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May 30, 2025

Can People Fly?

Today is Ascension Day, the Thursday in the year that the Church has historically remembered the Ascension of Christ. Of all the doctrines around Christ, I would say this is the one that is most neglected, to our detriment. For in my experience, it is the one that fills believers most with an electric charge of spiritual energy.There are several questions that are answered by Ascension Day. The first is, “Can people fly?” Yes, yes we can. Not yet, but one day we will, just as Christ ascended in the clouds:Acts 1:9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.1 Thess. 4:16–17 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.So yes, people can fly, and one day we will. (I can only assume this means we can walk on water, too, but I digress.)It also answers the question: in this present chaos, is there anyone in charge? Yes, yes there is. The Ascension is the fulfillment of Psalm 110, where David observes in the Spirit Yahweh (“the LORD”) saying to his (David’s) “Lord”:Psalm 110:1 The LORD says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.”We now live in the age of the reign of Christ. He is King. Over all. And all means all.This leaves us with many questions. If he reigns, why this or that evil? He does not give us many answers, just as he only said to Job, “I am God, and you are not.” But he does wrap us in a covenant of grace, one that promises he will never leave us nor forsake us (Deut. 31:5; Joshua 1:5; 1 Chron. 28:20; Psalm 94:14; John 14:18; Heb. 13:5).He calls us to trust that covenant and seek first his kingdom and his righteousness. All of which leads us to the Great Commission. Note that it does not begin with something that we do, but something which is true about Christ:Matt. 28:18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”The Great Commission begins with a call not to action but to faith, specifically in what was ratified in the Ascension - that there is now no square inch over this existence over which Christ does not say “mine.” This is the faith that propelled the Moravians to leave family, lands and culture behind, for they knew that Christ was King over the islands of the Pacific.And this is the faith that must propel us today, across the street or across the aisle, to share the gospel - that Jesus is King over that house, that living room, that family of Muslims or Sikhs or Hindus or atheists. He reigns. When we get there, Jesus will already be there, reigning and working.We do not obey the Great Commission in part because we do not believe the Ascension. Yet he is enthroned; He does reign; and not for nothing. He reigns for the hallowing of the name of the Father, to advance His kingdom, so that His will would be done. And so as we believe that and move, he supplies us by His Spirit whatever we need, forgiving us our errors, and leading us every step of the way.We don’t need better tactics. We need faith the size of a mustard seed, faith in the Ascension of Christ. Hallelujah! Our God reigns!“Therefore, go . . .” Get full access to Jed Wrote... at <a href="https://jedwrote.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">jedwrote.com/subscribe</a>

March 30, 2024

What Did Jesus Do on Holy Saturday?

This is a common question, and it must be answered with the data of Scripture, but then that data must be digested devotionally, that is, in a way that helps us endure in faith.I say this because this is how Peter answers this question, in 1 Peter 3:18 - biblically, and devotionally.The biblical data goes like this. Jesus was (17) "put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit." In the spirit, then, verse 18, Peter says that Jesus a) went somewhere and b) proclaimed something. The original word for "proclaim" is different from the word for "preach" in 4:6. There the sense is that the gospel was "preached" to those who were once alive but have now died, that though they died, they will one day live, in the resurrection, because of their faith in that message.Here, in 3:18, something else is going on. Jesus "proclaimed" something. This word is more an announcement. There is no call to faith and repentance - only the news that, in this case, the war is over; I won.Who does he say this to? "The spirits in prison, [who] (verse 20) did not obey, in the days of Noah, when the ark was being prepared . . ."Now here is a place where God calls us to do spiritual push-ups, and remain faithful to His Word, even if the answer seems strange to modern, unsupernatural ears. The only biblical explanation for what Peter is referring to is Genesis 6, and what precipitated the Flood.Not only was the wickedness of mankind malignantly metastasizing on the earth - this was also happening in the heavenly places. The "sons of God" - another word for heavenly beings - angels - saw the beauty that God bestowed on the women of earth. And they looked at God, and looked and those women . . . and chose the women, creating a great rebellion in the heavenly places. This was large-scale, gross rebellion, for angels see the face of God.This gives us greater understanding of what precipitated the flood and why God thought it good and right. God is not a cosmic grump, flying off the handle at a few folks running off into the bushes (though that is sin, too.) But this was rebellion spanning the breadth of the created order. These fallen angels were trying to hijack God's good creation for themselves, by creating a new race, one forbidden by God, and one meant to live without need for God. Their offspring were called the "Nephilim" - mighty men of old.It's possible that Goliath was a descendent of the Nephilim, at least that's what the spies said when they returned in Numbers 13:33. This would mean that one of Noah's sons took a Nephilim wife or child, which is unlikely. It may very well mean that the sons of Anak and Goliath were like those of Noah's day. Regardless, all this casts a different light on what was happening then between David and Goliath. Here is the "offspring" of the Great Rebellion, wanting to stamp out God's anointed king and his "offspring," God's chosen race, whom He leads, provides for and protects via His anointed David. It is also no coincidence that Goliath's armor is like that of the scales of a dragon. Here is the cosmic battle, which began in the Garden, and broke out in Genesis 6. So it is no coincidence that David kills Goliath by crushing his head (Gen. 3:15). He is a living parable, of God's gospel.Thus Jesus is called the Greater David, God's Anointed One, the Messiah and King, who came to slay the great giant of our age:Luke 11:21 When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are safe; 22 but when one stronger than he attacks him and overcomes him, he takes away his armor in which he trusted and divides his spoil.Just as David beheaded the "dragon" Goliath and took his armor, so did Jesus, when he went to the cross. There he beat death by death - by absorbing on himself in death all the condemnation and wrath due to God's people, for our sins. It turns out that when his cross went into the ground at Golgotha, he was doing what David could only picture. The word "Goliath" is deeply related to the word "Golgotha". That place, which looked like a skull, was pierced by Jesus' cross. And by his death, he crushed the head of the giant that caused all our fear and loathing.But Jesus' life is indestructible (Hebrews 7:16). Though he died in the body, Peter says (1 Peter 3:17), he was made alive in his spirit. He had finally vanquished the great rebellion. This is what he proclaims, to those spirits - the fallen angels who rebelled against God and left their place in Genesis 6. He was proclaiming His victory over their cosmic, whole-creation rebellion. He's not rubbing it in their face - He's announcing to them, too, ”It is finished."Now, a few more bits of data. Where are they, exactly? It seems best to me to say that they are in "Hades", which was the Greek word for what the Jews would call "Gehenna." In the Old Testament, everyone goes to Sheol when they die (Gen. 37:35), the good and the bad. The "good" place was called "Abraham's bosom" (Luke 16:22), while the bad place is called "Hades," or, in Hebrew, "Gehenna," named after the trash dump outside Jerusalem that never stopped burning.And we should note that there is some possibility of communication between the two, between "Abraham's side" (or, in Greek, Elysium) and Hades. You'll remember Jesus' parable of Lazarus and the rich man (Luke 16:22-23), where Lazarus is in the good side, and the rich man suffers in Hades.So then, to die in Christ means to be "with the Lord" (2 Cor. 5:8), and to die apart from Christ means to exist in Hades. But in the end, even these will pass away. One day the New Jerusalem will descend from heaven, and heaven and earth will be one, a renewed Garden of Eden (Revelation 21:2-10). And at the same time, Hades itself will be thrown into the Lake of Fire (Rev. 20:14), the second death.All of this to say this devotional point. Peter says, baptism corresponds to this (1 Peter 3:18), this being Noah's escape through the deluge of judgment through the water, by faith. Baptism is a plea to God for a clean conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus. For Jesus did not stay in Hades. On that first Sunday, God raised him from the dead, making him alive in spirit and in a glorified body, in which he ascended back to the Father's right hand.Thus that clean conscience assures us of this: that we, by faith, will follow Jesus' path. All of it.Thus we can lean into the pain we may experience for doing good in this age, knowing that it will only come back to serve us and lead us to resurrection glory. This is the larger pastoral point that Peter is making 1 Peter - that we would not shrink from pain, and that we would not even just tolerate it, but that we would lean into it, the way Jesus did, knowing that it will lead us down Jesus’ path.We will escape the judgment and will ascend to glory and honor and immortality (Rom. 2:7). Thus we can face our giants today and slay them in jolly, triumphant joy. Not that we see that triumph yet - we apprehend it by faith - faith that yes, first there is the cross. But on the other side of the cross there will be triumphant glory.By this faith we will slay our giants, too. And one day, all that is subjected under the feet of Jesus will be under our feet too. So then, Peter makes this application:1 Peter 4:1-2 Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God.Soli deo gloria! Get full access to Jed Wrote... at <a href="https://jedwrote.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">jedwrote.com/subscribe</a>

December 29, 2023

On Feast Days

IntroductionChristians have celebrated a variety of feast days throughout the centuries. Some movements have celebrated no feast days, other than the weekly Lord’s Day - for example, the Puritans, and the Church of Scotland. Others have celebrated a large number of feast days throughout the year, following a liturgical calendar. Let each be convinced in his own mind, with charity towards others (Romans 14:5).I am convinced that our church should follow a simple calendar that celebrates the great days of the faith, and those celebrations should be characterized by feasting. In this article I want to demonstrate why this seems right to me. Secondly, I will lay out which feast days we ought to celebrate. Lastly, I will describe what this feasting should look like.In Step With the OldFeasts have always been at the center of God’s working. After all, the first command of Scripture was to feast:Genesis 2:16 “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden . . .”History will end with a great, restored Eden, and a feast at the center:Revelation 19:9 And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.”Those who are invited to that great feast are those who feast on Christ along the way:John 6:53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”Thus we celebrate on the first Sunday of every month the Lord’s Table:Matthew 26:26 Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” 27 And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, 28 for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. 29 I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”And this great feast of the Lord was prefigured by the feast of the Exodus and the Passover. After all, on the Transfiguration, Moses and Elijah wanted to discuss Jesus’ “exodus” (Luke 9:31), and on his cross, not one of his bones were broken (John 19:33):Exodus 12:46 It shall be eaten in one house; you shall not take any of the flesh outside the house, and you shall not break any of its bones. 47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. [speaking of the Passover]Of course, before Christ, Israel was commanded to enjoy great feasts. The three Great Feasts (summarized in Exodus 23:14-17) were:* The Passover (otherwise known as the Feast of Unleavened Bread and Firstfruits) - Exodus 12:1-2. As was already mentioned, in this feast Israel was to remember the Exodus, how God passed over their sins, all by His grace, and delivered them from slavery, into His dominion.* The Feast of Weeks (otherwise known as Pentecost or the Harvest Feast) - Leviticus 23:15-21; Deuteronomy 16:9-12. Celebrated 50 days after the Passover, this feast celebrated the wheat harvest in the spring.* The Feast of Tabernacles (or the Feast of Booths and the Feast of Ingathering) - Leviticus 23:33-43; Deuteronomy 16:13-15. This feast remembered Israel’s 40-year trek through the wilderness, and more centrally, how God dwelt among them, with them, in His tabernacle, providing for and preserving them.It is no coincidence that that these major feasts map over to the three major moments in the life of Christ:* The Feast of Tabernacles > Christmas, when our Immanuel dwelt among us.* The Passover > Good Friday and Easter, when Christ our Passover Lamb was sacrificed, that we may be delivered from sin and death, unto life.* Pentecost > Pentecost, when God’s people were born again from above (just as Jesus had told Nicodemus - John 3:3), when the people of God became Christ’s firstfruits.Christ is the fulfillment of God’s promises (2 Cor. 1:20). He succeeded where ethnic Israel failed. Thus God’s people in this age are those who are in him, by faith. Moreover, in every age, God seems to think that it is good for His people to feast in celebration of the great things He has done.Which Great Things?In my view, the church should feast on those days I’ve already mentioned:* Christmas* Good Friday/Easter* PentecostI add another day to these three because it so important, and because the Church has underemphasized it in recent generations: the Ascension. After all, God’s “favorite Bible verse”, Psalm 110:1, anticipates it:Psalm 110:1 The LORD says to my Lord:“Sit at my right hand,until I make your enemies your footstool.”At Pentecost, Peter declared to Jerusalem that this Psalm was fulfilled by Christ in his Ascension. And it was upon this truth that he made his truth-claim: that Jesus is more than the Christ, the Messiah, who saves - he is also Lord, period (Acts 2:36). This should remind us of the truth that Jesus says we are to believe, that is the basis for our fulfilling the Great Commission:Matthew 28:18 “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me . . .”So then, the Ascension is a pillar truth upon which all our service to Jesus now rests. We serve him in confidence that wherever we go, he is Lord.Now I would add one more “feast,” and this addition is one part imitation, one part pragmatism, and one part “just cuz”: a “love feast,” celebrated in the doldrums of the first quarter of the year. It is imitation, because clearly the early church enjoyed “love feasts” (Acts 2:46; Jude 12; perhaps 1 Cor. 11:33-34). And it is pragmatic, because there are no other feasts during this time of the year. And it is “just cuz,” because, well, just because.Should there be others? For instance, Thanksgiving? Is it good for Christians to stop and give gratitude to the Lord? Of course - why not? What about Palm Sunday? I could very easily be talked into that day being a feast day, too. But the four pillar days, in my view, are Christmas, Easter, the Ascension, and Pentecost.Let’s Get This Party StartedSo how should they be celebrated?Well, if you haven’t caught on by now: with a feast. Sometimes that’s a special meal during the week (Christmas, Ascension), or it’s expected that every household with have their own feast and invite others (Easter, Pentecost). But regardless, we mean “feast”: friends and family sitting around the same table, enjoying good food and each other’s company, and all of it in joyful remembrance of and gratitude to the Lord.Those two words point to a way of celebrating that we have largely lost. There used to exist a word, closely related to “solemn”, that comprehended how we think of “solemn”, and yet at the same time denoted a “celebration.” A weighty happiness, you might say. The best modern equivalent that I can think of is a graduation: it is both a solemn ritual and a happy, celebratory occasion. That’s the tone that we should aim for in these feasts: on the one hand, feeling the glorious weight of what God has done; and at the same time feeling a light joy that it is done.You can capture something of this dual feeling in Nehemiah 8:9-12. Ezra has read the forgotten Law to the people, and it happens to be on the day of the Feast of Trumpets (Neh. 8:2). Then all the people wept and grieved, for how they had not kept the Law (9). But then Nehemiah reassures them - this day is “holy to our Lord” (10-11), which feels weighty. But because it is holy to God, the people must not weep, but must celebrate, by feasting (12).This passage brings us to the heart of why God must want His people to celebrate:Neh. 8:10 . . . for the joy of the LORD is your strength.More than that, God is most glorified by His people’s joy:Psalm 22:3 Yet you are holy,enthroned on the praises of Israel.Joy inherently points a bright finger on the object of the joy. So our joy in our God is both the thing that strengthens us and enables us to endure to the end, and it is the means by which God gets the most glory from our lives. What matters most is not the relative greatness of our sacrifices, but the greatness of the God for whom we sacrifice, portrayed in our joy.Our God is a happy God, in Himself. Thus He rejoices as His people join Him in His own joy about Himself.So then, lastly, there should be singing at these feasts: hearty, full-throated singing, that both remembers the cosmic truths at hand, and that incites us to deep-hearted joy.“To God be the glory . . . Great things He has done! . . .” Get full access to Jed Wrote... at <a href="https://jedwrote.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">jedwrote.com/subscribe</a>

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