33 | ⏱️Now and later

It’s easy to start punting the promises of God off into the future— even as far as the after-life. Especially after we’ve faced a few tough seasons, several rough / busted-up relationships, and a bunch of broken dreams…

But the promises of God— though we won’t fully experience them until the future— are ALSO good for now.

Let me explain…

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To do so, we need to discuss redemption.

The word means freedom— freedom from slavery, to be exact.

We don’t think about it too much in our culture, but when you go back into the Biblical times in which the word was first used (speaking of what God promised to do for the Hebrew slaves in Egypt, see Exodus 6:6, Exodus 15:13), the word means much.

And, the concept of—

⛓️‍💥 rescue

⛓️‍💥 release

⛓️‍💥 restoration

— it’s something we all long for.

Scripture tells us Jesus is our redeemer, the one who sets us free.

Moreover, He is OBJECTIVE in His redemption— while also maintaining a subjective unique relationship with each of us.
 Here’s what I mean: when sacrifices were offered, God didn’t judge the perfection of the sacrificer, He judged the merit of the sacrifice itself. In fact, the person’s credentials were of no consequence— only the offering they made (had to be “without spot or blemish”).

Jesus redeems our whole person…

… and our whole situation.

In fact, He’s currently working on a cosmic redemption— at a level we can’t fathom.

(Or, to say it another way, He’s been far more successful in the past than we typically think, and He’s orchestrating something much more massive than we’ve been taught to expect.)

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On a personal level…

… where we are now.

It’s an invitation to wholeness and healing. Something that infuses every area of our lives and then overflows into the world around us.

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Links referenced

Take a deeper dive at the GY6 website: www.GY6.online

Access the Soul Wholeness video course = www.Jenkins.tv/SWV

Grab the digital bundle (eBook + audiobook) = www.Jenkins.tv/SW

One-to-one personal coaching = https://www.jenkins.tv/PC

Related past episode on this topic:

Go to 💜episode 16, “Soul Whole” = https://www.jenkins.tv/podcasts/podcast-version-2-0/episodes/2149103023