Gone the Memory of the Old Creation

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… and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. – Isaiah 65:17

Therefore, if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come. – 2 Corinthians 5:17

In those last days we shall be in tune with Dr. Watts when he sang-

“Lo! what a glorious sight appears
To our believing eyes!
The earth and seas are pass’d away,
And the old rolling skies.

“From the third heaven, where God resides,
That holy, happy place,
The new Jerusalem comes down,
Adorn’d with shining grace.

“The God of glory down to men
Removes his bless’d abode,
Men the dear objects of His grace,
And He their loving God.

“His own soft hand shall wipe the tears
From every weeping eye,
And pains, and groans, and griefs, and fears,
And death itself shall die.”

As an instance of the expulsive power of a new delight, we all know how the memory of the old dispensation is gone from us. Brethren, did any one of you ever weep because you did not sit at the Passover? Did you ever regret the Paschal lamb? Oh, never, because you have fed on Christ! Was there ever man that knows his Lord that ever did lament that he had not the sign of the old Abrahamic covenant in his flesh? Nay, he gladly dispenses with the rites of the old covenant, since he has the fullness of their meaning in his Lord. The believer is circumcised in Christ, buried in Christ, risen in Christ, and in Christ exalted to the heavenly places. ~ C.H. Spurgeon

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14 thoughts on “Gone the Memory of the Old Creation”

      • Your welcome Sherry you have a blessed day. too. We went to church yesterday it was good the sermon was good and got to talk to some brothers and sisters there told them were we had been and shared Scripture with a sister there she gave me a hug it was nice to be back I missed church and seeing our brothers and sisters in Christ there. The Pastor talked about and we read Psalms 97, 98, 99.

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      • Agreed! Currently I have no church. But I’m thankful that the Lord has provided a family in Christ until I can find a true church that doesn’t incorporate paganism in their worship of our Beloved.

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      • I’m not sure, Bibleguy317, but perhaps it is because they see things in history that they believe was the fulfillment of prophecy when its only a type or a partial fulfillment. Many take the word of scholars and do not line it up with scriptures, and there are many views that get believed as truth because they regard the man with letters behind his name. To suggest another view offends them and they refuse to look into the biblical view of the pre-trib rapture. Another reason that many believe the mid- or post- trib view is that they believe Christians will go through the Tribulation period because Jesus said we would go through many tribulations. They do not flesh it out to discover that Tribulation is a much more stronger word than the small “t” tribulations. The reasons are varied and I’ve not guessed them all, I’m sure. We can pray that their eyes be opened to understand that our Beloved made a way of escape for His Bride and be thankful that all who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation from God’s wrath upon us will be translated into His glorious Kingdom in a twinkling of an eye. Praises to our only true God! \o/

        Have a blessed evening, brother!

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  2. I agree do they not realize that there are many Born Again Believers in Christ who want to see Jesus and then we see our loved ones in Christ who died and went home to be with Jesus if I didn’t have Jesus as Savior and Lord of my life and the Blessed Hope of the Rapture I would go insane agree? Another reason I long for the Rapture because I can’t wait to be rid of my disability and be able to run on my own. You have a blessed evening too sister!

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