Salvation Past, Present, and Future

[KenH]

"Thus says the Lord; I remember you, the kindness of your youth, the love of your espousals, when you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown." Jeremiah 2:2

If we look at salvation, we shall see that it consists of three parts; salvation past, salvation present, and salvation future. Salvation past consists in having our names written in the Lamb's book of life before the foundation of the world. Salvation present consists in the manifestation of Jesus to the soul, whereby he betroths it to himself. And salvation future consists in the eternal enjoyment of Christ, when the elect shall sit down to the marriage-supper of the Lamb, and be forever with the Lord. Now, as none will ever enjoy salvation future who have no saving interest in salvation past; in other words, as none will ever be with Christ in eternal glory whose names were not written in the book of life from all eternity; so none will enjoy salvation future, who live and die without enjoying salvation present. In other words, none will live forever with Christ in glory who are not betrothed to him in this life by the manifestations of himself to their soul.

- from J. C. Philpot's Through Baca's Vale, June 6

The remainder of the devotional discusses the espousals/betrothing.

 

[Van]

Yet another unbiblical thread pushing false doctrine. The attack on truth by this poster seems relentless.

1) No verse says or suggests our individual names were written in the Lamb's book of life before we were created. Our past (positional) salvation occurred when God placed us individually into Christ's Spirit, thus being set apart (sanctified) on the basis of God crediting our faith in the truth.

2) Present salvation is occurring during our physical lifetime after being spiritually born anew. This is when we (1) strive to become more Christ-like in our thoughts and behavior, and (2) strive to serve Christ as His ambassadors, which may result to being given rewards.

3) The specific future aspect of salvation refers to when Christ returns and we are physically redeemed and join Christ in the air.