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Is Jesus the Same Yesterday, Today, and Forever?: full transcript and answers
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A short clip tracing Hebrews 13:8: Christ revealed in the New Testament, promised before the world began, and worshiped by an innumerable multitude in eternity.
Is Hebrews 13:8 true?
Short answer: When it was written, the New Testament made Christ plain; eternal life was promised before the world began.
▶ 0:06 Scriptural evidence that Christ is the same yesterday today and forever is that verse true in Hebrews 13:8 we’ll start with today when it was written the New Testament says Jesus was God the son of God the lamb of God the son of man the prophet the king and the priest to come he is the savior he is the creator he is the light he is the truth he is eternal life he is a spirit and he is love that’s what was made clear plainly about Christ in the New Testament when Hebrews 13:8 was written Christ the same yesterday today and forever so we go back to yesterday we go back to Genesis and to get the Revelation of this you have to read the New Testament that’s where it was revealed in in Titus 1:2 it says eternal life which God that cannot lie promise before the world began before he ever created man he promised eternal life Christ was the same before Genesis 1:1.
Scripture in this part
Hebrews 13:8 (NKJV)
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
— Hebrews 13:8 (NKJV)▶ Hear it at 0:06 (quoted; reference not named in the message)Titus 1:2 (NKJV)
in hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began,
— Titus 1:2 (NKJV)▶ Hear it at 0:06 (quoted; reference not named in the message)Was He the same before and after?
Short answer: The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world; the prophets from Adam to Malachi spoke of Him, and the promise reaches the future.
▶ 1:14 The lamb Revelation 13:8 slain from the foundation of the world the God’s whole plan was create man and get him to love him and show it by obeying him and if they fail to obey he would die in their place and bring him back to himself that’s the whole plan Christ said in Matthew 13:35 I will speak of things kept secret from the foundation of the world Christ is the same yesterday today is he the mystery in Romans 16:25 which is kept secret since the world began but now made manifest by the scriptures of the prophets from Adam the prophet of God all the way to Malachi the prophet of God from Genesis to Malachi the prophet spoke of Christ before and after the creation of the world he truly was the God of today in Hebrews 13:8 and the God of yesterday and he’s the God of the future in Acts 2:38-39 repent and be converted every one of you be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of sins for the promises to you to your children and to all that are far off is he the God of the future is it the same in the future he has not changed before the beginning he has not changed in Revelation 7:9 and 14 a great innumerable multitude
Scripture in this part
Revelation 13:8 (NKJV)
All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
— Revelation 13:8 (NKJV)▶ Hear it at 1:14 (quoted; reference not named in the message)Matthew 13:35 (NKJV)
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world.”
— Matthew 13:35 (NKJV)▶ Hear it at 1:14 (quoted; reference not named in the message)Romans 16:25 (NKJV)
Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept secret since the world began
— Romans 16:25 (NKJV)▶ Hear it at 1:14 (quoted; reference not named in the message)Acts 2:38-39 (NKJV)
Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”
— Acts 2:38-39 (NKJV)▶ Hear it at 1:14 (quoted; reference not named in the message)How does it end?
Short answer: An innumerable multitude washed in the blood of the Lamb—only He could write a book like this.
▶ 2:46 of all nations stand before the lamb with the robes washed white in the blood of the lamb the lamb that was slain before the foundation of the world the lamb that was slain by all the prophets the lamb that was slain in the New Testament died on the cross and rose again there is an innumerable multitude of people in heaven washed by the blood of the lamb that was promised before the world began only he could write a book like this. Thank you.
Scripture in this part
Revelation 7:9 (NKJV)
After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands,
— Revelation 7:9 (NKJV)▶ Hear it at 2:46 (quoted; reference not named in the message)Revelation 7:14 (NKJV)
And I said to him, “Sir, you know.” So he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
— Revelation 7:14 (NKJV)▶ Hear it at 2:46 (quoted; reference not named in the message)More questions this message answers
Short answers drawn only from what he says in this message, each with the moment in the video.
What does the New Testament call Jesus?
God, Son of God, Lamb, prophet, king, priest, savior, creator.
What was God’s whole plan?
Create man, win his love, and die in his place if he failed.
About this transcript
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