Life or death, which do we teach part 2 of 2

Many teach the false teaching that God is somehow fallible and actually forgets the memory of our sin.

Jer 31:34 and they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.

But if you will simply look at the Hebrew you can see a truer understanding of this passage. The word for remember in this passage is zaw-kar

zaw-kar'
A primitive root; properly to mark (so as to be recognized), that is, to remember; by implication to mention; also (as denominative fro! m H2145) to be male: - X burn [incense], X earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record (-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, X still, think on, X well.

God promises to actively forget our sins, overlook, cover, atone for them. Essentially to look away from our sins.

The permanent deletion of memory is not the common meaning of forget. Most often forget means to treat with inattention, overlook, disregard, cover over, intentionally not see. Consider the definition of the word remember. It means to bring to mind, to think of, to give attention to, or consider. When you remember something, you are retrieving that information from your stored knowledge (memory). To not remember is to not retrieve the stored data from your memory. Not remembering does not mean that the data has been lost or deleted. It also does not mean that it is irretrievable. It is retrievable but not retrieved. That is the common use of the word remember. Just look at verses such as – Gen30:22, Exodus 2:24, Lev 26:42, Ps 78:39, Ps 89:50, ps 105:8, Ps 105:42:43, Ez 16:60, Matt 5:23, Luke 16:25, and Luke 23:42.

Yeshua atones for our sins through His shed blood. God chooses to look over the atoned sin and not recall it. Our faith should not be in the fact that we can freely sin. It must be that we can choose to be in the presence of our God through obedience.

We cannot separate faith and obedience.

We are all familiar with the idea that faith comes by hearing.

Rom 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

In Hebrew the word for hearing is Shema. It means hear but it also means obey. In other words the basic idea is that if you truly hear the word of God you will obey it. Hearing the Word of God, and obeying it are synonymous. So then we can conclude that faith comes by obeying. Which makes perfect sense wehn you think about it. If you truly believe in the one True God, and creator of the universe how can you not obey Him - right. Then we can see how obedience would bring you into the presence of God.

Just look at Adam. While he was living in obedience to God, he was in a relationship with God. He actually walked and talked with our God in the garden.


Gen 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

God walking with people normally suggests closeness, intimacy and fellowship. The natural understanding, to me, is that God often did this, perhaps daily “in the cool of the day,” but what was remarkable this time was that man was afraid, because he had sinned.

There sin was about to greatly diminish there relationship. We are called to have a relationship with our God.

1Co 1:9 Elohim is trustworthy, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Yeshua Messiah our Master.

We know if we are in relationship with our Lord if we are living in obedience. Do we want to know how close our relationship with our Lord is, all we have to do is ask one simple question. How well am I at obeying Him.

(To know more about this please read the article How do we know if we know him)

The point is we cannot only teach sin, we have to start teaching Life. Our God does not want us to simply not sin. He does not want us to sit in a room with our hands in our laps simply not sinning. He wants us out in the world being His image, His representatives through obedience. The focus of our Bible is not simply against sinning, but acting out a Life of obedience. The abundant Life.

So what is this abundant Life?

Joh 10:10 The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

The life here is not our life, but it is Yeshua's life. To understand this lets look at the book of Matthew.

Mat 10:38 And he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.
Mat 10:39 He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

The life spoken of is not the quantity ,but the quality. It is no longer our life. There has to be an exchange!

The word abundantly in John 10:10 is the Greek word perissos.
per-is-sos'
From G4012 (in the sense of beyond); superabundant (in quantity) or superior (in quality); by implication excessive; adverb (with G1537) violently; neuter (as noun) preeminence: - exceeding abundantly above, more abundantly, advantage, exceedingly, very highly, beyond measure, more, superfluous, vehement [-ly].

The root word for this is peran, which means “from beyond”, or “from the other side”.

The word in Hebrew for Hebrew is Ivri, This word is first used to describe Abraham coming out of Ur and going to where God told him to go. Coming from where everyone else is, and going to where God told him to go. Genesis 14:13: Abram is described as a “Hebrew”. This is the word ivri. It means, “one who has crossed over”, or “one from beyond”.

This is also close in relation to the Greek word ekklēsia. (For a better understanding of this word see the article entitled “The authority of the church part 1”). It means to be a called out assembly. To go from the body where everyone else is and go to Where God is telling you to go for His purpose.

Peran speaks of the same thing. It is changing sides. Going form the world ,or self, and going to another place. Otherworldiness. We are called to be living a life of otherwordliness, a life from beyond.
It is because we are no longer supposed to be living a life that is our own. It is His life that He has given us. Not just His life as in death. Which is a true understanding of this. But I believe it is a secondary understanding to living His life. The Life He lived, if you have read many of my previous articles you will be familiar with this idea that we are to emulate our Messiah. He has given us His life as an example. That is the Abundant Life spoken of. It is a quality of Life previously unattainable. He set all new standards for righteousness. He made qualitative improvements over the way the Word of God was taught. These were not new ideas though. They were a restoration to how they were always supposed to be. When Yeshua said to Love your fellow man He added the all important verse to Love them the way He loved Us.
Joh 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Joh 13:35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
The new commandment was not new at all. He is quoting Leviticus.
Lev 19:18 Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
Lev 19:34 The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the homeborn among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
What was new was not the commandment, but the qualitative improvement of how it was followed. He showed how we were supposed to be loving one another all along. He was saying that the bare minimum was no longer enough. We also see this with His teaching on the heart.
Mat 5:27 Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
Mat 5:28 but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Here Yeshua is not adding to or changing the standard of adultery, He is saying that His disciples are to hold to a higher standard. He is teaching that this is how it was to be understood and more importantly lived out all along.

This fits well with what we have seen in John 10. The life offered is not simply a “better” life – or even a “new life” – it is a life from beyond. A life of “other worldliness”

We have stop only teaching what we shouldn’t do and start showing what we should. Yeshua is our Master, teacher, and example. He did not only teach judgment and sin. He taught a deeper level of obedience. He lived that level for us all to see. It was recorded for us all to know.

We must start teaching obedience, not just begrudgingly obeying, but choosing to obey as a response to what has been given. Do we believe in grace? Do we believe that our Messiah gave His life for us? Do we believe that our Father loves us? Then how should we respond.

We must start reading, understanding, and teaching our Bible as if it applies to us. Because it does. We must stop justifying our sin, as in trying to explain why we do not have to follow our God's Will. Instead we must start teaching what he said, and the obedience that should follow.

As we go forth and test these new ideas in Scripture let us pray that our Father gives us His Spirit of wisdom, understanding, and truth. So we may see and walk as our Messiah walked, and be true disciples in the Name of Yeshua (Jesus).  May we pray for eyes to see, ears to hear, and hearts to change for the glory of our God

Life or death, which do we teach? part 1 of 2

I would like to pose a question. Lets say that through Yeshua's (Jesus) sacrifice, our sins are atoned for. Which mean's they are covered. If we take that to its logical conclusion, then when we sin we are covered and removed from the sight of God (ie Gods wrath). But we know that God sees every act of obedience we give. Every time we choose to obey our God it brings Glory to His name. It declares His Kingship. Every time even the smallest creature chooses to obey God, it brings Glory to His Name. Wouldn’t we want to be in His sight? Wouldn’t we want to be in His presence?

Why then do we teach sin, death, and judgment instead of life. If sin in effect covers us form His sight, and obedience brings us into His sight, shouldn’t we then choose to obey? Shouldn’t we be teaching life through obedience?

Think about this. Sin in fact removes us form the sight, the presence of God. It gets in the way of our relationship. Obedience on the other hand brings us into His sight, and declares His glory to the world.

Isa 59:1 Behold, the LORD’S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
Isa 59:2 but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

We have to stop teaching death, and only a hope in the life to come. We must start teaching Life. Life Now, for that is what our Messiah has given us. Our Hope is not just in the Life to come but in life now!

So often when someone becomes sick, there focus immediately goes to preventing death. I have a hard truth for everyone out there, we are all going to die. From the moment of our conception entropy sets in and our death is assured. So shouldn’t our focus go from preventing death to bettering our quality of Life. This is the same principle Spiritually. We need to stat proclaiming Life not just death.

Sin is in fact going against Gods Holy Word, and instruction.

1 John 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

“If you need a further explanation of this please see the article entitled :What is Sin”

Lets now look at this idea of atonement.

The Hebrew verb ‘to atone’ (kaphar) means ‘cover’, so the noun ‘atonement’ (kippurim pl.) is a form of ‘covering’. The most usual form of the word in the Old Testament is kipper (piel form, causative form, of kaphar) which means to ’cause to be covered’, ‘make covering for’.

In most of the Tanakh the word atone is in the the Hebrew cover(Hebrew kaphar). The Greek translation of the Tanakh, called the Septuagint, uses the word proptiate (Greek ilaskomai). This word is understood primarily in pagan usage is often used of ‘appeasing’ an angry God, but in the Tankah, and the Apostolic Scriptures that idea is not present, since the concept is that it is man’s own actions are what separate him from God. Man needs to be reconciled, not God. And the basic concept of atonement is covering for sins coming from merciful God, not an angry God being appeased or bought off.

Luk 18:13 “But the tax collector standing at a distance would not even raise his eyes to the heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, ‘Elohim, show favour unto me, a sinner!’

…. God be merciful (ilaskomai) to me a sinner.

Heb 2:17 So in every way He had to be made like His brothers, in order to become a compassionate and trustworthy High Priest in matters related to Elohim, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
...to make atonement (ilaskomai) for the sins of the people.

In this first example in the Apostolic Scriptures, note that Yeshua is compared to a priest. He is making a covering for sins. This is the first of several symbolic Scriptures, in the Apostolic Scriptures ,built on the idea of atonement in the Tanakh.

Another symbolic passage, in the in the Apostolic Scriptures, comparing the practice of atonement or sacrifice can be found in 1John where John takes up language familiar from the Tanakh are as follow.

Num 5:8 But if the man have no kinsman to whom restitution may be made for the guilt, the restitution for guilt which is made unto the LORD shall be the priest’s; besides the ram of the atonement, whereby atonement shall be made for him.

“beside the ram of the atonement (ilasmos), whereby atonement (ex-ilaskomai) shall be made for him.”

1Jn 2:2 and he is the propitiation (ilasmos) for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

1Jn 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation (ilasmos) for our sins.

In this second example John is using a different symbol from Hebrews 2:17 This time Yeshua is the sacrifice, not the high priest. But the sacrifice does not have to mechanically be exactly the same in every respect as the “ram of atonement” offered in Numbers 5, or any other atonement sacrifice, this is simply an illustration; John is describing Yeshuas’ work so his readers can begin to grasp it. The fact is we cannot truly understand the work of our Messiah, without understanding The Temple and the Sacrifices. Epically in understanding the Temple language, used throughout the Apostolic Scriptures.

We must understand that the sacrifices were not an act of appeasing an angry god as in the pagan religions. The one True God does not need our sacrifices, they were a way to Korban (draw near) to our God. Korban is most often translated simply as sacrifice. The Korban offering did not extend past the Temple proper. They were a way for sinful man to draw near to God.

Gods Holy presence would in fact destroy those in sin. So how could sinful man draw near to Him without being destroyed? It had to be covered (atoned). Once this covering was attained the wrath of Gods presence could not see the sin. Through this even the sinful man could come into Gods presence.

We have to also realize that the atonement was only part of the procedure, because we know that sin removes us from the presence of the Holy God. After the atonement, one had to be in obedience. Through obedience one could declare the glory of God. It was, and is obedience to God that brings us into Gods Holy presence. When one was atoned, or there sin was covered, then they could go into the presence of God, but then only through obedience.

When we sin we are covered in effect form His sight, it does not remove the sin. But once covered we can then choose to obey, to been seen, and in effect come into His presence.

Do we want to be in His presence or simply be covered and invisible?

As we go forth and test these new ideas in Scripture let us pray that our Father gives us His Spirit of wisdom, understanding, and truth. So we may see and walk as our Messiah walked, and be true disciples in the Name of Yeshua (Jesus).  May we pray for eyes to see, ears to hear, and hearts to change for the glory of our God

Of death and marriage part 2 of 2

Now let us take a momenr to look at Rahab. Rahab was the gentile woman who hid the spy’s of Israel at the battle of Jericho.

Jos 2:1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go view the land, and Jericho. And they went, and came into the house of an harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there.
Jos 2:2 And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to–night of the children of Israel to search out the land.
Jos 2:3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the land.
Jos 2:4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said, Yea, the men came unto me, but I wist not whence they were:
Jos 2:5 and it came to pass about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
Jos 2:6 But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
Jos 2:7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
Jos 2:8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
Jos 2:9 and she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.
Jos 2:10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, unto Sihon and to Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
Jos 2:11 And as soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.
Jos 2:12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye also will deal kindly with my father’s house, and give me a true token:
Jos 2:13 and that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death.
Jos 2:14 And the men said unto her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business; and it shall be, when the LORD giveth us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.
Jos 2:15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.


Rahab paid the purchess price for her family to enter the commonwealth of Israel, to be Ger (sojourners.) We know that she was not only a Sojourner, but as such she was seen as being part of the common wealth of Israel.

We know this because she was allowed to marry into the tribe of Judah, putting herself in the line of King David, and by extension our Master Yeshua. She obviously at some point was allowed to move from sojourner who had the same rights, protections, and obligations of a native of Israel to being fully married into the tribe of Judah.

Num 15:15 For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you, a statute for ever throughout your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD.
Num 15:16 One law and one ordinance shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.

Through this she was seen as being eligible for marriage. She would not have been eligible if she had not accepted the one True God of Israel, and His ways.

She was bought (the price was hiding the spies), prepared, taught, and at some point was allowed to be married. And as we have seen there were certain expectations of a bride to be.

Next lets look at Ruth. Another Gentile woman in the line of our Messiah. She was married into a mixed family of a Moabite man and an Israelite woman. The family would have had to pay a dowry, she was purchased. She had to learn to be a wife in Moab. After she followed Naomi back to her homeland of Israel, after the death of her husband, and father in law. She then had to learn to live in the Land of Israel. After learning and following Naomi’s advice she was redeemed by Boaz.

She was redeemed after being allowed to be part of the commonwealth of Israel, learned there ways, and then was married into the tribe of Judah.

Do we see a pattern?

Purchased – bought with a price!

Redeemed – allowed to be part of God, and His ways, thus being eligible for marriage!

Marriage – joined in covenant relationship with the God of Israel

We were bought with a price.

1Co 6:19 Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;
1Co 6:20 for ye were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body.

We were redeemed.

Eph 1:7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

We are apart of the common wealth of Israel, grafted in.

Gal 3:29 And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.

Rom 11:17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you - a wild olive - were grafted in among them and have become equal sharers in the rich root of the olive tree,


Now we are learning to be the Bride that we will one day become.

We have to learn the expectations of a bride of our Messiah. We must learn what it is and means to be a true Bride of the King. This is where the Torah comes in. Once we are redeemed we must learn, or relearn what it is to be the Bride. We must learn, or relearn what it is our Bridegroom wants of us. It is after the free gift of redemption comes that the true Work begins.

We have to stop over conceptualizing our Scriptures, and trying to justify our sin. We must recognize it and deal with it properly. We must die to self everyday.

1Co 15:31 Brothers, by the right to be proud which the Messiah Yeshua our Lord gives me, I solemnly tell you that I die every day.

We must learn to be the bride our Bridegroom is calling us to be.

The Torah is not and never was the problem. Yes it stood as our accuser, because it showed us the sins in our lives. Yes we learned through it that without God, and his help we could never live up to His Will. But it also showed us the Loving and compassionate character of our God. It shows us what our God wants, and expects from us. More importantly the Torah gives us the living expectations of the Bride we are supposed to be learning to be. The Torah (Law) is not the problem, we are the problem. Yeshua's Sacrifice did not do away with the Law, it did away with the death penalty for those who are redeemed by the Blood.

We can no longer take excerpts from Scripture, and build our own ways by them. We have to look at the true context of the Bible, all of our Bible, to glean from it the truths that will lead us to become the Bride that our Lord and King has asked us to become.

2Co 11:2 For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy: for I espoused you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Rev 19:7 Let us rejoice and be exceeding glad, and let us give the glory unto him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

Rev 19:9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are bidden to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are true words of God.

We must ask ourselves: Am I prepared for the King? Have I prepared and learned what it means to be the bride through our Gods Word? What does the bride need to know, and more importantly Do? Will I be attendning the wedding feast?

As we go forth and test these new ideas in Scripture let us pray that our Father gives us His Spirit of wisdom, understanding, and truth. So we may see and walk as our Messiah walked, and be true disciples in the Name of Yeshua (Jesus).  May we pray for eyes to see, ears to hear, and hearts to change for the glory of our God









 

Of death and marriage part 1 of 2

Rom 7:1 Or do you not know, brothers – for I speak to those knowing the Torah – that the Torah rules over a man as long as he lives?
Rom 7:2 For the married woman has been bound by Torah to the living husband, but if the husband dies, she is released from the Torah concerning her husband.
Rom 7:3 So then, while her husband lives, she shall be called an adulteress if she becomes another man’s. But if her husband dies, she is free from that part of the Torah, so that she is not an adulteress, having become another man’s.
Rom 7:4 So my brothers, you also were put to death to the Torah through the body of Messiah, for you to become another’s, the One who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to Elohim.
Rom 7:5 For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sins, through the Torah, were working in our members to bear fruit to death.
Rom 7:6 But now we have been released from the Torah, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in newness of Spirit and not in oldness of letter.
Rom 7:7 What, then, shall we say? Is the Torah sin? Let it not be! However, I did not know sin except through the Torah. For also the covetousness I knew not if the Torah had not said, “You shall not covet.”
Rom 7:8 But sin, having taken the occasion through the command, did work in me all sorts of covetousness. For apart from Torah sin is dead.
Rom 7:9 And I was alive apart from the Torah once, but when the command came, the sin revived, and I died.
Rom 7:10 And the command which was to result in life, this I found to result in death.
Rom 7:11 For sin, having taken the occasion through the command, deceived me, and through it killed me.
Rom 7:12 So that the Torah truly is set-apart, and the command set-apart, and righteous, and good.
Rom 7:13 Therefore, has that which is good become death to me? Let it not be! But the sin, that sin might be manifest, was working death in me through what is good, so that sin through the command might become an exceedingly great Sinner.
Rom 7:14 For we know that the Torah is Spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin.
Rom 7:15 For what I work, I know not. For what I wish, that I do not practice, but what I hate, that I do.
Rom 7:16 But if I do what I do not wish, I agree with the Torah that it is good.
Rom 7:17 And now, it is no longer I that work it, but the sin dwelling in me.
Rom 7:18 For I know that in me, that is in my flesh, dwells no good. For to wish is present with me, but to work the good I do not find.
Rom 7:19 For the good that I wish to do, I do not do; but the evil I do not wish to do, this I practice.
Rom 7:20 And if I do that which I do not wish, it is no longer I who work it, but the sin dwelling in me.
Rom 7:21 I find therefore this law, that when I wish to do the good, that the evil is present with me.
Rom 7:22 For I delight in the Torah of Elohim1 according to the inward man


One of the most seemingly confusing passages in Scripture. Allot of people chop this section of Scripture up to try to show that Paul was teaching against the Torah (Law) of God. Completely ignoring – Acts and other Passages – many of them being right in this section of Scripture, that denies such a view. But still it does seem that Paul is contradicting Himself here doesn’t it?


So lets try to explain this in a way we can all comprehend.



The wages of sin are? Death!



An adulteress had to be? Put out, or put to death!



So if a woman was an adulteress could she come back into her husbands home and act like everything was OK? No! Even if the Husband wanted to he couldn’t without becoming an adulterer as well.



If the marriage covenant was to stand or be reinstated someone had to die. According to our Learned scholar Paul if the Husband died then the bride was released from the former marriage covenant, and the penalty for breaking it. Thus she was allowed to remarry. She was free freed from her past transgression, the death penalty was paid and she was no longer in covenant relationship to her Husband. Till death do us part!


So our Messiah came back for His adulterous bride, and could not bring her back into the covenant of marriage, which was done on mount Sinai. He had to first come as the Suffering Servant according to Isiah 52, and 53.


Isa 53:5 But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our crookednesses. The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.


He had to first redeem His Bride. So that when He does return we could be remarried in a covenant relationship.



Lets now look at this apparent contradiction in terms of the Law. For Paul seemingly goes back and forth on this idea of loving, keeping the Law, and saying that t is no more throughout Romans 7.



So which is it? Are we who are redeemed to keep the Law or not.



One of the biggest differences is that under the marriage covenant that was agreed to at the foot of mount Sinai. Where Israel agreed to do all that our God says, before we even heard it all the way through.



They had agreed to God's covenant and promised to abide by it before they had even heard the terms. Notice what they said in Exodus 19, before the giving of the Ten Commandments which comes in chapter 20:



Exo 19:8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses reported the words of the people unto the LORD.



Let me be very clear. It was not wrong to accept all that God would say before He even said it. This should be a positive example for us all. We are to know that God is good, righteous, and just. He is only going to give us what is best for us in every way. Including His Laws, statues, and judgments. This is how we are supposed to view our faith. More specific we are to have faith like a child.



Luk 18:17 Yes! I tell you that whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child will not enter it at all!"



This is what this saying means. To know, as a child knows, that his father has only his best at heart, and will never give them a command that will hurt them.



Once one has agreed to a marriage covenant one has to keep it.



We can all agree that Israel broke that covenant many times collectively as a nation.



Jer 31:32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD.



Let me very clear. Israel was not replaced by anyone. By definition they were adulterers.



Isa 54:5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is thy redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.
Isa 54:6 For the LORD hath called thee as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off, saith thy God.
Isa 54:7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.



So they where effectively what we would call today as divorced (cast off, put out). So how was our God supposed to reenter a marriage covenant with an adulterer? According to His Law he couldn’t. So as Sauel (Paul) so eloquently puts it, the husband died to remove the Bride from her transgression, and she can remarry the Risen King. Now it is our God who is doing the heavy lifting.



The Torah (Law) is at the moment not about “HAVE TO” it is about “GET TO”.



We are not in the renewed marriage covenant yet, that will be established at the Second coming, so until then we are preparing to be the Bride our God has called us to be.



Rev 19:7 Let us rejoice and be exceeding glad, and let us give the glory unto him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.



There are certain expectations put on an expectant Bride to be. There are certain obligations such as chastity - just to name one.



We see this with the earthly mother of our Lord. Mary was afraid, once she became impregnated by the Spirit. She was afraid that the community, and her Bridegroom would put her out as an adulteress. And if the the Angel had not appeared to Joseph that may very well have happened.



Mat 1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Mat 1:19 And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.
Mat 1:20 But when he thought on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.



So through this we can see certain expectations put on a bride to be.



We have to learn what our expectations are. We must learn the difference between being in a covenant and committing adultery.



We must be ready for our Bridegroom when he comes.


Mat 25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
Mat 25:2 And five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
Mat 25:3 For the foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them:
Mat 25:4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
Mat 25:5 Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
Mat 25:6 But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him.
Mat 25:7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
Mat 25:8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out.
Mat 25:9 But the wise answered, saying, Peradventure there will not be enough for us and you: go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
Mat 25:10 And while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage feast: and the door was shut.
Mat 25:11 Afterward come also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
Mat 25:12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.


As we go forth and test these new ideas in Scripture let us pray that our Father gives us His Spirit of wisdom, understanding, and truth. So we may see and walk as our Messiah walked, and be true disciples in the Name of Yeshua (Jesus).  May we pray for eyes to see, ears to hear, and hearts to change for the glory of our God