Okay. cool. But you missed this one:
" For whoever keeps the whole Law yet stumbles at just one point, is guilty of breaking all of it." (James 2:10)
If you want to add the Law to the Gospel or grace. fine. But you DO NOT get to pick and choose which parts you obey. It's ALL OF IT or NOTHING.
That means you'd better get started building a Temple, finding a Levitical priest, and get those sacrifices started.
This is perfect Budman. You make my case. Jesus, the Word which became Flesh, told me of a changed "Priesthood". It's in your Bible. It's part of the Word which "many" who come in Christ's name ignore because of their religious traditions.
33 But this
shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD,
I (
Jesus, the Word which became Flesh) 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.
Jesus is saying that there will come a time when there are no Levite Priests to find to read His Instructions. Jesus will give them to us directly.
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 (
Jesus the Word which became Flesh) will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Jesus is saying no more turtle doves or goats to take to Levite Priests to perform Levitical Priesthood "Works of the Law" for remission of sins. The Word which became Flesh will forgive us with His own Blood.
Hebrews confirms this.
Heb. 7:
11 If therefore perfection were by the
Levitical priesthood, (
for under it the people received the law,) what further need
was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
Again, the Word which became Flesh is telling us about the "old covenant", the Levitical Priesthood given to the Levites exclusively. But Jesus said in Jer. there would come a time when this has changed.
Heb. 7:
12 For the priesthood being changed, there is
made of necessity a
change also of the law.
So the Priesthood changed, what does the Bible say was "changed" in the Law?
13 For
he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth
to another tribe, of
which no man gave attendance at the altar.
14 For
it is evident that our
Lord sprang out of Juda; of
which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
Jesus was not a Levite, therefore it was against the Laws of God (Moses) for Him to be a Priest? If you read the Law and Prophets, only the Levite was to be and perform the "Works of the Law" for remission of sins.
But the Word which became Flesh foretold of a time when He will make a "new covenant".
Jer. 31:
31 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: (Of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood)
So since the "Seed", the Word which became Flesh has come, we no longer are "under" the old Levitical Priesthood and it's "Works of the Law" for remission of sins.
We have a "NEW PRIESTHOOD", a New Covenant in which the Christ administers God's Instructions on our heart, we don't "receive them by the Levitical Priesthood".
A New Priesthood, a "new covenant" in which the Word which became Flesh sheds His own Blood, and forgives us our sins through Himself, not the blood of goats and ceremonial, sacrificial "Works of the Law" which the Jews were "bewitching" folks with.
So you see Budman, by trusting "ALL" of God's Word's I understand that I am the temple now, not a pile of rocks. I understand that the Word which became Flesh in the person of Jesus the Christ is my High Priest, that Jesus changed the Priesthood, and changed the Law regarding who can partake of God's Priesthood, as prophesied.
And I no longer, by the commandment of Jesus, the Word which became Flesh, am required to take animal sacrifices to the Levite Priest because Jesus is the Priest, and by Him and His Blood once and for all am I forgiven.
You are not being taught these Biblical truths but James was.
8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one
point,
he is guilty of all.
11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery,
said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill,
thou art become a transgressor of the law.
12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that
shall be judged by the law of liberty.
So in regards to the following, you are partially correct, your error is not recognizing the "Change" in the Priesthood and the "works of the Law" pertaining to it.
If you want to add the Law to the Gospel or grace. fine. But you DO NOT get to pick and choose which parts you obey. It's ALL OF IT or NOTHING.
That means you'd better get started building a Temple, finding a Levitical priest, and get those sacrifices started.
This is what I mean about religious traditions Jesus warned us of. To say as you suggest, that if I "Love my neighbor as myself" I must also take a turtle dove to the Levite Priest for forgiveness of sins is a false teaching.
Jesus changed the Priesthood as He promised in Jeremiah. He didn't change His Instructions which define sin.