As it is in eternity...What did Jesus mean?

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For believers in Yeshua/Jesus, the most important and recited prayer, since the time of Jesus is undoubtedly the prayer He teaches the disciples. I am not aiming to comment on the entire prayer here. I want to draw your attention to the pivotal comment of the prayer as a whole.

"...as it is in eternity..."

Have you ever really stopped to consider what this means?

Now we could look close around the statement and see that Jesus is referring to the kingdom coming and His Father's will being done. However, again, the question remains..."What does that mean"? Particularly in eternity.

I am not suggesting this is a question which can really be answered in a single blog but at least it can be started to get our minds thinking. Where I get my students to start the thinking process is by realising that in fact, earth is a reflection of eternity. That is not easy to reason out when you are human of course. Much less when you have been taught that the gospel centers on us human beings.

It is easy to see how people can assume that since Yeshua came to earth and died, that this, here on earth is what it is all about. In reality though that is not true. Just to keep perspective in balance, remember Jesus' prayer was in fact that earth would "mimic" eternity. So that sets the pattern in place. The blueprint, the core, the true picture is in eternity.

That is not to say earth does not matter, it just helps put in perspective why it is that earth does matter and it matters because we are supposed to reflect eternity.

What I find believers may struggle with in expressing their hope and faith in Jesus is conflating what it is Jesus did or did not do and where He(Yeshua), did or did not do it...Yes He came to earth and died, however He did also rise again to go to the Father. In speaking about what He did on earth for us, there is context for allowing us to draw nearer to the Father.

However, an overeager gospel message, implies anyone can now access Hashem directly because of what Jesus did. This is not true, additionally, Paul's words to Gentile believers who have been made part of the common wealth of Israel, through Yeshua, has also been distorted, even it it is innocently done so.

Assuming that Jesus' work erases the earthly distinction between Israel and believers from the nations is false.

Remember my rejection of this beliefs is grounded here on earth.

I do understand how cutting that statement can be, so let me explain.

When I speak about the earthly reality in particular, the need for the continued "distinction" in terms of ethnicity, has nothing to do with value in terms of people. It is not because Israel matters more than the nations. It actually has to do with Hashem's own credibility. Which, not surprisingly makes it inadvertently about "eternity".

What I mean is that Hashem's will being done on earth is a reflection of His will in eternity. Hashem's credibility is His name. His name is His linked to Him making good on His own promises, keeping His own rules in place.

As such, if Hashem has a set of covenants with Israel(ethnically), changing that means Hashem's credibility is lost. Furthermore, even in noting that there is still reason for distinction, here on earth in particular, far from diminishing the value of the nations, specifically believers from the nations, is the reality that the distinction actually elevates the nations!

They are elevated in value because now through the covenant with Israel, Israel the nation of 12 tribes are insulated, even against our own failings as priests for Hashem, so that through the covenants we have as ethnic Israel, we can still bring Hashem's will to pass so that the nations can return to their creator.

This is why erasing the distinction, on earth in particular, is to actually destroy Israel(ethnicially), on its own not so much of an issue if Israel(ethnically) is not set for all of time as a marker of Hashem's own credibility through the covenants.

So don't make "as it is in eternity" about us humans by interfering with the distinction. We need to find our place in the redemption process, so that together we in fact declare, by our self-awareness, that we are from Israel(ethnically) and drawn into the common wealth of Israel(nations) for the sake of keeping the continuity of credibility from eternity to earth.

Israel(ethnically) is a representation of the priests in eternity, but of course on earth and as such we(ethnic Israel) are called to be in service to Hashem, serving in religious service and in so doing, welcoming the nations back to Hashem.

The correct response of the believers from the nations is to acknowledge this pattern as Hashem's and to draw near so that again, in fact it can be "on earth as it is in eternity".