NOW JUST WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OLD TESTAMENT AND NEW TESTAMENT SALVATION?
Wednesday – May 14, 2025
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Welcome to Awake, Arise, and Triumph Ministries and the continuation of our Bible Study titled “The Salvation Package”. The question is this, what does salvation mean? What does it mean to be saved? Is there really a salvation package? It seems to me that a common understanding is that when one is saved, they are going to Heaven not Hell when they die. It seems that the common message conveyed is that when we give our heart to the Lord, we go to Heaven someday, and in the meantime, we are to develop our character to be more like Jesus. Is that all that salvation or being saved means? In fact, everything good, good as defined by God, is in the salvation package. When we choose salvation, Jesus, we instantly change kingdoms, we don’t just have an upgraded natural life or a promise of good things later.
Colossians 1:12-14 (KJV)
12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
Why isn’t the whole message of salvation preached and taught?
I’m going to revisit Psalm Ninety-One before moving into a discussion of the definitions of salvation as found in the Greek in the New Testament.
Psalm 91:14-16 (KJV)
14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
January 30th in 1998 I had a near fatal heart attack but by the Hand of God through an excellent Cardiologist I survived and my heart fully recovered, and I have normal heart function to this day. When I awakened in the Intensive Care Unit a few hours later these were the verses from Psalm 91 that were in the forefront of my thinking. God has kept His promises to me contained in these verses. The key is in verse fourteen, setting our love which is our obedience (get my book, Awake, Arise, and Triumph – Be Love) upon Him.
Let’s briefly start to look at this idea, reality, of salvation, being saved in the Greek, the New Testament. Perhaps one of the most common Greek words you will hear transliterated from Greek to English is sōzō meaning to be safe, to save, deliver, protect, heal, preserve, save, do well, and be (make) whole according to Strong’s Talking Greek & Hebrew Dictionary. Sounds an awful lot like what we discovered the save (205 times) and salvation (78 times) meant in the Old Testament.
TAKE HOME:
- To be saved or have salvation under the Old or New Covenant conveyed pretty much the same benefits. Now don’t let the religious, traditional devils cause you to be apoplectic.
- When we today or they under the Old Covenant made God our Lord we changed kingdoms and enter the domain of a new king with far different laws, ways of living, far better.
- When we leave darkness for the light we come to learn new ways of thinking, talking, and thus victorious living in every arena of life.
Lord willing, I will resume right here tomorrow. Remember, we love you, the Lord loves you, and there is nothing you can do about either one.
By: Dr. David R. Wood, Bible Teacher, and Prophetic Voice
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