The Bible divides the matter of salvation into three periods
And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you through and through [separate you from profane things, make you pure and wholly consecrated to God]; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved sound and complete [and found] blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah).

1 Thessalonians 5:23 Amplified

The first period is the past when God saved us from the penalty of sin which is hell. The second period is the present in which God is saving us from the power of sin. The third period is the future when God will save us from the presence of sin to enter the kingdom and to reign with Christ.

Let me illustrate each of them with a pertinent verse:

(1) “Who [God] saved us, and called us . . .” (2 Tim. 1.9). This is the past experience which everyone who believes has had.

(2) “Wherefore also [Christ] is able to save to the uttermost them that draw near unto God through him . . .” (Heb. 7.25). This is present salvation which we may obtain today.

(3) “So Christ also, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall appear a second time, apart from sin, to them that wait for him, unto salvation” (Heb. 9.28). This is future and complete salvation.

Thus it is evident that the Scriptures speak of these three periods of salvation. All Christians may have the salvation past, but they may not have the salvation present and future. Some may have the salvation past and present, and they are looking for the salvation future. A person may be saved from the penalty of hell, yet he may still sin daily. A person may be saved from the penalty of hell, but he may not necessarily reign in the future.

I will quote three more Scriptures to prove the validity of these three periods of salvation.

(1) “By grace have ye been saved. . .” (Eph. 2.. This refers to salvation past.

(2) “If, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by his life” (Rom. 5.10). This speaks of how we now are saved by the Lord’s life.

(3) “In hope were we saved” (Rom. 8.24). This points to the future salvation.

We thank and praise God, for we were saved! Nevertheless, there are two periods of salvation yet to be experienced. Hence we must earnestly pursue. To people who have not been saved, we should tell them to believe that they may be saved from the penalty of hell. But to us who are saved from hell, we need to be saved from the power of sin, as well as to seek after the glory of the kingdom to come. Let us accordingly work out our own salvation with fear and trembling.

Therefore, my dear ones, as you have always obeyed [my suggestions], so now, not only [with the enthusiasm you would show] in my presence but much more because I am absent, work out (cultivate, carry out to the goal, and fully complete) your own salvation with reverence and awe and trembling (self-distrust, with serious caution, tenderness of conscience, watchfulness against temptation, timidly shrinking from whatever might offend God and discredit the name of Christ). [Not in your own strength] for it is God Who is all the while effectually at work in you [energizing and creating in you the power and desire], both to will and to work for His good pleasure and satisfaction and delight.

Philippians 2:12-13 Amplified


Stay blessed and remain rapturable

We are already save, we are still being saved and in the future we would be saved.

We are already holy, we are being made holy and in the future we would become holy.

We are already perfect, we are being perfected and in the future we would be made perfect.

We are already in the kingdom of God, we are entering into the kingdom of God, in the future we would be in the kingdom of God.

We cannot sin (it is impossible for us to sin), we are still trying to overcome sin, and in the future we would not be able to sin

And so on.

Why is it like this? Because we serve a triune God.

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We are already save, we are still being saved and in the future we would be saved.

We are already holy, we are being made holy and in the future we would become holy.

We are already perfect, we are being perfected and in the future we would be made perfect.

We are already in the kingdom of God, we are entering into the kingdom of God, in the future we would be in the kingdom of God.

We cannot sin (it is impossible for us to sin), we are still trying to overcome sin, and in the future we would not be able to sin

And so on.

Why is it like this? Because we serve a triune God.

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