In Genesis 3:15 told the first prophecy of Jesus "I
will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and between
her seed; it shall bruise thy head and thou shall bruise his heel.” This is
referencing to Jesus coming and breaking the hold that satan gained through the
sin that broke the direct connection with man and God, to redeem us back to our
right place with God. The Old Testament then goes on to talk about the
destruction of earth through a flood and God makes a promise to man that he
will never destroy the earth again by flood and the symbol of this convent is
the rainbow(Gen 9:11-14). A few chapters later on in Genesis a man named Abram is
introduced and God calls him apart from his people and his family God chooses
this man to produce the Lineage that would bring forth the Christ our Messiah, the
redeemer His Son. God separated him and Blessed and told him 12:2,3 “I will
make thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and make thy name great; and
thou shalt be a blessing: (3) and I will bless them that bless thee and curse
them that curse thee: and in thee all the nations of the earth shall be
blessed.” Here is the famous blessing of Abraham where in the Jew's of the New
Testament had sense of entitlement because they were children of Abraham.
God separated Abram from his family so He could get Abram
out of the current systems he operated in, also Abram and his family worshipped
the moon, God need to renew Abraham’s mind so he would be prepared for the grand
task set before him. God needed Abram to teach his children all of His ways,
what all God expected from them and what all was available to them and pass it
on from generation to generation. God needed this done with no one influencing
from the outside, He needed Abram, to know that He was El Shaddai- The God Almighty,
Yahweh Yireh- The LORD will provide, Elohim- God mighty creator, and El Elyon- God Most High to name
a few. Abram also had to know the importance of his life, his seed and to show
him how along with The Blessing that was about to be released on him and with that Blessing he would be a part of events that would alter the history of the world. For
this he was called alone to God to learn from Him.
From Abraham to Moses who delivered the children of Israel
out of Egypt’s slavery into the borders of the promise land gave them The Law
that Israel must live in accordance of, the same Perfect and Righteous law that
was provided to us to live by was also to show us how unholy we are because we
could not live up to the standard set by God. When Moses delivered the Law to
the children of Israel and they agreed to them shortly thereafter God told
Moses to prepare burnt offerings; He knew that man could not keep the full Law
in its entirety because the law is not to make us righteous it was to show us
how no matter how much efforts we put forth we are unrighteous in and of our
own acts and show us the great need for a savior to deliver us and make us
righteous not based on what we have done but based on what He has done for us. Thus
allow us to be righteous. Righteousness can never be achieved without Christ
but the Bible calls us to be Holy. Holy by definition means: properly, whole, entire or perfect, in a moral sense. Hence, pure in heart,
temper or dispositions; free from sin and sinful affections. So we see that
holiness has to do with our character and moral. Righteousness on the other
hand has to deal with our right standing with God that is only available
through Christ.
1Co 1:30 But of him are ye in Christ
Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and
sanctification, and redemption:
Rom 3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and
upon all them that believe:
2Co 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might
be made the righteousness of God in him.
Moses gave the children of Israel the Law of God and they said
all that the LORD said we will do, and be obedient, in the following days after Moses
gave the Law that was agreed upon by the congregation of people many turned
their backs on the Law formed a golden calf worshiped it sinned against the
Law. Moses who is up in the mountain communing with God comes back unto the
people, and those who sinned and chose to stay in their sin where killed by the
levities those who were not killed where stricken by an angel, because they
trespassed against the Law. Before this point Israel was under grace when the
wined and complained and sinned against God and Moses but God had compassion,
after the Law was passed and they accepted it they were punished based on their
works. This is because the law and grace cannot co-exist, before the law the
children of Israel was under God’s grace but after the law was instituted they were
under law. When we become a born again believer we our saved by Grace through
Faith and are no longer under law but under grace once again.
Rom 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into
the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all
have sinned:
Rom 5:13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but
sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Rom 5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to
Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's
transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
Rom 5:15 But not as the offence, so also is
the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the
grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ,
hath abounded unto many.
Rom 5:16 And not as it was by one that sinned,
so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but
the free gift is of many offences unto justification.
Rom 5:17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by
one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of
righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
Gal 5:4 Christ is become of no effect unto
you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
The Law shows us our faults and failures and punishes for
the lack of obedience. The Law also states that if we do this and this I will
bless you and if you don't do this and this I will curse you (Deuteronomy 28).
The Law is based on our works deeds and the way we live, no man could ever
completely keep the Law that is why God implemented priest for atonements and
sacrifices for our sins.
1 Co 15:56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin
is the law.
1 Co 15:57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Before the children of Israel received the law all they did
was wine and complain to Moses about their status, hunger, thirst, and
sickness. But as soon as they received the Law thou shall not, they began doing
things they never did before things that broke the Law. God's design is not for
us to keep the Law 100%, His plan is to replace the Law with Jesus, and we must
walk as Jesus walked and follow as His Spirit leads us.
1Ti 1:9 Knowing this, that the law is
not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the
ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and
murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
1Ti 1:10 For whoremongers, for them that defile
themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and
if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
1Ti 1:11 According to the glorious
gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
Rom 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit
of God, they are the sons of God.
The only man to completely
keep the Law was Jesus and the states that if we break one law we broke them
all so that made the Old Testament believers sinful in the eyes of God.
From that point after the Old Testament shows the lives,
trials, triumphs and failures of many God fearing men like Samuel where the
Bible says every word he spoke God honored, David which was a man after God's
heart, Daniel who was the first to have a glimpse of the future and to see the
ending of time before Jesus returns, great prophets like is Isaiah, Jeremiah,
wise men like Solomon and strong men like Samson. The Old Testament also teaches
us the ways of God how He responses to people, to sin, to obedience, trust and
loyalty. Not to remove the law or to disregard it altogether because the law is
Perfect, Righteous, and Holy it’s just that man can not keep the law and fall short and fall to his sinful nature this happen continuously throughout The Old Testament so God provided
another means by which we can be made Perfect, Righteous and Holy that does not
rely on what we do, or how we act hour to hour or our works. God provided a
perfect sacrifice in the form of Jesus to erase our sins all together not just
cover them up, and bless us not based on what we deserve but based on who we
are in Him (Jesus) and now instead of being sin conscience all the time due to
a difficult law we are now Christ Jesus conscience based on what He has done
for us Thank you God for your Love, Grace and Mercy.
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