The Fire of God

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Heb 9:11  But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; 
Heb 9:12  Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. 
Heb 9:15  And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. 
Heb 9:16  For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 
Heb 9:17  For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. 

Heb 9:24  For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: 

Before Christ ascended no man could ascend to the Holy of Holies where the Father resides, Christ had to shed His blood for remission of sin and present His body as a burnt offering for purification of sin (Heb 10:5-12) thus paving the way for members of His body. By His sacrifice ..death.. we have His will and testament and will receive the inheritance of eternal life. His testament had no power until after His death and ascension to the Holy of Hollies where prior to entry His flesh body, the body that God required (Heb 10:5), was consumed by fire (Heb 12:29 (Lev 1) to release His Spirit to indwell man (Joh 16:7), upon the indwelling we are sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise and all of Christ’s sacrificial work is credited to us and we become a son of God and receive His inheritance.

Heb 1:3  Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;  

Heb 10:10  By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

The Spirit of Christ (Holy Spirit) is the power that purifies and transforms us to the image of the ascended Christ (2Th 2:13,14). This is a done deal for God has sealed us in Christ yet we wait in this body of flesh to receive our eternal body in heaven (2 Co 5:1-2).

Christ’s blood was shed at His death and it enabled Him to pass through the veil, that is to say His flesh, into the Father’s presence (Heb 10:19-20). His body of flesh contained our sins (1Pet 2:24) and as we see in 2 Ch 7:1-3 and 1Kings 18:38-39, God totally consumes the sacrificial body and it symbolized complete purification from sin which is in the flesh (Rom 7). Christ presented His body as a burnt offering to the Father at ascension as Abraham presented Isaac. Before the body is burned the blood must be shed (Lev 1) thus Abraham had the knife and the fire at ready to sacrifice Isaac. God provided the substitute and the ram’s body was consumed by fire. 

See Got Questions…what is a burnt offering…The Hebrew word for “burnt offering” actually means to “ascend,“ literally to “go up in smoke”… the “olah offering“. 

Christ’s body of flesh was the burnt offering at His ascension.

Gen 8:20  And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 
Gen 8:21  And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. 

Gen 22:2  And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. 
Gen 22:6  And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
Gen 22:8  And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a "lamb" for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.  
Gen 22:10  And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. 

Lev 1:9  But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. 
Lev 1:10  And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish. 
Lev 1:11  And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar. 

Lev 5:7  And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering. 

The dove represents the Spirit and twice the Spirit descended on Jesus, once at His water baptism and once at the transfiguration which was a vision of His ascension, God spoke these words…

Mat 3:17  And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
 
Mat 17:5  While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

Representation of the two doves is one for a sin offering as seen in the death and shed blood of the sacrifice was for forgiveness of sins but purification is still needed, the literal removal of sin is represented in the second dove as a burnt offering.

The baptism of Jesus set the stage for His rejection and ultimately the cross where He was slain and shed His blood for remission of sins. His ascension was the burnt offering of His flesh body and it made it possible for His Spirit to indwell and purify the spirit of man.

The old testament burnt offering had to be fulfilled in Christ, the shed blood of the cross and the burnt offering of His ascension to the presence of the Father who is a consuming fire (Heb 12:29). Christ had to rise from the dead and as High Priest presented His body as the burnt offering for purification.

The flesh must be reduced to ashes (Lev 6) thus the spirit/soul is purified and ascends to the Father’s kingdom to receive our eternal body (2 Co 5:1-3).

Rom 11:36  For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. 
Rom 12:1  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 

The fire of God is two fold it can either purify to make us eternally acceptable which happens in the twinkling of an eye or it can condemn in everlasting fire.