Special Topic 6 The Key to Unlock the Bible━ God’s Economy Mainland Scholars’ Gospel
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Special Topic 6 The Key to Unlock the Bible Gods Economy
Mainland Scholars Gospel
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Main Content What is Economy? Bible Translations of Oikonomia
Paul uses Gods economy to unlock the Old Testament Gods Economy as
the key to unlock the Bible Examples in the Recovery Version
Conclusion
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What is Economy It is a word in the Bible (Gk. , or oikonomia)
(Luke 16:2-4; 1 Cor. 9:17; Eph. 1:10; 3:2, 9; Col. 1:25; 1 Tim.
1:4). Unto the oikonomia of the fullness of the times, to head up
all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on
the earth, in Him. (Eph. 1:10) Nor to give heed to mythswhich
produce questionings rather than Gods oikonomia, which is in
faith.
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What is Economy It is a compound of two nouns, oikos and nomos;
oikos means house or household, and nomos means law, administration
or management. Thus oikonomia means household administration or
household management, denoting a plan with a process of
distributing or dispensing to reach its goal. Out of this word came
the English word economy.
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What is Economy It is a compound of two nouns, oikos and nomos;
oikos means house or household, and nomos means law, administration
or management. Thus, oikonomia means household administration or
household management, denoting a plan with a process of
distributing or dispensing to reach its goal. This became the
English word economy.
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Bible Translations of Oikonomia Bible translators have employed
a variety of English words in their attempts to translate the term
oikonomia. In 1 Tim. 1:4 and Eph. 1:10 and 3:9, it is more
precisely rendered economy or dispensation for it denotes Gods
overall plan. In 1 Cor. 9:17, Eph. 3:2, and Col. 1:25, it is more
accurately described as stewardship for it refers not to Gods
economy in a general sense but to mans participation and service in
Gods economy.
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Bible Translations of Oikonomia King James Version New
International Version New American Standard English Standard
Version Recovery Version Eph. 1:10 DispensationPut into
effectAdministrationPlanEconomy Eph. 3:9 FellowshipAdministration
PlanEconomy 1 Tim. 1:4 EdifyingWorkAdministrationStewardshipEconomy
Eph. 3:2 DispensationAdministrationStewardship Col. 1:25
DispensationCommissionStewardship 1 Cor. 9:17 DispensationTrust
committed Stewardship
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Paul Uses Gods Economy to unlock the Old Testament Whenever
Paul wanted to explain the mystery of God, i.e., to unlock the Old
Testament, he used the word oikonomia. Of which I became a minister
according to the oikonomia of God, which was given to me for you,
to complete the word of God, the mystery which has been hidden from
the ages and from the generations but now has been manifested to
His saints (Col. 1:25-26).
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Making known to us the mystery of His will according to His
good pleasure, which He purposed in Himself, unto the oikonomia of
the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ, the
things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in Him (Eph.
1:10). And to enlighten all that they may see what the oikonomia of
the mystery is, which throughout the ages has been hidden in God,
who created all things (Eph. 3:9). Paul Uses Gods Economy to unlock
the Old Testament
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Gods Economy The Source is God: Gods plan. The Process is
Dispensing: God in Christ dispensing Himself into His chosen and
redeemed people to be their life, life supply, and everything The
Goal is the Corporate Expression of God: so that they may be built
up as the church, the Body of Christ, consummating in the New
Jerusalem.
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Gods Economy is the Key to Unlock the Bible I.Grasping the
central revelation of the BibleChrist and the church: The Lord
Jesus: You search the Scripturesit is these that testify concerning
Me. (John 5:39); And I also say to youupon this rock I will build
My church. (Matt. 16:18) The Apostle Paul: a man shall leave his
father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two
shall be one flesh. This mystery is great, but I speak with regard
to Christ and the church. (Eph. 5:31-32)
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Gods Economy is the Key to Unlock the Bible II. The central
process of Gods economy Gods dispensing Christ is life, and the
church is produced through the dispensing of Christ into the
believers as life. All-embracing: Gods economy includes forgiveness
of sins, cleansing of sins, justification, reconciliation,
positional sanctification, regeneration, shepherding,
sanctification, renewing, transformation, building up,
conformation, and glorification; this embraces both the
justification emphasized by the Western Churches and the
sanctification emphasized by Eastern Churches.
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Apostle Pauls Charge: Icharge certain ones not to teach
different things [other than Gods economy] or to give heed to myths
and unending genealogies, which produce questionings rather than
Gods economy, which is in faith. (1 Tim. 1:3-4)
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The Recovery Version Uses Gods Economy to unlock the Bible Ex.
1: Exodus The pattern of the tabernacle and all its furnishings is
a full and complete type of both the individual Christ as the Head
and the corporate Christ as the Body, the church, including many
details of the experience of Christ for the church (25:9 note 1).
The measurements of the Ark are halves of the numbers three and
five, the numbers of Gods building. This signifies that the Ark is
a testimony, another half being needed to make a complete unit, a
full testimony. This implies that Christ, typified by the Ark,
needs the church as His counterpart, His bride, to be a testimony
in full in humanity (Exo. 25:10 note 3).
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The Recovery Version Uses Gods Economy to unlock the Bible Ex.
2: The Subject of Romans The Gospel of God 1:1The Source: God To
Make Sinners Sons of God Chapter 1-8The Process: Dispensing
(through justification, sanctification, and glorification) To
Constitute the Body of Christ, Which is Expressed as the Local
Churches Chapter 9-16 (with the insertion of ch. 9-11 on Gods
selection) Goal: The Corporate Expression of God (the Body of
Christ expressed as the local churches)
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Conclusion The economy of God, as revealed in the Bible and
particularly exemplified in Pauls writings, is the key to unlock
and to interpret Gods Word. The Recovery Version, following the
patterns of the Lord Jesus and the Apostle Paul, is a unique Bible
translation which focuses on Gods economy. Through the study of the
Recovery Version with the enlightenment of the Spirit, the readers
may see the vision of Gods economy and thus acquire the key to cut
straight the word of the truth (2 Tim. 2:15).