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Strait of Hormuz Tensions Spike Tanker Trade: These 2 Stocks Are Set to Benefit

Written by Dan Schmidt

During the Iran war, the market’s most reliable winners haven’t been extractors or refiners. Instead, it’s the companies that own the tankers setting the market pace, especially those operating Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs). 

VLCCs each haul around 2 million barrels of crude oil per voyage. And, before the conflict began, more than 100 of them would transit the Strait of Hormuzon a normal day. But these are not normal days.

The day-to-day updates surrounding the war in Iran are enough to give even the steadiest investor a headache. If you haven’t been following the news closely, sit down, grab a glass of water (and maybe some Dramamine), and dive into the latest recap:

• July 8: President Trump cancels the ceasefire as the United States strikes 80 Iranian defense targets in response to claimed attacks on commercial shipping vessels.
• July 9: Iran claims attacks on U.S. bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar.
• July 11: Iran claims the Strait of Hormuz is closed indefinitely.
• July 12: The United States strikes an additional 140 Iranian targets.
• July 13: President Trump reinitiates the U.S. blockade and proposes a 20% fee on cargo in exchange for safe passage on tankers transiting Hormuz.
• July 14: Trump cancels plans to impose 20% toll on Hormuz traffic.
• July 15: Trump considers expanding operations in Iran, including the seizure of Kharg Island.

Got all that? Good, there’s a quiz in 20 minutes before it changes again. 

For most companies in the energy sector, relentless unpredictability is a recipe for underperformance. But rampant disruption is actually beneficial to shipping tanker companies that can charge higher rates when routes and timelines are uncertain. Rates are measured in tonne-miles, which is cargo multiplied by distance. Longer voyages increase the fees tankers charge clients, which is on top of a hefty war premium. Rates haven’t yet spiked to March levels, but are still elevated and back on the acceleration.

VLCCs can have breakevens as low as $15,000 per day, so elevated rates for extended periods are huge boosts to shipping company stocks, even if total volumes are much lower. Many Gulf ships have been rerouted around the Cape of Good Hope, causing rates to spike by 30% to 50% to offset longer voyages. And many of these companies are efficiently using higher rates to boost their bottom lines.

With the tanker trade back in full force, investors might want to consider this pair of stocks, each with a high-quality fleet and a potential catalyst on the horizon.

Frontline: Largest Fleet With an Array of Trading Routes

Frontline PLC (NYSE: FRO) operates the largest global shipping fleet with a variety of VLCCs, Aframax, and Suezmax vessels. 

The company serves trading routes across the Middle East, Asia, the Americas, and Europe, and this strategic positioning enables it to be highly sensitive to rate-market volatility. 

This was apparent in the company’s fiscal Q1 2026 earnings report, released late May, which showed revenue spiked 67% year-over-year (YOY). 

More than 80% of its VLCC days were already booked for Q2 at the time of the release, and the Q2 report is scheduled for Aug. 31.

Support at the 50-day moving average has been strong for FRO shares throughout the conflict, although the stock remains stuck at the same price it was in March. But the 50-day continues to hold, and the Relative Strength Index (RSI) hints that upward momentum is brewing.

DHT Holdings: The Steady Compounder With Healthy Balance Sheet

Not only do the VLCCs owned by DHT Holdings Inc. (NYSE: DHT) have some of the lowest breakevens in the industry at around $15,000 per day, but the company itself has almost no debt (rare for a shipper) and pays a strong dividend. 

Using a mix of spot and time charters, DHT transports crude oil barrels from the Gulf to refiners in Asia, North America, and Europe. 

Despite having more than 50 VLCCs trapped in the Strait of Hormuz in fiscal Q1 2026, the company still reported YOY revenue growth of nearly 135%. 

One point of contention: the dividend is looking increasingly risky at 14.75% with a payout ratio of 124%.

Like many of its VLCCs, DHT shares have been stuck in neutral, trading in a tight range after spiking in the buildup to the war. The stock recently spiked off the low end of this trading range, and signals on the RSI and the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicator show bullish momentum accelerating once again. 

The company’s next earnings release is for fiscal Q2 2026 results on Aug. 5, and investors will be eagerly awaiting an update on the condition of the VLCC fleet.

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Shopify’s Quiet AI Strategy Could Be Its Biggest Advantage Yet

Written by Sam Quirke

While much of the technology worldhas spent the past few years scrambling to bolt artificial intelligence (AI) features onto existing products, Shopify Inc. (NASDAQ: SHOP) has been playing a quieter, and potentially far smarter, game.

Rather than treating AI as a marketing add-on, the e-commerce platform has been methodically positioning itself at the very center of what’s increasingly being called agentic commerce. And that bet is now starting to look compelling.

The stock has been reflecting some of that renewed optimism, climbing about 13% over the past month. It’s worth keeping that in perspective, though, as shares are still down over 20% year to date and are trading back at December 2020 levels, which shows just how far sentiment had swung against it.

But with a fresh vote of confidence from Wall Street this week and a key earnings report now less than three weeks away, the argument that Shopify is emerging as one of the biggest long-term winners in the AI shopping shiftis gaining real traction.

Why Shopify’s Positioning Is So Compelling

The core of the bullish argument comes down to where Shopify sits in the commerce ecosystem. The company is already deeply embedded in how hundreds of thousands of merchants run their businesses, handling everything from storefronts and payments to inventory and logistics. That deep integration makes it a natural control layer for the next wave of AI-driven shopping, the point through which automated, agent-led transactions can actually flow.

This is a crucial distinction. As AI agents increasingly begin to handle shopping tasks on behalf of both merchants and consumers, whoever owns the underlying infrastructure those agents plug into stands to benefit enormously.

Shopify isn’t trying to build a flashy consumer-facing chatbot to compete for attention. It’s positioning itself as the plumbing that makes agentic commerce work in the first place, which is a far stickier and more defensible place to be.

The early evidence suggests the strategy is working. Management has pointed to a substantial increase in AI-generated orders over the past year, a clear signal that automated shopping flows are already accelerating across the platform.

Wall Street Is Starting to See It Too

The most compelling recent endorsement came earlier this week, when Jefferies upgraded Shopify to a Buy rating and raised its price target to $160, implying almost 30% upside from current levels. It views Shopify as uniquely positioned to become the infrastructure layer for agentic commerce, or as commentary neatly put it, the “agent enablement” toolkit for merchants.

The upgrade wasn’t just built on the big-picture theme. Jefferies also pointed to third-party data that bolsters confidence that Shopify’s upcoming report will beat consensus estimates, flagging that newly announced changes to Shopify’s partner program should support near-term growth while lowering the company’s long-term sales and marketing cost structure, a rare combination of a growth tailwind and a cost improvement at once.

Perhaps most interesting was the observation on pricing. Jefferies sees a price increase as likely, which would represent a meaningful source of upside heading into 2027. Shopify last raised prices in 2023 and 2024 and has since rolled out a slew of new features, most notably its AI assistant, Sidekick, while absorbing the associated costs itself. That sets up a scenario where the company has been adding significant value without yet charging for it, leaving clear room to raise prices down the line.

The Valuation Question Can’t Be Ignored

To be sure, the bull case is not without its challengers, and the biggest pushback is the one that has followed Shopify for years: valuation. Even after a difficult first half of the year for the share price, Shopify’s triple-digit price-to-earnings ratio still feels frothy. It suggests that much of its future growth could already be baked into expectations.

Scaling AI capabilities isn’t free either, and the infrastructure costs of running inference workloads at scale could weigh on margins if not carefully managed. These are fair points, and they’re the reason this isn’t a slam-dunk. But it’s also worth remembering that Shopify remains a high-quality business with strong cash generation and a solid balance sheet—exactly the attributes you want to see in a company investing for a long-term shift.

Sights Set on August’s Report

With all of this in mind, Shopify’s upcoming earnings report is shaping up to be a pivotal moment. The most important thing to watch will be the data on AI-driven revenue, particularly further evidence that AI-generated orders are accelerating, as that’s the metric that most directly validates the entire agentic thesis.

Strong second-quarter numbers, in line with what Jefferies is anticipating, would also go a long way toward justifying the recent optimism. Deliver on that front, and a stock that has been quietly clawing back gains over the past month could find itself with a lot more room to run. READ THIS STORY ONLINE

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Why These 3 Nuclear ETFs Are Getting a Fresh Look as AI Power Demand Rises

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More than a year after the federal government renewed a push toward nuclear energy, the industry is building momentum thanks to a streamlined process for reactor authorization, an ambitious goal of 300 additional gigawatts of capacity by 2050, and more. The timing is crucial, as AI electricity demand continues to grow and low-carbon energy generation via nuclear facilities is particularly appealing in these contexts.

To be sure, challenges remain: sourcing the high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) necessary for some next-gen reactors is difficult, and supply chain and manufacturing capacity limitations, workforce shortages, and the licensing process can all hold up the industry’s capabilities to deliver nuclear energy quickly. Still, as the industry continues to evolve and grow, a number of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) can expose investors to the many potential growth opportunities in the nuclear industry. Now may be a good time to explore these options, as a sell-off in the industry in 2026 after a previous successful run can present buy-in opportunities.

A Selective Basket of Global Nuclear Stocks

The VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF (NYSEARCA: NLR) is one of the oldest nuclear industry ETFs on the market, having launched in the summer of 2007. The fund’s staying power may be due to its broad strategy within the industry, allowing access to the full nuclear power generation process from the sourcing and production of input materials to companies operating power plants and more.

NLR achieves this mix despite its fairly small basket of 32 stocks. With a targeted portfolio like this, investors should expect that some names will receive sizable allocations, and indeed, the largest positions here do range up to 8% or more. Still, given its global focus, NLR is able to funnel its assets into the most stable, highest-performance nuclear stocks available worldwide, aiming for both breadth and quality.

Like many nuclear funds, NLR’s year-to-date (YTD) performance is in the red: the ETF has declined by almost 12% in 2026. This valuation reset across the industry could provide an opportunity, although investors must be willing to accept NLR’s 0.56% expense ratio while they wait for the momentum to build again.

A Unique Play on Uranium Miners With a Commodities Twist

For a more targeted play on uranium itself, investors might consider the Sprott Uranium Miners ETF (NYSEARCA: URNM). This fund invests primarily in companies involved in the uranium mining industry, including those that explore, develop, produce, or hold physical uranium. This industry is a niche one, and URNM has only 31 holdingsbased on a global screen. Given the significant overlap between URNM’s portfolio and NRL’s holdings, it’s unlikely that investors would want to hold both funds at the same time.

Three positions in URNM’s basket make up nearly half of the fund’s total assets, collectively. These include uranium providers Cameco Corp. (NYSE: CCJ)and NexGen Energy (NYSE: NXE), but the third stands out: it is a position in the Sprott Physical Uranium Trust, which holds physical uranium. Thus, URNM is in part a commodities play on uranium itself. This may help to explain why the fund is somewhat more expensive than several of its nuclear peers, with an expense ratio of 0.75%.

Despite its YTD decline, URNM offers a dividend yield of 2.59%, a passive income perk even as the nuclear industry is in the midst of a reset.

An Alternative Approach to Uranium With a Standout Dividend Yield

A competitor of URNM, the Global X Uranium ETF (NYSEARCA: URA) also focuses on the material essential for nuclear power. However, URA accesses uranium via shares of companies involved in mining and production, rather than through any type of direct investment in the commodity itself. URA has the broadest portfolio of these three ETFs, with about 56 holdings from developed markets around the world. Still, it is, in some ways, also the most concentrated: Cameco shares make up nearly a quarter of the fund.

URA’s expense ratio of 0.69% lies between the two funds’ fees above, and it has a solid asset base of $5.7 billion and a hearty trading volume to match. This makes the fund appealing to investors seeking the flexibility to make frequent trades without worrying about liquidity. It may also reflect the ETF’s strong dividend yield of 5.26%. While UFA has also slipped so far this year, it has held up better than the other uranium-focused funds on this list. READ THIS STORY ONLINE

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(16) Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. 

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(29) And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. 
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In all of mankind since Adam, only one person has qualified to receive the inheritance of the promises that were made to Abraham—Christ.

We can see the requirements as early as Genesis 17:1, where God says to Abraham, “Walk before Me, and be perfect.” Some Bibles translate it, “Be blameless,” which means the same thing; “Be without sin.” Christ, at the end of His life, was found to be blameless; therefore, He qualified to receive the promises. He met every condition of the Covenant, and then became the Inheritor.

Verse 29 is explaining that, if we are “in Christ” (in union with Him), then we become co-heirs with Him. We become co-inheritors with Him, if we have met the conditions the Bible gives: God has called us; we have unconditionally surrendered to God; we believe the gospel; we believe in the blood of Jesus Christ; we have been baptized; we have received the Holy Spirit; we have had hands laid on us. Then we also become “in Christ.” The picture is as if we were part of Christ’s body, and we are “in” Him. That is not actually what has occurred, but we are within the church.

Christ, being the Inheritor of the promises, then made out a will, as it were, prior to His death for the forgiveness of our sins. This will is also the New Covenant, which includes all the promises and blessings the Scriptures show us.

Christ had to die for a number of reasons. First of all, He was physical; and it is given to all men to die once (Hebrews 9:27). Another reason is that the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23), and when our sins were placed on Him, He then came under the law and the law claimed its penalty—He died. Another reason is that He had to be transformed, glorified by means of a resurrection, because, as long as He was in the flesh, He could not inherit the promises either. One has to be eternal to inherit them; “flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God” (I Corinthians 15:50).

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CPI Comes In Cool: Why It Could Revive These 3 Rate-Sensitive Stocks

Written by Dan Schmidt on July 15, 2026 

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• June’s cooler-than-expected CPI report reduced the odds of a July rate hike from 42% to 16.6%, easing pressure on rate-sensitive stocks.
• Rate-sensitive sectors including homebuilders, REITs, and fintechs stand to benefit if the Federal Reserve delays additional interest rate hikes.
• D.R. Horton, Realty Income, and SoFi Technologies each show strong underlying business performance that could improve further in a slower-rate environment.
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Investors breathed a sigh of relief on Tuesday, July 14, when the Consumer Price Index (CPI) came in below consensus, signaling that inflation slowed month over month in June. The index declined 0.4%between May and June, mainly due to falling energy prices.

The annual rate of 3.5%, while still well above target, also came in below the 3.8% consensus. But the biggest relief came to rate-sensitive sectors like fintechs, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), and entry-level homebuilders, many of which have been beaten down by sticky inflation, high rates, and weary consumers. While one print doesn’t equate to a trend, June’s number bodes well for this group, especially the three stocks we’ll discuss below.

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The Hike Scare Just Lost a Few Teeth

Inflation had been creeping higher in recent months, and Federal Reserve governors like Christopher Waller had been considering voting for rate hikes as early as this month when the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets on July 29. According to CME Group’s FedWatch tool, the odds of a July rate hike reached as high as 42% on July 13, but dropped to just 16.6% the day after the cool CPI release.

The odds of a September rate hike are still nearly 60% (and cuts still appear completely off the table), but a three-month period of relief could be meaningful for the sectors we mentioned earlier. The 10-year Treasury yield dropped sharply after the CPI release, a boost for homebuilders, since 30-year fixed mortgage rates most closely track the 10-year Treasury yield. Fintechs also suffer when mortgage rates are high, as loan demand weakens and credit risk increases. They’re also frequently considered growth stocks with earnings potential, not necessarily current profits. And REITs are both a bond proxy and a real estate proxy, benefiting from lower Treasury yields and lower borrowing costs to acquire property.

While June’s report is the largest one-month CPI decline since April 2020, it’s important to understand how the calculus has shifted. Waller has said it will take several months of data to convince him inflation is actually heading in the right direction, and most of the CPI relief came from lower gasoline prices (down 9.7% month-over-month). The relief may not last, but investors are now betting on a scenario in which a single rate hike is on the table rather than multiple increases before year-end. A pause into 2027 remains a dream-world outcome, one that would likely require hypnotizing several heads of state, but the market is at least starting to price in a less aggressive path.

3 Stocks That Benefit From Rate Relief

Three stocks, one each from the REIT, homebuilder, and fintech industries, offer broad exposure to a potential slow-rate environment. Rate hikes may not be avoided entirely, and cuts still appear unlikely, but these stocks could benefit if additional hikes are pushed further out.

D.R. Horton: The Affordability Homebuilder

D.R. Horton Inc. (NYSE: DHI) is the country’s largest homebuilder by total volume, specializing in entry-level homes for first-time buyers. More than 60% of the company’s homes go to first-time buyers, a group for whom affordability is often the most crucial factor. Lower mortgage rates put more renters into the pool of buyers, and also allow DHI to boost margins by reducing the amount of buydowns and incentives it offers.

The company posted a top and bottom-line earnings beat during its Q2 2026 report in April and upgraded its full-year revenue estimates, but buydowns and incentives were one area of stress for management, with more than 70% of closings requiring a buydown. The Q3 2026 report is scheduled for July 21, so this CPI report is welcome news for management ahead of that conference call. D.R. Horton also has a policy tailwind thanks to the June passage of the 21st Century Road to Housing Act, which sent DHI shares up nearly 7% in a single session.

Realty Income: Bond-like Yields With Strong Underlying Business

Few publicly traded companies are more linked to the 10-year Treasury yield than Realty Income Corp. (NYSE: O), the long-term net-lease REIT. The company pays a 5.1% dividend with a more than 30-year track record of annual payout increases. And most importantly, this isn’t a weak REIT dependent on steady rates. The underlying business is in terrific shape, as evidenced by a Q1 2026 earnings beat, during which management raised Adjusted Funds From Operations (AFFO) and investment volume guidance. It also deployed $2.8 billion in capital at a cash yield of 7.1%, and that spread will only get healthier as funding costs fall. If the 10-year yield continues to drop and rate hikes are postponed, the stock’s biggest overhang is removed, and the 5.1% dividend can continue growing.

SoFi Technologies: Stimulating Loan Demand Improves Duration Story

SoFi Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFI) is the high beta way to play rates if the Fed stands pat. The company earns most of its income from lending, especially personal and student loans. SoFi is a nationally chartered bank with a diverse lending book, but demand for personal and student loan refinancing had been dormant during the high-rate regime. The stock is down nearly 30% year to date. However, this performance belies some promising results.

Despite the massive stock drawdown, SoFi’s Q1 2026 report was strong as revenue grew 42% year-over-year to $1.09 billion, above the anticipated $1.05 billion. The company also reported record loan originations totaling $12.2 billion. A steady-rate environment may not trigger a stampede of refinancings, but it could help revitalize the company’s sleepy student loan refinance program. Analysts at Goldman Sachs seem to agree; they boosted their price target on the stock from $17 to $21 on July 9.

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• Siskiyou County in California produces about 18 million pounds of illegal marijuana every year. Here’s how the state is battling the illicit grow operations.
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Officers with the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Department participate in an operation targeting illegal marijuana farms growing outside of Montague, Calif., on June 4, 2026. Violent crime associated with illegal marijuana grow farms has increased significantly, the sheriff said. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)

Inside California’s Battle With the Marijuana Black Market

A convoy of sheriff’s deputies heads into a vast network of illegal marijuana grow operations in the foothills of Mount Shasta in California’s Siskiyou County.

They drive into a dusty encampment strewn with garbage and piles of empty plastic fertilizer containers, a blight on the otherwise scenic landscape.

The morning raid is nothing new for Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue.

Thousands of makeshift greenhouses known as “hoop houses”—each one containing hundreds of illegally grown cannabis plants—are operating in the county at any given time, LaRue told The Epoch Times, as his deputies scoured the Mount Shasta Vista subdivision, a 20-minute drive northeast of Weed, Calif.

The sheriff’s office has counted 2,732 hoop houses using satellite and aerial imagery in the subdivision alone.

By the time he arrived at the scene on June 4, all the occupants had fled.

Spotters at these illegal grow sites—sometimes armed with AK-47s and rifles, according to nearby residents—alert laborers to leave the camp when they see sheriff’s deputies approaching.

Except for a few roosters, an older German shepherd, and a couple of curious pups, the site was abandoned. The occupants had already cleared out when an advance team of investigators approached the camp earlier that morning.

They know the drill.

About 430 flowering marijuana plants were found in each of two 30-by-100 foot hoop houses. Agents from the regional North State Marijuana Investigation Team weighed about 900 pounds of freshly cut marijuana plants that were hanging to dry in another slightly larger greenhouse.

All the marijuana was destroyed. No one was arrested, according to the sheriff’s office.

The team had served a search warrant on the same property last August and arrested the property owner, Haizhou Wang, then 56, who was on-site at the time.

Cannabis industry experts estimate that more than 30 million pounds of illicit marijuana are grown in the United States annually.

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For many people, that question raises up a thicket of snags and thorns, equivalent to Winston Churchill’s description of Russian geopolitical ambitions as “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.”

Certain traditional signs of etiquettereadily identify a gentleman, at least as a starting point of definition and discussion. On public transportation, for instance, a gentleman stands to offer his seat to an elderly grandmother or a pregnant mom. He holds the door of a café open for others. Inside the café, he offers his companion the seat with the best view of the room. He stands when greeting a friend or a stranger.

It’s different for women. When they extend these same courtesies, they are more often tagged as nice or polite than as ladylike. In fact, the very word “lady” is far less common in today’s society than “gentleman.” 

As writer and fashion designer Marisa Pereira noted in “When Is a Woman a ‘Lady’?,” our culture has pushed “lady” aside as having “a pejorative connotation,” especially when “used as an informal, often brusque, form of address to a woman: I’m sorry, lady, but you have the wrong number.”

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(16) Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many, but as of one, “And to your Seed,” who is Christ. 

Galatians 3:29

(29) And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. 
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In all of mankind since Adam, only one person has qualified to receive the inheritance of the promises that were made to Abraham—Christ.

We can see the requirements as early as Genesis 17:1, where God says to Abraham, “Walk before Me, and be perfect.” Some Bibles translate it, “Be blameless,” which means the same thing; “Be without sin.” Christ, at the end of His life, was found to be blameless; therefore, He qualified to receive the promises. He met every condition of the Covenant, and then became the Inheritor.

Verse 29 is explaining that, if we are “in Christ” (in union with Him), then we become co-heirs with Him. We become co-inheritors with Him, if we have met the conditions the Bible gives: God has called us; we have unconditionally surrendered to God; we believe the gospel; we believe in the blood of Jesus Christ; we have been baptized; we have received the Holy Spirit; we have had hands laid on us. Then we also become “in Christ.” The picture is as if we were part of Christ’s body, and we are “in” Him. That is not actually what has occurred, but we are within the church.

Christ, being the Inheritor of the promises, then made out a will, as it were, prior to His death for the forgiveness of our sins. This will is also the New Covenant, which includes all the promises and blessings the Scriptures show us.

Christ had to die for a number of reasons. First of all, He was physical; and it is given to all men to die once (Hebrews 9:27). Another reason is that the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23), and when our sins were placed on Him, He then came under the law and the law claimed its penalty—He died. Another reason is that He had to be transformed, glorified by means of a resurrection, because, as long as He was in the flesh, He could not inherit the promises either. One has to be eternal to inherit them; “flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God” (I Corinthians 15:50).

— John W. Ritenbaugh

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