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RESPECT.

The respect that a disciple should have for the sacred things, such as the Ordinances, is veneration. See Ordinances.

The respect that a disciple should have for those of his family is Love. If anyone fails to provide for his relatives and especially for those of his own family, he has disowned the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever 1 Tim 5/8. See Death. Genealogy. Heavenly Father. Home. Mother. Obedience. Parents. Patriarch.

The disciple of Jesus-Christ respects the people. If possible, he lives in peace with everyone, as far as it depends on him Rm 12/18. If he has to deal with people who do not want peace, He will not seek vengeance in any way, but will let God act Rm 12/19. He has the duty to help his enemy Rm 12/20.

The disciple of Jesus-Christ respects the opinions of others. Rm 14/1. But he obvioulsy has his own convictions and he feels the duty to communicate them. He will do so clarly, firmly and with love. This is respect. If the disciple of Jesus-Christ does not communicate his faith this way, he holds the Truth captive and thus does not respect God nor his human brothers. Rm 1/18.

The disciple of Jesus-Christ also respects the environment for he believes that the earth that he walks on is a holy land since the Holy Spirit is present everywhere and in particular where he is himself. Matt 28/20. Ex 3/4-5.

He respects the places which are considered sacred by the religions of all tendencies.

The disciple of Jesus-Christ knows that God must be respected and feared Ps 89/8. He will thus offer a worship to God with his life. Offer God pleasing service and acceptable worship with pious care and godly fear Heb 12/28.

The respect for the elderly and the children Deut 28/50.

Give a logical defense courteously and respectfully 1 Pt 3/15.

The woman respects her husband Eph 5/33.

Respect one's father and mother Lev 19/3. Heb 12/9.

Noah and his respect Heb 11/7.

RESPONSIBILITY.

We are on this earth to manifest what we are. 1 Jn 3/2. See free will. Predestination. Our memory about our eternal past having been wiped away, we have to play the game of responsibility.

God gave us laws ; how we welcome them reveals the nature of our heart. The seed of God has the knowledge of good and evil and with this knowledge it choses the good rather than the evil. See Cain. Judas. Seed.

The seed of the serpent also has the knowledge of good and evil. It is with full awareness that it is acting, manifesting on the earth.

When a seed of God, which has been lost momentarily on earth, receives the revelation of the Good sheperd, it seems that he choses to follow. But in truth, it is God who has revealed His Person and who draws him to Himself Lk 10/22 Jn 6/44. Then, it is God again who gives him the will and the work Phil 2/13. The seed of God will not be judged concerning his salvation Jn 3/18 Rm 8/1. The seed of God has already been judged on the cross in Jesus-Christ.

The seed of God will obey wholeheartedly the Ordinances of Heavenly Father.

The seed of God has everything fully in Christ to lead a good life according to the Lord Col 2/10. But it is always in Christ that he finds this force.

Il seems that we chose throughout our life and this impression is a good thing. We must continue to hold this role for it is part of the Plan of redemption. It is how the infinite variety of God's wisdom is manifested by us and the responsibilities that we seem to take Eph 3/10. This is all perfectly just Rom 9/14-15.

We are definitely not robots.

Our spirits are eternal, coming from God. Our spirit of divine origin fulfills the will of God. Our soul has been created and it has been saved. Our body will be redeemed Rm 8/23-24. Our responsibility is to work for our salvation with fear and awe according to the Good Words of the Holy Bible Phil 2/12. God is glorified as the one who knows everything, guides everything, ignores nothing and can be surprised by none of our deeds see Omnipresence. Omnipotence. Omniscience.

God is never obliged to change his Plans because of our ''choice''. If it was the case, He would depend on us and would be less free than us. His global Will will be fulfilled for his Will is accomplished in the minor details. In order to believe this, one must be a believer. In order not to believe this, one must be an expert in building scafoldings.

The big responsibility that each disciple has, is to announce to all that Jesus-Christ is their Savior Mk 16/15-18 2 Cor 5/18. See reconciliation. When this is the first deed of a disciple in his life, he can then eventually take care of the Church 1 Tim 3/1. But too many Christians roam in details of churches and give up the great responsibility of the evangelization. When the leaders of churches teach their faithful to guide the people to Jesus-Christ, they will have fulfilled the major part of their task. Unfortunately, many among them take more delight in being small despots ruling over their God-given flock, talking day and night about the length of their hair, style of music they can listen to, and a incredible quantity of man-made laws to prevent the people from living as responsible people. See Evangelization. Reconciliation

Each will give account for his idle words Matt 12/36. Give account for our administration Lk 16/2. Give an account of himself to God Rm 14/12. Those who are in the underworld will be judged according to their works Rev 20/12.

REST.

The true rest is the life of faith. If you have trust in God for everything, your life is in peace, in rest. Rest is the Sabbath. So, for a true disciple of Jesus-Christ, each day is Sabbath!

God walks with his disciples and grants them rest Ex 33/14. Come to Me, you all who are tired and I shall give you rest Matt 11/28-29. See Sabbath.

RESTORATION.

We are in the time of the restoration mentioned by Luke in Acts 3/21. This restoration is a process. Just before returning on the earth, just before the great and terrible day, God has sent Elijah, the prophet. Mal 4/5 Matt 17/11. See beginning of the Book. The restoration concerns first of all the Church of Jesus-Christ. After having lost the Truths during centuries, it has rediscovered them gradually since the Reformation. The revelation It has received has been progressive.

The salvation by the faith has been restored,

then the sanctification,

then the evangelization,

then the baptism by immersion of the adults,

then the supernatural gifts, such as: speaking in tongues and the healings.

Then the revelation of the unity of God, then of the abundant life,

then the Community life,

then the washing of the feet,

then the baptism of the dead.

God certainly has still holy things to reveal to his people.

But what God wants to restore now, is the fullness of Christ and his Bride. When this is the case, God will gather all things in Christ, those who are in the Heavens and those who are on the earth Eph 1/10. This will take place only when the time are consumated. They are not yet totally so.

The times will be consumated when Israel has the eyes are opened at the sound and recognizes him. Jn 19/37 Zach 12/10. At this moment, there will be no more deadline, no more time. Rev 10/7.

It is true that Elijah has come. It is true that he is come to restore all things. But this restoration is a process. The spirit of Elijah is now on those who have received his message, the same way that it was on Elisha after the departure of Elijah.

The message of Elijah did not only concern points of doctrines. It was more than this! It was the order of Pessah. Pessah means ''to go over'' and it is now the order of God to go over, to go the other side, to leave Babylon, to quit the background Rev 18/4-24. Of ourse, there are also points of doctrine in the message of the prophet, but this apprehension of the message cannot repel the one who seeks the Truth. For the Truth is a Person Jn 14/6. It is the Person of Jesus-Christ that the prophet came to reveal, just like John-the-Baptist came only to say: ''Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world''

To see only the doctrine, is to hit against a stone.

In Truth, Jesus-Christ gathers his people of Israel. And at the same time, he gathers his Church so that they become as it was in Jerusalem, filled with the Power of the Holy Spirit. And this Power is the Power of the Fraternal Affection on which pourra the cornerstone who is Christ Himself will rest: the Love.1 Jn 4/16 see Pyramid. 2 Pt 1/5-7.

RESURRECTION.

There have been many resurrections on this earth. But the Resurrection is another thing.

We should first of all know that the disciple of Jesus-Christ does not die. He goes to Paradise. See heaven. Hell. But this is not yet resurrection. The resurrection will take place after the process of 1 Tes 4/16 has been accomplished.

1 a given signal. See the beginning of the Book.

2 the voice of a Archange. See Archangel. Michael

3 the sound of the trumpet of God.

Those who are dead in Christ will resurrect and will meet the Lord Jesus-Christ in the airs.

Those who are on the evil side of the underworld shall wait the day of the judgment at the Great White Throne. Rev 2011-15.

At the resurrection of the children of God, the ceremony of adoption will take place. See Adoption.

The dead in Christ will have a new body. 1 Cor 15/42-45.

The text of Matt 25/31-46 concerns the judgment of the Great White Throne of Rev 20/11/15. No one born again on this earth will be there. See Baptism. Death.

All the people who came to the world will resurrect because Jesus-Christ has defeated death 1 Cor 15/20-22. The resurrection of Jesus-Christ is the first resurrection Acts 26/23 Col 1/18 Rev 1/5. All those who are resurrected before Him are not resurrected like Him, and not like we shall resurrect either. They are dead and have come back to life. Jesus-Christ is the only one who died because of the sin and his resurrection is unique, for he came back from the dead physically and spiritually. He actually died being cursed for our sins. Mk 16/1-6. Lk 24/1-12, 36-43. Jn 20/1-18. Through this kind of resurrection, He is the premices of those who are dead.

Our resurrection will not be of the same nature as that of Jesus-Christ. For no child of God dies cursed. His resurrection is thus more glorious than ours 1 Cor 15/22-23.

Many Saints resurrected after the resurrection of Jesus-Christ Matt 27/52. The disciples of Jesus-Christ could rise from their tomb in the first resurrection 1 Tess 4-16. The sinners will resurrect to appear before the Great White Throne. Rev 20/5-13.

Job believed in the resurrection Job 19/26. God will open the graves and cause his people to come up Ezek 37/12. This text also refers to the resurrection of the people of Israel as a nation which we have been witnessing since 1948.

Jesus-Christ resurrected with his flesh and his bones Lk 24/39. Jesus-Christ is the resurrection and the life Jn 11/25. The apostles taught that Jesus-Christ had resurrected Acts 1/21-22. Blessed the saints who take part in the first resurrection Rev 20/6.

REVELATION.

It is the title of the book which we also call ''the Apocalypse'' Indeed, the word Apocalypse does not mean catastrophy, but revelation.

A revelation is a communication which God gives to his children. God does nothing without informing first his prophets Amos 3/7. God talks by way of dreams, visions, visits of angels or directly, with loud voice.

Any child of God must have revelations for man will not live on bread alone, but on every word of the mouth of God Deut 8/3 Matt 4/4. God talks in a still and quiet murmur 1 Kg 19/12. When there is no revelation, the people perish Prov 29/18. Peter had the revelation of who was Jesus-Christ Matt 16/15-19. The rock Jesus-Christ talks about is the revelation Matt 16/18. It is on the revelation of what Jesus-Christ is that the true Church is built. The Holy Spirit guides us in the complete Truth and announces the things to come Jn 16/13.