Comforter

 

Comforter

 

John 14:25-26 『These things have I spoken to you, being yet present with you.But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.』

The Comforter(Parakletos παράκλητος) means mediator, comforter, advocate. In John 14:16, it says, “I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Comforter (alon parakleroton) to be with you forever.” It is referring to another Comforter.

Allon (ἄλλον) is a little different, and Parakleton (παράκλητον) means one who helps from the side. There is the Holy Spirit who helps, and it seems like there is another Holy Spirit. However, there are not two, but one. Another helper (alon Parakleton) means the Holy Spirit, and the original helper means Christ (the Counselor). In other words, Jesus played a helping role while he was on earth, but after his resurrection and ascension, he would send the Holy Spirit as a helper.

Jesus had to leave his disciples. He had to be arrested, crucified, put in the tomb, and then resurrect and ascend. In a little while, the disciples would no longer be able to be with him as they had been. The disciples who heard this were also perplexed, but Jesus had a body and was limited in time and space, but Jesus was resurrected and ascended, and came back into the hearts of the disciples, and was with them and helped them.

In 1 John 2:1, "My little children, these things I write unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate(parakleton παράκλητον) with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:" Jesus Christ ascended to heaven and speaks as an intercessor with the Father. And he enters the hearts of the saints and becomes their helper. In this way, the Trinity means that the Father, Christ, and the saints are one through the Holy Spirit.

Jesus Christ died on the cross, was resurrected, ascended to heaven, sat at the right hand of God, and promised to return. The return is a grace that leads to salvation for the saints. The return of Christ enters the soul of those who are in Christ with the power of the Holy Spirit, forms a temple, and together they establish the kingdom of God. Therefore, for those who are in Christ, the return of Christ has already occurred. For the saints, the return of Christ is salvation and the grace of God, but for those who do not believe, the return of Christ is judgment.

John 5:29 “And shall come forth; they that have done good (Ta Agatha), unto the resurrection (Anastasin) of life; and they that have done evil (Ta Paula) unto the resurrection of damnation.” καὶ ἐκπορεύσονται οἱ τὰ ἀγαθὰ ποιήσαντες εἰς ἀνάστασιν ζωῆς, οἱ δὲ τὰ φαῦλα πράξαντες εἰς ἀνάστασιν κρίσεως.

Ta Agadah (τὰ ἀγαθὰ) is one who benefits others and gives life to the dead spirit in Christ. Ta Paula (τὰ φαῦλα) means one who lives for himself outside of Christ. Anastasin (ἀνάστασιν) means established in heaven. Being born again of water and the Spirit (gennedeh) means being born in heaven. In other words, they have the same meaning.

Before worshiping in church, we confess our faith in the Apostles’ Creed, which states, “From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.” The seventh confession of the Apostles’ Creed is about the second coming of Christ and judgment. Church people say that on the day Jesus returns, there will be judgment of both the living and the dead. We should not think of the living as those who are living on this earth at the time of the second coming of Jesus Christ. Even if we live on this earth, if we are spiritually dead, we are considered dead. Therefore, the living refer to those who are spiritually alive in Christ.

The seventh confession of the Apostles' Creed confuses believers. Because God does not judge the spiritually living. Therefore, the statement that "he will come to judge the living and the dead" is a wrong expression. Therefore, the second coming of Christ is grace for the living and judgment for the dead. Those who are already in Christ have Christ entering their hearts and forming the kingdom of God together. Therefore, the second coming of Christ has already happened for the living.

In the hearts of the saints, a new temple is established, and God is present. Therefore, the living saints become saved beings. The saints have already received the second death. They have been united with Jesus Christ and died on the cross, so they have received God's judgment (the second death). However, the expression that Jesus' second coming will judge the living and the dead is incorrect, and it probably means that after the second coming, the living and the dead will be distinguished.

If you believe that the living and the dead will be distinguished at that time (the Second Coming), those who believe that they are saved now will live in fear that their salvation may be canceled. Many pastors say that salvation can be canceled. So they tell us to work harder to live in order to attain salvation. This is wrong. For the dead, the Second Coming of Christ is judgment. Those who are not in Christ will go to the resurrection of judgment in spirit. Therefore, they will enter the second death.

However, the living believe that they were united with Jesus on the cross and died, and that they are now resurrected with Jesus, and are therefore saved. The Trinity theory taught in churches today says that there are three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Pastors teach that God is one, but each of them has a personality and acts as three persons. However, God is one, not three Gods. God the Father, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. The Son Jesus Christ is not God, but a son born to die in the world. Of course, the resurrected Christ is naturally God.

What believers mistakenly think is that Jesus said that He would send another Comforter (the Holy Spirit) as the Counselor. So they think that the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit exist separately. However, they must think that Christ is where the Father is, and that the Holy Spirit works. They are always one. The Father, Christ, and the saints become one in the Holy Spirit. This is the Trinity.