I Am Born Again
(Jn3:1-8)
God is the Father in heaven (Mt23:9).
In His blood He gives birth to children and
By the Spirit He nurtures them to mature (Eph4:13) and
He will take the mature to His house in heaven (Jn14:2-3).
It would be more than a dream for a man to be born again
Especially for those who are more flawed than others and thus are living a sad life.
Faith is longing to become a born-again man and
The life of this faith is in order to be born of water and the Spirit (Jn3:5), eating His word and growing up (He5:14).
Being "born again" according to the Bible is not
What is called reincarnation or transmigration in Hinduism or Buddhism
Where after man dies he returns to life as another man or an animal.
In His image God created man from the dust of the ground (Ge1:27) and
Breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and the man became a living being (Ge2:7).
As such, man is made up of the flesh which
Eats food from dust until he returns to dust when he dies (Ge3:19), and
The spirit that eats the word and finally returns to God (Ge2:17).
Deceived by the devil, however, their ancestor Adam sinned (Ge3:4-6) and
All souls died and would thus go to hell (Rm5:12).
All men are descendants of Noah who survived the great deluge (Lk3:36-38).
While the promise regarding his seed that Abraham received (Ge21:12-13, 22:17-18) or
The sanctuary where the name of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Jehovah was
Demanded of their descendants the distinction of their flesh and blood (Ge28:1),
Their marriage with gentiles due to their repeated captivity (Zec9:10-12)
Eventually brought on God's wrath on them.
Yeshua said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days," because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-20),
He would let the souls of men be born again
Not with the seed (flesh and blood) of Abraham (Jn1:13)
But with the seed of the Word, the blood of the Son (1Pe1:23),
Not as servants made in the name of Jehovah but
As children of God in the Father's name Yeshua (Jn5:43) for
He would be not an earthly father (Mt23:9) but the Father in heaven (Jn14:7-9).
As He died, He said, "It is finished" (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the command and laid down the life of the Son of Man to receive the life to live eternally (Jn10:17-18);
2) Judged the origin of sin, the devil (He2:14; 1Jn3:8); and
3) Sprinkled the redeeming blood, the imperishable blood (Eph1:7; 1Pe1:23) and gave a
chance for all souls of men to be born again.
He resurrected and ascended to the heavenly throne.
The Holy Spirit whom He sent
Does not leave the souls who bore the blood of Yeshua (1Jn5:6-7) as orphans (Jn14:18).
But rather, He bears them as a mother hen does her young so
They be born of water and the Spirit.
He lets them eat the word of Yeshua and obey in the church where the Spirit works (Jn6:63) and
Lets them mature in the faith and the knowledge of God (Eph4:13) so that
When the Lord Yeshua returns they would be taken up to the Father's house.
O Lord,
The flesh and blood line of Jews which was distinguished for thousands of years was
Brought down to a perishable seed at one word of Yeshua and
Before such history my soul received the blood of Yeshua!
While the church warmly bears me
Let me diligently eat the Word and
Live like Stephen, Paul and John and only see heaven (Jn3:3; Ac7:53; Rev19:11)!
Amen.