Understanding the actual Ancient Hebrew Scriptures, what they are, what they are not, and what their purpose was (and remains) is a matter of life and death for people all over the Earth. The misunderstanding of the actual Hebrew Scriptures has caused more harm to the human experience than all other ill-conceived notions combined in recorded history.
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When Jesus stayed behind after Passover at about age 13, his parents noticed him missing after about a two days journey. First of all, Mary and Joseph may have flunked “Parenting 101”. Not realizing your kid was gone for two days? But I digress. The story tells us they went back and found their son in the temple. What was the young Messiah doing there? He was both listening and asking them questions! Understanding this story changed my life forever.
If you would like to understand the Gospel, you must first understand the Story (i.e., the Big Picture narrative in the Bible); and it is also necessary to thoroughly understand these four ideas.
YOUR world is your life, isn’t it? Your world and life are contained in a new world which started 2000 years ago at the close of the old!
Similarly, we each have only one “day” to live—not many days. Your day started when you were born. Your one and single day to live will end at the moment you die.
The Gospel of Peace is the most powerful part of understanding the Gospel. For me it is what revolutionized my understanding. It was after many attempts to try to be a good Christian, to win God’s favor, and trying to find God’s grace that I found the Gospel of Peace. I found something that quenched my soul and gave me everything that I needed to sustain my life.