The New Tetament

The term testament is the same as a will. A will contains the inheritance the testator will leave for his family and friends, after his death. While the testator is alive the will is a sealed document. So the inheritors have no idea what they will actually inherit.

At the Passover service, Jesus blessed the wine and said: "This cup is the New Testament in my blood, which is shed for you" (Luke 23:20). This event takes us back to the allegory of Galatians Four, and the New Covenant as represented by Sarah, the free woman, and her son, Isaac, who was a figure of Christ at mount Mariah.

A deep mystery is hidden here. For Jesus is the testator, who dies enabling the will to be read. But he is also the inheritor. This recondite mystery takes us back to, "in the beginning was the Word, and Word was with God, and the Word was God" (John 1:1. Also, the Chosen Vessel reminds us thus: "And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory (1Tim.3:16). God was manifest in the flesh, because the Word that was made flesh, is God, and is called, God, and the son of God. This mystery is so deep, it baffles comprehension!

The New Testament

The testament contains the inheritance, that is, the things that God has prepared for those that love him (1 Cor.2:9-10). Therefore, Christians are "hires of God, and joint hires with Christ," to share his inheritance (Rom.8:17). The Apostle Peter also reminds us that we await: "An inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fades not away, reserved in heaven for you" (1 Pet.1:4).  Of course, the greatest inheritance is eternal life.

In the epistle to the Hebrews, Paul says, "for this cause, the cause is death, 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, (the first testament refers to Hagar, the bond woman, and her son)  they that are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance (Heb.9:15).

Note the phrase, "They that are called." That phrase takes us back to the doctrine of predestination. For only those that were predestine will be called. The inspired words of the Chosen Vessel are these: "For whom he also did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his son...Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: It logically follows, that if you were not predestinated you won't be called.

Yet, this core doctrine was not understood in WCG. WCG used to teach that the doctrine of predestination was invented by Calvin.  They obviously got that heretical teaching from some bible dictionary or reference manual. That ignorance is clear evidence that the Holy Spirit did not dwell in the hireling ministry that presided over WCG.

To be continued.