World War 3 is at Hand
While we wait for the fall of Iran and the change in regime to start World War 3, let's check our own Christian faith, doctrine and knowledge of Him and His words.
New Covenant - End of Judaism
Mat 26:27-28 Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins."
The New Covenant started when our Lord Jesus died and shed His blood on the cross. Immediately, the veil in the temple of God was torn into two, signifying the departure of God from the Most Holy Place, thus, ending the Old Covenant.
Heb 8:13 In that He says, "A new covenant," He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.
Gospel of Christ (Grace)
Luke 24:46-47 Then He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Whoever believes the gospel of grace that Jesus, the Son of God was made flesh, suffered, died and on third day He rose from the dead, is saved and then is sealed with the Holy Spirit of redemption.
Unbelief of the Apostles
Luke 24:9-11 Then they returned from the tomb and told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them, who told these things to the apostles. And their words seemed to them like idle tales, and they did not believe them.
Our Lord Jesus told His disciples many times that He would be killed but on the third day He would rise from the dead.
After His resurrection, He found that His Apostles and disciples had not believed His resurrection at all.
First Born Again Christians
John 20:21-22 So Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you." And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit."
After His disciples had believed that He had risen from the dead on the third day, they had believed the complete gospel of Christ or grace. Our Lord then gave each of them the Holy Spirit, making them to become born again Christians.
The Bread - Word made Flesh
Luke 24:30-31 Now it came to pass, as He sat at the table with them, that He took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they knew Him; and He vanished from their sight.
Our Risen Lord showed them how He had fulfilled the OT prophecies and opened their understanding of the truth in His gospel, teachings, words, commandments and parables.
Luke 24:44-45 Then He said to them, "These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me." And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.
Teachings of Risen Christ
Acts 1:1-3 The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen, to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.
Before Jesus went back to heaven, for forty days He taught His disciples the truth in His words. As their Pastor and Teacher, He ensured that they understand His gospel of grace and the truth in His words, teachings, commandments and parables, which are recorded in the Epistles of the Apostles.
These epistles are the very words of Jesus and they enlighten the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.