Gal. 2:21 I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.
Genesis 4:40 only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you.
The ‘throne of God’ is His presence.
Once His presence was confined
to the mishkan in the wilderness;
and then transferred to the Temple within the Holy of Holies.
The Temple had a large courtyard where everyone was allowed; here they came to bring, or purchase the birds or animals for the sacrifice required for their sins. The altar of sacrifice was open to, and available for sinners to atone for their sins. The presence, or shekinah of the Lord was not manifested there.
Next was the Inner Court or Holy Place, where the priests could go but not the general public. Here stood the table of showbread containing the bread of the presence, the menorah and the altar of incense. Here when they were cleansed and prepared, the priests were one step closer to the Holy of Holies, where the presence of the Lord resided in the Ark of the Covenant. Only the High Priest could go into the Holy of Holies and he had to be as pure and sinless as possible. Sacrifice had to be made for him and on behalf of the people. He wore special white clothes, no shoes. The only thing he took with Him was the blood of the sacrifice for those sins to be sprinkled on the ark itself; on the mercy seat /the kapporet. This blood paid the price for sin as an atonement by ‘covering’ them..
The container of His glory /presence/ indwelling, was covered in sacrificial blood. After Messiah Jesus died, He became our sacrifice for our sin; His blood paid the price for our sin by not only covering but removing them forever. Gods glory/ shekinah /His Spirit, was no longer confined in the Holy of Holies where only one man could go once a year. The temple curtain separating the place where the ark resided was torn, and the way to the Father was opened for all to come; without a priest performing the sacrifice for us, because Messiah Jesus/Yeshua has done that. He is our High Priest and we can go to His Father through Him. Now His Spirit of Holiness is in the earth and when we accept Jesus/Yeshua as Savior and Messiah, His Spirit /presence/ shekinah, comes to abide/ dwell/ stay/ live and manifest in and through us. We have become not the courtyard in the ‘temple’ where sin is allowed, but the equal of the naos (Greek), the Holy of Holies, the inner sanctuary, the Holy place where His presence can come. A Holy God cannot come where there is sin and it may be why there is so little manifestation of His Holy Spirit in individuals lives today?
Because we are the representation of the Ark of His Covenant, the container of His glory, we have a duty, a calling, an accountability to the Father for the way we control our bodies under His authority. Gal 2:21
This is our part.
We would not put poison into something holy, or abuse that container would we?
Our part is having the power working in us. We must have the power in order for God to work. The cleaner we are, the more the power of His Holy Spirit can flow through us to others.
Paul said he didn’t set aside the grace of God and make it ineffective. God’s grace is absolute and limitless, and the work of salvation through Jesus/Yeshua is complete- finished forever. Salvation is as eternal as Gods’ throne, however we must put to work, or use what God has placed within us.
To work out our own salvation.
Phil. 2:12 means that we are responsible for using what He has given us. We are responsible for using what He has imparted to us. It also means that we must exhibit, show in our own bodies, the life of the Lord Jesus; not mysteriously or secretly but openly and boldly. We are to discipline our bodies. 1 Cor. 9:27 and bring them into subjection. Every disciple/believer in Jesus/Yeshua can have their bodies under absolute control for the Lord. Our Father has given us the responsibility to rule over all of the temple including the naos/sanctuary, place where His spirit resides. We are the ark today, carriers of His glory, we are the Holy of Holies. 1 Cor 6:19
If we are, then this includes our thoughts and desires; we are responsible for these and we must never give way to improper ones. However, most of us are much more severe in our criticism of others than we are of ourselves. We make excuses for things in ourselves and in our own life while condemning things in the life of others, simply because we are not naturally inclined to do them.
In Rom. 12:1 Paul implored his listeners, and that includes us, to present your bodies a living sacrifice! What we must decide is whether or not we will agree with our Heavenly Father, Lord and King that our bodies will indeed be His sanctuary, His holy of holies, His naos, His ark on the earth. Once we agree with all the rules, regulations and requirements of His commandments; and with the directives for being His disciple, His child, concerning our physical bodies. They are summed up for us in this revealed truth: our body is the Sanctuary – not just the Temple of His Holy Spirit.
This is our part.
We are covered in the blood of Messiah, who died for us; we have become the ark of His covenant, sprinkled with the sacrificial blood of His merciful forgiveness. We are no longer sinners in the sense that now we are saved by His grace. Redeemed and sanctified, set apart to good works, no longer ruled by the flesh life.
A life lived in, and ruled by the flesh is no different to the way of the world.
The life we now live by the Son of God is ruled by His Sprit within us. We should show forth this Holy life in our physical bodies, because we are His representatives on earth and it should be one where the life of Christ shines through us representing all the promises of a redeemed life. Gal. 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The lifeI nowlive in the body, I live by faith in the Sonof God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
This is HIs part and our part together.
Examining further the sacrificial work that was accomplished by Messiah, we need to look at the levitical sacrifice in a deeper way to see the fullness of what our Heavenly Father intends for each of us. Sometimes we just read the new testament without the foundation of the old and miss that deeper truth. The one day of the year the High Priest went into the Holy of Holies was on the day of atonement/ Yom Kippur.
When he offered the sacrifice of the bull for his own sins and then took 2 goats to the door of the temple to deal with the sins of the nation. There is no atonement for sin without a blood sacrifice. A life for a a life, Ex. 21:23; and the life is in the blood.
Hence Jesus/Yeshuas sacrificial death and blood was for our redemption. This is how He fulfilled all things of the law and it is important for us to know.
Regarding the 2 goats: there was a lottery, a casting of lots where one of the goats was chosen and was called the Lords goat, and offered as a sacrifice and its blood was sprinkled on the mercy seat in the holy of holies.
… He is to castlotsforthe two goats- one lot…the LORD and the other forthe scapegoat. He is to … sacred lots to determine which goat will be reserved as an offering .
This was a type and shadow of Yeshua HaMashiach, Messiah Jesus.
This was His work.
This goats blood was to deal with the forgiveness of sins, the atonement for sins. The other goat was set free to wander off into the wilderness as an outcast. The Jewish records show that the goat was thrown off a cliff. This was the scapegoat, a familiar phrase called in Hebrew: the Azezel, or azazel, who was to deal with the guilt we feel for our sins. Being thrown off a cliff would fit the metaphor, because guilt will lead us to destruction. In other words even when God forgives our sins we could still live with regret. That was the purpose of the azazel or scapegoat.
We see that Jesus/Yehsua not only was the Lord’s goat who was sacrificed for our sins, but He was also our scapegoat who took the burden of our sins, our feelings of guilt, remorse and shame; and sent them into the wilderness to be an outcast to never be seen again, or thrown off a cliff, to bring this guilt to an end. No wonder He cried it is finished/completed!
Our Father knows us and that we are prone to not forgive ourselves; that we often harbor deep grief and sorrow; and listen to the lies of the enemy that what we have done is too bad to be forgiven and forgotten, that we are beyond redemption. This is a trap and a lie of the enemy/ adversary, because Jesus/Yeshua has done it all. We are to take all of our wicked ways and place them on the Redeemer, Who will not only make atonement for our wickedness; but will also remove the guilt that comes with it.
Many times we forget there is the
Lords goat and the scapegoat,
and sometimes we do not completely azazel/forsake our wicked ways. Is. 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the LORD, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.
In Strongs H5800 The word Forsake in Hebrew is
azab/ aw-zab
עָזַב
and comes from the root word azov.
Meaning: to depart, leave behind, neglect, to loosen
and one Hebrew school of thought suggests the root could be
azoll – אזול
which is the same root word that the Hebrew word azazel for the scapegoat comes from:
We may accept the sacrifice of the Lords goat, but if we spend our lives living in the guilt of our sins, we have not accepted the azazel or the work that Messiah did as a scapegoat..
This is His work and we need to realize once and for all that He also took the guilt and shame of our sins and sending them away into the wilderness or over a cliff.
Sometimes we will not accept the azazel reality of others, who truly repent and receive the truth of the Lords goat. We keep searching for the azazel, and keep hanging the past sins of that person over their head.
Sometimes we have to allow our Heavenly Father to send that scapegoat into the wilderness or over a cliff, never to return and also forgive them and ourselves.
Our part is to yield to His creative work in us, not resisting, nor trying to speed it up. We are being transformed from the inside out. Allow Him to set the pace and the timing. Our part is to decide to build a relationship with Him through prayer, worship, spending time in His presence, reading, studying His Word and being obedient to what He has asked us to do in order to become His disciple.
In John 6:28-35 His disciples/talmidim ask Yeshua/Jesus
28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. 30 They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? 31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert 32 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.33For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”34 “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.” 35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
We know that Messiah has done it all however, He wants us to do our part and apply His Truth and His Ways to our lives by eating/word and drinking/spirit of Him. This is working out our salvation and displaying His Work in and through us to the lost who are seeking answers, because He is the Way the Truth and the Life. His work is feeding us manna, Himself the bread from heaven, the bread of life/chaim.
Then our work is His work, our part is His part and we become the fulfillment of Messiahs prayer in John 17:20-23.20
Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; 21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one- 23 I in them and you in me-so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
Shalom aleikhem
chaverim and mishpachah!
Peace to friends and family.
Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week.
Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him.
It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.
You are very precious in His sight.
Not sure ..you can be…
SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute,
SAY IT RIGHT NOW…
Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.
I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name.
Gal. 2:21 I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.
