We are looking at our perfection, in our High Priest, and the warning that accompanies this position as revealed in Hebrews, for Hebrew/Jewish children of Jacob. We by Biblical definition are the seed of promise, the seed of Abraham and Isaac, significantly peculiar spiritual people. As we possess our original innocence of GOD'S intent by design and righteousness. As we learn the "I am Life," as a priest of Christ by design, a royal priesthood.
Hebrews 6:1-8 "Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. And this will we do, if God permit. 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[1]; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh[1], and put him to an open shame. For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned." (KJV)
Hebrews 6:1-8 "Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. And this we will do if God permits. For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance[1], since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm[1] and holding him up to contempt. For land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God. But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned." (ESV)
Hebrews 6:1-8 "Consequently, as difficult as it may seem, you ought to divorce yourselves from sentimental attachment to the prefiguring doctrine of the Messiah, which was designed to carry us like a vessel over the ocean of prophetic dispensation into the completeness of the fulfilled promise. A mind shift from attempts to impress GOD by your behavior, to the faith-righteousness of Christ, is fundamental. There is no life left in the old system. It is dead and gone; we have to move on. (Romans 3:27) All the Jewish teachings about ceremonial washings (baptisms), the laying on of hands (in order to identify with the slain animal as sacrificed), and all teachings pertaining to a sin consciousness, including the final resurrection of the dead in order to face judgment, are no longer relevant. (All of these types and shadows were concluded and fulfilled in Christ Jesus, their living substance. His resurrection bears witness and testimony to the judgment that he faced on humanity's behalf and the freedom from an obstructive consciousness of guilt by sin's shame by association, that he now proclaims. [Romans 4:25; Acts 17:31; John 12:31-33] Jesus said, 'and when I am lifted up on the cross, I will draw all judgment unto myself!" [Hebrews 9:28]) So it is with GOD'S prompting that we advance. (From the prophetic types and shadows of Scripture into the substance of what GOD has now spoken to us in his Son. [Hebrews 1:1-3]) Now it may be that someone may clearly see the light (of the prophetic word) and participate in the Holy Spirit by already having sampled the heavenly gift, ("The Prophets who prophesied of the grace that was to be ours searched and inquired about this salvation (Yeshua-Jesus); they inquired what person or time was indicated by the Spirit of Christ within them when predicting the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glory." [1Peter 1:10-11]) and they might even begin to feast on the beauty of the Word; already having experienced the power of the age of promise that all were waiting for. If such a person were to insist on relapsing into the old mind-set of legalism, sin consciousness, and condemnation, it becomes impossible for him to be restored again and again to [1]repentance. The principle of repeated [1]repentance, as practiced under the law, does not make sense in the context of the new dispensation, because it would absurdly imply that Christ was being re-crucified and subjected to public shame over and over again. This new order is not to be confused with the old! Grace is not a cheap excuse for sin! C'mon, [1]awaken to faith-consciousness once and for all. We are all free from the old rules and bondage's of the duty-driven Law of willpower. It is impossible for the old system to match the new! (Under the shadow system of the Law, sacrifices were repeatedly slain because no permanent cleansing was possible. [Hebrews 10:1-4] The word often translated, repentance, is the word, [1, G3341 from G3340 ] metanoia, which does not imply pennance at all; let alone, repennance! It suggests a radical and total mindshift!) For when cultivated soil is soaked by frequent showers and produces the useful, life-giving crop expected by the farmer, the harvest brings much celebration. What a complete disappointment though, if the same soil produces nothing but thorns and thistles; it is a worthless yield, and fit for burning; like a dream that hs gone up in smoke." (The Mirror, with editing)
May the LORD be with you and keep you and yours safe in his agape.
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