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A Few things Jesus did for His People !
Rev 1:5-6
5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
John writing to the Church listed a few things here that Christ did for His Church, His Bride !
First it is written that He Loved them ! Paul writes of the same Church Eph 5:25
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
John writes following that He Loved the Church, that He washed them with His own Blood !
And of course Paul says the same thing in Eph 5:26 following that He Loved the Church, that He may, sanctify it, and cleanse it !
That John and Paul are teaching the same thing is seen by the word wash they both use.
Now John uses the word louō which means:
to bathe, wash
a) of a dead person
b) washing to cleanse blood out of wounds
Now Paul uses the word for washing in vs 26 loutron:
bathing, bath, the act of bathing
Pretty much the same word, in fact it is derived from the same word John used in Rev 1:5
And Also He made them a Kings and Priests unto God !
How did He do that ? By New Birth into His Kingdom, through causing them to be born again through His resurrection from the dead 1 Pet 1:3
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
This translates them into His Kingdom Col 1:13
13Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
Hence they are made Kings and Priest unto God ! This Peter affirms 1 Pet 2:9
9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
Remember Peter had wrote of this Royal Priesthood that they had been what in 1 Pet 1:3
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
All this was done by Christ's death, burial, and resurrection for His Church, that He Loved. The freewill of man had nothing to do with this, it was all by Christ's redemptive blood, and so as John writes Rev 1:6b
to him [Christ] be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Rev 1:5-6
5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
John writing to the Church listed a few things here that Christ did for His Church, His Bride !
First it is written that He Loved them ! Paul writes of the same Church Eph 5:25
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
John writes following that He Loved the Church, that He washed them with His own Blood !
And of course Paul says the same thing in Eph 5:26 following that He Loved the Church, that He may, sanctify it, and cleanse it !
That John and Paul are teaching the same thing is seen by the word wash they both use.
Now John uses the word louō which means:
to bathe, wash
a) of a dead person
b) washing to cleanse blood out of wounds
Now Paul uses the word for washing in vs 26 loutron:
bathing, bath, the act of bathing
Pretty much the same word, in fact it is derived from the same word John used in Rev 1:5
And Also He made them a Kings and Priests unto God !
How did He do that ? By New Birth into His Kingdom, through causing them to be born again through His resurrection from the dead 1 Pet 1:3
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
This translates them into His Kingdom Col 1:13
13Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
Hence they are made Kings and Priest unto God ! This Peter affirms 1 Pet 2:9
9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
Remember Peter had wrote of this Royal Priesthood that they had been what in 1 Pet 1:3
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
All this was done by Christ's death, burial, and resurrection for His Church, that He Loved. The freewill of man had nothing to do with this, it was all by Christ's redemptive blood, and so as John writes Rev 1:6b
to him [Christ] be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.