"The law means so much to me that I want my chosen people to keep it, but..."?
"...One day I will send my son to die so that the gentiles don't have to do any of it"
Does this sound like something Our God would say?
THE BATTLE AXE: Can One Escape? (09/18/2013)— (4.) The living absolutely cannot escape the full range of challenges, disappointments, duties, losses, and triumphs that together are called “the ups and downs of life.” Because many now rely upon complaining (to get attention; dispel fear; make connection to others, even strangers; or manipulate and have advantage), what many call “sufferings” are merely the normal tasks for life in the earth. For example, many complain daily against attending school; decease (i.e., completing ones mortality); having to correct their own mistakes; hearing, responding to, and speaking truth; and paying those who provide service, or share their resources. Believers in Christ accept suffering as a sacred mechanism whereby those in carnal, material and social reality are used to accomplish divine purpose, demonstrate the operations of divine substance, and make visible the active presence of GOD. (5.) At Creation, the experience of human life was to be a balanced blend of learning, fellowship, work, and rest. Acknowledgment of GOD through voluntary praise and worship that would express such inner states as gratitude, joy, love, respect, and trust became mandatory when division and separation increased through sin. Formative judgment (i.e., assessment and measurement when building, creating and planning) then took on a new character as investigation and scrutiny to detect the presence of divinity, or any hidden material that is not from GOD. (6.) Many of the tests and trials mankind now faces are for purposes of edification, instruction, and revelation. Each person must discover and come to know their own capacity for action, commitment, integrity, strength, and truth for these are the aspects of humanity that must be present for interaction and relationship with the Creator. Through the ministry of Jesus Christ, believers receive a fresh endowment from the divine person that includes such spirit content as faith, holiness, righteousness, truthfulness, wisdom, and wrath against sin. Together, these make it that none appear “empty” before GOD. See 1st Corinthians 10: 13, Hebrews 2: 1-4 and 1st Peter 4: 12-19, King James Version.
THE GOLDEN ARROW: For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. 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. And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. (Galatians 3: 10-19, KJV)
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: Law and Christian Belief (09/03/2013); A Need to Know? (09/04/2013); The Children, not the Dogs (03/17/2013); Why Jesus Must Be A Jew (03/18/2013); The Benefit of Grace (03/19/2013); On the Messiah (02/19/2012); The First Jews (02/20/2012)
“Following Torah And Messiah”, here are a few points to consider that should be useful to avoid spiritual confusion:
(1.) The holy writings often use the word “law” speaking strictly about the covenant of Moses. Similarly, modern speakers say “the “law” referring to the Decalogue, the Ten Commandments. At other points, the Scriptures speak to the divine law that was in place before Creation, and that may be spoken of as eternal. There are many uses of “law” regarding the ordinances, outcomes of judgment (we might say, precedents), and statutes instituted for the Jews.
(2.) Careful study of the Scriptures demand that each appearance of the word “law” be examined for its peculiar application and meaning for the passage wherein it appears. In New Testament writings, the word “law” may appear within the same paragraph multiple times, and its meaning may be changed from use to use. For example, see Romans 3: 19-23, King James Version.
There is far more to be said, correctly applied, and spiritually understood. For example, (3.) Those who left Egypt with Moses, and stood with him and Aaron at the foot of Mount Sinai hearing the voice of GOD proclaim the covenant and the law, were a “mixed multitude.” At no time was the law only intended exclusively for the tribes of Jacob. Repeatedly, the Jews did not fully uphold the law (e.g., failure to expel the seven nations occupying the Promised Land; idolatry through the wives of Solomon; schism and the golden calf of Jeroboam, son of Nebat). Therefore, many believed the promised administration of the Messiah would end what now is being called “the curse of the law.” The Gentiles embracing the righteousness of the law in the person of Jesus Christ are being used as a divine device to recover and restore the remnant of Israel.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith. Love has spoken.
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
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