God created the heaven and the earth and all the host in six days and God rested on the seventh day of all His works. God called the things which were not as though they were. When God finished the creation, everything was good. Iva, very good. Until the creation became affected by evil and the creation of man was no longer perfect. Għalhekk, a recreation of man had to take place. That recreation of man took place on the eighth day, il-jum tal-ħolqien il-ġdid.
The perfect creation of man became affected by evil
Everything was good and perfect until Adam, iben Alla, became disobedient to the commandment of God and sinned. Because of man’s rebellion (dnub), the perfect creation (the crown of God’s creation) changed and became affected by evil. The death entered. Bħala riżultat, the spirit of man died and came under the authority of death and the flesh began to rule (Ġenesi 3, Luqa 3:38).
Because death entered man, kulħadd, min se jitwieled miż-żerriegħa tal-bniedem, would die.
Man was not equal to the image of El Elohim (Alla l-Missier, Jesus the Son and the Word, u l-Ispirtu s-Santu) aktar. But man had become equal to the fallen archangel Lucifer, the devil and adversary of God.
Although fallen man had knowledge of good and evil, due to his disobedience, fallen man had the nature of the devil (fallen archangel Lucifer).
The final destination of fallen man would be the same as his (waqa ') missier, Ix-Xitan, namely hell. (Aqra wkoll: X’tgħid il-Bibbja dwar id-diżubbidjenza lejn Alla?).
Madankollu, God gave a promise of restoration to man, by telling the serpent that He would put enmity between him and the woman, and between his seed and her seed. And that this Seed would bruise his head.
That Seed came indeed: Ġesù Kristu, who bruised the devil’s head and took his authority. (Aqra wkoll: Xi jfisser ir-ras tax-xitan imbenġla għax l-għarqub ta’ Ġesù kien imbenġel?) .
Jesus had to die as a sinner to enter hell legally
To bruise the devil’s head, Jesus had to enter hell legally to conquer death and to take back all authority from the devil, mewt, u l-infern. There was only one legitimate way to enter hell, and that was, to die as a sinner.
Ġesù kien bla dnub, but Jesus took the place of sinners and became the Substitute for the whole fallen human race.
Meta Ġesù ġie msallab, the Father laid the sins and iniquities of the world upon Him, whereby Jesus was made sin. When Jesus died He entered hell. Jesus stayed in hell for three days (Aqra wkoll: X’għamel Ġesù fl-Infern?).
Wara tlett ijiem, Jesus rose as Victor from the dead. Jesus had conquered the devil, mewt, u l-infern. He had taken back the authority, iċ-ċwievet, which the devil had stolen from Adam, legitimately.
All this happened on the eighth day, the day of the new creation.
It-tmien jum; il-jum tal-ħolqien il-ġdid
When Jesus rose from the dead on the eighth day, the promise of God of the restoration of creation was fulfilled and the old creation formally ended. The eighth day was the day of the new creation, of which Jesus was the Firstborn.
Jesus came to the earth as the Firstborn of the new creation; born of the Spirit in the flesh. And Jesus rose from the dead as the Firstling of the new creation on the eighth day.
A new creation was created on the eighth day. And through Jesus’ death and resurrection from the dead, many new creations would follow, who through the circumcision in Christ had become a new creation; Iben ta 'Alla (Dan japplika kemm għall-irġiel kif ukoll għan-nisa). (Aqra wkoll: Xi tfisser iċ-ċirkonċiżjoni f’Ġesù Kristu?).
What was disrupted in creation was restored (imfejjaq) permezz ta’ Kristu. Therefore God could enter His rest on the eighth day.
Everyone has the ability to become a new creation
Adam was perfectly created until he rebelled against God and sinned and sin and death entered and reigned in him. Through his act of disobedience to God, Adam fell from his position and lost his dominion on earth to the devil and his relationship with God was broken. But Jesus restored it all through the cross, by His blood and His resurrection from the dead.
The whole of humanity is born of the seed of Adam and is born as a sinner and needs redemption. Jesus is the only Healer. He is the only Way to God and eternal life. (Aqra wkoll: Hemm mod wieħed biss għall-ħajja ta’ dejjem?) .
Everyone has a choice to either remain the old creation (raġel xiħ) and live in a fallen state and walk after the will, xewqat, and desires of the flesh in disobedience to God in sin. Or to become a new creation (bniedem ġdid) bil-fidi u r-riġenerazzjoni fi Kristu, and live from the new position in Christ and walk after the Spirit in obedience to God and His Word in His will.
The new creation is made complete in Christ
Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: iva, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we Him no more. Għalhekk jekk xi bniedem ikun fi Kristu, Huwa kreatura ġdida: Affarijiet qodma jiġu mgħoddija; ara, L-affarijiet kollha qed isiru ġodda (2 Korintin 5:16-17)
Alla bagħat lil Ibnu, to become the Firstling of the new creation. Since the whole creation is created by the Word. Ġesù huwa l-eżempju tagħna.
Ġesù wriena, how to walk as a son of God (Dan japplika kemm għall-irġiel kif ukoll għan-nisa) fuq l-art. (Aqra wkoll: Il-ħolqien kollu huwa maħluq f’Ġesù Kristu).
This new creation, li hu maħluq fi Kristu, is a new creation of God, u jiġi trasferit mid-dlam fis-Saltna ta’ Ġesù Kristu.
The new creation is restored (imfejjaq) in his position and reconciled with God. Therefore the new creation is perfect and made complete in Him (Efesin 1, Kolossin 1; 2:10).
There is no other way to be reconciled with God. There is no other way to enter the Kingdom of God than by becoming the new creation.
Jesus told Nicodemus, li seta’ jara u jidħol fis-Saltna ta’ Alla biss billi jitwieled mill-ġdid minn ilma U Spirtu (John 3).
Ġesù rrikonċilja l-bniedem lura lil Alla
Għax fi Kristu Ġesù la ċ-ċirkonċiżjoni ma tagħmel xejn, u lanqas inċirkonċiżjoni, imma ħlejqa ġdida. U kemm jimxu skont din ir-regola, il-paċi tkun fuqhom, u ħniena, u fuq Iżrael ta’ Alla (Galatin 6:15-16)
Jekk inti twelidt mill-ġdid fi Kristu u sirt ħolqien ġdid, għandek tgħix ukoll bħala l-ħolqien il-ġdid.
Għandek tfittex dawk l-affarijiet li huma fuq u mhux fuq l-art.
Int għandek titma’ l-ispirtu tiegħek u ġġedded moħħok bil-kelma ta’ Alla (billi taqra u tistudja l-Bibbja) u itolbu u jissottomettu lil Kristu; il-Kelma.
Jekk ma tagħmilx dan, u intom tibqa’ tmigħ ġisimkom bl-affarijiet ta’ din id-dinja, ġisimkom jibqa’ jsaltan f’ħajtek u jiddettak x’għandek tagħmel.
Minflok tneħħi l-għemejjel tal-laħam bil-qawwa tal-Ispirtu s-Santu, għandek tibqa’ timxi fid-diżubbidjenza lejn Alla u tipperseveri fid-dnub. (Aqra wkoll: Ħalli d-dnub ma jibqax isaltan bħala sultan f’ħajtek!)
Il-ħaġa li titma’ għandha ssir b’saħħitha fik. Imma trid tagħmel għażla, jekk titma’ l-ispirtu u tagħti l-frott ta’ l-Ispirtu jew titma’ l-laħam u tagħti l-frott tal-mewt, li huwa dnub.
L-Ispirtu u l-laħam ma jistgħux isaltan flimkien. Għax l-Ispirtu dejjem jistinka kontra l-laħam. Wieħed irid imut.
