If we are spiritually made alive with Yeshua, we are made “dead” to this age (olam hazeh) and awakened to a realm that transcends the appeals of the flesh and the lower nature (olam habah). We no longer live chayei sha’ah (חַיֵּי שָׁעָה, “fleeting life”) but chayei olam (חַיֵּי עוֹלָם, “eternal life”). Therefore “if you have been raised with Messiah, seek the things that are above (τὰ ἄνω ζητεῖτε), where the Messiah is seated at the right hand of God; focus your thoughts on the things above – not on things here on earth – for you have died, and your life has been hidden with Messiah in God” (Col. 3:1-4). The aorist verb “you have died” indicates “you have died once for all,” that is, that this is a condition granted by the power and agency of God on your behalf. You don’t “try to die” to the flesh; you accept that God has killed its power over you through Yeshua… “If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit” (Gal. 5:25). [Hebrew for Christians]
-The Tabernacle of David team, via our Facebook fan page
