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009-004: We exult in our suffering- The outworking of glory in our present sanctification (ፍጻሜ ገንዘቡ የሆነ ሕዝብ – ክፍል 2)
The objective hope of God's glory is also a present subjective reality through the Holy Spirit. There is a person abiding in us, whose primary mission is to conform us to the image of the son of God. There is a deep interwoven thread between what we believe, the truth, and the presence of God through the indwelling Spirit (1 John 2: 24-25). This indwelling Holy Spirit within us, is an Old Testament imagery of Temple. The Tabernacle of Moses, and the Temple of Solomon were sanctified by the cloud of Glory descending. God yet promised one more time that he would send his holy Spirit, whom he sent on…
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009-003፡ Living in light of the End, The Glory of God (ፍጻሜ ገንዘቡ የሆነ ሕዝብ)
"Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” Romans 5:2–5 If you have lived long enough, you know something that is always true. We will all suffer in one way or another. If we live long enough, we will experience the loss of…
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009-002: Deserving of Full Acceptance – Essentials of Our Faith!
“The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. 1 Timothy 1:15″ Where should we begin with our journey in christian maturity? Sometimes believers have an in-depth knowledge on a subject matter that is not crucially important. Churches spent hours and hours teaching their members some truth over and over again, but hardly teach a life inducing primary diet, which Jesus himself commanded one of his church saying: But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some call the deep things of Satan,…
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009-01: The Person of YHWH:- To know Him is to have Eternal Life
"...and this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” (John 17:3) "...God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.(1 John 4:8–10) Salvation is a relational knowledge of God. In salvation, we are being elevated from our sinful status to a status of glory. The status of our glory was accomplished by…
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To know Him is to have Eternal Life (Article)
፩ እግዚአብሔርን ማወቅ የነገር ሁሉ ግብ ነው (The audio version is here) ያውቁ ዘንድ ይህች የዘላለም ሕይወት ናት! “ኢየሱስም ይህን ተናግሮ ወደ ሰማይ ዓይኖቹን አነሣና እንዲህ አለ። አባት ሆይ፥ ሰዓቱ ደርሶአል፤ ልጅህ ያከብርህ ዘንድ፥ በሥጋም ሁሉ ላይ ሥልጣን እንደ ሰጠኸው፥ ለሰጠኸው ሁሉ የዘላለምን ሕይወት ይሰጣቸው ዘንድ ልጅህን አክብረው። እውነተኛ አምላክ ብቻ የሆንህ አንተን የላክኸውንም ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስን ያውቁ ዘንድ ይህች የዘላለም ሕይወት ናት። እኔ ላደርገው የሰጠኸኝን ሥራ ፈጽሜ በምድር አከበርሁህ፤ አሁንም፥ አባት ሆይ፥ ዓለም ሳይፈጠር በአንተ ዘንድ በነበረኝ ክብር አንተ በራስህ ዘንድ አክብረኝ” በዚህ በዮሐንስ ወንጌል ውስጥ “ሰዓት” የሚለው ቃል ከሌሎቹ ወንጌላውያን ለየት ያለ ትኩረትና በዮሐንስ-ነገረ መለኮታዊ ትረካ ውስጥ እያደገ የመጣ ሐሳብ ነው። ከዚህም በተጨማሪ ሰዓት ከወልድ ተልዕኮ ጋር የተያያዘ…
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Introduction Video: to the Person of Yahweh our God (00)
“ውኃ ባሕርን እንደሚከድን ምድር እግዚአብሔርን በማወቅ ትሞላለችና። በዚያም ቀን እንዲህ ይሆናል፤ ለአሕዛብ ምልክት ሊሆን የቆመውን የእሴይን ሥር አሕዛብ ይፈልጉታል፤ ማረፊያውም የተከበረ ይሆናል” Is 11:9–10 ለእኔም ሕዝብ እንድትሆኑ እቀበላችኋለሁ፥ አምላክም እሆናችኋለሁ፤ እኔም ከግብፃውያን ባርነት ያወጣኋችሁ እግዚአብሔር አምላካችሁ እንደሆንሁ ታውቃላችሁ። Ex 6:7. እውነተኛ አምላክ ብቻ የሆንህ አንተን የላክኸውንም ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስን ያውቁ ዘንድ ይህች የዘላለም ሕይወት ናት። Jn 17:3. [sz-ytvideo url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV9Ov0NBluY?rel=0″ theme=”dark” cover=”local” responsive=”y” autoplay=”n” loop=”n” fullscreen=”y” disablekeyboard=”n” disableiframe=”n” disablerelated=”n” delayed=”n” schemaorg=”n” /]
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The Fulfillment of the Davidic Covenant in Jesus of Nazareth, the Exalted Son, Psalm 2 (Part 8)
– This is my recommendation that you would first listen to part seven of this series for comprehensiveness. This is the last session of part seven – አሕዛብ ለምን ያጕረመርማሉ? ወገኖችስ ለምን ከንቱን ይናገራሉ? የምድር ነገሥታት ተነሡ፥ አለቆችም በእግዚአብሔርና በመሢሑ ላይ እንዲህ ሲሉ ተማከሩ። ማሰርያቸውን እንበጥስ፥ ገመዳቸውንም ከእኛ እንጣል። በሰማይ የሚኖር እርሱ ይሥቃል፥ ጌታም ይሣለቅባቸዋል። በዚያን ጊዜ በቍጣው ይናገራቸዋል፥ በመዓቱም ያውካቸዋል። እኔ ግን ንጉሤን ሾምሁ በተቀደሰው ተራራዬ በጽዮን ላይ። ትእዛዙን እናገራለሁ፤ እግዚአብሔር አለኝ። አንተ ልጄ ነህ፥ እኔ ዛሬ ወለድሁህ። ለምነኝ፥ አሕዛብን ለርስትህ የምድርንም ዳርቻ ለግዛትህ እሰጥሃለሁ። በብረት በትር ትጠብቃቸዋለህ፥ እንደ ሸክላ ሠሪ ዕቃዎች ትቀጠቅጣቸዋለህ። [jwplayer player=”1″ mediaid=”2813″] አንተ ልጄ ነህ (መዝ 2:7) ይህ መዝሙር ከዳዊት ቤት የሆነው ልጅ ንጉስ ሆኖ…
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Jesus is Better than King David: A Study of the Davidic Covenant
ዳዊት የአብርሃምን ተስፋ ይፈጽማል: 2 Sam. 7:8-17; Ezek. 37:24-28; Ps.72:8-11, 17; cf. Ps. 2:8 (የምድር ሁሉ በረከት)Notice in Ps. 2:8; 72:8 ርስቱ አሁን ዓለምን በሙሉ መሆኑን ተመልከት. ዘላለማዊ ንግሥና ነው (2 Sam. 7:13, 16; Ps. 89:3-4, 28-37; 132:11-12) ሆኖም መታዘዝ ገንዘቡ ነው (2 Sam. 7:14-15) ዳዊት ግን ጥሪውን አልፈጸመም (2 Sam. 11ff)/a son of Adam እንደ ገና አዲስ ዳዊት ይነሳል: Hos. 3:5; Mic. 5:2-4; Isa. 9:1ff; 11:1ff; 55:3;Jer. 23:5-6; 30:9; 33:15ff; Ezek. 34:23-24; 37:24-25; Zech. 9:9 ዳዊት የአብርሃምን ተስፋ ይፈጽማል: 2 Sam. 7:8-17; Ezek. 37:24-28; Ps.72:8-11, 17; cf. Ps. 2:8 (የምድር ሁሉ በረከት)Notice in Ps. 2:8; 72:8 ርስቱ አሁን ዓለምን በሙሉ መሆኑን ተመልከት. ዘላለማዊ ንግሥና ነው (2 Sam. 7:13, 16;…
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Jesus is Better: Why Bother with Angels? Aren’t Angels also called sons? (Part 6)
Why compare the Son with angels? The writer emphasizes the son’s supremacy over the angels in his identity as being one with God and his enthronement as the exalted Christ . He presents 7 biblical quotation (Ps. 2:7; 2 Sam 7:14; Duet 32:43; Ps 104:4; Ps 45: 6-7; Ps 102: 25-27 and finally Ps 110:1 et.al.) as evidence for this reality and rest assure the reader that the son’s supremacy is a scriptural testimony. This evidence of scripture with concatenation of key texts from the Law/ Torah, the prophets, and the Psalms, that starts in Heb 1:5 and ends in Heb 1:13 with the following unique sentence (especially in the…
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The Big Story of the Bible: Biblical Theology
Projects such as the below, help bible readers to understand what the bible is all about by providing the big picture of the story of the bible. Though the bible is made up of several individual stories, such as the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden, the story of the flood, the story of Noah, the story of Abraham, the story of Israel, the story of David, the story of the exile, the Story of Esther during the exile…etc; yet there is one unfolding drama, one climactic story line, one continuing narrative. Together, they are painting one big picture. This is the story in which our blessed savior, Son…
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Jesus Is Better as the Eternal Son of God-The Son as the Full Revelation of the Father’s Identity (Part 5)
ልጁ የእግዚአብሔር ክብር ነጸብራቅ ነው [su_note note_color=”#efeeee”] [/su_note] የአባቱን ክብር ያንጸባርቃል። ክብር ስንል የከበረ ነው። ሆኖም ግን በዚህ ሥፍራ ክብሩን እንዲበራና እንዲገለጥ የሚያደርገው ልጁ ነው። ከዚህ የተነሳ ልጁ የእ/ር አስተርዕዮ/ መገለጥ ነው። ልጁ የእግዚአብሔር ባሕርይ ምሳሌ ነው ለልጁ የእግዚአብሔር ሕልውናና ማንነት ገንዘቡ ነው። ከዚህ የተነሳ ልጁ ከአባቱ ጋር በክብርና በሐይል እኩል ነው። የልጁ የማማከል አገግሎት እግዚአብሔርን ያማክላል ልጁ የመለኮት ባህርይ ገንዘቡ በመሆኑ የእግዚአብሔርን ማንነት ለፍጥረት በማንጸባረቅ ያማክላል አንድ እግዚአብሔር አለና፥ በእግዚአብሔርና በሰውም መካከል ያለው መካከለኛው ደግሞ አንድ አለ፥ እርሱም ሰው የሆነ ክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ነው፤ ራሱንም ለሁሉ ቤዛ ሰጠ፥ ይህም በገዛ ዘመኑ ምስክርነቱ ነበረ፤ (1 Timothy 2:5–6) እንግዲህ ሕግ ምንድር ነው? ተስፋው የተሰጠው ዘር እስኪመጣ ድረስ በመካከለኛ እጅ በመላእክት በኩል ስለ…
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Jesus is better as the Eternal Son of God: He is better than the Prophets and angels! (Part 4)
“ከመላእክት ይልቅ እጅግ የሚበልጥ ስምን በወረሰ መጠን እንዲሁ ከእነርሱ አብዝቶ ይበልጣል!” Hebrews 1:4 የዕብ 1-4 የሐሳብ አፈሳሰስ ( Chiastic Structure) ሦስቱ የልጁ ልጅነት መለኮታዊና ዘላለማዊ ልጅ ነው (Eternal Son of God) ዓለማትን በፈጠረበት በልጁ በዚህ ዘመን መጨረሻ ለእኛ ተናገረን፤ 3 እርሱም የክብሩ መንጸባረቅና የባሕርዩ ምሳሌ…. “መልአኩም መልሶ እንዲህ አላት። መንፈስ ቅዱስ በአንቺ ላይ ይመጣል፥ የልዑልም ኃይል ይጸልልሻል ስለዚህ ደግሞ ከአንቺ የሚወለደው ቅዱስ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ይባላል “ መሲሃዊ-የዳዊት ልጅ በመሆኑ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ነው (Messianic Son of God) ከመላእክትስ። አንተ ልጄ ነህ፥ እኔ ዛሬ ወልጄሃለሁ፥ ደግሞም። እኔ አባት እሆነዋለሁ እርሱም ልጅ ይሆነኛል ያለው ከቶ ለማን ነው? ያረገና የተሾመ ስለሆነ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ነው (Exalted Son of God) ነገር ግን ከመላእክት። ጠላቶችህን የእግርህ መረገጫ…
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Jesus is better than the Prophets and Angels: As the Eternal Son of God (Part 4)
[su_note note_color=”#efeeee”] [/su_note] Hebrews 1:4 “ከመላእክት ይልቅ እጅግ የሚበልጥ ስምን በወረሰ መጠን እንዲሁ ከእነርሱ አብዝቶ ይበልጣል።”
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Jesus is Better as the Son of God: The Identity of the Son- (Part 3)
This is the third session in our study of the book of Hebrews. Hebrews 1:1–4 [su_note note_color=”#efeeee”]”ከጥንት ጀምሮ እግዚአብሔር በብዙ ዓይነትና በብዙ ጎዳና ለአባቶቻችን በነቢያት ተናግሮ፥ ሁሉን ወራሽ ባደረገው ደግሞም ዓለማትን በፈጠረበት በልጁ በዚህ ዘመን መጨረሻ ለእኛ ተናገረን፤ እርሱም የክብሩ መንጸባረቅና የባሕርዩ ምሳሌ ሆኖ፥ ሁሉን በስልጣኑ ቃል እየደገፈ፥ ኃጢአታችንን በራሱ ካነጻ በኋላ በሰማያት በግርማው ቀኝ ተቀመጠ፤ ከመላእክት ይልቅ እጅግ የሚበልጥ ስምን በወረሰ መጠን እንዲሁ ከእነርሱ አብዝቶ ይበልጣል”[/su_note] [su_note note_color=”#efeeee”][/su_note]
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The Nature and The Person of God_A class discussion
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