Note(JB): The Old testament, and the New Testament are both founded upon the principles found in the Tabernacle, "The way to Salvation", is through Jesus Christ, with the functions of the Holy Spirit and the will of The Father-God!
Following are the chapter's titles, for this book.
1. Christ, the way 5. Christ, The Atonement [at one with]
2. Christ, the Lamb 6. Christ, The Advocate [ ours]
3. Christ, the Priest 7. Christ, The Answer.
4. Christ, the Mathematician
Chapter ONE: Christ is The Way.
Have you not ever invited someone to stay at your home for a day, a weekend, or even a week or two? In fact, He loves us all, so very much, that He want us ALL , each one of us, to live with Him in His home, Heaven forever! Your Heavenly Father will not ever be satisfied until we all live with Him, and this is the why of this passage: A Great promise.....
John 14:1-3 " Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also."
This should bring your question: "Why are we not all in Heaven today?"
Plus why, has Jesus not yet returned, as He has promised? Is it a matter of distance? No, He has visited here, on earth, many times. He spent seven days here, six days in Creating, and one day resting, on the seventh day. Plus He oft came to visit with Adam and Eve in the Garden, in the cool of the evening. In fact Enoch and He used to take walks......Genesis 5:24 "And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him." Continued......
NOTE(JB): Enoch and Elijah were the two only named beings that did not taste death, God translated them, and took them to Heaven! WHY? They were sinless..... James 2:10 "For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all."
QUESTION: Which day do Y O U worship?
A: Genesis 2:1-3 " Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made."
Exodus 20:1 "And God spake all these words, saying, Exodus 20:8-11 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it."
WHAT? Do Y O U not know that the Seventh-day Sabbath, is God's "MEMORIAL" for us to remember that He's the CREATOR, who created all things and creatures, we have not evolved by random chance.
It's the Sabbath of the Lord, its His Holy day, and man can't change it as God changeth not, and wrote this law in stone for eternal permanence! It matter not one whit, what Rome thinks or want us all to do! They can't save self, nor any others, PERIOD! Read Daniel 7 and 2 Thess.2: And then Revelation 13:2 and think, if confused about the I.Ds read Rev.12::7-11, and remove all doubts! Harsh? Yes but so is the Lake of Fire, that shall come into existence, but is not yet, thus there's no :hell fire" nor Purgatory {hell's half-way house?}
Question to all Catholics: IF, your priest's forgiveness is absolute, why do they teach about hell and purgatory? Why do they want treasure in order to shorten a loved one's time in Purgatory? No Scripture allows any of this, but their own traditions!
Mark 7:9 "And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition."
Christ and Christ only has the power to save, not a church ,nor any man or men! Read your Bible and you'll not find one word about Mary's resurrection, nor about her being a Co-Mediator with her Son! Are you not praying to the dead who know not anything? [ Eccl.9:4-6] It's all from Babylon's paganism, and why Islam nations allow Catholic churches, as they recognize man-made religions!, but not Christianity!
CONTINUED: He visited Abraham and even ate with him inside his tent. He walked and talked to Moses on Mt. Sinai, and for 40 years dwelled in the cloud by day, and if the fire by night. Yes we read that He was born of woman as a Babe, and lived as a man for thirty three years, so it's very clear that Jesus was on earth many, many times, thus distance is no barrier with Christ!
Let's look at this question, another way, shall we? Could it be a problem of time? Maybe it's not yet time for Jesus to return, to this very earth! However, nearly each and every sign Christ predicted has already taken place, or is at present taking shape before our very eyes! Even Skeptics, atheists, and politicians all agree that something great is about to happen, as earth and humans can't keep going at this pace.. What then is the problem? Why hasn't Christ come?
Well, how about this idea, should God save us all IN OUR SINS, AND POLLUTE, THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE WITH SINS? How can He do this? How can He save a sinner without also saving sin? That's God's problem, right? This would spread death throughout the Cosmos, as we are still infected with our sins!
Today, most MEGA_Churches teach nothing but love and prosperity.
Note(JB): Rick Warren's "Purpose Driven" Church, has stated he will not allow Revelation to be taught in HIS Church! Heh... Rick can you measure your own ego? Romans 6:23 find it and read it!!!!
Now some theologians and pastors claim they have the answer to this God's problem. Like indulgent parents, who believe that their children will outgrow their evil ways, as they enter adulthood! They teach that all that is needed is more love, yet history and experience has shown they are dead wrong! In the same manner, preachers are as the indulgent parents, and they teach love and more love, just preach enough love and people will stop sinning! Thus receive God's Salvation through Christ! AFTER ALL, they hold, that God is full of love, grace and mercy, and will forgive, and He does not demand total obedience!
NOTE(JB) : Let all who think such as these people, thank about all the people who were on the WRONG SIDE of the ark,[ The wert side] at Noah's time, that ONLY 8 souls were saved out how many? Why oh, why is it that so many people, including Satan, and his fallen angels, think they are wiser than God?
These also think and {Believe?} that Christ gave all men unconditional salvation at the cross, and that all a person has to do is "Believe"!
NOTE(JB): Ever heard, we can't sin as we are all under Grace? Don't you believe this Satanic lie!
Hebrews 6:4-6 " For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame."
Is not simple to accept that once one "takes on Christ," one can NOT...NOT... them live like the devil, without fear of loss of redemption? Be ye not deceived. Jesus said this 3 times and reffered to 2 times in Matthew 24!
All sinners need is to "Believe" and not be concerned if they continue to sin, after all we are born into sin and it is not possible to stop sinning, some even teach that when Jesus returns He will give every sinner a new heart [mind] and thus instantly convert the sinner into a saint, sin problem solved DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT! This teaching come right from the mouth of Satan!
Vol 3. Selected Messages p.153. "This goody-goody religion that makes light of sin and that is forever dwelling upon the love of God to the sinner, encourages the sinner to believe that God will save him while he continues in sin and he knows it to be sin. This is the way that many are doing who profess to believe present truth. The truth is kept apart from their life, and this is the reason it has no more power to convict and covert the human soul."
NOW... PLEASE... think this through, if Christ were to perform such a miracle as the instant transformation of the mind and character, from sinner, to saint, when He comes, then the Atheists would be right in blaming God for all the evils that are on this earth! Could not God have made His followers, even from the days of Adam, instantly sinless whenever they claimed to be believers in Him? Please do not be misled by these false new theologies. God does... have a way to solve the problem. A way to save HIS people FROM their sins but NOT IN THEIR SINS!
John 14:6 "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
If we are willing, to follow Him into the Sanctuary where He is administering today, we will understand His way. This is indeed good news, for Jesus can solve the sin problem, IF WE ARE THUS WILLING, and allow Him to make the changes in our minds, and take on the Character of Jesus Christ, thereby separating us from our tendency to sin.and we worthy for eternal life.
NOTE(JB): As an life-long mechanic, I know that a car's engine, needs all the parts in order to start and run
Sins, those we perform knowingly, remove the parts we need for eternal life in Christ Jesus! Only by following Jesus can we even hope to to see Him face to face, and live!
Psalms 77:13 "Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?"
However, there's not a "Sanctuary on this earth, that's a exact copy of the Heavenly One that Jesus is using this very day!
Hebrews 8:1-2 " Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man."
Most know that there WAS. . . .note, was is past tense, an earthly Sanctuary, that God gave to Moses the plans to copy the one in Heaven NOT BUILT with hands! However we must learn about the earthly one built by man.......
Exodus 25:8-9 "And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it."
This earthly Sanctuary if we study it, will teach us through its symbols, how God solves the problem that sin causes from the Sanctuary above.. We are enabled to understand how He can separate sin from the WILLING, to agree, SINNERS, as it's done or was done, on the earthly Sanctuary. In fact it was divided into four parts, The Outer Court, the Inner court, The Most Holy inner Sanctuary, divided by the Veil, to the Most Holy of Holies wherein was found the Ark of the Covenant and it's Seat of Mercy.
Note (JB): Please forgive my lack of "Computoreze" knowledge, for the small picture:
1) The Tabernacle means :Tent", as such it was built to be taken down and transported as they journeyed.
2) The outer wall, held up by tent poles and ropes, shown buy the "Gates", open tent flaps.
3) Picture is shown as top pointing West, and Left is South, Right is North.
4) Very both image is the burnt offering, Sacrificial Alter" on which the sacrifices were burned..
5) I n front of the Alter, isj the Laver, for the Priest jto was his hands, and feet, before entering into the tabernacle.
6) on the left, is the Candelabra, and on the right is the Table of Shew Bread, unleavened 12 loaves in two stacks of 6 each, One for each Tribe!
7) Still within the First Compartment the Most Holy,and near the 6 layer Veil is the the Alter of Incense.
8) The Most Holy of Holies, is the Second Compartment. within which is found the Ark if the Covenant that holds the Mercy Seat.
We will study these three separate services so we can learn how to Co-operate with Christ as Hre solves our sin within problems. When Christ has finally separated sin for us, we will eventually be able to be with Him and live with Him, where there's no more sin nor death.
Do not many, of us long to be with our savior in heaven? But what will make this possible? The FINAL act of this disposition of sin from the sinner did NOT.... not take place at the Cross as so many teach, and believe. Rather, the final act of making atonement {at one with] for sin takes place in the Most Holy Place of the sanctuary in heaven, and WHY Jesus became our High Priest!
"The Great Controversy," P. 489, E.G. White: "The intercession of Christ in man's behalf in the Sanctuary above is as essential to the plan of Salvation as was His death upon the Cross, for by His Death, He began that work which after His resurrection"
Note(JB): God uses only love and truth, to call all to His side, Satan never shall use either but all others he uses. lie, kill, and, steal..
Luke 20:35-36 "But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection."
Hebrews 8:1 " Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;"
It can not be stated more plainly, There's a work now going onj in the heavenly Sanctuary, that is essential for our final atonement of our sins. The sacrifice on the cross did not SEPARATE men for sins, {JB obviously if it were so, we'd all be with Jesus 2,000 years ago, and those born since the Cross, would not ever have been born! agree?] Thus the Sacrifice upon the Cross paid for our sin debts {Romans 6:23 "The wages of sin is death......."} for each person, but the Cross made it possible to provide a "Provision", whereby Christ paid the penalty for the sins of THOSE WHO WOULD, BY FREE-WILL AVAIL THEMSELVES of the provision" Remember God will not use force, ever! As forced love is worthless!
Therefore { we must ask 'what's it there fore?] , the final, or eternal;, disposition of dsin that MUST take place in the Second Compartment, can not ever be accomplished until the work in the First Compartment is completed. Like wise, the work in the First Compartment cannot take place until the sacrifice has been made in the outer court on the Alter. Thus it is of the utmost importance that these three steps are necessary to eternally separate sin from the sinner.
NoteJBJ: Can Y O U, dear reader, agree,j that this must occur before entry into Heaven, would not the sin-bearer, re-infect heaven with sins? Thus all lose it's perfection?
When God instructed Moses to build tkhis earthly Sanctuary, He commanded, Exodus 31:15-18 " Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God."
NOTE(JB) "Sic days may work be done, but in the seventh day is the Sabbath of rest, HOLY UNTO THE LORD"...." Pray tell, why do most worship Him on the Next day, the FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK? Rather that the Day HE called Holy unto Him? Can man really change the Law of God, the Fourth Commandment? Exodus 20::8-11.??????
E#verything about the earthly Tabernacle was made by men but for the t2wo Tablets of stone upon which the very finger of God wrote the Law of Ten! They are placed within the Ark of the Covenant along with a golden pot of Manna Exodus 16, and Erin rod that budded Numbers 17:8 "And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds."
Many will remember, that when Moses came down from mMt. Sania, the first time, he found they'd made a golden calf, and where dancing and worshiping it,j that Moses, in anger broke the tablets. Then
God said .Deuteronomy 10:1-2 " At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood. And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark..."
It was Jesus as God, [He would not become flesh man babe until His birth in Mary], Who wrote bot6h sets of the law, [but it was Moses whose hand wrote what God spoke that became the Ceremonial Laws, which were nailed to His Cross , but the The Ten shall stand forever, JB] Therefore the Ten Commandments are lifted up above the rest of the Holy Bible, for God Himself wrote then twice in stone for permanence!
Thus, please note, God's 66 "Love-Letters" to Y O U,were done by men and two women, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, HOWEVER, the Ten Pillars were done by God's own hand, in stone, by Himself!
WHY?
God did not want any human element to deface His Divine Law, as they are a divine copy of God's Character, which expresses God's holy Character, and are a copy of His law i n Heaven! Thus safely stored and unable for men to reach them, to change them, which is the case, here on earth. But few are they that read them, and fewer still, are those who accept them for their own way of living life!
You will recall that after some 60 years, of the Cross and His Ascension to Heaven John the Revelator was given a vision of which he wrote: Revelation 11:19 " And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail."
After the Cross, all eyes are to focus on the Heavenly Sanctuary in which can be seen the Law of God. And why was this? Because God wants those of us living in these, 'The Last Days', to know that there's a right way and a wrong way to live. We are told, ......
Romans 3:20 "Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin."
Note(JB): Perhaps it's easier to think of the Law as a "Mirror" , to show each of us where our sin dirt is showing. Or this method: "The straight edge of the law shows us all just how crooked we are." We must remember that God, speaking of His Ten Laws He has exalted them to be equal to Himself. Thus He abhors all sins, yet loves us sinners! He is willing to use His powers, to help the willing to overcome all sins in victory in christ Jesus! This we can't do within our own power!
The Desire of Ages p. 308 Mrs White wrote this: "...The precepts of the Decalogue are as immutable as the throne of God." {DECCA is 10, and LOGUE is record, witness, law. IMMUTABLE, means can not be changed, stands eternally as is.}
They are a transcript of His very character. And so, when you consider and study the Law of God, you are studying God Himself and His very character!
Now, i n the last compartment, the Holy of Holies, we are brought face to face with God's Law. For it is within the Ark representing His character, the divine rule of life.
Ecclesiastes 12:12-14 " And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil."
NOTE(JB): Sadly, the Holy Bible is but One Book, yet even though it is it's own expository, meaning it proves itself, within itself, just as our Math books do, yet there's countless of books out there, to express every point of view, from every Biblical precept, each disagreeing with the other! Why not study the Bible itself, with prayers asking for the wisdom to understand, as He wants you to? This effort, of mine, would not be needed!
James 2:10-12 " For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty."
Note(JB): Think of the Law of God, as a Chain of just ten links, if one link or law is broken the chain is no longer one!
James 2:11-12 " For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty."
Let's not kid ourselves, there's a great penalty for breaking either the Ten Laws or His laws of foods {Genesis 1:29, and Ecclesiates, 14-16.}Yes smokers have a far greater risk of cancer, yet even non-smokers get it, but why increase the risk, even GRASS, {for its TCH] when smoked, is putting lungs in danger!
Ezekiel 18:4 " Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die." plus Romans 6:23.
This brings us back to the sin problem, agree? Since all have sinned, [Romans 3:23, 5:12. and 2 Corinthians 13:2], how then is it possible for God to separate our sins from us so we can be taken to Heaven and live with Jesus, instead of dying for our sins?
For this we must go back to the Sanctuary and discover the first step in this process of separation the sinner from their sins. This act was performed in the Court of the Sanctuary, as God spoke:
Leviticus 4:27-28 " And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. "
Leviticus 4:33-35" And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering. And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar: And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him."
Leviticus 4:4-7 "And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's head, and kill the bullock before the LORD. And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation: And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary. And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation"
Note(JB) A Bullock, is an oxen, which was their "Tractors" of their day,.and as most did have one, then lms were to be used yet if they had a lamb it was a family pet, that the sinner, or the man of the house to kill, by cutting it's throat, while confessing of the sin, with one hand on its head! That's tough, agree? But WHY?
Leviticus 17:11 " For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul."
Hebrews 9:22 "And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission."
All of this is to point out that the cost of sin is very high! Alcohol is mind altering drug, but drink enough in a short time, it will kill the drinker.IE, 20 OZ, of 40% alcohol, (80 Proof) in 15 min, will cause the liver to cease functioning, and the two boys, Rigor and Mortice will settle in!
The Priest will dip his finger into the collected blood, of the sacrificed animal,, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the Lord, before the Veil of the Sanctuary
AGAIN, THE THREE REQUIREMENTS THAT MUST BE FOLLOWED.
(1) A man has sinned, thus transgressed the Law, which calls for his death, but God wants none to die
(2) Thus God directs the Holy Spirit to convict the man of his sin, he repents, and seeks forgiveness, because he has accepted Jesus' gift of salvation, The Father "SEES" only Christ's righteousness, not the man's sins.
(3) God The Father then forgives the man and has provided a way for the sinner to become guiltless before God, even as though he had never sinned!
But, you may ask, is the blood required? Innocent blood at that! Go back to Leviticus 17:11, above, and know it MUST be a animal without spot or blemish, not one aged and about to die, or a crippled one. The sin is then transferred, to the innocent animal which is then killed, to die for the sin. All this was the FORE-SHADOW of Jesus yet to come! Hebrews 9:22! Is one reason for Christ on His Cross!
The Plan of Salvation:
John 1:29 " The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world."
This was John the Baptist speaking, but how would he know this was Jesus Christ, they'ed never met, face to face, if they did it was not recorded, this is the Holy Spirit in action! This is one of the reasons that Jesus came to this earth, as a man of flesh, and yet still also a God. {John 1: 1-3 and 14.] He4 came to show us the God's way to live, and to show us The Father, and of course, to die in our place, for our sins, to be paid by Him!
Now please make note, and put this on the shelf of your memory bank, "As sin are the wages of death, we must either accept Him as our Savior, or pay the death penalty our selves, there's no other way, to salvation's door! This is the basic lessen we must learn and study of God's way to separate us from our own sins.
Please allow me to be very clear,once more, on this word-picture, as the sinner takes a knife, after he has places his hand upon the its head, he then cut the throat slaying the innocent and perfect lanb, as this "Transfers" the sin to the animals' blood, which is then offered up in the veil and and on the horns of the Alter of Incense, upon which God forgives the sin. Yet always know, that this lamb is but a shadow, a symbol of the real Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, who was yet to come!
1 Peter 2:24 " Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed."
NOTE(JB) a note to all who Profess to be New Testament Christians: Isaiah 53:3-8 "He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken."
When YOU, dear reader, go to build your house, do you begin with the roof? Or do you first put in the foundation? The Old Testament is both the foundation and the framing,j as well as the walls, the "ROOF" only covers and protects the house. If this is our diet, we'd eat nothing but oatmeal, boring right? Not to mention unhealthy! I susspect its all due to "the law was "mailed to His cross" But there are two sets of laws, God's eternal 10, and the Ceremonial laws, that Jesus' death did away for the need if them! "NEVER, EVER, TAKE THE WORDS OF MEN, FOR THE WORD OF GOD, KNOW THAT FOR YOURSELVES!" NOW BACK TO THE STORY:
What happened to the sacrificial lamb, of the Old Book? It died! What did our collective sins do to Jesus Christ? They took His life... it was WE, who took The Life of Jesus, via our sins!
Yes, millions are acquainted with the historical fact of Calvary. Millions have travelled to and" visited" that very spot. B ur few, of them ever realize that was their sins, even today, that helped Him be nailed to the Cross, He whom the Word called "The Lamb of God", for they never understood this......
Zechariah 12:10 "And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn."
NOTE(JB): Yet the world pays little attention to God's Word, but look.....Iran to this....
Zechariah 12:9 " And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem."
The very fact that about 40-50% (percent) of the Bible is prophecy, and that to this time frame, 90% has come to pass, as written, why think anyone the last 10 percent will not happen? Is that not "Spitting into the wind, yet hope to stay dry?"
So have Y O U bee3n able to envision the Lord Jesus as your substitute, and dying i n YOUR place? One of the most saddest funerals that I have ever conducted, MAY help you understand the results of christ's death on the Cross. In the small gasket lay the body, of a small boy, the only son of the grieving parents. This tiny tot had died by an accident which was caused by the father, for he did not know that his son had followed him out to the garage, and when the Dad, backed up the car ranning over the lad, killing him instantly!
Yes it was a total accident, but the grief it caused was unimaginable. When your mind contemplates Calvary, and you behold, in your mind's eye, the picture of Christ The Lamb slain, dying for Your SINS! You know His death was no accident, but our own devilish sins. Thus His death upon the cursed Cross, was a huge blessing for mankind, but "viewing" the Cross helps us realize the meaning of the Cross. We cannot but cry out, "Oh, my God, what have I done to your beloved Son?" Is this the price of my Salvation?"
But please tell me, that YOU think, if this human father, ever has another son, will he not first walk around the car before moving it?
WE, that is any intelligent think being, will know, that it was, in part his or her own sins that helped put Jesus on the Cross, should,j if we are human, change our minds, to sin, that it will be an abhorrence to even see sin, let alone us doing sins.
Genesis 22:8 " And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together."
Thanking YOU, for your time. Questions? Comments? John at servant@frontier.com
Want/need more? Visit your Seventh-day Adventist Church, any Saturday/Sabbath, at 9-10 AM. It's a HOLY day of the Lord- God! Gen. 2:1-3; Exodus 20: 1, 8-11.Luke 4:16 "And he[ Jesus] came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read."
Other sites: AFTV.org. BLBN.org Redeen.international amazingdiscoveries.org itiswritten .com
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next: Chapter 2: Christ The Lamb. P.23-33.
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