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The Law
A long time before ‘Laws’ were recognised on an International scale, each tribe/area, were verbally handed down their own Laws. Thus punishment was severed out by the Tribal leaders, or Priests~Pharisees~Sadducees, etc.
In the History of the Law, when you look back, it was Yahweh God, was the great initiator~creator of the Law. God made everything, in/on the World, in the Garden of Eden, and for Him it was good … Genesis 1:12 “And God saw that it was good” … to know the Law is to know what is good & bad, right from wrong, what you can & cannot do, so to do 80mph/kmh in the town centre is just wrong and dangerous, as you know the limit is you only 30mph/kmh.
God made everything in ‘The Garden of Eden’ [see Genesis chapters 1 ~ 3]. The tree of Knowledge was the only one in the whole garden, that God told them they were NOT to touch, eat from.
Genesis 2:15/17 “The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”
As Laws go, it could not have been any simpler, no wokeness, grey areas leading to misinterpretation. The Tree of Knowledge was good, the Law was good, but as it turned out it was not good for man, due to his inability to keep, abide by, one very simple Law. Some people think that live Holy, and we must teach people the knowledge of Good & Evil, it shows on so many levels how, because of Godless society we live in, in fact to are already heading to hell in a hand cart.
Genesis 3:7 “Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves“
The day this happened, was when Adam & Eve ate from the Tree, their conscience was also opened. In just a moment, you’ll hear how that they sewed Fig leaves, this happened first, then God being frustrated with them sewed them, clothes from goat skins. . . [Genesis 3:20] “Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin, and clothed them” . . . Before embarking on their sinful lives, because now they can see sin, know good from evil, so understanding right from wrong. They did not have all these ‘Worries’ before hand, due to being blind to these problems & sins. They were still able to, in spite of their disobedience, speak to and see God, How merciful a Heavenly Father we have.
Be Honest when answering the following…
Do you want your mind to be ruled by the Law ..
OR
Do you want your mind ruled by Jesus Christ?
For me, to be ruled by Jesus Christ, is to gain far more than can ever be conceived. Surely a perfect conscience would know we have been delivered from ‘The Law’, this alone has to make us confident in our Lord God, especially when considering that there are over 1800 different Laws in Bible.
Matthew 5:17/19 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfil them. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished”
So having already said that Jesus came not to abolish, do away with the Law, but He only came to .. “full fill the Law”, for some had wanted away with the Law, surly then only anarchy & lawlessness would ensue. OK, coming back on topic before I go down a different rabbit hole, lol.
Hebrews 7:17 “For it is declared: You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek”
Now speaking of Jesus being a ‘Royal Priest’ for ever and ever to come. Where there is no curses, only now just ‘Blessings’. V8 .. Tells us that the Law was no longer any good for man, and from hence faith is canceled. Once man has shown his total disregard to Gods Law for us, we have a fleshly weakness.
Hebrews 7:18 “The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless”
Hebrews 8:6 “But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises”
We should be encouraged, that from this moment new and better promises on promises. But it took the old Covenant to be replaced, I wonder sometimes, how many times has God moved the goal posts to accommodate our ineptitude? In the time of Jesus there were those who were so called ‘Lawyers’. The were nothing like the ‘injury-lawyers-for-you’, as these ‘Lawyers’, studied nothing else but for the ‘Moses Laws’. So if you, in the eyes of the Pharisees were caught doing something they felt was wrong, you went before the ‘Lawyers’, and they judged you ...
Matthew 22:34/40 “But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” 37 Jesus said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and great commandment” Then Jesus finished by saying … “39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law” … these two commandments alone should be pinned to your fridge door as you're reminded, of such simplicity. I’m sure the Sadducees must have had egg on their faces.
Hebrews 7:19/21 “for the law made nothing perfect; on the other hand, there is the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God. Greatness of the New Priest 20 And inasmuch as He was not made priest without an oath 21(for they have become priests without an oath, but He with an oath by Him who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn And will not relent, ‘You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek”
V20 … Here we can see how God tells Christ Jesus that He (Jesus) made this Oath before Melchizedek, that from hence forth and foreever more, would be the High Priest. God has no need to swear on or about anything. Maybe God must have had conversations with them both and they were difference of opinions and Melchizedek was not happy with this, that’s why God swore. When God makes an oath/promise with you, it will come to pass. After Melchizedek there will be blessings after blessings, after blessings ... Hebrews 7:22 “by so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant”… Now because of Jesus, we have been given an ultimate guarantor of this new and wonderful Covenant/Testament that is ‘fail-proof’, and as much ‘fool-proof’. The simplicity is such that a 5 year old child could not only grasp it, but follow it also.
Such is the simplicity a fool could have all the blessings in Gods store. All God wants is for us to believe in Him, Then He sent Son to full fill the Laws. For you see God has guaranteed it. Now everything depends on God how great this is, it had been Gods guarantee, and not Man’, as we are too weak and feeble to guarantee such as an important thing as this.
Under the old Law it was God’s reaction that was dependant on man’s actions, to the old Laws. Now everything has changed, it’s now in reverse ‘Man's-reactions’ are determined upon Gods Actions. As it is who you are. God say to us we not need bring anything, like the slaughtering of animals, instead just come as you are, just show up, no appointment needed, no fancy clothing, you can be an unemployed punk rocker, or the richest person in the World, the Queen of the UK or a beggar on the street. As in God’s eyes we are ALL, Equal. Come on in, it’s all good, redemption is free to everyone.
# It’s all on God #
In the New Covenant, all we need to do is believe & have faith in God, and to thank Him.
Hebrews 8:6 “But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises”
I’m sure there must been controversy over what they saw as the removal of the 10 Commandments. The Pharisees & Sadducee’s must have thought how can this man remove them? What they could not understand was that it was noi man, when in stead it was the Son of God. The things is the commandments are good and perfect, the only problem was, an age old one that went all the way back to Adam & Eve, the problem was and is us Humans.
Hebrews 8:8/12 “Because finding fault with them, He says: “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, 9 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the Lord. 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 11 None of them shall teach his neighbour, and none his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more”
In these verses, especially V8 is where God talks of how the covenant will no longer be based upon anything from the houses of Judah & Israel. All because, although God did His part (kept His promises to us), Man being weak and easily tempted by the first thing ~ Woman ~ Man, all to easily failed God...
Hebrews:10
I will make with the house of Israel
I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts
I will be their God, and they shall be My people
… how can God be more emphatic in one verse .. I Will .. I Will .. and again I Will. There will be no more having to try and show people that God is the best way to live your life. As God will, from that point hence forth as God said ‘I Will’, make His word known to every Man ~ Woman & Child. God is going to tell us only the things we need to do, as in Matthew 22:34/40.
When it’s to do with the covenant, you need to find out what’s ‘entailed’, I.E. ~The terms ~ The Causes & The Agreements, to that covenant in order to benefit from it..
- The Garden of Eden was ‘Don’t eat from the tree, and blessings will flow
- With Moses, he was told to ‘Keep & Abide with the 10 Commandments. If not you’re to make a sacrifice, and I’ll keep the blessings coming.
- Because of man’s ineptitude under the new covenant all we have to do in order for God to ‘I Will ~ I Will ~ I Will’, is now simply to believe in the one true living God.
Hebrews 8:12 “For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more”
What can change this Verse at the very start, In most translated versions like King James Version .. New Living Translation .. New International Version .. or even New King James, the verse starts with “For”. Translated back in to the original Greek version, the word “For” is actually “Because”. Now reading the Verse changing out the words, the verse starts with “Because I will forgive ..”. God is saying despite of their sinning I will forgive. How a gracious God we have. Just imagine a close best friend kept steeling from you, lying to you, deceiving you, saying he made me do it. How long , really how long would put up with it, telling them sure look it's’ OK? I guessing not very long?
God needs for us to trust in Him, all be it in what we can’t see ~ smell ~ touch. When in actual fact, God wants us to trust in Him more than we could ever trust in ourselves, I know this is going to be the hardest thing you will ever do. Trust me, I know this from personal experience He will come through for you, Try Him.
My leaving thought for you is …
If your going to abide in the Law, you can’t cherry pick, you have to keep all of them.
