Continued -Part 2
So your claim is the Israelites were not to keep the Ten Commandments because if they disobeyed God by touching the ark of the covenant would be death? Is this really your take on these scriptures. I see why there is some confusion.
You seem to be confusing the law of Moses with the Ten Commandments. There are no animal sacrifices in the Ten Commandments Exodus 20. The law of Moses was added because of sin- for breaking the Ten Commandments. Hence why it was outside the ark. Animal sacrifices always pointed forward to Jesus as a placeholder. Heb 10:1-22 as the blood of animals could never take away sins, but the blood of Christ is perfect for cleansing us of all sin and unrighteousness but comes with conditions 1 Peter 1:9 Pro 28:13. Sin is still breaking the Ten Commandments Rom 7:7, breaking one of them you break them all James 2:10-12 and Jesus did not come to save us in sin Heb 10:26-30, He came to save us from sin Mat 1:21. If we are living for Christ- we would not be breaking His commandments and through Christ we can follow His example that He left for us, committing no sin 1 Peter 2:21-22 but tempted in every way just as we are Heb 4:15. Jesus never died so we can continue in sin, otherwise He could have just taken away the law. We too must die of sin Rom 6 and become a new creation in Christ and those who are hostile against His law Paul points out are the lost Rom 8:7-8
No wonder why the New Covenant was established on better promises Heb 8:6 not better or new laws because God is perfect and it would be impossible for Him to write an imperfect law with His own finger and why He writes His laws in our hearts and minds Heb 8:10 because it is perfect for converting the soul Psa 19:7
Again, your confusing the different laws and their purposes. Many people do, but I would take time to study the differences. I would also consider the clear teachings of Jesus who told us clearly not to break the least of these commandments Mat 5:19-30 because in doing so ones heart is far from Him Mat 15:3-9 which is the opposite of the NC- God's law written in the heart Heb 8:10
This is such an important passage. We must worship Him in Truth and Spirit. All of God's commandments are Truth Psa 119:105.
Jesus in His own Words defined "false worship" i.e. worshipping in vain. That is when we keep our rules over keeping the commandments of God and Jesus quoted directly from the Ten Commandments saying ones heart is far from Him and in vain they worship.
Mat 15:3 He answered and said to them, “Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? 4 For God commanded, saying, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’ 5 But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is a gift to God”— 6 then he need not honor his father or mother.’ Thus you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. 7 Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:
8 ‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth,
And honor Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me.
9 And in vain they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”
10 When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, “Hear and understand: 11 Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.
12 Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
13 But He answered and said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. 14 Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”
Keeping our rules over obeying the commandment of God is “blind” and leads one into a ditch i.e. off the narrow path. Hence Mat 5:19
This scripture shows us what true worship is:
Revelation 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
Which reconciles us Rev 22:14
We can keep following the popular path that leads us away from obeying God's commandments or we can have room for faith and trust what God personally wrote and spoke with His own finger is because He loves us and knows what’s best for us.
We are living in the last days and God wants us to come out of our false teachings Rev 18:4 in lieu of popular teachings leading us away from obeying God's holy and righteous commandments that He personally wrote for moral and holy living.
I hope you consider this in prayer.
Thanks for the chat.
God gave us the commandment and told us to not focus on works or labors Exo 20:9, on the seventh day Sabbath Exo 20:10 but to focus on Him. Isa 58:13 hence why we are to keep the Sabbath day holy Exo 20:8-11 thus saith the Lord. The Sabbath is about relationship with God and why it is always being attacked just like predicted in the scriptures Dan 7:25Indeed, under the terms of the Old Covenant, the closest law-keepers could get to the presence of God was the second court that lay outside the Sanctuary. Your claim that obeying the sabbath commandment is “spending holy time with God” actually violates the Law.
The only means the Law allowed of even approaching near God’s presence involved a whole host of commandments; becoming a participant in the Old Covenant, traveling to Jerusalem, climbing the Temple Mount, passing through the barrier that only the Old Covenant people could enter and then only after having been property immersed in a ritual bath, entering one of the gates, crossing the Court of Prayer, climbing the flight of steps and entering the Beautiful Gate, crossing the Court of Israel, crossing the Court of the Priests, climbing the flight of steps up to the Porch of the Sanctuary, entering the Sanctuary, crossing the Holy Place, climbing more steps, opening the Veil of Separation, and stepping into the Holy of Holies, the only place on earth where the presence of God dwelt under the terms of the Old Covenant. And then, after violating all the commandments against the places you were forbidden to set foot in, you would be struck dead for daring to step beyond that veil and enter the Presence of God! So please, don’t speak about “spending holy time in God’s presence” by “observing the commandments of the Law,” because to even approach God’s presence by observing the commandments of the law was a death sentence.
So your claim is the Israelites were not to keep the Ten Commandments because if they disobeyed God by touching the ark of the covenant would be death? Is this really your take on these scriptures. I see why there is some confusion.
So here’s the problem with the Law, and why a new covenant was necessary.
The blood of bulls and goats could only cleanse the flesh. (Hebrews 9:13) The blood of the sacrifices commanded under the law, rivers of blood offered up through the centuries, could not cleanse the heart, and the heart is where sin comes from. (Matthew 15:19) But the Law was never intended to cleanse a man's heart of the sinful nature that we are all born with. The law was only intended to cleanse the flesh. And there was a reason for that. And that reason is both simple, and self-evident.
You seem to be confusing the law of Moses with the Ten Commandments. There are no animal sacrifices in the Ten Commandments Exodus 20. The law of Moses was added because of sin- for breaking the Ten Commandments. Hence why it was outside the ark. Animal sacrifices always pointed forward to Jesus as a placeholder. Heb 10:1-22 as the blood of animals could never take away sins, but the blood of Christ is perfect for cleansing us of all sin and unrighteousness but comes with conditions 1 Peter 1:9 Pro 28:13. Sin is still breaking the Ten Commandments Rom 7:7, breaking one of them you break them all James 2:10-12 and Jesus did not come to save us in sin Heb 10:26-30, He came to save us from sin Mat 1:21. If we are living for Christ- we would not be breaking His commandments and through Christ we can follow His example that He left for us, committing no sin 1 Peter 2:21-22 but tempted in every way just as we are Heb 4:15. Jesus never died so we can continue in sin, otherwise He could have just taken away the law. We too must die of sin Rom 6 and become a new creation in Christ and those who are hostile against His law Paul points out are the lost Rom 8:7-8
No wonder why the New Covenant was established on better promises Heb 8:6 not better or new laws because God is perfect and it would be impossible for Him to write an imperfect law with His own finger and why He writes His laws in our hearts and minds Heb 8:10 because it is perfect for converting the soul Psa 19:7
Because God’s Plan of Salvation meant that He would send a savior who would be born of Israel “according to the flesh.” (Romans 9:5) In the flesh, that is in his physical substance, Jesus is a physical descendant of Abraham, through the royal line of David, born of a young maiden of the Jewish people. So it was important that the Son of God be born according to the flesh of a people who were clean according to the flesh. So the Law only provided cleansing of sin “according to the flesh," so that Jesus would be born of a "clean vessel." While the Law could cleanse the flesh of sin and every manner of defilement, it could not and was never intended to cleanse the heart, where sin originates. That required another covenant, not something added to the Old to make it better, not something to replace part of the old and leave the rest intact, but a whole new and separate covenant, one that brought to pass all the promises of the Old.
Again, your confusing the different laws and their purposes. Many people do, but I would take time to study the differences. I would also consider the clear teachings of Jesus who told us clearly not to break the least of these commandments Mat 5:19-30 because in doing so ones heart is far from Him Mat 15:3-9 which is the opposite of the NC- God's law written in the heart Heb 8:10
"Woman, believe me, the hour has come, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. You don't know who you worship. We know who we worship, for salvation came forth from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeks such to worship him." (John 4:23)
This is such an important passage. We must worship Him in Truth and Spirit. All of God's commandments are Truth Psa 119:105.
Jesus in His own Words defined "false worship" i.e. worshipping in vain. That is when we keep our rules over keeping the commandments of God and Jesus quoted directly from the Ten Commandments saying ones heart is far from Him and in vain they worship.
Mat 15:3 He answered and said to them, “Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? 4 For God commanded, saying, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’ 5 But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is a gift to God”— 6 then he need not honor his father or mother.’ Thus you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. 7 Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:
8 ‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth,
And honor Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me.
9 And in vain they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”
10 When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, “Hear and understand: 11 Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.
12 Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
13 But He answered and said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. 14 Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”
Keeping our rules over obeying the commandment of God is “blind” and leads one into a ditch i.e. off the narrow path. Hence Mat 5:19
This scripture shows us what true worship is:
Revelation 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
Which reconciles us Rev 22:14
We can keep following the popular path that leads us away from obeying God's commandments or we can have room for faith and trust what God personally wrote and spoke with His own finger is because He loves us and knows what’s best for us.
We are living in the last days and God wants us to come out of our false teachings Rev 18:4 in lieu of popular teachings leading us away from obeying God's holy and righteous commandments that He personally wrote for moral and holy living.
I hope you consider this in prayer.
Thanks for the chat.
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