Children of Promise: Difference between revisions
Created page with "The '''children of promise''' are those to whom God foretold blessings through prophecy even before their birth. In the Old Testament, Isaac and Jacob serve as representative examples of such children.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+9%3A7-13&version=NIV |title=Romans 9:7–13 |quote= }}</ref> Likewise, the saints who will receive salvation are consistently prophesied in both the Old and New Testaments as the children o..." |
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{{quote5 |내용= And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel. |출처= [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+3%3A15&version=NIV Genesis 3:15]}} | {{quote5 |내용= And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel. |출처= [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+3%3A15&version=NIV Genesis 3:15]}} | ||
God declared that He would put enmity between the serpent and the woman, and between their offspring as well. This prophecy was first fulfilled at the First Coming of Jesus and will be fulfilled again in the last days through the rest of the woman’s offspring. Revelation 12 foretells that, after the religious Dark Ages, the rest of the woman’s offspring will stand against the dragon—the ancient serpent.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+12%3A14-17&version=NIV |title=Revelation 12:14–17 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> In Genesis 3, the woman refers to Eve, the wife of [[Adam]]. Eve, who was created just before the rest on the seventh day, foreshadows the [[The Wife (Bride) of the Lamb|Wife of the Lamb]] who appears at the time of eternal rest. Therefore, the rest of the woman’s offspring who confront the dragon in the last days are the saints who believe in [[God the Mother]], the Wife of the [[Second Coming Jesus (Second Coming Christ)|Second Coming Christ]]. Apostle John prophesied about the Bride who gives the [[The Water of Life|water of life]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+22%3A17&version=NIV |title=Revelation 22:17 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+21%3A9-10&version=NIV |title=Revelation 21:9–10 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> and Apostle Paul, in the [[book of Galatians]], testified that the children of promise like Isaac have a Mother represented by the Heavenly Jerusalem. | God declared that He would put enmity between the serpent and the woman, and between their offspring as well. This prophecy was first fulfilled at the First Coming of Jesus and will be fulfilled again in the last days through the rest of the woman’s offspring. Revelation 12 foretells that, after the religious Dark Ages, the rest of the woman’s offspring will stand against the dragon—the ancient serpent.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+12%3A14-17&version=NIV |title=Revelation 12:14–17 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> In Genesis 3, the woman refers to Eve, the wife of [[Adam]]. Eve, who was created just before the rest on the seventh day, foreshadows the [[The Wife (Bride) of the Lamb|Wife of the Lamb]] who appears at the time of eternal rest. Therefore, the rest of the woman’s offspring who confront the dragon in the last days are the saints who believe in [[God the Mother]], the Wife of the [[Second Coming Jesus (Second Coming Christ)|Second Coming Christ]]. Apostle John prophesied about the Bride who gives the [[The Water of Life|water of life]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+22%3A17&version=NIV |title=Revelation 22:17 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+21%3A9-10&version=NIV |title=Revelation 21:9–10 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> and Apostle Paul, in the [[book of Galatians]], testified that the children of promise, like Isaac, have a Mother represented by the Heavenly Jerusalem. | ||
{{quote5 |내용= But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is '''our mother'''. . . . Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are '''children of promise'''. At that time the son born in the ordinary way persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same now. . . . Therefore, brothers, we are not '''children''' of the slave woman, but '''of the free woman'''. |출처= [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians+4%3A26-31&version=NIV Galatians 4:26–31]}} | {{quote5 |내용= But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is '''our mother'''. . . . Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are '''children of promise'''. At that time the son born in the ordinary way persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same now. . . . Therefore, brothers, we are not '''children''' of the slave woman, but '''of the free woman'''. |출처= [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians+4%3A26-31&version=NIV Galatians 4:26–31]}} | ||