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. Ndiyo, very good. Until the creation became affected by evil and the creation of man was no longer perfect. Kwa hiyo, a recreation of man had to take place. That recreation of man took place on the eighth day, siku ya uumbaji mpya.
The perfect creation of man became affected by evil
Everything was good and perfect until Adam, the son of God, became disobedient to the commandment of God and sinned. Because of man’s rebellion (dhambi), the perfect creation (the crown of God’s creation) changed and became affected by evil. The death entered. Matokeo yake, the spirit of man died and came under the authority of death and the flesh began to rule (Mwanzo 3, Luka 3:38).
Because death entered man, kila mtu, who would be born of the seed of man, would die.
Man was not equal to the image of El Elohim (God the Father, Jesus the Son and the Word, na Roho Mtakatifu) tena. 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 (imeanguka) baba, shetani, namely hell. (Soma pia: Biblia inasema nini kuhusu kutomtii Mungu?).
Hata hivyo, 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: Yesu Kristo, who bruised the devil’s head and took his authority. (Soma pia: What does it mean the head of the devil bruised because the heel of Jesus was bruised?) .
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, kifo, and hell. There was only one legitimate way to enter hell, and that was, to die as a sinner.
Jesus was without sin, but Jesus took the place of sinners and became the Substitute for the whole fallen human race.
When Jesus was crucified, 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 (Soma pia: Yesu alifanya nini kuzimu?).
After three days, Jesus rose as Victor from the dead. Jesus had conquered the devil, kifo, and hell. He had taken back the authority, funguo, which the devil had stolen from Adam, legitimately.
All this happened on the eighth day, the day of the new creation.
Siku ya nane; siku ya uumbaji mpya
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; mwana wa Mungu (hii inatumika kwa wanaume na wanawake). (Soma pia: Je, tohara katika Yesu Kristo inamaanisha nini?).
What was disrupted in creation was restored (kuponywa) through Christ. 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. (Soma pia: Je, kuna njia moja tu ya uzima wa milele?) .
Everyone has a choice to either remain the old creation (Mzee) and live in a fallen state and walk after the will, tamaa, and desires of the flesh in disobedience to God in sin. Or to become a new creation (mtu mpya) by faith and regeneration in Christ, 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: ndio, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we Him no more. Basi mtu akiwa ndani ya Kristo, yeye ni kiumbe kipya: mambo ya kale yamepita; tazama, mambo yote yamekuwa mapya (2 Wakorintho 5:16-17)
God sent His Son, to become the Firstling of the new creation. Since the whole creation is created by the Word. Jesus is our example.
Jesus showed us, how to walk as a son of God (hii inatumika kwa wanaume na wanawake) duniani. (Soma pia: Uumbaji wote umeumbwa katika Yesu Kristo).
This new creation, ambaye ameumbwa katika Kristo, is a new creation of God, and is transferred from the darkness into the Kingdom of Jesus Christ.
The new creation is restored (kuponywa) in his position and reconciled with God. Therefore the new creation is perfect and made complete in Him (Waefeso 1, Wakolosai 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, that he could only see and enter the Kingdom of God by becoming born again by maji na Roho (Yohana 3).
Jesus reconciled man back to God
Maana katika Kristo Yesu kutahiriwa hakufai kitu, wala kutotahiriwa, bali kiumbe kipya. Na wengi wanaotembea kufuatana na kanuni hii, amani iwe juu yao, na rehema, na juu ya Israeli wa Mungu (Wagalatia 6:15-16)
If you are born again in Christ and have become a new creation, you should also live as the new creation.
You shall seek those things which are above and not on the earth.
You shall feed your spirit and renew your mind with the word of God (by reading and studying the Bible) and pray and submit to Christ; neno.
If you don’t do this, and you keep feeding your flesh with the things of this world, your flesh shall keep reigning in your life and dictating you what to do.
Instead of putting off the works of the flesh by the power of the Holy Spirit, you shall keep walking in disobedience to God and persevere in sin. (Soma pia: Acha dhambi itawale tena kama mfalme katika maisha yako!)
The thing you feed shall become strong in you. But you have to make a choice, whether to feed the spirit and bear the fruit of the Spirit or to feed the flesh and bear the fruit of death, ambayo ni dhambi.
The Spirit and the flesh can’t reign together. Because the Spirit always strives against the flesh. One has to die.
