CLOTHED WITH POWER

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Adam's independence rebellion lost him and all human descendants the continued application of God's life support systems which sustained perpetual physical life. When lost humans became substandard (sinful).  Jesus counter balanced this situation by the use of his loyal sacrificial death.  This obtained from God the massive credit value with which Jesus was able to purchase extensive credit value.  Before these born again selected recruits die by the inherited Adam death disease, they receive an application of this accredited power and are upgraded to an imputed higher standard that is required for admission into God's family as His Sons.  By purchase they are acquitted of their inherited sin and death disease, each of them can now, in the same way as Jesus sacrificed his sinless human life,  sacrifice their own 'new' sin-masked lives as Sons of God.  Their new born lives then also like Jesus carry credit value on their own merit.  They, like Jesus, are killed off and die illegally in the loyal service of God, so the value of their sinless lives can also be accredited power on the alter of God as Jesus had.

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The very last time Jesus spoke to his disciples after his resurrection, he said:  "I spoke to ​you​ while I was with ​you, that all things written in the law of Moses and in the Prophets and Psalms about me must be fulfilled.  He then opened up their minds to fully grasp the meaning of the Scriptures, and said to them:  It is written it will occur this way; the Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, (then) on the basis of his name 'a change of heart for the reversal of sin would be preached in all nations starting from Jerusalem, you​ are to be witnesses of these things.  Look! I am sending ​to you​ that which is promised by my Father.  You, live in this city until ​you ​ become clothed with power from on high.” Luke 24:44-49 Westcott & Hort.

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The last two things Jesus did, was to open his disciples' minds to understand the scriptural prophecies that he had fulfilled, and were to be fulfilled in their day. He promised to send a covering or clothing of special power which would come from heaven.  This unique power would elevate them to the higher level of God's 'Sons', even though their bodies continued unjustly carrying the effects of inherited Adam deficiency (sin). The 'power' was legally purchased from God, obtained from the value of Christ's compensating ransom sacrifice. It was able to buy a cancelling of Adamic sin and forgiveness of personal sins.  This power acts like a cloaking or covering; masked their inherited Adamic substandard condition from God's view, blotted out by Jesus' compensating ransom payment. 

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"Through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men because they had all sinned. .. Death ruled as king from Adam down. For as in Adam all are dying, so also in the Christ all will be made alive” Rom 5:12,14.  [Bible definition of SIN (hamartia) falling below Gods standard, imperfect, substandard.]

"However, now Christ has been raised up from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep [in death].  For since death is through a man, resurrection of the dead is also through a man.  For as in Adam all are dying, so also in the Christ all can be made alive" 1 Cor 15:20-22.

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This elevating 'cloaking device' is provided to each Kingdom recruit.  When covered by this 'cloak', it is as if they had died and been 'born again', or resurrected, neutralising the effects of the Adamic and personal sin.  According to Romans 6:7,  "For he who has died has been acquitted from sin".   Death acquits a person of his personal and inherited sin or imperfections.  So, by applying this unique power, they 'die' being baptised into Christ's death and are reborn or as if resurrected,  acquitted of accountability masked from God's eyes inherited and personal sin.  They are bought a rebirth and so decontaminated of accountable sin, enabling  them to be adopted as Sons of God.  

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Jesus ransom bought a mechanism to cancel the Adamic inherited and personal sin of 144,000.  Ongoing personal sin of each of these 144,000's could be due to their substandard weaknesses and deficiencies, weak on moral strength likely to make stupid mistakes.  After being reborn they are still subject to these weaknesses, dealt with by an ongoing forgiveness or cancelling mechanism of these mistakes committed,  sin forgiveness credit purchased by Christ's death.  By means of this ongoing forgiveness their mistakes (sins) are as if masked from God "blotted out" and so He is able to recognise them as if sinless.  To help them make up for their deficit the helping Holy spirit was provided.  They are all brought under the umbrella cover of masking power obtained from Christ's ransom death. Jesus announced "When the helper arrives that I will send to ​you ​ from the Father, the spirit of the truth, which proceeds from the Father, that one will bear witness about me"; John 15:26. 

He explained all personal sins are forgivable, except wilful sin and opposition (the same sin as Adam)   "Truly I say to ​you,​ all things will be forgiven the sons of men, no matter what sins and blasphemies they blasphemously commit. But should any who have holy spirit blaspheme against it, has no forgiveness forever, but is guilty of everlasting sin.” Mark 3:28-29 (W&H Greek to English).

Paul said  "For if we adopted Sons practice sin wilfully after having received the accurate knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice for sins left, but there is a certain fearful expectation of judgement .. how much more severe a punishment, ... the man .. who has esteemed as of ordinary value the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and who has outraged the spirit of undeserved kindness with contempt"? Heb 10:26-29.
This forgiveness concession is available only to these 144,000 as they are required to sacrifice their deemed sinless lives in death.

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Toward the end of the first century generation, this clothing or cloaking arrangement came to an end, when the last born again Sons were illegally killed off.  Since then, there have been no others.  The scriptures inform us there will yet be a second recruitment period of born again Sons of God at the beginning of Christ's second presence.  It is then we will see further 'Sons of God' alive on this earth, having received the reactivation of this cloaking arrangement. New information on the close time for the start of Christ's second presence has now become available.

For more information see:

REVEALING THE SONS OF GOD

KINGDOM OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHRISTIANS OF ALL DENOMINATIONS