The Fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets
The Fulfillment of the Law and Prophets
When
speaking to the Jews, Jesus often used the phrase "this was done to
fulfill the words of the prophet....". The Jews were familiar with the
words of the Law and the Prophets and some of them must have been
saying, "Ooooh, cool, that's what that meant!" What a eureka it must
have been to those who had ears to hear! Many, however, even though
they knew Moses writings and the Prophets, did not have ears to hear.
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Out with the Old, In with the New
First the Natural---Then the Spiritual (1 Cor. 15:46)
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Reaping what you sow
Gal. 6:7
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
Psalm 7
9 Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end,
But establish the just;
For the righteous God tests the hearts and minds.
10 My defense is of God,
Who saves the upright in heart.
14 Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity;
Yes, he conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood.
15 He made a pit and dug it out,
And has fallen into the ditch which he made.
16 His trouble shall return upon his own head,
And his violent dealing shall come down on his own crown.
17 I will praise the LORD according to His righteousness,
And will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
Isaiah 45
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Trustworthy
If you can be trusted in the small things, you will be trusted with larger things. God never gives us more than we can be trusted with. His authority is only given to those who have been trained to handle it well.
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Spiritual Principles
1. Consequences: A man reaps what he sows.
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Who is Lucifer?
The name Lucifer appears in the Hebrew once in the KJV bible. Most have assumed this is the Devil.
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Devil -- Satan -- Serpent
Ray Knight has written an excellent article on this subject.
Day of Atonement
Yom Kippur or the Day of Atonement is today on the Jewish calendar. This is the day that the High Priest under the old covenant would go into the holy of holies with blood and make atonement for himself and for the children of Israel. You can read about this in Leviticus 16.
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EL ELYON
Ok, let's have some fun with another look at the names of God. This is fascinating!
Psalm 82 (King James with Correct Names of God inserted)
A psalm of Asaph
1God (ELOHIM) standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods (ELOHIM).
2How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Can this truly be Asaph (who is he by the way?) saying God judges unjustly?
3Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
4Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
5They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
6I have said, Ye are gods (ELOHIM); and all of you are children of the most High (El Elyon).
7But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
8Arise, O God (ELOHIM), judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
Please admit you are as fascinated as I am at verse 6! And how did the translators decide which words "elohim" to capitalize and translate "God" and which to not capitalize and translate 'gods'?
Reminds me of the passage from Genesis 3:
2And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
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2 Corinthians 5 Absent from the Body Present with the Lord
I love this passage from Paul's teachings! Several years ago the Lord gave me insight into it's meaning and a new life began to rise up within me. It is this insight that I want to share today. There is so much that God has spoken through scripture that refers to a then present and NOW present reality but our understanding has been weakened by our flesh because we have sought to understand spiritual things through our natural minds. I hope this will provide a morsel of new revelation to those who read and a confirmation of what your Spirit already knows to be true.
For many this is a chapter that is all about future events that are to take place in the sweet by and by when our Lord returns. I have often wondered why so many await the Saviour to bring mankind into perfection when He has already come even as scripture says in Hebrews 9:26 "once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself." If sin is already put away why are we waiting for Him to come and "put away sin"?
There is a plague of unbelief that has permeated Christianity and has adulterated the precious words of scripture. Doctrines of fear, doctrines of condemnation, doctrines of unbelief, fill the annals of church history. Now is the time of His appearing in a new way upon the earth as we are brought out of the darkness of religion and into the glorious light of His truth. It is a day of rest, rest from the labour of religion and self-salvation. It is the day to acknowledge our utter helplessness and uselessness apart from Him who is our life. It is the day to be rid of the natural mind and and all the religious practices it invents and enter into the supernatural with reckless abandon so that the Lord can at long last have HIS way in us. The creation has been, and is, groaning for the appearing of the sons of God, the birth pangs are everywhere. (Rom. 8:19)
2 Cor. 5 presents us with a wonderful explanation of what it means to come into fullness. Paul is not speaking of death being the entrance into eternal life in this passage, otherwise he would never have said 'death is the last enemy to be defeated' and 'the wages of sin is death' and so on. There is not one place in scripture where physical death is anything other than a consequence of sin. The first explanation came in Genesis 3 at the fall. Praise God, our Saviour bore our sin in His body on the cross so that sin would be done away with and the last enemy death would be defeated. Our natural mind cannot comprehend this truth because it finds its explanations in natural things. Just as our mortal bodies will be swallowed up by Life, so our mortal minds also need to be swallowed up by Life.
Let's read on to hear the word of the Lord and no longer put our trust in what our natural mind comprehends but give up our thinking in order that the mind of Christ may bring revelation.
My comments are inserted in blue.
1 For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed (literally means disolved), we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
This is a reference to the Spirit Man who dwells within us all. Having been sick for years I once cried out to the Lord in despair of my bodily condition pleading, "Lord I want a new body." He replied "You already have a new body." His meaning was clear and He confirmed it for me with scripture.
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