Need new beginning fresh start is constant in living life because of having the treasure of life in an earthen vessel.

Need new beginning fresh start in life is the reality of the created world. The cycle of death, burial, resurrection and witness of new life never ends for the physical creation:  “While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease” (Gen. 8:22). Since an evening must always come before the morning (1 Cor. 15:46), this cycle of need new beginning fresh start in life can potentially give rise to stress and to despair. You, however, can be delivered from the slavery of this cycle of life to experience the glorious mystery of joyfulness even in the darkness night: “Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations” (1 Peter 1:6). God does not only bring light out of darkness, wonder out of bleakness, and life out of death, he has the power to carry man through these baptisms into the glory that God is. Perhaps, the greatest challenge that every man will face is not the number of new beginning fresh start they will encounter in life, but rather it will be to understand why and now these need new beginning fresh start in life are necessary for everyone to experience life.

The mystery of need new beginning fresh start in life is there in the beginning of creation.

There is a monumental motif that runs throughout the pages of history. It is there in the beginning of heaven and earth. The Spirit of God moved over a watery mass of an abyss, then, God said, “Let there be light; and there was light.” The luminous, illumination of God began to shine to bring order out of that which was without form, substance out of that which was empty, and light out of that which was darkness (Gen. 1:1-5). It was the beginning of the mystery of creation, the mystery of need new beginning fresh start in life.
The essence of this mystery, the story behind the story, is how that which is lifeless and in darkness experiences the life and light of the living eternal God. If the story behind the story is not seen, is not understood, then the comprehension one draws of need new beginning fresh start in life will always be shallow and superficial in the quest for paradise, the quest for the good life. One thing is certain, this tremendous theme runs from the beginning to the ending of all of our lives.

The mystery of need new beginning fresh start in life is there in the consummation of creation.

The theme is there in the end when the revelation of Jesus Christ brings man to his glorious consummation, the reason for the many need new beginning fresh start in life he encounters. After witnessing in a vision the dreadful woes that must come to the physical realm before Christ can come in his glory, John heard Jesus say,

. . . behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last (Rev. 22:12-13).

The consummation of life for creation is experienced as Christ comes forth in his glory out of the woes of that which is not glorious. It seems that need new beginning fresh start are essential to experience the life that man was intended to experience. From the beginning to the end, there seems to be a distinctive design by which the immortal God manifests his presence in a mortal world. This tremendous theme, need new beginning fresh start in life,  is, indeed, how God makes the nearness of his presence real to a created world.

Need new beginning fresh start is grounded in the “tree of life.”

After John recorded the words of Jesus, “And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be” (Rev. 22:12), John stated,

Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city (Rev. 22:14).

God’s righteousness, produced by following the way that God has ordained, allows man to enter the city of God where the life that never dies abides. God’s prescription, the motif of the mystery of need new beginning fresh start, enables man to have the right to eat of the tree of life.

As we will see in the story of man being driven from the Garden of Eden where he was intended to dwell (Gen. 3:1-24), the author of Genesis stated that God

placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life (Gen. 3:24).

In both the beginning and the ending of the story of man, the tree of life stands as a beacon of how man is to experience God as a created being. The mystery of the “way of the tree of life” is the way man experiences life and the renewal of that life in a weak, decaying, dying physical existence. Need new beginning fresh start is the reality of how man continually experiences the life of God.

Need new beginnings fresh start in life always occur when good is produced out of that which is bad.

This pattern of good coming out that which is less than good is the key essential of the tree of life in both Genesis and Revelation, the beginning and the ending. It reflects the mystery of life that is seen in all of creation. For example, the fruit of the fruit tree is the final good that comes out of a tree that once was barren. The bloom of the flower comes out of the planted seed that has fallen to the ground and died. The springtime with all of its glory of new life comes out of a winter that has withered and revealed little or no signs of life. Need new beginning fresh start in life occurs again and again in experience the good life.

Man’s own breathing is perhaps the most basic example of the mystery. Exhaling and inhaling is essential for man to live. When God breathed into man’s nostrils the breath of life and he became a living soul, his own breathing became his own personal testimony and experience of the way of tree of life. Everyone must exhale before they can inhale, before they can experience the need new beginning fresh start of life-giving breath.

The mystery of the way is proclaimed by Jesus in his first recorded words: “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel (Mark 1:15). Experiencing the realized kingdom of God, experiencing Paradise, can occur for every man in every generation because man’s thinking can be changed and he can come to believe in the gospel. New restoring life of the kingdom of God can come out of the old perishing thoughts of man’s world. Since the early disciples of Jesus thought as all men think, they, too, would have to have their thinking changed if the gospel was to be the means of their salvation. The good message, literal meaning of the English word gospel, can bring salvation as Paul stated,

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth . . . (Rom. 1:16).

The gospel has the power to save man from the dilemma of the human condition: he experiences life in a physical, prone to weakness, decaying, and dying flesh and blood body that needs to be changed by the mystery of a fresh start in tree of life.

Need new beginning fresh start is the witness of a resurrected life.

One of the early followers of Jesus gave a vital clue to just exactly what this mystery meant when he wrote to the Corinthians:

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: And that he was seen . . . (1 Cor. 15:5).

The theme of the mystery revolves around the death, the burial, the raising, and the witness of the resurrected Jesus. According to the context of the passage, the mystery of the gospel is not only the death of Jesus but also the burial, the raising, and the witness of the risen Jesus as well. Ultimately, the gospel is powerful because it proclaims the resurrection and the witness of Jesus. Need new beginning fresh start will always require both death and resurrection.

It is unfortunate that many restricted the gospel only to the death of Jesus. For example, what do you see when you read this statement that Paul made to the Colossians,

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins (Col. 1:14)?

Is it “forgiveness of sins?” Is it “through his blood?” Is it “redemption?” Or, is it “we have?” Unfortunately, few see the “in whom” when they look at this affirmation of salvation. It is only “in him” (his death, his resurrection, his ascension, and his witness), that redemption (a fresh start) is encountered, justification (a fresh start) is experienced, and freedom from sin (a fresh start) occurs. Need new beginnings fresh start in life for man will always take the death, the burial, the resurrection, and the witness of Jesus.

When we miss the “in him,” a faulty understanding of redemption, justification, and forgiveness of sins develops. In most cases, the visible church today believes that man becomes justified when he believes Jesus died upon the cross to pay the penalty of sins. It is believed that sins can be forgiven because the judgment of God is satisfied by the death of Jesus. Phrases such as “through his blood” (Col. 1:14), “through the blood of his cross” (Col. 1:20), and “in the body of his flesh through death” (Col. 1:22) are limited to mean only the death of Jesus. In addition, we read that without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins (Heb. 9:22). The major breakdown is the failure to connect the shedding of his blood (or his death) to his burial, his resurrection, and his witness. So, instead of recognizing that his death is the prelude to his burial, his resurrection, and his witness, it is believed that just the death of Jesus brings the possibility of forgiveness for a fresh start.

The emphasis on the English word forgiveness, as opposed to what the original word translated forgiveness means, adds to the difficulty in understanding the gospel as well. The definition for the English word forgive means “to give up resentment against or the desire to punish” or “to cancel (a debt)” Is that really the Biblical concept behind forgiveness? Does not redemption, justification, and forgiveness of sins mean much more than just God giving up his resentment against us because we have sinned? Is it not much more than God giving up his desire to punish us because of our failures? Is redemption, justification, and forgiveness of sin just about God’s willingness to cancel the debt we owned because of sin?

Unfortunately, this understanding of redemption, justification, and forgiveness of sins has occurred because only the death of Jesus has been emphasized at the expense of his burial, his resurrection, and his witness. We should have suspected something was wrong with our understanding for several reason. First, sin kept occurring in our lives, even though we were forgiven of our past sins. Secondly, God’s program for man, as we understood it, was not working for even though we believed that Jesus died on the cross for our sins we found, by in large, we were still reacting in the struggles of life as the nonbeliever. Finally, the original word that is translated with the English forgiveness actually means, “freedom.” If “wisdom is justified of all her children” (Luke 7:35), then these failures in our lives must mean something is faulty in our wisdom.

With the burial, the resurrection, and the witness of Jesus virtually being ignored as vital to redemption, the visible church at various times has given basically three different reasons why Jesus needed to die: penal satisfaction, exemplary example, and Satan conquering. Each of the reasons has probably been preached in every generation but the need for Jesus to pay the penalty for the sins of mankind has probably been emphasized the most.

The early followers of Jesus, however, seemed to understand that the death of Jesus was not a separate entity unto itself but a necessary prelude to his burial, his resurrection, and his witness. They evidently saw the death, the burial, the resurrection, and the witness of Jesus as necessary for the correct understanding of the gospel: “To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion . . .” (Acts 1:3); “by wicked hands have crucified and slain: whom God hath raise up” (Acts 2:24); “unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities” (Acts 3:26); “And as they spake . . . the priest, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducee, came unto them, being grieved . . . they preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead” (Acts 4:1,2); “. . . by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doeth this man stand here before you whole” (Acts 4:10); “. . . with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all” (Acts 4:33); and “then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men . . . [who] raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree” (Acts 5:29-30).

Need new beginning fresh start in life occurs because life can be experienced by that which is lifeless.

What does make the death of Jesus so vital and a necessary ingredient of the gospel was actually the life that he was living at the time of his death. He is the only man to not resist the Father taking him to his death in the prime of his life at no fault of his own: “Now my soul is troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour; but for this cause came I unto this hour” (John 12:27). Jesus had just stated, “The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified” (John 12:23). He is talking about his death, but his proclamation is more than just about his death. He is actually referring to his death, to his burial, to his resurrection, and to his witness. His next words were, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit” (John 12:24). Jesus understood the mystery of the way of the tree of life, the mystery of need new beginning fresh start in living life.

Again, to Jesus and in general to his early followers, the gospel message was not just about death. It was about death, burial, resurrection, and witness. The gospel, the good message, has always been that life, the witness of God’s power, comes out of death. This has been the way since the beginning of time. Paul wrote to the Colossian believers that they should “continue in the faith . . . and to be not moved away from the hope of the gospel.” He then adds that this gospel “was preached to every creature which is under heaven” (Col. 1:23). He also told them that “the truth of the gospel; which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth, as it doeth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth” (Col. 1:5-6). Paul also wrote to the Romans, “But I say, have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound [those who preached the gospel] went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world” (Rom. 10:18). It seems that a long time before Paul and the earthly death, burial, resurrection, and witness of Jesus of Nazareth, God has proclaimed his good message since the beginning of time and to everyone who has been created in time. The hope of the gospel is simply the morning always follows the evening, the bloom of the flower always follows the planting of the seed. Ultimately, the hope of the gospel is the good news that life in the created world can be experienced by that which is lifeless.

Need new beginning fresh start is evident in the Genesis story of creation.

The motif of all things created, the mystery of life being experienced by that which is lifeless, is evident in the opening chapters of Genesis. It is there in Genesis 1, “And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light” (Gen. 1:2,3), when order began to come out of disorder, substance began to come out of emptiness, and light began to come out of darkness.

It is there when “. . . God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters” (Gen. 1:6), when the firmament of heaven came out of the dividing of the waters.

Also, when God said, “Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so” (Gen. 1:9), the dry land appeared out of the gathering of the waters below together.

In addition, God said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth” (Gen. 1:11): grass and fruit trees came out of the ground.

It is there when God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years” (Gen. 1:14), for the sun and the moon were actually given as the most visible sign of this great mysterious motif.

The theme continues when God said, “Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven” (Gen. 1:20), and the fish and the fowl came out of the water.

Furthermore, when God said, “Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind” (Gen. 1:24), the animals and the creeping things came out of the ground.

Finally, in Chapter 1, the motif is illustrated again when God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness” (Gen. 1:26), and man came out of the image of God.

The theme of need new beginning fresh start is there in Genesis 2, “And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground” (Gen. 2:5), when growth would come out of the rain and the tilling of the ground.

Also, when “the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it” (Gen. 2:15), the dressing and the keeping of the garden would come out of the humbleness of the human mind.

Finally, the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him” (Gen. 2:18), the woman came out of the man. When the author of Genesis added, “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh” (Gen. 2:24), it may be the most noble expression of this mystery of new beginning fresh start in the Scriptures. The leaving, the cleaving, and the coming together in one flesh is grounded in the mystery of the “way of the tree of life,” the mystery of need new beginning fresh start, demonstrated continually in creation.

The motif of need new beginning fresh start is there in Genesis 3. It is illustrated in the statement that summarizes the struggles of the entire chapter:

Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life (Gen. 3:23,24).

The way of the tree of life is inseparably tied to experiencing the garden of Eden. It is the prescription of God that must be fulfilled in experiencing the life of God being manifested in the created world: “. . . for which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day” (2 Cor. 4:16).

Need new beginnings fresh start is always found in the “evenings and the mornings.”

In the formation of all things created, the author of Genesis proclaims the mystery:

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day (Gen. 1:4, 5).

Since the sun and the moon, the means of how most understand the events of evening and morning, were not created until the fourth day, the meaning of the “evening and morning were the first day” reveals something far greater than the casual observance of the natural ending and beginning of a day. “The evening and morning were the first day,” “the evening and morning were the second day,” “the evening and morning were the third day,” “the evening and morning were the fourth day,” “the evening and morning were the fifth day,” and “the evening and morning were the sixth day” proclaim perhaps the most significant truth of the creation of life. Although most focus only on the actual results of creation (earth and heaven, sea and land, grass and trees, sun and moon, fish and fowl, cattle and beast, man and woman), the real story of creation is the mystery of “the evening and the morning,” need new beginning fresh start is the theme of the ages, the gospel of the power of God unto salvation at work in the world. God always brings the morning after the evening.

Need new beginnings fresh start can be found in the working of the power of the Holy Spirit.

The cycle of death, burial, resurrection and witness of new life never ends for the physical creation. The evening and the morning will always be a fact of creation:

“While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease (Gen. 8:22).

It is the way of the tree of life, the essence of the created world.

Since creation by necessity must have physical matter to exist in time and space, it will always be created because of that physical nature in vanity: empty and profitless in itself (Rom. 8:20-21). Since the evening must always come before the morning (1 Cor. 15:46), this cycle of the mystery of created life can potentially give rise to stress and to despair. Creation (specifically man), however, can be delivered from the slavery of that physicality to experience the glorious liberty of his spiritual essence. God does not only bring light out of darkness, wonder out of bleakness, and life out of death, he has the power to carry man through this baptism into the glory that God is.

When man has his focus not on the things that are seen but on the things that are not seen (2 Cor. 4:18), this baptism in the tree of life will always seem right and the soul can be overwhelmed with contentment and soul-satisfaction (Rom 14:17) in the midst of the evening. The body can experience the rapture of “joy unspeakable and full of glory” that makes the agitation of the physical world to be forgotten (1 Pet. 1:8). The physical exertions of need new beginning fresh start that must occur in life can be experienced with “all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness” (Col. 1:11). The peace of God which passes all understanding actually swallows up the morality of the soul (2 Cor. 5:4). It is the mystery of creation, the mystery of need new beginning fresh start in life. It is the story behind the story of the creation of all things. A new beginning fresh start can be the reality of your life, even now.