Speaking of the future as though it is the present.
Romans 4:17 GOD speaks this way. This style of speaking or writing is called prophetic perfect tense. Paul wrote and spoke this way too. Things Paul said like; we are a new creation, we are sons of GOD, be transformed by the renewing of your minds and things that concern our future are not yet but when we enter the kingdom. What we are now is a shadow of the glory that is to be revealed later. Romans 8:18. The certainty of these things are so sure to happen that it is put forward as if it already has but it has not. Philippians 1:6 It is a future hope put forward as a current reality. Many of the spiritual promises to us we know are future and as Paul also said , we do not hope for that which we already have. Being converted is just the beginning not the ending. We need to be changed in oder to have those things spoken of as if we already had them. If this seems confusing it is because it is supposed to be. If you are understanding this then it has been given to you to understand but if not then you will not understand. Only the saints have been given the opportunity to know the mysteries of the kingdom of GOD and all others will not know. Matthew 13:11 This is why the world perceives our faith as foolishness. 1 Corinthians 1:27 This is why we know a fellow Christian because we understand each other. We do not speak as the world speaks so the world cannot hear us. 1 John 4:6 This is in its self a mystery how GOD has hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them unto babes. Matthew 11:25
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