Isa. 63:16

16 Doubtless [kiy] thou art our father ['ab], though Abraham ['Abraham] be ignorant [lo'] [yada`] of us, and Israel [Yisra'el] acknowledge [nakar] us not: thou, O LORD [Yahovah], art our father ['ab], our redeemer [ga'al]; thy name [shem] is from everlasting [`owlam]. KJV-Interlinear

16 For Thou art our Father, though Abraham does not know us, And Israel does not recognize us. Thou, O LORD, art our Father, Our Redeemer from of old is Thy name. NASB

The Father and the Lord Jesus Christ are one. They are both God. The Father is the recipient of all prayer, and the Lord is the one who executes all details in history in accordance with the divine plan which was decreed by the Father.

The remnant, who will be delivered in the Tribulation, will recognize the persons as well as the role of each of the three members of the Trinity. We have already seen the reference to the Holy Spirit.

Even though Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob lived many thousands of years ago, and do not even know this last generation, they all worship the very same God. They all worship the Father, who is the ultimate deity and the target of many of the religions of the world.

But, here we have a very significant distinction. The redeemer who set out the plan for redemption is the Father, but the actual redeemer, who accomplished redemption for humanity, is the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

The flaw of all religion is that they try to approach a deity, or some higher power, through their own efforts, or by means of some approach designed by man.

Christianity is not a religion but a relationship, wherein we approach God, the Father, through the work of Christ.

This delivered group will start out in the Tribulation as unbelievers. All people who remain alive on this earth when the Tribulation begins, will be unbelievers. In seven years time, this small group of people will go from their unbelieving state, to mature believers in Christ, with very strong faith. This despite all of the difficulties, that we have already seen, that will inundate the world.

They not only have a thorough knowledge of doctrine, but they definitely know the role of each member of the Trinity, and their own place in history. This remnant knows of the history of the Jewish people. They know of the history and the claims that former Jewish people laid on their heritage from the time of Abraham.

But, that heritage is rejected. Their salvation does not come from their ancestry, but from the one true God, Jesus Christ. And, they further make the distinction between the role of the Father, and of the Son, and they make one more distinction the Father and the Son are one. A statement made by Christ a long time ago and for which He was condemned to the Cross.

This remnant of people who will be delivered in the Tribulation, know their doctrine. They will not be a hodge-podge of people who just happen to get lucky in being at the right place at the right time. Quite the contrary. Anyone in Judah and Jerusalem will be right in the cross hairs of the greatest and most massive killing field in all of human history.

Surviving that onslaught will be nothing short of Gods work.

The God of the Tribulation, is the same God that we have today, is the same God that Abraham had in his day. There is only one God and Father. There is only one Son, and Savior, Jesus Christ. There is only one sphere of power, which is through the Holy Spirit.

And, this last generation of people, who come to believe in Christ, and who will advance in their spiritual lives, will understand all of this.

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