The
Cross Abolished all Legalism of the Jewish Religious system along
with mans traditions associated with it. To know God means that one has drawn close to Him and we thereby know what pleases and displeases Him. Mans traditions displease Him because they cause separation to remain with all of its accompaning enmity. This enmity has become so very visible today in the people of America and those in the Middle East or Asia Minor and their persecution of those who have a different ideology than theirs including each other. Even those in the reign of Israel and Palestine, reaching from and including Egypt up to Asia Minor and East to the reign of the old Near East which runs along the western shorts of the Casbian Sea. This enmity is the nature of all fallen mankind matters not what religious ideology or foundation supports them. They
cause strife and all kinds of betterness within the soul of men
everywhere and are the every bases of all evil desires. Because this foundation is tracable to the roots of Babylon and even before that as it is seen in Genesis 3 which is also in most religious materials, be it the Bible, Koran-Qoran, or Torah.
Galatians
5:2
"Behold,
I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised (anything else
that you can do for salvation in your opinion), Christ
shall profit you nothing."
And
yet this is where most people are putting themselves, as for
salvation they say, "Well I’ve got to do this or that."
Boy, I had the most exciting visit the other day from a fellow I had
not seen for some time, and he had seen it for the first time. He was
a pastor's son and he was just elated. He said, "I’ve never
seen it before, but now I can see how you separate the Law and Grace, and
when I did, I just shouted,’ hallelujah’" I
knew what kind of son he was. So I asked him, you mean the Lord
has opened your eyes in the past couple of weeks? He said, "Totally!"
But oh listen, when people can finally see it, you just wonder why
did it took so long? Because to me it’s so evident and so plain.
Though it took me and us a long time to get here also.
Galatians
5:3
"For
I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor
to do the whole law."
You
see since the temple was destroyed, that left the whole human race
in a dilemma doesn’t it? Because you can’t keep the whole Law
unless there is temple worship, sacrifices, and a priesthood, and
none of that is available. So when someone says, "I’m going to
keep the Ten Commandments and the Levitical Laws for salvation,"
they’re barking up the wrong tree, as it just won’t fly. Because
there is no way you can keep the whole Law. All the things which
pertain to the Law of Moses have been set aside, wasted is what I
would say because they’re no longer operating. Man tries to force
them or make them operational by his habit and traditions. So if it
weren’t for Grace, we’d be in a dilemma. To force them into
exsistance again makes us disobedient to God and His intents and
purposes. This
makes the enmity of man clearly visible, just as the Lord Jesus said,
when He said that there would be no secret thing of mans heart that
would not be laid bear or opened to our sight and understanding in
Luke 8:17 (Luke 12:2-3, Ecclesiastes 12:14, Matthews 10:26 and
1Corinthians 4:5). We don’t have to worry about or be concerned about any of
that because we are set free, we’re under Grace, NO we are in Love
and Grace, we've also been set aside unto God through Christ. So why
would any one want to return to a dead form of ceremonies, rites,
rituals, and the traditions of men in a mans religion when they have
been judged by God and are now illegal. Does that make any sense, is
my question? NO! Is my answer.
We've
seen how that the Law of Moses and its ordinances were nailed to His
cross. In other words, the Love of God which sent Him to the cross
(to put the desired end of
their being into effect) and finished or consummated the
old standard of Israel. And by doing so broke the power of the whole
system of the Law and its accompanying religious system in the
traditions of man over us as believers to its appointed end. The world in general, yes
it’s still a criteria for society. I know that the world needs
something like it, but for us as believers it is no longer a valid
thing, it’s been ended by nailing it to the cross of Christ in the
body of mans flesh which is what Jesus did. In verse 14, Paul states
that He nail them, the
Law of ordinances and commandments, but also the
rudiments of mans traditions to the cross and all the things
pertaining to them, as the principalities and powers. In verse 15 we
find that Jesus as the Son of man also defeated Satan in this action,
by Paul's placing this here he ties the whole action together. By
Paul's continuing to carry the theme of the traditions into verses
16-23 with the rudiments of the worldly, as one unite with many
parts. Which means that all the old standards have been done away
with in the flesh of Christ Jesus and “IF” anyone picks them up
again they make themselves enemies of the cross, the body and blood of that
cross. They become the stool upon which Jesus will place His feet some
day. Which simply means they're now Christ's footstool, foe's of Acts
2:34-35 (Genesis 3:15, Joshua 10:24-25, Psalm 2:8-12, 18:40-42,
21:8-12; Isaiah 49:23, 59:18, 60:14, Luke 20:16-18; Romans 16:20,
Revelation 19:19-21, 20:8-15). Isaiah 66 verse 1 tells us that the
earth shows Gods foot steps on where He treads and reveals Himself in
His handiworks. Man by his traditions swears by them to honor God but
this fails to do so because they only reflect His Glory, they are not
true His Glory. I hope that I have brought most understanding to
these passages. The passage from Acts 2 used elsewhere is Peter talking
to the Jews who were by that time the LORD'S enemies, they were in a
state of subjection to which He had reduced them along with the total
extinction of their power. By Peter so doing he showed to them their
discomfiture and ruin that had taken place because they denied their
king and prophet as foretold by Him in Matthew 22:44, a quote from
Psalm 110:1 and also witnessed to in 1Corinthians 15:25 and Hebrews
1:3, 13, 10:12-13, 12:2.
Colossians
2:15
"And
having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them
openly, triumphing over them in it."
In
other words none of this was done in a corner, in secret, it was all
done in the open, and He became victorious over them in His finished
work of the cross. For me the most powerful portion is that we when
we truly believe this Gospel are counted, a credited by God
free....free to worship Him in spirit and truth.
And
we as bonafed members of His Body share the victory as our inheritance. Now
let’s go back to Genesis chapter 3 verse 15. It’s been a while since we’ve even mentioned Genesis. I’ve been spending a lot
of time in Paul’s Epistles, and I’ll continue to spend a lot of
time there because after all that’s where it’s at for us today in
the Church Age. This is the chapter of course where Adam and woman
who will become Eve have disobeyed and partaken of the fruit of the
forebidden tree. They’ve fallen, and now have the sin nature, being
separated from God but God comes
right back immediately with the potential remedy. Here the Lord
Himself is speaking to Satan.
Genesis
3:15a
"And
I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed
and her seed;…"
Now
of course we have to pick up from other portions of Scripture that
He’s referring to the Seed of the woman that Paul says in Galatians
is Christ. So what you have here way back here in the chapter of the
fall is the promise of a coming Redeemer in the Seed of the woman.
This seed as I've shared also relates to our spirit encapsulated by
sin within our soul as a by produce of mans union with woman. This
seed is passed from generation to generation uninterrupted. This to
was a mystery hid by God until the time was right for Him to reveal
this Truth. Now the Lord continues to speak as we finish the verse.
Genesis
3:15b
"…it
shall bruise thy head, and thou shall bruise his heel."
The
little word “it” used here is Christ Jesus in embodiment, the
Living Word. The Living Life emparting Word is here speaking, Spirit
to fallen spirit. Remember the Lord is talking to Satan who has
embodied in the serpent, he put on flesh but not mans. And
how do you utterly defeat a serpent? You crush it’s head.
So that’s the implication that God latterly crushed (bruisted) the head of the
serpent or Satan the old devil, but remember that Satan would also
get his licks in by causing Christ to suffer, which is implied in the
bruising of His heel. So way back here immediately after the fall, we
have the promise then of a coming plan of redemption, through a body
which has been prepared for Him. Now I guess the other verse that
comes to mind is in Romans chapter 8. My where should I start. I hate
to just jump in on one verse so let’s start with verse 20. Remember
what I want you to see is, that when Paul says in Colossians that He
defeated these forces of Satan, and He did it openly. So utterly
defeated the powers that were against Him. Paul looks at it in a
little different light beginning in verse 20.
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