PHANEROO~DEVOTION
Sunday, 18th April 2021
Apostle Grace Lubega
Colossians 3:10 (KJV); And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
KNOWLEDGE BY COVENANT
Knowledge in God is revealed to men based on the covenant they are under and the nature they possess.
Take the example of Moses and the apostle John. Moses was under the old covenant and John under the new. When God revealed the heavenly tabernacle to Moses, He said in Exodus 25:9, “According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.” Moses had a vision of the tabernacle and the temple and had to follow the exact patterns of what he had seen in making the earthly replica.
This is in total contrast to the revelation that John received about the temple and tabernacle. The Bible says in Revelation 21:22, “And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.” How about the creation story? Moses’ beginning is different from John’s beginning. In Moses’ beginning, we see the creation of heaven and earth (Genesis 1:1). John’s beginning goes further than Moses’ beginning to the Word Himself (John 1:1)
This tells us that there are truths that are available to new creatures in Christ but unavailable to those that have not been reborn in Christ. A man under the new covenant has free access to higher truths while one who lives under the old covenant does not have this access.
A man under the old covenant will see shadows, a man under the new covenant will see the substance of spiritual realities (Colossians 2:17). If Moses could only see the appearance of a temple, you see as John saw; you see God. If Moses could only see what the Word could do in the beginning, you see as John saw, you see the Word Himself.
FURTHER STUDY: Ephesians 4:23-24, 2 Corinthians 5:17-18
GOLDEN NUGGET: Knowledge in God is revealed to men based on the covenant they are under and the nature they possess. A man under the old covenant will see shadows, a man under the new covenant will see the substance of spiritual realities. If Moses could only see the appearance of a temple, you see as John saw; you see God. If Moses could only see what the Word could do in the beginning, you see as John saw, you see the Word Himself.
PRAYER: Father, I thank You for this truth. I know who I am in You. I am a new creature in Christ and have received the newness of life. By this very newness, I access deeper truths and realities in You. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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