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helpforhomeschoolers
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No Problem Dale! ![[thumbsup2]](graemlins/thumbsup2.gif) I figured you might have just had that sentence poke out at ya. I knew that we pretty much have the same understanding of these things.
Actually, it was kinds cool cause you allowed me to apply this scripture about establishing the law which just jumped out at me earlier this morning as I was reading.
You cant get much more plain than that can you?
Romans 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
It always amazes me how you can read something so many times and then one time the Spirit of God will just place blinking lights around something for your understanding that you never really noticed before! His WORD LIVES... both the written and the manifest! ![[clap2]](graemlins/clap2.gif)
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Hey Linda, I am sorry I did not make myself more plain.
My beg to differ was thinking the New Covenant believer's objecting that the "Law" or Commandment were intended for them from the beginng.
does that make my comment any clearer,
I hope so because I was not againt anything that you said in your post ,
be Blessed sister
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I stated that the law was never given to the Gentiles to follow.
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Linda I beg to differ.
What about Jeremiah 31:33 ? The promise of the Spirit …..Jer 31:33 But this [shall be] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I 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.
Doesn't The Apostle Paul say ......Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Rom 8:1 [There is] therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Rom 8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Dont misunderstand me by catching one sententence Brother. Respectfully, I will stand on the fact that the Law was not given to the Heathen Gentile, but to the people God called out of the world.
Romans 2:12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
Amen Christ did not abrogate the law he fulfilled it. And in the Gentile who never had it, but who now is a child of faith....
Romans 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
For as you have said: The law is written in our hearts! Amen!
It is important IMO to the understanding that we are free to obey, to understand that before Christ, we were not given the law as gentiles and we were without HOPE, because 1) it was curse not to follow the law... 2) God exteneded Grace to those who followed the law in Spirit by Faith!
That is further substantiated by this:
Romans 2:14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
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I stated that the law was never given to the Gentiles to follow.
Linda I beg to differ.
What about Jeremiah 31:33 ? The promise of the Spirit …..Jer 31:33 But this [shall be] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I 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.
Doesn't The Apostle Paul say ......Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Rom 8:1 [There is] therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Rom 8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
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Eph 2:15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
epouraniois, You and multitudes of others are misunderstanding this scripture!
WHAT LAW WAS ABOLISHED?
EPHESIANS 2:15 Paul says that the “law contained in ordinances” was “abolished.”
ROMANS 3:31 Paul also says “Do we then nullify the Law through faith? May it never be! On the contrary, we establish the Law.”
IF ONE LAW WAS “ABOLISHED,”
AND ANOTHER WAS “ESTABLISHED”,
THEN THERE MUST BE MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LAW
The Torah (or Law) mentions commandments concerning:
ONE : Natural Law (health, hygiene, horticulture, weather cycle, heredity, gravity, etc.)
TWO : Civil Law (organization of government, deeds, marriages, wills, punishment of crime, etc)
THREE: The "law of Sacrifices", with it's priesthood, and the Temple pointed forward to Christ's death, death, resurrection and work in Heaven as mediator and High Priest.
FOUR: Rabbinic law - laws based upon interpretations of Old Testament Scriptures by the religious teachers.
FIVE: The Great Moral Law of God. (Eternal and always existent. Embodied in the Ten Commandments.)
Christ admonished us to “render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s.” We are to obey as far as possible, civil law. Natural law is obviously still in operation. When we mistreat our body we get sick. God gave dietary laws forbidding the eating of fat or blood or scavenger animals. These laws make just as much sense today as when they were given 4000 years ago. Gravity is still working. Electricity still lights our homes. They work by natural laws. Christ argued against Rabbinic law where it conflicted with the true spirit of the moral law.
"THE LAW OF SACRIFCES AND OFFERINGS" HAS PASSED AWAY
The Ceremonial Law has passed away. This law pointed forward to Christ, “the Lamb of God.” When the symbol was replaced by the reality. The symbol became obsolete. We do not sacrifice lambs anymore. This is the only part of the Torah (or Law) which has become obsolete.
HEBREWS 7:18: (Paul to the Hebrews) “There is an annulling of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness, for the law made nothing perfect; on the other hand, there is the bringing in of a better hope, thorough which we draw near to God.”
We come near to God, not through scrifices, not through earthly priests, not through an ancient Temple service, not through keeping ancient symbolic holy days, but "by a new and living way, which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His Flesh" (Hebrews 10:19:20). We have a High Priest, Jesus Christ the Son of God, who has entered "the Presence behind the veil." This He did when He sat down at the right hand of the Father (Hebrews 6:19-20, 7:20-27, 8:1-2).
The ancient Sanctuary (later the Temple) with its ceremonies and sacrifices Paul calls “the copy and show of the heavenly things.” This law was given with the “first covenant.” Christ, as our Heavenly High Priest, is the mediator of a new and better covenant (Hebrews 8:6). The blood is Christ is the "better sacrifice" offered in our behalf.
HEBREWS 8:13 “In that He (Christ) says, 'a new covenant,’ He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete, and growing old is ready to vanish away.”
HEBREWS 10:9 “He (Christ) takes away the first [symbolic service] that He may establish the second.”
HEBREWS 7:12 "For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also a change of the law (Torah)."
“The first covenant had ordinances of divine service and the earthly sanctuary” (Hebrews 9:1,10). Paul describes the sanctuary with it’s furniture and its service especially the Day of Atonement service, and he says, “It was symbolic for the present time” (Hebrews 9:9). The first covenant had a priesthood from the tribe of Levi. Now we have a High Priest, Jesus Christ who is not from the tribe of Levi Who ministers in the Heavenly Temple.
HEBREWS 9:9-10 "It (the Temple) was symbolic for the present time ... concerned only with foods and drinks, various washings and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation."
COLOSSIANS 2:16-17 "Therefore (because your sins are forgiven) let no man judge you in regard to meat or drink (ceremonial offerings), a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ."
[Do not let anyone judge you because you no longer offer animal sacrifices, or grain, or drink offerings in the Temple. Do not let them judge you in the way you choose to keep the festival days, without offering animal sacrifices.]
Paul is not here speaking of pagan holidays. These were not "a shadow of things to come." He is not speaking of the 7th day Sabbath, given in the 4th commandment, which was a memorial of creation testifying to the right of God as creator to rule that which He created.
HEBREWS 13:11-13 “For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp. Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate. Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach.”
Paul tells his Hebrew readers to leave the old ways of the Temple and the ceremonial system, to come “outside the camp,” as it were, even though this means sure rejection by those who cling to the old ways.
ROMANS 10:4 "Christ is the end of law for righteousness sake."
Christ's death marked the end of keeping the ceremonial law in order to be called righteous in the sight of God.
HEBREWS 9:8 “The Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All
(Heaven and the presence of God) was not yet made manifest while the first Tabernacle (the earthly Temple) was still standing (still standing or significance).”
This passage is believed to have been written about AD65, in which case the Jerusalem Temple would still have been literally standing. (It was destroyed in AD70.)"
THE MORAL LAW OF GOD
It has never been abolished. It stands unchanged to this day.
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
I. Have nothing in your life more important than Me.
II. Do not make images a part of worship.
III. Speak’s God’s name reverently.
IV. Keep the 7th day Sabbath (Saturday) Holy.
V. Respect authority figures.
VI. Do not murder.
VII. Do not have sex outside of marriage.
VIII. Do not steal.
IX. Do not use lies to hurt anyone.
X. Do not desire what belongs to others.
THE MORAL LAW (WRITTEN IN THE 10 COMMANDMENTS) IS SEPARATE AND
DISTINCT FROM THE CEREMONIAL LAW OF SACRIFICES.
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epouraniois writes to BORN AGAIN quote:
i don't hold to the theory that just because some were driven over the cacususs mts, that all white men are Israel, if it doesn't say so, then I can't add it in, treating as fact.
I don't either. The scythians were just one group among many entering and being pushed into the wilds of Europe, especially later by the Euroasian hordes which came riding west across the steppes of Central Asia which steppes extend into Hungary.
God bless, ![[Cross]](graemlins/cross.gif) BORN AGAIN
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whatever
you have just stated the first word in the OT, are you aware?
rê'shîyth
in beginning there were the british men, lol
nah, i'm just messin wid ja,
i don't hold to the theory that just because some were driven over the cacususs mts, that all white men are Israel, if it doesn't say so, then I cna't add it in, treating as fact,
but what is clear, is that all Israel had heard, and Paul was the man who travelled out to the northern lands, unto the synogagues, and calling them jews.
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Act 22:3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
According to your theosophy then, all Israel did not hear, but it is clear that Paul went and preached to all the Jews, and this is equated with all Israel having heard.
The thing is, becuase they were all under the Roman yoke of bondage, it had become customary to call any of the tribes by the term Jew. See Smith's Bible Dictionary on this for further validation, but clearly, as stated, Paul went and preached only where there was a Jewish synogague, and it is written,
Rom 10:18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
Rom 10:19 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.
The synagogues were synagogues of the Jews, od diaspora Jews or Judah.
As for the phrase "all Israel", I stated above that Judah-Jews was also still called "Israel".
In the Bible, the phrase "all Israel" is not as comprehensive as it may seem. Paul also said that the gospel had been preached in "all the world", while we know that by Paul's time, only the eastern Mediterranean countries had heard the gospel.
Colossians 1:23
If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister.
Colossians 1:6
Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth.
The house of Israel had been dispersed into Assyria since 721 B.C., and probably after Nineveh was destroyed around the 610s B.C.(?), thereafter the house of Israel escaped through the Caucusus Pass into the wilds of Europe, as the scythians, which means "wanderers". Likewise also the "scots" means "wanderers".
Most of the house of Israel, aslso called "Isaac" in the Bible, most likely became the "Isaac sons" which shortened into "Sac-sons" which shortened into "sax-ons" or "saxons", and these joined with the Angli in the British isles.
The name "british" is moreover most likely "beryth ish", meaning "convenant men", which eventually shortened to "british".
Nor would the house of Israel-Ephraim remember their paths from which they came.
The synagogues in which Paul preached were therefore primarily, if not all, synagogues of the Jews, meaning diaspora Jews from the Judah/Benjamin/Levi kingdom.
God bless, BORN AGAIN
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Act 22:3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
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I believe that there are many many decentants from the tribes called Hebrews, and the house of Judah, and the house of Israel.
Are they not called Jews, as provided for during the Acts, when/where the word was sent to the tribes scattered abroad, and the term Jews given as a general term depicting any of the named tribes?
Regarding the bolded phrase, no, they are not all called Jews.
Both the house of Israel and the house of Judah are called "Israel".
But the house of Israel (the northern kingdom of Ephraim) is never called Judah or Jews in the Bible.
Conversely, the house of Judah or Jews is NEVER called Ephraim in the Bible.
In Acts, any Jews who are mentioned were diaspora Jews who were living in other countries, mostly to avoid war in the land of Israel, and also for business (merchant) reasons, where the Jews had moved during the fairly peaceful Macedonian Greek period and the Roman period.
To summarize, the Bible NEVER calls any of the people from the northern kingdom of Israel-Ephraim by the words Judah-Jews. But the name Israel remained attached to both houses.
God bless, BORN AGAIN
Accordingly Paul, went to the northern tribes, and can you show me even one time where he calls them anything other than Jews, Israel of the flesh?
Act 28:17 And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
According to your theosophy then, all Israel did not hear, but it is clear that Paul went and preached to all the Jews, and this is equated with all Israel having heard.
The thing is, becuase they were all under the Roman yoke of bondage, it had become customary to call any of the tribes by the term Jew. See Smiths Bible Dictionary on this for further validation, but clearly, as stated, Paul went and preached only where there was a Jewish synogague, and it is written,
Rom 10:18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
Rom 10:19 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.
And if we then take your theosophy to it's natural end, we must conclude that Jesus Christ did not come for the Jews at all, but only for the house of Israel, meaning that Jew didnt need to be saved, but that, of course, is rediculous.
Peter called they of the dispersion Jews:
Act 2:5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
Act 11:19 Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.
Indeed, they are called Jews unto this day.
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epouraniois writes quote:
I believe that there are many many decentants from the tribes called Hebrews, and the house of Judah, and the house of Israel.
Are they not called Jews, as provided for during the Acts, when/where the word was sent to the tribes scattered abroad, and the term Jews given as a general term depicting any of the named tribes?
Regarding the bolded phrase, no, they are not all called Jews.
Both the house of Israel and the house of Judah are called "Israel".
But the house of Israel (the northern kingdom of Ephraim) is never called Judah or Jews in the Bible.
Conversely, the house of Judah or Jews is NEVER called Ephraim in the Bible.
In Acts, any Jews who are mentioned were diaspora Jews who were living in other countries, mostly to avoid war in the land of Israel, and also for business (merchant) reasons, where the Jews had moved during the fairly peaceful Macedonian Greek period and the Roman period.
To summarize, the Bible NEVER calls any of the people from the northern kingdom of Israel-Ephraim by the words Judah-Jews. But the name Israel remained attached to both houses.
God bless, BORN AGAIN
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Whilst this is on my mind, and in my studies, I have further comment upon the subject matter.
Of Israel, ,it is written:
Amo 3:2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
There is one thing that stands out amidst the revelation of this newly created body called the church which is His body in these epistles written after 'the salvation of God is sent to the nations and they will hear' Acts28:28;
And that would be that none other company of believers are instructed in the fact that one can be found ashamed if they do not rightly divide the word of truth.
And what is this contrast by?
Well, it is not that they are chosen of God, or the need for a redeemer, for we are all in Adam and all in Adam die, so, what are the major distinctions between these callings, who can be found ashamed?
Those called since, or from, the foundation of the world have a certain degree of merit by their works, and God shall live in them:
1Co 3:9 For we are laborers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
1Co 3:10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
1Co 3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
1Co 3:12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
1Co 3:13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
1Co 3:14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
1Co 3:15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
While the church called His body are not judged after works, as they are His workmanship:
Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Eph 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
And perhaps it is good to post some mighty differences as well, showing forth where and which things do declare there are great distinctions that God has given us, that we might know what is the hope of our callingk whether it be of pomise, given by the prophets, or of the mystery body, not made known afore time, but hid in God until Paul the prisoner is given for the revelation of it:
Let’s look at some mighty differences:
PROPHETIC
SPOKEN about since the world began
(Luke 1:68-70; Acts 3:21-24)
MYSTERY
Kept SECRET, hidden since the world began
(Romans 16:25; Ephesians 3:5,9; Colossians 1:26)
PROPHETIC
Focus is THE EARTH
(Genesis 1:28, 9:1, 13:14-17; Deuteronomy 11:21; Isaiah 11:9; Jeremiah 23:5; Psalms 37:9-11; Matthew 5:5; Matthew 6:10)
MYSTERY
Focus is THE HEAVENLY PLACES
(Ephesians 1:3, 2:6; Philippians 3:20; Colossians 3:1-4)
PROPHETIC
Jesus Christ is THE KING of Israel and the whole world
(Isaiah 9:6-7; Daniel 7:13-14; Zachariah14:9, 16; Matthew 2:2; John 1:49; Luke 1:31-33)
MYSTERY
Jesus Christ is THE HEAD of the church, the body of Christ
(Ephesians 1:22-23; Colossians 1:18)
PROPHETIC
ISRAEL is God's chosen nation and will be given supremacy over all nations
(Deuteronomy 7:6, 28:13; Isaiah 6:1-5; Matthew 10:5-10;
Romans 9:6)
MYSTERY
In the Body of Christ, there is neither Jew nor Gentile (Romans 10:12, 3:22; Ephesians 2:16-17)
PROPHETIC
Redeemed Israel to rule and reign with Christ on the earth
(Isaiah 62:1-4; Ezekiel 37:21-28; Exodus 19:4-6; Revelation 5:10)
MYSTERY
The Body of Christ to rule and reign with Christ in the heavenlies
(Ephesians 2:6, 14-16, 3:6, Philippians 3:20; 1Corinthians 6:3)
PROPHETIC
Gentiles to be blessed through Israel's RISE to kingdom glory
(Genesis 12:1-3; Isaiah 61:6-9; Zechariah 8:13-23)
MYSTERY
Gentiles blessed through THE FALL of Israel
(Romans 11:11,12,15; Acts 28:27-28)
PROPHETIC
The chief Apostle is Peter
(Matthew 16:18-19; Acts 1:15, 2:14)
MYSTERY
Paul is the Apostle for this age of grace
(Romans 11:13; Ephesians 3:1; 1Timothy 2:5-7)
PROPHETIC
The number 12 is associated with Israel
(Matthew 19:28; Revelation 7:4-8)
MYSTERY
ONE is the number for the Body of Christ
(Ephesians 4:3-4)
PROPHETIC
Physical and spiritual baptism
(Exodus 29:1-7; Matthew 3:2-7, 28:19-20; Mark 16:16; Acts 2:32; Ezekiel 36:25-27; Matthew 3:11; Acts 1:5,8)
MYSTERY
Spiritual baptism only
(Ephesians 4:4; Eph 5:26)
PROPHETIC
Physical and spiritual circumcision
(Genesis 17:9-14; Luke 2:21; Deuteronomy 30:6)
MYSTERY
Spiritual circumcision only
(Colossians 2:11-13; Romans 6:1-6)
PROPHETIC
Atonement yet FUTURE
(Acts 3:19; Matthew 25:31-34; Romans 11:25-27)
MYSTERY
Atonement NOW
(Romans 5:11; Colossians 2:13-14)
PROPHETIC
The Goal: The God of Heaven to set up the Kingdom of Heaven on earth, Christ to have preeminence
(Deuteronomy 11:21; Daniel 2:44; Matthew 25:34)
MYSTERY
The Goal: To form a spiritual body of believers perfectly conformed to the image of Christ and through whom Christ will have the preeminence in the heavenly places
(Romans 8:29; Colossians 1:16)
PROPHETIC
This has been God's purpose FROM the foundation of the world
(Matthew 25:34)
MYSTERY
This has been God's purpose from BEFORE the foundation of the world
(Ephesians 1:4, 3:11)
PROPHETIC
This program has been temporarily DELAYED
(Romans 9-11)
MYSTERY
This program is NOW in effect
(Ephesians 3:1-11; Colossians 1:24-27)
PROPHETIC
The 12 Apostles called by the Lord while He was on the earth
(Matthew 10:1-4)
MYSTERY
Paul called to be an apostle from the ascended Lord
(Acts 9:1ff; 1Corinthians 15:8-10)
PROPHETIC
The apostleship of the 12 was to Israel alone, and then to Israel first
(Matthew 10 ff, Acts 3:25,26)
MYSTERY
Paul was commissioned as "the apostle of the Gentiles" because now the program of God is different
(Romans 11:13; Ephesians 3:1-9)
PROPHETIC
The 12 Apostles, under their commission, sought to bring the nation of Israel to repentance in view of them crucifying their Christ. They indicted them for the crime but offered them the forgiveness and blessing of God so they could participate in Israel's "at hand" kingdom
(Acts 3:12-26, 5:27-32)
MYSTERY
Paul, under his commission, announced that Israel had fallen and that God has temporarily set Israel's program aside and Israel's fullness and kingdom won't come until after the fullness of the Gentiles come in
(Romans 11:11-25)
PROPHETIC
The 12 Apostles announced to Israel that her last days were present. They lived in the days that all the prophets from Samuel and after had foretold of
(Acts 2:16-21, 3:24)
MYSTERY
Paul announced that God is now long-suffering and He had set Israel and the things on her time schedule aside and that the times and seasons are not being fulfilled now in this dispensation of grace
(Romans 11:11-25, 1Thessalonians 5:1-11; 2Thessalonians 3:1-6)
PROPHETIC
The 12 Apostles under their commission operated on a God established distinction existing between the Jews and Gentiles
(Numbers 23:9; Matthew 10:5-7, 15:21-28; Acts 3:25,26)
MYSTERY
Paul under his commission declares that the "time past" distinction is now done away and the middle wall of partition is broken down, God having made both one. Now there is no difference
(2 Corinthians 5:14-19, Ephesians 2:11-14)
PROPHETIC
The 12 apostles operated with the law still in view along with the rudiments of the world that it employed
(Matthew 5:17-19, 23:1-3 James 2:10, Matthew 28:20)
MYSTERY
Paul is given to declare to us that God has not put us under the law, but under grace and that today He is not treating us as children under the law with the rudiments of the world
(Romans 6:14; Galatians 4:1-11; Colossians 2:8-17; Romans 7:4-6)
PROPHETIC
The 12 Apostles during the Lord's earthly ministry never understood or appreciated the meaning or significance of Jesus Christ's death and resurrection (Matthew 16:21-23; Luke 9:43-45,18:31-34) Following Christ's resurrection and the 40 day Bible seminar they had from Him they understood the necessity of Christ's suffering and the benefits received from it, as it pertained to the establishment of Israel's kingdom glory
(Luke 24:25-27, 44-49, Acts 1:1-2, 2:22-36, 3:12-21, 4:8-12)
MYSTERY
To Paul God committed the full meaning and significance of the cross of Christ. He preached the cross and Christ crucified. The good news about His death, burial and resurrection - proclaiming it in all its glory as "the power of God and the wisdom of God." Also to Paul was committed the testimony concerning Christ giving Himself a ransom for all men
(1Corinthians 1:18, 23; 1Timothy 2:1-7; 1Corinthians 2:6-8; Ephesians 1:8-10)
PROPHETIC
The 12 Apostles were commissioned in their apostleship to bring Israel's rebelliousness to a head and in doing so vindicate the outpouring of God's wrath upon that generation
(Matthew 23:29-36; Luke 11:45-51)
MYSTERY
Paul was commissioned to proclaim that God is now longsuffering and is extending mercy and grace to all in spite of Israel's climactic rebelliousness.
(Romans 11:28-36)
"...that in all things He might have the preeminence ..". (Colossians 1:18)
It is by means of these two programs that the Lord Jesus Christ will have the preeminence on the earth and in the heavenly places.
Rightly Dividing cuts straight the word of God in those places where God has directed His paths, submitting to all Scripture, honoring that which is different.
2Ti 2:15 Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
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I put that forth as matter of fact do to Paul's own statements, regarding putting behind him those things pertaining to the flesh, and of Israel, making known the mystery which had been hid in God, but now is made known, revealing the church which is His body, showing forth what Paul, and any other Jew called into the one body must do, leaving those things of Israel behind, and reaching forth for the high calling of God in Christ Jesus'
I believe this must be read carefully and prayerfully:
Phi 3:3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
Phi 3:4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:
Phi 3:5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
Phi 3:6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
Phi 3:7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
Phi 3:8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
Phi 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
Phi 3:10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
Phi 3:11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
Phi 3:12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
Phi 3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
Phi 3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Phi 3:15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
And one of the main features of this mystery church, is that it's citizenship is not on the earth, or in the New Jerusalem which is a city likened to a bride, but far above all heavens where Christ sits at the right hand of God:
Phi 3:20 For our conversation ( citezenship )is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ:
Eph 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
Eph 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, by (grace ye are saved;)
Eph 2:6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
Eph 2:7 That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
Col 3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
Col 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
This is all very different than anything afore revealed to any of the created beings, therefore beyond any hope or even awareness of offering or attaining, that it had been a secret is plainly stated, that it is in effect now is plainly stated;
And we are given the word, truly it is 'untrackable':
Eph 3:8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
meaning that this mystery revealed cannot be found before the 'but now', and the 'blessed/blessings' as given us in the prison ministry of Paul the prisoner.
adding that in every other instance, this word 'make' in Eph 2:15 is translated 'created', and so should be read here as well, showing something of what Chirst does when he creates the one new man inside the believer/acknowledger:
Eph 2:15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
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Probably akin to G2932 (through the idea of the proprietorship of the manufacturer); to fabricate, that is, found (form originally): - create, Creator, make.
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I believe that there are many many decentants from the tribes called Hebrews, and the house of Judha, and the house of Israel. Are they not called Jews, as provided for during the Acts, when/where the word was sent to the tribes scattered abroad, and the term Jews given as a general term depicting any of the named tribes?
Act 28:16 And when we came to Rome...
Act 28:17 ...Paul called the chief of the Jews together...he said unto them, Men and brethren...
Act 28:20 For this cause...I called for you...because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain
Rom 10:18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
Rom 10:19 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.
Of course they were told this by other than Moses as well,
Isa 28:11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
And it is clear that they were blinded, and are so to this day;
Hos 3:3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee.
Hos 3:4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:
Hos 3:5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
Where we find them being taken up again in the Revelations,
While at the time present, ,
Eph 2:15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
Eph 2:16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
Eph 2:17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
Eph 2:18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
Eph 2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
Eph 2:20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
Eph 2:21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto a holy temple in the Lord:
Eph 2:22 In whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God through the Spirit.
Eph 3:1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
Eph 3:2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
Eph 3:3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
Eph 3:4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
Eph 3:5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
Eph 3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
Eph 3:7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
Eph 3:8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
Eph 3:9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
Eph 3:10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
Eph 3:11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
Eph 3:12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
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Dont misunderstand me Epouraniois, I stated that the law was never given to the Gentiles to follow. That is not my point, though I may well be incapable of communicating what my point is; I can tell you that it is not that we are under law.
Ps. I know that you will disagree, but some of us do believe that we are of one of the 10 tribes. Ephrahim did become the fullness of nations you know. ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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Heb 7:19
For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
Heb 7:20
And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:
Heb 7:21
(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord swore and will not repent, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek:)
Heb 7:22
By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
Psa 118:22
The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
Psa 118:23
This is the LORD's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.
Psa 118:24
This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Luk 24:44
And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
Luk 24:45
Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures
Which Hebrew Tribe are you from?
Act 28:28
Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
Act 28:29
And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.
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What is the Law? Jesus said: “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.” Matthew 5:17
He also said: “For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.” Matthew 5:18
We read the Bible, but do we really meditate on the scriptures? Do we think about them carefully? I have heard many people say and even teach that Jesus here speaks of the 10 commandments. Does He? What exactly does Jesus speak of when He speaks of “The Law?’
Here Jesus speaks of the Law: Mat 12:5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless
Is this written in the 10 commandments? The 10 commandments do not address the temple or the conduct of the Levitical Preisthood on the Sabbath! So clearly the Law must include the Levitical Law.
Here again Jesus speaks of the Law…Joh 15:25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
This is not written in the 10 commandments! It is written in the Psalms. The Jews did not consider the Pslams Torah or Prophets, but KETHUVIM or (The Writings); but Jesus said it is their Law.
Luke says that it is written in the Law of the Lord that every male that opens the womb is Holy unto the Lord. Where is that written? In the 10 commandments?
No, that is written in Exo 13:2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
Here Luke again speaks of the Law of the Lord: Luk 2:24 And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons. This is a reference to Leviticus 12:8
I hope that you are seeing a pattern here. The Law is first and foremost the word of God. It is the word of HIS Authority – this is called Law. The whole word of God is Law. Jesus said man shall not live by bread alone, but by EVERY word that preceedeth from the Father! The whole word of God – the Oracles of God given to the Hebrew people is the Law or Word of God’s authority.
Some of it was given to Moses and we see this in the 5 books of Moses. When the Jews refer to the Torah, they refer not to the 10 commandments but the 5 books of the Hebrew Bible that were given to Moses. Some of it was given to the prophets. Jesus said even the Psalms were law, so some of it was given to David. The Jews do not recognize Daniel as a Prophet, but Jesus did and the words of Daniel will all be fulfilled and heaven and earth will pass away before one jot or title passes from the law.
The fact is the WORD OF GOD is LAW and the WORD of GOD is a person. Why when God said “Let there be light” was there light out of no light? Because the word of Authority had spoken! The Law went forth….Let there be light and there was.
Now look at what Jesus said: Mat 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Jesus said that all the Law and the prophets testified of HIM. He also said that ALL the Law and the Prophets hung on the two commandments Love the Lord thy God with all your body soul and spirit and love your neighbor as yourself.
Today those who believe that Jesus abrogated the law except for the Ten Commandments take a rather cavalier attitude about that statement as though this is some easy thing to accomplish…. But we need to think about what Jesus is saying.
Jesus is saying you know those 613 mitzvah that the Hebrew people keep…. ALL of those… every single one comes back to this… Do you love God with all your being and your neighbor as yourself?
Now, brothers and sisters, that is an awesome thought because those laws were given the Bible says because the people were not keeping the 10 commandments and God had to show them more clearly what he had in mind.
We are not required to follow the letter of the law; however, we had better understand the precepts that are found in them. All of them are the Law and WORD of God. All of them prophesy of the Messiah; All of them will at some point be brought to pass, to completion, fulfilled by HIM, as will all the prophets, but they are not all fulfilled yet.
The ones that were fulfilled were not abrogated. The ones that were fulfilled were not abrogated. Again I say, the ones that have been fulfilled were not abrogated… they were fulfilled by Christ; but if you do not understand the precepts of them… if you do not understand and know the spirit of the LAW that was under those words, you do not know what Jesus has done.
Paul said: “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:” 2Ti 3:16
ALL scripture. Do you realize that if you chose to ignore the Law and the Prophets of the OT including the Laws in Deuteronomy and Leviticus, you are receiving your instruction in righteousness without all the materials? Your doctrine is based in only half the word of God and yet Jesus said man does not live by bread alone, but by EVERY word that proceedeth from the father!
What did Jesus abrogate? The curse of the Law. Galatians 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: Jesus abrogated the curse of the Law for all who believe.
This made the Jewish believer free to follow or not follow the letter of the law and Paul demonstrated that, as he sometimes when he could made the pilgrimage to Jerusalem, but he did not always make it.
This also freed the Gentile to observe the Law if he so chose to do and Paul demonstrates this at the Jerusalem council when he does not speak against the Gentiles being commanded to keep themselves from things offered to idols, things strangled and fornication:
Acts 21:25 As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.
So why then did Paul fight so hard against the Judaizers that tried to cause the Christians to be circumcised? Because the Christians were being told that they had to be circumcised in order to participate in the Passover, and in order to receive the promises of Abraham. THIS WAS A LIE!
Jesus is our Passover. And we are already circumcised in the heart and we have been given the Spirit of Adoption by which we are already entitled to the promises of Abraham.
Galatians 3:7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
Galatians 3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
See there was a problem… it was the same problem that Jesus faced with the Pharisee. The Pharisee believed that they were justified by the works of the Law that they did, and they believed that they were righteous by their circumcision and geneaology – they were the seed of Abraham.
But this was not correct! No man was ever justified by the works of the law. Man has always been justified by Grace; God has always dispensed Grace to the faithful and accounted their faithfulness as righteousness, not imputing sin to them.
Before the Law Abraham was justified by faith and the works that demonstrated that faith were accounted to him for righteousness. The work of Abraham was to believe God… He believed that God would keep his promise of a son; he believed God would provide a lamb.
Under the Law, all that were ever found righteous and justified were justified by Grace which God dispensed to the faithful who believed HIM that He would bless those who obeyed and it was this faith that God accounted to them for righteousness.
To the church God gives grace to them that believe with faith in and of Christ and that faith is demonstrated by our presenting our bodies as living sacrifice to HIM.
James 2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Galatians 5:24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
The church likes to recite this verse: Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
But too often this verse is recited only in part and out of context. “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,”
But that is not what Paul said. Paul said there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, WHO WALK NOT AFTER THE FLESH, but after the Spirit.
How do we know if we are walking after the flesh or not? The Law tells us! The law brings knowledge of sin. The Holy Spirit convicts us of that sin.
The Law was never intended to bring righteousness, salvation or justification!!! It was always intended to bring man to Christ and to bring knowledge of sin and thus understanding of Holiness. It was given that man could chose in this life blessing or cursing.
I would like to show you the 613 Mitzvah that so many will tell you that Jesus has abrogated. I would like you to look at them and ask yourself, “Can I fail to do this while walking in the Spirit?” I think that you may be surprised to see that while the letter of the law in many of these does not apply to us today… the precept, the spiritual principle or even the natural principle that will bring blessing still applies today. God has not changed.
A Listing of the 613 Jewish Laws (Mitzvoh)
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Can you fail to do any of these and remain walking in the Spirit? Has God changed HIS mind about these things? Did Jesus die to free you from these? Did he abrogate these laws?
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1. To know that G-d exists (Ex. 20:2; Deut. 5:6)
2. Not to entertain the idea that there is any god but the Eternal (Ex. 20:3)
3. Not to blaspheme (Ex. 22:27; in Christian texts, Ex. 22:28), the penalty for which is death (Lev. 24:16)
4. To hallow G-d's name (Lev. 22:32)
5. Not to profane G-d's name (Lev. 22:32)
6. To know that G-d is One, a complete Unity (Deut. 6:4)
7. To love G-d (Deut. 6:5)
8. To fear Him reverently (Deut. 6:13; 10:20)
9. Not to put the word of G-d to the test (Deut. 6:16)
Can you fail to do any of these and remain walking in the Spirit? Has God changed HIS mind about these things? Did Jesus die to free you from these? Did he abrogate these laws? Perhaps you will say that we are not required to write our own Torah, and I would agree, but why? Because Christ has fulfilled this writing it on our hearts, but I would also say to you, would you be anything but blessed if you did take on such and undertaking?
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Torah
11. To honor the old and the wise (Lev. 19:32)
12. To learn Torah and to teach it (Deut. 6:7)
13. To cleave to those who know Him (Deut. 10:20)
14. Not to add to the commandments of the Torah, whether in the Written Law or in its interpretation received by tradition (Deut. 13:1)
15. Not to take away from the commandments of the Torah
16. That every person shall write a scroll of the Torah for himself (Deut. 31:19)
We are not circumcised in the flesh, but we are circumcised in the heart. We do not put fringes on our garments to remind us to obey the 10 commandments or carry leather pouches with the words of God in them and we do not keep the scrolls in cases on our doorposts, but would we not be blessed if we did? Are we not commanded to put on the whole armour of God including the sword of the Spirit that is the word? Are we not told to renew our minds and wash them in the word? Are we not told to meditate on the word, study to show ourselves approved? The precept is clear and is not abrogated… get the word in your minds, over your flesh, in your dwelling places and don’t forget it. Think on it always. Do you think that Jesus died to free us from this? Jesus is the word! He is supposed to be our lives.
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Signs and Symbols
17. To circumcise the male offspring (Gen. 17:12; Lev. 12:3)
18. To put tzitzit on the corners of clothing (Num. 15:38)
19. To bind tefillin on the head (Deut. 6:8)
20. To bind tefillin on the arm (Deut. 6:8)
21. To affix the mezuzah to the doorposts and gates of your house (Deut. 6:9)
Did Jesus die so that we do not have to pray to God or say grace after meals? Did he die that we would be free to worship stones? Has God changed HIS mind about these things. We are not forced to read the scriptures morning and night, but surely it is a blessing to do this. Did Paul not say that we ought to pray continually giving thanks for all things? So which of these things have been abrogated by Christ? Can you walk in the Spirit and fail to be doing these things?
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Prayer and Blessings
22. To pray to G-d (Ex. 23:25; Deut. 6:13)
23. To read the Shema in the morning and at night (Deut. 6:7)
24. To recite grace after meals (Deut. 8:10)
25. Not to lay down a stone for worship (Lev. 26:1)
Can you fail to do any of these and remain walking in the Spirit? Has God changed HIS mind about these things? Did Jesus die to free you from these? Did he abrogate these laws?
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Love and Brotherhood
26. To love all human beings who are of the covenant (Lev. 19:18)
27. Not to stand by idly when a human life is in danger (Lev. 19:16)
28. Not to wrong any one in speech (Lev. 25:17)
29. Not to carry tales (Lev. 19:16)
30. Not to cherish hatred in one's heart (Lev. 19:17)
31. Not to take revenge (Lev. 19:18)
32. Not to bear a grudge (Lev. 19:18)
33. Not to put any Jew to shame (Lev. 19:17)
34. Not to curse any other Israelite (Lev. 19:14)
35. Not to give occasion to the simple-minded to stumble on the road (Lev. 19:14)
36. To rebuke the sinner (Lev. 19:17)
37. To relieve a neighbor of his burden and help to unload his beast (Ex. 23:5)
38. To assist in replacing the load upon a neighbor's beast (Deut. 22:4)
39. Not to leave a beast, that has fallen down beneath its burden, unaided (Deut. 22:4)
All of these things deal with the looking out for and caring for the needs of the poor in our community. Did not Paul teach the Gentile church to take care of the poor saints in Jerusalem? Did the Apostolic church in acts not sell their possessions and provide for the needs of the poor in the church among them. If you lived in an agricultural society as these did, would your actions not look like this? The principle or Spirit of these laws is clear. Care for the poor among you. Do not take and use every single bit of goods that you have on yourself, leave some for those who have none. Do you really believe that Jesus died to free you from living like this? Can you do the opposite of this and call yourself walking in the Spirit?
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The Poor and Unfortunate
40. Not to afflict an orphan or a widow (Ex. 22:21)
41. Not to reap the entire field (Lev. 19:9; Lev. 23:22)
42. To leave the unreaped corner of the field or orchard for the poor (Lev. 19:9)
43. Not to gather gleanings (the ears that have fallen to the ground while reaping) (Lev. 19:9)
44. To leave the gleanings for the poor (Lev. 19:9)
45. Not to gather ol'loth (the imperfect clusters) of the vineyard (Lev. 19:10)
46. To leave ol'loth (the imperfect clusters) of the vineyard for the poor (Lev. 19:10; Deut. 24:21)
47. Not to gather the peret (grapes) that have fallen to the ground (Lev. 19:10)
48. To leave peret (the single grapes) of the vineyard for the poor (Lev. 19:10)
49. Not to return to take a forgotten sheaf (Deut. 24:19) This applies to all fruit trees (Deut. 24:20)
50. To leave the forgotten sheaves for the poor (Deut. 24:19-20)
51. Not to refrain from maintaining a poor man and giving him what he needs (Deut. 15:7)
52. To give charity according to one's means (Deut. 15:11)
Can you walk in the spirit and hate the stranger? Wrong him with your words? Can you walking in the Spirit become unequally yoked? We do not live as a nation and so we do not have application of Jubilee in the natural, but Christ is Jubilee, still what is the precept here? It is that we not hold people in their trespasses and debts forever for we have been forgiven much debt! Do you think that God has changed HIS mind about this? Did Jesus die that you can do the opposite of any of these?
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Treatment of Gentiles
53. To love the stranger (Deut. 10:19)
54. Not to wrong the stranger in speech (Ex. 22:20)
55. Not to wrong the stranger in buying or selling (Ex. 22:20)
56. Not to intermarry with gentiles (Deut. 7:3)
57. To exact the debt of an alien (Deut. 15:3)
58. To lend to an alien at interest (Deut. 23:21)
Can you walk in Spirit and not honor your parents? Can you walk in Spirit and smite your mother or father? We don’t probably know any Moabites or Amonites, but surely we can see that the precept here is on binding ourselves to the heathen as one body in marriage. The Christian covenant of marriage is a 3 ply cord. You cant ply the heathen together under God’s authority and so an unequally yoked marriage will cause the marriage to be partially out of right authority – a house divided cant stand! Surely Jesus did not come to die that we could withhold basic provision from our spouses or dishonor them or defame them. The spirit of the law is the why the letter of the law is given; you are free from the curse of not following the letter… you are free to follow the principle without having to suffer the weakness of your flesh.
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Marriage, Divorce and Family
59. To honor father and mother (Ex. 20:12)
60. Not to smite a father or a mother (Ex. 21:15)
61. Not to curse a father or mother (Ex. 21:17)
62. To reverently fear father and mother (Lev. 19:3)
63. To be fruitful and multiply (Gen. 1:28)
64. That a eunuch shall not marry a daughter of Israel (Deut. 23:2)
65. That a mamzer shall not marry the daughter of a Jew (Deut. 23:3)
66. That an Ammonite or Moabite shall never marry the daughter of an Israelite (Deut. 23:4)
67. Not to exclude a descendant of Esau from the community of Israel for three generations (Deut. 23:8-9)
68. Not to exclude an Egyptian from the community of Israel for three generations (Deut. 23:8-9)
69. That there shall be no harlot (in Israel); that is, that there shall be no intercourse with a woman, without previous marriage with a deed of marriage and formal declaration of marriage (Deut. 23:18)
70. To take a wife by kiddushin, the sacrament of marriage (Deut. 24:1)
71. That the newly married husband shall (be free) for one year to rejoice with his wife (Deut. 24:5)
72. That a bridegroom shall be exempt for a whole year from taking part in any public labor, such as military service, guarding the wall and similar duties (Deut. 24:5)
73. Not to withhold food, clothing or conjugal rights from a wife (Ex. 21:10)
74. That the woman suspected of adultery shall be dealt with as prescribed in the Torah (Num. 5:30)
75. That one who defames his wife's honor (by falsely accusing her of unchastity before marriage) must live with her all his lifetime (Deut. 22:19)
76. That a man may not divorce his wife concerning whom he has published an evil report (about her unchastity before marriage) (Deut. 22:19)
77. To divorce by a formal written document (Deut. 24:1)
78. That one who divorced his wife shall not remarry her, if after the divorce she had been married to another man (Deut. 24:4)
79. That a widow whose husband died childless must not be married to anyone but her deceased husband's brother (Deut. 25:5)
80. To marry the widow of a brother who has died childless (Deut. 25:5) (this is only in effect insofar as it requires the procedure of release below )
81. That the widow formally release the brother-in-law (if he refuses to marry her) (Deut. 25:7-9)
Which of these laws can you break while walking in the Spirit? Which of these laws did Jesus die to abolish? Which of these laws has God changed HIS mind about? Which of them are abrogated? Antiquated? Not relevant to the Christian?
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Forbidden Sexual Relations
82. Not to indulge in familiarities with relatives, such as kissing, embracing, winking, skipping, which may lead to incest (Lev. 18:6)
83. Not to commit incest with one's mother (Lev. 18:7)
84. Not to commit sodomy with one's father (Lev. 18:7)
85. Not to commit incest with one's father's wife (Lev. 18:8)
86. Not to commit incest with one's sister (Lev. 18:9)
87. Not to commit incest with one's father's wife's daughter (Lev. 18:9)
88. Not to commit incest with one's son's daughter (Lev. 18:10)
89. Not to commit incest with one's daughter's daughter (Lev. 18:10)
90. Not to commit incest with one's daughter (this is not explicitly in the Torah but is inferred from other explicit commands that would include it)
91. Not to commit incest with one's fathers sister (Lev. 18:12)
92. Not to commit incest with one's mother's sister (Lev. 18:13)
93. Not to commit incest with one's father's brothers wife (Lev. 18:14)
94. Not to commit sodomy with one's father's brother (Lev. 18:14)
95. Not to commit incest with one's son's wife (Lev. 18:15)
96. Not to commit incest with one's brother's wife (Lev. 18:16)
97. Not to commit incest with one's wife's daughter (Lev. 18:17)
98. Not to commit incest with the daughter of one's wife's son (Lev. 18:17)
99. Not to commit incest with the daughter of one's wife's daughter (Lev. 18:17)
100. Not to commit incest with one's wife's sister (Lev. 18:18)
101. Not to have intercourse with a woman, in her menstrual period (Lev. 18:19)
102. Not to have intercourse with another man's wife (Lev. 18:20)
103. Not to commit sodomy with a male (Lev. 18:22)
104. Not to have intercourse with a beast (Lev. 18:23)
105. That a woman shall not have intercourse with a beast (Lev. 18:23)
106. Not to castrate the male of any species; neither a man, nor a domestic or wild beast, nor a fowl (Lev. 22:24)
All of these laws apply to the appointed times of God. All of the feasts and festivals and the fast prophesy of Christ. Christ has fulfilled some of them, but not all. And not for all people. Christ is our Sabbath rest, but not all Israel has rest yet, and we are told that they will. Some of the feasts will be fulfilled at the 2nd advent. All the nations will come to observe Tabernacles in the Millennial reign! Christ has abrogated none of what he has fulfilled here. In fact, Paul tells us the Christian church that we are to keep the feast of Passover and unleavened bread: we keep it perpetually!
1 Corinthians 5:8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Today there is much confusion in the church because the church does not understand the feasts and fast and festivals of God or that they are all appointed times that prophesy of Christ and instead have bought the lie that this information is antiquated custom that was meant to burden men. Jesus did not die to free us from the appointed times of God. In fact, Paul and Jesus taught that we were not to be ignorant of the seasons. Those who worship God worship HIM in Spirit and had the Pharisee worshiped God they would have seen the Spirit of the law that was Jesus hidden in the natural earthly details of the feasts, festivals and fasts; We are not bound to follow the letter of the Law, but if we do not see the Spirit of the Law, we are ourselves become Pharisee.
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Times and Seasons
107. That the new month shall be solemnly proclaimed as holy, and the months and years shall be calculated by the Supreme Court only (Ex. 12:2) (the authority to declare months is inferred from the use of the word "unto you").
108. Not to travel on Shabbat outside the limits of one's place of residence (Ex. 16:29)
109. To sanctify Shabbat (Ex. 20:8)
110. Not to do work on Shabbat (Ex. 20:10)
111. To rest on Shabbat (Ex. 23:12; 34:21)
112. To celebrate the festivals [Passover, Shavu'ot and Sukkot] (Ex. 23:14) .
113. To rejoice on the festivals (Deut. 16:14)
114. To appear in the Sanctuary on the festivals (Deut. 16:16) .
115. To remove chametz on the Eve of Passover (Ex. 12:15)
116. To rest on the first day of Passover (Ex. 12:16; Lev. 23:7)
117. Not to do work on the first day of Passover (Ex. 12:16; Lev. 23:6-7)
118. To rest on the seventh day of Passover (Ex. 12:16; Lev. 23:8)
119. Not to do work on the seventh day of Passover (Ex. 12:16; Lev. 23:8)
120. To eat matzah on the first night of Passover (Ex. 12:18)
121. That no chametz be in the Israelite's possession during Passover (Ex. 12:19)
122. Not to eat any food containing chametz on Passover (Ex. 12:20)
123. Not to eat chametz on Passover (Ex. 13:3)
124. That chametz shall not be seen in an Israelite's home during Passover (Ex. 13:7)
125. To discuss the departure from Egypt on the first night of Passover (Ex. 13:8)
126. Not to eat chametz after mid-day on the fourteenth of Nissan (Deut. 16:3)
127. To count forty-nine days from the time of the cutting of the Omer (first sheaves of the barley harvest) (Lev. 23:15)
128. To rest on Shavu'ot (Lev. 23:21)
129. Not to do work on the Shavu'ot (Lev. 23:21)
130. To rest on Rosh Hashanah (Lev. 23:24)
131. Not to do work on Rosh Hashanah (Lev. 23:25)
132. To hear the sound of the shofar on Rosh Hashanah (Num. 29:1)
133. To fast on Yom Kippur (Lev. 23:27)
134. Not to eat or drink on Yom Kippur (Lev. 23:29)
135. Not to do work on Yom Kippur (Lev. 23:31)
136. To rest on the Yom Kippur (Lev. 23:32)
137. To rest on the first day of Sukkot (Lev. 23:35)
138. Not to do work on the first day of Sukkot (Lev. 23:35)
139. To rest on the eighth day of Sukkot (Shemini Atzeret) (Lev. 23:36)
140. Not to do work on the eighth day of Sukkot (Shemini Atzeret) (Lev. 23:36) (
141. To take during Sukkot a palm branch and the other three plants (Lev. 23:40)
142. To dwell in booths seven days during Sukkot (Lev. 23:42)
These are the dietary laws. They were given by God to the people to keep them from getting many of the diseases and sicknesses that could come by not properly handling food. Additionally, today we know that digestion is hampered when some foods are eaten together. The Torah tells that the life of the animal is in the blood and thus blood is not to be eaten. Jesus said to the disciples at the last supper this is my blood… he was saying this is my life take it and eat it, consume it that it be in you. We are not obligated to follow the dietary laws; but we certainly are free to observe them. Paul said nothing when the Jerusalem council told the Christians not to eat meat strangled or offered to idols. Jesus has freed us from the curse of not following these things; He has not abrogated the blessing in this life that can be had by following them.
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Dietary Laws
143. To examine the marks in cattle (so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean) (Lev. 11:2)
144. Not to eat the flesh of unclean beasts (Lev. 11:4)
145. To examine the marks in fishes (so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean (Lev. 11:9)
146. Not to eat unclean fish (Lev. 11:11)
147. To examine the marks in fowl, so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean (Deut. 14:11)
148. Not to eat unclean fowl (Lev. 11:13)
149. To examine the marks in locusts, so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean (Lev. 11:21)
150. Not to eat a worm found in fruit (Lev. 11:41)
151. Not to eat of things that creep upon the earth (Lev. 11:41-42)
152. Not to eat any vermin of the earth (Lev. 11:44)
153. Not to eat things that swarm in the water (Lev. 11:43 and 46)
154. Not to eat of winged insects (Deut. 14:19)
155. Not to eat the flesh of a beast that is terefah (lit torn) (Ex. 22:30)
156. Not to eat the flesh of a beast that died of itself (Deut. 14:21)
157. To slay cattle, deer and fowl according to the laws of shechitah if their flesh is to be eaten (Deut. 12:21) ("as I have commanded" in this verse refers to the technique)
158. Not to eat a limb removed from a living beast (Deut. 12:23)
159. Not to slaughter an animal and its young on the same day (Lev. 22:28)
160. Not to take the mother-bird with the young (Deut. 22:6)
161. To set the mother-bird free when taking the nest (Deut. 22:6-7)
162. Not to eat the flesh of an ox that was condemned to be stoned (Ex. 21:28)
163. Not to boil meat with milk (Ex. 23:19)
164. Not to eat flesh with milk (Ex. 34:26)
165. Not to eat the of the thigh-vein which shrank (Gen. 32:33)
166. Not to eat chelev (tallow-fat) (Lev. 7:23)
167. Not to eat blood (Lev. 7:26)
168. To cover the blood of undomesticated animals (deer, etc.) and of fowl that have been killed (Lev. 17:13)
169. Not to eat or drink like a glutton or a drunkard (not to rebel against father or mother) (Lev. 19:26; Deut. 21:20)
These laws have to do with ethical business practices. Do you think that God has changed HIS mind about these things? Can you walk in the Spirit and wrong people in business, cheat, keep what is not yours? Which of these things do you think that Jesus died so that you could do?
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Business Practices
170. Not to do wrong in buying or selling (Lev. 25:14)
171. Not to make a loan to an Israelite on interest (Lev. 25:37)
172. Not to borrow on interest (Deut. 23:20) (because this would cause the lender to sin)
173. Not to take part in any usurious transaction between borrower and lender, neither as a surety, nor as a witness, nor as a writer of the bond for them (Ex. 22:24)
174. To lend to a poor person (Ex. 22:24) (even though the passage says "if you lend" it is understood as obligatory)
175. Not to demand from a poor man repayment of his debt, when the creditor knows that he cannot pay, nor press him (Ex. 22:24)
176. Not to take in pledge utensils used in preparing food (Deut. 24:6)
177. Not to exact a pledge from a debtor by force (Deut. 24:10)
178. Not to keep the pledge from its owner at the time when he needs it (Deut. 24:12)
179. To return a pledge to its owner (Deut. 24:13)
180. Not to take a pledge from a widow (Deut. 24:17)
181. Not to commit fraud in measuring (Lev. 19:35)
182. To ensure that scales and weights are correct (Lev. 19:36)
183. Not to possess inaccurate measures and weights (Deut. 25:13-14)
We do not have slaves; but this scripture deals with treating those who we are responsible for ethically. Can you walk in the Spirit and withhold wages that your employee earned? Can you walk in the Spirit and leave hungry the one who picks food for you to eat? This scripture also speaks to giving refuge to those who have fled bondage in another land to the land of God’s people. That is a spiritual concept that speaks to Christ and the church who is refuge to those who flee the bondage of Satan in the world. The letter again may not apply but the Spirit of these laws should be alive in the life of every believer.
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Employees, Servants and Slaves
184. Not to delay payment of a hired man's wages (Lev. 19:13)
185. That the hired laborer shall be permitted to eat of the produce he is reaping (Deut. 23:25-26)
186. That the hired laborer shall not take more than he can eat (Deut. 23:25)
187. That a hired laborer shall not eat produce that is not being harvested (Deut. 23:26)
188. To pay wages to the hired man at the due time (Deut. 24:15)
189. To deal judicially with the Hebrew bondman in accordance with the laws appertaining to him (Ex. 21:2-6)
190. Not to compel the Hebrew servant to do the work of a slave (Lev. 25:39)
191. Not to sell a Hebrew servant as a slave (Lev. 25:42)
192. Not to treat a Hebrew servant rigorously (Lev. 25:43)
193. Not to permit a gentile to treat harshly a Hebrew bondman sold to him (Lev. 25:53)
194. Not to send away a Hebrew bondman servant empty handed, when he is freed from service (Deut. 15:13)
195. To bestow liberal gifts upon the Hebrew bondsman (at the end of his term of service), and the same should be done to a Hebrew bondwoman (Deut. 15:14) .
196. To redeem a Hebrew maid-servant (Ex. 21:8) .
197. Not to sell a Hebrew maid-servant to another person (Ex. 21:8)
198. To espouse a Hebrew maid-servant (Ex. 21:8-9) .
199. To keep the Canaanite slave forever (Lev. 25:46) .
200. Not to surrender a slave, who has fled to the land of Israel, to his owner who lives outside Palestine (Deut. 23:16)
201. Not to wrong such a slave (Deut. 23:17)
202. Not to muzzle a beast, while it is working in produce which it can eat and enjoy (Deut. 25:4)
These scriptures speaks to our vows and oaths; Can you walk in the Spirit and falsely swear? Fail to keep your word? We bare the name of Christ and the Gospel. The new testament teaches that we should walk in ways that give the heathen no reason to speak ill of us. How is it that Christ has died so that we can swear falsely? How is it that God has changed his mind about these things and this is now acceptable behavior for the Christian? Has Jesus abrogated these laws?
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Vows, Oaths and Swearing
203. That a man should fulfill whatever he has uttered (Deut. 23:24)
204. Not to swear needlessly (Ex. 20:7)
205. Not to violate an oath or swear falsely (Lev. 19:12)
206. To decide in cases of annulment of vows, according to the rules set forth in the Torah (Num. 30:2-17)
207. Not to break a vow (Num. 30:3)
208. To swear by His name truly (Deut. 10:20) .
209. Not to delay in fulfilling vows or bringing vowed or free-will offerings (Deut. 23:22)
For us Jesus has fulfilled the Sabbath and Jubilee is coming when we leave this earth and all the trapping of it; but he has not abrogated or destroyed these things…. He is these things and all Israel has not yet received these things.
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The Sabbatical and Jubilee Years
210. To let the land lie fallow in the Sabbatical year (Ex. 23:11; Lev. 25:2)
211. To cease from tilling the land in the Sabbatical year (Ex. 23:11) (Lev. 25:2)
212. Not to till the ground in the Sabbatical year (Lev. 25:4)
213. Not to do any work on the trees in the Sabbatical year (Lev. 25:4)
214. Not to reap the aftermath that grows in the Sabbatical year, in the same way as it is reaped in other years (Lev. 25:5)
215. Not to gather the fruit of the tree in the Sabbatical year in the same way as it is gathered in other years (Lev. 25:5)
216. To sound the Ram's horn in the Sabbatical year (Lev. 25:9)
217. To release debts in the seventh year (Deut. 15:2)
218. Not to demand return of a loan after the Sabbatical year has passed (Deut. 15:2)
219. Not to refrain from making a loan to a poor man, because of the release of loans in the Sabbatical year (Deut. 15:9)
220. To assemble the people to hear the Torah at the close of the seventh year (Deut. 31:12)
221. To count the years of the Jubilee by years and by cycles of seven years (Lev. 25:8)
222. To keep the Jubilee year holy by resting and letting the land lie fallow (Lev. 25:10)
223. Not to cultivate the soil nor do any work on the trees, in the Jubilee Year (Lev. 25:11)
224. Not to reap the aftermath of the field that grew of itself in the Jubilee Year, in the same way as in other years (Lev. 25:11)
225. Not to gather the fruit of the tree in the Jubilee Year, in the same way as in other years (Lev. 25:11)
226. To grant redemption to the land in the Jubilee year (Lev. 25:24) .
We are not a soverign nation and we do not hold court; but Paul admonished the church for not judging among themselves on civil matters that a brethren not take another brethren before the magistrate. These scriptures all deal with just judgments. Has Jesus abrogated them? Can you now walk in Spirit and take bribes? Can you judge with prejudice? Again the Spirit of the Law should be alive and well living in us and we should know the precepts taught in these scriptures.
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The Court and Judicial Procedure
227. To appoint judges and officers in every community of Israel (Deut. 16:18) .
228. Not to appoint as a judge, a person who is not well versed in the laws of the Torah even if he is expert in other branches of knowledge (Deut. 1:17)
229. To adjudicate cases of purchase and sale (Lev. 25:14)
230. To judge cases of liability of a paid depositary (Ex. 22:9) .
231. To adjudicate cases of loss for which a gratuitous borrower is liable (Ex. 22:13-14) .
232. To adjudicate cases of inheritances (Num. 27:8-11)
233. To judge cases of damage caused by an uncovered pit (Ex. 21:33-34)
234. To judge cases of injuries caused by beasts (Ex. 21:35-36)
235. To adjudicate cases of damage caused by trespass of cattle (Ex. 22:4)
236. To adjudicate cases of damage caused by fire (Ex. 22:5)
237. To adjudicate cases of damage caused by a gratuitous depositary (Ex. 22:6-7)
238. To adjudicate other cases between a plaintiff and a defendant (Ex. 22:8)
239. Not to curse a judge (Ex. 22:27)
240. That one who possesses evidence shall testify in Court (Lev. 5:1)
241. Not to testify falsely (Ex. 20:13) .
242. That a witness, who has testified in a capital case, shall not lay down the law in that particular case (Num. 35:30)
243. That a transgressor shall not testify (Ex. 23:1) .
244. That the court shall not accept the testimony of a close relative of the defendant in matters of capital punishment (Deut. 24:16)
245. Not to hear one of the parties to a suit in the absence of the other party (Ex. 23:1)
246. To examine witnesses thoroughly (Deut. 13:15)
247. Not to decide a case on the evidence of a single witness (Deut. 19:15)
248. To give the decision according to the majority, when there is a difference of opinion among the members of the Sanhedrin as to matters of law (Ex. 23:2)
249. Not to decide, in capital cases, according to the view of the majority, when those who are for condemnation exceed by one only, those who are for acquittal (Ex. 23:2)
250. That, in capital cases, one who had argued for acquittal, shall not later on argue for condemnation (Ex. 23:2)
251. To treat parties in a litigation with equal impartiality (Lev. 19:15) .
252. Not to render iniquitous decisions (Lev. 19:15)
253. Not to favor a great man when trying a case (Lev. 19:15)
254. Not to take a bribe (Ex. 23:8)
255. Not to be afraid of a bad man, when trying a case (Deut. 1:17)
256. Not to be moved in trying a case, by the poverty of one of the parties (Ex. 23:3; Lev. 19:15)
257. Not to pervert the judgment of strangers or orphans (Deut. 24:17)
258. Not to pervert the judgment of a sinner (a person poor in fulfillment of commandments) (Ex. 23:6)
259. Not to render a decision on one's personal opinion, but only on the evidence of two witnesses, who saw what actually occurred (Ex. 23:7)
260. Not to execute one guilty of a capital offense, before he has stood his trial (Num. 35:12)
261. To accept the rulings of every Supreme Court in Israel (Deut. 17:11) .
262. Not to rebel against the orders of the Court (Deut. 17:11)
Which of these could you break while walking in the Spirit? Can you disregard the safety of others? Deny another his property rights? Steal? Rob? Slay the innocent? Defraud someone? Are these things no longer applicable to the walk that is of faith? Did Jesus die that there would be no law that says thou shalt not defraud or did HE die so that you could be free of the curse of the law that you could focus on loving God and loving your neighbor and not focused on how well you were doing at not defrauding? Are these things abrogated or are they made part of your heart because you love the one who first loved you and HIS love dwells in you?
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Injuries and Damages
263. To make a parapet for your roof (Deut. 22:8)
264. Not to leave something that might cause hurt (Deut. 22:8)
265. To save the pursued even at the cost of the life of the pursuer (Deut. 25:12)
266. Not to spare a pursuer, but he is to be slain before he reaches the pursued and slays the latter, or uncovers his nakedness (Deut. 25:12)
Property and Property Rights
267. Not to sell a field in the land of Israel in perpetuity (Lev. 25:23)
268. Not to change the character of the open land (about the cities of) the Levites or of their fields; not to sell it in perpetuity, but it may be redeemed at any time (Lev. 25:34)
269. That houses sold within a walled city may be redeemed within a year (Lev. 25:29) .
270. Not to remove landmarks (property boundaries) (Deut. 19:14)
271. Not to swear falsely in denial of another's property rights (Lev. 19:11)
272. Not to deny falsely another's property rights (Lev. 19:11)
273. Never to settle in the land of Egypt (Deut. 17:16)
274. Not to steal personal property (Lev. 19:11)
275. To restore that which one took by robbery (Lev. 5:23)
276. To return lost property (Deut. 22:1)
277. Not to pretend not to have seen lost property, to avoid the obligation to return it (Deut. 22:3)
Criminal Laws
278. Not to slay an innocent person (Ex. 20:13)
279. Not to kidnap any person of Israel (Ex. 20:13)
280. Not to rob by violence (Lev. 19:13)
281. Not to defraud (Lev. 19:13)
282. Not to covet what belongs to another (Ex. 20:14)
283. Not to crave something that belongs to another (Deut. 5:18)
284. Not to indulge in evil thoughts and sights (Num. 15:39)
These things don’t apply as we are not a soverign nation and we do not carry out punishment for crimes; still these scriptures deal with the seriousness of sin and the yet even punishment is not without mercy. A crime was worthy of death, but that did not mean you could have no regard for the dead body. Once the price is paid it is paid. Even someone who had murdered was given some mercy and grace if the murder occurred by accident. These things show us God’s severity and HIS goodness… they show that judgment is not without justice and mercy. Is that not a picture of Christ? Has Christ abrogated these scriptures or completed them? Are these precepts done away with or written in Spirit on our hearts?
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Punishment and Restitution
285. That the Court shall pass sentence of death by decapitation with the sword (Ex. 21:20; Lev. 26:25) .
286. That the Court shall pass sentence of death by strangulation (Lev. 20:10)
287. That the Court shall pass sentence of death by burning with fire (Lev. 20:14)
288. That the Court shall pass sentence of death by stoning (Deut. 22:24)
289. To hang the dead body of one who has incurred that penalty (Deut. 21:22)
290. That the dead body of an executed criminal shall not remain hanging on the tree over night (Deut. 21:23)
291. To inter the executed on the day of execution (Deut. 21:23)
292. Not to accept ransom from a murderer (Num. 35:31)
293. To exile one who committed accidental homicide (Num. 35:25) .
294. To establish six cities of refuge (for those who committed accidental homicide) (Deut. 19:3) .
295. Not to accept ransom from an accidental homicide, so as to relieve him from exile (Num. 35:32)
296. To decapitate the heifer in the manner prescribed (in expiation of a murder on the road, the perpetrator of which remained undiscovered) (Deut. 21:4)
297. Not to plow nor sow the rough valley (in which a heifer's neck was broken) (Deut. 21:4)
298. To adjudge a thief to pay compensation or (in certain cases) suffer death (Ex. 21:16; Ex. 21:37; Ex. 22:1) .
299. That he who inflicts a bodily injury shall pay monetary compensation (Ex. 21:18-19) .
300. To impose a penalty of fifty shekels upon the seducer (of an unbetrothed virgin) and enforce the other rules in connection with the case (Ex. 22:15-16) .
301. That the violator (of an unbetrothed virgin) shall marry her (Deut. 22:28-29) .
302. That one who has raped a damsel and has then (in accordance with the law) married her, may not divorce her (Deut. 22:29)
303. Not to inflict punishment on Shabbat (Ex. 35:3) (because some punishments were inflicted by fire)
304. To punish the wicked by the infliction of stripes (Deut. 25:2) .
305. Not to exceed the statutory number of stripes laid on one who has incurred that punishment (Deut. 25:3) (and by implication, not to strike anyone)
306. Not to spare the offender, in imposing the prescribed penalties on one who has caused damage (Deut. 19:13)
307. To do unto false witnesses as they had purposed to do (to the accused) (Deut. 19:19) .
308. Not to punish any one who has committed an offense under duress (Deut. 22:26)
Does God not give to the church prophesy? Has Christ now removed the law and so we can just go ahead an give false prophesy? This scripture shows that false prophesy was worthy of death and while we are not killing false prophets today because Judgment belongs to God in that regard, the NT does teach that we are to have nothing to do with the false prophet, that we are to put him out of the congregation and not listen to him or bid him Godspeed. Do you think that God has changed HIS mind on these matters? Thrown out these laws? Can you walking in Spirit prophesy falsely?
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Prophecy
309. To heed the call of every prophet in each generation, provided that he neither adds to, nor takes away from the Torah (Deut. 18:15) .
310. Not to prophesy falsely (Deut. 18:20)
311. Not to refrain from putting a false prophet to death nor to be in fear of him (Deut. 18:22)
This is an area where the enemy has probably had the greatest success at convincing the church that God has done away with these laws. But I ask you to look at these things, can you walk in Spirit and do the opposite of these? Do you really believe that God has changed HIS mind on these things and now it is possible to love the Lord your God with all your being and do these things? Do you believe that Jesus died to abrogate these things? Which of these can you do while walking in the Spirit?
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Idolatry, Idolaters and Idolatrous Practices
312. Not to make a graven image; neither to make it oneself nor to have it made by others (Ex. 20:4)
313. Not to make any figures for ornament, even if they are not worshipped (Ex. 20:20)
314. Not to make idols even for others (Ex. 34:17; Lev. 19:4)
315. Not to use the ornament of any object of idolatrous worship (Deut. 7:25)
316. Not to make use of an idol or its accessory objects, offerings, or libations (Deut. 7:26)
317. Not to drink wine of idolaters (Deut. 32:38)
318. Not to worship an idol in the way in which it is usually worshipped (Ex. 20:5)
319. Not to bow down to an idol, even if that is not its mode of worship (Ex. 20:5)
320. Not to prophesy in the name of an idol (Ex. 23:13; Deut. 18:20)
321. Not to hearken to one who prophesies in the name of an idol (Deut. 13:4)
322. Not to lead the children of Israel astray to idolatry (Ex. 23:13)
323. Not to entice an Israelite to idolatry (Deut. 13:12)
324. To destroy idolatry and its appurtenances (Deut. 12:2-3)
325. Not to love the enticer to idolatry (Deut. 13:9)
326. Not to give up hating the enticer to idolatry (Deut. 13:9)
327. Not to save the enticer from capital punishment, but to stand by at his execution (Deut. 13:9)
328. A person whom he attempted to entice to idolatry shall not urge pleas for the acquittal of the enticer (Deut. 13:9)
329. A person whom he attempted to entice shall not refrain from giving evidence of the enticer's guilt, if he has such evidence (Deut. 13:9)
330. Not to swear by an idol to its worshipers, nor cause them to swear by it (Ex. 23:13)
331. Not to turn one's attention to idolatry (Lev. 19:4)
332. Not to adopt the institutions of idolaters nor their customs (Lev. 18:3; Lev. 20:23)
333. Not to pass a child through the fire to Molech (Lev. 18:21)
334. Not to suffer any one practicing witchcraft to live (Ex. 22:17)
335. Not to practice onein (observing times or seasons as favorable or unfavorable, using astrology) (Lev. 19:26)
336. Not to practice nachesh (doing things based on signs and portents; using charms and incantations) (Lev. 19:26)
337. Not to consult ovoth (ghosts) (Lev. 19:31)
338. Not to consult yid'onim (wizards) (Lev. 19:31)
339. Not to practice kisuf (magic using herbs, stones and objects that people use) (Deut. 18:10)
340. Not to practice kessem (a general term for magical practices) (Deut. 18:10)
341. Not to practice the art of a chover chaver (casting spells over snakes and scorpions) (Deut. 18:11)
342. Not to enquire of an ob (a ghost) (Deut. 18:11)
343. Not to seek the maytim (dead) (Deut. 18:11)
344. Not to enquire of a yid'oni (wizard) (Deut. 18:11)
345. Not to remove the entire beard, like the idolaters (Lev. 19:27)
346. Not to round the corners of the head, as the idolatrous priests do (Lev. 19:27)
347. Not to cut oneself or make incisions in one's flesh in grief, like the idolaters (Lev. 19:28; Deut. 14:1)
348. Not to tattoo the body like the idolaters (Lev. 19:28)
349. Not to make a bald spot for the dead (Deut. 14:1)
350. Not to plant a tree for worship (Deut. 16:21)
351. Not to set up a pillar (for worship) (Deut. 16:22)
352. Not to show favor to idolaters (Deut. 7:2)
353. Not to make a covenant with the seven (Canaanite, idolatrous) nations (Ex. 23:32; Deut. 7:2)
354. Not to settle idolaters in our land (Ex. 23:33)
355. To slay the inhabitants of a city that has become idolatrous and burn that city (Deut. 13:16-17) .
356. Not to rebuild a city that has been led astray to idolatry (Deut. 13:17)
357. Not to make use of the property of city that has been so led astray (Deut. 13:18)
Judaism was a living lesson in the flesh of principles and precepts that were spiritual. This is seen in the laws that deal with agricultural and animal husbandry. Different seeds were not sown in the same field because this kept the diseases of one plant and the pests from invading the other kinds of plants. Also it prevented pollination between species and thus preserved the integrity of the species. Today we have hybridization and through it you can grow the most beautiful of tomatoes, but inside them there is no seed that will produce more tomatoes. This is not God’s way. These things were for the good and not the burden of the people, and they spoke of a spiritual principle as well because there is no fellowship between light and darkness and God desires HIS people to be separate. It is the enemy that sows tares into the field of wheat. It is leaven that leavens the whole lump. These scriptures still teach these precepts today. You can plant today as you like and you will suffer no curse; but if you plant as God has said, you surely will be blessed. The day is coming when men will not be able to buy or sell with out the mark and all the seed may at that time be in the hands of Monsanto or some corporate entity, at that time, men might hope to find some farmer that farmed as God hath said and has some heirloom seeds that are still able to produce.
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Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
358. Not to cross-breed cattle of different species (Lev. 19:19)
359. Not to sow different kinds of seed together in one field (Lev. 19:19)
360. Not to eat the fruit of a tree for three years from the time it was planted (Lev. 19:23)
361. That the fruit of fruit-bearing trees in the fourth year of their planting shall be sacred like the second tithe and eaten in Jerusalem (Lev. 19:24)
362. Not to sow grain or herbs in a vineyard (Deut. 22:9)
363. Not to eat the produce of diverse seeds sown in a vineyard (Deut. 22:9)
364. Not to work with beasts of different species, yoked together (Deut. 22:10)
Why does the scripture speak to clothing? Because clothing defined the role of people in society. Men were not to look like they were women and women were not to look like they were men. Wool and linen were reserved for the garments of the priests. In the Spirit Jesus has fulfilled these things in that there is neither male nor female in heavens, which is where we are seated and we are all priests, but in this life in the flesh; there is still I believe distinction of role and Paul and Peter do teach this. So, again the spiritual precept is valid though we are not bound to the curse if we do not follow the letter.
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Clothing
365. That a man shall not wear women's clothing (Deut. 22:5)
366. That a woman should not wear men's clothing (Deut. 22:5)
367. Not to wear garments made of wool and linen mixed together (Deut. 22:11)
This applies to the sacrifice and the temple service and thus Jesus is fulfilled these things. Still we need to understand them. God required that the first born of every animal was HIS. However, it was not good to bring to God an unclean animal. So men would sell the unclean animal and then take the value of it to God. This provided the priesthood with money for their other needs. There is no Levitical priesthood today and so this does not apply to us; but there is something to be seen here that does speak of us. The scripture says that we are bought and redeemed. We were unclean animals; but Jesus redeemed us with HIS blood. His sinless blood is laid on the altar… given to God as the price for our heads. We are the church of the firstborn….because he was for us the redemption price, we who are after HIM are now clean animals redeemed, that we can present our own bodies as living sacrifice to God. This precept is and these scriptures are not abrogated but fulfilled in Christ
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The Firstborn
368. To redeem the firstborn human male (Ex. 13:13; Ex. 34:20; Num. 18:15)
369. To redeem the firstling of an *** (Ex. 13:13; Ex. 34:20)
370. To break the neck of the firstling of an *** if it is not redeemed (Ex. 13:13; Ex. 34:20)
371. Not to redeem the firstling of a clean beast (Num. 18:17)
There is no more Levitical Priesthood; it was replaced by the priesthood of the order of Melchizedek, and all the scripture pertaining to the sacrifice, the priesthood, and the temple service were fulfilled by Christ.
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Kohanim and Levites
372. That the kohanim shall put on priestly vestments for the service (Ex. 28:2)
373. Not to tear the High Kohein's robe (Ex. 28:32)
374. That the kohein shall not enter the Sanctuary at all times (i.e., at times when he is not performing service) (Lev. 16:2)
375. That the ordinary kohein shall not defile himself by contact with any dead, other than immediate relatives (Lev. 21:1-3)
376. That the kohanim defile themselves for their deceased relatives (by attending their burial), and mourn for them like other Israelites, who are commanded to mourn for their relatives (Lev. 21:3)
377. That a kohein who had an immersion during the day (to cleanse him from his uncleanness) shall not serve in the Sanctuary until after sunset (Lev. 21:6)
378. That a kohein shall not marry a divorced woman (Lev. 21:7)
379. That a kohein shall not marry a harlot (Lev. 21:7)
380. That a kohein shall not marry a profaned woman (Lev. 21:7)
381. To show honor to a kohein, and to give him precedence in all things that are holy (Lev. 21:8)
382. That a High Kohein shall not defile himself with any dead, even if they are relatives (Lev. 21:11)
383. That a High Kohein shall not go (under the same roof) with a dead body (Lev. 21:11) It has been learnt by tradition that a kohein, who does so, violates the prohibition, "Neither shall he go in ", and also the prohibition "He shall not defile himself"
384. That the High Kohein shall marry a virgin (Lev. 21:13)
385. That the High Kohein shall not marry a widow (Lev. 21:14)
386. That the High Kohein shall not cohabit with a widow, even without marriage, because he profanes her (Lev. 21:15)
387. That a person with a physical blemish shall not serve (in the Sanctuary) (Lev. 21:17)
388. That a kohein with a temporary blemish shall not serve there (Lev. 21:21)
389. That a person with a physical blemish shall not enter the Sanctuary further than the altar (Lev. 21:23)
390. That a kohein who is unclean shall not serve (in the Sanctuary) (Lev. 22:2-3)
391. To send the unclean out of the Camp of the Shechinah, that is, out of the Sanctuary (Num. 5:2)
392. That a kohein who is unclean shall not enter the courtyard (Num. 5:2-3)
393. That the kohanim shall bless Israel (Num. 6:23)
394. To set apart a portion of the dough for the kohein (Num. 15:20) (CCA57)
395. That the Levites shall not occupy themselves with the service that belongs to the kohanim, nor the kohanim with that belonging to the Levites (Num. 18:3)
396. That one not a descendant of Aaron in the male line shall not serve (in the Sanctuary) (Num. 18:4-7)
397. That the Levite shall serve in the Sanctuary (Num. 18:23)
398. To give the Levites cities to dwell in, these to serve also as cities of refuge (Num. 35:2)
399. That none of the tribe of Levi shall take any portion of territory in the land (of Israel) (Deut. 18:1)
400. That none of the tribe of Levi shall take any share of the spoil (at the conquest of the Promised Land) (Deut. 18:1)
401. That the kohanim shall serve in the Sanctuary in divisions, but on festivals, they all serve together (Deut. 18:6-8)
T'rumah, Tithes and Taxes
402. That an uncircumcised person shall not shall not eat of the t'rumah (heave offering), and the same applies to other holy things. This rule is inferred from the law of the Paschal offering, by similarity of phrase (Ex. 12:44-45 and Lev. 22:10) but it is not explicitly set forth in the Torah. Traditionally, it has been learnt that the rule that the uncircumcised must not eat holy things is an essential principle of the Torah and not an enactment of the Scribes
403. Not to alter the order of separating the t'rumah and the tithes; the separation be in the order first-fruits at the beginning, then the t'rumah, then the first tithe, and last the second tithe (Ex. 22:28)
404. To give half a shekel every year (to the Sanctuary for provision of the public sacrifices) (Ex. 30:13)
405. That a kohein who is unclean shall not eat of the t'rumah (Lev. 22:3-4)
406. That a person who is not a kohein or the wife or unmarried daughter of a kohein shall not eat of the t'rumah (Lev. 22:10)
407. That a sojourner with a kohein or his hired servant shall not eat of the t'rumah (Lev. 22:10)
408. Not to eat tevel (something from which the t'rumah and tithe have not yet been separated) (Lev. 22:15)
409. To set apart the tithe of the produce (one tenth of the produce after taking out t'rumah) for the Levites (Lev. 27:30; Num. 18:24)
410. To tithe cattle (Lev. 27:32)
411. Not to sell the tithe of the heard (Lev. 27:32-33)
412. That the Levites shall set apart a tenth of the tithes, which they had received from the Israelites, and give it to the kohanim (called the t'rumah of the tithe) (Num. 18:26)
413. Not to eat the second tithe of cereals outside Jerusalem (Deut. 12:17)
414. Not to consume the second tithe of the vintage outside of Jerusalem (Deut. 12:17)
415. Not to consume the second tithe of the oil outside of Jerusalem (Deut. 12:17)
416. Not to forsake the Levites (Deut. 12:19); but their gifts (dues) should be given to them, so that they might rejoice therewith on each and every festival
417. To set apart the second tithe in the first, second, fourth and fifth years of the sabbatical cycle to be eaten by its owner in Jerusalem (Deut. 14:22) (CCI14) (today, it is set aside but not eaten in Jerusalem).
418. To set apart the second tithe in the third and sixth year of the sabbatical cycle for the poor (Deut. 14:28-29) (CCI15) (today, it must be separated out but need not be given to the poor).
419. To give the kohein the due portions of the carcass of cattle (Deut. 18:3)
420. To give the first of the fleece to the kohein (Deut. 18:4)
421. To set apart t'rumah g'dolah (the great heave-offering, that is, a small portion of the grain, wine and oil) for the kohein (Deut. 18:4)
422. Not to expend the proceeds of the second tithe on anything but food and drink (Deut. 26:14) Anything outside of things necessary for sustenance comes within the class in the phrase "Given for the dead"
423. Not to eat the Second Tithe, even in Jerusalem, in a state of uncleanness, until the tithe had been redeemed (Deut. 26:14)
424. Not to eat the Second Tithe, when mourning (Deut. 26:14)
425. To make the declaration, when bringing the second tithe to the Sanctuary (Deut. 26:13)
The Temple, the Sanctuary and Sacred Objects
426. Not to build an altar of hewn stone (Ex. 20:22)
427. Not to mount the altar by steps (Ex. 20:23)
428. To build the Sanctuary (Ex. 25:8) .
429. Not to remove the staves from the Ark (Ex. 25:15)
430. To set the showbread and the frankincense before the L-rd every Shabbat (Ex. 25:30) .
431. To kindle lights in the Sanctuary (Ex. 27:21) .
432. That the breastplate shall not be loosened from the ephod (Ex. 28:28)
433. To offer up incense twice daily (Ex. 30:7) .
434. Not to offer strange incense nor any sacrifice upon the golden altar (Ex. 30:9)
435. That the kohein shall wash his hands and feet at the time of service (Ex. 30:19)
436. To prepare the oil of anointment and anoint high kohanim and kings with it (Ex. 30:31)
437. Not to compound oil for lay use after the formula of the anointing oil (Ex. 30:32-33)
438. Not to anoint a stranger with the anointing oil (Ex. 30:32)
439. Not to compound anything after the formula of the incense (Ex. 30:37)
440. That he who, in error, makes unlawful use of sacred things, shall make restitution of the value of his trespass and add a fifth (Lev. 5:16) .
441. To remove the ashes from the altar (Lev. 6:3)
442. To keep fire always burning on the altar of the burnt-offering (Lev. 6:6) .
443. Not to extinguish the fire on the altar (Lev. 6:6)
444. That a kohein shall not enter the Sanctuary with disheveled hair (Lev. 10:6)
445. That a kohein shall not enter the Sanctuary with torn garments (Lev. 10:6)
446. That the kohein shall not leave the Courtyard of the Sanctuary, during service (Lev. 10:7)
447. That an intoxicated person shall not enter the Sanctuary nor give decisions in matters of the Law (Lev. 10:9-11)
448. To revere the Sanctuary (Lev. 19:30) (today, this applies to synagogues)
449. That when the Ark is carried, it should be carried on the shoulder (Num. 7:9) .
450. To observe the second Passover (Num. 9:11) .
451. To eat the flesh of the Paschal lamb on it, with unleavened bread and bitter herbs (Num. 9:11) .
452. Not to leave any flesh of the Paschal lamb brought on the second Passover until the morning (Num. 9:12)
453. Not to break a bone of the Paschal lamb brought on the second Passover (Num. 9:12)
454. To sound the trumpets at the offering of sacrifices and in times of trouble (Num. 10:9-10) .
455. To watch over the edifice continually (Num. 18:2) .
456. Not to allow the Sanctuary to remain unwatched (Num. 18:5)
457. That an offering shall be brought by one who has in error committed a trespass against sacred things, or robbed, or lain carnally with a bond-maid betrothed to a man, or denied what was deposited with him and swore falsely to support his denial. This is called a guilt-offering for a known trespass
458. Not to destroy anything of the Sanctuary, of synagogues, or of houses of study, nor erase the holy names (of G-d); nor may sacred scriptures be destroyed (Deut. 12:2-4)
Sacrifices and Offerings
459. To sanctify the firstling of clean cattle and offer it up (Ex. 13:2; Deut. 15:19) (at the present time, it is not offered up) (CCA53).
460. To slay the Paschal lamb (Ex. 12:6) .
461. To eat the flesh of the Paschal sacrifice on the night of the fifteenth of Nissan (Ex. 12:8) .
462. Not to eat the flesh of the Paschal lamb raw or sodden (Ex. 12:9)
463. Not to leave any portion of the flesh of the Paschal sacrifice until the morning unconsumed (Ex. 12:10)
464. Not to give the flesh of the Paschal lamb to an Israelite who had become an apostate (Ex. 12:43)
465. Not to give flesh of the Paschal lamb to a stranger who lives among you to eat (Ex. 12:45)
466. Not to take any of the flesh of the Paschal lamb from the company's place of assembly (Ex. 12:46)
467. Not to break a bone of the Paschal lamb (Ex. 12:46)
468. That the uncircumcised shall not eat of the flesh of the Paschal lamb (Ex. 12:48)
469. Not to slaughter the Paschal lamb while there is chametz in the home (Ex. 23:18; Ex. 24:25)
470. Not to leave the part of the Paschal lamb that should be burnt on the altar until the morning, when it will no longer be fit to be burnt (Ex. 23:18; Ex. 24:25)
471. Not to go up to the Sanctuary for the festival without bringing an offering (Ex. 23:15)
472. To bring the first fruits to the Sanctuary (Ex. 23:19) .
473. That the flesh of a sin-offering and guilt-offering shall be eaten (Ex. 29:33)
474. That one not of the seed of Aaron, shall not eat the flesh of the holy sacrifices (Ex. 29:33)
475. To observe the procedure of the burnt-offering (Lev. 1:3)
476. To observe the procedure of the meal-offering (Lev. 2:1)
477. Not to offer up leaven or honey (Lev. 2:11)
478. That every sacrifice be salted (Lev. 2:13) .
479. Not to offer up any offering unsalted (Lev. 2:13)
480. That the Court of Judgment shall offer up a sacrifice if they have erred in a judicial pronouncement (Lev. 4:13) .
481. That an individual shall bring a sin-offering if he has sinned in error by committing a transgression, the conscious violation of which is punished with excision (Lev. 4:27-28)
482. To offer a sacrifice of varying value in accordance with one's means (Lev. 5:7) .
483. Not to sever completely the head of a fowl brought as a sin-offering (Lev. 5:8)
484. Not to put olive oil in a sin-offering made of flour (Lev. 5:11)
485. Not to put frankincense on a sin-offering made of flour (Lev. 5:11)
486. That an individual shall bring an offering if he is in doubt as to whether he has committed a sin for which one has to bring a sin-offering. This is called a guilt-offering for doubtful sins (Lev. 5:17-19)
487. That the remainder of the meal offerings shall be eaten (Lev. 6:9) .
488. Not to allow the remainder of the meal offerings to become leavened (Lev. 6:10)
489. That the High Kohein shall offer a meal offering daily (Lev. 6:13) .
490. Not to eat of the meal offering brought by the kohanim (Lev. 6:16)
491. To observe the procedure of the sin-offering (Lev. 6:18) .
492. Not to eat of the flesh of sin offerings, the blood of which is brought within the Sanctuary and sprinkled towards the Veil (Lev. 6:23)
493. To observe the procedure of the guilt-offering (Lev. 7:1)
494. To observe the procedure of the peace-offering (Lev. 7:11)
495. To burn meat of the holy sacrifice that has remained over (Lev. 7:17) .
496. Not to eat of sacrifices that are eaten beyond the appointed time for eating them (Lev. 7:18) The penalty is excision
497. Not to eat of holy things that have become unclean (Lev. 7:19)
498. To burn meat of the holy sacrifice that has become unclean (Lev. 7:19) .
499. That a person who is unclean shall not eat of things that are holy (Lev. 7:20)
500. A kohein's daughter who profaned herself shall not eat of the holy things, neither of the heave offering nor of the breast, nor of the shoulder of peace offerings (Lev. 10:14, Lev. 22:12)
501. That a woman after childbirth shall bring an offering when she is clean (Lev. 12:6)
502. That the leper shall bring a sacrifice after he is cleansed (Lev. 14:10) .
503. That a man having an issue shall bring a sacrifice after he is cleansed of his issue (Lev. 15:13-15) .
504. That a woman having an issue shall bring a sacrifice after she is cleansed of her issue (Lev. 15:28-30) .
505. To observe, on Yom Kippur, the service appointed for that day, regarding the sacrifice, confessions, sending away of the scapegoat, etc. (Lev. 16:3-34) .
506. Not to slaughter beasts set apart for sacrifices outside (the Sanctuary) (Lev. 17:3-4)
507. Not to eat flesh of a sacrifice that has been left over (beyond the time appointed for its consumption) (Lev. 19:8)
508. Not to sanctify blemished cattle for sacrifice on the altar (Lev. 22:20) This text prohibits such beasts being set apart for sacrifice on the altar
509. That every animal offered up shall be without blemish (Lev. 22:21) .
510. Not to inflict a blemish on cattle set apart for sacrifice (Lev. 22:21)
511. Not to slaughter blemished cattle as sacrifices (Lev. 22:22)
512. Not to burn the limbs of blemished cattle upon the altar (Lev. 22:22)
513. Not to sprinkle the blood of blemished cattle upon the altar (Lev. 22:24)
514. Not to offer up a blemished beast that comes from non-Israelites (Lev. 22:25)
515. That sacrifices of cattle can only take place when they are at least eight days old (Lev. 22:27) .
516. Not to leave any flesh of the thanksgiving offering until the morning (Lev. 22:30)
517. To offer up the meal-offering of the Omer on the morrow after the first day of Passover, together with one lamb (Lev. 23:10)
518. Not to eat bread made of new grain before the Omer of barley has been offered up on the second day of Passover (Lev. 23:14) (
519. Not to eat roasted grain of the new produce before that time (Lev. 23:14)
520. Not to eat fresh ears of the new grain before that time (Lev. 23:14)
521. To bring on Shavu'ot loaves of bread together with the sacrifices which are then offered up in connection with the loaves (Lev. 23:17-20)
522. To offer up an additional sacrifice on Passover (Lev. 23:36) .
523. That one who vows to the L-rd the monetary value of a person shall pay the amount appointed in the Scriptural portion (Lev. 27:2-8) .
524. If a beast is exchanged for one that had been set apart as an offering, both become sacred (Lev. 27:10) .
525. Not to exchange a beast set aside for sacrifice (Lev. 27:10)
526. That one who vows to the L-rd the monetary value of an unclean beast shall pay its value (Lev. 27:11-13) .
527. That one who vows the value of a his house shall pay according to the appraisal of the kohein (Lev. 27:11-13)
528. That one who sanctifies to the L-rd a portion of his field shall pay according to the estimation appointed in the Scriptural portion (Lev. 27:16-24)
529. Not to transfer a beast set apart for sacrifice from one class of sacrifices to another (Lev. 27:26)
530. To decide in regard to dedicated property as to which is sacred to the Lord and which belongs to the kohein (Lev. 27:28)
531. Not to sell a field devoted to the Lord (Lev. 27:28)
532. Not to redeem a field devoted to the Lord (Lev. 27:28)
533. To make confession before the L-rd of any sin that one has committed, when bringing a sacrifice and at other times (Num. 5:6-7)
534. Not to put olive oil in the meal-offering of a woman suspected of adultery (Num. 5:15)
535. Not to put frankincense on it (Num. 5:15)
536. To offer up the regular sacrifices daily (two lambs as burnt offerings) (Num. 28:3) .
537. To offer up an additional sacrifice every Shabbat (two lambs) (Num. 28:9) .
538. To offer up an additional sacrifice every New Moon (Num. 28:11) .
539. To bring an additional offering on Shavu'ot (Num. 28:26-27) .
540. To offer up an additional sacrifice on Rosh Hashanah (Num. 29:1-6) .
541. To offer up an additional sacrifice on Yom Kippur (Num. 29:7-8) .
542. To offer up an additional sacrifice on Sukkot (Num. 29:12-34) .
543. To offer up an additional offering on Shemini Atzeret, which is a festival by itself (Num. 29:35-38) .
544. To bring all offerings, whether obligatory or freewill, on the first festival after these were incurred (Deut. 12:5-6) .
545. Not to offer up sacrifices outside (the Sanctuary) (Deut. 12:13)
546. To offer all sacrifices in the Sanctuary (Deut. 12:14) .
547. To redeem cattle set apart for sacrifices that contracted disqualifying blemishes, after which they may be eaten by anyone. (Deut. 12:15) .
548. Not to eat of the unblemished firstling outside Jerusalem (Deut. 12:17)
549. Not to eat the flesh of the burnt-offering (Deut. 12:17). This is a Prohibition applying to every trespasser, not to enjoy any of the holy things. If he does so, he commits a trespass
550. That the kohanim shall not eat the flesh of the sin-offering or guilt-offering outside the Courtyard (of the Sanctuary) (Deut. 12:17)
551. Not to eat of the flesh of the sacrifices that are holy in a minor degree, before the blood has been sprinkled (on the altar), (Deut. 12:17)
552. That the kohein shall not eat the first-fruits before they are set down in the Courtyard (of the Sanctuary) (Deut. 12:17)
553. To take trouble to bring sacrifices to the Sanctuary from places outside the land of Israel (Deut. 12:26) .
554. Not to eat the flesh of beasts set apart as sacrifices, that have been rendered unfit to be offered up by deliberately inflicted blemish (Deut. 14:3)
555. Not to do work with cattle set apart for sacrifice (Deut. 15:19)
556. Not to shear beasts set apart for sacrifice (Deut. 15:19)
557. Not to leave any portion of the festival offering brought on the fourteenth of Nissan unto the third day (Deut. 16:4)
558. Not to offer up a beast that has a temporary blemish (Deut. 17:1)
559. Not to bring sacrifices out of the hire of a harlot or price of a dog (apparently a euphemism for sodomy) (Deut. 23:19)
560. To read the portion prescribed on bringing the first fruits (Deut. 26:5-10) .
All of these scriptures deal with purity and not spreading sin, uncleaness or leprosy. If we lived where leprosy was being spread we might still heed some of these things; but the spiritual precept is still relevant. There is no fellowship between light and darkness. Purge the leaven from the temple; wash with the word. Don’t defile your garments.. all of these things are spoken of in the NT.
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Ritual Purity and Impurity
561. That eight species of creeping things defile by contact (Lev. 11:29-30) .
562. That foods become defiled by contact with unclean things (Lev. 11:34) .
563. That anyone who touches the carcass of a beast that died of itself shall be unclean (Lev. 11:39) .
564. That a lying-in woman is unclean like a menstruating woman (in terms of uncleanness) (Lev. 12:2-5) .
565. That a leper is unclean and defiles (Lev. 13:2-46) .
566. That the leper shall be universally recognized as such by the prescribed marks So too, all other unclean persons should declare themselves as such (Lev. 13:45) .
567. That a leprous garment is unclean and defiles (Lev. 13:47-49) .
568. That a leprous house defiles (Lev. 14:34-46) .
569. That a man, having a running issue, defiles (Lev. 15:1-15) .
570. That the seed of copulation defiles (Lev. 15:16) .
571. That purification from all kinds of defilement shall be effected by immersion in the waters of a mikvah (Lev. 15:16) .
572. That a menstruating woman is unclean and defiles others (Lev. 15:19-24) .
573. That a woman, having a running issue, defiles (Lev. 15:25-27) .
574. To carry out the ordinance of the Red Heifer so that its ashes will always be available (Num. 19:9)
575. That a corpse defiles (Num. 19:11-16)
576. That the waters of separation defile one who is clean, and cleanse the unclean from pollution by a dead body (Num. 19:19-22) .
Lepers and Leprosy
577. Not to drove off the hair of the scall (Lev. 13:33)
578. That the procedure of cleansing leprosy, whether of a man or of a house, takes place with cedar-wood, hyssop, scarlet thread, two birds, and running water (Lev. 14:1-7) .
579. That the leper shall shave all his hair (Lev. 14:9) .
580. Not to pluck out the marks of leprosy (Deut. 24:8)
Jesus is our king and has fulfilled all scripture pertaining to kings.
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The King
581. Not to curse a ruler, that is, the King or the head of the College in the land of Israel (Ex. 22:27)
582. To appoint a king (Deut. 17:15) .
583. Not to appoint as ruler over Israel, one who comes from non-Israelites (Deut. 17:15)
584. That the King shall not acquire an excessive number of horses (Deut. 17:16)
585. That the King shall not take an excessive number of wives (Deut. 17:17)
586. That he shall not accumulate an excessive quantity of gold and silver (Deut. 17:17)
587. That the King shall write a scroll of the Torah for himself, in addition to the one that every person should write, so that he writes two scrolls (Deut. 17:18)
Paul has shown us that we are free to observe the Nazarite vow; we are by Jesus and our rebirth separate unto God and there is no harm in our making such a pledge publicly to abstain from wine .. it is no different than fasting. Paul did not protest the Gentile Christians desire to take the Nazarite vow and he even helped them to do so by paying the tax for their shaving. Separation unto God is a Christian principle.
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Nazarites
588. That a Nazarite shall not drink wine, or anything mixed with wine which tastes like wine; and even if the wine or the mixture has turned sour, it is prohibited to him (Num. 6:3)
589. That he shall not eat fresh grapes (Num. 6:3)
590. That he shall not eat dried grapes (raisins) (Num. 6:3)
591. That he shall not eat the kernels of the grapes (Num. 6:4)
592. That he shall not eat of the skins of the grapes (Num. 6:4)
593. That the Nazarite shall permit his hair to grow (Num. 6:5) .
594. That the Nazarite shall not cut his hair (Num. 6:5)
595. That he shall not enter any covered structure where there is a dead body (Num. 6:6)
596. That a Nazarite shall not defile himself for any dead person (by being in the presence of the corpse) (Num. 6:7)
597. That the Nazarite shall shave his hair when he brings his offerings at the completion of the period of his Nazariteship, or within that period if he has become defiled (Num. 6:9) .
We no longer are citizens of an earthly kingdom and the weapons of our warfare are not carnal. Still these scriptures speak to separation from the heathen; keeping things unclean outside the camp/church/ assembly of the congregation, having no fear of the enemy in battle but standing in the Lord; care of the earth etc…
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Wars
598. That those engaged in warfare shall not fear their enemies nor be panic-stricken by them during battle (Deut. 3:22, 7:21, 20:3)
599. To anoint a special kohein (to speak to the soldiers) in a war (Deut. 20:2)
600. In a permissive war (as distinguished from obligatory ones), to observe the procedure prescribed in the Torah (Deut. 20:10) .
601. Not to keep alive any individual of the seven Canaanite nations (Deut. 20:16)
602. To exterminate the seven Canaanite nations from the land of Israel (Deut. 20:17) .
603. Not to destroy fruit trees (wantonly or in warfare) (Deut. 20:19-20) .
604. To deal with a beautiful woman taken captive in war in the manner prescribed in the Torah (Deut. 21:10-14) .
605. Not to sell a beautiful woman, (taken captive in war) (Deut. 21:14)
606. Not to degrade a beautiful woman (taken captive in war) to the condition of a bondwoman (Deut. 21:14)
607. Not to offer peace to the Ammonites and the Moabites before waging war on them, as should be done to other nations (Deut. 23:7)
608. That anyone who is unclean shall not enter the Camp of the Levites (Deut. 23:11) (according to the Talmud, in the present day this means the Temple mount)
609. To have a place outside the camp for sanitary purposes (Deut. 23:13) .
610. To keep that place sanitary (Deut. 23:14-15) .
611. Always to remember what Amalek did (Deut. 25:17)
612. That the evil done to us by Amalek shall not be forgotten (Deut. 25:19)
613. To destroy the seed of Amalek (Deut. 25:19)
I hope that you can see that these laws are God’s laws… not one of them was given to burden the people. It was man’s adding to the law that made them to burden the people. God gave the law which is good. He gave it because HE loved man and wanted man to be blessed in this life and to clearly see the ways in this life to live in blessing and the way to live in cursing and to chose life and blessing for himself and his house. Additionally, the law gave to man a standard that he could see his own sinfulness and thus he could see also God’s Holiness and seeing that He would seek God and Seek to be Holy as God is Holy. As God’s people lived according to the words of god and kept his commands and statutes and received the blessings thereof, the Hebrew people were to become a living witness to the heathen that the God of the Hebrews was the God of All gods and the Source of all Blessing. Then the heathen could chose… he could chose to live as God’s people lived and keep the ways and the words of God and if he did this even the heathen stranger could be blessed in the land of the Hebrew and have inheritance as well with the children of Abraham. The law was not burdensome, men made it burdensome when they failed to see and know the Spirit of the law. When men tried to follow the letter of the law by their own ability then it became necessary to ask what is work? When the scripture says that there is no work to be done on the Sabbath what is work… is it just ploughing or is it also to close the eyes of a dead man? Jesus said the spirit of the law says that work is that which is not done out of love for God and neighbor. If the Sabbath comes and your neighbor is going to lose his crop unless he gets it in get it in for him for the love of God! Of course the priests would have had you stoned for that. But was the law wrong or were the priests wrong? The law was good and flesh of the priests week for they thought that they served God with their arms and legs and mouths and worshiped him with the same; but God is a Spirit and we serve HIM with our minds and worship Him in Spirit.
I leave you with this one thought:
2Ti 3:16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Mat 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.
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