Covenant as an
instrument of GOD is the topic, today; also, there is more on Messianic belief.
A “Yahoo! Answers” writer using the ID “truth101” (Level 2 with 527 points, a
member since October 19, 2012) posted the following:
Did the jews always break there vows to
JEHOVAH (did they keep there word on anything?
THE BATTLE AXE: Signs of
Messianic Belief? (12/16/2012)—The cross and tzitzit (pronounced “seat-seat”)
are symbols of divine love and power only among believers. Together, the two
signify that the law of GOD has been made perfect through faith, righteousness,
and full payment of all the law’s penalties. There are many who count
themselves “conservative” Christians and mistakenly identify belief in Jesus as
Messiah as false doctrine, “judaizing,” heresy, and the mark of a cult. The
accusation that “the Jews murdered Jesus” continues among those who are blinded
by anti-Semitism, ignorance, racism and hate; and appears among believers both
as unholy sentiment, and as the spirit of anti-Christ. The work of GOD in his
first appearance as Messiah was to confirm and fulfill various features of a
divine plan establishing eternal life. Confusion often arises on the point
that, by dying on the cross, Jesus ended Judaism and Jewish law. Echoing the
rebellion that appeared among the holy angels, there are many in the churches
who say, “the law was nailed to the cross,” declaring, we no longer have to obey
the Ten Commandments and other laws given the tribes of Jacob. Some insist that
this applies only to ceremonial laws, rituals for sacrifice, and practices
specific to Jewish secular culture and history including circumcision and
tithing. The covenant of Moses is also called “the law” in Scripture; so many
understand that the Mosaic covenant was “nailed” (terminated), and a completely
different covenant is now in its place. Messianic belief insists upon the
righteousness of GOD depicted through the continuity of covenant relationship
with the Jews, and a single provision for rebirth and salvation available to all
mankind (i.e., , Jews and Gentiles alike) through Jesus the Son of the
Highest.
THE GOLDEN ARROW: Behold,
the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new
covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according
to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took
them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they
brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of
Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law
in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and
they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour,
and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they
shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the
LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will
remember their sin no more. Thus saith the LORD, which
giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and
of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof
roar; The LORD of hosts is his name: If those
ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD,
then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me
for ever. Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be
measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also
cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD. (Jeremiah 31: 31-37, King James
Version)
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: Why Did
the Judges Fight? (10/19/2012); The Priesthood of Kings (10/17/2012); Childlike
Faith (10/18/2012); The Spirit is Willing (10/20/2012); Spirit Matter
(10/21/2012); Still the “Chosen”? (03/19/2012); GOD Does Exist (03/20/2012);
Annulled? (01/09/2011); New Covenant? (01/08/2011)
The covenant work of the Jews as a chosen
instrument of GOD must be recognized and spiritually discerned on many levels.
The tribes of Jacob were chosen to display both divine blessing and curses (see
Deuteronomy 11: 22-32 and Joshua 8: 30-35, KJV). In the same way Noah and his
family of eight souls became a “living ark” and vessel preserving divine law
upon the earth (see Genesis 6: 1-22 and 9: 1-30, KJV), all Israel is to serve
as a nation formed by GOD to demonstrate divine law on behalf of all mankind.
Most correctly understood, the repeated failures and shortcomings of the Jews
are only “such as is common to man,” and clarifies the need for divine
atonement, guidance, intercession, and “rebirth.”
Covenant is more to be seen as the tool of GOD
for revelation than contracts and tools of mankind for property and prosperity.
In addition to making Almighty GOD known, present and visible, covenant extends
the sovereign will of GOD to created beings and living creatures in such a way
that all are enabled to more readily recognize and resist sin. Sin is no living
entity, and is not put forth from GOD or any in existence. Sin opposes the
existence of divine law, the divine Law Giver, and the existence of all within
Creation. We speak of sin as if an attribute or trait transmitted by DNA. Sin
lacks dimension, form and substance, yet has direction, effect, and presence.
Sin is no “thing”, and may not influence the will of divinity, however, sin may
dominate self-will in the created. The total elimination of sin requires divine
operations that include incarnation, death, self-sacrifice, resurrection,
judgment, and the second death.
There is far more to be said, correctly
applied, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, as with all things among
men, covenant is temporal, and shifts in its meaning and value from person to
person, and time to time. Continuity for covenant is established by eternal,
unchanging GOD through such mechanisms as dynasty, family, forgiveness, nation,
prophecy, regeneration, sanctification, and eternal life.) Even so, I trust
this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your
faith.
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
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