… but his commandments are what have to be kept, so these were attempting with all effort to keep his commandments. Love is obviously the commandment so these had to have that love and mercy, and that was in mankind, and remains, but incomplete because from the beginning we were all created in God’s image, God who is Love. (James 2:13) . . .For the one that does not practice mercy will have [his] judgment without mercy. Mercy exults triumphantly over judgment. (Matthew 9:13) . . .Go, then, and learn what this means, ‘I want mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came to call, not righteous people, but sinners.”
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So to get back to Abraham and God’s promise to him (Gen22), and the monopoly the Jews try to get on him, he is “father of many nations” (Rom4:17-18), and “all those having faith” (Rom4:9-10), so it is broad, we don’t know how his “seed” spread out from him, but the Israelites were only part of his parentage, the channel this Word would enter the world by. Abraham could not be considered a Jew, he had Isaac as well and others, and that still is not the “Jews” yet, but at the 12 tribes who came through Jacob by blessing continued into his seed.And they did enter a special covenant through Moses, and they were used for the purpose of not being the end goal, but the means to the end the manifestation of the Christ in the world. Jehovah watched over them also for Abraham’s sake foremost.=== I mean look at the law. Any man with a little honesty would know, man, I am NOT keeping this law perfectly, God forgive me. And the priests worked year over year to do this by animal blood. It in itself was a picture of futility, because as Paul said it identified sin (Rom6-7), it raised it to awareness to fallen flesh as an actual inducement to sin (Rom7:7-10), LOL, and it itself condemned because HONESTLY no one kept the law! In fact they started worshipping Satan through all those idols they fell so far (Deut32:17), worse yet because unlike the Canaanites, they KNEW better, a fully condemned situation. (Eze5:5-6) [Part 2/ 6]
(Ezekiel 5:5-6) . . .“This is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah has said, ‘This is Jerusalem. In the midst of the nations I have set her, with lands all around her. 6 And she proceeded to behave rebelliously against my judicial decisions in wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the lands that are all around her, for my judicial decisions they rejected and, as for my statutes, they did not walk in them.’
BUT…
There is a purpose, the law was a condemnation even to the one trying to keep it, it is impossible as Paul said, for fallen flesh to keep the law perfectly, and that perfect performance was the key to inheriting the rights to that Mosaic covenant, it was a covenant with a prize, they themselves would receive IF they kept it, they would have been a kingdom of priests as spoken in Exodus 19:6.
(Exodus 19:5-6) . . .And now if YOU will strictly obey my voice and will indeed keep my covenant, then YOU will certainly become my special property out of all [other] peoples, because the whole earth belongs to me. 6 And YOU yourselves will become to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to say to the sons of Israel.”
EVEN had they been imperfect, for God surely knew they would be imperfect, by accepting Christ, they still could have been accepted,…
(Luke 4:18-19) . . .“Jehovah’s spirit is upon me, because he anointed me to declare good news to the poor, he sent me forth to preach a release to the captives and a recovery of sight to the blind, to send the crushed ones away with a release, 19 to preach Jehovah’s acceptable year.”
… because the whole condemnation of the law, led to him (Isa53), he kept it, he was destroyed really for keeping it perfectly, and by that he absorbed ALL the privileges and rights, as a Jew as well, to all the benefits and promises that law carried (Heb10). He became and was as we know, the seed of Abraham foremost, but also the receiver of that promise, the true blessing, the real thing, was also transferred unto him! Amazing. He was the thing that the condemnation of the law, to the honest hearted, pointed to, the ultimate escape, by faith, undeserved kindness, some Jews like the apostles, RECOGNIZED THIS, they new, man!, I NEED forgiveness, I cannot do this! Because in ALL reality, Adamic man cannot be sinless in our own lives, and to make matters worse, we also inherited Adam’s sin and death. (Jesus will also scoop up, in the same manner, the rights, privileges, and Kingdom of the World, that Adam lost, that mentioned in Rev11:15-18, which leads to the wrath of God, on the nations in wrath towards God, and leads to the reward of the prophets, and the deliverance of earth from those ruining it. (Rev11:18).
(Revelation 11:15-18) . . .And the seventh angel blew his trumpet. And loud voices occurred in heaven, saying: “The kingdom of the world did become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will rule as king forever and ever.” 16 And the twenty-four elders who were seated before God upon their thrones fell upon their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying: “We thank you, Jehovah God, the Almighty, the One who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and begun ruling as king. 18 But the nations became wrathful, and your own wrath came, and the appointed time for the dead to be judged, and to give [their] reward to your slaves the prophets and to the holy ones and to those fearing your name, the small and the great, and to bring to ruin those ruining the earth.”
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But not to get ahead of the story here. That one channel of the Jews, had to be widened out to save all the world:
(1 John 2:2) . . .And he is a propitiatory sacrifice for our sins, yet not for ours only but also for the whole world’s.
(1 Corinthians 15:22) . . .For just as in Adam all are dying, so also in the Christ all will be made alive.
(1 Corinthians 15:45-47) . . .“The first man Adam became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 46 Nevertheless, the first is, not that which is spiritual, but that which is physical, afterward that which is spiritual. 47 The first man is out of the earth and made of dust; the second man is out of heaven.
(Genesis 22:15-18) . . .And Jehovah’s angel proceeded to call to Abraham the second time out of the heavens 16 and to say: “‘By myself I do swear… by means of your seed all nations of the earth will certainly bless themselves due to the fact that you have listened to my voice.’”
So we have this law that really, honestly, ONLY a son of God, is sinless perfect power, could keep. EVEN under test Jesus earned and performed for every great thing he has now received, that guy deserves it, no undeserved kindness there, that guy beat everybody, even Satan, at the ultimate game of life, and he is now life as well, inside Jesus, within himself (John5:26). As Paul said this will all be witnessed to in it’s own particular times (1Tim2:5-6), to the full detail (Isa53:8) and there is much more to come, it is the background truths of the 1000 year reign. All that was upon Jesus shoulders, and he did it, that joy set before him.
(Hebrews 12:2-3) . . .For the joy that was set before him he endured a torture stake, despising shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Indeed, consider closely the one who has endured such contrary talk by sinners against their own interests, that YOU may not get tired and give out in YOUR souls.
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So look at this Mosaic law, it was meant to be a bit of an inside joke (a secret) (not really a “joke”, but it was not what it appeared to be to those who missed it’s teaching; Paul basically said “Thank God for getting that burden off of us, and showing what love and mercy really mean: One law; Love) (A secret at that time between God and the Word), it was a segway, not the whole story. God knew, hey people, ONLY my Son is capable of that perfect moral integrity, LOL. But as Paul said, this law was a tutor, leading to Christ.
(Galatians 3:23-25) . . .However, before the faith arrived, we were being guarded under law, being delivered up together into custody, looking to the faith that was destined to be revealed. 24 Consequently the Law has become our tutor leading to Christ, that we might be declared righteous due to faith. 25 But now that the faith has arrived, we are no longer under a tutor.
Think about it. A teacher leading to Christ = Love and Mercy.
Was it going to teach, hey Mr. Pharisee, you keep the law! These earth people are accursed! You are fantastic, holy, Abraham’s beaming son Mr.. Pharisee! Congratulations! YOU WIN!!! Not only do you keep the law, you ADD MORE TO IT!!!! Praise the Lord!!! (Matt23:1-12)
LOL. NO NO NO, LOL. That was NOT what the law was to reveal and teach.
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But that is what these were ” learning” from the law, they were lying to themselves, and that made them miss the MERCY that was the REALITY that the law was trying to teaching Israel, that was the first lesson, love and mercy, and these missed the entire boat, the missed the entire ocean the boat is in, they would not recognize the very Son of God standing doing miracles before their very faces!
See what I mean? They used the law to “establish their own righteousness” (Rom10:1-4), and they used that delusion of righteousness to squash and oppress their own people; self-justified (Isa10; Neh5), and that was since before Babylon destroyed them (and after of course), even Moses foretold it. See what I mean? The law served the wrong purpose, and it fully revealed that “wrong purpose” originated inside themselves, hatred and mercilessness, and what is worse, hatred disguised as holy righteousness (John8). Jesus said SOME of these were Satan’s own children, John8:44, and for that reason the did not hear his truth, and they sought to destroy him, and succeeded temporarily.
So the law was meant to be abolished in due time. God foresaw that man cannot keep it, because Adam was a transgressor; that is terminally systemic in mankind. God foresaw that forgiveness of sins was the key, to be able to lead man over the 1000 years, to the perfection inside Last Adam, who is NOT a transgressor, but sinless, and if we have faith in that blood, Jesus has the body as well, a whole sacrifice. That can also become systemic life (1000 year reign). (1Cor15:20-28; Heb2:15; Rev21:1-4)
And why?
BECAUSE ADAM NEVER WILL BE ABLE TO PERFORM LOVE AND MERCY PERFECTLY (or his offspring, ever, in his “dead father” body), and that is why Jesus (Last Adam) will also, fully legally (Heb8:6), inherit the blessing and the earth (Rev11:15; Ps2), those who by faith in this power, can be over the 1000 years, transitioned out of Adamic sin, into Last Adamic obedience, and that is covered by blood during the days of the removal of this Adam in the human family. (1Cor15:24-28; 1Cor15:26)
(Hebrews 8:6) . . .But now [Jesus] has obtained a more excellent public service, so that he is also the mediator of a correspondingly better covenant, which has been legally established upon better promises.
(Psalm 2:7-8) 7 Let me refer to the decree of Jehovah; He has said to me: “You are my son; I, today, I have become your father. 8 Ask of me, that I may give nations as your inheritance And the ends of the earth as your own possession.
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God foresaw the need for Last Adam, the promised seed, for the very reason he spoke it at Genesis 3:15, Adam and Eve had sinned, and no way could that original forefather be made perfect now, he only got worse. God foresaw that the Edenic blessing Gen1:27-28, could only be made re-perfected through a new man (also “new creation”), the Last Adam, and he, Jesus Christ, “will be called” Eternal Father.
(Isaiah 9:6-7) . . .For there has been a child born to us, there has been a son given to us; and the princely rule will come to be upon his shoulder. And his name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. 7 To the abundance of the princely rule and to peace there will be no end. . .
(Isaiah 53:10) . . .If you will set his soul as a guilt offering, he will see his offspring. . .
(Psalm 45:16) . . .In place of your forefathers there will come to be your sons, Whom you will appoint as princes in all the earth.
God foresaw, that Adam died, by curse of sin and death, BUT his leavened bread went forward in mankind, God foresaw the unleavened, that is sinless “bread from heaven” (Jesus perfect flesh) was required to truly save mankind as earthling man, for everlasting life on earth, BECAUSE Adam MUST die out totally, from within the human family, and God has received the sacrifice of the only-begotten son, who though “out of heaven”, became a human being, perfect, and became a perfect, even perfected (Heb9:28; Heb2:10) human sacrifice of blood AND body.
(Hebrews 5:8-10) . . .Although he was a Son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered; 9 and after he had been made perfect he became responsible for everlasting salvation to all those obeying him, 10 because he has been specifically called by God a high priest according to the manner of Melchizedek.
That makes that ACTUAL power, that Adam lost forever, available to humans who have faith, in Jesus Christ’s sacrificial blood, for forgiveness of the many sins it will take, to achieve his perfect fleshly estate on earth, the whole point of the 1000 year reign in this regard, sanctify God’s name Jehovah, who spoke the blessing, that will BECOME, for it is in that Name, and it cannot be reversed, because love, with mercy is what God showed us all by providing this escape forever from death, and Satan (Heb2:14)
(Hebrews 5:9) . . .everlasting salvation to all those obeying him. . .
So the “tutor” is now Christ, and he as “Wonderful Counselor” teaches LOVE and MERCY, the very thing yes the Jews lost, but their “casting away” means reconciliation for all mankind, and those who can be recovered will be resurrected into this new perfected power by Jesus Christ.
(Romans 11:15-16) . . .For if the casting of them away means reconciliation for the world, what will the receiving of them mean but life from the dead? 16 Further, if the [part taken as] firstfruits is holy, the lump is also; and if the root is holy, the branches are also.
(The firstfruits are jesus brothers, he is first, the “what will the receiving of them mean but life from the dead?” means they must come back in the 1000 year reign, ONLY then can the recovery take place, by the first-fruits. Today faith is how any individual Jew or anyone else on earth willing, can enter this salvation, not as a national shell of some past supremacy in covenant with God, that is now over, Jesus finished the Mosaic law, but performing it – and moving on to the “new covenant”, with ALL rights conferred to him, NOT the Jews as a human nation of flesh and blood. Jesus completed the covenant they failed to.)
In a special way complete way (both heaven yes, but also earthling over that 1000 year reign), everything MUST be reborn** (Isa26:19) into Jesus “Last Adam” Christ “Eternal father” to be made perfect – the physical rebirth follows waht the Kingdom first must make available in it’s full ruling power after Har-Magedon’s war. Hence Let your Kingdom come, let your will take place on earth, as it is in heaven… (gives us now our “bread” = Jesus)
**(Isaiah 26:19) . . .“Your dead ones will live. A corpse of mine—they will rise up. Awake and cry out joyfully, YOU residents in the dust! For your dew is as the dew of mallows, and the earth itself will let even those impotent in death drop [in birth].
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That will be completed, and that is when Satan will be released (Rev20:7) to try his temptations of the lie for the last time after the 1000 years have ended, and man is in perfection in the flesh, just like Adam was, and Jesus maintained, Satan will test a perfected mankind, not the sinners he thought he had in the hole, even the hole, hell, is destroyed.
It is truly amazing the magnitude of what Jehovah provided Jesus with as ultimate challenge, and all the rights unto all those covenant to the full power within them, ALL of them, even the everlasting one with his Father and the Word BEFORE all these covenants, mentioned at Luke 22:29.
So Jehovah new and pictured in the bible, that these others would know him, even kept “outside the wall” of the Jews, but eventually that wall is removed, the law, and all nations by faith can become repentant to the past, and faithful in pursuing faith in a dedication to Jehovah, through Jesus, just as Jesus gave the pattern of baptism to the full, pattern and reality, to our former selves that were once in the dark. Many died in that darkness, and they will be brought to light, life. Acts17:30, during the 1000 year reign, from the graves, Rev20, John 5:28; Matt19:28, so “judgment day” is a good day, the first real opportunity to partake of Last Adam as he was new man, new mind, new heart, new eyes, new teeth, new hands, new legs, new body, new everything.
Jehovah’s Super-Covenant with Jesus Christ
http://www.topix.com/forum/religion/jehovahs-witness/T56DKGTGHD6V3QPKI
http://bibleresearchfiles.wordpress.com/jehovah/the-super-covenant-of-jehovah-luke-2229-psalm-110/
