Together with Christ
Together occurs 5 times in Ephesians 2. This word clearly shows the covenant Relationship we have with God through Jesus. To know more about covenant check this out: COVENANT - BINDING TOGETHER
I.Hath quickened us together
with Christ
Dictionary Meaning
Quicken: Give or restore life to;
To “quicken” something is to bring it to life or restore
it to the Initial condition
God through Jesus in His Great Love restored the lost
relationship with the humans in the cross
Colossians 2:13 And you, being dead in your sins and the
uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him,
having forgiven you all trespasses;
II. And hath raised us up together, and
made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
Just go through these few verses and then we will see what does the word Raise up mean.
1 Corinthians 6:14 And God hath both raised up the
Lord and will also raise up us by his own power.
John 2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this
temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
Acts 2:24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed
the pains of death
Ephesians 1:20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised
him from the dead.
Romans 6:3Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into
Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?4Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death:
that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father,
even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5For if we have been planted
together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the
likeness of his resurrection:
When we look closely from the above verses the word Raise up speaks about the Baptism.When we Confess with our mouth and believe in our heart we will be saved but what is the next step after that? Of course its Baptism.He raised us up from spiritual death(separation) to eternal life with Him.
The word "Baptism" is a transliteration of the
Greek word BAPTIZO which means to immerse. In Hebrew it is referred to as a
MIKVEH - an immersion. Basically it is an immersion into another substance
Colossians 2:11,12
11. In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision
made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the
circumcision of Christ:
12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are
risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath
raised him from the dead.
Baptism and the Holy Spirit are the seal of the covenant ;
Seal (Hebrew)- chatham (to lock it up)
This is the dictionary Meaning of Seal : a device or substance that is
used to join two things together so as to prevent them from coming apart or to
prevent anything from passing between them.
Jesus said"Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born of water and of
the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. "John 3:5
Even Jesus Said to the disciples to go in to the world preach the gospel and baptize them
Great
Commission:
Matthew
28:18 And Jesus
came and spake unto them, saying, all power is given unto me in heaven and in
earth.
19 Go ye
therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I
am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
I Peter 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered
for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to
death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 19 By which also he went and
preached unto the spirits in prison; 20 Which sometime were disobedient, when
once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a
preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. 21 The like
figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of
the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the
resurrection of Jesus Christ:
22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of
God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
Jesus is seated in seated in the right hand of the father
–(Ephesian 1:20;Acts 7:55–56;Romans 8:34;Colossians 3:1;Hebrews 1:3;Hebrews
8:1;Hebrews 10:12;Hebrews 12:2;1Peter 3:22;Revelation 3:21;Matthew 22:44;Acts
2:33)
Nevertheless
I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand
of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Matthew 26:64
32 And
before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from
another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33 And he shall set
the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the King
say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the
kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
41 Then
shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into
everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: (Matthew 25:32-43)
Right hand Symbolize authority, place of honor, power,
strength ; Occurs 166 times
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be
fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it:
and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of
the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Genesis 1:28
Genesis 9:1 says "And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth."
Genesis 9:1 says "And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth."
From the above verses its clear that Adam had a dominion over every thing and also he subdued the earth but after the fall man lost that authority.But Glory be to God that we got that authority back through Jesus Christ our Lord and savior
Meaning for Subdue – To bring under control; Hebrew Kabash – Bring into Bondage or bring into subjection.
The term "God’s right hand" in prophecy refers
to the Messiah to whom is given the power and authority to subdue His enemies (Psalm
110:1;Psalm 17:7;Psalm 98:1;Psalm 89:13;Exodus 15:6;Isaiah 62:8;Psalm
138:7;Psalm 118:16;Psalm 63:8;Psalm 139:10;Lamentations 2:3;Psalm 60:5;Isaiah
41:10)
God through Jesus has given us the authority over the Enemy. We are seated with Christ in Very High Authority.We should take our position and start Exercising our
authority.When we are with Christ we can do greater things for the God.When we abide in Jesus we will produce more fruits
So from the above verses its clear that he hath quickened us together,Hath raised us up togather and has made us sit together in the heavenly places.
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