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    Tuesday, 5 December 2017

    THE ADOPTION AND THE SEAL (Part 2):



    *[[Rom 8:19]] KJ2000* For the earnest expectation of the creation waits for the manifestation of the sons of God.

    The term "manifestation" also means revelation (as in "to reveal"). When they said they were waiting to be manifested, it means they were waiting to be officially revealed to the world. That is, their coronation.

    The adoption, until then, was between them and the Son (Jesus)  as far as they were concerned. So they were waiting for the day the Father would crown them officially as sons. They had mixed feelings. They were once slaves and then they have been given the assurance of being adopted. So they were wondering, "what will it be like to be a son?". They weren't sure but they knew someone who was a Son (Jesus) . They have watched Jesus and have seen the freedom and liberty that He enjoys. So all they can say is, "We don't really know how it will feel like to become a son. But we know that we will be Just like Jesus - enjoying all the rights of Sonship and sharing in the inheritance." This is how John puts it...

    *[[1Jn 3:1-2/T4T]]*  1. Think about how much our heavenly Father loves us! He allows us to say that we are/be called his children! And it is indeed true that we are his children.... 2. Dear friends, even though at present/now we are God's children, he has not yet made clear/revealed to us what we will be like in the future. However, we know that when Christ comes back again, we will be like him, because we will see what he is really like.


    Let me give you this illustration. At the end of the 2016 Presidential Election in Ghana, the then candidate, Nana Akuffo Addo was declared the winner. But he was not the president just yet. The Electoral Commissioner pronounced him winner of the election but he had to wait for his inauguration as president.

    It was at the inauguration that he was glorified. During the inaugural service, at a point, he was just the winner of the election (President Elect). But within a short time (in less than 10 minutes) he was sworn in as the President of the Republic of Ghana. (that is the twinkling of an eye Paul talked about)

    *[[1Co 15:52]] KJ2000* In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

    But until Akuffo Addo was sworn in, he did not have the full rights of a president. He may have had police escort and some privileges but not a full right of a president. So he had to hold on to the Electoral Commissioner's declaration. That was his guarantee or assurance of becoming president at the end.

    This is the kind of assurance the first century believers had.

    *[[Eph 1:14]] WMTH* that Spirit being a pledge and foretaste of our inheritance, in anticipation of its full redemption–the inheritance which He has purchased to be specially His for the extolling of His glory.

    Shalom!!!


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