Covenants: The New Covenant; Christ and the church
Matthew 5:17 says: Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
This is followed by the statement 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. ( Matt. 5:18).
This; along with other statements on moral implications of our thoughts along with our actions and the fact that righeousness had to exceed the Pharisees to make it into the Kingdom of heaven ( Matt. 5:20) certainly leaves us to pause a moment in reflection.
The law; of course is our schoolmaster ( Gal. 3:24) and of course we no longer live under the ceremonial laws and the Saturday Sabbath (although I realize there is dissention on that latter subject I won't get into that here).
Perhaps we need to consider how important the law is now that we are under grace. Life only comes through the Spirit and that is given to us because of the atoning sacrifice of the Son so that He could overlook our own state and the Father would see Him in us and working through us. This is the primary focus I am attempting to discuss; namely how those in the O.T. experientially dwelt among God's presence but not all were "true Israel". ( Romans 9:6). This rebellion led to the unnatural death of the entire first generation in the wilderness before entering the Promised Land besides Joshua and Caleb; and Moses would live long enough just to see it from a distance before passing from this earth. This fact alone is worth some consideration; namely that foreign nations had dread and fear of the God of Israel; so that in particular many centuries later when Jonah was commissioned to preach to Nineveh there was a national reformation of a pagan nation; along with those in the boat when he decided to sail to the furthest location from where he was called. Food for thought. Somehow Israel was seduced by foreign gods.
Matthew 5:17 says: Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
This is followed by the statement 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. ( Matt. 5:18).
This; along with other statements on moral implications of our thoughts along with our actions and the fact that righeousness had to exceed the Pharisees to make it into the Kingdom of heaven ( Matt. 5:20) certainly leaves us to pause a moment in reflection.
The law; of course is our schoolmaster ( Gal. 3:24) and of course we no longer live under the ceremonial laws and the Saturday Sabbath (although I realize there is dissention on that latter subject I won't get into that here).
Perhaps we need to consider how important the law is now that we are under grace. Life only comes through the Spirit and that is given to us because of the atoning sacrifice of the Son so that He could overlook our own state and the Father would see Him in us and working through us. This is the primary focus I am attempting to discuss; namely how those in the O.T. experientially dwelt among God's presence but not all were "true Israel". ( Romans 9:6). This rebellion led to the unnatural death of the entire first generation in the wilderness before entering the Promised Land besides Joshua and Caleb; and Moses would live long enough just to see it from a distance before passing from this earth. This fact alone is worth some consideration; namely that foreign nations had dread and fear of the God of Israel; so that in particular many centuries later when Jonah was commissioned to preach to Nineveh there was a national reformation of a pagan nation; along with those in the boat when he decided to sail to the furthest location from where he was called. Food for thought. Somehow Israel was seduced by foreign gods.
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