη νέα δημιουργία . Ο Απόστολος Παύλος παρουσιάζει τον Αβραάμ ως το μεγάλο πρότυπο πίστης. Ο Θεός θεωρούσε την πίστη του ως “ Δικαιοσύνη ” όταν ήταν απερίτμητος, πράγμα που σημαίνει ότι ο Θεός δικαιολόγησε τον Πατριάρχη χωρίς τα “ έργα του νόμου ”. Έτσι έγινε ο πατέρας όλων των ανθρώπων που είναι επίσης της πίστης. Η περιτομή Προστέθηκε μετά την υπόσχεση ως επιβεβαίωση της δικαιολογητικής πίστης του Αβραάμ.

Дар Духа - это первые плоды телесного воскресения и гарантия нашего участия в грядущем Новом Творении . Апостол Павел представляет Авраама как великий образец веры. Бог посчитал его веру “ праведностью ”, когда он был необрезан, что означает, что Бог оправдал Патриарха независимо от “ дел Закона ”. Таким образом, он стал отцом всех людей, которые также “ от веры ”. Обрезание было добавлено после обетования как подтверждение оправдывающей веры Авраама.

Jesus is the Word become flesh through whom the glory of God is revealed, the same Word by which God created all things . The  Gospel of John  identifies Jesus as the ‘ Logos ’, the “ Word ” through which God made all things. This theme is prominent in John’s Gospel. It builds on sayings from the Hebrew Bible that describe how God created the “ Heavens and the Earth ,” and especially life, through His spoken Word. Jesus of Nazareth is the ultimate expression of that Word spoken by the Living and Life-Giving God.

Only God’s kingdom will prevail and endure. All other political powers and regimes are fleeting. Already they are passing away . Despite human pretensions, History demonstrates  without exception  the impermanence of political power, human ideologies, and governments. Rome endured for a thousand years, but that Empire fell all the same. Like human life, political power is impermanent, and regimes and even the greatest empires collapse unexpectedly and often quickly when their allotted time expires. Only the “ Kingdom of God ” will endure forever.

The Inhabitants of the Earth choose not to follow the Lamb. Instead, they swear fealty to the Dragon and his Beast and take his Number . There are no geographic restrictions on the reign of the “ Beast ” in the  Book of Revelation.  All the “ Inhabitants of the Earth ” take the Beast’s “ Mark ” or “ Number ” and venerate its image. No national government resists the monster from the Sea, for it is granted “ authority over every tribe, people, tongue and nation .” There are no exceptions, no nation or government will stand against the “ Beast ” except Christ's “ Kingdom of Priests .”

The Inhabitants of the Earth willingly venerate the Beast and take its mark, although believers also are not immune from its allurements . Discussions on the “ Mark of the Beast ” invariably focus on questions about what it is - a medical implant, barcode, or a tattoo – as well as the significance of its “ number ,” ‘ 666 .’ As important as these questions are, far more critical is the issue of how we as believers can avoid taking the Beast’s mark or its  “number.”