Why isn’t the new covenant part of “Isaiah only”?
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It seems wheneer I remind folks who claim to read the Bible that it is very important to know the translations or definitions of Judah and Israel.
The new covenant is only to those who are Judah and Israel. Judah is comprised oa fll people who praise God. Israel is comprised of allpeople who will rule with God.
Now when reading the Word pay attention when you see how those who believe Jesus are praises of god who will rule with Him... You say you believe and you understand. Good for you. All blessings in Jesus-Yeshua, amen.
The new covenant is only to those who are Judah and Israel. Judah is comprised oa fll people who praise God. Israel is comprised of allpeople who will rule with God.
Now when reading the Word pay attention when you see how those who believe Jesus are praises of god who will rule with Him... You say you believe and you understand. Good for you. All blessings in Jesus-Yeshua, amen.
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Then wouldn't what Paul explain in Romans 9 to 11 makes no sense? For example, after explaining why Israel has fallen in the eyes of God, he went on to state in Romans 11:1
I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
If Israel is not equal to the 12 tribes, what do you think Paul is trying to explain here?
I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
If Israel is not equal to the 12 tribes, what do you think Paul is trying to explain here?
Church (= equals) Restored, adopted and gathered new covenant Israel (All regathered and adopted formerly scattered 12 tribes of Israel, Jews & mixed-Israel Gentiles) from all the nations whereto scattered old covenant Israel were taken into captivity.
Israel (<> not equals) Jews (not just 3 tribes of Israel only, of Judah/Benjamin/Levi called Jews) only, excluding adopted, mixed-Israel from the Gentiles, into whom they were scattered.
Israel (<> not equals) Jews (not just 3 tribes of Israel only, of Judah/Benjamin/Levi called Jews) only, excluding adopted, mixed-Israel from the Gentiles, into whom they were scattered.
Hi, thanks for being so open about the struggle to comprehend this. It is something many people find difficult to wrap their heads around. I have done my fair share of head scratching over the years. Having people who disagree giving teaching on it doesn’t help too much either as it can lead to even more confusion.
I found it helpful when I realised I was never under an “old covenant“ as I wasn’t a Hebrew/Israelite/Jew so it stood to reason a new replacement wouldn’t apply to me. But that doesn’t mean the Lord didn’t throw out the offer of salvation to me when Israel
Rejected Christ. And that is really all
There is to it. We are not and were not under the law - (assuming we are not Jewish - ) but the offer of salvation has been extended to us aside from and regardless of that fact. All of scripture is good for us because it helps us understand the character and ways of God and how He wants His people
To behave etc. It teaches us the plan of
God from the very beginning and how merciful and holy He is. It shows us the promised Messiah and how His sacrifice atones for everyone once and for all.
The psalms teach us how God understands our humanity and how
We can cry out to Him and trust Him in times of trouble and how Good it Is to Praise Him. The wisdom of proverbs is as true today as ever it was, the history Books also. There is nothing that is not helpful for us in the Old Testament. We are however reading someone else’s history as it were, words of life in one way if we see God in them, but promised and curses that apply to an old
Covenant made between God and a physical nation. There are times gentiles are glimpsed in the promises of what is to come thankfully too. Even Christ said He only came for the lost sheep of the house of Israel. He fulfilled the promises to them when He came to them and did all He did. But we are now grafted into
The promises of salvation through faith in Christ. We are grafted into a spiritual family of God, a nation not of this earth. Paul’s teachings In Romans for example show the divide clearly in a natural sense, the gentile Christians did not come under the laws and traditions of physical Israel and Paul Was in effect saying that is fine and irrelevant to our unity with one another in Christ. He was given as the apostles to the gentiles because the apostles to that time hadn’t any understanding they could or should
Preach to gentiles - (despite whatever we believe Jesus meant when he issues what we call The great commission.) Peter really gives us insight on that, needing a direct revelation from God that it was actually ok to go to the house of Cornelius - a non Jew, as does the commotion and confusion gentiles getting saved caused the elders and apostles in Acts. They basically had no clue what to do with them and some tried to treat them as converts to Judaism and Wrongly told them they would be required to follow the law of Moses and be circumcised etc. This was not the case for gentile believers as far as God was concerned, as we see clarified and agreed on by ALL the apostles and elders in Acts 15.
The writings of Paul are all especially helpful in understanding what teachings apply to gentile believers - as is Acts 15 especially.
If we see spiritual israel as a different thing to natural physical Israel then we are part of Gods people “Israel” in that sense but not in any other.
I hope this simple but lengthy explanation of how I was helped
To begin to understand the issue, has been of some help to you.
May God give you clarity, understanding, discernment and wisdom In this area and all others that concern you .
I found it helpful when I realised I was never under an “old covenant“ as I wasn’t a Hebrew/Israelite/Jew so it stood to reason a new replacement wouldn’t apply to me. But that doesn’t mean the Lord didn’t throw out the offer of salvation to me when Israel
Rejected Christ. And that is really all
There is to it. We are not and were not under the law - (assuming we are not Jewish - ) but the offer of salvation has been extended to us aside from and regardless of that fact. All of scripture is good for us because it helps us understand the character and ways of God and how He wants His people
To behave etc. It teaches us the plan of
God from the very beginning and how merciful and holy He is. It shows us the promised Messiah and how His sacrifice atones for everyone once and for all.
The psalms teach us how God understands our humanity and how
We can cry out to Him and trust Him in times of trouble and how Good it Is to Praise Him. The wisdom of proverbs is as true today as ever it was, the history Books also. There is nothing that is not helpful for us in the Old Testament. We are however reading someone else’s history as it were, words of life in one way if we see God in them, but promised and curses that apply to an old
Covenant made between God and a physical nation. There are times gentiles are glimpsed in the promises of what is to come thankfully too. Even Christ said He only came for the lost sheep of the house of Israel. He fulfilled the promises to them when He came to them and did all He did. But we are now grafted into
The promises of salvation through faith in Christ. We are grafted into a spiritual family of God, a nation not of this earth. Paul’s teachings In Romans for example show the divide clearly in a natural sense, the gentile Christians did not come under the laws and traditions of physical Israel and Paul Was in effect saying that is fine and irrelevant to our unity with one another in Christ. He was given as the apostles to the gentiles because the apostles to that time hadn’t any understanding they could or should
Preach to gentiles - (despite whatever we believe Jesus meant when he issues what we call The great commission.) Peter really gives us insight on that, needing a direct revelation from God that it was actually ok to go to the house of Cornelius - a non Jew, as does the commotion and confusion gentiles getting saved caused the elders and apostles in Acts. They basically had no clue what to do with them and some tried to treat them as converts to Judaism and Wrongly told them they would be required to follow the law of Moses and be circumcised etc. This was not the case for gentile believers as far as God was concerned, as we see clarified and agreed on by ALL the apostles and elders in Acts 15.
The writings of Paul are all especially helpful in understanding what teachings apply to gentile believers - as is Acts 15 especially.
If we see spiritual israel as a different thing to natural physical Israel then we are part of Gods people “Israel” in that sense but not in any other.
I hope this simple but lengthy explanation of how I was helped
To begin to understand the issue, has been of some help to you.
May God give you clarity, understanding, discernment and wisdom In this area and all others that concern you .
Pleasure to try to be of help, please feel free to correct where the help deviates from God's scripture. God has one covenant people (some by blood, some by adoption, not including all blood descendants of Israel/Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham), it is Covenant Israel (old and newly restored), it is the Church as was built upon by the Jews called Jesus / Yeshua, his disciples and the apostle Paul, who all formed the foundation block Christians, who were considered by the other Jews (sub-group of all of scattered Israel, among all the Gentiles of the earth) from the Judaic (Jewish) 'sect' of the Nazarenes. PS. Jesus / Yeshua called his apostle Peter the rock, on which he will built his Church of the new covenant with restored Israel, of the formerly destroyed Israel, under the old covenant - as God has an eternal covenant with Israel/Jacob (son of Isaac, son of Abraham), until the sun, moon and stars will be no more.
Acts 24 (ESV)
1 And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a spokesman, one Tertullus. They laid before the governor their case against Paul. 2 And when he had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying: "Since through you we enjoy much peace, and since by your foresight, most excellent Felix, reforms are being made for this nation, 3 in every way and everywhere we accept this with all gratitude. 4 But, to detain you no further, I beg you in your kindness to hear us briefly. 5 For we have found this man a plague, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world and is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
Hebrews 8 (ESV)
8 For he finds fault with them when he says: "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, 9 not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt. For they did not continue in my covenant, and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord. 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Ephesians 2 (ESV)
11 Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called "the uncircumcision" by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— 12 remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, 16 and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. 17 And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. 18 For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. 19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
God's covenant with his covenant people Israel ( restored Israel in the Church of today, ruled by King David's, of the tribe of Judah's descendent King Jesus Christ / King Yeshua ha'Maschiach) last until the end of the fixed order of heaven and earth:
Jeremiah 33 (ESV)
25 Thus says the Lord: If I have not established my covenant with day and night and the fixed order of heaven and earth, 26 then I will reject the offspring of Jacob and David my servant and will not choose one of his offspring to rule over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes and will have mercy on them."
1 Peter 1 (ESV)
1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
2 Peter 1 (ESV)
1 Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: 2 May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
2 Peter 3 (ESV)
15 And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, 16 as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures. 17 You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability.
Acts 24 (ESV)
1 And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a spokesman, one Tertullus. They laid before the governor their case against Paul. 2 And when he had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying: "Since through you we enjoy much peace, and since by your foresight, most excellent Felix, reforms are being made for this nation, 3 in every way and everywhere we accept this with all gratitude. 4 But, to detain you no further, I beg you in your kindness to hear us briefly. 5 For we have found this man a plague, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world and is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
Hebrews 8 (ESV)
8 For he finds fault with them when he says: "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, 9 not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt. For they did not continue in my covenant, and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord. 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Ephesians 2 (ESV)
11 Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called "the uncircumcision" by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— 12 remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, 16 and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. 17 And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. 18 For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. 19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
God's covenant with his covenant people Israel ( restored Israel in the Church of today, ruled by King David's, of the tribe of Judah's descendent King Jesus Christ / King Yeshua ha'Maschiach) last until the end of the fixed order of heaven and earth:
Jeremiah 33 (ESV)
25 Thus says the Lord: If I have not established my covenant with day and night and the fixed order of heaven and earth, 26 then I will reject the offspring of Jacob and David my servant and will not choose one of his offspring to rule over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes and will have mercy on them."
1 Peter 1 (ESV)
1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
2 Peter 1 (ESV)
1 Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: 2 May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
2 Peter 3 (ESV)
15 And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, 16 as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures. 17 You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability.
Thanks, since only Ephesians, in your list, was written by Paul, let us examine it
Which part of Ephesians 2 states that we are now Israel?
My interpretation is that Paul was referring to the Body of Christ, a secret that was hidden until God revealed it to Paul, as stated in Ephesians 3:9.
Yes, I agree that in the Body of Christ, there is neither Jew nor Gentile. Everyone is equal in the eyes of God, in his body.
But are you saying you believe that means Paul is calling the Body of Christ Israel, when it is not stated in Ephesians 2?
Which part of Ephesians 2 states that we are now Israel?
My interpretation is that Paul was referring to the Body of Christ, a secret that was hidden until God revealed it to Paul, as stated in Ephesians 3:9.
Yes, I agree that in the Body of Christ, there is neither Jew nor Gentile. Everyone is equal in the eyes of God, in his body.
But are you saying you believe that means Paul is calling the Body of Christ Israel, when it is not stated in Ephesians 2?
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I get what you're saying, and believe it 100%, I just believe this was talking about the judgement on the covenant breaker, their destruction and the end if that age, which I believe happen to the people Jesus actually warned and told would happen to, told them to watch for it. I do not see how when you have as grasp on apocalyptic literature, Jesus own words, and the historical record with multiple accounts that match His words completely, that anyone can come to the conclusion the Jesus wasn't speaking to them, but to us now telling a future generation to watch for these things. This view completely leaves Jesus open to attacks of "false prophecy", and "False Prophet".
Everything you just posted fit's so tightly in what I believe that I can't even tell how you're using it to back up your case here. I'm sure it does I'm just saying I can't see your exact argument here.
I have a question for you, how exactly did Jesus tell us His kingdom would be ushered in? Was it in a way where we could point to it and say, "there is the kingdom of God", like one would do watching Jesus coming on the clouds bringing in His earthly kingdom as the pre-trib view says will happen. I find this to be 1 of many problems with this futurist view.
Again I ask, how exactly did Jesus tell us His kingdom would be ushered in? Lets let Him describe it to us.
Mark 4:30-33
And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth, yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.” With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.
And...
Matthew 13:31-33
31 He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like aa grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. 32 It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”
33 He told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened.”
Their are more but my point here is Jesus doesn't describe the Kingdom bursting into the world like we were taught to think, as a matter of fact He TELLS US not to look for His coming like that at all, He said you can't point to it and say "there it is", and if He comes back on a cloud with everyone looking and saying "there is the kingdom of God". Jesus says it's like a seed growing into a tree, or a woman working leaven through 3 measures if flour (for the record that's a LOT of flour), not a quick task. Jesus describes it as a slower process, and even tells us that His kingdom is not of this world, yet also says anywhere 3 of us are gathered there He is, there is the kingdom. Any of us reborn of the Spirit are in His kingdom right now. On earth. And it's amazing.
I understand what you're saying, and why you're saying it, but I just don't think what you're saying lines up nearly as well as what I'm saying. At the risk of sounding arrogant I say that, but of course His Spirit lead me to these beliefs and I have to share them by His power and for His glory. I hope I didn't come off rude or condescending at all. I just wanted to put my beliefs out there to challenge yours a little, but more than that to compare and contrast to be lead closer to truth.
This is just 1 of many ways I think this futurist based belief system does not work.
Thanks for your time and I look forward to reading your next reply, if you reply of course, and show me how the text lines up with your view better.
Everything you just posted fit's so tightly in what I believe that I can't even tell how you're using it to back up your case here. I'm sure it does I'm just saying I can't see your exact argument here.
I have a question for you, how exactly did Jesus tell us His kingdom would be ushered in? Was it in a way where we could point to it and say, "there is the kingdom of God", like one would do watching Jesus coming on the clouds bringing in His earthly kingdom as the pre-trib view says will happen. I find this to be 1 of many problems with this futurist view.
Again I ask, how exactly did Jesus tell us His kingdom would be ushered in? Lets let Him describe it to us.
Mark 4:30-33
And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth, yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.” With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.
And...
Matthew 13:31-33
31 He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like aa grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. 32 It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”
33 He told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened.”
Their are more but my point here is Jesus doesn't describe the Kingdom bursting into the world like we were taught to think, as a matter of fact He TELLS US not to look for His coming like that at all, He said you can't point to it and say "there it is", and if He comes back on a cloud with everyone looking and saying "there is the kingdom of God". Jesus says it's like a seed growing into a tree, or a woman working leaven through 3 measures if flour (for the record that's a LOT of flour), not a quick task. Jesus describes it as a slower process, and even tells us that His kingdom is not of this world, yet also says anywhere 3 of us are gathered there He is, there is the kingdom. Any of us reborn of the Spirit are in His kingdom right now. On earth. And it's amazing.
I understand what you're saying, and why you're saying it, but I just don't think what you're saying lines up nearly as well as what I'm saying. At the risk of sounding arrogant I say that, but of course His Spirit lead me to these beliefs and I have to share them by His power and for His glory. I hope I didn't come off rude or condescending at all. I just wanted to put my beliefs out there to challenge yours a little, but more than that to compare and contrast to be lead closer to truth.
This is just 1 of many ways I think this futurist based belief system does not work.
Thanks for your time and I look forward to reading your next reply, if you reply of course, and show me how the text lines up with your view better.
Your starting premise seems to be the problem. The laws of the Lord are not "telling us how the world works." They are telling ancient Israel how to maintain their relationship with God. The kingdom of God is indeed separate, but ancient Israel is not the kingdom of God!
Again, your premise is flawed. The ten commandments were God's basic instructions to Israel. He knew beforehand that Israel would not abide by the Law; He said so through Moses in Deuteronomy. His purpose was to preserve the line that would bring forth the Messiah and to demonstrate man's need for a Saviour. Yes, the law is an expression of love, but it is communicated through types and shadows, while the reality is Christ Himself.
No, we recognize that God's intention for the old covenant was fundamentally different than His intention for the new covenant. If I build a foundry one week, and use the foundry to forge a sword the next week, does that mean the foundry was a mistake? No! The foundry was a means to an end: a forged sword. The old covenant was a means to an end: the new covenant in Christ.
Again, your premise is flawed. The ten commandments were God's basic instructions to Israel. He knew beforehand that Israel would not abide by the Law; He said so through Moses in Deuteronomy. His purpose was to preserve the line that would bring forth the Messiah and to demonstrate man's need for a Saviour. Yes, the law is an expression of love, but it is communicated through types and shadows, while the reality is Christ Himself.
No, we recognize that God's intention for the old covenant was fundamentally different than His intention for the new covenant. If I build a foundry one week, and use the foundry to forge a sword the next week, does that mean the foundry was a mistake? No! The foundry was a means to an end: a forged sword. The old covenant was a means to an end: the new covenant in Christ.
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Your reference to Jeremiah......you need to remember that the old testament (old covenant) was with the Jews ONLY. That ended at the CROSS when the temple veil was "rent" and access to the mercy seat was available to Jew and Gentile and not just the priesthood anymore.
The new covenant begins after the cross. Israel was then in the same boat as the Gentiles......needing a savior.
When Jesus said from the cross that IT IS FINISHED, He had fulfilled the Law and sacrifice once for all time.
Jews and Gentiles now make the church which is under the new covenant of grace.
You can read more of this in the book of Hebrews where it it explained to the Jews how the new covenant works for them.
First two or three chapters should answer you questions.
The new covenant begins after the cross. Israel was then in the same boat as the Gentiles......needing a savior.
When Jesus said from the cross that IT IS FINISHED, He had fulfilled the Law and sacrifice once for all time.
Jews and Gentiles now make the church which is under the new covenant of grace.
You can read more of this in the book of Hebrews where it it explained to the Jews how the new covenant works for them.
First two or three chapters should answer you questions.
Hi Blik,
In the beginning, each "son of God" (said loosely; just using OT terms to describe Principalities; there's only one Uniquely Begotten) was given a nation as an inheritance to be over.
And just like we have the example WITHIN ISRAEL ITSELF of the Almighty taking Levi as His portion, separated from the other tribes to minister TO those tribes, Yah's portion of all the nations was selected to be Israel whom He had to set apart and prepare so to represent Him to the other nations. Requiring sanctification. So they couldn't mix with the other nations.
But what we witness in the pages of the OT is the drama unfolding of the Almighty's desire to create His kingdom of priests to minister to the world...but they were hardheaded and corrupted themselves wanting to act like the very nations they were meant to minister to, so He had to clean them up first and restore them first (because His Word will not be voided: "Israel will be His kingdom of priests to reveal Him to the world and reconcile the world to Himself"). He made a promise that He will keep...and He only needs a remnant to do that, not the whole lump.
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But imagine being of such supreme truth and authority that every word you speak must be applied and that you can never take back (else you're a liar). Your word MUST accomplish what it was set out to do...and whatever doesn't abide by your word can't exist (i.e. must die). So you must speak other Words to build on what you've previously said, to "fix" the problems others cause for themselves through their ignorance and/or corruption of your words.
This is the situation Israel found themselves in when violating the 1st covenant. They deserved to die if they couldn't obey His Word, but they're meant to be priests to the world. So the 2nd covenant was promised to put His law inside them and forgive them of their violation so they could obey.
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Meanwhile, there has always been a provision stated in His words to graft in gentiles who want to join the commonwealth of Israel, ever since OT times. "One law for the natural born and the stranger". We see this in the lives of so many, from Rahab to Ruth (an earthly ancestor of the Messiah).
So grafting in gentiles to receive Salvation through the new covenant isn't a new thing Yah did, but a combination of things He already said He would do.
He promised the new covenant to Israel and Judah...may His Word be true.
He promised that any gentile can become grafted into the commonwealth...may His Word be true.
...to the Jew first and then to the gentile.
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If you'd like me to post passages supporting this just let me know.
In the beginning, each "son of God" (said loosely; just using OT terms to describe Principalities; there's only one Uniquely Begotten) was given a nation as an inheritance to be over.
And just like we have the example WITHIN ISRAEL ITSELF of the Almighty taking Levi as His portion, separated from the other tribes to minister TO those tribes, Yah's portion of all the nations was selected to be Israel whom He had to set apart and prepare so to represent Him to the other nations. Requiring sanctification. So they couldn't mix with the other nations.
But what we witness in the pages of the OT is the drama unfolding of the Almighty's desire to create His kingdom of priests to minister to the world...but they were hardheaded and corrupted themselves wanting to act like the very nations they were meant to minister to, so He had to clean them up first and restore them first (because His Word will not be voided: "Israel will be His kingdom of priests to reveal Him to the world and reconcile the world to Himself"). He made a promise that He will keep...and He only needs a remnant to do that, not the whole lump.
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But imagine being of such supreme truth and authority that every word you speak must be applied and that you can never take back (else you're a liar). Your word MUST accomplish what it was set out to do...and whatever doesn't abide by your word can't exist (i.e. must die). So you must speak other Words to build on what you've previously said, to "fix" the problems others cause for themselves through their ignorance and/or corruption of your words.
This is the situation Israel found themselves in when violating the 1st covenant. They deserved to die if they couldn't obey His Word, but they're meant to be priests to the world. So the 2nd covenant was promised to put His law inside them and forgive them of their violation so they could obey.
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Meanwhile, there has always been a provision stated in His words to graft in gentiles who want to join the commonwealth of Israel, ever since OT times. "One law for the natural born and the stranger". We see this in the lives of so many, from Rahab to Ruth (an earthly ancestor of the Messiah).
So grafting in gentiles to receive Salvation through the new covenant isn't a new thing Yah did, but a combination of things He already said He would do.
He promised the new covenant to Israel and Judah...may His Word be true.
He promised that any gentile can become grafted into the commonwealth...may His Word be true.
...to the Jew first and then to the gentile.
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If you'd like me to post passages supporting this just let me know.
The sacrificial system was designed for atonement of sins, and we are told in John that Christ was from the beginning of our time. It was the blood of Christ that gave atonement, we are told so in Leviticus 17:11, God told us blood was needed for the atonement of souls, and we are told that it is Christ's blood that gives us salvation. Christ perfected it, fulfilled it, and the saints woke up when the curtain was split. Matthews 27:52-53.
God hated the blood of animals, they only were the symbolic blood of Christ. It was for the forgiveness of sins, a symbol of Christ.
How could you think that God is Holy, God is kind, God is love and think that God would not love Moses and David enough to save them, or the thousands and thousands of people who lived in the 4,000 years before Christ?
God hated the blood of animals, they only were the symbolic blood of Christ. It was for the forgiveness of sins, a symbol of Christ.
How could you think that God is Holy, God is kind, God is love and think that God would not love Moses and David enough to save them, or the thousands and thousands of people who lived in the 4,000 years before Christ?