The lesson discusses who will be revealed as the sons of God to receive His inheritance at the second coming of Christ, tracing this concept back to Adam who originally received but lost the world’s inheritance to Satan through disobedience. At the second coming, there must be overcomers who fight and defeat Satan, led by “the one who overcomes” with teaching authority to show others how to overcome. Throughout biblical history there has been a repeated pattern of God establishing covenants which people betrayed, necessitating new covenants – Jesus fulfilled the promise of a new covenant at his first coming. At his second coming, Jesus harvests those born of God’s seed to be revealed as the promised sons receiving the inheritance of heaven and eternal life, as prophesied in Romans 8. To attain this, believers must leave spiritual immaturity under “guardians” (traditional churches) and reach maturity by being harvested to Mount Zion. There is an ongoing conflict where those “born of the flesh” persecute those “born of the promise/spirit,” like Ishmael and Isaac. The goal is to be among the overcoming 12 tribes harvested out of spiritual Babylon to become the promised sons revealed at the second coming.

 

Study Guide SCJ Bible Study

I’m glad that everyone here is able to come and set aside time in our busy days. As we know, our days are increasingly busy, but every time we set aside time, God notices and God remembers. So, thank you for making that effort.

Today, we’re going to be understanding more about the kind of people that really receive God’s big blessing. There are some important things I want us to note for today. We’re really focused on the second coming and understanding it well, as well as noticing the differences between the first coming and the second coming, and who is being talked about in each coming.

This will be especially important today. So, keep in mind the importance of understanding the difference between the people talked about in the first coming and those talked about in the second coming, and the relationship between them. Another crucial point to note is that it’s really important for us to understand spiritual matters more than physical ones.

In fact, the physical actually matters quite little to God, and He’s always looking for the spiritual.

This topic will be part of our discussion today.

Paul made a crucial point: there is no distinction between male and female, emphasizing that the spiritual son is what truly matters. Regardless of your physical gender, the ultimate goal is for everyone to become a spiritual son of God. Why is this important?

What do sons possess?

Physically, what distinguishes a son from a daughter? What do they have? The seed.

The seed is the key difference.

Therefore, whether you are physically male or female is irrelevant as long as you have God’s seed within you, which makes you a son. Are we grasping this concept? So, physical gender is not important.

Spiritual gender, however, is crucial. This is a very important distinction to understand.

The Sons Who Will Receive God’s Inheritance

Gal 4:1-7, Rev 21:7

May that be the case for all of us. However, I want to emphasize clearly that it will not automatically apply to everyone. It is something that must be given and delivered to those who fight and overcome.

Our main reference verses for today will be Galatians 4:1-4, which continues directly after the passage we just read, and also Revelation 21:7.

We hope to become sons of God and receive the promised inheritance. May this be true for all of us.

So, at the time of the second coming, remember my earlier point. What does it mean to become a son of God? And how are the sons of God of the first coming different from the sons of God at the second coming?

Keep that question in mind.

1.- The Days of Adam

Today, our discussion will focus on the sons of inheritance. To fully comprehend this concept, we need to look back to the very beginning. We must ask: Who was the first to receive an inheritance from God? The answer is Adam.

But for Adam no suitable helper was found.

Adam’s inheritance was the world, beginning with the Garden of Eden. Had Adam not eaten from the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, his inheritance would have encompassed the entire world.

Consider how different that world might have been, with many tragedies avoided. God initially gave Adam the world, instructing him to tend the garden and care for it as requested. This was the original state.

However, Satan, unable to leave well enough alone, always seeks to invade and disrupt God’s work. Satan was present as the tree in the middle of the garden that God had forbidden Adam to eat from. As a reminder, the tree represents both God and Satan.

Satan is figuratively the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, with lies as its fruit. God is the tree of life, bearing the fruit of truth.

Both the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil existed in the garden. Satan, operating through the false tree, sowed lies.

Satan’s goal was to take what belonged to God and, ultimately, what belonged to Adam. When Adam ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, sin and death entered the world God had created. In Genesis 6, God’s spirit had to flee.

Who then came into possession of the world? Satan.

What do we observe about Satan’s claim regarding the world?

Satan asserted that the world was given to him. By whom? Adam. In reality, Satan stole it through deception.

Satan, being a liar, deceived Adam and Eve, taking the world God had created from Adam. As a result, sin, death, mourning, crying, and pain became commonplace.

As stated in 1 John 5:19, the whole world is under the control of the evil one. The inheritance was stolen.

For the past 6,000 years, Satan has ruled over the world, leading to the prevalence of horrible things. War, disease, famine, plagues, strife, conflict, lies, thievery, sexual immorality, idol worship, and idolatry became the norm. God, looking down on His creation, has been lamenting, as expressed in Genesis 6:3-6.

God has been in pain since this time. His mission is to create a new people and end the world’s corruption through them. Let’s examine Romans chapter 8 to see a beautiful promise for the second coming.

Remember: sons of the first coming, sons of the second coming.

Paul mentions some profound concepts here. I hope you’re grasping much of what he’s discussing.

Creation awaits the reveal of the sons of God. It wasn’t only humans subjected to death and decay. What else was subjected to this fate? Creation itself, in its entirety, was also subjected to decay, just like people.

This means that as beautiful as the natural world we see outside is, God’s intention was even better. God’s plan was grander than standing on a beach with a sunset and still water, making us think, “Can anything be more beautiful than this?” Yes, indeed. What we see pales in comparison to what God originally intended. So, let’s have hope.

Remember, Paul was talking about a future glory. He’s speaking to those who believe in Christ, but he said, “We are also waiting eagerly.” Verse 24 states, “For in this hope we were saved, but hope that is seen is not hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has?”

There’s something to come – sons of God that need to be revealed. When will they be revealed? At the second coming.

This was my earlier point, to avoid confusion. Those who believed in Christ became sons of God, but there are promised sons of God at the second coming, for which all of creation is waiting. Paul gave us another clue about who these people would be.

He said in verse 23, “The Spirit groans inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.”

When will that take place? At the first resurrection. That’s right. A little clue there.

Let’s discuss this further and understand more about the inheritance and why we’re waiting to become the second coming sons of God that will be revealed.

2.- Conditions for Receiving the Inheritance

First, we will discuss the conditions required to receive the inheritance.

What are the conditions to receive the inheritance? Who are the individuals that will receive this inheritance, and how? What needs to occur for this to happen?

Those who are to come or those who overcome will be the ones to receive the inheritance.

Let’s explore this further. We’ll begin by turning to Revelation 20:1-3, as there is something that needs to happen first. Something needs to be removed or go away before the inheritance can be received.

ONE – Dragon must be captured

The devil, Satan, who initially caused our problems, must be captured. Only after his capture can the redemption of our bodies occur, allowing the sons of God to be revealed. However, the process of capturing Satan involves several steps.

Before Satan can be captured, a series of events must unfold. These events include multiple wars described in the book of Revelation.

TWO – Must Fight and Overcome to receive inheritance!

Revelation describes the second war, which occurs on two fronts: the spiritual world and the physical world. In the spiritual realm, Heaven battles against Satan and hell. This same war also rages in the physical world.

The male child and his brothers are the ones fighting in this war. Verse 10 mentions “the accuser of our brothers,” referring to the male child and his brothers. They fight against the beast with seven heads and ten horns. Their victory comes through the blood of the Lamb, which represents the word, and their testimony of what they have seen and heard.

According to Revelation, you are identified as the prostitute and the beast. The ten people you appointed to work with you are the horns. Satan, the dragon, works through you. These entities needed to be exposed. Once people realized what was happening, they could be defeated, although this process takes time. We’ll understand the duration as we delve deeper into Revelation.

It’s crucial to understand more about the male child. Revelation 12:5 states, “She gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all nations and inheritance with an iron scepter. And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne.” The iron scepter represents the teaching authority to rule, not as a king, but as a teacher.

To identify this male child with the iron scepter, we can look at Revelation chapter 2, where the iron scepter is mentioned again.

Who is the one being referred to? It is the one who overcomes. The male child and the one who overcomes are, in fact, the same individual.

For what reason? This is because both are granted authority and inheritance.

The iron scepter is mentioned. Let’s examine what additional blessings are promised to the one who overcomes.

The promise given to the one who overcomes is that they will become a pillar in God’s temple. Additionally, they will receive new names. These new names include:

1.- The name of God
2.- The name of the holy city, which is the new Jerusalem
3.- Jesus’ new name

The one who overcomes will inherit everything, and God will be his God, and he will be God’s son. However, it’s not just the overcomer who should become God’s son and receive the inheritance, but all of us should. The question is, how can we understand how to achieve this at the second coming?

We can do this by following the person who overcomes, who has seen and heard the events of Revelation and can explain the parables. This individual will show us how to become sons of God at the second coming. Just as Paul explained how to do it at the first coming, it must be explained for the second coming as well, fulfilling the promise in Romans chapter 8.

This is what needs to happen. We want to be the reality of Romans chapter 8 – the sons of God that all of creation is waiting for.

So why is it this way? Why is it taking so long for the sons of God to be revealed? What events have led up to this?

We will go through Bible history again to seal it in our hearts and minds. This way, when we open our mouths, it will come out smoothly. As it is said, out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks. Before we delve into Bible history, let’s take a short break now.

3.- Sons Who Inherit God’s Inheritance

We will examine how this identical logic has repeated itself throughout historical events.

Old Testament

Adam’s Covenant (Genesis 2-3)

Adam was the first to receive God’s inheritance. His covenant with God was to not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. This covenant was not kept, resulting in betrayal. Consequently, God had to reset and start again.

Noah’s Covenant (Genesis 9)

God had to recreate, which He did through Noah and his family. Recall the eight steps of creation and recreation from the early intermediate days:

1. Selection of a pastor
2. Creation of a kingdom
3. Covenant with the chosen people
4. Betrayal of the covenant by the chosen people and destruction
5. Selection of a new pastor
6. Judgment and salvation
7. Creation of a new kingdom
8. New covenant

This cycle repeats continuously throughout history.

Noah was given a covenant, detailed in Genesis chapter 9. However, a rift occurred in Noah’s family line, caused by Ham, his second son. Ham fathered Canaan, who was likely with Ham during the incident, although this is not explicitly stated. Canaan was cursed due to Ham’s actions, resulting in the cursing of both Ham’s and Canaan’s lineages.

The blessing came through the descendants of Shem, Noah’s other son and Abraham’s ancestor. Meanwhile, the descendants of Canaan were cursed. Over many generations, as described in the Bible, these two lines began to war against each other.

All the “-ites” mentioned in Genesis – Hittites, Jebusites, Amorites, and others – were descended from Canaan. The land of Canaan had to be overcome by the Israelites to fulfill God’s promise, allowing them to claim the Promised Land.

Ultimately, there was a betrayal in Noah’s line, leading to these complex historical developments.

Abraham’s Covenant | Genesis 12, 15

To keep His promise made through Noah, God came to Abraham, Noah’s 10th descendant from Shem. God promised Abraham that his descendants would be as numerous as the stars and the sand on the seashore. These descendants would come from Abraham’s own lineage.

First Covenant Through Moses and Joshua | Exodus 19:5-6, Exodus 20:3

This promise was fulfilled through the events of the first covenant that God gave to the people of Israel through Moses. Moses led the people out of Egypt, and they conquered the land of Canaan, fulfilling the promises made. This was their task. Moses, and later Joshua, who continued Moses’ work into the promised land, established the covenant. However, something happened.

First Covenant is Broken | 1 Kings 11, Hosea 6:7

We know what occurred after this. We reach Solomon, and unfortunately, in 1 Kings 11, Solomon also betrays God by worshiping false gods and bringing those gods into Israel.

Promise of a New Thing by Jeremiah | Jeremiah 31:27, Jeremiah 31:31

God had to start again, this time with a new covenant. This new covenant is promised in many places, but in great detail through the prophet Jeremiah. The promise of a new thing was spoken through Jeremiah, mentioning two seeds: the seed of man and the seed of animals, as well as a new covenant.

First Coming

Fulfilled the New Thing promised by Jesus | Mt 13:24-30, Lk 22:14-20

Jesus spoke of two types of seed and a new covenant or promise to take place. This was fulfilled at the time of the first coming through Jesus, who established the new covenant and sowed the good seed.

Satan then came and sowed weeds, as God allowed this to happen to fulfill his word. Jesus sowed good seed in his field to fulfill what was promised he would do. God had in mind to create a people who would come from this seed.

This seed represents the start of the sons of the second coming who will establish a new kingdom and receive the new inheritance. Students like Jason, Richard, and Rose should be included in this. The seed is the word, but it grows into a tree. We should be part of this growth.

Second Coming

Fulfillment of Harvest | Matthew 13:37-39, Revelation 14:14-16

The growth of the seed must culminate in a harvest, which will take place. Those who are harvested will become the sons of God. This harvest will lead to the emergence of God’s sons at the second coming, an event that all of creation has been anticipating.

While we are familiar with these concepts, we need to view them through a new perspective. It’s important to remember that two types of seeds were sown in this field. Weeds were also planted alongside the good seed, which is why not everyone who claims to be a believer automatically becomes a son of God at the second coming. This is contrary to how we often discuss this topic.

The presence of weeds in the same field necessitates a distinction and separation to occur for the true sons of God to be revealed. The question then arises: How does this revelation process unfold? How does this separation and unveiling of God’s sons take place?

4.- An Inheritance from God

Now, we will turn our attention to Galatians chapter 4. In this chapter, Paul explains the logic of inheritance, which is a concept that runs quite deep. Let’s examine this explanation together.

ONE – Sons under guardians → leave to reach maturity → Be part of the 12 tribes

Very deep concepts are mentioned here. What did Paul say in verses 1 and 2 about a son?

Initially, the son’s state is that of a slave. Until when? Until he becomes an heir. When does he become an heir? What needs to happen to him? He has to mature. Exactly. He cannot take on the estate until he is mature enough to handle the responsibilities.

This is why I always viewed old earth monarchies as problematic. Imagine a 12-year-old becoming king after his father’s death. The kingdom would likely fall apart because the young ruler lacks understanding. This scenario must have occurred numerous times throughout history.

Ideally, the king lives a full life, allowing the son to grow to maturity before taking the crown. This enables him to rule with understanding. Of course, this didn’t always happen perfectly. Even mature individuals sometimes lacked intelligence and mismanaged their kingdoms. However, the general principle is that one must first reach maturity.

We should view this concept not with physical eyes. Physical age is irrelevant to God. He can use a 12-year-old or a 90-year-old. What matters is spiritual maturity – a complete understanding of God’s will for them.

Consider Jesus, who spent time in temples and synagogues as a youth, amazing priests with his wisdom. At 30, after enduring 40 days and nights in the desert, he was ready to begin his ministry and save the world.

The logic is that sons are under guardians and trustees until they reach maturity. This applies to us as well. We were under guardians and trustees, but the time has come for us to reach maturity and claim our inheritance. We must become sons of God at the time of the second coming. However, we cannot achieve this if we remain under guardians.

We must leave the guardians and move towards maturity. We cannot have our feet in both worlds. Jesus didn’t remain under the teachers and synagogues; he surpassed them. You must do the same.

Who are these people who come out from under the law? Not the first coming law or Old Testament law, but the way things have been for a long time. Those who are revealed are washed by Jesus’s blood, freed, and purchased. They are freed from sin, washing their robes white in the blood of the Lamb (Revelation 1:5-6, 5:9-10, 7:14). These people, from 12 tribes, become the sons of the kingdom – those who move on to maturity. This should be our goal.

Identify the guardians who have led us to this point. We cannot remain under guardians any longer. We must move on to maturity and receive Jesus’s second coming blood of the Lamb.

TWO – What God GIves → Inheritance: Heaven and Eternal Life

Let’s discuss two significant promises for the sons of God that will be revealed:

1. No longer a slave.
2. The spirit of the son.

What does God provide? Freedom from slavery and the spirit of the son. Ultimately, the inheritance is heaven and eternal life for all who are at Mount Zion.

Heaven and eternal life represent the greatest inheritance. Nothing surpasses these.

This is our hope at present. We don’t have to wait until we die, close our eyes, and hope we made it. Instead, we can know and be alive when it happens here at Mount Zion.

5.- Persecution of the Inherited Son

Now that we understand what is required to become God’s children at the second coming, those born of God’s seed, we must consider what happens to those who first come to this realization. How does this relate to what has always occurred to those who first reached this understanding?

Those who fail to recognize the promised sons of God often engage in persecution. Let’s examine Galatians 4, starting from verse 21, as it contains some profound concepts that we need to comprehend fully to avoid confusion.

Turning to Galatians 4:22-31, we’ll pause periodically to discuss. The passage is titled “Hagar and Sarah,” referring to the two women who bore sons to Abraham. Paul addresses those who desire to be under the law, under guardians and trustees, asking if they are aware of what the law says.

It is written that Abraham had two sons: one by the slave woman and another by the free woman. The son born to the slave woman was born in the ordinary way, while the son born to the free woman was born as a result of a promise.

These events can be interpreted figuratively, as the women represent two covenants. One covenant, from Mount Sinai, bears children who are to be slaves. This is Hagar. Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day city of Jerusalem, as she is in slavery with her children.

What’s being described here? We have Abraham, to whom God gave the promise in Genesis 15 and 12, assuring him of numerous descendants from his own lineage. However, in the following chapter, someone grew impatient and encouraged Abraham to have a child with her slave servant.

This resulted in a child born out of desperation: Ishmael, the son of Hagar, born in the ordinary way – the son of the flesh. In contrast, we have Isaac, the son born of the promise God gave to Abraham.

So we have two sons: one born in the ordinary way, of the flesh, and another born of the promise.

The sons of the promise will be on the right, and the sons born in the ordinary way will be on the left. 

In Genesis chapter 21, we observe what occurs between the son born in the ordinary way and the son of the promise. Ishmael sets the standard.

Genesis 21:6-10 reads: Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.” She added, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.” The child grew and was weaned, and on that day Isaac was weaned, Abraham held a great feast. But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking. She said to Abraham, “Get rid of the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.”

What did Ishmael do? He persecuted the son of promise. He mocked him, which led to their expulsion. However, God said that because Ishmael was born from their loins, he too would become a great nation. Many in the Middle East today trace their lineage back to Ishmael, though we won’t delve into those politics now.

Continuing with this logic, we return to Galatians 4:25: “Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.”

Persecution at the First Coming | The law → Cross-over

The next pillar in this drawing represents the sons of the law versus the sons of the Jerusalem that is above.

We have physical Jerusalem, Mount Sinai, which comes from the law, versus those who come from the Jerusalem that is above – Spiritual Jerusalem or New Jerusalem.

These are not the same Jerusalem. Those born in the ordinary way, under the law, were slaves, as Paul said. What did they do? They persecuted Jesus and the 12 disciples, the sons of God. Why? Because they held on to the old way of doing things, clinging to the shadow and refusing to accept the reality. However, not all of them did this.

As God promised many times in the prophecies of the Old Testament, He set aside a remnant for Himself. Who are the remnant? They are the sons of the promise and everyone they attach to the right tree. They came out of this place and became part of the inheritance. That’s why Jesus said, “Today you are no longer slaves, but you are my friend.”

They became the sons of promise. Why? Promise means prophecy. God had been promising the redemption of Israel, and that redemption came through Christ and all who believed in Him. Anyone who believed in Christ became a son of promise. This is the point Paul is making in Galatians 4, saying you cannot be justified anymore by only remaining in the old. You must transition. You must leave the old or you will remain a slave – a slave to the law that is now obsolete.

Let’s continue with verse 26: “But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother. For it is written: ‘Be glad, O barren woman who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have no labor pains, because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.’ Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of the promise. At that time, the son born in the ordinary way persecuted the son born by the power of the spirit. It is the same now. But what does the scripture say? ‘Get rid of the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.’ Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.”

So, we must be sons of the free woman. The believers in Christ became the children of the promise – the ones God prophesied about in the Old Testament who would be redeemed by the Redeemer. This includes everyone who believed in Jesus, whether Jew or Gentile.

But what did Jesus promise of those who believed in him? That there would be two kinds of seed: God’s seed and Satan’s seed. Both grow in the same field. He also promised, “While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

Traditional Churches → Harvested

Night has come, and though we began with strength, we have descended into disagreements, arguments, and fights. We are no longer waiting for the same things, but for different ones.

The field (Traditional Churches) has become divided, making it impossible to distinguish one from another. For the last 2000 years, we’ve all been here, descending further into the thoughts and traditions of man.

“We do this this way in this church. We do this this way in that church.”

“I don’t like how you do things over there. I’m going to this place where they do things completely differently.”

“But no, I don’t like what they do anymore. I’m going to go over here where they do things differently.”

“And I don’t like what they do anymore. So I’m going to go over here where they do things differently.”

This has happened 30,000 times. 30,000 different denominations, all saying different things about God.

We have descended into becoming the Pharisees and the Sadducees. Pharisees, Sadducees, Herodians, Zealots, all disagree with each other. All cannot understand God’s Word until the son of promise appeared.

The situation today is exactly the same.

Come Out

The field represents our current state, and we cannot remain here. We must come out. Being harvested is not optional for believers who desire heaven and eternal life. It’s a necessity.

We must emerge from this place. When people learn about the 12 tribes, they often react with persecution, just like those before them. The persecution can be heavy, very heavy indeed, because they don’t understand.

Now is the time for us to become the sons of the promise. We need to transform into the promised 12 tribes mentioned in Revelation chapters 7, 14, 15, and 21. If you’re wondering who these people are, read these chapters again. Read them daily, for this is our hope.

We must leave this place and move to a new spiritual realm. Be harvested, just as Jesus harvested, though in His time it was called fishing. He said, “Come with me, and I will make you fishers of men.” The logic is the same.

Being in this current state is not permanent. It’s not as fixed as it was when it was physical. Anyone can come out and become a son of the promise.

6.- Why do they persecute? 

Why is it always that the son of the flesh persecutes the son of promise?

The sons of God do not belong to the world, which is why they face persecution.

During the first coming, those who did not belong to Satan’s world, which had descended into his domain, were persecuted. This logic has remained consistent since Adam’s time. Even in the era of Cain and Abel, Cain belonged to Satan.

This is why Cain persecuted his brother Abel to death. If you find yourself in a place where persecution occurs, you should pause and reflect. However, if you’re in a place that loves, forgives, blesses, and extends an olive branch, that is where we need to be at this time.

This is the place that was promised.

Memorization

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