Jesus Takes Us Up

[Frank]

Jesus takes us up to himself,
those he has given faith
to trust him to be all our
righteousness for salvation,
when he comes at the Rapture.

We are worthy to stand before him
only because he is our Righteous Substitute.
Those that remain on earth could not
stand before him because no one
except Jesus has the righteousness
required for salvation.
All others trust in their own
supposed "righteousness" for
salvation, and come infinitely
short of that required:

Be ye therefore perfect,
even as your Father which is
in heaven is perfect.
(Matthew 5:48 KJV)

Jesus has fulfilled the law,
every jot and tittle,
including circumcision,
for those of us who trust him
to be our Righteous Substitute
because that faith in Jesus to
be our Substitute is the reason
that Jesus is our Substitute.
Jesus taking our place for us is
the only Way anyone can ever
keep even the least of law.
Anyone who trusts in their own
supposed "righteousness" has
kept none of the law and
has absolutely no righteousness
for salvation, but only a
"righteousness" of the letter
of the law which comes
infinitely short. Anyone who
seeks to destroy, dissolve,
demolish (Greek: luo, kataluo)
even the least of the law,
will lose reward:

Think not that I am come
to destroy [Greek: kataluo]
the law, or the prophets:
I am not come to destroy
[Greek: kataluo], but to fulfill.
For verily I say unto you,
Till heaven and earth pass,
one jot or one tittle shall in
no wise pass from the law,
till all be fulfilled.
Whosoever therefore shall break
[destroy, Greek: luo] one of these
least commandments, and shall teach
men so, he shall be called
the least in the kingdom of
heaven: but whosoever shall
do and teach them, the same
shall be called great in
the kingdom of heaven.
(Matthew 5:17-19)

Yet the apostle Paul forbade
the Gentile believers in Christ
to enter into the law by
getting circumcised
because to trust in their own
"righteousness" would exclude
trust in Christ to be our
Righteous Substitute. For
each person, either Christ
is our Righteous Substitute
or else that person is
their own "righteousness"
and must attempt to keep
the whole law (no part can
be destroyed), but attempt
utterly in vain for salvation:

Behold, I Paul say unto you,
that if ye be circumcised,
Christ shall profit you nothing.
For I testify again to every man
that is circumcised, that he is
a debtor to do the whole law.
Christ is become of no effect
unto you, whosoever of you are
justified by the law; ye are
fallen from grace.
(Galatians 5:2-4)

But that no man is justified
by the law in the sight of God,
it is evident: for, The just
shall live by faith.
(Galatians 3:11)


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