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GoD's WorK - God's Puzzle Solved

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222 God’s Workworld” (I John 4:14). It was done this way so The Promise madeto Abraham could accomplish the task of opening The Door ofSalvation to The Gentiles. This was The Gentiles’ first chanceto be able to become Christians.World SalvationAlways remember the basic underlying “truth” that Jesus came to“save the whole world” (I John 4:14). When Judah, the last tribeto remain in the land, rejected their Messiah, the inhabitants of Judaeawere scattered throughout the world. This was the beginningof The Diaspora or The Great Dispersion. Jesus prophesied that“the temple” would be destroyed (John 4) and from that pointon, the people would worship God only by “spiritual means.” Itwould never be through “the works” of The Letter of The Law orany other pagan religious system. God’s “truth” is a way to learna “perfect way of life” and is not an organized religious system.In 70 A.D., when Titus destroyed “the temple” The Old Covenantended (Hebrews 8:13). Access to God ended with Judah’s unrepentantstate (rejecting Christ). Without “the temple” there wasno longer a court to administer God’s Law. Access to God throughthe administration of The Letter of The Law was completely finished.There was no longer a religious system to bring Judah toChrist. God changed the called-out ones from “The Letter” to“The Spirit.” No temple was needed. Now, only repentance isrequired for a person to be in God’s church. It is the acceptablemethod of pleasing God.The New Testament ChurchIn Ephesians 2:11-15, Paul explained how a basic change tookplace. At one time, The Gentiles were without God but by means

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