NT Framework - Salvation and So Much More

Salvation for individuals wasn't the only thing accomplished on the cross!

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Jeremy Thomas is the pastor at Spokane Bible Church in Spokane, Washington and a professor at Chafer Theological Seminary. He has been teaching the Bible for over 20 years, always seeking to present its truths in a clear and understandable manner. 

Episode Transcript

SPEAKER_00 (00:00):
Welcome to Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas and

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our series on the New Testamentframework.
Today, a smaller, bite-sizedpiece from the larger lesson.
We hope you enjoy it.

SPEAKER_01 (00:10):
The last aspect of Jesus' work on the cross is that
it is the basis for the creationof the new heavens and the new
earth.
Now, most Christians know, youknow, Revelation 21 and 22,
there's going to be a new heavenand new earth.
But on what basis?
On what basis is there going tobe?
Is God just going to do it?
I mean, God's all powerful.
He can just do it, right?
But no, it doesn't work thatway.

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In a way, he redeemed all ofcreation in the sense that he is
going to restore it, becausejustice biblically is
restitutionary.
There must be a restoration ofthe thing that has been lost.
And when God first createdeverything, everything was very
good, and then you have a fall.

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And so the aim of history is notjust to save individuals and
defeat demonic forces, but alsoto restore the created order.
And the basis of all thesethings is the death of Christ.
So let's look at, well, are wein Colossians?
No, we were in Colossians.
We moved on.
But let's go back to Colossians.
Remember that God eats popcorn,so you can find it again.

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There's other little acronymsyou can use to learn this.
The order of the books of theBible.
But Colossians 1, verse 18 goesbeyond the angelic realm.
And he says, He is also head ofthe body, Christ, which is the
church, and he is the beginningof the firstborn from the dead.

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He's the first personresurrected, right?
So that he himself will come tohave first place in everything.
So that's a future tense.
In a future situation, right?
Verse 19, 4, explanation.
It was the Father's goodpleasure for all the fullness to
dwell in him, all the fullnessof deity, and through him to

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reconcile all things to himself.
All things, not just humans, allthings to himself, having made
peace through the blood of hiscross.
Through him I say, whetherthings on earth or things in
heaven.
That's just the whole universe,right?
There are cosmic implications tothe work of Christ.

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Romans 8, 17 through 25, turn tothe left.

SPEAKER_02 (02:32):
Romans 8, 17 through 25.

SPEAKER_01 (02:45):
Romans 8, we'll start in verse 17.
Well, we've got the Spirittestifying with our Spirit that
we are children of God.
Verse 17, if children we'reheirs also, heirs of God, and
fellow heirs with Christ of theworld to come, if indeed we
suffer with him, so that we mayalso be glorified with him.
Now we're all going to beglorified with him, which is to
receive a resurrection body.

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So we're all we all suffer tosome extent.
Verse 18, for I consider thatthe sufferings of this present
time.
Do you suffer?
Physical, mentally, emotionally.
You suffer in all sorts of areasif you're a human being on
earth.
As believers, of course.

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But he says, I consider thesufferings of this present time
are not worthy to be comparedwith the glory that is to be
revealed to us.
So everything that you'reexperiencing as suffering does
not compare at all to the gloryto come.
This is a great promise.
It's something to go to whenyou're suffering, when you're
struggling, because you're goingto remember that in the future
we have something that's goingto overshadow all these

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sufferings, right?
Verse 19 for the anxious longingof the creation waits eagerly
for the revealing of the sons ofGod.
So we've got things outside ofourselves here, eagerly
awaiting, longing for therevealing of the sons of God.
Why, verse 20, for the creationwas subjected to futility.
Remember Genesis 3?
God subjected nature tofutility, to the fall, not

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willingly, but because of himwho subjected it, in hope, verse
21, that the creation itselfalso will be set free from its
slavery to corruption, into thefreedom of the glory of the
children of God.
See, all creation is underslavery and is under the
dominion of sin because Godcursed it when man sinned,
right?

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That in itself is arestitutionary picture because
when man sinned against God, Godsaid, Oh, you'd like to rebel
against me?
Here, let me show you whatthat's like.
And he made nature rebel againstus.
See, God built the lesson plansinto nature.
How hard is it, guys, to go outthere and make a living?
Anybody ever have any struggles?

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Anyone in your workplace ever,you know, do some stupid stuff
and totally mess up productionand efficiency?
Ladies, how difficult is it toraise a home?
Raise your children?
Is that easy?
Is it just like, ooh, this isthe greatest stuff?
I love this, man.
I mean, everything just works.
These kids always obey.
Their rooms are perfectly clean.
The house is just big and span.

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No.
It's a pain.
Why is it a pain?
Because God cursed these spheresof our life to teach us what
it's like for us to rebelagainst Him.
It's like all these things rebelagainst us, and we're like, quit
it, quit it, quit it.
And we fight that, and He'slike, Well, yeah, that's you.
That's you with respect to me.
See, it's a lesson plan.
But see, God has creation thenunder the sufferings of sin, but

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He's saying here, He's gonna setit all free from that.
Sometimes I look at our littlepuppy, our little Dexter.
I did I did this last week.
He just sits there and they lookat you, you know, and you start
talking to them, and what dothey do?
They cock their little headover, you know, like they're
like they're trying tounderstand.
And I I don't know how manytimes I've done this with
animals, but I say, Yeah, Iknow, I know, it's it's hard.
You're you're suffering.
You're under the curse of sin,and you're you're in this

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condition, and you really can'tdo anything about it, but one
day one day all animal creationis going to be set free from the
slavery which they are enslavedto and set free from the
corruption that that they'reunder because of God's curse on
nature.
And and that's why you see inthe messianic kingdom, you see
the lamb laying with the lion,you know, and the child playing

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by the den of the viper, andthere's no problem.
You know, this is great.
Cut the snake, you know.
You d you know, you don't dothat today, but please don't do
that.
Um But but there is a timecoming when nature will be
restored, and this is all thebasis are based in the finished
work of Christ.

SPEAKER_02 (06:43):
Okay.

SPEAKER_01 (06:44):
So we have a lot to look forward to.
And um Okay, let's press on pastsome of the these are some of
the uniquenesses of whatChrist's death means for the
world.
I want to look uh make a quote.
All this points to asubstitutionary blood atonement
on the cross that providedrestitution by satisfying the

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perfect justice of God, whichmakes it the preeminent picture
of justice and the most profoundevent in the history of the
world.
This is what paves the way forsalvation being freely given
through faith, as well as therestoration of the entire
created order.
So obviously, the effects of hisdeath are very far reaching.

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And um, there's more we wouldjust say there's more to come.

SPEAKER_00 (07:28):
Thank you for joining us on Beyond the Walls
with Jeremy Thomas.
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