Well, when you actually do have something holy to offer rather than your law keeping rhetoric, you might perhaps have cause but certainly not to those in Christ who understand He alone can save and our efforts do not save us.
You keep saying that law keeping is what saves me but that is not the case with me. Yes, I do believe in the LAWS and that the laws are the covenants to the marriage contract.
Every kingdom must have four basic elements in order to be called a kingdom. It has to have a king, citizens, laws, and territory. The Kingdom of God contains all of these. History is the story of the formation and development of the Kingdom of God from a seed to a mighty tree that covers the whole earth.
The KING is God and His appointed KINGt hat He has appointed to rule the earth. and it is a real kingdom; its CITIZENS are those who believe in Them and the work they did on the cross; its LAWS are written in the Old Testament Scripture; and its Territory is everything that God created in the heavens and in the earth. To separate God from Jesus is schizo. They are ONE in UNITY.
The second essential element that is needed to have a kingdom is a citizenry. The Kingdom of God has CITIZENS who are those who serve God and the King that He has appointed to rule the earth. Today they are called "Christians," though not everyone who calls himself a Christian is actually a citizen of the Kingdom as far as God is concerned. God looks at the heart, not at the label.
Ephesians 2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but
fellowcitizens with the saints, and
of the household of God;
20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
Eph 2:22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
There were three primary feasts in Israel. These three feasts prophesied of the journey of Israel from Egypt to the Promised Land, and they also prophesied of our individual "journey" out from the dominion of men's kingdoms into the Kingdom of God.
The three feasts represent three stages of development in our journey. Because Passover was the day that Israel left Egypt, it represents the time when an unbeliever becomes a believer and, in effect, "leaves Egypt." This is the feast day that makes one a citizen of the Kingdom of God, and it is
by faith in the true Lamb of God, Jesus Christ.
The second feast day is Pentecost, which commemorates the day that God came down upon Mount Sinai and gave the Ten Commandments to Israel. Pentecost is the feast that represents the training of citizens to become rulers in the Kingdom. This training is designed to bring spiritual maturity to the believer and to instill in his heart the principles of biblical law by which he may govern and judge the people wisely, justly, and mercifully.
The third feast day is Tabernacles, which was the day that Israel was supposed to enter the Promised Land. Israel was not ready to enter Canaan at that time, for it prophesied of a later day, after God had trained many rulers over the centuries to rule in the Tabernacles Age to come. The feast of Tabernacles will be fulfilled by the manifestation of the Sons of God, who are destined to rule under Christ's headship.
Citizenship in the Kingdom of God requires only faith in Christ. Rulership requires maturity.
Citizenship in the Kingdom of God is different from citizenship in a Christian nation. The Old Testament nation of Israel was set up essentially as a Christian nation
by Jesus Christ, appearing as Yahweh to Moses. This is shown by
Exodus 15:2 and
Isaiah 12:2, which both tell us that
"Yahweh has become my Yeshua." In other words, Yeshua (or "Jesus") i
s the earthly incarnation of Yahweh, the Lawgiver who formed the nation of Israel through Moses.
The nation's laws made outward conformity to religious rituals the condition of their continuing citizenship. The law was weak under the Old Covenant in that it could not prosecute
someone for his heart condition, but was limited to the person's actions. For instance, hatred is a sin (Matthew 5:22) but a person had to actually commit murder in order to be prosecuted under the Old Covenant arrangement. Under the New Covenant, however, one must exceed the righteousness of the Pharisees (Matthew 5:20) because by this arrangement hatred itself is cause for expulsion from the Kingdom of God.
The law was not put away. In fact, the r
equirements of the law were raised to include attitudes and motives of the heart.
Israel discovered that the laws of God were not enforceable when the majority of the citizens did not agree with God's law--that is, when the laws were not written on the hearts of the citizens. The natural tendency of the people was to go their own way. Even the priests and teachers of the law began to torture the law into saying things that God never intended for it to say. Thus, the "traditions of men" began to pile up, which actually nullified the law (Mark 7:9).
Paul taught that one had to have a heart circumcision in order to be a citizen of the Kingdom. However, this was not a NEW IDEA and is throughout the Old Testament.
Deuteronomy 10:16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
All have equal opportunity for citizenship, and all obtain citizenship in the same way. No one can set forth his genealogy or family tree, nor his fleshly circumcision, as the basis for citizenship. Every person has the right, then, to progress from Passover through Pentecost and into the manifestation of the Sons of God in the feast of Tabernacles. There is equal opportunity for all.
The Kingdom of God properly includes the whole created universe. But there is a problem in God's Kingdom. It is the problem of sin. It was caused by man's will
usurping the authority of God's will, primarily by man thinking that he had the right to decide for himself whether something was right or wrong.
Hebrews 2:8 "Thou hast put all things in subjection under His feet. For in subjecting all things to Him, He left nothing that is not subject to Him.
But now we do not yet see all things subjected to Him."
The Kingdom of God has TERRITORY, which consists of everything God created, whether in heaven or in earth. All that He owns is part of His Kingdom, and He owns the earth by right of creation.
The earth was created to manifest the glory of God, and His purpose will be fulfilled in the end. God will not fail in His purposes.
Isaiah 54:5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel;
The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
So just in case you skipped over to the end, here is the reiteration - A Kingdom must have a KING, CITIZENS, LAWS AND TERRITORY.
bible truths - Malachi 3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.