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The Flesh is the Soul’s Talent (Mina)
(Lk19:11-17)

God is the Lord, King.
For He founded the world and all that is in it, they are all His (Ps74:16, 89:11).
He is a King who can both give and take away, and
He shares His glory with whomever He chooses (Mt19:28).
 
Faith is acknowledging that my soul, my body, and everything that I have are His, and
Believing that the Master’s promise of “I am coming back soon” (Lk19:13), and
Faith life is, in order to sit on the throne with the Master (Lk19:19),
Putting best effort to gain more for Him (Lk19:16).
 
Those gifted with exceptional, innate talents command such astronomical value for their bodies that
They often cause those less fortunate to lament their own standing.
 
The Bible states that God’s creation is not equal:
1)    The creation of angels—ministering spirits who serve (He1:4, 14)
                                       —no flesh—no chance for repentance, rebirth, rewards
•    The rebellion of an archangel—be like God—>Hades—>contained until judgment (2Pe2:4);
•    The ruler of Hades, the ruler of the kingdom of the air—>the gods of the world, the spirits of religions—tempting mankind (Eph2:2);
2)    The creation of mankind (about hundreds of thousands of years ago)—man and woman—earth—developed culture and civilization (Ge1:27-28)
                                       —flesh without spirit—Nephilim—the heroes of old (Ge6:1-4);
3)    The creation of Adam (about 6000 years ago)—the spirit with flesh—the Garden of Eden—forbidden to take from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Ge2:7-8, 16-17)—after sin, driven out to the original land—lived mixed with other people (Ge3:24, 6:2);
4)    Noah’s ark—all people were destroyed (Ge6:7)—only Adam’s descendants survived;
5)    Abraham—two sons—the slave woman/ son according to the flesh—the free woman/ son by the promise (Gal4:22-23); and
6)    Moses—the Law—distinguished flesh and blood—the priesthood/ Aaron’s sons from the Levites (Lev16:1-33).
 
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in there days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21), He would:
Jehovah—the Law—flesh and blood———————-distinction law—>end;
Yeshua—the Truth—souls of all nations————non-distinction law—>establish.
 
To the Samaritan woman (of mixed Israelite and Philistine ancestry) who was
Forbidden to worship in the Temple of Jerusalem,
Yeshua declared that the time had come to worship in spirit and truth (Jn4:7-26), and
He drove out a demon from the daughter of the gentile woman who begged Him (Mk7:25-29).


As He died, the temple veil tore (Lk23:45), that is, as His body tore
The demand of the Law was met (Rm8:3), and He said. “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1)    Used His flesh according to the commandment in order to live again (Jn10:17-18);
2)    By His death destroyed the devil, the ruler of death (He2:14); and
3)    His death—redeemed all mankind—set free from the price of sin;
      His blood—on souls—>so not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit (Rm8:4-6).
 
He resurrected and ascended to heaven, and
He is the Lamb seated on the throne who has the marks of being slain (Rev5:12).
The Holy Spirit, who has been poured on the flesh of the souls with His blood,
Testifies that there is no more distinction based on race, gender, age, knowledge etc (Ac2:17-18).
Although Yeshua was made lower than the angels for a little while (He2:9),
He overcame death and rose becoming as much superior to the angels for
He is the Son of God (He1:4).
 
The Christian who believes this and the Master’s return
Knows that, the one mina the Lord has entrusted to me is my flesh!
That is, the flesh that even angels and the Old Testament people all envy is
The opportunity for him to repent, be born again, be forgiven, grow and work, and
The opportunity to suffer for glory (Rm8:17).
His weakness is an opportunity to ask for the help of angels (He4:15-16).
 
Therefore, without blaming their environment or
Making excuses for their conditions,
Knowing that the body that everyone possesses equally as
The sole asset of his soul,
He strives and exerts himself with all his might, ultimately making profit.
 
O Lord,
We are left speechless by someone who, even without limbs, has done great work, with much fruit. May we all be inspired to strive harder.
Let us use our bodies for our souls and make profit for the Master!  Amen.