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The Promised Holy Spirit
(Ac1:1-5)

God is faithful (Dt7:9).
He does not violate His covenant (Ps89:34) and
He confirms with an oath those who have His promise as inheritance (He6:17).
 
People with poor credit are not treated as human beings for
A society where covenant does not work is not a human society.
Faith is believing the faithful God and
The life of this faith is until inheriting the promised kingdom remaining in the covenant (Jas2:5).
 
The Bible is God’s credit score and
God provides reliable evidence to trust Him:
1)     According to His promise, God saved Noah from the deluge and set rainbow as the sign of the covenant that there will never be another judgment by water (Ge9:9-13);
2)     Circumcision was a sign of God’s covenant with Abram regarding the increase of the seed, the inheritance of the land and being their God (Ge17:2-10), and God gave a son to him at the age of 100 (Ge21:2);
3)     Remembering His covenant with Abraham (Ex2:24), God led Israel out of Egypt 400 years later (Ge15:13; Ex12:41; Ac7:7); and
4)     Israel conquered the promised land of Canaan; and
5)     The history of Israel itself for it is the first nation to be reconstructed 2,500 years after falling, as promised to Abraham 4,000 years prior.
 
The words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments, written on the stone tablets (Ex34:28) and
The sanctuary where the ark of the covenant with the vase with manna was (Ex16:33-34)
All reminded this to Israel.
If they followed the terms of the covenant, they prospered (Dt29:9);
If they broke the covenant, they were cursed (Dt29:21).
 
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 (Jn2:19-21),
He would set aside the first covenant written on the stone tablets (He10:9) and
Establish a new covenant written on souls (He8:6-10, 10:15-17).
 
The promise of Yeshua is:
1)    The forgiveness of sin by His blood (Mt26:28);
2)    Becoming children of God (Jn1:12);
3)    His resurrection three days after death (Mt16:21);
4)    Sending the Holy Spirit (Jn14:16-17);
5)    His return (Jn14:3);
6)    To take His children to the Father’s house.
 
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1)    Laid down His life and entrusted His soul in the faithful Father’s hands (Lk23:46; Jn10:17-18);
2)    Judged the devil the origin of sin (Ge3:4-6; 1Jn3:8); and
3)    With His blood fulfilled the first covenant and became the Mediator of a new covenant  (He9:15).
 
His resurrection is the evidence of the Father’s covenant.
After Yeshua ascended to heaven, He sent the promised Holy Spirit (Ac2:33) who
Seals those who have the promise as inheritance (Eph1:13) and
Lets them remember His promise (Jn14:26) and remain in His covenant.
 
The man of the Spirit therefore
Remains in the Lord, in His body the Church, and in His word (Jn15:5-8), and
Entrusts the Lord with all his precious things (Mk10:29-30).
The more He sees the signs of the end times (Mt24:3-8),
All the more he gathers and encourages souls (1Th5:11; He10:23-25).
He does not worry about what to eat, what to wear or about tomorrow (Mt6:25-32) for
He lives by the name of Yeshua as
He sees the signs of the covenant through answered prayers, speaking in tongues, healing etc.
 
O Lord,
To death, let us only remain in the covenant of Yeshua.
Your promise is my inheritance.
My trust is in Your name, Yeshua! Amen.