SUCH THE SECOND DEATH HATH NO
POWER, BUT THEY SHALL BE PRIESTS
OF GOD AND OF CHRIST, AND SHALL
REIGN WITH HIM A THOUSAND YEARS.
Partner, that's you and me to whom the
Holy Spirit is referring. What a promise!
Now then, let's go back to where we
were in Hebrews and read the first three
verses in Chapter 4:
1 LET US THEREFORE FEAR, LEST, A
PROMISE BEING LEFT US OF ENTERING
INTO HIS REST, ANY OF YOU SHOULD
SEEM TO COME SHORT OF IT.
2 FOR UNTO US WAS THE GOSPEL
PREACHED, AS WELL AS UNTO THEM:
BUT THE WORD PREACHED DID NOT
PROFIT THEM, NOT BEING MIXED WITH
FAITH IN THEM THAT HEARD IT.
3 FOR WE WHICH HAVE BELIEVED DO
ENTER INTO REST, AS HE SAID, AS I
HAVE SWORN IN MY WRATH, IF THEY
SHALL ENTER INTO MY REST:
ALTHOUGH THE WORKS WERE
FINISHED FROM THE FOUNDATION OF
THE WORLD.
Now let that soak in. Let it go down deep
into your innermost being. For we which
have believed, or we which have mixed
what we have read and heard with faith.
How do these wonderful truths apply to
you today? It's simple. You are a king—a
queen. See yourself in Romans 5:17:
17 FOR IF BY ONE MAN'S OFFENCE
DEATH REIGNED BY ONE; MUCH MORE
THEY WHICH RECEIVE ABUNDANCE OF
GRACE AND OF THE GIFT OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL REIGN IN LIFE
BY ONE, JESUS CHRIST.
Now, from the AMPC:
17 FOR IF BECAUSE OF ONE MAN'S
TRESPASS (LAPSE, OFFENSE) DEATH
REIGNED THROUGH THAT ONE, MUCH
MORE SURELY WILL THOSE WHO
RECEIVE [GOD'S] OVERFLOWING
GRACE (UNMERITED FAVOR) AND THE
FREE GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
[PUTTING THEM INTO RIGHT STANDING
WITH HIMSELF] REIGN AS KINGS IN LIFE
THROUGH THE ONE MAN JESUS CHRIST
(THE MESSIAH, THE ANOINTED ONE).
Mix that with faith! Shall reign as kings in
HEAVENLY
CA ING
I A M A P A R T A K E R O F T H E
H
E
B
R
E
W
S
3:1
