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2. The Initial Purpose of Jesus’ Providence: Failure of the Substantial Course of Spirit and Flesh, and the Final Victory of the Spiritual Course.
Jesus,
based on the a. Foundation of Faith,
established the b. Foundation of Substance, and
only after completing the c. Foundation for the Messiah,
did He manifest as the d. Messiah,
guiding humanity on the path of resurrection, rebirth, and eternal life,
thereby
establishing the Kingdom of Heaven on earth was
the The Initial Purpose of Jesus’ Providence .
Overview of Jesus’ World-Level Canaan Restoration Providence.
I. The Failure of the First World-Level Substantial Providence Centered on Jesus.
a. Foundation of Faith.
At this time,
the a. Foundation of Faith was centered on John the Baptist,
who had the mission of guiding the Jewish people to Jesus,
as the spirit of Elijah had returned and resurrected in him.
However,
due to John the Baptist’s disbelief,
the Foundation of Faith was taken by Satan.
As a result,
the b. Foundation of Substance and
the c. Foundation for the Messiah
could not even be attempted,
moreover,
Jesus could not be manifesting as the d. Messiah.
Therefore,
the First Substantial Course of the world-level Canaan restoration providence centered on Jesus
ended up in failure.
II. The Failure of the Second World-Level Substantial Providence Centered on Jesus.
To restore the a. Foundation of Faith that Satan had taken,
Jesus did not allow His disciples to testify about Him as the Messiah.
Instead,
He went to the wilderness in the position of John the Baptist and
restored the lost Foundation of Faith through 40 days of fasting and three great temptations.
After restoring the a. Foundation of Faith from Satan through the wilderness trials
in the position of John the Baptist,
Jesus called His disciples and
spread the New Testament teachings to restore the b. Foundation of Substance.
However,
due to the disbelief of the disciples, the Jewish religious leaders, and the Jewish people,
Jesus became a sacrificial offering on the cross, and
His physical body was taken by Satan.
As a result,
the establishment of Jesus’ b. Foundation of Substance ended in failure.
Satan took possession of Jesus’ physical body, and thus,
the physical bodies of the believers united with Jesus in faith were also taken by Satan.
Consequently, the Second World-Level Substantial Providence centered on Jesus also ended in failure.
Since
Satan took possession of Jesus’ physical body and
the physical bodies of the believers united with Him,
the initial mission of the First Coming Jesus on earth,
the Substantial Course: Salvation of both the Spiritual Body and the Flesh,
ended in failure.
Jesus promised His Second Coming
to complete the Substantial Course
that He could not fulfill during His First Coming.
III. The Success of the Spiritual ( Natural ) Providence of World-Level Canaan Restoration
Centered on the Resurrected Jesus.
* Success of the Resurrected Jesus’ b. Spiritual Foundation of Faith.
The resurrected Jesus (spiritual body) gathered and re-educated the scattered disciples over a period of 40 days, and established Matthias in place of Judas Iscariot among the 12 disciples, thereby re-establishing the foundation of faith.
* Success of the Resurrected Jesus’ b. Spiritual Foundation of Substance.
By raising the 12 disciples and the 70 apostles, and pioneering the path of world evangelism,
performing miracles and wonders in place of Jesus,
they absolutely believed in and followed the resurrected Jesus,
thus successfully establishing the b. Spiritual Foundation of Substance centered on the resurrected Jesus.
Based on the successful establishment of the a. Spiritual Foundation of Faith and
the b. Spiritual Foundation of Substance centered on the resurrected Jesus,
the c. Spiritual Foundation for the Messiah was successfully established.
The spiritual body of the resurrected Jesus could manifest as the Spiritual Messiah, and
with the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, the Holy Spirit on earth and the spiritual body of Jesus in heaven,
through God’s love, pioneered the spiritual providence of resurrection and rebirth, thus initiating the world-level spiritual providence history.
Therefore,
the providence of Jesus initially aimed at the completion of the substantial course of spirit and flesh, but
the First and Second Substantial Courses ended in failure.
However,
the resurrected Jesus successfully walked the Spiritual (Natural ) Providence Course.
Thus,
the final outcome of Jesus’ providence should be recorded as
the failure of the First and Second Substantial Providence Courses, and
the successful completion of the Spiritual (Natural ) Providence Course.
3. Conclusion.
In the quoted text above
this explanation is factually incorrect
when viewed from the perspective of the actual course shown by the results of Jesus’ providence.
Therefore,
it should be revised as follows to be accurate:
Jesus’ initial purpose was the Substantial Course, but
Jesus’ Substantial Course (Spiritual Body and Flesh) could not subdue Satan.
As a result,
the only spiritual body of the resurrected Jesus subdued Satan spiritually (naturally) and
completed the spiritual providence course.
Therefore,
the explanation in the quoted text:
is proven to be erroneous.
The resurrected Jesus' spiritual body completed the victory course of subduing Satan
by walking the Spiritual (Natural) Providence Course.
The Second Coming Jesus will complete the victory course of subduing Satan
by walking the Substantial (Spiritual and Physical) Providence Course.
Thus,
the saints will also pioneer the victory course of subduing Satan
by following the Substantial Providence Course of the Second Coming Jesus.
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