It is critical that we all understand that the children of
Israel and the Gentiles must follow the laws of Moses. Following the laws of Moses is showing
obedience to our Father in Heaven’s ‘will’.
At the time Jesus starts preaching to the crowds in Judea, their primary
source for scriptures was the Greek Septuagint that was translated in about 250
BC. All the letters and documents of the New Testament were not completed until
about 70 AD and then it was much later before they were compiled into the books
we call the New Testament. Therefore the
Judeans that Jesus is speaking to below only knew of the Laws documented in the
first five books of the bible; Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy
(Laws of Moses). Jesus tells the Judea’s that the laws of Moses will stay in
place until the heaven and earth pass away and all of the laws have been
accomplished. These laws will not be
accomplished until Jesus returns and His Kingdom comes.
“Do
not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come
to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven
and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all
is accomplished. Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of
these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in
the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called
great in the kingdom of heaven.” ESV Mat 5:17-19
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A Pharisee asked Jesus which is the greatest commandment in
the Laws of Moses. Jesus provided two commandments and stated basically that
these two are the highest commandments of all the laws. Therefore you would need to study all the
laws, ordinances and statues to determine how to be obedient to God’s will in
order to perform these two commandments properly. For example, since the law states that pork
should not be eaten, it would not be considered a loving gesture to serve it to
your neighbors since it could cause them to get parasites and worms.
“Master,
which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him,
Thou shalt love
the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy
mind. This is the first and
great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour
as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” KJVA Mat 22:36-40
Some Pastors state that Gentiles only needed to abstain from
the things shown in red below; however they miss the point being made. This verse states they wanted to cause ‘no
greater burden’ to the Gentiles at this time.
They knew according to scripture the Gentiles were to follow the laws of
Moses but they wanted to take one step at a time and start with the laws our
Father in Heaven told Noah.
“For
it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater
burden than these necessary
things; That ye
abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled,
and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do
well. Fare ye well.” KJVA Act 15:28-29
The laws of Moses tell
us that there is to only be one law for the children of Israel and a Gentile
convert. This makes perfect sense
because we cannot have two different sets of laws for people living in the same
land.
“There
shall be one
law for you and for the strangers
[G4339 προσήλυτος (prosēlutos)
an arriver from a foreign region, specifically a convert] abiding among
you, a perpetual
[G166 αἰώνιος (aiōnios);
eternal, unending] law for your generations: as ye are, so shall
the stranger be before the Lord. There shall be one law
and one ordinance for you, and for the stranger that abides among you.”
Sep Num 15:15-16
“There
shall be one
law for the native among the children of
Israel, and for the stranger [G4339 προσήλυτος (prosēlutos) an
arriver from a foreign region, specifically a convert] that abides among
them, whosoever shall commit a trespass unwillingly. And whatever soul either
of the natives or of the strangers shall do any thing with a presumptuous hand,
he will provoke God; that soul shall be cut off from his people, for he has set
at nought the word of the Lord and broken his commands: that soul shall be
utterly destroyed, his sin is upon him.” Sep Num 15:29-31
The Laws in Creation Week
Our Father in Heaven gave us laws at the time of creation,
when men were first created. At this
time there was no such thing as the children of Israel; therefore these laws
were for Adam and his descendants. Some of these laws are restated after the
Exodus and some are not; all of them should be considered the law.
Genesis chapter one gives us an example of how our seven day
week should be conducted and this example has been our Christian tradition for thousands
of years now.
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Genesis Creation Week Law
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Law Restated/Notes
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“And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night, and
there was evening and there was morning, the first day.” Sep Gen
1:5
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Our Father in Heaven did not work at night and that is reflected in
Genesis chapter one. John states that is a law.
“I must work the works of him that sent me, whilst it is day: the
night cometh, when no man can work.” DR John 9:4
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“And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to
give light upon the earth, to divide between day and night, and let them be for signs and
for seasons and for days and
for years. And let them be for light in the firmament of the heaven, so
as to shine upon the earth, and it was so. And God made the two great
lights, the greater light for regulating the day and the lesser
light for regulating the night, the stars also.” Sep Gen 1:14-16
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It is the law to use the sun,
moon, and stars for keeping track of signs and seasons. The Dead Sea Scrolls Temple calendar and
other writings in the scrolls prove they used a solar and lunar
calendar. Plus the ancients tracked
Venus, a wondering star, for time tracking.
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“And God said, Behold I have given to you every seed-bearing herb
sowing seed which is upon all the earth, and every tree which has in itself the fruit of seed
that is sown, to you it shall be for food.” Sep Gen
1:29
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This is a food law to only eat
herbs, vegetables and fruit that can reproduce themselves. Today we call this type of food organic
from a non-GMO source.
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“And God finished on the sixth day his
works which he made, and he ceased on the seventh day from all his works which he made. And God blessed the
seventh day and sanctified it, because in it he ceased from all
his works which God began to do.” Sep Gen 2:2-3
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Our day of rest is the seventh
day that we now call Saturday.
“See, for the Lord has given you this day as the sabbath, therefore he
has given you on the sixth day the bread of two days: ye shall sit each of
you in your houses; let no one go forth from his place on the seventh day. And the
people kept sabbath on the seventh day.” Sep Exo 16:29-30
“Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days thou shalt labour,
and shalt perform all thy work. But on the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord
thy God; on it thou shalt do no work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy
daughter, thy servant nor thy maidservant, thine ox nor thine ass, nor any
cattle of thine, nor the stranger that sojourns with thee. For in six
days the Lord made the heaven and the earth, and the sea and all things in
them, and rested
on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day,
and hallowed it.” Sep Exo 20:8-11
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The Laws were Always in Place
In order to have an orderly society there had to be laws
place since the time of Genesis chapter one verse 26 when men was created. Unfortunately I have no idea where a list of laws
documented prior to the flood could be found.
It is known that Enoch did write many books prior to his translation
(see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Enoch
) that we know longer have today and may have contained a list of laws. We do know that Enoch pleased God and we are
to please God by being obedient his laws and to his ‘will’ and not our own.
“By
faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found,
because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God.”
ESV Heb 11:5
Scripture says that Noah was righteous and the only way to
be righteous is by following the laws given by our Father in Heaven. How would Noah know how to be righteous and
walk with God with there were no laws before the flood? The laws are instructions for being
righteous.
“These
are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his
generation. Noah
walked with God.” Sep Gen_6:9
Below are verses that prove the law was already in effect
during the time of Genesis and long before Moses was living. The verse below states the people of Sodom
and Gomorrha were performing sins; they could only be sinning if there were
laws in effect. These people were
Gentiles being held accountable for their misconduct. A gentile is a descendant
of Adam that was not chosen to carry the ancestry of Jesus Christ.
“And
the Lord said, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha has been increased towards me, and
their sins
are very great.” Sep Gen 18:20
John tells us that sin is transgression of the law. If there
was no law, then there would be no sin.
“Whosoever
committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.”
ESV 1Jn 3:4
The verse below proves there were laws in place prior to
Abraham’s lifetime. Our Father in Heaven
had already given the 10 Commandments prior to this verse which are high level
commandments and His ordinances and statutes are the lower level details on how
to accomplish keeping his commandments.
“Because
Abraam thy father hearkened to my voice, and kept my injunctions, and my commandments,
and my ordinances, and my statutes”. Sep Gen 26:5
Prior to our Father in Heaven telling the Israelites all of the
laws, our Father in Heaven asks this question:
“And
the Lord said to Moses, How long are ye unwilling to hearken to my commands and my law?”
Sep Exo 16:28
Based on this verse it indicates there were commands and
laws prior to Moses’ time. The whole purpose
of the 40 years in the wilderness was to teach the children of Jacob Israel the
laws and to teach them how to be obedient his ‘will’.
The Laws Mentioned in Genesis
The table below provides proof that our Father in Heavens laws
was in place prior to Genesis chapter 17; therefore prior to the children of
Israel receiving the law during Moses lifetime. So please notice that the people in Jesus
ancestry and the Gentiles were expected to follow these laws. There are more laws in place during the time
of Genesis; I just choice not to document past chapter 17.
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Genesis Account
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Law after Exodus being followed
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“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall
cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.” Sep Gen 2:24
“And they called Rebecca,
and said to her, Wilt thou go with this man? and she said, I will go.” Sep Gen 24:58
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This verse has also to do with
the prophecy and marriage of the congregation to our Father in Heaven.
“Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline thy ear: and forget thy
people and thy father's house.” DR Psa 45:10 (45:11)
“Wherefore: Go out from among them and be ye separate, saith the
Lord, and touch not the unclean thing: And I will receive you. And will be a
Father to you: and you shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord
Almighty.” DR 2Co 6:17
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“In the course of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the
fruit of the ground, and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LORD had regard
for Abel and his offering, but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So
Cain was very angry, and his face fell.” Sep Gen 4:3-5
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This has to do with the law of
first fruits and giving the first of everything to our Father in Heaven. This is why we go to church on the first
day of this week is to give our time to HIM on the first day. Plus we are to bring our first fruit with
us to church and share a meal with each other. So even Cain was to follow the
laws of first fruit and was punished for not doing so.
“And this shall be to you of the first-fruits of their gifts, of
all the wave-offerings of the children of Israel; to thee have I given them
and to thy sons and thy daughters with thee, a perpetual ordinance; every
clean person in thy house shall eat them. Every first-offering of oil, and every first-offering of wine, their
first-fruits of corn, whatsoever they may give to the Lord, to thee have I
given them. All the first-fruits that
are in their land, whatsoever they shall offer to the Lord, shall be thine:
every clean person in thy house shall eat them.” Sep Num 18:11-13
“And ye shall carry thither your whole-burnt-offerings, and your
sacrifices, and your first-fruits, and your vowed-offerings,
and your freewill-offerings, and your offerings of thanksgiving, the first-born of
your herds, and of your flocks And ye shall eat there before the Lord your
God, and ye shall rejoice in all the things on which ye shall lay
your hand, ye and your houses, as the Lord your God has blessed you.” Sep
Deu 12:6-7 (Notice: this is not a tiny
piece of bread and sip of grape juice; this is a full meal called ‘The Lord’s
Supper’)
“Every first-born that shall be born among thy kine and thy
sheep, thou shalt sanctify the males to the Lord thy God; thou shalt not work
with thy first-born calf, and thou shalt not shear the first-born of thy
sheep.” Sep
Deu 15:19
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“And Cain said to Abel his brother, Let us go out into the plain; and
it came to pass that when they were in the plain Cain rose up against Abel
his brother, and slew him. “Sep Gen 4:8
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I think Cain already knew this
law since our Father in Heaven would not have punished him for doing
something that he was not told was wrong. Cain would be considered evil because he
knew the law and did not follow it.
“So shall ye not pollute with murder the land in which ye dwell; for this blood
pollutes the land, and the land shall not be purged from the blood shed upon
it, but by the blood of him that shed it.” Sep Num 35:33
“Thou
shalt not commit murder.” Sep Deu 5:17
“We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his
brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his
brother's righteous.” ESV 1Jn 3:12
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“And of the clean cattle take
in to thee sevens, male and female, and of the unclean cattle pairs male and female. And of clean flying
creatures of the sky sevens,
male and female, and of all unclean flying creatures pairs, male and female, to maintain seed on all
the earth.” Sep Gen 7:3
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Noah knew the difference
between clean and unclean cattle and flying creatures. He was to bring more clean cattle since that
would be his future food supply. Leviticus
chapter 11 and Deuteronomy chapter 14 reflects the laws on clean and unclean
animals.
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“But flesh
with blood of life ye shall not eat. For your blood of your lives
will I require at the hand of all wild beasts, and I will require the life of
man at the hand of his brother man. He that sheds man's blood, instead of
that blood shall his own be shed, for in the image of God I made man.”
Sep Gen 9:4-6
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“It is a perpetual statute throughout your generations, in all your
habitations; ye
shall eat no fat and no blood.” Sep Lev 3:17
“Only ye
shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it out on the ground as
water.” Sep Deu 12:16
“that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood,
and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep
yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.” ESV Act 15:29
“And
if any man smite another and he die, let him be certainly put to death.”
Sep Exo 21:12
“And
whosoever shall smite a man and he die, let him die the death.”
Sep Lev 24:17
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“And Cham [Ham} the father of Chanaan saw the nakedness of his father,
and he went out and told his two brothers without. And Sem and Japheth having
taken a garment, put it on both their backs and went backwards, and covered
the nakedness of their father; and their face was backward, and they saw not
the nakedness of their father. And Noe recovered from the wine, and knew all
that his younger son had done to him. And he said, Cursed be the servant
Chanaan, a slave shall he be to his brethren.” Sep Gen 9:22-25
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I do believe that Ham knew what
he did was wrong according to the law and the proof of this is that Shem and
Japheth, who was a Gentile (Genesis 10:5) followed the law and were blessed.
“No man shall draw nigh to any of his near kindred to uncover their
nakedness; I am the Lord Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of
thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, for she is thy mother; thou shalt
not uncover her nakedness. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy
father's wife; it is thy father's nakedness. “Sep Lev 18:6-8
“Honour thy father and thy mother, that it may be well with thee, and
that thou mayest live long on the good land, which the Lord thy God gives to
thee.” Sep Exo 20:12
“Cursed is the man that dishonours his father or his mother: and all
the people shall say, So be it.” Sep Deu 27:16
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“And Melchisedec king of Salem brought forth loaves and wine, and he was
the priest of the most high God. And he blessed Abram, and said, Blessed be
Abram of the most high God, who made heaven and earth, and blessed be the
most high God who delivered thine enemies into thy power. And Abram gave
him the tithe of all.” Sep Gen 14:18-20
“And this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be to me a
house of God; and of all whatsoever thou shalt give me, I will tithe a tenth for thee.”
Sep Gen 28:22
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Abraham already knew the law of
giving tithes before Moses documented this law.
“Every
tithe of the land, both of the
seed of the land, and of the fruit of trees, is the Lord's, holy to the Lord.”
Sep Lev 27:30
“Thou
shalt tithe a tenth of all the produce of thy seed, the fruit of thy field
year by year. And thou shalt eat it in the place which the Lord
thy God shall choose to have his name called there; ye shall bring the tithe of thy corn and of thy wine, and of thine oil,
the first-born of thy herd and of thy flock, that thou mayest learn to fear
the Lord thy God always.” Sep Deu 14:22-23
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“And at the period of that day, Abraam was circumcised, and Ismael his son, and
all the men of his house, both those born in the house, and those bought with
money of foreign nations.” Sep Gen 17:26-27
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This was a new law given to
Abraham that was restated by Moses.
“And every slave or servant bought with money—him thou shalt circumcise,
and then shall he eat of it.” Sep Exo 12:44
“And if any proselyte shall come to you to keep the passover to the
Lord, thou shalt circumcise every male of him, and then shall
he approach to sacrifice it, and he shall be even as the original inhabitant
of the land; no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.” Sep Exo 12:48
“And on
the eighth day she shall circumcise the
flesh of his foreskin.” Lev 12:3
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Jesus, the Will of our Father in Heaven & Lawlessness
Jesus says in the very first book of the New Testament that
we must do the ‘will’ of his Father who is in heaven. Where is the ‘will’ of his Father
written? In the Old Testament. The first five books are ‘the law’ and the
Father’s last ‘will’ and testament stating how he wants to dispose of his
property. It is a legal document stating
that we must be obedient to His ‘will’. At the time Jesus stated the verses below there
was no documented New Testament. Their
primary source for scripture was the Greek Septuagint which the New Testament
reflects Jesus quoted from 90 percent of the time. Therefore Jesus is saying to
be obedient to his Father’s will that is recorded in the first five books of
the Greek Septuagint. If you are not
obedient to the Father’s will, you are a ‘worker
of lawlessness’ and Jesus will not want you in his Kingdom (or you may
enter the kingdom and not get the promised rewards stated in Revelations).
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the
kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to
me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your
name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them,
‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.” Mat 7:21-23
The book of Hebrews details the minor changes to our
Father’s in Heaven’s last ‘will’ and testament.
The primary changes were as follows:
·
Sin cannot be covered over by sacrificing goats
and oxen to cover sin. Instead we must repent.
·
The tribe of Levi was no longer required since
their primary responsibility was performing sacrifices for sin. The tribe of Levi performing this function
was only temporary anyways since it was really the responsibility of the first
born sons of Israel to be in charge of congregations. (Exo 32:19-29, Num
3:40-49, & Num 8:14-19)
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The Melchizedek priesthood would be the high
priests over the congregations. (see this
page for more info)
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Jesus became our mediator.
As we are told here in Hebrews, our Father’s last will and
testament is now in full force.
“But Christ, being come an high
priest of the good things to
come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hand, that is, not
of this creation: Neither by the blood
of goats, or of calves, but by his own blood, entered once into the holies,
having obtained eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and of oxen,
and the ashes of an heifer being sprinkled, sanctify such as are defiled, to
the cleansing of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who by the
Holy Ghost offered himself unspotted unto God, cleanse our conscience from dead
works, to serve the living God? And therefore he is the mediator [a
reconciler or arbitrator, guaranteeing the performance of all the terms] of the new testament: that by means of his death, for the redemption of those trangressions,
which were under the former testament, they that are called may
receive the promise of eternal inheritance. For where there is a testament, the death of the testator must of necessity
come in. For
a testament is of force, after men are dead: otherwise it
is as yet of no strength, whilst the testator liveth.” Heb 9:15-17
(For more info about our Father’s
last will and testament, please see this page:
https://kingdomhereamerica.blogspot.com/2018/08/why-did-jesus-have-to-die.html
)
Our Father in Heaven Does Not Repent
Scripture states that our Father in Heaven does not repent,
meaning he does not change his mind. The
original laws he spoke into being from the beginning are still the law. He is not a wishy washy god. He is the God
that created our heavens and earth and knew what he was doing from the very
beginning.
“God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he
should change his mind. Has he said, and
will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?” ESV Num 23:19
“And further, the Glory of Israel will not say what is false, and his purpose may not be changed: for he is not a
man, whose purpose may be changed.” BBE 1Sa 15:29
“Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against
the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.” KJVA Isa
31:2
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday
and today and forever.” ESV Heb 13:8
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down
from the Father of lights, with whom there is no
variation or shadow due to change.” ESV James
1:17
Our Father in Heaven therefore will not change his mind on
which laws we are to follow.
The Law is referenced in the New Testament
Jesus started telling people to repent right away in the New
Testament. They were to change their
minds and start following the laws of Moses.
“From
that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the
kingdom of heaven is at hand.”” ESV Mat 4:17
Jesus states in this verse you must be righteousness. To be righteous you must be on the right side
of our Father in Heaven and follow His laws.
“For I tell you, unless your righteousness
exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of
heaven. “ ESV Mat 5:20
In the verses below a woman was caught in the act of
adultery. We do not know if she was an
Israelite or a Gentile. We do know that
she transgressed a law that was documented in the laws of Moses and Jesus said she
had sinned. He also told her that if she
repented, meaning that she would stop performing this sin, he would not condemn
her. So Jesus was teaching that the laws
must be followed.
“The
scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and
placing her in the midst they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught
in the act of adultery. Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women.
So what do you say?” This they said to test him, that they might have some
charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the
ground. And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a
stone at her.” And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. But
when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones,
and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. Jesus stood up and
said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one
condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.””
ESV Joh 8:3-11
In the verse below Paul writes in a letter to the Corinthians
to ‘touch no unclean thing’. The New
Testament was not complied and distributed yet and never contained a definition
of unclean; therefore the only place to get an understanding of what unclean is
by reading the Laws of Moses.
“Therefore
go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no
unclean thing; then I will welcome you, and I will be a father to
you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.” 2Co
6:17-18
Conclusion
As pointed out above the children of Jacob Israel and the Gentiles
must follow the Laws written in the first five books of our bibles. The bible proves that the Gentiles were
punished in the past for their sins. Most
of the laws have existed since the beginning of time; therefore it would seem ridiculous
that they would not be in effect today.
Today many do not know whether they are a descendant of
Jacob-Israel or a Gentile and in regards to the laws it would not matter since
we are to have one law. Japheth was a gentile
(Genesis 10:5) that was to live in the tents of Shem (Genesis 9:27); therefore
it is important they have only one law of the land for both Shem and Japheth.
It was to be the roll of the churches to teach the law; however
now the churches teach lawlessness.
Most meals at the church include pork and other unclean things that we
are not to be part of. I hope more Israelites and Gentiles awaken and stop
tolerating this at church. This pork eating issue is only an example of the
laws being broken at the churches since they break many more laws than this. If
Gentiles are not to follow the laws, then they should not be asked to tithe?
Pastors do not have an answer to this question; they just need the tithing in
order to get a pay check.
Our Father in Heaven will give grace to those who repent and
start following the law.
“Or do you presume on the riches
of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for
yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed. He
will render to each one according to his works.” ESV Rom 2:4-6
“But what God foretold by the
mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled. Repent therefore, and
turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing
may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ
appointed for you, Jesus, whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring
all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long
ago. Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from
your brothers. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you.” Act
3:18-22
“And he [Jesus] answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all
the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way? No, I tell you; but
unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.” ESV Luk 13:2-3
Further reading:
https://emmaus-group.org/2017/09/warning-the-law-of-moses-applies-to-gentile-believers/
http://www.fogwhistle.ca/acts/follow.html
