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My Soul and So Great A Salvation
(He2:1-3)

God is the God of salvation (Ps68:19).
Salvation belongs to Him (Ps3:8; Rev7:10) and He sends the Savior (Is19:20) and
Finally brings salvation to those who live for it (He9:28).
 
Faith is knowing that I am a soul that must be saved and that Yeshua Christ is my Savior (Mi7:7).
Faith life is pressing on until salvation is completed (2Ti4:7), working out my salvation with fear and trembling (Php2:12), and preaching the gospel of salvation (Rm10:13-15).
 
If being saved from natural disasters, battlefields, catastrophic events such as 9/11 is a big deal,
How much more the salvation from burning hell — so great a salvation (He2:3)!
In spite of this, liberal Christian theologies focus on material salvation from poverty, injustice etc.
However, the Bible warns that salvation is from the price of sin, from hell (Mk9:44; Rm6:23; 2Pe3:7);
The end result of faith is the salvation of my soul (1Pe1:9).
 
The Bible clearly says that Hades, the pit, darkness (Is14:15; 2Pe2:4), the universe,
“The first heaven and the first earth” (Ge1:1-2; Rev21:1), is reserved for the fire — hell (2Pe3:7-13);
Hell is the unquenchable fire, the lake of fire (Rev20:14), where
The resurrected spiritual bodies do not die (Mk9:43-49; Jn5:28-29; 1Co15:44).
 
Deceived by the devil,  Adam, the ancestor of mankind, sinned (Ge2:17, 3:4-5) and
All men became bound for hell, prepared for the devil and his angels (Mt25:41; 2Pe2:4; Jude1:6).
 
The Bible is the history of God’s salvation:
Noah and his family built an ark and were saved from the deluge (He11:7);
Lot and his family fled Sodom and were saved from the brimstone fire (Ge19:29);
After the exodus, Israel was saved from disasters, distress, enemies etc (2Sa22:3; 2Ch20:9).
 
While the sanctuary reminded them that Jehovah is
The God of salvation who daily saves them (Ps68:19-20),
They forgot Him (1Sa10:19; Ps106:21; Is17:10) and
Rather asked the Egyptians to save them (Is31:1-3).
For such, they were repeatedly defeated and eventually lost their sovereignty.
 
Nevertheless, the prophecy said God will send a savior (Is19:20),
The Messiah who will proclaim salvation coming to Zion (Is52:7, 62:11).
Accordingly, virgin Mary conceived a son and
He was given the name Yeshua for He will save His people from their sins (Mt1:21).
 
Yeshua said, “Destroy the temple and I will raise it in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21), He will fulfill:
Jehovah—the God of the flesh of Israel—daily— saved bodies from reality (Jer32:27; Ps68:9);
Yeshua—the God of all spirits (He12:9)— forever—save souls from hell (Jn3:17, 12:47).
The miracles and the wonders that He displayed during His public life were
The signs that He is the Savior (Mt8:16, 25, 9:20-22) for
He is the Word from the beginning who became flesh (Jn1:1, 14),
To give salvation through the forgiveness of sins by giving His life as a ransom (Lk1:77; Mt20:28).
 
As He died on Zion (Ps14:7), His flesh tore to make a way out of hell (Jn10:9; He10:20), and
He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1)     Laid down His life according to the Father’s command for He revered the Father who alone could save Him from death (Jn10:18; He5:7-9);
2)     Condemned the devil, the origin of sin (1Jn3:8); and
3)     His death—redeemed—all mankind—delivered from sin and death;
      His blood—souls who believe/ justified—to be saved from God’s wrath (Rm5:9).
 
He resurrected and ascended to the heavenly throne and
He became the source of eternal salvation, the Savior (Ac5:31; He5:9; Rev7:10).
The Holy Spirit who came in the name of Yeshua, the name of salvation (Ac4:12),
Proclaims the good news that saves those who believe in His name (Jn1:12; Ac16:31) and
Gathers believers into the church (Jn14:26), an assembly of salvation, the rock of salvation.
 
The Christian is he who praises and worships the name of salvation Yeshua (2Ch20:22-23),
Cries out the name of Yeshua to also be saved in his reality (Ps68:19; 3Jn1:2), and
Sees all men as souls and preaches the gospel of salvation (Rm10:13-15)
To save them by snatching them from the fire (Jude1:22).
 
O Lord,
Even after 25 years, the events of 9/11 are still vivid in our memory…
May we never forget salvation is not a concept but a reality and
Let us seek souls and rescue them out of this burning universe.
Like Lot’s family who escaped Sodom,
Without looking back or hesitating, let us all run until the end (Mt24:13; 2Ti4:7)!  Amen.