What Hope Do We Have??

I have touched on this many times and wherever I start reading I keep seeing the same message in God's Holy Word. What is our hope in Christ?? Is it to die and go to heaven?? Is it to be raptured off the earth?? More succinctly what does God hope for?? Romans the 8th chapter has always been one of my favorite books of the Bible. In it we are given an overview of the whole plan of salvation and what its affect would be not only on us but also on the entire creation.

Rom 8:11

But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

Rom 8:12

So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh—

Rom 8:13

for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

Rom 8:14

For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. (Yes, Sons of God [Many] who are in the exact same likeness as the first born among creation, the Spiritual Adam, the Lord Yeshua Hamashiach.)

Rom 8:15

For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!” (The Son of a King has all the rights and privilege's of the King himself. We are not servants any longer. But when we are children, even though we be heir to all things we must be under governors and tutors until the appointed time of the Father which according to Jewish tradition is 30 years old. But upon maturity, we are to become full legal adults in the King's household which is the Church!!)

Rom 8:16

The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God,

Rom 8:17

and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him. (Later Paul writes that to him who overcomes will I grant the right to sit with me in my throne and to rule and reign with me for all eternity. To overcome the works of the flesh which is what Roman 8:1-10 talks exactly about. And to rule with Christ in his throne over all mankind here on earth.)

Rom 8:18

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us. (Right here begins what God's hope is.)

Rom 8:19

For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God.

Rom 8:20

For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope. (God subjected his creation to decay after Adam fell. But he didn't just do it so he could punish Adam. He did it in the hope that one day we could basically earn our way back into perfect standing in him. I am not talking about your sins being forgiven because that is a free gift. What I am talking about is being found worthy to partake of the goodness of God and being his offspring in the earth. Yeshua being the first born among many brethren.)

Rom 8:21

that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. (As we take our rightful place of rulership in the earth, the entire creation itself will be liberated from its bondage of decay which simply means to rot!!)

Rom 8:22

For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. (If you listen right now you can hear the loud groanings of the creation as it cries out for redemption. The manifestation of the Sons of God. The revealing of God's chosen children who are full adults.)

Rom 8:23

And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body. (I have felt this groaning inside of me for over 30 years.)

Rom 8:24

For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees?

Rom 8:25

But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it. Our Victory in Christ. (See, this is our hope. Our victory over the flesh so that we can reign with Christ. It is NOT to go to heaven or to be raptured.)

The reason that we are not walking in this manner is because the master of deception has gotten the entire body to look at something else than this. To a rapture which is a lie from the pit of hell!! It is mis-direction of the true purpose of God. It speaks of this same thing throughout the Bible and especially the new testament. 1 Thess. 4:13-18 is not about rapture. It is about the Resurrection of the dead and the order of that!! Context shows that Paul was asked a question and he was answering it to people before him. What happens when we die?? Now how that became a doctrine for a rapture astounds me because Satan has used this to deceive many today. And "Christians" everywhere will fight me to the death over this but completely in ignorance!!! Your destiny is to become Yeshua in the earth. Pure and simple. That is NOT blasphemy, it is the whole plan of God.